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Comment author: David_Gerard 01 April 2014 12:55:35PM *  2 points [-]

A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. An amazing and hilarious novel. Believe the hype.

(If you've ever been annoyed by neoreactionaries, you'll delight in the main character. "A king? You want a king? Boy, nobody wants a king! Ignatius, are you sure you're OK?" First noted on Metafilter. I see one neoreaction fan who classifies it as "Red Pill fiction" ...)

Comment author: gwern 01 April 2014 03:29:41PM 0 points [-]

A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. An amazing and hilarious novel. Believe the hype.

Counter-recommendation: I found it vastly overrated and OK at best. (Review)

Comment author: David_Gerard 01 April 2014 10:39:09PM 0 points [-]

I think the Internet could still do with "oh, my valve!" as a meme.

Comment author: Lumifer 02 April 2014 01:04:48AM 0 points [-]

Too much contamination with Steam and Half-Life and Portal and...

Comment author: DaFranker 02 April 2014 03:02:44PM 0 points [-]

It'll be Valve Soon™ before everyone understands that one...