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‘I’m expecting at any moment to discover that I’m the Sultan’s long-lost son.’ Filippa made a face. ‘You mean …?’ ‘I feel as if I’m living inside someone’s opera.’ I waved in the direction of the fondaco. ‘Plots and counter-plots …’ ‘A
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“There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad Humanity may assume the semblance of a Hell-but the imagination of man is no Carathis, to explore with impunity its every cavern. Alas! the grim sepulchral terrors cannot be regarded as altogether fanciful-but, like the Demons in whose company Afrasiab made his voyage down the Oxus, they must sleep, or they will devour us-they must be suffered to slumber, or we perish.”
― The Premature Burial
― The Premature Burial
“He wrested the world's whereabouts from the stars, and locked the secret in a pocket watch.”
― Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
― Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”
― A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North America
― A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North America
The Sword and Laser
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Online discussion forum for the Sword and Laser podcast and monthly book club pick. Subscribe to the audio podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podca ...more
A Song of Ice & Fire Fans
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For fan discussion of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire series. Occasionally referred to by the first book of the series, A Game of Thrones. ...more
The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group
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“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more
Valar Morghulis--Valar Dohaeris
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--"You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live." -- Ygritte, (A Storm o ...more
The Cool Kids' Fantasy Club
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A group to chat about SFF books. Authors and readers welcome. I might post about my books and the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off too. I plan on maki ...more
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