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quote 2015-09-15 03:36

NerdyNatasha Musings — feeling evil grin

But there’s no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink.

Excited to use my downtime in the hospital physical therapy rehab to catch up with my reading. FINALLY I finished The Maze Runner 1&2, so we can watch the movie.

I've been overly eager to read Gone Girl. Excited to see what the film has to offer. Plus I have a whole other device a friend dropped off to keep my mind entertained with reading.

Then onto The Martian. Of course my uncle wants to watch this. ..... and if course that nerdy female version of Sheldon from theThe Big Bang Theory while watching the movie. It will be twice as bad since I'm have read the book.

I'm just on a reading marathon....Any near and future movies based off of books anyone wants to recommend?

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review 2015-01-19 15:28

Bookers are at our Fingers

One of the best debut novels. It is comedy and thriller at the same time. As already quoted, It is Roninson Crusoe meets Mars.

The Martian!!! Probably the most famous debut novel by Andy Wier. Some people regard it better than Robinson Crusoe. I have read this book myself. Sometime you feel to laugh out loud and sometime you feel sorry for Mark Watney, the protaganist of this great novel.

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quote 2014-07-24 23:59

The better to see you, my dear

“Who wants to see the Future, who ever does? A man can face the Past, but to think—the pillars crumbled, you say? And the sea empty, and the canals dry, and the maidens dead, and the flowers withered?” The Martian was silent, but then he looked on ahead. “But there they are. I see them. Isn’t that enough for me? They wait for me now, no matter what you say.”

Night Meeting - Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

Martian Chronicles

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quote 2014-06-27 12:37

The better to see you, my dear

That’s the mistake we made when Darwin showed up. We embraced him and Huxley and Freud, all smiles. And then we discovered that Darwin and our religions didn’t mix. Or at least we didn’t think they did, We were fools. We tried to budge Darwin and Huxley and Freud. They wouldn’t move very well. So, like idiots, we tried knocking down religion.
“We succeeded pretty well. We lost our faith and went around wondering what life was for. If art was no more than a frustrated outflinging of desire, if religion was no more than self-delusion, what good was life? Faith had always given us answers to all things. But it all went down the drain with Freud and Darwin. We were and still are a lost people.”

And the Moon be still as bright - The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

faith science reason for life

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quote 2014-06-13 14:01

Michael's Book Babble

Listen here. I came to Mars to get away from you Clean-Minded people, but you're flocking in thicker every day, like flies to offal. So I'm going to show you. I'm going to teach you a fine lesson for what you did to Mr. Poe on Earth. As of this day, beware. The House of Usher is open for business!

- from the story, "Usher II" by Ray Bradbury