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Nah, chucked them in the stack for the charity shop.
linebaugh
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you sick man
william_kent
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I prefer injecting oranges with LSD at Halloween
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You've got that nice NYRB edition with the Gass intro.
woops
is not like other people
I have.
jenks
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Yes
jenks
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There’s a new edition that looks like they’ve actually reset it rather than just used the same ancient plates - with that slightly fuzzy print which does my eyes no favours at all. I think all they do is magnify the plate and that creates the poor resolution which the NYRB edition has.
Clinamenic
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Only Inferno, myself, but most of the book was interpretative commentary, most of which I bypassed.
When/if I feel sufficiently compelled to learn to read properly, remustering the will to focus on reading, the rest of the divine comedy is certainly of interest.
Clinamenic
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My reentry into reading will likely be under the auspices of a training in an ancient art.
Clinamenic
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The invigorating and mystical experience of such proving sufficient in overcoming the otherwise insurmountable mania induced by information hyperflows.
Clinamenic
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I have a 1200-page Gurdjieff omnibus awaiting me.
Clinamenic
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Plus, The Bible.
william_kent
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Beelzebub's' Tales?
Clinamenic
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Yup. Only have had second-hand exposure to Gurdjieff's insight so far, and already I identify with it.