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ListJul 1, 2026

Loser Canon

From this conversation https://www.lit.salon/reviews/OL3511459W/W6v40kxhYkUgCkaxkNIO/high-watermark-for-loser-fiction#comment-717233f5-c48e-45fc-bf9b-5853c7e126e6 Please suggest some more

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ListMay 29, 2026

dos mil viente y seis

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@camillebeauchampEarthlings A Novel

QuoteApr 11, 2025

As I cycled past the rows of identical houses, I thought to myself again how much like nests they looked. They resembled a huge cocoon that Yuu and I had once found in the Akishina mountains. My town was a collection of nests, a factory for manufacturing babi…

@anacaEarthlings A Novel

ReviewApr 11, 2025

A BPD story?

The glorification of anticonformism is an old thing in the Western world. Born in the 1960s, it celebrates the loser, the iconoclast who is able to defy the social order. It had at least a function: to somewhat give some room to people who didn’t/couldn’t fit…

@anacaEarthlings A Novel

ReviewDec 25, 2024

Lukewarm

It's ok I guess. An anthology of stories revolving around dysphoria of the physical human condition. Interesting premise which makes for a few good stories but it feels like Murata expects the novelty of the idea to do all the heavy lifting. You can really te…

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Loser Canon

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Natsuki

A BPD story?

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