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“Netherton?” asked the voice, as if suspecting the name of being an unfamiliar euphemism.
I love how Gibson can turn a phrase like this. Descriptive and elusive both at once.
“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Liam’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Liam’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
101 books
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1,455 friends
287 books
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376 friends
1 book
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1,826 friends
4 books
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5 friends
21 books
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87 friends
123 books
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71 friends
505 books
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70 friends
978 books
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4,997 friends
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Favorite Genres
Book Club, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Philosophy, Politics, Science, Science fiction, and War
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