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Bob Manasco
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Bob Manasco said:
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Fantastic, thought-provoking book. Even better than the first novel, because Scalzi has already taken the time to set up this future reality, and now he can explore the stories within. Highly recommended.
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“I’m continually confronted with the human tendency to ignore or deny facts until the last possible instant. And then for several days after that, too.” Attavio”
― The Collapsing Empire
― The Collapsing Empire
“It’s a common mistake to assume that someone is weak because they are accommodating. If you think this, you might be the type who has no idea how much effort—how much strength—it takes to put up with your nonsense.”
― Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
― Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
“The wrong people get far too much mileage out of things that sound nice.... Take it from a guy who is all too capable with a lie: nothing is easier to sell someone than the story they want to hear.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“A virtue is something that is valuable even if it gives you nothing. A virtue persists without payment or compensation. Positive thinking is great. Vital. Useful. But it has to remain so even if it gets you nothing. Belief, truth, honor … if these exist only to get you something, you’ve missed the storming point.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“Even monsters had the right to protect their home.”
― Bones of the Past
― Bones of the Past
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