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The Pariah (Covenant of Steel, #1)

by Anthony Ryan (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 25, 2026 02:19PM

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Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1)

by Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2026-shortlist-ideas, currently-reading, audio-books, dystopia, fantasy, humour, mystery, sci-fi

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Cabin Pressure: From A to Z

by John Finnemore

bookshelves: humour, radio-series, favourites, currently-reading

Reading for the 3rd time

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“We'll loot the bodies and be on our way." "The words that start every great adventure," Gabrielle quipped sarcastically. She might have been surprised to discover how accurate that statement truly was.”
― Drew Hayes, NPCs

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“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

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“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
― Terry Southern

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“Thunder rolled… It is said that the gods play games with the lives of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are—who knows? Best not to speculate. Thunder rolled… It rolled a six.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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“We don't do time-travel. That's for amateurs. We're not time-travellers - we're historians. We 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. so much more classy.”
― Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes

tags: historians, time-travel

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