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Now this is important: Expertise must be earned. Other people know things you don’t because they have learned, worked, and lived in ways you haven’t. Climate experts are experts because they have spent a lifetime studying, asking questions,
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“...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.”
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“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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“I was amused to note that even vampires obeyed the unwritten rules of elevator etiquette.”
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“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.”
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“I have seen John Scalzi's pose-off picture. There are no words. There is only inarticulate whimpering.”
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Pulp Magazine Authors and Literature Fans
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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
Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"
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Readers, authors, illustrators, and editors aggregate here to discuss Sword & Sorcery books and related media (movies, comics, blogposts, etc.). ...more
Steampunk Reads
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What is steampunk? Steampunk is Victorian science fiction or "Steampunk" is the science-fiction of the Steam Age; the Industrial Revolution re-i ...more
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