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Bronteandlizzy t1_j4giuml wrote

“And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind. The room was indeed empty. Every night the waves came in and bore her off on their great tides of sound, floating her, wide-eyed, toward morning. There had been no night in the last two years that Mildred had not swum that sea, had not gladly gone down in it for the third time.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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rplanet t1_j4gwqmh wrote

Second day in a row I’ve seen 451 in the comments, I love it. Can’t believe I never read that book until last year

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juice_box_hero t1_j4i5o97 wrote

Thanks for sharing this quote. I actually just picked up an old copy of the book yesterday while at work. I’ll have to pull it out of the pile and start reading it. I’ve never read it before and this speaks to me. Thanks, friend

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littlebitsofspider t1_j4hwhta wrote

This is a deep cut. My pick was gonna be Ender's earring from Speaker for the Dead that he uses to talk to Jane.

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lavender_dreams95 t1_j4j4ynt wrote

I haven’t thought of those books in ages

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littlebitsofspider t1_j4jmfqb wrote

Probably good, turns out Card is rabidly anti-LGBTQ.

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hour_of_the_rat t1_j4kyop0 wrote

You don't have to, but I am willing to separate the art from the artist.

His science fiction is remarkably progressive.

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Lord_Oglefore t1_j4l0i1s wrote

Yeah but it sucks to talk about because you have to repeatedly state how he’s a piece of shit and his political views are garbage but boy can he write a space book

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hour_of_the_rat t1_j4l261f wrote

>you have to repeatedly state

No, I don't. And even if I did, it takes two seconds, "Sure, he's a dick, but let me finish telling you about how awesome Ender's game is..."

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