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"DnF. Unfortunately this felt like fan fiction — the writing was really clunky and there’s no way in to caring for the characters." — Dec 20, 2025 10:07AM
"DnF. Unfortunately this felt like fan fiction — the writing was really clunky and there’s no way in to caring for the characters." — Dec 20, 2025 10:07AM
“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”
― Interpreter of Maladies
― Interpreter of Maladies
“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”
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“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.”
― Tao Te Ching
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.”
― Tao Te Ching
“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“I fear that, with our current veneration for the natural and the real, we have arrived at the opposite pole to all idealism, and have landed in the region of the waxworks.”
― The Birth of Tragedy
― The Birth of Tragedy
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Doctor Who Book Club - Traveling the Vortex
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We love Doctor Who. We love the podcast Traveling the Vortex. We love books. If any of those apply to you, then come join the fun! Traveling the Vort ...more
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This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more
Homer's The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson
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In this group, we will read and discuss Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Odyssey, published in November 2017 by Norton. We also welcome d ...more
Eli’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Eli’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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