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“Look, there’s a history to all this stuff. Monotheism is a belief system that you see appearing in early herding societies. The greater their dependence on sheep herding, the more likely their belief in a shepherd god. It’s an exact
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“Women of bad intent went up there to seek evil men. Evil children were born.”
― Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future
― Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future
“Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.”
― Libriomancer
― Libriomancer
“Instead of Debbie Does Dallas, we get Gandalf Guts Goblins.”
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“Innovation can’t happen without accepting the risk that it might fail.”
― Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future
― Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future
“1. Bullying is not okay. Period.
2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.
3. If your sincerely-held religious beliefs require you to bully children, then your beliefs are fucked up.”
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2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.
3. If your sincerely-held religious beliefs require you to bully children, then your beliefs are fucked up.”
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A group for fans of the great Pulp Magazines of the 20's through the 50's. Included but not restricted to Weird Tales, Black Mask, Astounding, Adventu ...more
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