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"I am, in fact still working my way through this. I started it my last semester of undergrad; with any luck, I'll finish it before my MFA is done." — Oct 20, 2014 01:45AM
"I am, in fact still working my way through this. I started it my last semester of undergrad; with any luck, I'll finish it before my MFA is done." — Oct 20, 2014 01:45AM
“I know when a couple are really in love with each other. And by that I do not mean just sexually attracted. There is too much talk about sex, too much attention is paid to it. I do not mean that anything about sex is wrong. That is nonsense. But sex cannot take the place of love, it goes with love, but cannot succeed by itself.”
― Nemesis
― Nemesis
“Classic author moment, "Oh dear, did I kill that character or not?”
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“All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise”
― Antony and Cleopatra
― Antony and Cleopatra
“That's the joy of a harlequinade, after all, isn't it? We change our costumes. We change our roles.”
― Harlequin Valentine
― Harlequin Valentine
“She was young and very beautiful, but pale, like the grey pallor of death.”
― The Lady of the Shroud
― The Lady of the Shroud
The Clockwork Salon
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The Davenport sisters (of The Clockwork Cabaret) welcomes you to our Steampunk Bookclub. Here we will discuss the many pieces of literature that inspi ...more
Arthuriana -- all things King Arthur !
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For fans of any and all versions of the Arthur tale, from Le Morte D'Arthur to the graphic novel Camelot 3000 to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Aval ...more
Steampunk Reads
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What is steampunk? Steampunk is Victorian science fiction or "Steampunk" is the science-fiction of the Steam Age; the Industrial Revolution re-i ...more
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
East Bay Jane Austen Book Club
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Love Jane Austen? Live in the San Francisco Bay Area? Prefer your book club to bring high tea goodies and do Regency era crafting while chatting about ...more
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