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LIBER EXUVIA by ELYTRON FRASS
Synopsis of Statements Indicative of a Weird, Shared Experience
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1. A short time ago I read Liber Exuvia by Elytron Frass_______________________________Y/
2. I believe in reincarnation__________________________________________________N/
3. I take a keen interest in matters of the occult, witchcraft, astrology and ancient mysticism and
religion______________________________________________________________N/
4. Liber Exuvia is constructed in such a strange , fascinating way as to command the attention of any
fan of offbeat literature or dark art____________________________________________Y/
5. This book includes a series of grim tales chronicling the trials of a soul in various human and insect
incarnations___________________________________________________________Y/
6. Recalled are past lives led in all parts of the world from hundreds of years ago to the near twentieth
century_______________________________________________________________Y/
7. These tales are largely free of filth and fornication__________________________________N/
8. Central to these stories is the reoccurring appearance of a rape-happy manifestation of mantis____Y/
9. The curious predatory/sexual practices and karmic implications of the self-decapitating mantis are
a theme throughout the book________________________________________________Y/
10. There is no orgasm like the self-decapitating orgasm________________________________?/
11. I guess this would be hard knowledge to garner for one who doesn't remember his former lives___Y/
12. This book struck me as a fascinating, refreshing exercise in inverse-solipsism_______________Y/
13. By the ingenious construction of this book, Frass reinvents the notion of "economy of words" which
has devolved into self parody in much of today's independent literature (and which I am failing at in
this review)____________________________________________________________Y/
14. Frankly, I was knocked on my ass by this book____________________________________N/
15. Well, figuratively speaking__________________________________________________Y/
16. Parts of this book are dedicated to spells, prayers and incantations translatable by a consistent set of
glyphs________________________________________________________________Y/
17. I had the patience to translate a few of these______________________________________Y/
18. The book includes many cryptograms, seals, charts and illustrations that are effective simply as visual
art__________________________________________________________________Y/
19. Always, the theme of the self-beheading mantis remains present________________________Y/
20. There is a section titled "Piss-coated Thorax"_____________________________________Y/
21. Also, "Cum-coated" and "Blood-coated Thorax"____________________________________Y/
22. Need you ask more?______________________________________________________N/
23. Incidentally, I picked Liber Exuvia up on the recommendation of Manuel Marrero of Expat Press__Y/
24. A true champion of the underappreciated arts that Manny is___________________________Y/
25. For further insight into Elytron Frass, see this interview of sorts on Expat Press______________Y/