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Realism without naturalism... is a leading motif in Modern Art. There is a move away from the strugg...

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As the Athenians to the Pnyx, the antique Romans to the Campus Martius, or our Nordic ancestors to t...

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Mr Winckler clapped his hands together. “Evil, as personified by me. Meet the new Dark Lord. But you...

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The Good

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautifu...

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In Your Dreams

If the Good Lord had intended us to crawl, he'd have given us a hundred legs and an exosqueleton.

In Your Dreams

Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not...

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Falling Sideways

Necessity is the mother of invention, which probably explains why invention’s father left home on th...

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{She] laughed so that the street seemed full of little silver bells,

You mean it's to be peace between you and Elizabeth until after the Tapestry?" cried Georgie, horrif...

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He turned and gave the Dark Elf a nasty look. “They can do that,” he said, “mess with your head, usi...

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The Good

He believes it’s time to redesign Evil from the ground up; to face the challenges and opportunities ...

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The Good

After all, why be right when you can be happy.

The Good

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging on...

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Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but ...

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Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.

There are few moments of clarity more profound than those that follow the emptying of an overcharged...

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Most thoughtful,"...[he said] politely. This cheerfulness was ambiguous, Had she determined to ignor...

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How careless of me!" By which she meant that she had deduced that he had found [them] in his pocket ...

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When you're about to die, your whole life's supposed to flash before your eyes. When you fall in tru...

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You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here

There comes a time when a man must stand up and do what he knows is Wrong.

...[She] was not nearly so intrusive. If she happened to observe the comings and goings of her frien...

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Tom Holt

Novelist

Born: 1961-09-13

Died: N/A

Thomas Charles Louis Holt (born September 13, 1961) is an author of parodic mythopoeic fiction. He is the son of novelist Hazel Holt. Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write I, Margaret, an unauthorized biography of Margaret Thatcher published in 1989. He also writes fantasy under the pseudonym K. J. Parker.More