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Philip K. Dick
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, Valis

Aldous Huxley
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929

Henry David Thoreau
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau

Oscar Wilde
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

John McPhee
“If you free yourself from the conventional reaction to a quantity like a million years, you free yourself a bit from the boundaries of human time. And then in a way you do not live at all, but in another way you live forever.”
― John McPhee, Basin and Range

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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 — 5454 members — last activity Oct 25, 2026 05:59AM
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 — 311 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 — 1912 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 — 1140 members — last activity Sep 16, 2026 09:37AM
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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