John McDermott

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about John.


Dead of Night
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Loading...
Terry Pratchett
“No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away...”
Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

Neil Gaiman
“I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.”
Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

Justin Cronin
“His gaze widened, then taking in the entirety of the camp. All these people: they were trapped. And not merely by the wires that surrounded them. Physical barricades were nothing compared to the wires of the mind. What had truly imprisoned them was one another. Husbands and wives, parents and children, friends and companions: what they believed had given them strength in their lives had actually done the opposite. Guilder recalled the couple who lived across the street from his townhouse, trading off their sleeping daughter on the way to the car. How heavy that burden must have felt in their arms. And when the end swept down upon them all, they would exit the world on a wave of suffering, their agonies magnified a million times over by the loss of her. Would they have to watch her die? Would they perish first, knowing what would become of her in their absence? Which was preferable? But the answer was neither. Love had sealed their doom. Which was what love did.”
Justin Cronin, The Twelve

Luke Scull
“If the gods weren’t long dead, I might accuse them of lining up to take a shit on me.”
Luke Scull, Dead Man's Steel

Chuck Palahniuk
“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

636120 The Cool Kids' Fantasy Club — 1780 members — last activity 8 hours, 15 min ago
A group to chat about SFF books. Authors and readers welcome. I might post about my books and the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off too. I plan on maki ...more
190112 Judging Book Covers - ALL. DAY. LONG. — 1209 members — last activity Aug 17, 2024 09:42AM
Yeah, we judge books by their covers - So What!
935887 The Banished Lands and The Bloodsworn — 1424 members — last activity Jun 04, 2025 04:19PM
A group to discuss all books written within The Faithful and the Fallen and Of Blood and Bone, as well as The Bloodsworn, by John Gwynne. We will disc ...more
1116447 Hardboiled American Crime and Worldwide Noir Fiction — 184 members — last activity Nov 21, 2025 06:06AM
Started somewhat as a reaction to the British cozy mystery of the Agatha Christie style (think Murder She Wrote), there came a demand for something mo ...more
year in books
Liz Bar...
4,890 books | 3,255 friends

Magdale...
21,291 books | 386 friends

Starch
708 books | 95 friends

Paul
10,213 books | 777 friends

Michael
754 books | 322 friends

Julia
707 books | 121 friends

Maureen
2,391 books | 2,812 friends

Gianfra...
12,384 books | 767 friends

More friends…
Grey Sister by Mark  Lawrence
Can't Wait Books of 2018
1,208 books — 4,457 voters
Zoo City by Lauren BeukesThe Mirror Empire by Kameron HurleySteal the Sky by Megan E. O'KeefeThe Dragon Engine by Andy RemicDrake by Peter McLean
Your Favorite Angry Robot Books
199 books — 74 voters

More…



Polls voted on by John

Lists liked by John