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Quote Originally Posted by xylokopos

I am looking forward to the rest of your posts, this is of immense interest to me. My travel blog - link in my signature line - serves as my repository for thousands of photographs I have taken from hundreds of ruined sites. I almost always travel seeking ruins. A couple of years ago I also wrote a book about ruins in Singapore, where I live. I am always thinking of publishing more material on the teleology and aesthetics of ruination. There is a great Ligotti quote about the allure of ruins, I think it is from My Work Is Not Yet Done, something about a ruined world being the opposite of the world of work.

Congratulations on the book, xylokopos. This title sounds most interesting.

I don't remember the Ligotti quote you mention, let me see if I can locate it.

Quote Originally Posted by bendk

Look forward to examples of this you have found in the works of weird fiction.

Thanks, Ben. I will be posting those on a weekly basis. I don't think my choices will be much of a surprise for TLO members, but then I couldn't find a universal retrospective article about Ruinenlust in weird fiction. I hope my short compilations will serve as food for thought to those interested in the subject.

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