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Old 01-04-2011, 09:20 AM
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Corrie Ten Boom? I vaguely remember reading that in high school. It's kind of mixed up with Frankel's Man's Search for Meaning in my mind.
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Corrie Ten Boom? I vaguely remember reading that in high school. It's kind of mixed up with Frankel's Man's Search for Meaning in my mind.
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No one has posted in this since January

Anyway, I've been slowly posting a novella I wrote a long time ago on a blog if anyone is interested. Major inspirations are Dostoevsky, Camus, Nietzsche, etc. I did my best to break it up into more readable paragraphing and less wall of text. The title pretty much gives away what it is about.

http://gettiersdilemma.blogspot.com/

If you do end up reading it, please leave comments or PMs or something because I'm interested in what people think.
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ORLYLOL: Are all the parts up? I see 10 parts posted currently.
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ORLYLOL: Are all the parts up? I see 10 parts posted currently.
Sorry, I missed this earlier. No, not everything is posted. I've been putting pieces up about 1 week at a time due to the length. It's about 50 pages single spaced on Word and I didn't want to overwhelm anyone trying to read it. 11 parts up now, and might be 12 by the end of the day.
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ORLY: Could you bump this thread again when you have the whole thing posted?

It was clear to me that you finished this a while ago; it's just a matter of getting it online. Thing is, if I really get up & reading, I'd rather not hit a dead end and find out that wasn't the real end. That's why I've never read Edwin Drood - as much as I like Dickens, I do not want to read an unfinished novel.
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Great book. I read it a LOOOOOONG time ago.
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Old 07-24-2011, 02:11 PM
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Catch 22 is the only book I ever had to get Cliff's Notes for.

and I was reading it for fun!

[I got the Cliff's Notes, b/c I wasn't about to figure out the timeline for myself. Too lazy.]
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