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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien Halo by Greg Bear Watership Down by Richard Adams Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks Neuromancer by William Gibson The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan
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“Living either never has any point, or is always its own point; being a naturally cheery soul, I lean towards the latter.”
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