My usual fare in reading is fantasy and science-fiction, with an occasional foray into historical fiction or biographies.
I recently finished re-reading Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar novels. I also enjoy Jasper Fforde's surrealist humor. And I somehow bored my way through the first book of "The Realmgate Wars".. not bothering with the rest of that series.
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You can't stop knowlege; you shouldn't try. If you do, half the time it's the wrong people that get it first.
— Oathbreakers (Valdemar: Vows and Honor, #2) by Mercedes Lackey (Page 422)
(Page 422 in the omnibus; should be page 179 in the standalone edition. At the end of Chapter 11).
Mercedes Lackey describing the concept of "security by full disclosure" vs "security by obscurity", in 1989 ... before it became popular in computer science.
The hereditary Archivists of Rethwellan both suffered from an overdose of honesty.
— Oathbreakers (Valdemar: Vows and Honor, #2) by Mercedes Lackey (Page 331)
Chapter 6 (page 331 in the omnibus)
"She seems like any other mercenary hire-sword - insisting on simple solutions to complicated problems, mostly involving the application of steel to offending party."
— The Oathbound (Valdemar: Vows and Honor, #1) by Mercedes Lackey (Page 31)
Reading dates approximate.
First part of a trilogy about the life of Siddartha Gautama, the man who would later be known as Buddha. …
First part of a trilogy about the life of Siddartha Gautama, the man who would …
Reading dates approximate.
First part of a trilogy about the life of Siddartha Gautama, the man who would later be known as Buddha. …
First part of a trilogy about the life of Siddartha Gautama, the man who would …
Reading dates approximate. Actually another re-read, first read it years ago.
A new world based on fairness, participation, accountability is closer than you think if you learn to think like a …
@emmadilemma Ok, thanks for answering my question!
