@strutsulf@mastodon.social avatar

strutsulf

@[email protected]

Formerly: translator of Harlequin novels and the Bible.
Currently: philosopher at the University of Gothenburg.
Likes: Oulipo, interactive fiction, Laurel & Hardy, books, bandes dessinées, Hasse & Tage, fonts, The Journey to the West.
Plays: Dwarf Fortress, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, The Christmas Maze of the Nallebjörn (every December), Jandek, Ergo Phizmiz, Bowie, Thelonious Monk, and sides in piping band.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. View on remote instance

ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar

I sometimes thought my father thought he could't die while he still had books on his pending pile (a stab at immortality I seem to be replicating)... so, it was strangely touching to see Tom Gauld has had similar thoughts.

@bookstodon

Cartoon: man talking to ghost - frame one: Man, 'I thought you'd died' Ghost (reading a book), 'My life has ended but I cannot pass over to the spirit realm when so much remains undone' frame two: Man, 'you mean all these books you bought and never got round to reading?' Ghost (floating next to a full/overflowing bookshelf), 'It won't take long, there are fewer distractions when you're dead'. frame three, A few months later: Man, 'Is it me or are these piles getting bigger?' Ghost (now surrounded by books), 'My library card still works, but once I I've read these I'll start on the ones in the attic'.
ALT
  • Reply
  • Expand (60)
  • Collapse (60)
    • strutsulf ,
    @strutsulf@mastodon.social avatar

    @Africano @davidpnice @ChrisMayLA6 @ericatty @bookstodon Best selling point ever!

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • kbinchat
  • All magazines
    •