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2:32 AM
I'm re-reading Golden Compass and it's still a great book, but once you notice how all of Lyra's interactions with adults follow a downright console RPG question-and-answer tree there is no unseeing the pattern.
NY Book Fair #newacq: a hefty 1685 chronology of world history, with big charts and a volvelle. Throw pillow added for scale.
Learn about one of the most beautiful astronomy books ever printed, Peter Apian’s ‘Astronomicum Caesareum’: https://ilovetypography.com/2018/03/20/typographical-wonder-astronomical-folly/
 
3:41 AM
"Māori don’t need Pākehā artists to tell their stories for them. What we do need are allies who can love and acknowledge our rich histories and identities without making them their own, and calling it #MaoriArt." https://twitter.com/TheSpinoffTV/status/975954068332949509
 
 
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3:01 PM
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Q: Does the title of "The Neverending Story" have a double meaning?

EJoshuaSI only recently started the book, so forgive me if I'm missing something that's made obvious later in the book, but does the title of The Neverending Story have a double meaning? Bastian assumes when he starts reading that it just means that you can keep reading the book as long as you want, but ...

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Q: Why do the names of the first two characters introduced in "The Neverending Story" start with B and C?

EJoshuaSI only recently started the book, so I'm hoping that I'm not missing something that's made clear in the book later, but the first character introduced in the book is named Bastian Balthazar Bux (whose names start entirely with the letter "B"). The second character introduced is Carl Conrad Corean...

 
 
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7:31 PM
Hi guys. I was in the library, and I've got the second book of Witcher (Andzrej Sapkowski, Miecz przeznaczenia) and the two books by Cornelia Funke that you recommended. @Rand al'Thor, @Narusan, @Gallifreyan.
 
 
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11:29 PM
@b_jonas Awesome! Sounds like you've got some fun reading ahead of you :-)
(Which two by Funke? Inkheart [first book] and Dragon Rider?)
 
@Randal'Thor Yes.
Apparently only about eight of her books are even translated to Hungarian so far, even though she wrote a lot.
 

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