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u can just tell...

download this pdf from 25 years ago and read it front to back

this is literally what you have to do to become a cenobite

you must solve the puzzle and survive psychological and physical torment

1, most reread: it's the left hand of darkness i'm sorry i feel like it should be something more interesting

6, reading in the last month: notes of a crocodile by qiu miaojin and a 2017 anthology called 'arts of living on a damaged planet'

...and The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice because i am trying to pass the AREs. :(

20, things i look for in a book: a couple of different angles here. one: word of mouth recommendations. i really like reading things my friends liked (/were haunted by) and certain things i dont care how much hype they are getting. if someone i trust hasn't talked about it i'm not interested. (list of people i trust includes u btw <3)

still building out what i call my "black-pilled architect" library that are books that are like just some guy with an M.Arch going "do we really need new buildings? construction makes up a third of all global emissions. i think we should round up all architects and publicly execute them." or some old drafted war-worn architect guy who studied bubbles on the surface of water to come up with his buildings saying things like, "i think about cities a lot. you learn a lot about them when you're watching them burn to the ground." and then also like, tHe AnThRoPoCeNe.