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What would you pick? (infosec.pub)
submitted 23 hours ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/books@lemmy.world
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[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Many people have a visceral reaction to Palahniuk’s Guts, but it never hit me particularly hard. That and the underage incest impreg fantasies, it was always a bit of a turn off.

Honestly, for me, nothing beats good old Edgar Allan Poe, and he’s already in the syllabus.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

My head immediately went to tell tale heart.

Poe had lots of fucked up stories. The red death is another that stuck with me.