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2008-09 Grants
2009 BizArt Conference
ArtsNow / Workforce Development
The fourth annual BizArt Conference is produced in collaboration with Everett Community College/School of Business Design and Self-employment in the Arts from North Central College in Illinois and a dozen community partners. BizArt provides two days of seminars, workshops and panel discussions geared to help artists in all disciplines turn their creativity into sustainable businesses. It is the only conference of its kind in this region.
Cascade Botanical Garden Strategic Planning Phase I: Vision & Mission
Horticulture / Business
A prescribed series of strategic planning sessions to develop a vision and mission for an Edmonds CC campus botanical garden in keeping with the campus master plan. This process will be led by key Edmonds CC staff with relevant planning experience.
Center for Families Art Docent Project
Art Department / Humanities & Social Sciences Division
The project provides art experiences for preschool and Head Start children. Using prints of famous works of art as starting points, art education and appreciation is gained through the understanding of art language, children's own creative expression/self-realization and exposure to varying art styles and techniques.
Center for Families National Accreditation Self-Assessment and Candidacy
Center for Families
The Center for Families will enroll in the National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation self-assessment Winter 2009. Application fees, retreats and training that unite the staff from all three programs (Childcare, Head Start and Family Life Education) will be required for the staff to complete the assessment process.
College and High School Robotics Projects
Computers, Electronics and Networking Department
To work on the design and fabrication of an Edmonds CC robot with other departments on campus will enable us to incorporate robotics instruction into our curriculum of several different departments as well as have a robot for college promotional demonstrations. Also continuing to mentor and support local high schools in the design and fabrication of competition robots for the FIRST Robotics National Contact.
Early Childhood Education Recruitment Project with Community-based Modularized Courses
Early Childhood Education / Health & Human Services Division
Outreach will be provided to undereducation, underpaid educators of young children in the community for affordable access to the campus-based Early Childhood Education Program. Classes will be offered in mathematics and science, two areas defined by professional standards and the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges as High Demand in Early Childhood Education
Edmonds Reads
Humanities & Social Sciences Division
This year we kicked off an all campus and community book read called Edmonds Reads. The project was very well attended and participation was very high. We had over 100 people at each book reading and four classes adopted the book as part of the curriculum. The international staff and students were also very supportive as we used Maliha Masood's Zaatar Days and Henna Nights as the text. The project was a collaboration between ACCE and the Brown Bag Lunch Series. We have had tremendous feedback to make it an annual event and grow it with more community and student participation.
Environmental Mini Film Festival
Business Division
The Environmental Mini Film Festival offers the Edmonds CC community an opportunity to view films that promote an awareness and understanding of major environmental issues. It will enable our college to provide quality instruction to students and the public of relevant environmental problems. It also supports Edmonds CC Earth Month and Sustainability initiatives.
Exploring Assumption of Teachers and Students (EATS)
Humanities & Social Sciences Division / Health & Human Services Division
The goal of EATS (Exploring Assumptions of Teachers and Students) project is to explore the perception, assumptions and identity of students and campus personnel and their influence on interactions. The project will have a series of six sessions (two per quarter) during the academic year which will focus on the above topics through focused readings, active discussions among campus stakeholders and guest speaker presentations.
Faculty Development and Recognition of Part Time EAP Faculty
English for Academic Purposes / International Department
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Faculty Development and Recognition book drawing: hold a drawing for a gift certificate from a local bookstore at each of the quarterly faculty meetings held Fall, Winter and Spring.
Friday Night in the ER
Allied Health / Health & Human Services Division
Friday Night in the ER is an experimental learning game. Students take on professional roles and form inter-professional teams to enhance their problem analysis and presentation skills. Each team is charged with applying their creativity, knowledge and experience to analyze the diverse issues facing a healthcare organization.
LEAF School (Learn-and-serve Environmental Anthropology Field School)
Anthropology / Humanities & Social Sciences Division
The LEAF School is a learning community that combines a service-learning curriculum with a part-time AmeriCorps program and is anchored by a series of three courses in Human Ecology (Anthropology 101-103). Students work with local tribes, governments, non-profits and businesses to help foster a more sustainable quality of life.
Learning Disabilities Testing
Developmental Education
We test Developmental Education students to document the presence and nature of learning disabilities. Such documentation requires the consultation of a clinical psychologist.
Low-income Student Retention
The funds will be used for emergency transportation and transitional housing expenses for low-income students with children. These students are enrolled in short-term WorkFirst Training programs leading to living wages (22 weeks or less). Transportation issues and homelessness are two major causes of WorkFirst students not completing their education. These funds will facilitate the retention of up to 56 students per year.
Microsoft Unlimited Potential
Career Action Center
This project is a supplement to a county-wide partnership grant. The primary grant is given by the Microsoft Company to provide intensive computer training at the novice level to populations that are on the marginal edges of technology. These populations include Edmonds CC students who are receiving food stamps and/or cash public assistance, job seekers with limited English proficiency, low-income adults, dislocated workers and youth who face extensive life challenges.
MST ACCU II Mill Master CAM Software & Training
Engineering / Materials Science
The Materials Science department has recently purchased a machining mill which allows the faculty and laboratory assistant to create molds and parts to support student laboratories and projects. We will purchase 3-dimensional computer aided machining software and laboratory technician training that will allow us to expand our mold-making and part-producing capabilities.
MSU Basic Skills Language Software Purchase
Monroe Correctional Complex Minimum Security Unit
This purchase is to support the student learning process in the Adult Basic Education program at the Minimum Security Unit (MSU), Monroe Correctional Complex, by purchasing Rosetta Stone Learning Spanish Levels I, II and III to be used by adult learners in the basic skills lab.
Next Steps
Workforce Development
This project will provide food, materials and supplies to support transition-related activities for college-wide activities, such as GED orientations, conferences and workshops and specifically in general for the Opportunity Grant Program. This funding will help to support student awareness, participation and success in the Opportunity Grant Program as well as other college transition activities.
Parent Mentors Project
Family Life Education Department / Health & Human Services Division
The Family Support Studies program in the FLED department is proposing a new certificate of completion for "Parent Mentors" in our schools. Currently there is a number of Parent or Natural Leaders serving as volunteers in most all the greater Seattle area school districts; including those in Snohomish County. These newcomer volunteers are helping other immigrants and refugees to acclimate to our school system. These volunteers would like to go to college, so that they can improve their skills. Special literacy skill building workbooks will need to be developed to best meet their learning needs. As this is a new certificate program, marketing materials and other promotional activities will be required to ensure its success.
Restoration Horticulture: Recruiting & Marketing Coordinator
Horticulture / Business
The Horticulture department at Edmonds CC is launching a new degree program this Fall: Restoration Horticulture. This innovative program is the first of its kind in the nation. It will require a diligent marketing and recruiting campaign.
Transition Into College Incentive
Bridge / Developmental Education
The project will support students enrolled in ABE095--Introduction to College. This grant will help ensure that students completing this class successfully transition from pre-college classes and enroll into various college-level certificates and degrees offered at Edmonds CC; in the end, students will have opportunities for employment that would yield livable wage jobs
TRiO Student Support Services
TRiO / Student Services
TRiO Student Support Services is funded through a grant from the Department of Education. The goals of TRiO are to increase retention rates, graduation rates and the rate of students transferring to 4-year institutions for program participants. Participants must be low-income, first generation college students or students with disabilities.
Volunteer Literacy Program
Adult Basic Education / English as a Second Language
We will continue the Volunteer Literacy Program into our second year with the goals being to provide extra support for our ESL and GED students to improve their reading, writing and/or math skills and meet with greater success their current and future classes. Our program will also connect the college and surrounding community with both groups of culturally-diverse students. The college is funding the coordinator as we work towards building capacity and achieving sustainability.


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aventuremedia needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Yabbit is a new online domain name registrar, where website visitors can order a domain name for themselves or their business, such as a .com .net .org TLD etc.
Yabbit has integration with social networks, as the website app whilst it deals with domains, still focuses heavily on social interation. Twitter is a very modern website with a well known logo, whilst we don't want to copy it, hopefully this overall depenency may give additional inspiration/understanding of the potential look.
Online audience of all ages.
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- The logo will be placed against a light blue (sky blue) background
- The logo will also be used against white backgrounds, ie headed paper.
- 'Yabbit' should have a capital Y, but lowercase abbit.
- No embossing of any kind!
- The website under development is like an online app, it is a modern, simplistic design with little content with large 'web 2.0' style inputs and buttons.
An example blue background has been included so designers understand the colour it will be placed against. The logo ultimately will always be within the dark blue area at the top. Please remember that this will also go on a white background, so the ability to change the colours to suit the backgrounds will ultimately be a plus).
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Rebecca Bosworth — Model Melee Hall of Fame
It was a close race, but Rebecca snagged her fourth Model Melee victory this AM, making her the second babe to enter the Model Melee Hall of Fame! We couldn't be prouder.
First, Rebecca took on Brittany:
Then Danni:
Then Emma K:
And finally, Elizabeth:
A four time winner, he joins Chelsie Aryn as the second member of the Model Melee Hall of Fame. Check out some more pics of her below, and be sure to follow her on Twitter, if you haven't already.


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The Official Outhouse All Wrestling Thread!
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by Punchy » Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:59 am
The Shield will win, no way they lose on RAW this early on in their story.
