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Would you read a book written by someone with brain damage?

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>>6738691
what is PKD?

>> No.6738707

>>6738691
I've been wishing that someone would publish the whole of The Vivian Girls for years, so yes.

>> No.6738804

>>6738696
Didn't he have schizophrenia?

>>6738707
Darger had brain damage? And good luck. No one will ever publish the whole thing. An abridged version, maybe.

>> No.6738813

if it was good

>> No.6738815

>>6738707
i would buy it in a heartbeat

>> No.6739106

I read The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time. It wasn't much but it had an interesting premise.

>> No.6739117

>>6738691
Why? Are you planning on releasing a book?

>> No.6739121

>>6738696
fuck you faggot he had a revelation.

>> No.6739134

>>6738691
Is it good?
No. Then no.
Yes. Then yes.
Fucking stupid question OP.

>> No.6739226

>>6739117
Actually, yes.

>>6739134
Would finding out that an author suffered a TBI dissuade you from wanting to read his books, all other things being equal (although you wouldn't know that)?

>> No.6739247

>>6738691
I've read the Beats, realized it was all shit and the mark of the death of literature.

Never again.

>> No.6739256

>>6738691
Well... You know... People read Game of Thrones...

>> No.6739264

>>6739256
>I wish I could read GOT
>but what if all the patrician girls in the world see me in my room every day and every weekend reading GOT
>welp
>better go shitpost on /lit/

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>>6739117
kek

>> No.6739271

>>6739264
Quite a projection you posted there.

>> No.6739284

>>6739271
>projection meme

So, I made you cry.
Good.

>> No.6739293

>>6739284
You did. Whenever a person genuinely likes GoT it makes me extremely sad.

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>>6738691
Why not? People have been reading books by mental cases for millenniums. Basing whole religions off them.

>>6738804
With an abridges printing they would release a limited edition full volume set for the freaks at a ridiculous price. Probably throw in a DVD of the documentary.