It's very nearly 1989 but it's midnight in the Dark Ages just the thickness of a book away, the thickness of a skull away; just the turn of a page away. (Iain Banks)

It's very nearly 1989 but it's midnight in the Dark Ages just the thickness of a book away, the thickness of a skull away; just the turn of a page away.

Iain Banks

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