If the match does happen, more likely they just do a beat-down before it.
by syxxpakk » Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:11 pmI watched the last two Gabe Sapolsky-booked ROH shows this weekend. Talking about ending with a whimper. The last show features LAX vs. the Briscoes in what should have been a dream tag match, but it under-delivered. The crowd was dead throughout, which added to the problems. And the ending of the DVD couldn't have been more apropos - a nighttime beatdown which you can't make out because of poor lighting.
by Bianco » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:10 pm-WWE sent out the following today:
"Total Divas" Goes Inside the Personal Lives of the Sexy Superstars Who Entertain Tens of Millions of Passionate Fans Every Week and the Newcomers Vying for that Coveted Title
Los Angeles, CA – April 22, 2013 – Adored by millions of fans, the gorgeous women called WWE Divas have earned their places as sports entertainment icons through more than just their pretty faces and red hot figures. It takes a lot of work and guts to enter the competitive WWE family, where youth is golden. This summer, E! will take viewers into a whole new world of drama when "Total Divas" explores life beyond the ring for seven WWE Divas who must wrestle with the challenges of life in the spotlight, a grueling work and travel schedule, and the intense competition for prominence in a career that leaves little time for a personal life.
"I'm thrilled for E! and WWE to join forces and pull back the curtain on one of pop culture's most fascinating arenas," said Suzanne Kolb, President E! "With tens of millions of weekly fans at their disposal, these glamorous, entertaining and powerful women prove that behind the glitz of the spotlight, the locker room drama and the jockeying for position within the organization, they are all drawn to one thing: stardom."
"We are excited to work with E! on the launch of 'Total Divas,' a series that will showcase the professional and personal lives of WWE's multi-talented female performers," said Kevin Dunn, Executive Vice President, Television Production, WWE. "There is no series on the air that can rival the charm, beauty, larger than life personalities, drama and glamour that this show will deliver."
The series will focus on a select group of seven women from the ranks of the WWE Diva corps. Five are established Divas who are no strangers to the life, and two are newbies, girls who have entered into the Diva training program, but have yet to prove themselves worthy of the title. Throughout the series, we will see these women attempting to establish their own pecking order, as the new girls attempt to handle the jealousy and pressure that comes with working your way up the ladder for the most airtime, ring time and top celebrity status. With no two days alike and juggling their constant demands, the Divas definitely find time to celebrate their star status by traveling the world for their various charities, appearing in feature films, attending star-studded red carpets and glamorous photo shoots. Through it all, the everyday challenges of maintaining relationships with their boyfriends, as well as their families, in their over the top lifestyles start to take their toll on the girls.
Appearing in the series are the Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki, a pair of seasoned veterans who have reached superstar status in the WWE ring and earned their places in the spotlight. The duo will work harder than ever to maintain this level of excellence, whether the newbies like it or not. Naomi and Cameron are two knockouts whose dance routines have made them stars on the tour. When conflict and success collide head on between these two, will both be left standing? They don't call them Divas for nothing! Natalya is a third-generation sports entertainment star who knows the ropes and knows them well. She's seen lots of doors open for other Divas, but often finds herself left behind when it comes to achieving superstar status. Can she continue to soldier on as a perennial "bridesmaid"? And tagging into the ring as the newest member of the Divas is Eva Marie, a passionate, sexy, extremely competitive force that wants stardom more than anyone else. Also joining in on the action is Jo–Jo Offerman, an entertainer at heart, young and energetic who will no doubt be a charismatic force in the ring.
The show kicks off with an unprecedented look inside the most-anticipated WWE event of the year, WrestleMania®, marking the first time that any television series was granted exclusive behind-the-scenes access to WWE. Following the drama, the series heads to WWE's flagship television program, Monday Night Raw®, with a match between the Bellas in one corner, and Naomi/Cameron (aka "The Funkadactyls") in the other. They bring on the drama from the very start, and alliances are quickly formed on the road as the new girls choose sides. And with some WWE Superstars vying for the romantic attention of the girls, the drama comes to a boil quickly, and shows no sign of slowing down.
Total Divas is produced by WWE and Bunim-Murray Productions. Jon Murray, Gil Goldshein, Jeff Jenkins and Russell Jay are Executive Producers for Bunim-Murray Productions.
by misac » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:38 pm
Really liked the Fandango/Lillian bit. Total asshole.
Anything with Hornswoggle just kills it for me, and they're doing that stupid match on Saturday Morning Slam this week again. That said, it was funny that Khali was supposedly riding in that tiny car.
Should have had Barrett win and win the title when they're in England. Kofi had a pretty good match against Justin Gabriel on SMS.
Yeah, I hope to see Big Show and Henry kill more dudes.
by GLX » Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:12 pm
http://www.prowrestling.com/post-surger ... rosa-home/
by Johnny Smith » Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:03 pm
Now I know why they've been getting a big push lately.
by Grayson » Mon Apr 22, 2013 6:55 pm
Alright I am not trying to be a jerk at all but serious question: Is this something that people really want to see? I can't imagine that there is really that large of a demand for the WWE Divas, especially the current batch, that they would need their own show.
by Juan Cena » Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:12 pm
Nobody wanted to see "What Would R*** Lochte Do?" either, but E! still gave it the green light
by Juan Cena » Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:23 pmExcactly where again is The Shield getting the money to afford things like helicopter rides to the arena?
by kingbeavis » Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:34 pmChris Jericho vs Dolph Ziggler on England Raw?!? Count me in.
by Mojo Ichiruto » Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:12 amSo RAW from England was pretty damn good last night, especially because of the very vocal and entertaining crowd once again and the Undertaker/Hell No vs Shield match! So far this year the best matches of the year have been on RAW: Punk vs Cena and last nights Six Man match are my favorite matches of the year!
I have to give major kudos to the Shield, they are probably the greatest 3 man team since the Freebirds and probably the greatest working faction since the original 4 Horsemen. They just work so well together that it is insane, the way they individually compliment the others is fantastic to watch. I don't know of any other 3 guys that have made such an amazing impact upon their debut in such a short amount of time.
by Punchy » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:59 amExcellent, excellent RAW this week, and I'm not just saying that because it was in the UK.
The 6-Man tag was amazing. I love how dominant The Shield were, they kicked ass and arrived in a fucking helicopter. It was crazy cool to see The Undertaker in the same ring as new guys like The Shield (and also Bryan), and cool to have him in a match that's not at Wrestlemania and therefore not a foregone conclusion. I also loved how much the crowd were behind Daniel Bryan, those 'YES' chants were loud as hell.
And then, The Shield not only beat The Undertaker, but they then ambush Ryback at the end! I've seen some people online complain about them retreating, but it makes sense. 1) They would be knackered after their match and 2) Cena had a chair.
I really liked the Cena/Ryback/Foley stuff, it was very effective, what with Cena faking out to run away, but then coming back in, and Ryback is working really well for me as a bad guy, he's saying more stuff, and what he says is good, like insulting Mick Foley, which was epic. Ryback may not rule quite yet, but he's getting there.
I was disappointed that Wade Barrett didn't have a match in the UK show, but they kind of made up for it by having William Regal fight Fandango.
Jericho/Ziggler was kind of meh, we've seen that match waaaay too much lately, but I did like all of the backstage stuff with Ziggler and his crew. AJ calling him 'Zigglypuff' was great, and I like the subtle hints of rivalry between him and Big E. It was also cool that Big E and AJ had matches of their own tonight. Langston decimated Zack Ryder, and AJ won a battle royal to become Divas No.1 Contender. The match between AJ and Kaitlyn has been much anticipated, I hope it's good. I liked how AJ's strategy was to just be knocked out for the entire match, I wonder if she actually was playing possum. She's so great as a crazy villain.
Team Rhodes Scholars and Tons Of Funk had 2 singles matches against each other that were OK, Sandow won the first and Tensai the second. I'm a big Rhodes Scholars fan so I was glad to see one of them win, and as I said, both matches were short but enjoyable.
What else... Oh yeah, Paul Heyman is awesome and it's cool that Triple H is not rambling on like he is prone to do, he's keeping it short and keeping it bad-ass. That Pedigree was boss.
by Johnny Smith » Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:56 amI like that Ryback is making references to "super Cena"
by misac » Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:03 pm
E just airs garbage so I don't see why this won't fit just as well.
by misac » Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:10 pm
I thought the crowd was kind of quiet up until the six man tag match. But it felt like they weren't miced right.
And speaking of the six man, what a good match. Watched it again before going to bed and kept Raw on the DVR to watch it again.
I especially liked Seth Rollins. His selling to Bryan was great. And then taunting Undertaker and his reaction was so great.
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With talent in place, Nats should make postseason run
VIERA, Fla. -- Which team will the 2014 Washington Nationals be?
The options for answering that question are strikingly different, just as the Nationals were strikingly different in 2013 than they were in '12.
VIERA, Fla. -- Which team will the 2014 Washington Nationals be?
The options for answering that question are strikingly different, just as the Nationals were strikingly different in 2013 than they were in '12.
In 2012, they were the best regular-season team in the Majors with a 98-64 record. They led the National League in team earned run average and were fifth in runs scored. A core of brilliant young pitchers offered the promise of a long run of success for this club.
Going into 2013, the Nats thought, with apparent justification, that the World Series was a reasonable goal. What happened instead was an 86-76 season that left them 10 games behind Atlanta in the NL East and out of the postseason. They dropped to sixth in team ERA in the NL and sixth in runs scored.
Now what? The Nationals should be better than they were in 2013. They should be better if players perform to their career norms and if good health is the order of the day. On the surface, the very least that should be expected is a season in which they are constant, viable contenders for a postseason berth.
