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6. Merry Christmas, Hermetic, and thanks for the thread

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 02:23 PM

Dec 2016

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No books at all this Xmas, but my lunatic sil gave me a sword cane. I'm essentially a man of peace except in the presence of Trumpers, and I have no idea what to make of the gift. I'm reading The Czar of Love and Techno, a collection of short stories by Anthony Marra. Also Submission by Michel Houellebecq, which imagines France as she transitions to Islamic sharia in 2022. One of the blurbs describes this as social satire. I'm not far enough along to judge.

On edit: this is a disturbing little novel. The writing is economical and polished and there's a lot to think about.

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