My new book of dark philosophy, nihilism and pessimism
The Threshold Archive, by Daniel Martínez Crespo, gathers aphorisms on emptiness and death. Free with Kindle Unlimited on Amazon.
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The Threshold Archive is a book of aphorisms and reflections on the meaninglessness of life, written by Daniel Martínez Crespo from his personal diaries. It is available free with Amazon's Kindle Unlimited subscription.
**The Threshold Archive** is a book of aphorisms signed by Daniel Martínez Crespo. It gathers reflections on the meaninglessness of life, emptiness, consciousness and death, built from his personal diaries.
It is available on Amazon and can be read for free with **Kindle Unlimited**.
## The tradition that feeds it
The final part engages with quotes from **Nietzsche**, **Cioran** and **Pessoa**. These are names of pessimism and nihilism. Cioran published 'A Short History of Decay' in 1949. Eugene Thacker wrote 'In the Dust of This Planet' in 2011.
Nietzsche died in 1900. Ligotti wrote 'The Conspiracy Against the Human Race' in 2010. Pessoa died in 1935.
## What it costs to publish dark philosophy
**Amazon** has paid Kindle Unlimited authors based on pages read since July 2015. Publishing digitally has zero marginal cost. The book exists once and is distributed without warehouses or printing presses.
Traditional sales pay royalties; the subscription pays per read.
**The Threshold Archive** is a book of aphorisms signed by Daniel Martínez Crespo. It gathers reflections on the meaninglessness of life, emptiness, consciousness and death, built from his personal diaries.
It is available on Amazon and can be read for free with **Kindle Unlimited**.
## The tradition that feeds it
The final part engages with quotes from **Nietzsche**, **Cioran** and **Pessoa**. These are names of pessimism and nihilism. Cioran published 'A Short History of Decay' in 1949. Eugene Thacker wrote 'In the Dust of This Planet' in 2011.
Nietzsche died in 1900. Ligotti wrote 'The Conspiracy Against the Human Race' in 2010. Pessoa died in 1935.
## What it costs to publish dark philosophy
**Amazon** has paid Kindle Unlimited authors based on pages read since July 2015. Publishing digitally has zero marginal cost. The book exists once and is distributed without warehouses or printing presses.
Traditional sales pay royalties; the subscription pays per read.
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