Why? The pitching should be good enough to keep this operation afloat even if the offense turns out to be merely above average. In the rotation, Stephen Strasburg and Gio Gonzalez were good in 2013, but more had been expected based on their '12 work. Jordan Zimmermann turned out to be the staff stalwart with a breakthrough season (19-9, 3.25, 1.09 WHIP).
And the Nats have added Doug Fister in a trade with the Tigers. Fister is a strike-thrower who pitches with sink and generates loads of ground balls. He was fourth best in the Majors last season in ground-ball percentage. How much better will Fister be pitching with Washington's infield working for him, as opposed to the relatively immobile crew of infielders he had in Detroit? He'll be even better.
That's a tough group to beat one through four, and there are more than capable candidates for the fifth spot. Add a deep and talented bullpen, which has been bolstered by the addition of veteran lefty Jerry Blevins and the surprise would occur only if the Nationals did not have one of the best pitching staffs in the game.
The offense could use a full season from its catalyst, Bryce Harper, and Jayson Werth. Harper was limited to 118 games last season by a knee injury and by the bruises brought on by his full-tilt style of play. Werth was highly productive when he played, but was limited to 129 games. The Nats should have better depth in the outfield with the addition of Nate McLouth.
The other major variable is what sort of manager Matt Williams will be in his first big league managing job. What can be said with certainty is that he'll be highly organized. Before Spring Training started, Williams had a detailed plan for the entire 41 days. Of course, the plan will have to undergo some revision, but the point is, the thought and the effort were there.
Williams, speaking about the first Spring Training of his managerial career Tuesday at Space Coast Stadium, certainly did not seem like a man who was in any way overwhelmed by his new circumstances.
"I'm used to this part of it, used to the fundamental part of it, because I've dealt with all of that," Williams said. "Doing all the bunt plays, and rundowns and all the other stuff like that, because that's what I generally do as a coach. Everybody is involved.
"The lineup part of it, I've never done, so that's a learning process. Making sure that we get everybody in and look at the first few days of lineups to make sure we get everybody in a game and then monitor from there, move from there.
"And then, of course, when we get to the games, I've done it in other aspects, but not at the Major League level. Communicating with the third-base coach, that type of thing. So that'll be different."
As to the certainty of the 41-day, all-encompassing Spring Training plan, Williams says with a smile:
"There are questions, though. There are questions within every day. And there are little things that we change, depending on what we try to accomplish that particular day. But the structure of it is there, and we'll adjust within that structure and move forward.
"I think everybody is ready to go. I think they're excited about the first game [on Friday against the Mets], ready to get out there on the field and play against somebody else that has a different uniform on. That would be good."
So this is what the 2014 Nationals should have -- plenty of pitching and plenty of structure. Throw in a decent offense and they could be looking at something special, again.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.


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John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, who wrote the four-book Dying Earth series.
- 1 Quotes
- 1.1 Short fiction
- 1.2 The Five Gold Bands (1950)
- 1.3 To Live Forever (1956)
- 1.4 Big Planet (1957)
- 1.5 The Languages of Pao (1958)
- 1.6 The Dragon Masters (1962)
- 1.7 Space Opera (1965)
- 1.8 The Last Castle (1966)
- 1.9 Emphyrio (1969)
- 1.10 Showboat World (1975)
- 1.11 Quotations and text from the Demon Princes novels
- 1.12 Quotations and text from the Dying Earth novels
- 1.13 Quotations and text from the Lyonesse Trilogy
- 2 Quotes about Vance
- 3 External links
- The less a writer discusses his work—and himself—the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the doctor writes prescriptions in Latin; the magician hides his hinges, mirrors, and trapdoors with the utmost care.
- Afterword to "The Bagful of Dreams" in The Jack Vance Treasury (2007). First appeared in Epoch (1775), ed. Robert Silverberg and Roger Elwood.
Short fiction[edit]
The Men Return (1957)[edit]
- Man had dominated the Earth by virtue of a single assumption: that an effect could be traced to a cause, itself the effect of a previous cause. Manipulation of this basic law yielded rich results; there seemed no need for any other tool or instrumentality. Man congratulated himself on his generalized structure. He could live on desert, on plain or ice, in forest or in city; Nature had not shaped him to a special environment.
He was unaware of his vulnerability. Logic was the special environment; the brain was the special tool.
- Infinity Science Fiction (July 1957)
Rumfuddle (1973)[edit]
- Novella originally published in Robert Silverberg (ed.), Three Trips in Time and Space
- Placed eighth in the 1974 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella.
- I suppose if you isolate yourself to such an extent, you more or less must expect a series of emergencies.
- Section 2 (p. 168)
- I can now report that the mathematics of the multiple focus are a most improbable thicket, and the useful service I enforced upon what I must call an absurd set of contradictions is one of my secrets. I know that thousands of scientists, at home and abroad, are attempting to duplicate my work; they are welcome to the effort. None will succeed. Why do I speak so positively? That is my other secret.
- Section 3 (p. 169)
- We'll rack our brains and either solve your problem or come up come up with new and better ones.
- Section 3 (p. 172)
- If one basic axiom controls the cosmos, it must be this: In a situation of infinity every possible condition occurs, not once, but an infinite number of times.
- Section 4 (pp. 173-174)
- Man is a creature whose evolutionary environment has been the open air. His nerves, muscles, and senses have developed across three million years in contiguity with natural earth, crude stone, live wood, wind, and rain. Now this creature is suddenly--on the geologic scale, instantaneously--shifted to an unnatural environment of metal and glass, plastic and plywood, to which his psychic substrata lack all compatibility. The wonder is not that we have so much mental instability but so little.
- Section 5 (p. 177)
- Sorry, I'm not at home. I have gone out to my world Fancy, and I cannot be reached. Call back in a week, unless your business is urgent, in which case call back in a month.
- Section 6 (p. 184)
- "You're sure you want to look into these cognates? You might see things you wouldn't like."
"So long as I know the truth, I don't care whether I like it or not."
- Section 6 (p. 186)
- If the past is a house of many chambers, then the present is the most recent coat of paint.
- Section 12 (p. 211)
- I still feel that we should act with restraint. It's much easier not to do than to undo.
- Section 12 (p. 218)
The Five Gold Bands (1950)[edit]
- All page numbers from the 1980 mass market paperback edition published by Daw
- I'm only giving orders because I'm more efficient and smarter than you are.
- Chapter 5 (p. 57)
- Damned meddlers. It's hard to know when their curiosity is official and when it's just curiosity.
- Chapter 6 (p. 65)
- "Down we go," said Paddy. "Now pray to Saint Anthony if you be a good Catholic—"
"I'm not," snapped Fay, "and if you'll give more mind to the boat and less to religion we'll gain by it."
- Chapter 11 (p. 131)
To Live Forever (1956)[edit]
- He must approach the subject critically, alert for contradictions, pedantry and vagueness.
- Chapter V, section 2
- He's like an imbecile with a pepper shaker; a little makes his food taste good, therefore a lot will make it wonderful.
- Chapter VII, section 1
- Another busy day! So let's to business. The clock moves forward; wasted time is life defeated!
- Chapter VIII, section 3
- The void is a mouth crying to be filled, a blank mind aching for thought, a cavity desperate for shape. What is not implies what is.
- Chapter XI, section 1
- "The crime," said the Jacynth softly, "is abstract and fundamental: the innate depravity of extinguishing life."
- Chapter XI, section 2
- "It is simple dog-eat-dog," said Waylock. It's basic battle for survival, fiercer and more brutal than ever before in the history of man. You have blinded yourself; you subscribe to false theories; you are permeated with your obsession—not only you but all of us. If we faced the facts of existence, our palliatories would be less crowded."
- Chapter XI, section 2
- The history of man is a compendium of such evil. We are an evolutionary product, descendants of predators. A few synthetic foods aside, every morsel eaten by man is taken from another living thing. We are intended for murder; we kill to exist!
- Chapter XII, section 4
- A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.
- Chapter XVI, section 3
Big Planet (1957)[edit]
- All page numbers from the 2000 trade paperback edition published by Victor Gollancz
- Note that the year of publication is complex; the novel was first published in 1952 in a magazine, then in an abridged version in 1957, and then as the full-length book in 1978
- A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.
- Chapter 3 "Free for All" (p. 31)
- Now was the present, now was the time containing that sweet union of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, spirit, will and imagination named Nancy.
- Chapter 8 "A Matter of Vitamins" (p. 80)
- The merchant voiced an inarticulate protest. Glystra glared at him, "Do you think I trust you?"
"Trust?" said the merchant with a puzzled expression. "Trust? What word is that?" And he tested it several times more.
- Chapter 16 "The Search" (p. 167)
The Languages of Pao (1958)[edit]
- All page numbers from the 2004 trade paperback edition published by iBooks
- Speaking our language, you will understand us—and if you can think as another man thinks, you cannot dislike him.
- Chapter 8 (p. 64)
- "Truth" is contained in the preconceptions of him who seeks to define it. Any organization of ideas whatever presupposes a judgment on the world.
- Chapter 11 (p. 112)
- "I learned a great deal," said Beran. "And then I lost all heart for further learning."
Palafox's eyes glinted. "Education is not achieved through the heart—it is a systematization of the mental processes."
"But I am something other than a mental process," said Beran. "I am a man. I must reckon with the whole of myself."
- Chapter 13 (p. 133)
- There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.
- Chapter 13 (p. 133)
- Your thoughts move with the deft precision of worm-tracks in the mud.
- Chapter 14 (p. 149)
- When you demand the nature of my motives, you reveal the style of your thinking to be callow, captious, superficial, craven, uncertain and impudent.
