Andrew Brooks

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Andrew Brooks is currently reading

The Man from the Diogenes Club

by Kim Newman

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Book cover for Blood Lite III: Aftertaste (Blood Lite, #3; Otherworld Stories, #10.4; The Dresden Files, #6.5)

Blood Lite III: Aftertaste (Blood Lite, #3; Otherworld Stories, #10.4; The Dresden Files, #6.5) by Kevin J. Anderson

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The whole “let’s find Bigfoot” thing seems a little ill-planned to me, personally. Granted, my perspective is different from that of non-wizards, but marching out into the woods looking for a very large and very powerful creature by ...more

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Andrew’s Quotes

“Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!”
― C. J. Cherryh

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“Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.”
― Michael Crichton, State of Fear

tags: bigotry, fiction, prejudice, science

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“I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”
― Terry Pratchett

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“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
― David Brin

tags: life, power

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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