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Just finished my first Walker Percy book (7 total in April) Taking ?s (CharlesXI

Instead of going with a novel, I went with Lost in the Cosmo...
Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon
  04/19/18
you’ve got one life to live brother, so sack up and find som...
rough-skinned toaster
  04/19/18
Oh I likely won't find one at all, though perhaps this book ...
Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon
  04/19/18
If I started a Ukrainian Catholic girls dating site would yo...
rough-skinned toaster
  04/19/18
Seems oddly specific but I guess I can't rule it out.
Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon
  04/20/18
xo's premier walker percy fanboi here, sup. I would have rec...
passionate crackhouse
  04/19/18
Some people have told me Moviegoer is skippable but I'll tak...
Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon
  04/19/18
Brother why would you skip any of his books?
Ivory knife stage
  04/19/18
Well for one I probably don't have time to read all of them ...
Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon
  04/19/18
Lancelot is skippable
passionate crackhouse
  04/19/18
I'd say that it's worth reading, and gives a good portrait o...
Painfully honest gas station marketing idea
  04/20/18
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Stirring garrison
  07/03/22
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Date: April 19th, 2018 12:37 AM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon

Instead of going with a novel, I went with Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book.

In a recurring theme for my reading this year, that was a strange book. In particular, it was a strange book for me, insofar as it really read like a book written specifically for me at this specific moment in time:

-In one bizarre scene a talk show about sex is interrupted by John Calvin, a Confederate Civil War colonel, and an alien warning of imminent nuclear annihilation

-The last sixth of the book is basically a fanfic of A Canticle for Leibowitz, perhaps my favorite sci-fi novel. Another short fiction bit is designed to mildly ridicule Carl Sagan.

-Percy discusses how a sex-drenched age is actually at risk of ruinh everything erotic about sex, reducing it to a feat of meaningless gymnastics. The end result of this, he predicts, could be the obliteration of society itself.

-He also breaks down the strange existential terrror when meeting others socially that makes it harder to cultivate friendships or, of course, fall in love. Very kooky timing on that one, Walker. Even the books I read are indirectly lecturing me to ask more people out. Great.

I'm reading Percy because I'm going to Louisiana in June with some college friends and we'll be attending a Walker Percy Weekend outside Baton Rouge. I also have Love in the Ruins which I figure I'll read soon enough. If I like it I may try to read another one or two in time for the trip. Or if I really like it, fuck it, maybe I'll read all his books.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35872133)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 12:39 AM
Author: rough-skinned toaster

you’ve got one life to live brother, so sack up and find some good catholic bitch

but you won’t get one by being one yourself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35872144)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 12:41 AM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon

Oh I likely won't find one at all, though perhaps this book marginally improved my odds if only by supplying me some insane rhetoric to spout like a mad prophet.

Percy suggests that a Tennessee Methodist could be a decent replacement in a pinch though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35872149)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 1:07 AM
Author: rough-skinned toaster

If I started a Ukrainian Catholic girls dating site would you sign up?

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Date: April 20th, 2018 4:40 PM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon

Seems oddly specific but I guess I can't rule it out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35883643)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 6:59 AM
Author: passionate crackhouse

xo's premier walker percy fanboi here, sup. I would have recommended reading Lost in the Cosmos after finishing a couple of the novels. The problem with reading LitC first is that it sets out his themes so explicitly, whereas the novels make you work more.

If you're moving to novels, check out the Moviegoer first and Love in the Ruins (Percy's masterpiece) second.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35872728)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 7:37 AM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon

Some people have told me Moviegoer is skippable but I'll take that under advisement and try to read it if I have time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35872778)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 7:39 AM
Author: Ivory knife stage

Brother why would you skip any of his books?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35872783)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 7:42 AM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Thirsty Dragon

Well for one I probably don't have time to read all of them before this trip so I'm trying to focus on hitting the high points.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35872791)



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Date: April 19th, 2018 7:43 AM
Author: passionate crackhouse

Lancelot is skippable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35872792)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 4:44 PM
Author: Painfully honest gas station marketing idea

I'd say that it's worth reading, and gives a good portrait of post-war New Orleans

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3953515&forum_id=2#35883676)



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Date: July 3rd, 2022 4:08 AM
Author: Stirring garrison



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Date: July 3rd, 2022 4:12 AM
Author: Rambunctious sadistic national



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