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Tom Kern
http://call-me-ishmael.com/
“Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex wonderfully unfathomable world? How does it so fail to hold our attention that we have to diminish it with the invention of cheap, man-made myths and monsters?”
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“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― A Short History of Progress
― A Short History of Progress
“These times are unfriendly toward Worlds alternative to this one”
― Mason & Dixon
― Mason & Dixon
“I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.”
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“There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt — until recently … and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.”
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Infinite Winter 2016
— 148 members
— last activity Mar 11, 2016 10:45AM
Infinite Winter (http://www.infinitewinter.org) is an online book club dedicated to reading David Foster Wallace’s 1,000+ page novel Infinite Jest. Jo ...more
Strong Female Reads book club
— 28 members
— last activity Jun 21, 2022 01:05AM
A place to discuss books nominated as 'Strong Female Reads' by the Strong Female Leads podcast from Standard Issue magazine. Listen to episodes here: ...more
Thomas Pynchon
— 374 members
— last activity Dec 22, 2025 05:33AM
This is a group for Thomas Pynchon readers, whether casual or fanatical. What's your favourite Pynchon book? What's your favourite Pynchon story? I've ...more
Roberto Bolano's "The Savage Detectives"
— 131 members
— last activity Oct 21, 2019 10:08AM
This group is designed to help readers share pleasure, pain, questions, answers, views, reviews and comments about "The Savage Detectives". ...more
Tom’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tom’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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