Post interesting obscure books, discuss obscure books, ask for and about obscure books, etc.
Nobody knows anything obscure? Is everyone that is left here only aware of the same body of works that everyone circle jerks and argues over ad infinitum?
I read John Polidoris' poem, the fall of the angels. And I will go through life never meeting anyone else who has.
>>25278782Almost thought that was Reinhold Niebuhr who nearly never gets discussed here.
>>25279760Lemme look through my e-reader and ill get back to you
>>25279838Got one. Anyone ever read picrel? I picked it up last week on a whim.
>>25278782Found years ago in a bookstore a copy of picrel. The title sounded interesting so I bought it for a few bucks. The author creates a deterministic worldview based on the structure of crystals and calls this "neo-materalism" the religion of the modern scientist. It's a mix of postwar soberness and materialism. I tried to find it profound back then but really couldn't. Don't find many references in the wild, hope that's obscure enough.
>>25279863>more crystal palace bullshitI'm tired boss
Op here. Posing a bunch of books I have not seen talked about here.
>>25280123The Not Yet God looks interesting
>>25279914>hmm this looks rather interesti->ANAL MAGIC?!?!
Us He Devours is Hall's most-reviewed book on Goodreads and still only has half a dozen. It's a hard book to find but is a really cool and unique short story collection from the middle of 20th century America. Very dark and imaginative. I blind-bought this at a used bookstore for what turned out to be a great price, because of the badasss title and cover and because New Directions hasn't steered me wrong; if you're given a chance to be so lucky, go for it.>>25280123All of these are new to me! Anything in there you think is really good?
Two forgotten books. One fact and the other fiction Strategy of Desire - Ernest Dichter Dichter was a psychologist who used subliminal advertising to sell products. >Dichter offered consumers moral permission to embrace sex and consumption, and forged a philosophy of corporate hedonism, which he thought would make people immune to dangerous totalitarian ideas. It's a very entertaining book full of funny, informative, intriging and odd anecdotes. >Packard recalls meeting Dichter in his castle and finding children watching televisions while resident psychologists, crouching behind special screens secretly filmed and studied their every action so that they could inform advertisers how to manipulate their unconscious minds. Dichter called such focus groups his "living laboratory". One such session led to the invention of the Barbie Doll. "What they wanted was someone sexy looking, someone that they wanted to grow up to be like," Dichter reported, "Long legs, big breasts, glamorous." - The Hidden Persuaders I have no idea why this book is totally forgotten unlike works like Propaganda by Bernays. On a related note: The Persuader - Robert Pollock A forgotten novel from 1970. The plot is simple. A rich man hires a public relations expert to turn his daughter into a famous model. The book follows the hero as he creates a new image for her.The author worked in PR before he became an author. I read it in 2020 when I was intrigued by how propaganda works and wanted to peek behind the curtain.It's still highly relevant
>>25279914Have you read it?
