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For most of the past century, your odds of being killed by a cougar were about the same as your odds of being killed by a filing cabinet. Snowplows kill twice as many Canadians as grizzly bears do.
“Children are all sorts of people, aren’t they, and I suppose if I knew more I’d find some I like and some I don’t, just like everyone else.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“Yet here’s the paradox: the image of a dangerous world has never been broadcast more effectively than it is now, while the world has never been less violent and more safe.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“Lust was a reliable emotion, but greed was altogether simpler to satisfy and you got to keep your clothes on.”
― Dead Man's Chest
― Dead Man's Chest
“The end of the world changes everything, from a law-enforcement perspective.”
― The Last Policeman
― The Last Policeman
“She could not envision a God who demanded such particularity of belief, whose mercy and forgiveness were confined to such a precise segment of humankind.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
The Western Suburban Sci-Fi Book Club
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A sci-fi book club for nerds, meeting monthly in western Chicagoland. Join us, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. You know, metaph ...more
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