- Chapter 14 (p. 149)
The Dragon Masters (1962)[edit]
- Novella which won the Hugo award
- "You will understand," said the Weaponeer, "that a pattern for events exists. It is the function of such as myself to shape events so that they will fit the pattern." He bent, with a graceful sweep of arm, and seized a small jagged pebble. "Just as I can grind this bit of rock to fit a round aperture."
Kergan Banbeck reached forward, took the pebble, tossed it high over the tumbled boulders. "That bit of rock you shall never shape to fit a round hole."
The Weaponeer shook his head in mild deprecation. "There is always more rock."
"And there are always more holes," declared Kergan Banbeck.
- Section 2
- Kergan Banbeck threw up his hands, turned once more to the sacerdote. "How can I halt his nonsense? How can I make him see reason?
The sacerdote reflected. "He speaks not nonsense, but rather a language you fail to understand. You can make him understand your language by erasing all knowledge and training from his mind, and replacing it with patterns of your own."
- Section 2
- Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.
- Section 6
- "It sees that you are wrong, that you are guided by faith indeed."
The Demie fell silent. His face seemed to stiffen.
"Are these not facts?" asked Joaz. "How do you reconcile them with your faith?
The Demie said mildly, "Facts can never be reconciled with faith."
- Section 7
- If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.
- Section 7
- How to know, oh how to know! All is relative ease and facility in orthodoxy, yet how can it be denied that good is in itself undeniable? Absolutes are the most uncertain of all formulations, while the uncertainties are the most real...
- Section 7
Space Opera (1965)[edit]
- All page numbers from the first edition, published by Pyramid Books
- Music is like a language: you cannot understand it unless you learn it, or more accurately, are born into it.
- Chapter 1 (p. 12)
- Roger tried to find out all about her: he wanted, in one brief hour, to make up for a lifetime of non-acquaintance, a lifetime for all practical purposes wasted.
- Chapter 4 (p. 30)
- He was neither lazy nor incompetent; he merely had occupational claustrophobia.
- Chapter 4 (p. 30)
- We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, Roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity.
- Chapter 4 (p. 31)
- And I understand they are, in a sense, artists? That is to say, they understand the creative process, the sublimation of fact to symbol and the use of symbol to suggest emotion?
- Chapter 8 (p. 65)
- "I'm sure you didn't mean to hurt anyone."
Madoc Roswyn laughed a soft forlorn laugh. "The sad truth is that I didn't care—which may be worse."
- Chapter 12 (p. 127)
- He looked around the landscape. Drenched in the golden haze of late afternoon it seemed wonderfully tranquil and beautiful, though permeated with a sense of remoteness and even melancholy, like a scene remembered from one's youth.
- Chapter 13 (p. 130)
- "Now it seems that Roger has once more taken up with Miss Roswyn. I can't say that I approve, but he has not troubled to ask my advice." She heaved a sigh. "But I am sure that the world will never go precisely to my liking."
"Does it for anyone?" asked Bernard Bickel with good-natured cynicism.
"Probably not, and I must reconcile myself to the fact."
- Chapter 13 (p. 134)
The Last Castle (1966)[edit]
- Novella which won the Hugo and the Nebula awards
- In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford.
- Chapter 1, section 1
- The life we've been leading couldn't last forever. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did.
- Chapter 2, section 1
- Claghorn had long insisted that no human condition endured forever, with the corollary that the more complicated such a condition, the greater its susceptibility to change.
- Chapter 2, section 1
- I know that the history of man is not his technical triumphs, his kills, his victories. It is a composite, a mosaic of a trillion pieces, the account of each man's accommodation with his conscience. This is the true history of the race.
- Chapter 3, section 2
- You emphasize morality. But the ultimate basis of morality is survival. What promotes survival is good; what induces mortifaction is bad.
- Chapter 3, section 2
Emphyrio (1969)[edit]
- Happiness is fugitive; dissatisfaction and boredom are real.
- Chapter 5
- Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. Otherwise they fall into desuetude and become unfashionable, unorthodox—finally irregulationary.
- Chapter 9
- Ghyl laughed also. "If I'm too serious, you're too irresponsible."
"Bah," retorted Floriel. "Is the world responsible? Of course not! The world is random, vagrant, heedless. To be responsible is to be out of phase, to be insane!"
Ghyl pondered a moment. "This is perhaps the case, in a world left to itself. But society imposes order. Living in a society, it is not insane to be responsible."
- Chapter 11
- Control is necessary and even good—so long as I do the controlling.
- Chapter 11
- "Tomorrow?"
"Sh." She put her hand across his lips. "Never say the word!"
- Chapter 12
- Shanne said, "You are quiet; are you sad?"
"In a way. Do you know why?"
She put her hand across his mouth. "Never speak of it. What must be, will be. What can never be—can never be."
Ghyl turned to look at her, trying to divine every last scintilla of her meaning.
"But," she added in a soft voice, "what can be—can be."
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 19
- What, given the circumstances, would have been Emphyrio's course of action?
Very well, thought Ghyl: it shall be Truth, and let the consequences fall where they may.
- Chapter 22
Showboat World (1975)[edit]
- All page numbers from the 1981 paperback edition, published by DAW Books
- The town's lack of special quirks was almost a peculiarity in itself.
- Chapter 3 (p. 23)
- Gassoon, for all his lore, subscribed to a common fallacy: he assumed that all those whom he encountered appraised him in the same terms as he did himself.
- Chapter 7 (p. 81)
- Consider the human mind! It is capable of amazing feats when used properly. Conversely, without exercise it atrophies to a lump of gray-yellow fat.
- Chapter 7 (p. 83)
- "Let him talk as he will!" scoffed Zamp. "His motives are not at all obscure."
- Chapter 10 (p. 108)
- I suspect that the word (art) was invented by second-rate intelligences to describe the incomprehensible activities of their betters.
- Chapter 10 (p. 111)
- Your doctrines are remarkable! As if I existed only to fulfill your cravings! Then, since I do not care to do so, the cosmos must be considered insane.
- Chapter 11 (p. 123)
- I fear, Master Zamp, that you are a victim to your own perfervid imagination.
- Chapter 11 (p. 123)
- My fees are not too high. Your wage scale may simply be too low.
- Chapter 12 (p. 132)
- Your character, Apollon Zamp, is marred by a certain paltriness of spirit, a diffused universal distrust which I truly deplore.
- Chapter 13 (p. 151)
- "Navigation on this lake is forbidden to aliens," he declared. "We are ordered to sink all intruding vessels. Prepare to drown."
- Chapter 14 (p. 162)
- "Let them scoff as they see fit! I will never compromise what I consider my art, especially for the sake of gain!"
"For the sake of gain I'd compromise the art of my grandmother," muttered Zamp under his breath.
- Chapter 14 (p. 168)
Quotations and text from the Demon Princes novels[edit]
The Killing Machine[edit]
- 'Humanity is old, civilization is new: the mesh of cogs is by no means smooth and this is as it should be. Never should a man enter a building of glass or metal, or a spaceship, or a submarine, without a small shock of astonishment; never should he avoid an act of passion without a small sense of effort. We of the Institute receive an intensive historical inculcation; we know the men of the past, and we have projected dozens of possible future variations, which, without exception, are repulsive. Man, as he exists now, with all his faults and vices, a thousand gloriously irrational compromises between two thousand sterile absolutes is optimal. Or so it seems to us who are men.'
- "Xaviar Skolcamp, Over-Centennial Fellow of the Institute" in The Killing Machine.
The Face[edit]
- If religions are diseases of the human psyche, as the philosopher Grintholde asserts, then religious wars must be reckoned the resultant sores and cankers infecting the aggregate corpus of the human race. Of all wars, these are the most detestable, since they are waged for no tangible gain, but only to impose a set of arbitrary credos upon another's mind.
The Book of Dreams[edit]
- The person who, let us say, expects generosity from a bank, efficient flexibility from a government agency, open-mindedness from a religious institution will be disappointed. In each purview the notions represent immorality. The poor fool might as quickly discover love among the mantises.
Quotations and text from the Dying Earth novels[edit]
The Dying Earth (1950)[edit]
- Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic!
- Chapter 1, "Turjan of Miir"
- It had been suggested to her that the flaw lay not in the universe but in herself.
- Chapter 3, "T'Sais"
- "You must save yourselves," Rogol Domedonfors told them. "You have ignored the ancient wisdom, you have been too indolent to learn, you have sought easy complacence from religion, rather than facing manfully to the world."
- Chapter 5, "Ulan Dhor"
- "What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously.
"I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue."
- Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"
- Guyal reined his horse and reflected that flowers were rarely cherished by persons of hostile disposition.
- Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"
- "My clever baton holds your unnatural sorcery in abeyance."
- Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"
- His brain ached with the want of knowing.
- Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"
The Eyes of the Overworld (1966)[edit]
- "Enter, my friend, enter. How goes your trade?"
"In all candor, not too well," said Cugel. "I am both perplexed and disappointed, for my talismans are not obviously useless."
- Chapter 1, "The Overworld"
- I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
- Chapter 1, "The Overworld"
- Yes, I realize that I see but a semblance, but so do you, and who is to say which is real?
- Chapter 1, "The Overworld"
- Cease the bickering! I am indulging the exotic whims of a beautiful princess and must not be distracted.
