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Katie is Currently Reading

Katie is currently reading

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

by Tamim Ansary (Goodreads Author)

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May 14, 2026 06:17PM

“The explorer had replied something to the effect that they didn’t mean to be intimidating and was the widdle academic transport crew scared, but in corporate speak, and ART had replied, It’s so easy for ships to disappear out here.”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

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“It turns out executing a deliberate, convincing distraction is a lot harder than being a distraction accidentally.”
― Martha Wells, Platform Decay

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“Of course not,” I said. And it probably sounded snappy, but it had been an effort not to say Fuck no, so I was counting it as a win.”
― Martha Wells, Platform Decay

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“I felt HostileSecUnit1 go into shutdown mode. It wasn’t dead, it was just catastrophically damaged. (I know, who isn’t?)”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

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“He got the vehicle started again and we proceeded down the stupid tunnel, into the stupid danger.”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

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