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John’s favorite books

The Tain by China Miéville J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt The Scar by China Miéville Neuromancer by William Gibson Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Ptolemy
“I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia”
― Ptolemy, Ptolemy's Almagest
tags: eternity, mortality, night-sky, sky, stars
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China Miéville
“I don't want to be a simile anymore,' I said. "I want to be a metaphor.”
― China Miéville, Embassytown
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Galileo Galilei
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
― Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
tags: bible, christianity, evolution, science
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