Rain

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


Riddle-Master
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Soprano Sorce...
Rain is currently reading
by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Daughter of the B...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 22 books that Rain is reading…
Loading...
George Saunders
“Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.”
George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone

Cherise Sinclair
“It's hard for an educated woman to turn her head off. That's part of the joy of being a submissive. None of the decisions are yours. When you can't refuse anything and can't even move, those voices in your head go silent. All you can do, and all you are permitted to do, is feel.”
Cherise Sinclair, Dark Citadel

Sheri S. Tepper
“They will set aside what they have believed about the world, divesting themselves of all preconceptions, all judgments.... They will do it, then they will send their minds out to seek the truth. ”
Sheri S. Tepper, The Revenants
tags: truth

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

George R.R. Martin
“The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake.

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smokestacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest Airlines. Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to middle Earth.”
George R.R. Martin

1865 SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — 41998 members — last activity 1 hour, 17 min ago
Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
967 Apocalypse Whenever — 13897 members — last activity 18 minutes ago
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
142309 Underground Knowledge — A discussion group — 24789 members — last activity 9 hours, 53 min ago
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more
935887 The Banished Lands and The Bloodsworn — 1431 members — last activity Jan 04, 2026 03:59PM
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
year in books
Shaitarn
869 books | 82 friends

Di Mait...
2,429 books | 270 friends

Edward ...
1,688 books | 2,029 friends

James I...
75 books | 1,255 friends

Mogsy
6,486 books | 1,276 friends

Maja
1,060 books | 327 friends

Petrik
2,458 books | 4,978 friends

Aristotle
742 books | 175 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Rain

Lists liked by Rain