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Paul Spence

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Paul is Currently Reading

Paul Spence is currently reading

Where Monsters Lie Volume 2: Cull-De-Sac

by Kyle Starks (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, humour, comics, horror-supernatural, graphic-novel

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Autobiography

by Morrissey

bookshelves: currently-reading, autobiography, music, music-history, music-business, rock-music

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Apr 14, 2026 07:29PM

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True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

by Kostya Kennedy

bookshelves: currently-reading, baseball, biography, history, race

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Paul’s Quotes

“Love truth, but pardon error.”
― Voltaire

tags: truth

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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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“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
― Logan Pearsall Smith

tags: life, reading

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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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Manga & Anime Lovers — 2512 members — last activity Mar 23, 2026 09:15AM
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 Mar 08, 2026 02:26PM
A group for listeners of the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast.

Science Fiction Aficionados — 2590 members — last activity Apr 16, 2026 05:11PM
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

Space Opera Fans — 5570 members — last activity 15 hours, 59 min ago
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 — 21671 members — last activity 53 minutes 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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