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"oh my god..." - Thomas Pynchon (Slow Learner), 1984

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"My own aim in this book was to create a simple and practical moral calculus which would make it clear when it was acceptable to kill, how many could be killed and so forth -- coldblooded enough, you will say, but life cannot evade death."

-- William Vollmann, Rising Up and Rising Down, p291

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@Logo_Daedalus @afieldoflight It's the Faulkner thing. David Shetzline has talked about it before in Pynchon's work.

There are two paths: family or tribe.

Pynchon is too smart to join the flock. He's always going to choose family - who by the way, likely includes his friends.

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@Logo_Daedalus I love that you know who Timothy Dexter is.

One of the funniest people who ever "lived".

Things were clearly set up for that guy to run riot in the early American experiment.

He faked his own death and did a mock funeral where he complained people weren't crying enough.

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@1900Rugratqp He was also a NAZI though...

He doesn't think the "moral life" is a suitable question for philosophers.

What else should philosophy be about?

Philosophy used to be the word to define all of science and knowledge. Now it's for "how to live."

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If you're looking for more Literary Theory to engage with -> Literary Theory by Michael Ryan

This textbook was used in the university I attended as a quick primer to understand core literary theory concepts.

My friend speaks English as her third language and did her masters in Literary Theory at Cambridge (in English) after being in the same class as me.

I think we both liked it enough so I can recc this book easily!

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@Logo_Daedalus I don't know if you are familiar with US Maple but they are the best rock band of the last 40 years in my opinion.

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@Logo_Daedalus I listened to it there now. I did enjoy parts of it. I guess I'm more into Boris or Oxbow or Jesus Lizard. I lean more post-hardcore than metal.

Sir Lord Baltimore are the first band to be described as "Heavy Metal".

Suppose it's a different kind of vocal shred?