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Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Burning Rain posted:

Yuri Herrera - Signs Preceding the End of the World I read on trains and platforms, which is probably the worst possibly way how to read an intense 120 pp book. It borrows a lot from comics in the overall style and the characters, but the plot is something right out of Cormac McCarthy or something. If more goons read it, the book would be mentioned constantly on the forums, so I'm happy it hasn't happened yet. I'll def re-read it though, when I'm sure I'll get two or three uninterrupted hours.

I didn't really get much of a McCarthy vibe from this other than the fact its about border culture

# ¿ Apr 5, 2016 18:35

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 07:45

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

meanolmrcloud posted:

Just finished Dune and thought it was pretty fantastic. I've heard many mixed things about the series going forward, is messiash worth a look?

Look at it like this.

When Herbert wrote Dune, he was writing a novel

When Herbert wrote all the sequels, he was writing a franchise.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2016 01:23

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Ben Nevis posted:

Just finished The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North. It's about a girl who can't be remembered. It was real good.

If the girl's name is Hope I am gonna throw a fit

EDIT: ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

# ¿ Jun 9, 2016 16:57

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Gertrude Perkins posted:

The Vegetarian, by Han Kang. My first time actually reading the BotM here! A short and vividly upsetting novel about a woman whose sudden decision to give up eating meat precipitates a grim sequence of personal struggle, harm and atrophy. It's clearly an allegory about the role of women in Korea's patriarchal society and cycles of abuse and consumption. Told from the perspective of three relatives (her husband, her brother-in-law, and her sister), the detached nature of the prose helps cultivate an oppressive and isolating atmosphere. Without wanting to give too much away, there were several scenes that were beautiful, and several more that were shocking or difficult to get through. Definitely recommended, though for readers with a strong constitution. (I also realise that this is the only Korean novel I've read, so that's odd.)

If you want a very good companion novel of contemporary Korean feminism try Please Look After Mom

# ¿ Jun 28, 2016 23:09

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

I read a bunch more McDowell recently and thought it might mean I like horror fiction in general so I read A Head Full of Ghosts and then I realized that no I just like McDowell

# ¿ Feb 6, 2020 20:28

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

chernobyl kinsman posted:

read aickman bitch

Rec me bitch

# ¿ Feb 6, 2020 20:36

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

So does this Aickman fella have a novel or is it all short stories

# ¿ Feb 7, 2020 16:19

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

clicking through the spoilers and it reads like legitimately the dumbest book ever written

# ¿ Feb 13, 2020 14:40

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Wasnt France literally the military powerhouse of Europe for a great deal of the Middle Ages

# ¿ Mar 1, 2020 20:26

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

I was a fan of finding out how many greek stories I learned as a kid that simply had the normalization of homosexuality removed

Like Narcissus falling in love with his own reflection but the reflection made it look like he had long hair so he thought it was a girl

# ¿ Mar 28, 2020 23:02

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Agatha Christie's most famous mysteries are always absurd cop outs and I have no idea why she is so famous

# ¿ Apr 17, 2020 23:55

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

You are making some offensive presumptions there

# ¿ Apr 18, 2020 01:31

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Mystery stories had been published regularly for almost a century before Christie, it's not like she was a pioneer in an unexplored genre

# ¿ Apr 18, 2020 02:06

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

my bony fealty posted:

Turn of the Screw is still scary today or at least rather unsettling. the TV series they are making of it hopefully won't suck :/

I love they recently made it into a big budget horror movie called "the turning"

# ¿ Apr 19, 2020 01:48

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

I propose a two axis grading scale for books

X axis is horny
Y axis is nazi

Mishima is v. Horny and v. Nazi
Lord of the Rings is not very horny but very nazi

# ¿ Jun 14, 2020 17:57

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Peanut Butler posted:

Discworld

All fantasy at its core is at least a little bit nazi

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 15:42

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Sarern posted:

Yeah I hated all those subtle hints of Nazi sympathies in Tehanu and On a Sunbeam.

I don't think anyone would argue with "many", and few would argue with "most", but "All" is a uh... strong proposition.

Fantasy has inescapable Palingenetic undertones which means there will always be trace nazism

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 15:57

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Sarern posted:

If a random poster can find two counterexamples in less than five minutes those undertones aren't that inescapable.

how are they counter-examples of having no palingenesis?

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 16:08

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

I didn't say "palingenetic ultranationalism" I just said "Palingenesis"

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 16:23

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Peanut Butler posted:

which is not in itself a feature or indicator of fascism

but it is foundational to fascist thought ergo inescapable from trace naziism

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 16:27

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

CestMoi posted:

how do you so consistently manage to make potentially interesting ideas so stupid and dull

practice

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 16:53

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

CestMoi posted:

trace nazism is the kind of term you'd come up with if the extent of your engagement with politics is following people on twitter with handles like michel_fuckault

Hrm yes I should take the joke of rating all books in TBB on a graph of "Horniness and Naziness" with utmost seriousness

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 17:03

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

just a dash of totalitarianism

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 21:24

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 07:45

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Sarern posted:

TBB: homeopathic naziism

Get on that HA

# ¿ Jun 18, 2020 00:37

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