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Universal Harvester

by John Darnielle (Goodreads Author)

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The Harafish

by Naguib Mahfouz

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Sep 22, 2024 10:40PM

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The Bright Sword

by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)

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“Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

tags: big-bang, universe

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“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: writing

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“It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

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“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure.”
― Douglas Adams

tags: computer, science, technology

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