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“To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.”
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“The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves.”
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“The last best hope of life is that at some point during living it, all that you did wrong will suddenly teach you to do right.”
― The Last Talk with Lola Faye
― The Last Talk with Lola Faye
“A realist writer might break his protagonist's leg, or kill his fiancee; but a science fiction writer will immolate whole planets, and whilst doing so he will be more concerned with the placement of commas than the screams of the dying.”
― Yellow Blue Tibia
― Yellow Blue Tibia
“Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering.”
― Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
― Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy
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A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more
21st Century Literature
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For people interested in keeping up with the modern literary classics. We will be reading fiction and fine literature from 2000 to present, with the i ...more
The Novella Club
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A book group devoted to reading and discussing novellas (one a month). Definition of NOVELLA 1) a story with a compact and pointed plot 2) a work of ...more
Horror Aficionados
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If you love horror literature, movies, and culture, you're in the right place. Whether it's vampires, werewolves, zombies, serial killers, plagues, or ...more
Speculative Short Fiction Deserves Love
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A group for discussion and recommendation of SF & fantasy short stories, novelettes, novellas, collections, and anthologies. Anyone can join! Anyone ...more
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