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Quiller: The Ninth Directive by Adam Hall

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I have a dislike for men with small feet and bow ties and a dislike anyway for Loman. It has been mutual for years but has never affected our work, so that neither considers it important except when we find ourselves shut up together in the ...more

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“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

tags: dark-tower, horror

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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

tags: action, attitude, choice, imagination, inspiration, life, pretend

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“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

tags: dark, jon-jake-chambers, stephen-king, tower

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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You

tags: bibliotherapy, books, escape, good-habits, life, pleasure, reading, refuge

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“Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”
― Voltaire

tags: books, reading

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Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" — 1140 members — last activity 16 hours, 20 min ago
Readers, authors, illustrators, and editors aggregate here to discuss Sword & Sorcery books and related media (movies, comics, blogposts, etc.). ...more

Beyond Jack Vance — 119 members — last activity Mar 28, 2026 04:33PM
Lack of a Jack Vance group was a startling, and profoundly disappointing discovery. So I'm starting one here. I've read most Vance, and remain on an e ...more

Literary Treks: A Star Trek Books and Comics Group — 468 members — last activity Jul 09, 2026 09:23AM
This is a Star Trek books and comics group that is linked with the Trek.fm podcast by the same name. Here is a place to talk about all the books and c ...more