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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

by Steve Brusatte

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The Macabre Megapack: 25 Lost Tales from the Golden Age

by Duane Parsons

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Deadpool Classic Companion

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“Even if we become glowing clouds of ectoplasm, there's going to be something we're competing for - and most of us will feel as though we're getting screwed.”
― Rudy Rucker, Year Million: Science at the Far Edge of Knowledge

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“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
― Alan Watts

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

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“belief is the death of intelligence.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins

tags: atheism, belief, faith, intelligence, metaphysics, philosophy, religion

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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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Cyberpunk — 1023 members — last activity Nov 13, 2025 01:20AM
A group for fans of all things cyberpunk. Have fun. Make something happen. Authors, please use the 'Marketing, Beta Readers, Reviews' folder to post ...more

Goon Reads — 297 members — last activity Feb 03, 2015 07:09PM
A collective group for the members of the Something Awful forums to chat about stuff that might not be worthy of a thread in TBB. And some other stuff ...more

PoMo and Surreal Fiction Book Club — 145 members — last activity Oct 29, 2014 10:35AM
This book club is dedicated to people who enjoy surreal and post-modern fiction and would like to explore and read a new title monthly or bi-monthly. ...more

Surreal Grotesque Magazine — 86 members — last activity Feb 02, 2016 02:12PM
This group is to support a new magazine for up and coming horror/sci-fi/dark fantasy writers. we are accepting flash submissions, longer pieces up to ...more

Weird Westerns — 250 members — last activity Nov 14, 2025 06:04AM
The western is a time-honored genre in the literature world, but it wasn't until lately that we've started adding the surreal to the mix and it's been ...more

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