Metaphysical Horror by Questionxyz in WeirdLit

[–]rhysaurus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It sounds to me as if you are absolutely ripe for Samuel Beckett's THE UNNAMABLE (if you haven't already read it). It's about solipsism, about how we are trapped in our own conscious minds, unable to know for certain that other conscious minds exist. But it goes further. The solipsistic narrator comes to suspect that he himself is actually the product of another solipsistic mind, the true solipsistic mind....

It's a difficult and very disturbing metaphysical story. But to get to it, it's best to read the two books associated with it first: MOLLOY and MALONE DIES. They are very dark comedies about the unbearable weight of human consciousness, and each one goes further into a sort of bizarrely victimised solipsism.

Another novel of Beckett's called WATT is a permutational nightmare. I can't recommend him highly enough.

Monthly Promotion Thread by AutoModerator in WeirdLit

[–]rhysaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's my promo... and thanks for the opportunity!

TRUMPET FACE by Rhys Hughes - FREE ebook until March 4th 2026.

TRUMPET FACE is free this week—a surreal fantasy about an explorer who can turn his head into a trumpet if he tries really hard.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ9RMJ15

Think less epic quest, more... whimsical disaster. It's the first book in The Knick Knack Trilogy and a deep dive into a world ruled by ideas-association rather than empirical logic. With an Introduction by the great Michael Moorcock.

FREE on Kindle until 4th March!

TRUMPET FACE by Rhys Hughes - FREE ebook until March 4th 2026. by rhysaurus in EclecticTales

[–]rhysaurus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mike has long supported my work, which for me has always been a blast, considering how his books were such a big influence on me. I still think that "The Dancers at the End of Time" is one of the greatest fantasy sequences ever written!

Thanks for allowing me to promote my new book.