- Chapter 1, "The Overworld"
- "The contingency is remote." (This is also a Jeeves quote in the PG Wodehouse Novels)
- Chapter 1, "The Overworld"
- Excellent; all is well. The 'everlasting tedium' exactly countervenes the 'immediate onset of death' and I am left only with the 'canker' which, in the person of Firx, already afflicts me. One must use his wits in dealing with maledictions.
- Chapter 2, "Cil"
- And, stretching in languid warmth, she contrived to twist her body into first one luxurious position, then another.
- Chapter 2, "Cil"
- I am not called Cugel the Clever for nothing.
- Chapter 3, "The Mountains of Magnatz"
- Until work has reached its previous stage nympharium privileges are denied to all.
- Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
- The creature displayed the qualities reminiscent of both coelenterate and echinoderm. A terrene nudibranch? A mollusc deprived of its shell? More importantly, was the creature edible?
- Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
- Ah! Five hundred years I have toiled to entice this creature, despairing, doubting, brooding by night, yet never abandoning hope that my calculations were accurate and my great talisman cogent. Then, when finally it appears, you fall upon it for no other reason than to sate your repulsive gluttony!
- Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
- I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.
- Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
- There can be no doubt as to the facts as I have stated them. Orthodoxy derives from this axiomatic foundation, and the two systems are mutually reinforcing: hence each is doubly validated.
- Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
- "Here you see the pattern from which my great work is derived. It expresses the symbolic significance of NULLITY to which TOTALITY must necessarily attach itself, by Kratinjae's Second Law of Cryptorrhoid Affinities, with which you are possibly familiar."
"Not in every aspect," said Cugel.
- Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
- Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.
- Chapter 5, "The Pilgrims"
- The purportedly free was seldom as represented.
- Chapter 6, "The Cave in the Forest"
- "All is mutability, and thus your three hundred terces has fluctuated to three."
- Chapter 7, "The Manse of Iucounu"
Cugel's Saga (1983)[edit]
- He indicated the pair of grotesques. "For instance, I have seldom seen objects so studiously repulsive as this pair of bibelots. Skillfully done, agreed! Notice the detail in these horrid little ears! The snouts, the fangs: the malignance is almost real! Still, they are undeniably the work of a diseased imagination."
The objects reared erect. One of them spoke in a rasping voice: "No doubt Cugel has good reason for his unkind words; still, neither Gark nor I can take them lightly."
- Chapter 1, section 1, "Flutic"
- I challenge Destiny, yes, but I do not leap off cliffs.
- Chapter 1, section 2, "The Inn of Blue Lamps"
- "I distrusted him from the start! Still, who could imagine such protean depravity?"
Bunderwal, the supercargo, concurred. "Cugel, while plausible, nonetheless is a bit of a scoundrel."
- Chapter 2, section 2, "Lausicaa"
- It was right and proper to exploit the excellences of the moment, but still, when conditions reached an apex, there was nowhere to go but down.
- Chapter 2, section 3, "The Ocean of Sighs"
- "Is this the conduct of a 'sly and unpredictable villain'?"
"Decidedly so, if the villain, for the purposes of his joke, thinks to simulate the altruist."
"Then how will you know villain from altruist?"
Cugel shrugged. "It is not an important distinction."
- Chapter 3, section 2, "Faucelme"
- "I was trained in the old tradition! We found our strength in the basic verities, to which you, as a patrician, must surely subscribe. Am I right in this?"
"Absolutely, and in all respects!" declared Cugel. "Recognizing, of course, that these fundamental verities vary from region to region, and even from person to person."
- Chapter 3, section 2, "Faucelme"
- "I think that I will not answer that question," he said at last. "I would create as many false images as there were ears to hear me."
"Half as many," Clissum pointed out delicately.
- Chapter 4, section 2, "The Caravan"
- "At Gundar we conceive 'innocence' as a positive quality, not merely an insipid absence of guilt," stated the Nolde. "We are not the fools that certain untidy ruffians might suppose."
- Chapter 5, section 1, "The Seventeen Virgins"
- An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.
- Chapter 5, section 2, "The Bagful of Dreams"
- "The folk are peculiar in many ways," said Erwig. "They preen themselves upon the gentility of their habits, yet they refuse to whitewash their hair, and they are slack in their religious observances. For instance, they make obeisance to Divine Wiulio with the right hand, not on the buttock, but on the abdomen, which we here consider a slipshod practice. What are your own views?"
"The rite should be conducted as you describe," said Cugel. "No other method carries weight."
Erwig refilled Cugel's glass. "I consider this an important endorsement of our views!"
- Chapter 5, section 2, "The Bagful of Dreams"
- It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality.
- Chapter 5, section 2, "The Bagful of Dreams"
- I give dignity second place to expedience.
- Chapter 6, section 1, "The Four Wizards"
- "Very well," said Cugel. "I will ride with you to Taun Tassel, but you must accept these three terces in full, exact, final, comprehensive and complete compensation for the ride and every other aspect, adjunct, by-product and consequence, either direct or indirect, of the said ride, renouncing every other claim, now, and forever, including all times of the past and future, without exception, and absolving me, in part and in whole, from any and all further obligation."
Iucounu held up small balled fists and gritted his teeth toward the sky. "I repudiate your entire paltry philosophy! I find zest in giving!"
- Chapter 6, section 2, "Spatterlight"
Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)[edit]
- "When one deals with the Murthe, the unthinkable becomes the ordinary, and Zanzel's repute carries no more weight than last year's mouse-dropping - if that much."
- "The Murthe", chapter 2
- Ildefonse said ponderously: "If your analysis is correct, we must undertake to secure the future against this pangynic nightmare."
- "The Murthe", chapter 2
- "Llorio, you are a woman of surpassing beauty, though you would seem to lack that provocative warmth which draws man to woman, and adds dimension to the character."
The Murthe responded curtly: "The quality you describe is a kind of lewd obsequiousness which, happily, has now become obsolete. As for the 'surpassing beauty,' it is an apotheotic quality generated by the surging music of the female soul, which you, in your crassness, perceive only as a set of pleasing contours."
- "The Murthe", chapter 3
- We need no chieftain; such folk eat more than their share.
- "Fader's Waft", chapter 13
- Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party—whether he realizes it or not—must always come out the worse.
- "Morreion" (first published in Flashing Swords #1, March 1973), chapter 4
- I must cite an intrinsic condition of the universe. We set forth in any direction which seems convenient; each leads to the same place: the end of the universe.
- "Morreion", Ch. 6
- "A natural scientist, examining a single atom, might well be able to asseverate the structure and history of the entire universe!"
Bah!" muttered Hurtiancz. "By the same token, a sensible man need listen to but a single word in order to recognize the whole for egregious nonsense."
- "Morreion", Ch. 8
- Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.
- "Morreion", chapter 8
- Enough of this intolerable inanity! I propose that such loquacity passes beyond the scope of the nuisance and over the verge of turpitude.
- "Morreion", chapter 8
- "I am more inclined to punish Hurtiancz for his crassness," said Ildefonse. "But now he simulates a swinish stupidity to escape my anger."
"Absolute falsity!" roared Hurtiancz. "I simulate nothing!"
Ildefonse shrugged. "For all his deficiencies as polemicist and magician, Hurtiancz at least is candid."
- "Morreion"
Quotations and text from the Lyonesse Trilogy[edit]
Suldrun's Garden (1983)[edit]
- All page numbers from "The Complete Lyonesse" edition, published by Gollancz
- Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.
- Chapter 3, section 3 (p. 31)
- Aillas groaned. "Destiny could never be so unkind."
Suldrun said in a soft voice: "Destiny doesn't really care."
- Chapter 11, section 1 (p. 103)
- Kings, like children, tend to be opportunistic. Generosity only spoils them. They equate affability with weakness and hasten to exploit it.
- Chapter 12, section 2 (p. 122)
- Who is seducing whom? If we are working to the same ends, there is no need for so many cross-purposes.
- Chapter 13, section 3 (p. 136; Shimrod to Melancthe)
- What a strange and unfamiliar world if everyone were treated according to his deserts!
- Chapter 25, section 1 (p. 270)
- The colour, noise and festivity failed to elevate Carfilhiot's mood; in fact—so he told himself—never had he witnessed so much pointless nonsense.
- Chapter 25, section 3 (p. 280)
- Die then. This is my cure for sore knees.
- Chapter 26, section 4 (p. 299)
The Green Pearl (1985)[edit]
- All page numbers from "The Complete Lyonesse" edition, published by Gollancz
- "Are you yourself a Christian?"
The young man made a negative sign. "The concepts of religion baffle me."
"This inscrutability is perhaps not unintentional," said the ex-priest. "It gives endless employment to dialecticians who otherwise might become public charges or, at very worst, swindlers and tricksters."
- Chapter 1, section 4 (p. 367)
- A notable scheme has occurred to me.
- Chapter 1, section 4 (p. 371)
- "Sir Tristano spoke: "Stop! You are taking the great green pearl!"
"Naturally!" said the voice from a point close behind. "That is the whole point of robbery: to acquire the victim's valuables!"
- Chapter 1, section 4 (p. 375)
- You have frightened and daunted me. I will stop stealing at once.
- Chapter 3, section 2 (p. 394)
- They call me a renegade.
The epithet is inaccurate and undeserved. I cannot be faithless to a cause which I never have endorsed. Indeed, I am absolutely faithful to the only cause I espouse, which is my own welfare. I take pride in this unswerving loyalty!
- Chapter 4, section 3 (p. 418)
- Sir, my life, drab and insipid though it may seem to others, is the only life given me to live.
- Chapter 4, section 3 (p. 419)
- I gathered that the old fellow suffers from some advanced form of senile dementia, and so perhaps his analysis is not totally accurate.
