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Daniel Ionson
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Over twenty years of pondering the issues in belief (especially in metaphysics).
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After Life
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And the Truth Shall Make You Flee
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I have concluded that the GR giveaways are mostly a waste of $/effort. It seems that a strong majority of the time the people entering these contests just want to "win" without any intention of reading, let alone reviewing, your work. I haven't spent the time to compile all of my stats, but a skim of my GR Giveaways shows that roughly 20-30% of those books given Read more of this blog post »
I have concluded that the GR giveaways are mostly a waste of $/effort. It seems that a strong majority of the time the people entering these contests just want to "win" without any intention of reading, let alone reviewing, your work. I haven't spent the time to compile all of my stats, but a skim of my GR Giveaways shows that roughly 20-30% of those books given Read more of this blog post »
“How does evil arise? Where does it come from? We think of malevolent men-— murderers, rapists, tyrants—and somehow believe they are different creatures from us. They are not. All evil men were once innocent babes, once lovable children. Men make choices, some consistently bad. But those who choose the worst kinds of evil were typically guided into it.”
― After Life
― After Life
“Hell, he now understood, went beyond simple torture. Hell inflicted agony with intermittent reprieves to maintain the hope of peace. Hell was not endless dark, but rare rays of sunlight to keep one’s eyes longing for their bright beauty. Hell forced hours of suffocation beneath the freezing water with times of release to keep one accustomed to the joy of breath, to let needful expectation be repeatedly stabbed by deprivation.”
― After Life
― After Life
“Your patterns of thought, existing bodies of knowledge, beliefs, predispositions, etc. are the 'stuff of your mental universe'. We are always subject to the power of our mental inertia. The waves in our mental oceans can never be magically stilled, and are therefore always impacting our new beliefs, even when we become scrutinizing adults. It is simply impossible to 'wipe the slate clean' and start over. These effects remain with us throughout our entire lives. Even the beliefs that we later discard are difficult to completely negate, and leave their own residual effects.”
― And the Truth Shall Make You Flee
― And the Truth Shall Make You Flee
“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking...”
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
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― The Four Loves
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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For Samhain...Want a free Kindle version of After Life? Just ask.
Hi all. I released a new book a few weeks ago: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
If you want a free Kindle version, just let me know.
Daniel
Happy Fall of Sauron Day. The only holiday worth celebrating. ~~Sing now; ye people of the Tower of Anor,
for the Realm of Sauron is ended for ever,
and the Dark Tower is thrown down.~~
QUESTION: Do you think the Malazan books are best read in order, or does it not affect the experience? Thanks.
Happy Deathday to #Tolkien. Hope you found something other than the Void
►If millions of people believed that millions of people have read your book, it would become true overnight. #Marketing #Psychology
►Happy Fall of Sauron Day! "'Sing now ye people of Minas Anor for the realm of Sauron is ended for ever..."
The closer one gets to the speed of light, the slower time travels. The exact thing is true when completing a book.
Goodbye, Terry Pratchett. Thanks for the countless laughs.
►►If you would like GR to add fractional ratings to their star system, they've got to hear it: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...
►►There is an excellent audiobook of Children of Hurin out there, narrated by Christopher Lee. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Shii wrote: "Hi Daniel! Happy to be your friend :)I owe myself reading some philosophy books, but I always end up with a fantasy one in my hands. Major problem!"
Hi Shii. Yes- both are enriching and also complimentary. I am completing my short philosophy book now before returning to a new Fantasy series.
Good reading.
Daniel
Hi Daniel! Happy to be your friend :)I owe myself reading some philosophy books, but I always end up with a fantasy one in my hands. Major problem!
Lisa wrote: "Daniel wrote: "QUESTION: Sometimes I hear someone start a review by saying, "I really wanted to like this book..." (usually followed by "but I didn't...") But my question is about what would mak..."
Thanks, Lisa. That makes sense. Sometimes it seems that the desire to especially like a book is also based on things like marketing hype, or even just the cover! Yours is the more rational of the shifts.
Daniel wrote: "QUESTION: Sometimes I hear someone start a review by saying, "I really wanted to like this book..." (usually followed by "but I didn't...") But my question is about what would make you "want to ..."
For me, I pick up a book to try it, but there's something about the book that I really like, but much more that I dislike. It could be that there is a very good story destroyed by poor writing skills, or the author writes beautifully, but has nothing to say. Recently, I read a book that started wonderfully, I loved it. Then the book deteriorated to such an extent that the only reason why I finished it was because it was a review copy and I felt obligated to read it to the end. The first of the book was so amazing that I wanted to like the book, but the rest of it was so bad that I couldn't.
That's what I mean by "I really wanted to like this book...", that there's such strong potential but something ruins it.
Daniel wrote: "Some people are [listed as] reading 5 books at once. Really? Does that not diminish the reading experience for you?"I felt I had to answer to this one, because I am a sucker for doing exactly that- reading multiple books at once.
Why I do it? Well, I tend to have different moods in what I would like to read on different days. I started Plato's The republic and halfway through I started one or two other books because I felt like reading something entirely different to spend my time.
Having said that- if a book is really good I do read it in one go (without starting another one at the same time) - other books, I don't find as interesting but I feel I should read are the ones I crawl through.
Also- I read some books via the Kindle app on my phone when I'm out and about, and I read paperbooks at home... hence the various amount of books going at once! :D
Science Shows Something Surprising About People Who Still Read Fiction:http://mic.com/articles/104702/scienc...
