There's a thread going on about public libraries but I don't want to divert it.
George Griffith, anyone?
The first man, I think, to envisage the supremacy of those who grok the Internet, something he managed to do during the days of Victoria. All hail George Griffith, that's my opinion. I note his Wikipedia article mentions that other titan of the age, W. S. Lach-Szyrma the contemporary Anglican minister of Marazion and visionary writer of Science Fiction, only to highlight the fact that he (the Polish gentleman) hasn't even got a page to call his own.
Valdar The Oft-Born, now there's a novel and a half. Has anyone else even heard of it?
George Griffith
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George Griffith
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
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George Griffith
Frankly I'm kind of stunned I'm not familiar with him, I've been a life-long science fiction fan and have gorged on several public libraries' collections.
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George Griffith
New to me as well, likewise along iscience fiction fan. Never really got in to fantasy and still haven't read lord of the rings.