Lightning Rods
After failing to succeed as a salesman, Joe finally finds a product he can sell and refuses to fail regardless of the obstacles in his way.
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2024–2026years
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What Hacker News says
- A particular highlight of n+1 for me was issue 11, which contained a retrospective review of the site Pitchfork[1], an essay chronicling the author's experience at their first Gathering of the Juggalos[2], and an excerpt of Helen DeWitt's excellent novel Lightning Rods[3].
Issue 24's The Intellectual Situation[4] has a phrase I still think about frequently:
> "you have to choose your irrationality or it will choose you."
I have not been a consistent reader, but reading it is a constant delight.
[1] https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-12/reviews/pitchfork/
[2] https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-12/essays/american-juggalo...
[3] https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-12/fiction-drama/lightning...
[4] https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-24/the-intellectual-situat...
- Helen DeWitt wrote another novel after The Last Samurai, Lightning Rods. It's a very different book, but definitely worth a try! Good luck!
