/lit/ - Literature

9/11 was the most magnificent event of the last 200 years. It was the fist of tradition, the Hand of God, knocking down the profane Tower of Babel once again. It was a fatal wound. The New World Order went to war to reassert itself, and the result? Bin Laden is dead, but the Taliban are still around, and winning.

Now everything points to the end of techno-civilzation. The psychic damage, the grief burned into the soul and sense of the hyperreal by this stunning rebuke has proven too much for it. The unholy light of the Enlightenment is dimming. Rejoice, for good times are coming! Actually, very bad times if you're attached to civilization, but get fucked if you are.

Someone here once said this book would be remembered for a thousand years. Why? Will I be able to get into it if I dropped The Savage Detectives due to the narcissism?