The Dark Side

[Malone]

I picked up a wonderful book last week that may be of interest to some of you.Entitled 'The Dark Side' by Alan Pratt,it's a 260 page anthology of the finest nihilisitic and pessimistic quotations from western thought and philosophy, from Homer to Cioran.Essential reading for any self-respecting lurker in darkness.It would make a perfect companion piece to TCATHR.

I'm sure it's the kind of book Ligotti himself would enjoy,although given the depth of his reading in negative philosophy I daresay he's aware of it already.

	TCATHR The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

[matt cardin]

What a wonderful book THE DARK SIDE is. I stumbled across it in a Barnes & Noble about five years before I discovered Ligotti, and it instantly became a treasured and most influential companion. My copy is well-marked, and I return to it semi-frequently to browse. The book has some of the same effect on me that I mentioned in my recent post about TCATHR: It enervates me, generates despair, and tends to induce inertia due to the sheer weight of the mood of ultimate futility it elicits. And yet I can't get enough of it.

So this is to say that I certainly see the validity of the comparison you draw between THE DARK SIDE and CATHR, Malone. Nice call.

	CATHR The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

	TCATHR The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

[nomis]

Well, I just bought it online. Thanks a lot, guys. I guess I didn't need to save money this year anyway.