- Chapter 5, section 3 (p. 430)
- I have transcended that phase in my intellectual growth where I discover humour in simple freakishness. What exists is real; therefore it is tragic, since wherever lives must die. Only fantasy, the vapours rising from sheer nonsense, can now excite my laughter.
- Chapter 5, section 3 (p. 430)
- A single question remained, the age-old cry of anguish: "How could one so beautiful be so base?"
- Chapter 6, section 1 (p. 434)
- Shimrod said: "Once I thought of you as a child in a woman's body."
Melancthe smiled a cool smile. "And now?"
"The child seems to have wandered away."
- Chapter 6, section 1 (p. 436)
- "You drink only sparingly. Is the beer too thin?"
"No at all. I merely wish to keep my wits about me. It would not do if both of us became addled, and later woke up in doubt as to who was who."
- Chapter 6, section 4 (p. 447)
- Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love.
- Chapter 6, section 5 (p. 449)
- He said that humanity in the main was crass, stupid, boorish and vulgar, and that I could learn at least this much from you.
- Chapter 6, section 5 (p. 451)
- Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.
- Chapter 8, section 3 (p. 480)
- Dango, Pume, Thwither: down with Visbhume's breeches; let him hold his backside at the ready.
- Chapter 9, section 4 (p. 505)
- "If ambush I must, then ambush I will," Aillas muttered to himself. "A fig for chivalry, at least until the war is won."
- Chapter 10, section 3 (p. 518)
- Dismount and kneel before me, that I may strike off your head with fullest ease. You shall die in this tragic golden light of sunset.
- Chapter 11, section 3 (p. 538)
- "I would define 'avarice' as a consequence of the human estate: a condition arising from turbulence and inequality. In none of the paradises, where conditions are no doubt optimum, does 'avarice' exert force. Here, we are men struggling toward perfection and 'avarice' is a station along the way."
- Chapter 12, section 1 (p. 545)
- "It is no hardship whatever," said Aillas. "You have never strained at the deed. Now the shoe is on the other foot, and suddenly you find the idea incredible. Do you not sense a taint of unreality?"
- Chapter 13, section 3 (p. 571)
- Aillas replied that while King Audry cited several points of technical interest, and used the resources of abstract logic in an adroit manner, he had actually made no connection with reality.
- Chapter 16, section 2 (p. 626)
- You are a particularly clever girl: almost as clever as you are appealing to the eye.
- Chapter 16, section 3 (p. 635)
- "Why not alter the habits of a lifetime and speak with candour?" asked Shimrod. "Truth, after all, need not be only the tactic of last resort."
- Chapter 17, section 2 (p. 657)
Madouc (1989)[edit]
- All page numbers from "The Complete Lyonesse" edition, published by Gollancz
- "We are supposed to set you a good example," said Devonet. "As a start, I will point out that a lady of refinement would not wish to be found so high in a tree."
"Then I am a lady of refinement well and truly," said Madouc, "since I did not wish to be found."
- Chapter 3, section 1 (p. 718)
- "Poor Pymfyd! Your world is built of fear and dread! As for me, I have no time for such emotions."
Pymfyd spoke in an even voice. "You are a royal princess and I may not call you a witless little fool, even should the thought cross my mind."
Madouc turned him a sad blue-eyed glance. "So that, after all, is your concept of me."
"I will say only this: persons who fear nothing are soon dead."
- Chapter 3, section 3 (p. 722)
- Madouc, this is my advice: pick up yonder clod of dirt, and tender it to that pop-eyed little imp, speaking these words: "Zocco, with this token I both imburse and reimburse you, in full fee and total account, now and then, anon and for ever, in this world and all others, and in every other conceivable respect, for each and every service you have performed for me or in my behalf, real or imaginary, to the limits of time, in all directions."
- Chapter 3, section 3 (p. 731)
- What is peace? Balance three iron skewers tip to tip, one upon the other; at the summit, emplace and egg, so that it too poises static in mid-air, and there you have the condition of peace in this world of men.
- Chapter 4, section 3 (p. 750)
- "I watch the sea and the sky; sometimes I wade in the surf and build roads in the sand. At night I study the stars."
"You have no friends?"
"And what of the future?"
"The future stops at 'now'."
"As to that, I am not so sure," said Shimrod. "It is at best a half-truth."
"What of that? Half a truth is better than none: do you not agree?"
"Not altogether," said Shimrod. "I am a practical man, I try to control the shape of the 'nows' which lie in the offing, instead of submitting to them as they occur."
Melancthe gave an uninterested shrug. "You are free to do as you like." Leaning back in the divan, she looked out across the sea.
Shimrod finally spoke. "Well then: are you 'good' or 'bad'?"
"I don't know."
Shimrod became vexed. "Talking with you is like visiting an empty house."
Melancthe considered a moment before responding. "Perhaps," she said, "you are visiting the wrong house. Or perhaps you are the wrong visitor."
- Chapter 5, section 4 (p. 783)
- I have seen all I care to see and heard rather more.
- Chapter 6, section 1 (p. 792)
- King Aillas talks softly and with great politeness; he has the uncomfortable skill of calling one a false-hearted blackguard, a liar, a cheat and a villain, but making it seem a fulsome compliment.
- Chapter 6, section 5 (p. 807)
- Sir, your ideas are incorrect in every possible respect.
- Chapter 7, section 5 (p. 848)
- "Dame Fairy of the Silver Eyes: allow me to put you a question, which is this: where should I seek the Holy Grail?"
"Determine its location and go to that spot; that is my wise advice."
Travante spoke tentatively: "If you could guide me to my lost youth, I would be most grateful."
Twisk jumped high in the air, pirouetted, settled slowly to the ground. "I am not an index of the world's worries. I know nothing either of Christian crockery nor truant time! And now: silence!
- Chapter 8, section 3 (p. 881)
- He used a name for himself, true, but we played at Romance, and this is a game where truth is a bagatelle.
- Chapter 8, section 5 (p. 904)
- In measured tones he answered Madouc: "Your condition lacks dignity; you bring ridicule upon us all."
Madouc gave a stony shrug. "If you do not like what you see, look elsewhere."
- Chapter 9, section 4 (p. 928)
- "Tell me, then! What is so important?"
"Your life! I could not bear that you should lose it!"
"I feel much the same. Say on."
- Chapter 10, section 2 (p. 948)
- I may be called upon to address the company. No one will listen, of course, which is just as well, since I have nothing to say.
- Chapter 10, section 3 (p. 954)
- He adjudicated the case in a manner I still find perplexing, but which must have been equitable, since it pleased no one.
- Chapter 11, section 1 (p. 967)
- The mind was a marvellous instrument, thought Shimrod; when left to wander untended, it often arrived at curious destinations.
- Chapter 11, section 2 (p. 968)
Quotes about Vance[edit]
- Vance has a genius in evoking the beauty of strangeness, the strangeness of beauty.
- Adam Roberts, afterword to "The Complete Lyonesse" (p. 1014)
- Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.
- Adam Roberts, afterword to "The Complete Lyonesse" (p. 1015)
- ...a revelation for me, like coming to Proust or Henry James. Suddenly you're in the deep end of the pool. He gives you glimpses of entire worlds with just perfectly turned language. If he'd been born south of the border, he'd be up for a Nobel Prize.
- Dan Simmons, quoted in Carlo Rotella, "The Genre Artist" (New York Times Book Review, 15 July 2009)
- Jack Vance is the most painful case of all the writers I love who I feel don't get the credit they deserve. If 'The Last Castle' or 'The Dragon Masters' had the name Italo Calvino on it, or just a foreign name, it would be received as a profound meditation, but because he's Jack Vance and published in Amazing Whatever, there's this insurmountable barrier.
- Michael Chabon, quoted in Carlo Rotella, "The Genre Artist" (New York Times Book Review, 15 July 2009)


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Campus Tour: University of Kansas, Lawrence
FSD checks out a renovated dining hall and an old-school soda fountain.
They say you can't go home again. Online Managing Editor Lindsey Ramsey decided to ignore the old adage and return to her alma mater to see what had changed in foodservice in the six years since she graduated. Luckily, Nona Golledge, director of KU Dining, had plenty to show off, such as a gut renovation of a 50-year-old operation and a new café in an emerging part of campus.


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Del Papa Distributing partners with Habitat for Humanity
Ten Del Papa Distributing Company employees and their families volunteered with Habitat for Humanity of Jefferson County in Beaumont on Saturday, Dec. 15. Afterward, the Gulf Coast beer distributor, which also recently partnered with Habitat for Humanity on projects near the company's Texas City and Victoria locations, presented the organization with a $1,500 donation.
"It's important to Del Papa that our company makes a meaningful difference in the lives of our neighbors," said Mike Ferlet, vice president of Business Regulations & Industry Affairs. "Every year, but especially during the holiday season, our Beaumont-area employees are thrilled to put on their hard hats and build homes alongside dedicated Habitat for Humanity volunteers and partner families."
The Del Papa Distributing volunteers assisted Habitat with caulking, constructing a back porch cover and installing siding and roof tin on houses. Through in-kind donations and free labor provided by local businesses like Del Papa Distributing Company, Habitat will sell these homes for an average of $65,000 at no interest through 20 year mortgages to families who have income levels between 30 and 60 percent of the area median.
Habitat for Humanity of Jefferson County, formerly Beaumont Habitat for Humanity, was founded in 1978. Over the last 34 years, Habitat has provided quality, safe, affordable and energy-efficient homes to 112 families.


