Books that directly or indirectly inspired the Ice Pick Lodge games, Pathologic and Pathologic 2. Also, books that contain similar elements.

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message 1: by Pablo S. (new)

Pablo S. Martín With Pathologic 3 now in the run, we now have to think of novels with somehow groundhog day loop style narrative, along the usual themes of hunger, death, plagues, philosophy, theatres and acting, and puppets.

Noctuary by Thomas Ligotti, comes to mind.


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