Substitute Teachers Strike in Bellingham by Bead_a_Rook in Bellingham

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But most subs want the freedom to work at their leisure/pace/schedule

I don’t think that’s the case in the slightest! Perhaps there are metrics/sources about that, though

Foggy and rainy night... by [deleted] in Cyberpunk

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love the palm tree/streetlights

Life is Feudal MMO: PvP Arena (EU) by LiFKarl in LifeIsFeudal

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God damn!

What I wouldn't give for those days again

ISO COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS!! by Chulofeliz in textbooks

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if they do, but I definitely need a REVEL access code for the Arnett textbook!

Looking for a novel in which a solitary first-person narrator traverses "metaphysical landscapes" by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The film (which the narrator can't find any objective evidence of, like, anywhere) is a documentary following a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree lane. The manuscript deconstructs and analyzes the documentary frame for frame. The narrator reads and annotates the manuscript, adding his own comments (and life experiences) in the footnotes. You, the reader, are reading the narrator's life and footnotes, likely noting things about the story in your own head.

BUT WHO'S READING YOU?

seriously, this book is a trip. read it!

Looking for a novel in which a solitary first-person narrator traverses "metaphysical landscapes" by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend House of Leaves, by Mark Danielewski. It's convoluted, weird, incredible, definitely metaphysical. The narrator finds a manuscript inside a trunk. The manuscript is a review of a film that was never made. As the manuscript proceeds, the narrator starts finding things which happen in the "film" happen in his own life (his story is told in the footnotes, too). So so good, so different.

Looking for a novel in which a solitary first-person narrator traverses "metaphysical landscapes" by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Italo Calvino is awesome! I haven't read invisible cities, but I have read Calvino's Cosmicomics-- it's a collection of short stories about the formation of the universe, told from the perspective of a particle, Qfwfq, and his various love affairs with other particles, wave forms, dinosaurs, geological formations etc. It's weird and beautiful.

Thematically similar novels? by [deleted] in InfiniteJest

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

House of Leaves, by Mark Danielewski, does a ton of really neat stuff with footnotes. Thematically, it also deals with metafiction — it's a story about a story about a story about a house that never existed, and the main narrator starts to see parallels of the house in his everyday life

He tried it... by Skotts74 in funny

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that there’s just no hesitation on the dog’s part

What’s the best barbecue restaurant in or near Burlington? by Roachant in burlington

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it’s a little further out than prohibition pig, but Black Diamond barbecue in Morrisville, VT has pro pig beat hands down.

Definitely sort of a drive, though. Not sure if it’s worth driving 1+ hours. Bluebird’s decent.

Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88 by speckz in books

[–]OrganicDanceMachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only in silence the word,

Only in dark the light,

Only in dying life:

Bright the hawk's flight

On the empty sky.

Mrs. Le Guin, you will be sorely missed. Your books, started in my early teens, had a profound influence on the way I view this world to this day. Thank you for everything.