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The markets traded in a narrow range again Thursday, despite positive employment news and a major corporate acquisition.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 9.52 points to 13,973.39. However, the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.78 points to 3,198.66 and the S&P 500 Stock Index eked out a gain of 1.05 points to 1,521.38.
The Department of Labor said initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 27,000 to 341,000. The numbers may have been impacted by last week's severe storm that closed employment office in several Northeast states.
Shares of H.J. Heinz (NYSE: HNZ) rose $12.02 to $72.50 after it was announced the food company was being bought by an investment firm with financing provided by Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A).
Gold fell to a six-month low Thursday, down $9.60 to $1,635.50. Oil rose 30 cents to $97.31 a barrel.
Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) soared 37 percent after Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (NYSE: BUD) offered to cede full control of U.S. distribution for Corona beer in a bid to salvage its deal for Grupo Modelo. US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) dropped 4.6 percent after agreeing to an $11 billion merger with AMR Corp.'s American Airlines.
"Corporate America is a little more optimistic," Ted Harper, who helps manage about $8 billion for Frost Investment Advisors LLC in Houston, said by phone. "Companies have repositioned, they have become far leaner and are looking for opportunities to deploy capital incrementally for growth."
Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) climbed 1.4 percent to $38.72 while General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) advanced 3.1 percent to $44.31.
About $36 billion in deals were announced Thursday, bringing the total to $145.8 billion so far this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That already surpassed the total of $99.6 billion during the first two months of 2012.
"We're positive on the fact that M&A will continue to move higher," said Jeff Morris, the Boston-based head of U.S. equities for Standard Life Investments, in a phone interview. His firm oversees $263 billion in assets. "If we can get some clarity in Washington and if the economy continues to grow, I think you'll see more and more companies use M&A."
Phone stocks fell the most among S&P 500 groups Thursday, sinking 2 percent. CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) plunged 23 percent to $32.27 after cutting its dividend by 26 percent to 54 cents a share and forecasting first-quarter sales that missed analysts' estimates.
Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) slipped 0.7 percent to $20.99. The company forecast third-quarter revenue will increase 4 percent to 6 percent from a year earlier, indicating revenue of $12.1 billion to $12.3 billion. Analysts on average predicted sales of $12.2 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) retreated 2.2 percent to $36.69. The life insurer said fourth-quarter profit declined 87 percent on costs tied to lower interest rates and annuities.
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GE) fell 3.2 percent to $27.75. The automaker's fourth-quarter profit trailed analysts' forecasts as Europe losses weighed down the results.
Whole Foods Market Inc. (Nasdaq: WFM) dropped 9.7 percent to $87.50. The natural-foods store lowered its sales forecast for fiscal 2013. Sales may increase as much as 11 percent in fiscal 2013, compared with a previous estimate for growth of as much as 12 percent, Whole Foods said.
TripAdvisor Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP) fell 7.1 percent to $43.55. The online travel-recommendation service said it expects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to grow at a percentage rate of "high single digit" in 2013. The forecast "came in lower than expected," Anthony DiClemente, an analyst at Barclays Plc (NYSE: BCS), wrote in a note.
Weight Watchers International Inc. (NYSE: WTW) tumbled 17 percent to $44.91. The company forecast annual earnings of $3.50 to $4 a share, compared with the $4.75 average estimate in a Bloomberg survey of analysts.
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Magruder Limestone, LLC has opened its case to the Sunrise Beach Planning Commission for a conditional use permit (CUP) to operate an asphalt plant at 12729 N. State Hwy. 5.
Magruder Limestone, LLC has opened its case to the Sunrise Beach Planning Commission for a conditional use permit (CUP) to operate an asphalt plant at 12729 N. State Hwy. 5.
Owner Mark Magruder offered up more detail about what the company is proposing at City Hall on Monday night.
The company was awarded a construction bid from the Missouri Department of Transportation to overlay nearly 28 miles of Hwy. 5 in Morgan and Camden counties and widen the roadway within that stretch, adding four foot shoulders where there are none now.
The company wants to quarry the rock and produce the asphalt all at one location instead of hauling rock to another site for the process.
An asphalt plant was formerly operated at the Magruder quarry in Sunrise Beach by another company but lost its nonconforming preexisting status for the industrial use on commercial property under the zoning ordinance after being out of operation for more than six months.
The proposed plant would be located at the quarry but in a different location within it, according to Magruder. Instead of being up on the hill, it will be down in the hole created by the quarry.
The old plant was approximately 600 feet from the closest neighbor. The proposed plant would be around 1,200 feet away, he said.
A newer type of plant that runs more efficiently would also be utilized, according to Magruder.
He said the plant would have a bag house which acts like a vacuum cleaner to suck in emissions produced by the manufacturing process and remove particles from the air before it releases out of the stack as steam.
The proposed plant has passed the stack test per Missouri Department of Natural Resources regulations, according to Magruder.
That does not mean odor will be eliminated, he said.
Tar and additives that are part of the manufacturing process have an odor. Magruder said the product for this project should require a smaller percentage of the additive than has been used at the site in the past.
Local businessman and engineer Matt Marschke spoke in support of the proposal, saying the more efficient plant and lower elevation would lessen the odor and noise for residents nearby.
With a CUP, the plant operation would be temporary.
Magruder is requesting to set up the plant in June to run July-December 2013.
About 100,000 tons of mix would be required for the overlay and shoulder project, he said.
Magruder said the company has an alternative site in Morgan County — where there is no planning and zoning - for the asphalt plant, but that would mean all the aggregate for making the asphalt would have to travel between the locations.
With mining for the project, Magruder anticipated going another 40 feet down from the current lowest part of the floor.
Other testimony, including any opposition, will have a chance to be heard at a public hearing Monday, Jan. 7. Because of past complaints with the industrial use at this location from nearby residential and business property owners, the city is planning to hold the hearing at the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District Administration Building meeting room, a larger venue than City Hall. The hearing will begin at 6 p.m.
Odor and noise complaints were two of the issues residents had in the past with the old asphalt plant.


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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A 10-year-old Cambodian boy died Saturday, becoming the country's 13th person to die of bird flu this year, officials said.
Cambodia's Health Ministry and the World Health Organization said in a joint statement that the boy died from the H5N1 bird flu virus after suffering from fever, cough, a sore throat and breathing difficulty.
Cambodia's 13 bird flu fatalities and 24 confirmed cases are the country's highest annual total since the virus surfaced in 2003, and also the highest for any country this year for the H5N1 variant.
The H5N1 virus normally spreads between poultry, but can sometimes spread from poultry to humans.
The statement said that about a month before the boy became sick, about 30 chickens died suddenly in his village in the southern province of Kampot, and that he had carried dead poultry for his brother, who was preparing them for a meal.
There have been more than 640 confirmed H5N1 cases worldwide since 2003, about 60 percent of them fatal. Additionally, China has seen more than 100 confirmed cases of the H7N9 bird flu strain since it emerged in March this year.


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Ann Wright was appointed as UC Santa Barbara's diving coach in September of 2011. Wright is critical in helping the Gauchos' resurrect their diving program, which was brought back last season after an 11-year absence.
Wright has an extensive background as a diving coach. Currently, she serves as the Birmingham High School and Oxnard District dive coach, in addition to assisting at Mission Viejo Dive Camps.
She served as the Los Angeles Valley College dive coach for four seasons (2007-10) and spent three summers with the Navy Diving Camp. Wright spent nine seasons coaching diving and swimming for the Saginaw Schools.
Wright attended Clarion State College in Pennsylvania where she served as an assistant diving coach (1976-79).
During her coaching tenure, she has been named Michigan's High School Diving Coach of the Year multiple times, has coached three high school State Champions, 12 All-State divers, 67 All-Americans, 35 Junior National qualifiers, five Senior National Qualifiers, seven Junior National Champions and has had three divers named to the Junior National Team.
As an athlete, she was a High School All-American, All-State and an AIAW All-American on the one and three-meter boards.


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I am talking about things like Homunculus and Gantz but better. Can you please recommend me nice Seinen? Something like movies from Gaspar Noe or Lars von Trier. I am sure such mangas do exist!
Claymore is really good, an older one but good. It was the first one that I started to read and I know have all of the volumes!
While I dont know about the movies you quoted, I recommend "Deadman Wonderland". theres some messed up stuff, but it got a great story and concept.
Awesome and pretty popular, would have to be Death Note, if you haven't read that yet
Game Center CX KACHO ON!
Just read the first chapter of Deadman Wonderland looks interesting! And Claymore might be nice too. Death Note is quite obvious but nor really what I am looking for.
Soul Eater !!!!!
mad at the world that chooses morality over reason and logic
I don't know if this is exactly what you're looking for, but I particularly enjoyed Black Lagoon. Lots of badassery and surprisingly well-incorporated humour. If I understand your request correctly, you'd probably like chapters 11-15 in particular (season 2 ep 13-15).
My friend also told me about Elfen Lied and Hellsing... I've never actually read those ones, but from her descriptions, they sound like they just might fit the bill.
I am here to see with eyes unclouded by hate. - Prince Ashitaka
Oyasumi Punpun
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Don't let its initial look fool you. This manga will make you depressed.
Witness the titular Punpun - who is depicted as a tiny, caricatured bird in an otherwise normal human setting - as he copes with his dysfunctional family and friends, his love interest, his oncoming adolescence and his hyperactive mind.
