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“The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living.”
― The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
― The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
“Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush! Naught's an obstacle, naught's an angle to the iron way!”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”
― A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
― A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.”
― Through the Looking Glass
’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.”
― Through the Looking Glass
21st Century Cavemen
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— last activity Mar 02, 2018 07:09PM
Wandering--or seeking?--in the immoral beauraocratic wilderness of the 21st Century, we find ourselves looking, as always--to varying degrees, to the ...more
The Italo Calvino Appreciation Society
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— last activity Apr 04, 2026 01:18AM
The one and only group dedicated to the greatest Italian writer to have graced this fine earth.
/lit/ (2025 revival edition)
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— last activity May 13, 2026 08:53PM
No fun allowed. Reading top 100 books from the /lit/ chart.
Hard SF
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This is a discussion group for this specific subgenre in SF where the plausibility of the science counts.
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