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After “reading” lengthy audiobooks like Vanity Fair I just wanted to read/listen-to something short. Then I saw the movie The Imitation Game (highly recommended) and I thought “Of course! Sherlock!” I suspect reviewing an anthology by listing all the ...more |
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― James S.A. Corey, Abaddon's Gate
― James S.A. Corey, Abaddon's Gate
“It's said that 'power corrupts,' but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.”
― David Brin, The Postman
― David Brin, The Postman
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― Philip K. Dick, Martian Time-Slip
― Philip K. Dick, Martian Time-Slip
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― Alastair Reynolds, House of Suns
― Alastair Reynolds, House of Suns
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― Octavia E. Butler, Kindred
― Octavia E. Butler, Kindred
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