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There were no secrets in convents, they said. But there were secrets wherever there were humans to have them.
“The Yoruba say “o d’oju ala” when someone dies. I will see you in dreams.”
― Rosewater
― Rosewater
“I hear music. Is that asshole piping music through the killer robot? I can see the marketing campaign: one hundred tunes to die to.”
― Rosewater
― Rosewater
“Trees are normally very general and all-inclusive with their wisdom pearls. When a tree decides to talk to you, it's a very, very big deal, as if the world stops, as if you are scooped up and held in a snow globe, weightless and womb-like. I felt their vibrations in my feathers, in the flutter of my little black heart.”
― Hollow Kingdom
― Hollow Kingdom
“For a year and a half, he was an aristocratic supertramp,”
― The Gifts of Reading
― The Gifts of Reading
“What harsh sour souls they must have had, these frightening and frightened folk, creating for themselves in the lush fertile plains of India such a Supreme Soviet of a city!”
― Sailing to Byzantium
― Sailing to Byzantium
Chaos Oasis
— 35 members
— last activity Dec 08, 2025 04:41PM
An invitation-only group for chat when you don't feel like reading. 'In the great cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.' If you'd like to s ...more
Koli--flash group
— 10 members
— last activity Mar 28, 2021 03:24PM
Group read of The Book of Koli. Quickly conceived, quickly read, and most likely, quickly adjourned. :D Update: will also have a read of book two,
Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels
— 2074 members
— last activity 14 minutes ago
This group is for like-minded people who want to read all of the Hugo and Nebula winners and runners-up. The Hugo Awards are chosen by the fans. The ...more
SciFi and Fantasy Book Club
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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
Space Opera Fans
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— last activity 15 hours, 48 min ago
If you like space opera: an epic scale adventure through the galaxy with military battles, interplanetary politics, realistic interpersonal relationsh ...more
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