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Jack van Riel

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author)

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Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

by Anne McCaffrey

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Anathem

by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)

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Jack’s Quotes

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
― William Gibson, Neuromancer

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“No one expected me. Everything awaited me.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

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“Hours passed, like a kidney stone.”
― T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys

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“Your goal is not to write a perfect chapter. It is to write an imperfect book.”
― John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye

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