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    Our Cruel World: Comment on my short piece

    The sharp silver blade was a long-trusted friend. I had felt its hard cold body sheathed against my side for twenty years- my only companion in the apathy of this dangerous world. Then one day, a man with eyes colder and more troubled than my own, deftly took my only friend. I died in an alley...
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    Why are so few American books annotated?

    I read a book review for a novel which basically said that the Russian version was thoroughly annotated to provide information for esoteric knowledge and other uncommon concepts. Apparently this is quite a common practice in Russia. My question is the following: why is that not done here in the...
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    Anyone read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco?

    I picked it up at a book-sale for a quarter, and I want to know if it's worth reading. I read a few pages and it seems like very dense prose. Additionally there are quotes in Hebrew, Latin, German, French, and Spanish that seem to have no translation in the book. Anyone know why this is...
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