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Originally Posted by Plan9
No. Surprisingly, books, including non-fiction, are horribly inaccurate. Tom Clancy isn't as horrible as Hollywood, but he still makes up stuff.
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Well, a good novelist shouldn't let reality get in the way of a good story. Just as long as it's consistent. 
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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