#myth of sisyphus

[dxllycxrpse]

[vintage-tigre]

“A man who has become conscious of the absurd is forever bound to it”

Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus

[charlesoberonn]

I try to imagine Sisyphus happy but every time I get close to picturing it the image slips away to him being sad again.

[casual-eumetazoa]

Genre: adult sci-fi

Summary:

In the distant future, humans live in a utopia where even death is not the end—for everyone except Amber’s parents. At 25, she is a cynical, aloof Ph.D. in history who resents her sheltered life at home and yearns to find her place in the world. Then, an exciting job offer comes her way—the chance to uncover the mystery of a civilization that disappeared thousands of years ago. Teaming up with the archeologist Lullaby, Amber embarks on a hitchhiking quest to find the fabled Aquamarine Moon and, perhaps, some much-needed meaning in her life.

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Pre-order my novel if you enjoy: the myth of Sisyphus, space operas, hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, autistic protagonists, disaster lesbians, insectoid aliens, existential crises, queer side characters, and Buddhist legends

[xhelino]

[hysteriabloodline0o0]

"one must imagine sisyphus happy"

-Albert Camus

[beinana-reviews]

"Maman died today. Or yesterday, I don't know."

The Stranger

Author: Albert Camus

Page count: 144

The opening line of Camus' The Stranger is very entailing to the tone of this classic short novel. This line is our introduction to Meursault and his indifference to life and his lack of adhering to social expectations. Which is a common theme throughout the story.

Not only do we see his indifference to life, but we see how the world is indifferent to our lives and how these go hand in hand. We see this mainly through the symbolism of the Sun or relative key words, such as; heat, red, glistening & more. The sun and heat appear significantly throughout the novel like his mother's funeral, the murder, and the trial. During the funeral, the sun beats down on Meursault and the older folks from the nursing home that his mother was in, causing them to sweat profusely and have immense discomfort in an event that is already discomforting.

The topic of death is also an omnipresent theme in the novel. We see that Meursault is also utterly indifferent to this as well, viewing these two completely different things as separate but also equally uneventful. He did not care to see his mother's body and even referred to her as "the body" apart from his mother. I found this very interesting to his character and thought it alluded to his views on death. Even after killing The Arab, he shot once on accident... then shot four more times. Unsurprisingly, he did not feel guilty about this nor could he explain himself well.

Camus, the father of absurdism, uses his works to perfectly encapsulate the universal meaningless of life AND death. The search for the meaning of life is nothing short of a treacherous and unnecessary journey, so why should anything matter?

I give this 6 blazing suns out of 10.

[sfsolstice]

Albert Camus, from The Myth of Sisyphus

[maneateration]

This Barbie is an Absurdist!!!

[philosofra]

[just-prime]

So I was looking over the Myth of Sisyphus tags to ensure I'd not forgotten anything when I noticed THIS MASSIVE NUMBER.

Fuck, you people are amazing. There's no bigger compliment than this.

(also, i do occasionally lore-dump in the comments, but once Part 1 is done, i'm thinking about maybe doing a post here of the big ones so that no one feels obligated to dig through)

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: Going broke was never something Hob Gadling had intended to do. In fact, with barely enough money in his account to pay for a hotel and a storage unit, he goes to have a pint with Johanna Constantine, who offers to put him up in the remote and mysterious Dream House, with a long and bloody history. And has been in the Constantine family for centuries, meaning that Johanna has the keys. Hob does not take much convincing. What could go wrong, really? ~ What started out as a Haunting of Hill House AU has now spiraled into so much more, as Hob navigates love, loneliness and his own psyche as he realizes he might not be able to trust his reality

Author: @just-prime

Note from submitter: Currently ongoing, updates consistantly

[the-lazyawriter]

[poetic-solitude]

Myth of Sisyphus, by Albert Camus

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