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Happy To Be Wrong – Book Review of ‘Ender’s Game’ and Musings on Classical Literature

Posted on November 4, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

This post was originally going to be called ‘Do I really like Sci Fi?’. I was going to write it to tackle a rather chilling doubt that has been ghosting around my gut for a while. But then I finished … Continue reading →

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