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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror | Thomas Ligotti, Ray Brassier
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2010 Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction. The Conspiracy against the Human Race is renowned horror writer Thomas Ligotti's first work of nonfiction. Through impressively wide-ranging discussions of and reflections on literary and philosophical works of a pessimistic bent, he shows that the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination. The worst and most plentiful horrors are instead to be found in reality. Mr. Ligotti's calm, but often bloodcurdling turns of phrase, evoke the dreadfulness of the human condition. Those who cannot bear the truth will pretend this is another work of fiction, but in doing so they perpetuate the conspiracy of the book's title.--David Benatar, author of Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence;Department of Philosophy, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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TH3F4LC0N
TH3F4LC0N
Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror | Thomas Ligotti
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So I‘d wanted to read this book for a while, and boy does it give you a lot to chew on! 😆 I‘ve long considered myself an antinatalist, but I didn‘t know I was a full blown pessimist until I read this, but I guess the shoe fits. This is a hella bleak book, but I think it can give people some really valuable perspective. In short, existence itself is horror. Read the book to see why. 😉 For my full thoughts, see here:

https://youtu.be/85zbzFIxzt8

vivastory Ligotti always has memorable covers 3y
TH3F4LC0N Indeed! 😅 I have no idea how the image on the cover related to the content of the book, but it sure is striking! 😂 3y
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MrBook
MrBook
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror | Thomas Ligotti, Ray Brassier
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Has anyone come across this book before? It sounds interesting. #MrBookWantsToKnow

RohitSawant This has been on my TBR for awhile! I absolutely loved Ligotti‘s Songs of a Dead Dreamer. 8y
vivastory @rohit-sawant I've been dying to read more Ligotti. I think I'm going to make my next horror a Ligotti. 8y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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mauveandrosysky
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror | Thomas Ligotti, Ray Brassier
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If you love True Detective and bottomless despair, boy have I got a #Recommendsday for you! Nic Pizzolatto used this as sort of a guideline for the character of Rust Cohle and his extreme pessimism. So basically what I'm saying is it's a real feel-good book. Enjoy!

Well-ReadNeck Sold! 8y
CarrieScott I'm so in 8y
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