kafka-esque

it's the first book club today and we're all discussing "metamorphosis," from good ol' franz kafka. it's only the first part, so it's straightforward. book club consists of mainly pople from work... okay, only people from work, so it's an amalgamation of critters ranging from one-celled organisms to multi-cellular creatures that have what appear to be rational and/or cognizant thoughts.

which is a bonus for conversation.

no big a-bomb type insight into the book at this point, just the obvious and standard observations of Gregor Samsa turning into a big bug. Yeah, there's all kinds of subtext that can be found, as per the introductions, but I don't read introductions any more. Not since I read the intro to "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley; just in passing rambles he says something to the effect of, "that's why he had to die in the end."

Fucker.

That's the equivalent of having "And he never knoiws he dead until the end!" in a trailer for The Sixth Sense.

At any rate, the book I got for Metamorphosis is pretty cool. I picked it up from www.abebooks.com for $30; it is a 1946 first edition in decent shape. I feel so special! I also saw on abebooks that the copy of Robotech Art I that I have sells for a couple of hundred dollars; I feel so Kewl! Just call me "L33t ßoOk D@Wg."

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