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Chris’s favorite books

World War Z by Max Brooks Yendi by Steven Brust Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey Magician by Raymond E. Feist Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman The King's Buccaneer by Raymond E. Feist Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni Prince of Chaos by Roger Zelazny Sethra Lavode by Steven Brust Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust
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The Testaments
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by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
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War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
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We’re all immortal until we die.
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Melodie Ramone
“It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of a son of a bitch or another. --Malcolm Reynolds”
― Melodie Ramone
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“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.”
― Joss Whedon
tags: firefly, humour, irony, show-business, wit
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The King's Buccaneer by Raymond E. FeistTaltos by Steven BrustThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettJhereg by Steven BrustThe Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
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