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It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell, 1984 It seems funny when you first read it. Upon rereading, …

I should have known something was very wrong when the Mules started flying erratically. Twelve Fair Kingdoms by Suzette Haden Elgin You've go…

This is a story about magic and where it goes and perhaps more importantly where it comes from and why, although it doesn't pretend to answer al…

"Take my camel, dear," said my Aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return from High Mass. Rose Macaulay, The Towers of…

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett Pratchett can comment on so many levels with just on…

You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. Mark Twain, A…

The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher Do you think he makes those sorts of huge mistakes? Or gets blam…

Johnny never knew for certain why he started seeing the dead. Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett A great first line from the  Johnny Maxwel…