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hardworking Petrarch, Diderot, Voltaire, Homer, Gene Wolfe who walked with Thanatos between last book and this
“This is the world we live in. We are not heroes. We do not choose to be great; we have no power over our destinies. The scraps of freedom that we have are to pick between two poisons, to make the least bad decision we can, knowing that there is no outcome that will not leave us bruised, bloody on the floor.”
― Ithaca
― Ithaca
“Are you conspiring, little duck?"
"When one has neither gold, soldiers, name nor honour, what else is a woman to do?”
― Ithaca
"When one has neither gold, soldiers, name nor honour, what else is a woman to do?”
― Ithaca
“But structures are processes are not thereso that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually develop. They reproduce to populate the Earth because they are functional.”
― Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
― Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
“Kenamon takes his time to consider this. Penelope does not mind. The silence of men is a novel experience, and she is prepared to thoroughly enjoy it.”
― Ithaca
― Ithaca
“In contemporary capitalism, in contrast to the colonial period, the enforcement of neoliberal policies is the chief means of imposing income deflation on the working people of the periphery.”
― The Veins of the South Are Still Open: Debates Around the Imperialism of Our Time
― The Veins of the South Are Still Open: Debates Around the Imperialism of Our Time
The Life of a Book Addict
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The Sword and Laser
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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
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