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Surreal Absurdity

Author : Jim Lively
Publisher : Treaty Oak Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781943658695
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Surreal Absurdity written by Jim Lively and published by Treaty Oak Publishers. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about Charles Pierce that makes people want to kill him? He's retired from his law practice, does pro bono work for non-profits, and has turned all his attention to focus on his art. He even rented a studio, as part of a gallery where exhibitions are well attended and the wine flows freely. So why does a mysterious and hostile young man threaten him, while the woman who tried to poison him last year shows up at an exhibition to purchase one of his abstract paintings? Charles can't seem to avoid associating with criminals. Even Detective Gonzales believes he is somehow involved in a series of local murders because his business cards are found at the scene. No one, least of all Charles, can explain it, but the more he seeks clues and answers, the more he finds the whole situation to be a Surreal Absurdity.

Corpses

Author : Vik Shirley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578642215
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Corpses written by Vik Shirley and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Fiction. Short Stories. These moribund miniatures take the boundary between life and death as their playground, capturing the triviality and quotidian horror of being human. "A darkly funny, wry, vivid set of poetic texts. This is doing the work poetry needs to be doing, it's about language itself as much as it's about the absurdity of our own physical lives and non-lives."--SJ Fowler

14 Surreal Absurdities

Author : C.J. Cala
Publisher : C.J. Cala
ISBN 13 : 1493785656
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book 14 Surreal Absurdities written by C.J. Cala and published by C.J. Cala. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, no serious philosophies can be found. This is simply a collection of some of my more surreal and absurd stories, whose sole purpose is to entertain the eye and ear of each and every individual. C.J. Cala is the author of numerous “schizonautic” texts that are centered on exploring the relativity of holistic reality.

Absurd Ditties

Author : G. E. Farrow
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Absurd Ditties written by G. E. Farrow and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Absurd Ditties' is a collection of 65 humorous poems. G. E. Farrow takes readers on a rollicking journey through the absurdities of life, from the strange antics of judges and solicitors to the misadventures of a fairy godmother and a company promoter. Each poem is crafted with wit and irreverence, inviting readers to laugh out loud at the absurdity of it all. Here's an excerpt from one of the featured poems, 'That of the Converted Cannibals': "Upon an island, all alone / They lived, in the Pacific / Somewhere within the Torrid Zone / Where heat is quite terrific."

So Absurd It Must Be True

Author : Victoria Ray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789198560169
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book So Absurd It Must Be True written by Victoria Ray and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's hard to describe a book that doesn't fit anywhere... a book that uncovers the most bizarre human desires and absurd aspects of our lives. In So Absurd It Must Be True, acclaimed Blåsbo Gatan satirist VICTORIA RAY offers her absolutely odd vision on the present situation in the world, relationships, and human emotions. The book is a collection of dark humor and surreal parodies, where the mix of satire and irony unveils the truth about our laughable existence called 'life'. But don't worry, Ray is here to help you make sense of it all. Each story exposes the tragedy of being an adult, the man-woman game, the kaleidoscope of human relationships, and the limitations of our sexual fantasies. Among the topics covered: 1) why Santa Claus had forgotten that you exist; 2) neighbors and how to deal with them - one by one; 3) Russian gang leader vs American CIA agent; 4) why Leo Tolstoy killed Anna Karenina; 5) cults, dreams and deaths; 6) the walls of wisdom in lifts; 7) famous five are hiding in Cuba... go figure! 8) enemies and their tears; 9) what happened in Kyrgyzstan with Jesus? 10) where to find a clue for NO CLUE? 11) new AI generation; 12) fairy tales and bored Queens; 13) ghosts and X files. Anyone who had ever spent time with another human being or, at least, been born... will love this collection. The book contains profanity, fun or gross erotica, and elements of violence. Only for adults. Genre: surreal humor, satire, parody, horror, dark comedy, absurdist fiction, comic strips.

