About GFTW

graspingforthewind · Subject: About GFTW Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:29 pm

"His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" - Terry Pratchett

This blog is the property of John Ottinger. His reviews, interviews and articles have appeared in The Fix, Sacramento Book Review, Flashing Swords, Stephen Hunt's SFCrowsnest, Thaumatrope, and Tor.com.

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