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If so, it will only be a small handful of the richest people who live that long. We're much closer to the scientific solution for aging than we are to an economic solutions for supporting that kind of population explosion, or an educational solution…
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@Daniel I love the paladin quote. And yeah, there's always the skeleton and fleshy bits the masks hand on. I like the metaphor of masks as casts, as it presents a studier sur…
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@svithrir It sounds like that's a nod to the Dorothy Parker quote: "I hate writing; I love having written." Of course, given the origin, I think it's safe to say that both …
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@marian Thanks again for starting this book club. Send me your bill for group therapy and I'll send the check ASAP. :-)
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Regarding Raine's story...
The key, for me, is Death's assertion that "you people always hold onto old identities, old faces and masks, long after they've served their purpose." I know this is certainly true for me. Although I try to thro… -
@daniel You would have loved Gaiman's talk today. Someone asked him if he remembers his dreams. He talked about how, earlier on, he used to have nightmares all the time. But …
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Regarding the idea that a story need not actually have happened to be true...
My wife and I had the pleasure of hearing Neil Gaiman speak in San Jose today. One of the things he said that sticks with me (though I probably can't quote it a… -
@jynx And let me just say how pleased I am that you're still with us. You have made - and continue to make - the world a better place.
in VOLUME II Weekly Book Discussion Comment by rayhill March 2014
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I'm Ray. I first read Sandman in the late 90s, I think. I got half way through book 9 and then got distracted and never got back to it. As I read through book 1, I realize just how much I've forgotten. I recall almost nothing of what's to come. Exc…
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It's been close to 20 years since I read Sandman. I got through book 9 before getting distracred by Life(tm) and never getting around to finishing. I'm amazed at how much of what I remember was all from book 1. I remember so little of what's to come…
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@Svithrir wrote: "They are Cain and Abel; they are Punch and Judy; they are Ren and Stimpy."
This is a brilliant quote. Well played, sir!