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I got this on my kindle a while back and I'm finally going to start it tonight. I vaguely recall bits of it from deus ex but not a lot. I got my dad it for christmas but idk if he read it
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Is it the first "conspiracy" novel? Definitely an early example. I should give it another read (went through it when I was in high school and definitely missed some of the subtleties).
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Apr 25, 2023 07:45
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Sir Mat of Dickie posted:Is it the first "conspiracy" novel? Definitely an early example. I should give it another read (went through it when I was in high school and definitely missed some of the subtleties). same. i remember reading this before, but i am going to check it out again.
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Apr 25, 2023 10:25
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I was introduced to this novel and Chesterton as the start of 20th century Christian apologetics, interestingly enough - while it technically predates the Father Brown series by a few years, the structure of the last two chapters match almost perfectly to how those later short stories tended to conclude. On that, I'd argue it's more of a farce than a conspiracy, but the masquerade of a conspiracy is a major part of what Chesterton is trying to get across, I think.
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Apr 25, 2023 15:41
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I really enjoyed this book despite disagreeing with Chesterton on basically everything. He may have been a wife guy for Christ but the fucker could write.
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Apr 26, 2023 03:28
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this book is awesome and i also read it because of deus ex. what will be even more interesting for you is how wildly out of context those quotes are in the game whenever you next replay it anyway, gk chesterton is the man.
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Apr 26, 2023 22:11
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cumpantry posted:this book is awesome and i also read it because of deus ex. what will be even more interesting for you is how wildly out of context those quotes are in the game whenever you next replay it I always mentally hear the title of this book in the voice of the random bum in the Free Clinic talking about it who sounds suspiciously like Walton Simons.
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May 5, 2023 11:24
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I should read it.
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May 5, 2023 12:48
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I read this book around the same time as Flann O’Brien’s “The Third Policeman” which has a somewhat similar vibe of an intriguing mystery collapsing into all-consuming insane bullshit, and the two of them are still kind of mixed up in my head. I liked both to be clear, but Third Policeman was better imo
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May 5, 2023 14:33
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skasion posted:I read this book around the same time as Flann O’Brien’s “The Third Policeman” which has a somewhat similar vibe of an intriguing mystery collapsing into all-consuming insane bullshit, and the two of them are still kind of mixed up in my head. I liked both to be clear, but Third Policeman was better imo Time loop > "it was all a dream"
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It’s a fun conceit but not a great book imho
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