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Mike

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Mike’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (48)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1955)
did-not-finish‎ (20)
to-read-writing‎ (30)
to-read-manga‎ (16)
to-read-tbd‎ (16)
to-read-comics‎ (5)

might-finish-might-not‎ (1)
manga‎ (701)
graphic-novels‎ (654)
starters-sequential-art‎ (317)
webcomics‎ (154)
mystery-and-crime‎ (120)
science-fiction‎ (106)
favorites‎ (104)

dystopia-and-post-apocalyptic‎ (90)
starters-prose‎ (81)
short-stories‎ (75)
urban-fantasy‎ (60)
stand-alone-sequential-art‎ (56)
historical-fiction‎ (52)
slice-of-life‎ (45)
challenge-shounen-spring‎ (33)

light-novels‎ (31)
writing‎ (29)
stand-alone-novels‎ (27)
cooking-food‎ (26)
fairy-tales‎ (19)
steampunk‎ (11)
challenge-jsr-spring‎ (9)
first-reads‎ (7)

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Mike’s Quotes

“Wait. You've got principles? We'll have to update your file.”
― Simon R. Green, A Hard Day's Knight

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“I had a plan, all right, ... I was also pretty sure no one on my list of allies was going to like it.”
― Timothy Zahn, Judgment at Proteus

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“What's plan b?'
'We all die now.'
'What's plan c?”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 4: Unstoppable

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“No, of course not,' he agreed in a tone that implied he'd heard both the words I'd said and the words I hadn't said and would be mulling them over later on his own.”
― Timothy Zahn, The Icarus Hunt

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“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

tags: einstein, gaiman, god, humor

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Mike’s Groups

Webcomic Wonderland — 395 members — last activity Dec 08, 2025 05:39PM
This is a group for anyone who reads webcomics or would like to start. Here you can discuss all of your favorite webcomics, take polls, play games and ...more

Josei and Seinen Readers — 358 members — last activity Feb 19, 2026 05:23PM
We are a josei and seinen manga book club. We read and discuss primarily manga geared towards older men and women, such as A Bride's Story, Bunny Drop ...more

Shoujo Manga Book Club — 1339 members — last activity Mar 13, 2026 02:25AM
We are a shoujo manga book club for all ages. Mostly we discuss shoujo manga like Sailor Moon, Fushigi Yugi, Sand Chronicles, and others. This is also ...more

Graphic Novel Reading Group — 5410 members — last activity Mar 17, 2026 06:45PM
This is a place where lovers of the Sequential Art form of Literature (graphic novels, comic books, manga, etc.) can get together and talk about their ...more

Comic books/Graphic novels/Manga Reading Challenges — 172 members — last activity Jul 29, 2020 12:15PM
If you read Comic books, Graphic novels, Manga, and/or Webcomics then this is the place for you! Here we can discuss all of these and participate in ...more

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