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Judy Cantor-Navas's avatar

I love your "loneliness types." Great list.

I just saw the Bowling Alone has been "revised and updated" to include social media. Things have changed so much since 2000-in retrospect such an innocent time when we actually did communicate in person-I'm wondering if it woudn't seem dated regardless.

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Interesting! I read the original, but now I’m curious how it addresses social media in the revisions.

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Henny Hiemenz's avatar

This is the second time in the past week the book Less Than Zero has been mentioned to me. Before that I didn’t even know it was a book. Weird. Guess that means I better read it.

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Archer Parquette's avatar

It’s not light, but it is good!

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Mandalynn's avatar

I think the loneliest, cynical book I ever read was Crime and Punishment. The whole thing feels like a bad fever dream you are in, made up of all the thoughts you ever had swirling dizzily around you.

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TD Craig's avatar

What a list, Archer! I'm tempted to read Bowling Alone and, probably, Metamorphosis. I'm a bit scared of most of the others though.

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Lee Bacon's avatar

Excellent list. Sometimes the best way to feel less alone is by reading about people who feel alone.

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Thank you!

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Abhishek Singh's avatar

No Bukowski in your list?!

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Oh, dang, that really was a miss on my part!

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Kathy Romy's avatar

I wasn’t expecting that last recommendation! Merton is good any day of the year.

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Agreed!

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Charlie Calista's avatar

Be my valentine?

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