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your reading list sounds really interesting. I haven't read much of that type of literature (I read On the Road for school, and it was interesting; I read a little of Burroughs but not any of the ones you've mentioned. Other authors that I think of being vaguely similar that I've read some of are Henry Miller and (for French class) Sartre (and would Anais Nin and Simone Weil also count? sort of...) .... none of it was really my favorite, but it was so thought provoking and I remember it much more vividly than a lot of books I enjoyed more at the time.
I suppose I might also consider Philip K Dick and Hunter S Thompson to be adjacent to Burroughs and the others - on opposite ends maybe? I read some of their work as well, mostly PKD's because of his influence on and connections with science fiction of that time period (which I read quite a bit of).
i've been meaning to grab some PKD, i haven't read any! hunter s. thompson definitely has a similar, "choppy" style i think, and i love him but haven't gotten as in-depth as a fan as others i've mentioned but yeah, existentialist literature pulls at my heart more than anything else, though there are a lot more exciting things to read lol. a habit i'm forming is working my way backwards through influencers of my favorite authors. i'm enjoying the hell out of kierkegaard, nietzsche and kafka right now. they're like "i don't know what influence my words will have in the future" and i'm like, "buddy you have no idea"
All I ever did growing up was read. I was drawn to reference books, encyclopedias, and subject that surpassed my grade and age level. In high school I raised eyebrows for reading Chemistry and Physics autonomously. Sure I never understood it, but that didn't stop me.
In terms of other lit, I was fascinated by Flatland. And a related book, The Fourth Dimension. Currently my collection is limited to humor. The Darwin Awards, Peanuts, and select older National Geographic.
this article seems to have a handle on it. Given your reading preferences though you might not find the best choices to be the 'easy' ones they list.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/philip-k-dick-primer-ranked-order-difficulty/
Also Nicola Barker's favorites from this article (Confessions of a Crap Artist and Puttering About in a Small Land) might be good choices for you too since they are quite existentialist (they aren't mentioned in the barnesandnoble article) :
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/27/philip-k-dick-best-novels-blade-runner-minority-report
And this article about PKD is interesting too: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/08/20/blows-against-the-empire
you might like some of his works too. Maybe try Ubik or Clans of the Alphane Moon. Those two seem like they might possibly appeal to you.
As for Flatland, it's very interesting, isn't it? Fourth dimension oddities. There's a story, if you haven't read it, --And He Built a Crooked House by Robert Heinlein about a four dimensional tesseract house. Silly in a way, but give it a look. It does have some humor too, as you can see from this opening bit:
beginning of --And He Built a Crooked House
Americans are considered crazy anywhere in the world.
They will usually concede a basis for the accusation but point to California as the focus of the infection. Californians stoutly maintain that their bad reputation is derived solely from the acts of the inhabitants of Los Angeles County. Angelenos will, when pressed, admit the charge but explain hastily, "It's Hollywood. It's not our fault—we didn't ask for it; Hollywood just grew."
The people in Hollywood don't care; they glory in it. If you are interested, they will drive you up Laurel Canyon "—where we keep the violent cases." The Canyonites—the brown-legged women, the trunks-clad men constantly busy building and rebuilding their slap-happy unfinished houses—regard with faint contempt the dull creatures who live down in the flats, and treasure in their hearts the secret knowledge that they, and only they, know how to live.
Lookout Mountain Avenue is the name of a side canyon which twists up from Laurel Canyon. The other Canyonites don't like to have it mentioned; after all, one must draw the line somewhere! High up on Lookout Mountain at number 8775, across the street from the Hermit—the original Hermit of Hollywood—lived Quintus Teal, graduate architect.
Even the architecture of southern California is different. Hot dogs are sold from a structure built like and designated "The Pup." Ice cream cones come from a giant stucco ice cream cone, and neon proclaims "Get the Chili Bowl Habit!" from the roofs of buildings which are indisputably chili bowls. Gasoline, oil, and free road maps are dispensed beneath the wings of tri-motored transport planes,while the certified rest rooms, inspected hourly for your comfort, are located in the cabin of the plane itself. These things may surprise, or amuse, the tourist, but the local residents, who walk bareheaded in the famous California noonday sun, take them as a matter of course.
Quintus Teal regarded the efforts of his colleagues in architecture as faint-hearted, fumbling, and timid.
I know that feel. Whenever I play a very good game I just don't want it to end . When it does, thats when the sadness and emptyness hits xD
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Sometimes i pick a random item and name an ha around that
[Item=Pink Bellflowers]
Like what am I going to do with my life NOW XD;;
Anyone play Magic the gathering?
YOU LOOK WOW
Good hook, I recall reading Have spacesuit, will travel many years ago. This might be a whirl.
i can see why you bought it! i don't know what the game is all about but just from seeing that character i would love to play it. great colours, too. lovely art.
probably a technology thing. i tried getting back into reading a few years ago but starting with game of thrones was probably not a good idea. that's so interesting! i've never (to my knowledge) met anyone with book tastes like yours. do you think it has an influence on your taste in games?
i like the item you're wearing now! subeta really has some talented artists.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT YOU
PRETTY COLOURS MADE ME DO ITTT
So true. We're going all, "now what?"
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Your ha is very lovely today what jacket are you wearing?
How is your weekend going?
It's one of the new royalty card item :)!
Ah cool I thought it looked familiar. You matched the colors really well!
Thank you ❤️ How are you today?
Feeling sick again but also saw my grandma and aunt early which was nice and got to tell them I'm prego which they were excited about. How bout yourself?
That's nice. Is it a secret thing or ...? I'm trying not to fall too deep into a new fandom (but it's too late) and trying to keep my last two brain cells alive haha.