"I would rather we not exist if it meant that everything here could thrive the way it did."

Next read: Omon Ra (Victor Pelevin)

"I'm not a fucking octopus, Will!"

Next read: The Good Rain (Timothy Egan)

"No matter who you are, no matter what is stripped away from you, love is at the center of everything."

Next read: Neuromancer (William Gibson)

"No more free range thought. Thought in cage. Thought bad."

Next read: Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)

"Pay the fuck attention to the language people use."

Next read: 1984 (George Orwell)

Plugs:

- Bluesky! lorpodcast.bsky.social

- Meg's Etsy! etsy.com/shop/eggstuph

"Vibing as the uncarved block."

Next read: Why I Write (George Orwell)

"Oh boy, did it technothrill me!"

Next read: The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff)

"War is about the friends you make along the way."

Next read: Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)

"Are we just gonna fly by the seat of our pants again? I dunno, it's 2025 - anything can happen."

Next read: The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien)

Books mentioned:

- Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)

- Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)

- I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman)

- Migrations (Charlotte McConaghy)

- White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

- It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth (Zoe Thorogood)

- Perfume (Patrick Süskind)

"Goin' down to the guy and gettin' the geese."

Happy holidays and happy new year 2025. We're happy to reach another year of podcasting with you guys, thank you for making us a part of your day :) Stay tuned for new and exciting reads when we return on 1/10.