You will like Pelevin novels, this one is not even his best. Russian cyber-age madness with a great deal of humor.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
Hey, I tried Chapayev and Void, couldn't finish it.
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But, yeah, Russians are amazing. They even produce academic cyberpunk. Alexey German Jr.'s Under Electric Clouds, forexample
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They're great but generally hard to follow with many characters and sub-plots which are just there doing nothing. Pelevin is good even though sometimes he comes off as the David Foster Wallace of Russia which is cringe-worthy. Read his Macedonian Criticism of French Thought.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
Yeah, the new sincerity sthtick. Chapayev felt like a really shoddy example of po-mo. And I'm very much pro po-mo (what would one do without Borges or Cyclonopedia, lol).
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Replying to @ekscest
That's the kind of good snark for which one ought to be blocked.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
Btw, Bakker's (aware you too have a history) critique of Infinite Jest is hilarioushttps://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/alas-poor-wallace-a-review-of-infinite-jest/ …
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Scott is a sweet in guy in real life. We have had wonderful times gossiping. But when he is online, he is the dick-in-chief. Will check this out.
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He is also very much into flattery in real life unlike his online persona. Next time I meet him, I will just make a mum joke so he doesn't make any more positive comments.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
You should know your mum jokes are contagious
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They should be. You know who Scott hates the most? Make a guess.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
Brassier, lol? Wouldn't say it's the other one
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He loves the early Ray. No, it's Quentin Meillassoux.
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