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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 26) – “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legends. Legends fade to myths and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave birth to it comes again…” For fifteen years, this line started every book from the first-ever fantasy novel series that I followed. And I must say, the “Wheel of Time” series has always been a favorite. I started […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 25) – To this day, I don’t sit with my back to door. I learned that from Dune. Sci-fi writer Frank Herbert created a wonderful universe unique from other sci-fi writers in that it is devoid of inhuman aliens. Humanity have successfully colonized a million worlds. Due to a previous historical event wherein thinking machines dominated mankind, the use of computers was forbidden. To make up for the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 24) – Imagine a civilization without scarcity, without inequality, without want or need. Where people can do everything they want without fear or limits, a place where there is no crime. Such civilization is the focus of Scottish sci-fi writer Iain M. Banks’ “Culture” series. The eponymous Culture is a meta-civilization, at first composed of eight humanoid species but have managed to assimilate many others. The Culture was […]
In the new age of technology many teenagers today forget to value the importance of reading books. Nowadays, some teens spend sleepless night surfing the web as opposed to reading their books. Some children frequently ask this question, “Why do we need to read books?” when their parents force them to study and read. Obviously we all know that books are essential in our lives since every page contains vital information. This means that if […]
100 Books Everyone Should Read Editors from Amazon has released a list of their 100 “nust read” books before you die. “With 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, we set out to build a road map of a literary life without making it feel like a homework assignment,” Sara Nelson, Editorial Director of Print and Kindle Books at Amazon. Most of the books are century classics or recent bestsellers and the oldest in the […]
