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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

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The Wiki's plot summary for "A Void", a book that (usually) omits a symbol vital to our vocabulary, also avoids that symbol (en.wikipedia.org)
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I do not support just calling that wiki "wiki" without including a crucial part of it.

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[โ€“] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fascinating! I may find looking at this book in my todo list.

(This is hard!)

[โ€“] gbzm@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Oulipo is chock full of amazing linguistic training propositions isn't it?