Ligotti Entering the Mainstream - THE NIGHTMARE NETWORK

05-24-2016

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Liam Barden

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Re: Ligotti Entering the Mainstream

Quote Originally Posted by Nirvana In Karma

Quote Originally Posted by Prince James Zaleski

I don't think reading horror fiction is a mainstream activity.

I don't think reading is a mainstream activity.

It appears James is, unfortunately, on the verge of being correct.

Book consumption per capita in the U.S. 2014 | Statistic

I honestly don't know anyone who reads novels or short stories for entertainment, IRL. Maybe it's because of my age - 27 - but when I tell people I'm interested in reading and writing they routinely assume I'm some kind of atavistic, stick in the mud, intellectual/eccentric. Even all the hipster kooks I know only read Kafka's Metamorphosis to impress girls, the general consensus is – it's boring.

The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail. And to see all that in the pitch darkness!
- Yukio Mishima, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

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miguel1984 (05-25-2016), Mr. D. (05-27-2016), Nirvana In Karma (05-24-2016), Speaking Mute (05-25-2017), ToALonelyPeace (05-24-2016)

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