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“Sometimes I wonder how normal normal people are, and I wonder that most in the grocery store.”

Work

In this science fiction novel, the protagonist navigates the ethical and philosophical complexities of altering the human brain to enhance intelligence and overcome disabilities. The story delves into the potential benefits and drawbacks of such technological advancements, raising questions about the nature of humanity and the essence of consciousness. more

Author

Elizabeth Moon

Elizabeth Moon is an American science fiction author born on March 7, 1945. Her works are known for their deep themes and complex characters, spanning multiple subgenres of science fiction, including space opera, military science fiction, and post-apocalyptic worlds. more

“Because those events are so real that they cast their shadow forward and backwards through all time, whenever men think of these matters at all. Even if they are mired in ignorace, they will see...fragments of the Truth, as men imprisoned in a cave see shadows cast by the sun. Likewise, all men derive their moral intuitions from God; how not? There is no other source, just as there is no other way to make a wheel than to make it round.”

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“He remembered his mother's love for him, and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to kill him seemed impossible.”

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Book:WAR AND PEACE Complete Edition – All 15 Books in One Volume (World Classics Series): The Magnum Opus of the Greatest Russian Novelists and Author of Anna Karenina & The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Including the Biography & Memoirs of the Author)

Source: WAR AND PEACE Complete Edition – All 15 Books in One Volume (World Classics Series): The Magnum Opus of the Greatest Russian Novelists and Author of Anna Karenina & The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Including the Biography & Memoirs of the Author)

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Language Imagination Records

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Men Earth Purpose Walking

Author:Kate Atkinson

“I do love the sound of ripping corn husks. The violence of the noise, the sustained popping and shoring of the silky organic threads, made me think of someone tearing up an expensive and potentially Italian set of trousers in a fit of madness that this person just might regret later.”