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Paul is Currently Reading

Paul Spence is currently reading

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers

by Tom Wolfe

bookshelves: currently-reading, essays, nonfiction, journalism, history, humour

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Jan 29, 2026 05:27AM

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Parallel Lives

by Olivier Schrauwen

bookshelves: currently-reading, comics, graphic-novel, science-fiction

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Jan 28, 2026 03:28AM

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The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

bookshelves: currently-reading, literary-fiction, mystery

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Jan 22, 2026 11:00AM

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Paul’s Quotes

“And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.”
― Marianne Williamson

tags: confidence

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“Love truth, but pardon error.”
― Voltaire

tags: truth

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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS

tags: qotd

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“It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.”
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

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Manga & Anime Lovers — 2465 members — last activity 23 minutes ago
Do you like to read comics like Fairy Tail? One Piece? The Black Butler? Bleach? Or any other manga out there. If so, this is the group for you. In th ...more

SFBRP Listeners — 666 members — last activity Jan 29, 2026 05:04AM
A group for listeners of the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast.

Science Fiction Aficionados — 2565 members — last activity Jan 30, 2026 06:48PM
Welcome to Sci Fi Aficionados. We love all things science fiction, with an emphasis on the classics of the genre. Members are welcome to discuss all t ...more

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If you like space opera: an epic scale adventure through the galaxy with military battles, interplanetary politics, realistic interpersonal relationsh ...more

The Sword and Laser — 21692 members — last activity 5 hours, 15 min ago
Online discussion forum for the Sword and Laser podcast and monthly book club pick. Subscribe to the audio podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podca ...more

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