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“Will you tell me about Genghis Khan’s whores while I’m in the bath?" "Hordes, not whores. He had both, though, now that you mention it." "Sounds like he was a busy guy." You have no idea.”
― Hounded
― Hounded
“Life has ways of getting under your skin, spoiling your fun with too much information. Youth is truly the happiest time where we roll in the bliss of ignorance.”
― Prince of Fools
― Prince of Fools
“Still, children hope in ways adults find hard to imagine. They carry their dreams before them, fragile, in both arms, waiting for the world to trip them.”
― The Liar's Key
― The Liar's Key
“DI Cartwright: The cat is booby trapped? DI Quill: Welcome to my world.”
― London Falling
― London Falling
“Only a psychopath would ever think of doing these things, only a psychopath would dream of abusing other people in such a way, only a psychopath would treat people as less than human just for money. The shocking truth is, even though they now have most if not all of the money, they want still more, they want all of the money that you have left in your pockets, they want it all because they have no empathy with other people, with other creatures, they have no feeling for the world which they exploit, they have no love or sense of being or belonging for their souls are dead, dead to all things but greed and a desire to rule over others.”
― Corpalism
― Corpalism
Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction
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— last activity Dec 20, 2025 02:43PM
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more
The Not a Book Club Club
— 632 members
— last activity Jul 31, 2024 05:18AM
Place for random group side reads (i.e. we don't read a monthly pick, just stuff scheduled at a time when people can all read together). Often times t ...more
The Cool Kids' Fantasy Club
— 1779 members
— last activity Dec 01, 2025 09:40PM
A group to chat about SFF books. Authors and readers welcome. I might post about my books and the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off too. I plan on maki ...more
Grimdark Fantasy
— 1987 members
— last activity Nov 25, 2025 02:41AM
This is for fans of what has been coined Grimdark Fantasy. This includes books by authors such as Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, George RR Martin, Sc ...more
Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"
— 1116 members
— last activity Dec 17, 2025 08:57PM
Readers, authors, illustrators, and editors aggregate here to discuss Sword & Sorcery books and related media (movies, comics, blogposts, etc.). ...more
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