Tomorrow we’ll finish discussing Fabian Ludueña’s H.P. Lovecraft – The Disjunction in Being by looking at the second half of the book and Alejandro’s “Three Fragments and Three Figures After Ludueña’s Lovecraft”. Since I’m late posting again this week, I’m going to suggest we make  “Appendix: Astrophobos, or In-Harmonia Mundi; Glosses on Lovecraft’s Poetry” optional. If people read the appendix we’ll discuss it, but otherwise we’ll stick to the last two chapters and Alejandro’s interpolation at the end.

I actually have an excuse for posting so late this week. I thought I’d found a pdf of this week’s reading when we first read it some years ago, but it turns out we didn’t do the whole book. So I had to scan the whole thing. But it’s a thin book without much weight and my scanner was leaving black marks where the pages weren’t firmly across the glass, so I scanned it with my phone, which is a bit janky but I hope not too terrible. I will try to scan it again at a place with a heavier scanner lid today. Until then, enjoy the intro and first two chapters of Alejandro’s translation of Fabian Ludueña’s H.P. Lovecraft – The Disjunction in Being. The second half will be posted next week if we stick with it, which I hope we will!

(The link has been giving some issues on my home wifi but works fine on my phone. If it is not working for you, try on a different network or email birdsoffire [at] riseup [dot] net and I’ll send it to you.)

Next time, François Laruelle’s “The Concept of an Artificial Philosophy” (p. 257-277).

I was unsure what we should read this week as suggestions weren’t especially forthcoming last time. Been reading Beyond Good and Evil the last few days, so let’s do a segment from that. Part Five: “Natural History of Morals” (pp. 97-118).

There were no suggestions for subsequent readings last week, so I suppose we might return to Cioran’s History & Utopia. “Learning from the Tyrants” will be discussed.

Another late post. Reading is a bit shorter this week as a result. It’s Oscar Wilde’s “The Soul of Man Under Socialism”. See ya soon.

Tuesday, we’ll read Frére Dupont. From species being and other stories, take a look at the pieces that comprise “earthen cup” (pp. 1-47). Adieu.

Next week, we’re going to look at a friend’s piece on intoxication culture. Here it is.

Let the post slip by me again this week. Woops. Tuesday we’ll read part of The Invisible Committee’s Now; to wit, the chapters “Let’s Destitute the World” and “For the Ones to Come”. Now let’s disappear.

Speaking of revolt’s exigency in the face of insurmountable forces, a return to Blessed is the Flame seems to be in order. We’ll look at roughly the first half, from the beginning through “Spontaneous Resistance and Time” (pp. 1-77). Don’t let the page count give you a start, the pages are small and quite rarified.

“Neither victory nor defeat is important, but only the beautiful shining of our eyes in combat.” — Conspiracy of Cells of Fire