#Vicious Circle

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[huariqueje]

Circle  -    Wolfgang Mattheuer , 1972.

German, 1927-2004

Woodcut ,  40.0 x 48.7 cm.

[nihilsticpanda]

I'm really in to the "this has been happening over and over and over again" idea about James.

[yojimbot13]

[bizarrobrain]

"Strong Reflection" by Mars Red Sky - From "Vicious Circle" (2011)

[motivatemycollegelife]

So... When you get anxious about something, how do you avoid avoiding that situation?

[gotankgo]

1986

[undertale-au-viciouscircle]

Preface chapter

[greencheekconure27]

I cannot sleep because when I'm asleep I can't drink tea and when I stop drinking tea I start to cough and when I start to cough I wake up😭

[peter-tschirky]

Vicious Circle - Pop Art by Peter Tschirky - Switzerland - 2024

[abookishidentity]

Books read in April 2024

-A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen started March 29, 2024 and finished April 2, 2024 - 4/5 stars. This is a time loop story with love in it. Time loops are always so angsty and devastating. I like how the main character initiated the love story. Its very interesting how the only way to stop the loop from repeating again is to go back in time to fix mistakes. Its devastating that the main character doesn’t end up with the man she likes but she makes it so her past self can end up with him. Did not see that coming 

-Light Years from Home by Mike Chen started April 2, 2024 and finished April 5, 2024 - 5/5 stars. Oh man what an amazing book. Imagine having such an estranged relationship with your family that when you and your dad are abducted with aliens you are like “Yeah, I’ll fight this alien war but I’ll send my dad back though” I don’t know what I would do if my twin was abducted by aliens and then returned years later. Such good family drama in this book. Lots of “Why didn't you come back?” and “It’s your fault that dad died!” 

-The Afterlives by Thomas Peirce started April 5, 2024 and finished April 8, 2024- 4/5 stars. Man dies and comes back and sort of has a crisis about not seeing anything. Interesting characters and plot. This was going to be 3 stars but the part with the main character going through the machine was interesting. Main character was a tad annoying but I have read worse. 

-The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey started April 9, 2024 and finished April 10, 2024 - 4/5 stars. What do you do when you find out your husband essentially made a clone of you and marries her? I’m so glad the clone murdered the abusive husband. It sounded like the main character and her husband were toxic to each other. I was thrown a bit when the clone and the main character decided to make a clone out of the asshole cheating husband but whatever. Asshole husbands are buried in the garden it seems. Interesting ending. 

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older started April 11, 2024 and finished April 12, 2024- 4/5 stars. Cozy murder mystery in space with lesbians. What’s not to love? The dynamic reminded me of Sherlock Holmes and Watson a bit. This was a short book so I read it pretty quickly. 

-The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older started April 12, 2024 and finished April 15, 2024- 4/5 stars. The sequel was a tad longer but it was still pretty good. I would be interested to see where this series goes. 

-The Devil You Know by Mike Carey started April 15, 2024 and finished April 19, 2024- 4/5 stars. Now this is the urban fantasy that I really fucking love. It makes me think what the hell Felix was doing before this book took place. It amuses me to no end that Felix plays the tin whistle to do stuff with ghosts. Imagine going about your business and see a man playing a flute and playing popular british songs. Anyway good book. I need to read the entire series. Felix Castor is an interesting man living in an interesting world. 

-The Veiled Masters by Tim Pratt started April 19, 2024 and finished April 22, 2024- 5/5 stars. Oh man what an excellent book. It’s the third book of a trilogy. There’s just something about mind controlling spores that I just fucking love. It actually works in this book. I also love the mind control is added with feelings of bliss and happiness when a task is completed. This trilogy was entertaining as hell and I love the diversity of characters. It’s also queer which is good. I think I ought to look into Tim Pratt books more. 

-Vicious Circle by Mike Carey started April 22, 2024 and finished April 28, 2024 -5/5 stars. Holy crap I think I like this series as much as the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey. Felix is incredibly interesting. He inserts himself into certain situations though as if he’s the only one that can fix things but whatever. I’m a little confused as to why a certain dude injected him with truth serum. Didn’t even get to read if it actually worked or not. It’s very interesting to see how Felix will get out of situations and or fights. He can get hurt and has to recover like any normal person. It makes a lot of sense that at the end of the book his landlady/friend is like “Yeah you aren’t living here anymore” 

-dhalgren by samuel r. delany started April 28, 2024- I am half way through this book at the current moment. I am unsure if I’m going to finish it. The main character doesn’t seem particularly picky with things including where he’s sleeping and who he is sleeping with. I hope protection still exists. Like the main character will sleep with women and men and there isn't any mention of protection. Like fucking hell I just got to the part where he does stuff with the 15 year old boy. I'm pretty sure it's considered rape. This book was written in the 70s and I have to remind myself with that. This book doesn’t always make sense but I guess that’s fine. Perhaps I’m reading it for a change in scenery. Sometimes you got to read things that make you uncomfortable.

[chronivore]

[stylistic-nightmare]

Vader - Vicious Circle

[randgugotur-6]

Judas Priest Lyrics

"Vicious Circle"

You tear my soul apart By any means with wicked schemes cut deep The way that you contrive Makes me wonder how you ever sleep

Still I held out every chance You'd come back to your senses But that path was filled with smoke To prove what you intended

I stand against you as you rage My fate has struck your gilded cage I knew you'd bite and hurt us Vicious Circle

A parody of truth Is mirrored in the mask you chose to wear With empathy so numb You never felt the lives that you despair

Master of hypocrisy Who dislocates my reason Through constant lies that you implant This manifest of treason

Provoked to go to any length I'll use up every ounce of strength And break the chain that binds this Vicious Circle

Still I held out every chance You'd come back to your senses But that path was filled with smoke To prove what you intended

I stand against you as you rage My fate has struck your gilded cage I knew you'd bite and hurt us Vicious Circle

[sixbucks]

From The New Yorker

[evilhorse]

Alright, you low-life freaks

(Savage Dragon #24)