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“To use a horse to show that a horse is not a horse is not as good as using a non-horse to show that a horse is not a horse...”
― Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
― Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
“The chronology was for the convenience of the reader who may be unfamiliar with some of the names and events mentioned. My publisher persuaded me to cut it, on account of the wartime paper shortage.”
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“When one wants to be famous, one has to dive gracefully into rivers of the blood of cannon-blasted bodies.”
― Maldoror and Poems
― Maldoror and Poems
“The text has disappeared under the interpretation.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the six o’clock news, the mumblings of wild men saddled by demons.”
― Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down
― Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down
Brain Pain
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— last activity Oct 10, 2023 09:29AM
NOTE: This group is intermittently active, but you are welcome to revive past discussions if you're currently reading any of those books. We read ch ...more
The BURIED Book Club
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— last activity Feb 27, 2026 06:22PM
TODAY BOOKS ARE NOT BURNED. THEY ARE BURIED. WE SHALL UNEARTH THEM.
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
21st Century Literature
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We read literary fiction from 2000 to present, with the intent of finding those literary gems of timeless and enduring quality. We're less focused o ...more
Black Coffee
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— last activity Jan 24, 2026 10:04AM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more
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