13 Poems

Author : Michael A. Puttonen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734593051
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book 13 Poems written by Michael A. Puttonen and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Meaning in Absurdity

Author : Bernard Kastrup
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846948606
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book Meaning in Absurdity written by Bernard Kastrup and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an experiment. Inspired by the bizarre and uncanny, it is an attempt to use science and rationality to lift the veil off the irrational. Its ways are unconventional: weaving along its path one finds UFOs and fairies, quantum mechanics, analytic philosophy, history, mathematics, and depth psychology. The enterprise of constructing a coherent story out of these incommensurable disciplines is exploratory. But if the experiment works, at the end these disparate threads will come together to unveil a startling scenario about the nature of reality. The payoff is handsome: a reason for hope, a boost for the imagination, and the promise of a meaningful future. Yet this book may confront some of your dearest notions about truth and reason. Its conclusions cannot be dismissed lightly, because the evidence this book compiles and the philosophy it leverages are solid in the orthodox, academic sense. ,

From Surrealism to the Absurd

Author : Wolodymyr T. Zyla
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book From Surrealism to the Absurd written by Wolodymyr T. Zyla and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Peculiar Peril

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374308896
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book A Peculiar Peril written by Jeff VanderMeer and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer. Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather’s overstuffed mansion—a veritable cabinet of curiosities—once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables). Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them.

The Green Monk

Author : Marcus Slease
Publisher : Boiler House Press
ISBN 13 : 9781911343486
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Green Monk written by Marcus Slease and published by Boiler House Press. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Green Monk was written between London, Madrid, and Krakow, and engages thrillingly with various surrealist visions of artists and poets, including Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dali, Federico García Lorca, James Tate, and Chika Sagawa. It concerns, variously, queer erotics, animism & magic, food, death & sublime nature, fairy tales & alchemy, & the wonders of everyday life in Madrid. It is simultaneously contemporary and ancient, built on visual images and techniques of juxtaposition and collage, accompanied by entertainingly absurd narratives. These poems sit between worlds and take the reader on shamanistic journeys, healings, and transformations, through a language of migration and immigration, across various physical and imaginary, spatial and temporal, fields.

THE SURREAL ADVENTURES OF ANTHONY ZEN

Author : Cameron Straughan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0968698115
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (686 download)

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Download or read book THE SURREAL ADVENTURES OF ANTHONY ZEN written by Cameron Straughan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Zen is an eccentric, free-spirited young man who collects round objects and shares his flat with a ringing cat. He lives in an unnamed city and works at a place called 'WORK', where he diligently shuffles papers and sharpens pencils. He is set upon by a wide variety of modern, commonplace problems yet chooses to deal with them in a playful, mischievous manner in his search for enlightenment, inner peace and a really good pair of trousers. In Anthony's universe, even the most mundane day-to-day activity can - and probably will - spiral into absurd, surreal chaos.With a healthy sense of the absurd, liberal doses of humour, two cups fantasy, dollops of surrealism and a pinch of shocking unpredictability, 'The Surreal Adventures of Anthony' reflects our modern predicament. The twenty-three short stories collected in 'Anthony Zen' share common themes including the struggle to remain an individual, the impact of a poor work / life balance, loss/disregard of spirituality, difficulty living in the moment, maintaining relationships, embracing the inner child's sense of wonderment and fun and coping with expectations that don't match reality. While these themes are fundamentally serious, 'Anthony' reaches for the light. Thus, serious messages are interspersed with moments of levity. These are stories that don't forget to loosen up and have some fun. After all, laughter is the best medicine.

Blackass

Author : A. Igoni Barrett
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1555979262
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book Blackass written by A. Igoni Barrett and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Furo Wariboko, a young Nigerian, awakes the morning before a job interview to find that he's been transformed into a white man. In this condition he plunges into the bustle of Lagos to make his fortune. With his red hair, green eyes, and pale skin, it seems he's been completely changed. Well, almost. There is the matter of his family, his accent, his name. Oh, and his black ass. Furo must quickly learn to navigate a world made unfamiliar and deal with those who would use him for their own purposes. Taken in by a young woman called Syreeta and pursued by a writer named Igoni, Furo lands his first-ever job, adopts a new name, and soon finds himself evolving in unanticipated ways. A. Igoni Barrett's Blackass is a fierce comic satire that touches on everything from race to social media while at the same time questioning the values society places on us simply by virtue of the way we look. As he did in Love Is Power, or Something Like That, Barrett brilliantly depicts life in contemporary Nigeria and details the double-dealing and code-switching that are implicit in everyday business. But it's Furo's search for an identity--one deeper than skin--that leads to the final unraveling of his own carefully constructed story.

