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I just made it through Barth's collection, not having read any of his other novels. What are other anons' thoughts on it? Did the cohesion (or more often lack thereof) among the stories work for you? Why or why not? et cetera
I loved it and so did pic related
yes Barth's later stuff has started to spiral narrower and narrower in terms of thematic content or organization but he was a true innovator
love me some sot weed factor and giles goat boy yes surree
>>7561546
Curious, how closely did you follow Menelaiad?
>>7561540
If you liked LitF, you'll (hopefully) really enjoy Chimera. It's Barth's masterpiece, at least relative to his later period.
man this book flew way over my head
seriously, what the fuck
>>7561430
PKD used the I Ching to roll for plot while writing it, so it is literally randum xD
i'm not sure i would use the phrase "flew over my head", since that kind of implies that i didn't understand what was happening but i was taken by the ending. in fact, my interpretation was that"the allied powers actually won" revelation was actually a prediction of the future, in the book--it had been implied that the germans and japanese were secretly plotting to backstab one another and i saw it as a prediction that this would go awry and the allied nations would end up on top in the end.this is, of course, contrary to the more popular...
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>>7561450
well I'm gonna be honest, I didn't understand what was happening in the last third of the book
I mean, all this political shit happens, with absolutely no resolution whatsoever
Let's post the "muhs" of various writers and books regardless of the genre,
I'll start with Plato
>muh cave
>muh forms
>>7561295
>MUH ANAL AND VAGINAL
>>7561307
Diogenes
>muh honest man
>muh paranoia
pic highly related
Lolita is not depressing, not for us, voyagers of the internets, we on here, 44chan, ae able to withstand the ultimate of tests, anybook, anymovie, anything of naykind can be but fotter for uor ultimare undrstanding. think we mean infinite jest, think we mean big fish, think we mean jams joyce, think we mean grabity rainbow, think again, we mean it all, we are 4chan we do not forgive, toe do now forget, expect us
>>7561071
I spat out my beer all over my screen
Is this the only book you people read around here?
>ask gf to organize my literature collection by theme
>she arranges them by motif
>>7561043
>gf
ree
etc.
>>7561049
Ok, mom
Is it worth a read?
No just read
No, read Harold Bloom instead.
Try "How to Read a Book" instead
I've been gone from the States for five years, and now I'm back. Starting community college again next week. What should I expect? Do people actually use words like "shitlord"?
Majoring in philosophy.
Pic unrelated
Get schooled, faggot
>>7560642
>Majoring in philosophy.
kek
>>7560680
Not looking to make a fortune. Just planning to work in ESL in gookland like my other friends. They're doing pretty well for themselves, and having a great time.
I arrived here few weeks ago and realized that a lot of books and tales that me and some from my social circle consider "masterpieces" are seeing like pleb or some kind of trash. So /lit/ answer me what makes a book a good nook? Give me some recommendations by the way.
Who is this semen demon?
Book must have good teeth
>>7560545
Op here, have no idea posted it here to have some visibility
Can happiness exist without sadness /lit/?
Watch Inside Out to find out. It's an excellent film and it deserves to win best picture.
>>7560509
Already seen it, what are some good books with the same theme as my OP?
I do hope so, It would mean that a lot of happiness in coming my way soon.
What are your favorite books published since 2010?
>>7560430
Brief History of Seven Killings is amazing.
>>7560430
I really enjoyed this years mainstream hit (pic related) though not all did
Certainly not my favourite but I can't think of many others right now
>>7560430
Soumission
yo /lit/
I'm not too avid of a reader but can someone tell me why pic related became such a huge hit? It's made me want to start writing because I don't think anything I come up with could possibly be as bad.
>>7560039
If you don't understand why, you'll never be a successful writer.
The publishing industry is a cabal. Cline knew someone, the publisher markets it through 'reviews', and word spreads.
It panders and isn't demanding in anyway. It's just wish-fulfillment.
You gotta know your audience brah
I've read Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Almayer's Folly and have to say Nostromo was the most satisfying.
Any recommendations for what to read next? Some of his less well known work?
Lord Jim and the Secret Sharer. He wrote a play that's sort of interesting.
You know, you can literally just google "Joseph Conrad oeuvre" and get a list of stuff he wrote.
>>7559730
Youth
+
TYPHOON
>>7559739
It's nice to hear what people enjoyed most/why, I have a lot of his books already.
What are some books similar to this?
I liked the dark humor more than the message.
Google tells me I might like Slaughterhouse-five, is this good?
Is the sequel to Catch 22 good?
>>7559695
Slaughterhouse Five then GR.
>>7559695
Slaughterhouse 5 is great.
Catch-23 not so much.
i actually liked closing time, but if you're looking for catch-22 electric boogaloo you'll be disappointed. it's a weird, flawed, bitter book about an old guy remembering how fun shit used to be with a couple of good ideas
something happened was the best other heller novel
neither of them are like catch-22
ITT We request and give tips on excellent bookstores and libraries on given cities.
I'll start, San Francisco
>>7559115
Is San Francisco a /lit/ city?
Requesting Toronto, specially Downtown
Furthermore is Toronto a /lit/ city?
For San Diego, I can only recommend Adam's Avenue Books (I suspect somebody here has gone there before, for reasons) and DG Wills, down Torrey Pines from UCSD. The university bookstores, btw, are good sources for scholarly readings, especially at the end of the quarter when everyone's desperate to unload their used books. Aside from that, UCSD has a respectably-sized and affordable book sale on Library Walk at the beginning and end of the school year. For anyone looking for a good Spanish-language selection, it's pretty dry north, but Tijuana is only a stone-throw...
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Mexico city
>send help please
>Lovecraftian
Make a point or fuck off.
>>7559036
F....K.....In...The Coffee
