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So I just finished Island in the Net and I’m not sure that I got the propos

I feel that there’s something behind the book, something I cannot put my finger on.

Is it a tale against globalization? Is Rizome was the bad guy all along? Am I not old enough to understand a 88 book ?

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Gutenberg text / YT audio book / Podcast review

Audio reading (2:06:18//hh:mm:ss):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW2q07Z8qeo

Podcast talk about the book by essentialsalts (01:38:34):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnooUKky7RY

https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/389
::: spoiler This is a copy of Gutenberg.org's automatically generated summary. "The Great God Pan" by Arthur Machen is a horror novella written in the late 19th century. The story examines themes of scientific exploration and the mysterious boundaries between the physical and spiritual realms, following Dr. Raymond and his companion Clarke as they embark on a radical experiment involving a girl named Mary who is to be subjected to an operation meant to reveal the existence of the supernatural. The beginning of the novella introduces readers to Dr. Raymond, an ambitious scientist, and his apprehensive friend Clarke, who has come to witness a controversial experiment. Dr. Raymond believes he can lift the veil between the

What I am reading today.

I'm about half way through but I'm going to go for a walk and will finish when I return.

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"Set on an island off the Scottish coast, To the Lighthouse minutely examines the fleeting impressions of a large cast of family, friends, lovers, and hangers-on. Who can we be, Virginia Woolf invites us to ask, if no one can ever know our hearts—if they’re unknowable even to ourselves? To the Lighthouse remains one of the most important Modernist novels, exquisitely composed by one of the most gifted writers of the Modernist movement."

On World Book Day, I just have to remind you about the masterpiece of a series Black Books — the one they went and cancelled, even though the ratings were top-notch.

Not as in Language but as in author

I’m in a run of reading oldish 80s cyberpunk stories. The Neuromancer (Sprawl) Series, Schismatrix+ and Island in the Net, (I’ve read a long time ago) the Budayeen Cycle.

And I was wondering if non-European/american/canadian author have written cool cyberpunk stories

I consider myself a writer. However, I fear writing, and I fear publishing more. For writing is agonising. And, I don't dare to publish until I really have a story to tell. My fear accumulated over time by reading more, by reading books just like this. And, I will tell my fellow writers this: If you are not really as serious as Danielewski, Borges, Tagore, Pessoa, or Jibanananda, stop writing.

The structure of this book is recursive, layered and of a madman. It is a book you should approach with an arsenal of bookmarks, much patience for multiple re-readings and the intention to read cover-to-cover, footnotes and appendix and all. While some of the references in this book are purely fictional, many are real. It is not necessary, but some familiarity with classic literature and existential philosophy (resources like Being and Time by Martin Heidegger) can be very rewarding. I will also recommend reading Walking by Thomas Bernhard, which deals with madness singularly, unlike this book,