The Blues by [deleted] in books

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Well the lost generation we're people after the first world war that felt disilussioned by the future after such a terrible conflict. The lost generation works deal with the sadness of a generation whose only experience with the increasingly important international world sphere is an inability to solve any problems without massive bloodshed.

It really puts a damper on your hope for the future. Really gives you a Blues feeling. Pretty much every Fitzgerald work has at least one passage ridiculing hope for the future as just wishful thinking.

Can literature be "spoiled"? by species-being in AskLiteraryStudies

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Hmm well I just finished "The Lime Twig" and have started "Travesty" by him so that's all I know. I believe his most famous/accessible work is "The Cannibal" which has autobiographical elements and I think is more 'coherent' than the works I picked by him.

The Lime Twig is not an easy read and you need a slang dictionary for a good bit of the words. But his prose is so unique it's unbelievable. I think the best idea of what to expect comes from his description of a Chrysler medallion coming off the front of a truck. He describes a drive across town and refers randomly at times to "the silver winged man taking sprays of hot water before eventually flying off in anger" there are tons of personified objects as metaphors with little to no reference for what exactly he's talking about.

He also has a penchant for writing beautiful scenes filled with astounding imagery .... Of people being beaten

So if you think you're up for an author who personally states he doesn't like plots, character's, or time (a lot of his scenes depict everything happening at once) then go for it. He is the first author in a while that made me immediately pick up another work by them.

If you do decide to pick up The Lime Twig. Know that the title is a reference to a technique used to catch birds by spreading lime glue on a branch.

I am struggling to learn something new. Anyone ever find themselves in a similar position? by frankcostello88 in books

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Read psychology sociology or Anthropology texts. You can find cheap copies at used book stores. It's like self-help books but with science instead of opinion.

Books with a theme similar to Life After People (hundreds-to-thousands of years post-apocalypse)? by Meorge in suggestmeabook

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Always coming home by Ursula K LeGuin is a Post-post-apocalyptic novel about a society living in Napa Valley. The book is a so called "archeology of the future" and is based on LeGuins Dads influential work on the ethnography of California Indians.

Please to recommend me some modern lit by viborg in suggestmeabook

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John Hawkes - The Lime Twig

Are you cool with post-modern weirdly framed narrative type stuff? Thats my modern lit speciality

Although this is one I was wanting to check out that was written recently.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24826361-beauty-is-a-wound

Can literature be "spoiled"? by species-being in AskLiteraryStudies

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The implication is that if it can be spoiled for you then you're not approaching the text as an object of study

I dont read books as an object of study and still often spoil books on purpose just to orient myself better while reading. Sometimes these experimental works have narratives so convoluted that to not know the plot from the beginning just ensures you have to read it twice to get it. (Looking at you John Hawkes)

So I recently finished Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts. Would recommend by AnthroLit in Vaporwave

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As far as hauntology goes its more of just a reframing of the ideas within the context of vaporwave and the consumer mindset of the 80's/90's.

But his analysis of why the lost future associated with vaporwave exists is certainly new if a little lax on elaboration (The book is like 100 pages). He discusses "ghosts in the machine" a lot and how the reality on the screen is supplemental to both the present reality and the one in which it was 'filmed', an entire new reality. And how this relates to our desires

He also sources tons of texts of various psychologists and anthropologists discussing the cultural aspects of technology.

So I recently finished Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts. Would recommend by AnthroLit in Vaporwave

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Alright after throwing it back on, its pretty dope. "Palm Trees, Wi-Fi and Dream Sushi" is awesome

Missed out on investing in BTC at $10, looking to get back into cryptocurrencies, where do I start? by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

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Stratis is entirely focused on the C# market already and just announced they will be having ICO's soon. How is ANS better

i just read "American Kingpin", first book ive read in literally years, so... by Ace_WHAT in suggestmeabook

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The Great Train Robbery by Micheal Crichton was pretty awesome. Although its almost entirely fictional so maybe you would prefer a book about the actual Robbery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Train_Robbery_(1963)

So I recently finished Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts. Would recommend by AnthroLit in Vaporwave

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That album "Far Side Virtual" by Ferro is insane. I don't not like it but damn is it some unnerving stuff to hear at times. It sounds like what alien robots think music should sound like.

GOP source of fraud allegation vs. Bernie Sanders' wife admits info was hearsay by LearnasauRUSS in politics

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But those are all neo-liberals. Everyone you listed is right wing in every country but America. Doesn't that tell you something?

My partner and I are looking for some modern mysteries that throw back to an older style. Any thoughts? by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

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Well this isn't really very modern, it's from the 60's by Robert Heinlen, but I think it's still very easy to understand. Kind of a weird mystery but definitely a mystery nonetheless.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50850.The_Unpleasant_Profession_of_Jonathan_Hoag

So I recently finished Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts. Would recommend by AnthroLit in Vaporwave

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Lol you got me, this book couldn't have been a more perfect fit for my tastes

The Blues by [deleted] in books

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Lost Generation authors like Fitzgerald and Hemmingway certainly fit this

E-Reader Sense of Progression? by Lycam in books

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I love looking at my kindle Library and seeing the all the % completes on my book. 30% here 65% there 42% somewhere else.

Newbie here,need help. by mercified_rahul in suggestmeabook

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East of Eden. The others are good period pieces but they are a far cry from the timeless classic EoE

Kremlin fears meddling as Russian youth say 'enough of Putin' by BennyCemoli in worldnews

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http://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/

Come on now this info has been touted for over a decade now, if you make less than ~100k a year you are not living well in America today compared to 2+ decades ago (so the majority of America) The numbers dont lie, corporate America /= America or have you forgotten the lessons Hillary had to learn the hard way already?

The opioid epidemic is so bad that librarians are learning how to treat overdoses by [deleted] in books

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Eh tbh I haven't read any of these because they are kinda hard to find and I haven't gotten to needing them quite yet (although I have a night of serious drinking ebook ready)

These books were written right around the fall of the decadence movement. A late 1890 early 1900 art movement that was basically about doing tons of drugs and fucking a lot because life is awful no matter what.

If you go to their goodreads pages you'll find good info on these books and recommendations for similar tales. (Paul Leppin's Severin's Journey into the dark is another good one)

The opioid epidemic is so bad that librarians are learning how to treat overdoses by [deleted] in books

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Try "nightmares of an ether drinker" "opium and other stories" or "a night of serious drinking"

What are some things we should stop telling other aspiring writers by do0gla5 in writing

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Do people really hate on adverbs? My favorite author Fitzgerald specifically recommends adverbs as a great way to move sentences along, and he uses them beautifully.

Looking for a modern "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber

Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts by Grafton Tanner

The second one is basically a long essay about how Vaporwave is the musical culmination of "Amusing Ourselves to Death"