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Service Model

by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, hugos-2025

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"Not sure that this humor is working for me." — Jul 22, 2025 03:26PM

Jul 22, 2025 03:26PM

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Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

by Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, sf, fantasy, short-story, anthology

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Faith said: " Overall Impressions

Standalone Short Fiction

Lake of Souls ****
An interesting dual-thread story. I'm always a sucker for a story that creates new species and societies. Got a big chuckle out of defining "people" as those who make bags (I'm being a touc ...more "

Jun 22, 2025 12:08PM · see review

Faith’s Quotes

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance. ”
― George Balanchine

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

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“Come to the edge," he said.
"We can't, we're afraid!" they responded.
"Come to the edge," he said.
"We can't, We will fall!" they responded.
"Come to the edge," he said.
And so they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.”
― Guillaume Apollinaire

tags: courage-fear

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