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"It's a very good read so far. The characters are all so phenomenally strange. Their names sound so silly among all of the serious happenings in the strange world of Gormenghast. Steerpike is by far the most clever character I've ever come across in fiction. Amazing writing and a great storyline." — Jun 24, 2012 08:58AM
"It's a very good read so far. The characters are all so phenomenally strange. Their names sound so silly among all of the serious happenings in the strange world of Gormenghast. Steerpike is by far the most clever character I've ever come across in fiction. Amazing writing and a great storyline." — Jun 24, 2012 08:58AM
“Once, when a religionist denounced me in unmeasured terms, I sent him a card saying, "I am sure you believe that I will go to hell when I die, and that once there I will suffer all the pains and tortures the sadistic ingenuity of your deity can devise and that this torture will continue forever. Isn't that enough for you? Do you have to call me bad names in addition?”
― I. Asimov: A Memoir
― I. Asimov: A Memoir
“To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.”
― The Stones of Venice
― The Stones of Venice
“Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.”
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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