![I've never read a book [ Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon] like it before. Big and sprawling with a million points of view, including sea creatures. It's about an alien invasion that starts in Lagos, Nigeria but, really, that's just the starting point.](/assets/img/quote-photos/ive-never-read-a-book-nnedi-okorafors-lagoon-like-it-before-big-and-sprawli.jpg)
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings. Baruch Spinoza
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