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Two Arms and a Head

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Two Arms and a Head

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Two Arms and a Head is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 5 times across 5 issues between May 17, 2024 and October 11, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “Two Arms and a Head”; “Book review contest finalists are: … Two Arms and a Head”; “In the year and a half in between, he writes Two Arms and a Head, his combination memoir and suicide note”. It most often appears alongside Dominion, Don Juan, How Language Began.

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  • Category: Books
  • Mention count: 5
  • Issue count: 5
  • First seen: May 17, 2024
  • Last seen: October 11, 2024

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Choose Book Review Finalists 2024
May 17, 2024 · Original source
...Trial The Unconsoled The Untethered Soul The Vegetarian The Wages of Destruction The Wheel of Time The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy Three Days in Dwarfland Time Loops Two Arms and a Head War and Peace Warrior's Woman What Even Is Gender? When We Cease To Understand The World Who We Are And How We Got Here Why Fish Don't Exist Winnie-the-Pooh / The House...
Open Thread 334
June 17, 2024 · Original source
2: Book review contest finalists are: Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa, Dominion, Don Juan, Family That Couldn't Sleep, How Language Began, How The War Was Won, Nine Lives, Real Raw News, Silver Age Marvel Comics, Sixth Day, Spirit of Rationalism, Complete Rhyming Dictionary, The Pale King, Two Arms and a Head, and Ballad of the White Horse. Honorable mention to at least Catkin, Road of the King, World Empire Lost, Piranesi, Meme Machine, and Determined. I might promote some honorable mentions to finalists depending on how tolerant you all are of book reviews, and some others to honorable mention after I read more reviews. First review goes up this Friday! Thanks to everyone who entered.
Your Book Review: Two Arms and a Head
August 02, 2024 · Original source
In the year and a half in between, he writes Two Arms and a Head, his combination memoir and suicide note.
Two Arms and a Head comes from one of those rare moments in history when an individual’s circumstances so perfectly intersect with their skills that they leave a mark on the world. What better cosmic tragedy than to have a strong, fit, arrogant philosophy buff suddenly find himself paralyzed? His memoir is an exploration of what it means to exist in a body that is no longer entirely his own.
Everything below my nipples is no longer me. Hence the title of this work, “Two Arms and a Head”. [...] I am two arms and a head, attached to two-thirds of a corpse. The only difference is that it’s a living, shitting, pissing, jerking, twitching corpse. [...] What was once my beloved body is now a thing. [...]
Vote In The 2024 Book Review Contest
September 27, 2024 · Original source
1: Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa 2: Dominion 3: Don Juan 4: The Family That Couldn’t Sleep 5: How Language Began 6: Real Raw News 7: Two Arms And A Head 8: How The War Was Won 9: Silver Age Marvel Comics 10: The Complete Rhyming Dictionary And Poet’s Craft Book 11: The History Of The Rise And Influence Of The Spirit Of Rationalism In Europe 12: The Pale King 13: Nine Lives 14: The Ballad Of The White Horse
Inline links: Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa, Dominion, Don Juan, The Family That Couldn’t Sleep, How Language Began, Real Raw News, Two Arms And A Head, How The War Was Won, Silver Age Marvel Comics, The Complete Rhyming Dictionary And Poet’s Craft Book, The History Of The Rise And Influence Of The Spirit Of Rationalism In Europe, The Pale King, Nine Lives, The Ballad Of The White Horse
Book Review Contest 2024 Winners
October 11, 2024 · Original source
1st: Two Arms And A Head, reviewed by AmandaFromBethlehem. Amanda is active in the Philadelphia ACX community. She writes Letters From Bethlehem and is working on a novel. When she’s not writing existential horror, she is busy with home improvement projects.
Inline links: Two Arms And A Head, Letters From Bethlehem