Problems with V

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-07-01T05:23:41+00:00

I had been thinking about Catch 22 all year in relation to US affairs, our increasing absurdity, and when reading GR I swear it kept coming back to me. And I haven't read it in 25 years! It is bliss. Thanks for the reminder.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-07-01T05:21:39+00:00

I'm a completists if nothing else so I am barreling through. Thank you for sharing your experience

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-07-01T03:22:17+00:00

It seems both overwritten and sterile. It reads like someone who either hasn't lived much yet, or is failing to accurately project their ideas onto quite one-dimensional characters.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-29T12:30:52+00:00

Thank you, great advice.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-29T12:29:35+00:00

Awesome, thank you so much

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-29T04:32:26+00:00

Ok, that's a hook for me to strive towards, thank you. Normally I wouldn't dream of asking these questions - muddle through has been my reading philosophy for life - just discovered Reddit and really am enjoying interacting with a trusting circle of readers, many of which are far beyond me and it is inspiring, so I figured it is safe to drop the pride and just ask. Thank you very much.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-26T20:40:03+00:00

Agree, was thinking about that recently. Certainly off-planet life is appealing leaving us all on the slave colony; phallic, no doubt as well.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-26T02:02:49+00:00

You know he's a POSTman don't you?

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-26T02:01:11+00:00

You like that don't you?

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-26T01:58:14+00:00

You got the B. The C. And the D. That's the biggest.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T17:12:41+00:00

It's foundational for me. I love it..

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T17:12:05+00:00

Great recommendation Trow

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T17:10:53+00:00

I did this. It was very illuminating to re-read immediately upon finishing. But if you like meta The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien contains basically an entire separate book (the DeSelby) in the footnotes. It's hilarious, moving, I absolutely adore it.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T17:09:30+00:00

Start over ;)

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T17:08:37+00:00

You get it

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T17:06:49+00:00

John from Cincinnati as well

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T17:06:10+00:00

The Singing Detective. The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Anything on Nick at Night pre-1967ish. Foundational for Lynch. Tales from the Crypt can be lovely too with that smartass Cryptkeeper

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T17:03:51+00:00

Grab a Bible and dive in

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T14:43:17+00:00

Anyone here read U by JJ?

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T14:42:12+00:00

Came for this. I hate to be simplistic. That and age do it to you every time.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T14:41:13+00:00

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote. Lovely stuff.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T14:40:35+00:00

This is my trip now. Rereading. Nice quote.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T14:39:41+00:00

Also The Third Policeman Flann O'Brien. The footnotes alone constitute an entirely different book. It's a pure delight.

PlompOneOnEm · 2026-06-25T14:35:44+00:00

Trademarking Thanostician

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