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Spoiler Theme Rule #2:

You can't not love Big Brother.

Rule #1,073 (End of What Makes Books Great Theme Week)

What Makes Books Great Rule #7:

Great books teach lessons without spelling them out.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #6:

Great books are entertaining.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #5:

Great books make you question what you believe in.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #4:

Great books show you a better way to understand the world.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #3:

Great books show you a future both terrifying and eerily realistic.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #2:

Great books have characters that feel so real that when they die it's like you've lost a friend.

Rule #1,067 (Beginning of What Makes Books Great Theme Week)

 I'm an avid reader, and some books just have a tendency to draw you and captivate you.  In honor of such wonderful books, I'm writing a week's worth of rules concerning things books do that make them equal to more than the sum of their parts.

What Makes Books Great Rule #1:

Great books have such an interesting world setting that the background itself becomes a character.

Rule #1,057 (End of A Song of Ice and Fire Week)

A Song of Ice and Fire Rule #7:

Winter is coming.

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A Song of Ice and Fire Rule #6:

In the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die.

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A Song of Ice and Fire Rule #5:

Fire cannot kill a dragon.

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A Song of Ice and Fire Rule #4:

A Lannister always pays his debts.

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A Song of Ice and Fire Rule #3:

There must always be a Stark in Winterfell.

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A Song of Ice and Fire Rule #2:

The night is dark and full of terrors.

Rule #1,051 (Beginning of A Song of Ice and Fire Week)

I'm hooked, you guys.  Hooked bad.  Rules are coming...

A Song of Ice and Fire Rule #1:

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

Rule #858

The nature of society keeps certain desires repressed.

Rule #784

Even Travis knew when it was time to put Old Yeller down.

Rule #781

Everyone needs a rallying cry now and then.

Rule #689

"For Narnia!" is the perfect battle-cry.

Rule #647

Children act like wild animals in large groups.