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Martin Williams
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Magical Books at the Bodleian
The key image for the Bodleian Library’s Magical Books exhibition
If you find yourself with an hour to spare in Oxford between now and 27th October 2013 you couldn’t find a better way to spend it than at the free exhibition Magical Books at the Bodleian Library. It’s not a very big room, but the exhibits are wonderful. Highlights for me were:
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Illumination
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“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
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“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Dear Martin,Thank you so much for the friendship request here on Goodreads. I am delighted to have won a copy of your novel 'Illumination' and i am very much looking forward to reading it. I am also excited to hear several references to J.R.R. Tolkien's work in it, as a huge fan!
Kind Regards
Lucinda x
Martin