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14. I am going to read "The Citadel" again

Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:31 PM

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I read it whenever I feel dejected by the state of science, reality etc. It reminds me to not give up on science.
I mean yes everything is hopeless, but at least there is a genuine satisfaction to be found in science sans ..I don’t know…community or something, that neither humans nor machines can destroy.

It helped me when I lost my mom…she had an excellent oncologist, but cancer is never easy to beat.
Denny was always my favorite person in the book-this cynical alcoholic..

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What Fiction are you reading this week, November 16, 2025? [View all] hermetic Nov 16 OP

Oh, you must've have seen my reading list, cause me too! This week too much old lady txwhitedove Nov 16 #1

Finished Murderland/Caroline Fraser which reads like fiction. Stephen cbabe Nov 16 #2

Interesting article hermetic Nov 16 #3

Yes. I posted that link in my nonfiction post. Not sure it does cbabe Nov 16 #4

I'm reading Lee and Andrew Child's Exit Strategy, rsdsharp Nov 16 #5

Maybe the authors could write stories from their youth? cbabe Nov 16 #7

"We Are Water" by Wally Lamb mentalsolstice Nov 16 #6

Seems like I'm always late to the reading party! Bayard Nov 16 #8

Thanks. On my list. cbabe Nov 17 #10

Yeah, Lemuel's not half as smart as he thinks he is. A-Schwarzenegger Nov 16 #9

Finished the book last night. hermetic Nov 21 #11

You gave me a smooth ending to a rough day. A-Schwarzenegger Nov 21 #12

I will be having lunch with Connie Willis tomorrow, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 28 #13

I am going to read "The Citadel" again jfz9580m Monday #14