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>"tee hee, can you guess the secret riddles I put in my story? You might have to reread it 5 times hahaha."

>> No.9297147

>"tee hee, I use an old thesaurus to name common stuff, enjoy looking up their definitions for no reason whatsoever hahaha. no excuse me while I don my dolman"

>> No.9297213

Delete this thread you shitter, NOW

>> No.9297324

>>9297140
I think I get it. The Fifth Head of Cerberus was about Hegelian dialectics, right?

>> No.9297336

There's a reason this ugly, fat walrus has to wear a name tag.

>> No.9297342

>>9297140
>>9297147
>>9297336
cease from bullying wolfe-kun IMMEDIATELY!

>> No.9297343
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>>9297336
>tfw to intelligent to become a household name

>> No.9297355

>>9297140
>DUDE JACK VANCE WITH CATHOLICISM LMAO

>> No.9297358

>>9297336
Asimov never had to wear a nametag

>> No.9297365
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>>9297336
Young Wolfe was actually handsome.

>>9297358
And how often was he referred to as 'America's foremost prose stylist'?

>> No.9298637

>>9297365
>foremost prose stylist
I thought that was the gass meme

>> No.9298646

>>9297147
>for no reason whatsoever

Just because you don't understand the reason doesn't mean it isn't there. Maybe reddit is more your speed.

>> No.9298658

>>9298637
It's versatile. I also sometimes use it for Joseph McElroy. The point is that it has to be someone who isn't a household name and is also a genuinely great writer. And yes it helps if they're considered an annoying meme on /lit.