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Elif Batuman Reads “The Repugnant Conclusion”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Beauty of a Gin and Tonic

It turned out that i could ask whatever questions i thought of, and they would answer. Shahin's friend refilled my cup. Was it wine that helped a person appreciate things uncritically? How easy and pleasant it was to stand there with those guys saying whatever random, irrelevant stuff came to mind. At some point, we were at another party. Why did all parties sound and smell the same, even when the component people were different? It was as if all the different individuals came gether and formed the eternal entity party person. This reminded me of woltron, a cartoon about five space pilots who were supposed to defend the universe. In every episode, they got into a

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