Kansen Rettou
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3 January 2011. ER doctor Matsuoka Tsuyoshi examines a patient presenting influenza symptoms. The next day, the patient dies from multiple-organ failure, followed by others who had shown the same symptoms. As the death toll rises, even the high-tech Japanese are at a loss over how to check the further spread of the deadly virus.
Eden: It's an Endless World!
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In the panic surrounding a worldwide pandemic which kills 15 percent of the population and cripples many more, a secret organization, the Propater, topples the UN and seizes control of much of the world. A boy and a girl, raised in an abandoned virology research center, immune to the virus, use a powerful combat robot to wipe out the Propater forces who come to retake the island, led by the boy's father.
20 years later the boy is the most powerful drug lord in south america. He aids his son from behind the scenes as he evades and eventually with the help of mercenaries from Nomad (some of them former Propater operatives) fights the Propater. Based strongly on Gnostic mythology, all major characters are named after gnostic deities, and have analogous roles.
20th Century Boys (+ the sequel 21th Century Boys)
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Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store, he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt you.
Kenji and his old friends are slowly being drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that could threaten the world. Who is the mysterious "friend", and how does he tie into Kenji's youth? Why are there disappearances and deaths tied into Ochanomizu University? The friend's memories hold the keys to the puzzle, but years between cloud the clues.
The strange occurrences and the reach of the "friend" conspiracy grow by the day. It will all culminate on New Year's Eve 2000. Will Kenji and the rest of the group be able to put together the puzzle and save the world?
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A wildly imaginative trek into the deepest realms of human beliefs and the mysteries of the universe. Daisuke Igarashi's amazing pen can recreate anything he can imagine on paper, resulting in beautifully chaotic, maddeningly detailed scrawls of pure wonder. You must read this manga. A true celebration of the human imagination.
Wandering Emanon
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Based on the award-winning novel by Shinji Kajio, Memories of Emanon tells the story of a mysterious girl who holds a 3-billion-year old memory, dating back to the moment life first appeared on Earth. This, Wandering Emanon, is the sequel.
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Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit anywhere. To find a place he can belong, be accepted, he will do anything. However one thing leads to another and he is forced to fight to keep his place, his holyland.
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In the post-apocalyptic future, the complex networks of machines have created chaos and the human world was destroyed. The robots known as the "Constructer" continued to build a meaningless structure with no one to guide them. Soon these cities reach out to the outer planets and another breed of life form emerges. Follow the journey of a strange man, name Killy, in his search for the understanding of the chaotic world being run by Silicon lifeforms out to destroy him and every living thing in their path.
Sun-Ken Rock
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Ken, a young Japanese guy, is in love with a young Korean girl, Yumin. He followed her in Korea and wants to become a policeman just like her. But then, he finds himself at the head of a local gang.
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Kei is a high-school student who is bullied on a daily basis...and his classmates, teachers and parents don't seem to care. Pushed to his limits by the endless pain and humiliation, he accepts a strange proposal put to him by his childhood friend Akira; committing suicide together in order to end this nightmare.
The attempt fails -- Kei surviving and Akira disappearing without a trace....
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MONSTER weaves the riveting story of brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a famous surgeon with a promising career at a leading hospital. Tenma risks his reputation and promising career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. Unbeknownst to him, this child is destined for a terrible fate. A string of strange and mysterious murders begin to occur soon afterward, ones that professionally benefit Dr. Tenma, and he emerges as the primary suspect. Conspiracies, serial murders, and a scathing depiction of the underbelly of hospital politics are all masterfully woven together in this compelling manga thriller.
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The main protagonist, the shy Jun Naruse, is a rather average guy who works for a electronic company and loves to draw. He falls in love with Megumi whom he met at a shop selling drawing materials and an intimate relationship develops. A few days later the office gets attacked and when the criminal tries to shoot a little girl he saves her by jumping in front of her.
A month passes until he wakes up again and is told that half his brain got destroyed and he only survived because someone donated half a brain. Everything seems to be fine, he quickly recovers and is happy, however he begins to change... is the donated brain the reason for that? Or is it just a side effect of the medicine?
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Takeda is diagnosed with cancer and feels that he has nothing to live for. His wife also had had cancer, had died of it in fact, and his only daughter has been missing for fourteen years.
One day, when he is about to attempt suicide, the phone rings. It's the police, and they inform him that the dead body of his long lost daughter has been found, that it appears to have been a homicide....
Kanojo o Mamoru 51 no Houhou
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February 23rd, 20XX.
Looking for a job in the famous TV station at Odaiba, college senior Jin Mishima attended the recruitment orientation. Not far away from the station, Nanako Okano, a gothic lolita trying to attend a concert, found out that her friends tricked her about the concert ticket because of jealousy. The two bumped into each other and "reunited" -- they were junior high classmates -- moments before an earthquake of Richter Scale 8.1 turned the island (the entire city, in fact) into ruins.
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Nagasawa Shiina is just an average 3rd year high school student until her parents' company goes bankrupt. In order to pay the bills, she sells herself into prostitution. At her first job, a mysterious masked man crashes the party... and it's someone she knows.
Akumetsu is the story of Hazama Shou, who defends his own view of justice in a vigilante manner while wearing a mask and calling himself Akumetsu.
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Based off of a story arc from Osamu Tezuka's Tesuwan Atomu, Pluto follows the Europol detective Gesicht as he tries to uncover the mystery behind a string of robot and human deaths. The case becomes much more puzzling when evidence leans toward the murders being the work of a robot, which is something that hasn't happened for 8 years.
Stardust Memories
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Stardust Memories is a short story compilation of human beings in the distant future where we have traveled deep into space. Each story describes a moral dilemma that people traveling in space may experience which is something that we have yet to determine in the current world.
Stardust Memories talk about such problems as the implications of having people travel for years, even decades, in the cold, quiet and endless universe. A different story tells on how human presence in a foreign galaxy will affect the environment. The topics the author decides to write about are interesting and makes you wonder about the future.
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What do two Japanese detectives, a naked man on a city street, and a roundworm from Botswana all have in common? In the first volume of Manhole, Ken Mizoguchi and Nao Inoue investigate a string of bloody and mysterious murders, but their work uncovers a deadly biological agent which poses a threat of epidemic proportions.
An unlikely lead starts them in the pursuit of a mysterious self-titled photographer, but meanwhile the infections keep spreading. The series may be best described as the thrilling combination of a detective story with biological horror.
Some might not be exactly what you are looking for, but all of these are high quality manga worth checking out.
@AHTL Already read some of these (20thcentury boys, monster and eden). But that's quite a list. Thanks a lot! I'll check them out. @Kurenai_Taka I watched Black Lagoon and Elfen Lied and liked both. Already borrowed hellsing from the library but haven't took a look yet.
Suicide Island or Soil. Very psychological and edgy.
Dogs: Bullets and Carnage.
Wolves don't worry about the opinions of sheep
Death Note Totally Blew Me Away
It's Not My Fault I'm Not Popular
Go read it somewhere. lol
Poi is the new Desu!
Berserk anyone?
Also with lots of plot and character development. Once you get into the main character's backstory starting in volume 3 or 4, you start being able to put everything into perspective.
The art starts off great and just gets better and better! By volume 10 I'd say the art is easily and consistently the best in the manga world.
Again, the manga is called Berserk.
deadman wonderland, definitely.
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BERLIN (AP) — An entire village in central Germany had to be evacuated early Saturday after a major gas explosion injured 16 firefighters, shattered windows and caused a blast so forceful it could be heard up to 30 kilometers (about 20 miles) away.
The 3,000 residents of Hartenhausen near Ludwigshafen had to leave their homes after a gas tank exploded at the local Gas Trans company, police spokesman Markus Sicius said.
A blaze at the company was reported before dawn, and while firefighters were trying to douse the flames, the fire spread to a truck with a gas tank, which then exploded.
Sicius said one of the injured firefighters was in critical condition, but his injuries weren't believed to be life-threatening. Most of the other firefighters were treated at surrounding hospitals for burns and smoke inhalation.
Residents were taken to nearby Dudenhofen and put up at a gymnasium, while police were patrolling the abandoned village to prevent burglaries.
The explosion was so strong that it could be heard in Ludwigsburg, which is 30 kilometers (about 20 miles) away. Two other gas tanks were catapulted onto a nearby field and an empty storage building by the blast wave. For fear of further explosions, residents won't be allowed to return home until at least Sunday, police said.
The cause of the fire wasn't immediately known, but German news agency dpa reported that investigators were looking at arson as one possible reason for the fire.


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Erla Elaine UFFELMAN passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2001 at Kitchener Waterloo Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, age 75 years, after a brave battle with cancer.
Beloved wife of William H. UFFELMAN for 54 years,dear mother of Scott and his wife Janet, Elizabeth WING and her husband Paul, Cathy PLOMSKE and her husband Grant, all of Waterloo, loving grandmother of Luke and Kristina SCHWALM, Emily, Kate and James UFFELMAN, Elysse and Todd WING, Adam, John and Heidi PLOMSKE, dear sister of Doris COPLAND and her husband Bob of Kitchener and Ross LEDERMAN of Waterloo. Also survived by her son-in-law David SCHWALM and his wife Lynda of Toronto,her brother-in-law Richard MEUNIER of Waterloo and many nieces and nephews.
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Erla loved her family very much and was actively involved in their lives. She was the matriarch of the family and will be truly missed by all. A family memorial service was held on Wednesday, August 1, 2001. Cremation with interment in Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo. Thank you to all the palliative nurses of Care Partners for your loving care of Erla and the oncology staff on 5 Centre at Grand River Hospital for your comfort and support.
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