Temporary

Author : Hilary Leichter
Publisher : Coffee House Press
ISBN 13 : 156689574X
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Temporary written by Hilary Leichter and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Temporary, a young woman’s workplace is the size of the world. She fills increasingly bizarre placements in search of steadiness, connection, and something, at last, to call her own. Whether it’s shining an endless closet of shoes, swabbing the deck of a pirate ship, assisting an assassin, or filling in for the Chairman of the Board, for the mythical Temporary, “there is nothing more personal than doing your job.” This riveting quest, at once hilarious and profound, will resonate with anyone who has ever done their best at work, even when the work is only temporary.

Reading the Absurd

Author : Joanna Gavins
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748669272
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Absurd written by Joanna Gavins and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the literary absurd? What are its key textual features? How can it be analysed? How do different readers respond to absurdist literature?Taking the theories and methodologies of stylistics as its underlying analytical framework, Reading the Absurd tackles each of these questions. Selected key works in English literature are examined in depth to reveal significant aspects of absurd style. Its analytical approach combines stylistic inquiry with a cognitive perspective on language, literature and reading which sheds new light on the human experience of literary reading.By exploring the literary absurd as a linguistic and experiential phenomena, while at the same time reflecting upon its essential historical and cultural situation, Joanna Gavins brings a new perspective to the absurd aesthetic.

How to Be a Writer

Author : Marcus Berkmann
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1408713829
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book How to Be a Writer written by Marcus Berkmann and published by Little, Brown Book Group. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Berkmann has been a freelance writer since 1988, working for newspapers and magazines and occasionally writing a book, like this one. He reckons to have written literally millions of words in that time, several of them in the right order. This, his 13th or possibly 14th book, is about those years of writing: the triumphs (few), the heartbreaks (many), the sackings (more than you would expect), the biscuits (many, many more than you would expect). In it he somehow makes the act of staring out of a window wondering what to say next seem both fascinating and, in some strange way, enviable, whereas, like most writers, he rarely leaves the house other than to go to the pub or the off-licence. Often asked how you become a writer, his advice remains: Please do not. There's already enough competition out there and we don't need any more. His advance for this book was about enough to buy a packet of Jaffa Cakes.

Game After

Author : Raiford Guins
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262320185
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Game After written by Raiford Guins and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cultural study of video game afterlife, whether as emulation or artifact, in an archival box or at the bottom of a landfill. We purchase video games to play them, not to save them. What happens to video games when they are out of date, broken, nonfunctional, or obsolete? Should a game be considered an “ex-game” if it exists only as emulation, as an artifact in museum displays, in an archival box, or at the bottom of a landfill? In Game After, Raiford Guins focuses on video games not as hermetically sealed within time capsules of the past but on their material remains: how and where video games persist in the present. Guins meticulously investigates the complex life cycles of video games, to show how their meanings, uses, and values shift in an afterlife of disposal, ruins and remains, museums, archives, and private collections. Guins looks closely at video games as museum objects, discussing the recontextualization of the Pong and Brown Box prototypes and engaging with curatorial and archival practices across a range of cultural institutions; aging coin-op arcade cabinets; the documentation role of game cartridge artwork and packaging; the journey of a game from flawed product to trash to memorialized relic, as seen in the history of Atari's infamous E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial; and conservation, restoration, and re-creation stories told by experts including Van Burnham, Gene Lewin, and Peter Takacs. The afterlife of video games—whether behind glass in display cases or recreated as an iPad app—offers a new way to explore the diverse topography of game history.

Game AI Pro 2

Author : Steven Rabin
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498760422
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Game AI Pro 2 written by Steven Rabin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game AI Pro2: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals presents cutting-edge tips, tricks, and techniques for artificial intelligence (AI) in games, drawn from developers of shipped commercial games as well as some of the best-known academics in the field. It contains knowledge, advice, hard-earned wisdom, and insights gathered from across the com