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    Tommy Pynchon. I will always remember fondly the...

    Tommy Pynchon. I will always remember fondly the great phrase from Gravity's Rainbow: "...a blow to the genital brain, however pixilated".
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    You misunderstood me. I haven't read The Castle,...

    You misunderstood me. I haven't read The Castle, what I said is just what some people say of it. I'm even completely sure that it's incredible and that I will love it, it sounds like just my sort of...
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    As regards Kafka I would recommend plunging...

    As regards Kafka I would recommend plunging headfirst into The Process. That is the one novel everyone who read Kafka seems to like, there's something in there for everyone, and it's not very long....
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    I'll be the third to suggest him: Borges. But a...

    I'll be the third to suggest him: Borges. But a particular story comes to mind: The Immortal. His reflections on eternity on that story are priceless.
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    The same happened with me. I read the poem like 2...

    The same happened with me. I read the poem like 2 years ago and I really liked it, but I knew that many things were beyond my understanding. Still the images were very powerful, and the whole...
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    Malone Dies, by Samuel Beckett. Krapp's Last...

    Malone Dies, by Samuel Beckett. Krapp's Last Tape, by Samuel Beckett. Both about old age, regret, and self-hate.
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    Not a portrait but still priceless:

    http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/f/o/for_a_k/Allen-Ginsberg_-Philip-Whalen_-William-S-Burroughs_-Varsity-Townhouses-swimming-pool_-Boulder-CO-1978.jpg
    Allen Ginsberg,...
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    I haven't read anything by Rand but i'm intrigued...

    I haven't read anything by Rand but i'm intrigued by whether or not she is a good writer. I don't agree with her philosophical views, i even find them horrible, but so were Borges's political views,...
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    I will nominate "Axolotl" by Julio Cortázar. It is about a man who turns into an axolotl, a Cortázar classic.
  10. The Return of the Short Story Club: February nominations

    Ok, maybe the Short Story Club was already almost dead but what the hell, let's do it anyway.

    We can read and discuss only one short story per month, see if it works better, what do you think?...
  11. I watched the filmed version of this play that...

    I watched the filmed version of this play that BBC did a few years ago, with the great Harold Pinter playing Krapp, which I highly recommend. It can be found online. There's nothing comical in that...
  12. Thanks for your comments. It is indeed the first...

    Thanks for your comments. It is indeed the first thing i've read by DFW so I will be expecting this type of endings in future readings, which hopefully is a type of ending I love (probably part of...
  13. I finished reading it today and I have to say I...

    I finished reading it today and I have to say I really liked it. At times it is kind of boring but it's as if it is its very intention to be that way, the way the depressed person herself is to some...
  14. Short Story Club: The Judgement by Franz Kafka

    The club's been a little deserted lately. Still...


    This first half of December we will be reading and discussing The Judgement by Franz Kafka.
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    Poll: Short Story Club: December Poll

    Start voting!
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    Short Story Club: December Nominations

    Start nominating for December! There will be six nominees.
  17. Short Story Club: The Depressed Person by David Foster Wallace

    This second half of november we will be reading and discussing The Depressed Person by David Foster Wallace.


    (sorry for the delay)
  18. Short Story Club: The Battler by Ernest Hemingway

    This first half of november we will be reading and discussing The Battler by Ernest Hemingway.
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    Poll: Short Story Club: November Poll

    Six nominees. Start voting! There's only a few days...
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    what do you say we stick the nominations to 6...

    what do you say we stick the nominations to 6 instead of 8? maybe 8 is too much. what do you think?
  21. Short Story Club: The Fall of the House of Usher by Poe

    This second half of October we will be reading and discussing The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.
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    Short Story Club: November nominations

    I think it's time to start nominating for November, although the fifteenth is coming and there hasn't been discussion with Chekhov's short story, sadly. I hope this lovely Club isn't going down...
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    Short Story Club: The Black Monk by Chekhov

    This first half of October we will be reading and discussing The Black Monk by Anton Chekhov.
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    Poll: mmmmm... I don't know which to vote: the one by...

    mmmmm... I don't know which to vote: the one by Bradbury I nominated or the one by David Foster Wallace. I hope they both win hehe...
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    And let me start this thread by saying this is...

    And let me start this thread by saying this is one of my all time favourite short stories and I'll be more than happy rereading it! Hope we get some nice discussion and analyzing here!!
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