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Shawn is Currently Reading

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Welcome to the Jungle (Shadow's Path #2)

by John Ringo

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Quintus Fox: Moons Run Red (Quintus Fox #2)

by Jason Córdova (Goodreads Author)

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Under Falling Skies (The Travels of Scout Shannon, #1)

by Kate MacLeod (Goodreads Author)

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Brother, Frank by Michael Bunker

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Dresser pulls off his shades and stomps over to the tech, stepping close so that their faces are mere inches apart. “Why would your stuff survive, while a couple billion dollars of our equipment is now useless?” The tech stands dead still ...more

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Shawn’s Quotes

“Jedi Masters do not crack up- they just get eccentric.- Luke Skywalker”
― Troy Denning, Star by Star

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“Fish and Wildlife wants to fine us for killing a giant mutant Tennessee River catfish because it was endangered. Sure it had just crawled up on land and eaten some teenagers, but it was still an endangered species.”
― Larry Correia, Monster Hunter International

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“There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.”
― Pierre Dos Utt, Tanstaafl: A Plan for a New Economic World Order

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“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.”
― Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled

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