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Nearly Sane

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Umberto Eco dead
« on: February 20, 2016, 11:23:02 AM »

Looking at this board, it's turning into a graveyard.


I remember reading Travels in Hypereality while I was working in the coffee shop at the futures exchange, seemed appropriate



http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/20/italian-author-umberto-eco-dies-aged-84?CMP=share_btn_fb

Shaker

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Re: Umberto Eco dead
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2016, 11:25:22 AM »
One of my favourite writers whose books I've loved for years. Very sad.
Pain, or damage, don't end the world. Or despair, or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man, and give some back. - Al Swearengen, Deadwood.