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To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman The Adventure of English by Melvyn Bragg Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies by John Scalzi A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin Dissolution by C.J. Sansom 1066 by Frank McLynn Cities in Flight by James Blish
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Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
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moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come, and against the moments one was currently disregarding.
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An interesting thought. Think of that when you are next in a queue!!
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