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The purer works of literature tend not to have them And if they do, it's not really central, more like part of the setting. Some examples: A lot of Dostoevsky, but particularly Crime and Punishment & Notes from the Underground. A good portion of James Joyce such as Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake. Ford Maddox Ford's Parade's End takes place almost entirely in the heads of the characters. Any memoir or memoir like book will tone down or have no central plot. See A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell. The Gormenghast Books by Mervyn Peake. Kafka. I would say just Kafka. All of these certainly have little to no conventional plot (say, something that can be divided into three acts). That's not to say "nothing happens". You can recount events, like say in a history textbook. But one would not define that history as having a plot.

Not at all. Plot is only essential for mediums such as films. Books do not need them. Particularly if what Dostoyevsky can accomplish what he wants focused more on, say, character.

Pokemon!

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles As has been said, it's alternate history. Further, when trying to be "authentic" you don't need to get every detail correct. Just your basic stuff for setting and enough so your characters are authentic.

It would appear that your dreams are indicating that you are not eating enough steamed spinach.

Traaaain, train! Take me on out of this town! Traaaain, train! Loooord, take me out of this town!

Saga is fantastic! I have not heard ofMonstress...

I am Bluthyoncé

Yeah, you might want to wait a bit on this one. Fifty is a bit much, I think, for this book.

Pot.

They kinda did an episode about that

Absolutely, I find it's easier to find Poke Stops whilst driving. Or, you know, just go to the nearest graveyard.

I was coming up with an e-mail address when I was a lad. Adding numbers to names never occurred to me, so I was trying to use something obscure but cool. I read the Silmarillion a lot in those days and probably even had read the essay on the Ishtari found in Unfinished Tales by that time. It also would have been on my mind because it's also the name of an isle in a river in the Mithgar books by Dennis L McKiernan. I remember reading that thinking, "I know where he got that!"

"Olrion" was an accidental corruption of "Olorin" I never was any good at spelling

It's a fun show. not everything has to be focused on teenage angst.

Find out at what temperature M&Ms melt!

Keep in mind, Bruno and Mollie never lived in a Louisiana swamp. There could be unique "experiences" for pugs in such an environment. The best thing to do is recognize a problem is occurring and have a professional diagnose it. As preventive measures, you could also inquire about common ailments for dogs in the area.

Kissing is weird, it's usually the hugs that I can distinguish "something". And I've been told I'm a good kisser at several disparate occasions, so that whole practice confuzzles me even more. I don't know what I'm doing!

"Look out Hollywood, here I come!"

Funny thing: in my recent travels, I've seen far more cops in Ohio than in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts combined (going to and fro).

Honestly, I never understood the Nutella craze. It's not bad, but I would never pay for it.

A Natural History of Hell by Jeffrey Ford. It's a short story collection of awesomeness. I'm also reading some Jean-Paul Sartre short stories as well

Let's see if I can do it...ö.... Woo hoo! Fourteen letters are so much easier to do from a smart phone

Yeah, that whole "let your kids make choices" philosophy is hookum...pure hookum. Kids of a certain age don't really have the cognitive function, and hijacking the time of others is not how you develop it.

I had a similar experience. I actually found Deadhouse Gates to be a little meh when I read it. Now Memories of Ice! I say if you don't love that, the series isn't for you (and we can't be friends :P)