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My least favorite rock-show cliché is (and forever will be) the fake encore—that is when the band leaves the stage and pretends that the show is over, and then comes back out to play a few more songs, supposedly because the audience did a ...more
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Daphne du Maurier
“Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear”
Daphne DuMaurier, Rebecca

Neal Stephenson
“Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you, or else you will have no defense against the ugliness that will hem you in and come at you in so many ways.”
Neal Stephenson, Anathem

Neal Stephenson
“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor.”
Neal Stephenson, Anathem

Brian W. Aldiss
“To qualify as a Seeker, it was necessary to show a high serendipity factor. In my experimental behaviour pool as a child, I had exhibited such a factor, and had been selected for special training forthwith. I had taken additional courses in Philosophical, Alpha-humerals, Incidental Tetrachotomy, Apunctual Synchronicity, Homoontogenesis, and other subjects, ultimately qualifying as a Prime Esemplastic Seeker. In other words, I put two and two together in situations where other people were not thinking about addition. I connected. I made wholes greater than parts. Mine was an invaluable profession in a cosmos increasingly full of parts.”
Brian W. Aldiss, The 1977 Annual World's Best SF

Mark Twain
“You can't throw too much style into a miracle.”
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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For all those planning to read Infinite Jest this summer starting June 21. Support, encouragement and gentle pushes welcome.
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