

"He lost himself in what the untold years had done, the ablation of molecules and lives, layers and layers ground to fine dust." - The Hermetic Library Blog
He lost himself in what the untold years had done, the ablation of molecules and lives, layers and layers ground to fine dust. Hugh Howey, Wool [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: “Toiler of ages, Culling sweetness with labor, I thy disciple” The Slavic Myths “Be of good cheer. The hour of your […]
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Dying Inside - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Dying Inside [Amazon (Alt) (Alt), Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Robert Silverberg Silverberg’s speaker-protagonist David Selig is a freak telepath who has concealed his talent for his whole life and is now losing it, i.e. “dying inside.” The book is framed as a memoir; it includes biographical reflection along […]
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Blood - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Blood: A Southern Fantasy [Amazon, Abebooks, Local Library] by Michael Moorcock; see also a collected edition The War Amongst the Angels: A Trilogy. Blood: A Southern Fantasy was written in the early 1990s when Moorcock had been living for a short while in central Texas, and had recently traveled […]
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