Reading Room @readingroom@hrmtc.io

Galactic Empires: Volume One https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/28/galactic-empires-volume-one/ #review

“So much of the internet is garbage, and much of its infrastructure and many work hours are devoted to taking out the garbage. For the most part, this labor is hidden from plain sight. But in recent years, the garbage disposal has broken down.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/27/so-much-of-the-internet-is-garbage-and-much-of-its-infrastructure-and-many-work-hours-are-devoted-to-taking-out-the-garbage-for-the-most-part-this-labor-is-hidden-from-plain-sight-but-in-recent/ #quote

The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/26/the-myth-of-sacred-prostitution-in-antiquity/ #review

“Should I do what is necessary?” To my surprise, Julian took both Henry’s hands in his own. “You should only, ever, do what is necessary,” he said. https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/25/should-i-do-what-is-necessary-to-my-surprise-julian-took-both-henrys-hands-in-his-own-you-should-only-ever-do-what-is-necessary-he-said/ #quote

Dark and Magical Places https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/24/dark-and-magical-places/ #review

Memory Palaces and Masonic Lodges https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/22/memory-palaces-and-masonic-lodges/ #review

“the Viscount’s wickedness spared no one and could burst at any moment into the most unforeseen and incomprehensible actions.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/20/the-viscounts-wickedness-spared-no-one-and-could-burst-at-any-moment-into-the-most-unforeseen-and-incomprehensible-actions/ #quote

Hymns to the Night and Other Selected Writings https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/19/hymns-to-the-night-and-other-selected-writings/ #review

It was as I lay on the cellar floor, feeling the blood on my back become sticky and cold, that the angel first spoke to me. She filled the air with the scent of metal and surrounded me with a circle of blue flame, and I was frightened. “Don’t be afraid,” https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/18/it-was-as-i-lay-on-the-cellar-floor-feeling-the-blood-on-my-back-become-sticky-and-cold-that-the-angel-first-spoke-to-me-she-filled-the-air-with-the-scent-of-metal-and-surrounded-me-with-a-circle-o/ #quote

The Fifth Head of Cerberus https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/14/the-fifth-head-of-cerberus/ #review

“If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely. They’re beastly to one. Do you know, they shut me out of absolutely everything? When the other boys were sent out to spend the night on the mountains—you know, when you have to dream which your sacred animal i https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/13/if-ones-different-ones-bound-to-be-lonely-theyre-beastly-to-one-do-you-know-they-shut-me-out-of-absolutely-everything-when-the-other-boys-were-sent-out-to-spen/ #quote

No Escape https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/12/no-escape/ #review

“I just haven’t had the heart.” And that was the truth. https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/11/i-just-havent-had-the-heart-and-that-was-the-truth/ #quote

Sixties Shockers https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/09/sixties-shockers/ #review

“Niflheim was colder than cold, and the murky mist that cloaked everything hung heavily. The skies were hidden by mist and the ground was clouded by the chilly fog.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/08/niflheim-was-colder-than-cold-and-the-murky-mist-that-cloaked-everything-hung-heavily-the-skies-were-hidden-by-mist-and-the-ground-was-clouded-by-the-chilly-fog/ #quote

The Forsaken World https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/07/the-forsaken-world/ #review

What you’re saying may get you a foundation grant but it won’t get you into the kingdom of truth. https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/06/what-youre-saying-may-get-you-a-foundation-grant-but-it-wont-get-you-into-the-kingdom-of-truth/ #quote

The Blazing World https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/05/the-blazing-world/ #review

“Fox meat and coyote bones and deer hearts black as secrets.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/04/fox-meat-and-coyote-bones-and-deer-hearts-black-as-secrets/ #quote

“One must develop a certain obliquity of conscience, an elastic attitude toward the truth, to be effective in diplomacy.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/06/02/one-must-develop-a-certain-obliquity-of-conscience-an-elastic-attitude-toward-the-truth-to-be-effective-in-diplomacy/ #quote