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ListApr 8, 2026

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ListFeb 4, 2026

r/TrueLit Top 100 Favourite Books (2025)

Congratulations to the following 10 works for being inducted into the r/TrueLit Hall of Fame, and thereby disqualifying themselves from consideration for this, and all future, r/TrueLit Favourite Books lists: Moby Dick - Herman Melville Ulysses - James Joyce…

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ReviewNov 11, 2024

"The Intersection of Art and Technology" but instead of an annoying art exhibit it's a great novella

Read this on @Spudm0de's recommendation. Agapé Agape: agapé is Greek for “brotherly love” - Love Agape Think his review is enough of a sell on it, but I wanted to share my scattered thoughts... Basically stealing the exact same quote but I really like the add…

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ReviewNov 3, 2024

Avoiding pain that's what all this is about isn't it? Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain, beyond the pleasure principle?

Astonishingly ahead of its time- Gaddis through a narrator that certainly-isn't-just-himself inveighs against the player piano, as it represents the first computer, the first binary switch and the death of art: ...that's what my work is about, the collapse of…

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r/TrueLit Top 100 Favourite Books (2025)

"The Intersection of Art and Technology" but instead of an annoying art exhibit it's a great novella

Avoiding pain that's what all this is about isn't it? Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain, beyond the pleasure principle?

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r/TrueLit Top 100 Favourite Books (2025)

"The Intersection of Art and Technology" but instead of an annoying art exhibit it's a great novella

Avoiding pain that's what all this is about isn't it? Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain, beyond the pleasure principle?