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<a href="http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Approved_Literature&diff=1008353&oldid=1003415">Show changes</a>192.42.116.179http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Approved_Literature&diff=1003415&oldid=prevPachinko Man at 16:42, 15 July 20252025-07-15T16:42:44Z<p></p>
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</table>Pachinko Manhttp://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Approved_Literature&diff=1003414&oldid=prevPachinko Man at 16:33, 15 July 20252025-07-15T16:33:50Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''''Frank Herbert - [[Dune]] & its earlier sequels''''': World-building, politics, super-humans - it's one helluva party. The spice must flow! <s>[[Navigator|Navigators]] are totally not stolen from Dune</s> {{BLAM}}.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''''Frank Herbert - [[Dune]] & its earlier sequels''''': World-building, politics, super-humans - it's one helluva party. The spice must flow! <s>[[Navigator|Navigators]] are totally not stolen from Dune</s> {{BLAM}}<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. There are no books after Chapterhouse: Dune</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''''George Orwell - [[1984]], Animal Farm''''': WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH! FOUR LEGS GOOD! TWO LEGS <s>BAD</s> BETTER!</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''''George Orwell - [[1984<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|Nineteen Eighty-Four</ins>]], Animal Farm''''': WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH! FOUR LEGS GOOD! TWO LEGS <s>BAD</s> BETTER!</div></td></tr>
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