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Old 04-26-11, 09:58 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by krashkart View Post
A good read for anyone interested is Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster. I had to put the book down in a few places to rest my eyes (), but I read it cover to cover in about one night.
I actually read that over a couple days, its one of my favorite books. very quotable.
""Saint Francis preached to the birds. He spoke to them as equals. What if these birds spoke to him in their bird language, and it wasn't he who condescended to them?""

I like how one person described Pripyat, that it "looks exactly like it did when everyone left, and its just sitting there, like everyone is in the next room, waiting for someone to say its okay to go back."

I intend on going into the Zone sometime before I die. Lifelong dream.
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