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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Author
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gptkbp:active_years
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1981–present
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gptkbp:adaptation
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (film)
The Last Feast of Harlequin (film)
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gptkbp:adaptations
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The Bizarre and the Beautiful (short film)
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (audiobook)
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (film)
The Last Feast of Harlequin (short film)
The Night Room (film)
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gptkbp:associated_act
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gptkb:The_Conspiracy_Against_the_Human_Race:_A_Contrivance_of_Horror
gptkb:The_Darkest_Part_of_the_Woods
The Spectral Link
The Bizarre
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gptkbp:associated_acts
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gptkb:The_Darkest_of_the_Hillside_Thickets
gptkb:The_Lovecraft_Investigations
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:award
gptkb:World_Fantasy_Award
gptkb:International_Horror_Guild_Award
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gptkbp:birth_date
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July 9, 1953
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan,_USA
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gptkbp:collaborated_with
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gptkb:Caitlín_R._Kiernan
gptkb:Robert_Aickman
gptkb:Laird_Barron
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gptkbp:genre
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Weird fiction
Horror fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Thomas Ligotti
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Jeff_Vander_Meer
gptkb:Caitlín_R._Kiernan
gptkb:Laird_Barron
gptkb:Brian_Evenson
gptkb:Nick_Mamatas
Contemporary horror writers
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:M._R._James
gptkb:Emil_Cioran
gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Thomas_Bernhard
gptkb:Arthur_Schopenhauer
gptkb:H._P._Lovecraft
gptkb:Clive_Barker
gptkb:Arthur_Machen
Thomas Ligotti's own philosophy
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:M._R._James
gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkb:H._P._Lovecraft
gptkb:Arthur_Machen
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gptkbp:known_for
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Horror fiction
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:literary_movement
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Weird fiction
Cosmic horror
Philosophical horror
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" We are all trapped in a cosmic joke."
" The only thing worse than being alive is being alive in a world that is indifferent to your suffering."
" The world is a dark place, and it is getting darker."
" The horror of existence is the horror of existence."
" Life is a nightmare from which we cannot awaken."
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Grimscribe
gptkb:The_Conspiracy_Against_the_Human_Race
gptkb:The_Last_Feast_of_Harlequin
gptkb:The_Night_Room
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gptkbp:notable_works
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gptkb:The_Bizarre_and_the_Beautiful
gptkb:The_Conspiracy_Against_the_Human_Race
gptkb:The_Last_Feast_of_Harlequin
gptkb:The_Night_Room
My Work Is Not Yet Done
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Writer
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gptkbp:philosophy
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Existentialism
Pessimism
Anti-natalism
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:Isolation
Existentialism
Cosmic horror
Fear of the unknown
Nihilism
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gptkbp:website
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www.thomasligotti.com
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:award
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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