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Woebot

Woebot

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Mr. Tea

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jenks

jenks

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I have just finished The Leopard - everyone should read it. Probably one of the best things I’ve read all year. Just got the Visconti film on dvd as well.
 
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catalog

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Is it the one about the decadent family in the big house? Crushed velvet and big windows. Vague remembrance but I might also be thinking of something else emtirely
 
jenks

jenks

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catalog said:
Is it the one about the decadent family in the big house? Crushed velvet and big windows. Vague remembrance but I might also be thinking of something else emtirely
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Kind of, it’s about the end of a way of life/being I suppose. Set in Sicily as the Italian Risorgimento are about to unite Italy and herald a new era, the main character is the last of his type - head of a noble household he watches all of his old ways slowly disappear.
it’s beautifully observed, great acute psychology and a lovely slow unfurling of minimal plot. It’s also funny.
 
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catalog

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Never read it but I think I've seen the film, it's got burt Lancaster I think? Good fipm, probably better if you've also read it
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
It is a good film and supposedly a great book.... would like to read it.
Also, I would like to read the Cheetah-Girl which I assume deals with similar themes.

www.goodreads.com

The Cheetah Girl

A once-controversial story of human-feline miscegenation which was considered too erotic for publication in the author's early collection...
www.goodreads.com

Seriously, would like to read it if anyone knows a way to get hold of it for a realistic price.
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
But that particular story seems to be extremely rare. There were fewer than a hundred copies made I guess. Although the book it should have been in also looks relatively interesting.
 
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catalog

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i like this title -

The gods of the fourth world: being prolegomena towards a discourse upon the Buddhist religion and its acquired pantheon
 
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catalog

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i liked this page from the invisibles:

"And this here's what we've come for; the blue mold grows here. Smoked, it brings visions and opens doors to other londons..."

This is sort of the premise/start point for the 'smog' zine i've written.

And further down "The moon's a door they say. Gateway of resurrection, threshold of life, threshold of death."

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There is some really good stuff in the invisibles, but some of the art is very sketchy and there's a lot of poor storyline to wade through.
 
luka

luka

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The art is serviceable and the story is the best story ever written. But if you don't like it, don't read it.
 
luka

luka

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Last time I reread it I ended up taking huge amounts of blue MDMA with droid, just like blue mould.
 
luka

luka

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Then the next day an old man cycled past with a hi vis tabard with the words STAY SAFE STAY VISIBLE written on it.
 
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catalog

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brilliant. it does have the odd gem, i've atually screenshotted loads so i'll post a few more, maybe do a thread. did you read all 3 volumes?
 
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