RIP Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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RIP Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27076562

Kinda expected, but still shocking. The world is less than it was.
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville

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Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!

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Indeed it is. RIP, Gabo. :(
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Yeah, just saw this. Seems to be a rash of them recently.

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I saw the news when he died. I would probably put 100 Years of Solitude in my top 10 books of all time.

I've been meaning to read Love in the Time of Cholera for a while too - I really need to get a copy of that.
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Y'know, I never managed to get into 100 years. :D

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A few people have told me that they didn't get into it, but it really grips me, and even though I know it already it's one of those books I can read over a lot of times.
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