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Bonaventure posted:if anyone is going to get a physical copy, be aware that the version with Carmen Maria Machado as editor presents itself as a straightforward work of scholarship but is actually a "playful" postmodern exercise in not letting readers in on the joke. It has an introduction and footnotes throughout which are entirely fictionalized, denigrate Le Fanu for a crime he didn't commit (because Machado made it up to suit the metanarrative in the introduction/footnotes) and exist to bravely posit the novel idea: "what if Carmilla ... were about lesbians???" ...what? Why would you do that?
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Rand Brittain posted:Yeah, I was occasionally interested in this book's comments on reading, but my most consistent reaction was "yeah, one of them heterosexuals definitely wrote this." Well is it that bad?
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This is pretty chaotic.
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I didn't really like if on winters night a traveler.
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This ebook formatting seems a little off on my kobo?
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Honestly I probably skimmed like through the first fourth of the book. Then the strike got my attention.
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Im gonna go read something else from the list after I finish oil! I think I'll stick to something short.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I am still working on Oil! but so far I'm a little disappointed in it. It's a weird book to read; every few paragraphs I'm like "ok, that's a nice bit of writing" but overall the story just isn't grabbing me. I think I'm waiting for the communist hero to show up and so far it's all just capitalists everywhere. It almost frankly seems a bit sneering or something. I can't quite put my finger on it.
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This sounds neat. I'll read it after I'm finished with Before the Coffee gets cold which shouldn't take that long, I think.
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Mar 8, 2023 16:45
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I'm up to page 69 (nice) and I like the funny Wolfman ramblings.
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This book is really a warning about going goblin mode but also I'm not that smart so maybe I'm not getting it.
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Ok, I'm almost done with it, but I feel like I need to read it again?
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Mar 30, 2023 19:10
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Ok, I finished it. I liked it, but I don't think I'm smart enough to fully grasp all the symbolism going on. 🫠
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I think some of the symbolism is deliberately vague and inconclusive, especially at the very end. My read is that he hasn't learned and solved every problem he has, he's just wiser than he was at the beginning. The war against the machines/bourgeois hits hard now.
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I actually never read more than a passage of wilde so this is something new for me.
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Just picked this up today.
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Apr 14, 2023 17:49
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Hell yeah.
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I'm really enjoying this, it's scratching an itch for me.
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May 7, 2023 17:40
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I finished the king must die and I thought it was pretty good.
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May 24, 2023 14:16
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Looking forward to this!!!
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Jul 3, 2023 20:29
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Wish my copy would get to the library soon. 🫠
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Jul 14, 2023 21:37
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Picked up Don Quixote and while there is alot of  going on its quite good so far. About 100 pages in.
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Arson Daily posted:holy poo poo why didn't someone warn me Don Quixote was so long Yessss someone else is suffering with me.
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Finally started suttree and it's good so far!
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Enjoying suttree so far, the writing is quite uh earthy.
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Sep 23, 2023 22:02
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Managed to finish Rocannons world right under the wire. It was quite good should probably read the lathe of heaven next.
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Will check this out actually I missed all the previous ones. Just have to make my through *checks notes* Paradise Lost first. 🫠
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