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Gideon Burton
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Reading for the 2nd time
read in April 2015
Gideon Burton said:
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I was absolutely delighted with Jo Walton's Among Others -- though I must say this was due in large part to experiencing the amazing narrative performance by Katherine Kellgren in the Audible audiobook edition. Wow! She brought the musicality and mag
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Digital refers not just to the effects and possibilities of a particular technology. It defines and encompasses the ways of thinking and doing that are embodied within that technology, and which make its development possible. These include
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“If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack.”
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“People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance. I'm sure the people in group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in a very suspicious way. For them, the situation is a fifty-fifty. Could be bad, could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they're on their own. And that fills them with fear. Yeah, there are those people. But there's a whole lot of people in group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope. See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?”
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“Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.”
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“Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
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