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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Flyboys by James D. Bradley The Sandman, Vol. 4 by Neil Gaiman The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer Garfield at Large by Jim Davis 1984 by George Orwell 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) by Iain M. Banks
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It swooped through the world’s thin wrapping with a voice of fire,
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A poetic way to describe this ubiquitous sci-fi occurrence.
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250610 Manly Book Club for Men — 2 members — last activity Nov 23, 2017 06:01PM
A manly group for real Alaskan Men who read.
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