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    Slipstream (genre of literature)

    "This genre is not category SF; it is not even "genre" SF. Instead, it is a contemporary kind of writing which has its face against consensus reality. It is fantastic, surreal sometimes, speculative on occasion, but not rigorously so. It does not aim to provoke a "sense of wonder" or to...
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    Slipstream (genre of literature)

    I'm sure there was a thread on this. If not a thread then a sustained discussion perhaps in the sci-fi thread? I recall posting a quote from Feeling Very Strange: A Slipstream Anthology Sterling's list has been posted before: https://www.dissensus.com/threads/13816/page-4#post-336593 Maybe I...
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    should i resign as head of dissensus?

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    Writers you hate

    It's a very interesting question. In Mallarmé's communiqué with Nietzsche (nice lilt) the former suggested that poetry was the higher form of experiencing art because rhythm, in solitary reading, was silent, emerging and being perceived within the soul. But I don't buy this - it's a bit...
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    Writers you hate

    @Benny B has a point, something I've touched on before. I wouldn't say 'stupider' though... but humans are very adaptable, and adapt to what is most prevalent. Today, that is a form of social media which privileges engagement volume over meaning, nuance, delicacy or even communicative efficacy...
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    what are you reading now?

    yeah, u know wot, actually, like I mesn, some books r boring and cos you dont finish them thats it nabokov pale fire boring too pretentious and privileged didnt finish middlemarch boring read a quarter possession by as byatt too academic Moby Dick is brilliant... I'll explain further: it is good...
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    what are you reading now?

    Have you read any Ben Lerner? Chris Kraus? Handke? I never felt Sebald was deliberately aiming for esotericism or obscurity, nor was his approach deeply academic (whatever interpretation of that you take). He worked with images, allegory, layers, memories.... the dream of history. But I don't...
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    what are you reading now?

    It is a conflicted biography. I felt the lengthy evaluations of where and where not Sebald departed, covered, chose not to include, or just plain copied the lives of others in his work at once fascinatingly rich in detail but torn in purpose. And there is, of course, a heavy similarity with...
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    Strong A capella / Acapella

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    rolling tv thread

    https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2022/december/the-white-lotus "A lot of my intuition is based on her physicality." If you enjoyed White Lotus you'll love this blog.
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    Comedian press shots

    'Now I don't know about you but' / 'Is it just me, or..' / 'Call me crazy but y'know...' Stewart Lee has this market cornered.
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    Comedian press shots

    The scratching the head pose is very established. Not a very diverse bunch. 'Are you confused about the world? I am too.' Sidekick Simon, a wry look at the news etc...
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    The Weather.

    "Mummy, the children at school are saying the snow has claws and fangs..." "Don't worry yourself with that playground talk.... bolt the door now would you?"
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