James Mourgos

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The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

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Etruscan seemed to have no relationship to any of the surrounding languages; it seemed very archaic; it seemed not even to be Indo-European.

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“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Man,” said Terl, “is an endangered species.”
― L. Ron Hubbard, Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000

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“What is the point of celebrating diversity if one tries to make all the elements of it the same?”
― Diane Duane, Sand and Stars

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“Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.”
― Mary Leakey

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“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
― Isaac Asimov

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Amazon Kindle — 11781 members — last activity Apr 25, 2026 11:44PM
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Goodreads Reviewers' Group — 13508 members — last activity 3 hours, 16 min ago
This group helps to bring Reviewers and Authors together! Reviewers can make their own thread to post their reviews in, or post their reviews in the r ...more

We <3 "The Dreamer"! — 13 members — last activity May 09, 2013 02:33PM
For those of us who think Lora Innes' "The Dreamer" is the best webcomic ever! ...more

Seasons of Reading Readathons — 278 members — last activity Apr 21, 2026 05:51PM
A group dedicated to readathons hosted at the Seasons of Reading blog to facilitate interaction during readathons and to share announcements. Also, fe ...more