In Between Things...

...trying to read Scott Bakker's The Darkness that Comes Before.  A well-stated thought: 

 Achamian fully understood the geometry of Nautzera's world.  It had once been his own.  For Nautzera, there was no present, only the clamor of a harrowing past and the threat of a corresponding future.  For Nautzera, the present had receded to a point, had become the precarious fulcrum whereby history leveraged destiny.  A mere formality.

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Relativism

"Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards."

- Pope Benedict XVI

Summer reading

A new list of fantasy/suspense series, from Vox.com:

http://www.vox.com/cards/books-to-satisfy-your-game-of-thrones-cravings/need-another-fantasy-book-series-to-read-while-you-wait-for-the-next