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Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by John Paul II
What are you reading in general?
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I've read Wasp Factory. It's weird, but good.Avatar wrote:Don't think I've ever read any of his "contemporary" fiction.
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'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
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Just finished re-reading Saga of the Pliocene Exile by Julian May. Now I'm thinking about re-reading The Eternity Brigade by Stephen Goldin.
“Do not hurt where holding is enough;
Do not wound where hurting is enough;
Do not maim where wounding is enough;
and kill not where maiming is enough;
The greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill”
Do not wound where hurting is enough;
Do not maim where wounding is enough;
and kill not where maiming is enough;
The greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill”
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In general I'm reading a few books that sit and think about the very difficult boarderline between materialist and idealist world views; that grey area occupied by people who Richard Dawkins once referred to as 'pallid lilly-livered fence sitters', those of us for whom a fundamentalist belief that 'science is all there is', and will oneday have answered all the questions there is, is a leap of faith to far.
Specifically I'm re-reading How to make a Human Being [first create your Universe] by Christopher Potter. This is one 'pallid....[etc]' with whom I'm proud to be onside.
Specifically I'm re-reading How to make a Human Being [first create your Universe] by Christopher Potter. This is one 'pallid....[etc]' with whom I'm proud to be onside.
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
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The Saga of the Pliocene Exile is an excellent series!Rabs wrote:Just finished re-reading Saga of the Pliocene Exile by Julian May. Now I'm thinking about re-reading The Eternity Brigade by Stephen Goldin.
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Indeed it is. Have you ever read The Eternity Brigade? If not I highly recommend it unless you dislike military science fiction.Orlion wrote:The Saga of the Pliocene Exile is an excellent series!Rabs wrote:Just finished re-reading Saga of the Pliocene Exile by Julian May. Now I'm thinking about re-reading The Eternity Brigade by Stephen Goldin.
“Do not hurt where holding is enough;
Do not wound where hurting is enough;
Do not maim where wounding is enough;
and kill not where maiming is enough;
The greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill”
Do not wound where hurting is enough;
Do not maim where wounding is enough;
and kill not where maiming is enough;
The greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill”
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