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a 4:34am kinda List
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Cronopios and FamasCronopios and Famas by Julio Cortazar
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $5.00
When in doubt, or bored, just close your eyes, open the book and flip to a random page
CosmicomicsCosmicomics by Italo Calvino
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $3.67
One of those books that makes you say, "Damn I wish I wrote that book!"
The Illusion of the EndThe Illusion of the End by Jean Baudrillard
Buy new: $16.96 / Used from: $7.92
Many of Baudrillard's books eventually become interchangable. In sum, they equate to a wonderfully gloomy preface to an inevitable future.
Borges: Selected Non-FictionsBorges: Selected Non-Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $8.12
As a Nietzschean, I specifically enjoy his essay against "eternal return". Without a doubt Borges is a literary genius. (Borges is to writing as what Escher is to well . . . )
Borges: Collected FictionsBorges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
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These are like pretty neat too.
Foucault's PendulumFoucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.19
Down at the headquarters of Conspiracy Inc. on 5th Street this book comes with Vasoline and tissue paper.