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The last time I attempted to read Stoker's original, I found its melodramatic, epistolary format unbelievably tedious. Bess's black and wh ...more "
“If one wants to live one is better to incline towards imbecility than intelligence, and live only in the absurd. Intelligence consists of eating stars and turning them into dung. And the universe, at the most optimistic estimate, is nothing but God's digestive system.”
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“A glance at any human should be enough to dispel any notion that it is the work of an intelligent being.”
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“How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression? Let us remember the story of the Indian philosopher and his elephant. It was never more applicable than to the present subject. If the material world rests upon a similar ideal world, this ideal world must rest upon some other; and so on, without end. It were better, therefore, never to look beyond the present material world.”
― Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
― Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
“. . . according to Lem's Law, 'No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets' -- owing to general lack of time, the oversupply of books, and the perfection of advertising.”
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Originally founded as the Boulder Book Club on Facebook, this is an experimental reimagining of the club on Goodreads started for the 17th selection. ...more
This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more
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