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yes, lets find a short story that's online and read that and discuss it
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Here's my nom: "Puppy," by George Saunders
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i cant wait to discuss this story, so please read it so i have someone to discuss it with. there is a puppy in the story. it's not one of those things where he names it "puppy" but then you have to figure out what the puppy is. it's actually a puppy.
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Jun 9, 2017 23:27
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i hope i didn't give away too much by letting you know there's an actual puppy in the story. i dont think that counts as a spoiler. it's too late now, you know there's a puppy in it, so now you have to read it to find out what kind and if its cute and has a name. also, what if i'm lying. you don't know. you could work up a fine rage upon finding out that i lied to you because i figured nobody would read the story, that would be almost as good as reading a story with a puppy in it. expecting a puppy but not finding one, and having someone to hate about it (me). not quite as good, though, which is probably why the author did actually put a puppy in there. because love is better than hate.
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alnilam posted:i have another saunders story, Home, that I've really wanted to discuss but maybe I'll let another author happen first thats a loving good story. they're all good stories, but that's a good one (and a bit different from his usual in some ways) ---------------- |
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I propose "The Sandman," by E.T.A. Hoffmann. If that author's name is familiar to you, perhaps it's because he wrote the book on which The Nutcracker was based. "The Sandman" was also the main focus of Freud's famous essay on the uncanny, so it's kind of a twofer. It's not a particularly long story, but it is really weird: a demon that steals children's eyes, sexy robots, creepy barometer salesmen, this story has it all! It's available here: http://germanstories.vcu.edu/hoffmann/sand_e.html and here's the Freud, for fun: https://uncanny.la.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/freud-uncanny_001.pdf or we could read something else. I know mine got picked last time, but what the heck. ---------------- |
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