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Instead of the Waterstones and Amazons of this world, we will make them available under the counter at various corner shops across the UK and beyond.
I read the Kindle version.
“Any day could be the last of life or liberty, so small pleasures were always worth pursuing.”
― The Affair
― The Affair
“Desire brings the participants together. Data sets the limits of their dialogue. Doubt frames the questions.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“There are no facts—only observational postulates in an endlessly regenerative hodgepodge of predictions. Consensus reality requires a fixed frame of reference. In a multi-level, infinite universe, there can be no fixity; thus, no absolute consensus reality. In a relativistic universe, it appears impossible to test the reliability of any expert by requiring him to agree with another expert. Both can be correct, each in his own inertial system. Bene Gesserit Azhar Book”
― Dune: House Corrino
― Dune: House Corrino
“The mind imposes this framework which it calls ‘reality’. That arbitrary framework has a tendency to be quite independent of what your senses report.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“The working Planetologist has access to many resources, data, and projections. However, his most important tools are human beings. Only by cultivating ecological literacy among the people themselves can he save an entire planet. Pardot Kynes, The Case for Bela Tegeuse”
― House Atreides
― House Atreides
Ben’s 2025 Year in Books
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