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Aldous Huxley
“An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.”
Aldous Huxley

Robert M. Pirsig
“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.”
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Farley Mowat
“And so the pact of timelessness between us was broken and I went from him into the darkening tunnel of the years.”
Farley Mowat

Haruki Murakami
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

John McPhee
“In six thousand years, you could never grow wings on a reptile. With sixty million, however, you could have feathers, too.”
John McPhee, Annals of the Former World

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The most active group for apocalyptic and dystopian stories! Join a monthly book discussion, get recommendations, or just tell us if you like canned p ...more
53316 Graphic Novel Reading Group — 5426 members — last activity May 06, 2026 11:13PM
This is a place where lovers of the Sequential Art form of Literature (graphic novels, comic books, manga, etc.) can get together and talk about their ...more
95230 Innovative Horror — 312 members — last activity Oct 18, 2023 01:37AM
E.T.A. Hoffman, H.P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson and (arguably) Clive Barker all moved horror fiction forward in their time. Who's doing so today? I t ...more
28367 Steampunk, New Weird, Bizarro, Scifi, Fantasy Book Group — 1917 members — last activity Oct 02, 2022 08:34PM
This Group is for a wide range of readers. Those who are already into Fantasy, Scifi, Steampunk, New Weird and Bizzaro. Or those that are just branchi ...more
55570 Science and Natural History — 1137 members — last activity Sep 22, 2020 01:21PM
This group is for those that just can't get enough of science and the natural world. *** All books are chosen by group members *** ...more
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