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Lars is Currently Reading

Lars is currently reading

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18

by Joseph Loconte

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Mar 05, 2026 05:14AM

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The Iliad / The Odyssey

by Homer

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King Sorrow

by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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Lars’s Quotes

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
― Ales Kot, Who By Fire

tags: comics, psychomagic, stories

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“We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.”
― Grant Morrison, Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human

tags: superheroes

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“Life is mostly just learning how to lose.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, Saga #15

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“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: atheism, child-abuse, children, feminism, hell, religion, religion-and-children, rhetorical-questions, sexism, women, women-and-religion

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“Realism is knowing fantasy and reality intersect constantly. Realism is living with the awareness that every act changes the world.”
― Ales Kot

tags: fantasy, fiction, realism

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The Sword and Laser — 21680 members — last activity Mar 20, 2026 04:26AM
Online discussion forum for the Sword and Laser podcast and monthly book club pick. Subscribe to the audio podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podca ...more

Haruki Murakami Book Group — 5894 members — last activity Mar 04, 2026 07:06PM
Discuss all things Haruki Murakami: novels, short stories, non-fiction, books about HM, translation projects, related music/film, interviews, symbolis ...more

Discworld — 1415 members — last activity Apr 24, 2025 01:20AM
If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, this is a place to meet other fans. ...more

Philosophical Science Fiction — 35 members — last activity Aug 14, 2013 10:21AM
A group to discuss science fiction novels that explore philosophical issues. This group is brand new so bear with me for a little while, I am open t ...more

American Gods: All Gaiman, All The Time — 952 members — last activity Nov 03, 2023 12:17PM
What? No group for Neil Gaiman fan(atic)s? For Shame! Well, now there is--a group for all things Gaiman. If you're a fan of his novels, his graphic no ...more

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