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Let's try something. Take this test by accepting the following challenge, and I will reveal later in the thread who failed and who passed (i.e. we'll reveal the plebs):
Here is a list of 10 ostensibly great works of literature. 3 of them don't belong. Which three works are they?
>The Tunnel by Gass
>Invisible Man by Ellison
>A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
>The Waves by Woolf
>The Sound and the...
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>>8286531
Gass, Woolf, Nabokov
>>8286531
Infinite Jest
Underworld
The Tunnel
Recommendation thread, sci-fi edition.
I'll start;
The moon is a harsh mistress
The long Earth Saga
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
>>8286433
Was Heinlein an Arsenal fan?
Uhhhhh ganre ficton
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I don't think there is chart about him yet. What's the recommended order to read him?
>>8286422
are you interested in Eco novels or in the non-fictional ones?
I recently finished Foucaults Pendulum, its very good, difficult but thrilling. If anyone has any links to essays or critiques on that book I would love to read it, I have only found pseudo intellectual "what if everyone was dead" type of essays. I found the ending to be a criticism of Death of the Author, and the occult societies a postmodern interpretation of all history. Interesting stuff. Not sure of the point of Diotavelli though.
Eco is a great author
>>8286422
I've only read three of his novels, but of them The Name of the Rose is both the best and the most accessible.
Any good books about the American dream?
>>8286413
mason and dixon
>>8286413
>>8286413
American Pastoral by Roth
Fuck Yeah
it's coming home
>the only puzzle worth solving, of course. The complete, total, and utter destruction of the Rebellion.
We canon now?
>>8286382
what is this? a sequel to the Thrawn trilogy?
was he a pedo
everyone was a pedo back then
He was either a pedo or the only guy to feel true agape this side of Romeo.
I'm leaning for the former.
http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/harold-bloom-creates-a-massive-list-of-works-in-the-western-canon.html
I know that you guys disagree in some way with Harold Bloom's list. What did he forget? What shouldn't be on there?
>>8286309
>What shouldn't be on there?
The Americas aren't Western.
>>8286309
>What shouldn't be on there?
Women and nonwhites. Faggots too. Bye-bye Proust. You're not welcome in a redpilled canon.
>>8286309
>Vice: I was hoping to talk first about The Western Canon.
>Harold Bloom: Do you mean the whole category, or what I wrote about it?
>I mean your book.
>But can we make an agreement? Let’s forget that damned list.
>Ha. Do you mean the appendix in the back of the book that lists all the canonical works?
>The...
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Desperté y lo primero que note fue la ausencia de su figura en la cama, pensé que estarÃa en la cocina preparando algo para ambos; me estire en la cama como quien trata de nadar en la cobijas y me levante poco a poco. Nunca fui un persona a la que le agradara levantarse temprano; busque mi bata que servia muy bien de abrigo y emprendà mi camino hacia la cocina. Un modesto apartamento que consistÃa en una recamara, baño, cocina y sala, resultaba bastante acogedor en medio de una abultada cuidad, es lo mejor que podÃa concederme ahora; recorrà el pasillo que conectaba...
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>>8286201
BUILD THE WALL
>>8286209
Mexican here.
Es una mierda, y lo sabes. Pero, leo cierto potencial en todo esto, lee más libros, escribe más e intenta desarrollar un estilo propio.
>also
BUILD THE WALL
I wanna start reading books but I honestly have no idea where to start. I'm a huge music fan and enjoy just about every genre but books are quite like that. It seems like all of the book reviews and recommendations I see on youtube are always for romance novels (which I have zero interest in) I also don't care about any sort of real life science, history, philosophy, etc. I want a fiction book but "fiction" is so broad. I also don't want some over the top action book with constant fighting or greek mythology type thing. Where should I start?
>Where should I start
The Greeks.
When you say "fiction" do you mean genre fiction or fiction for grown ups?
If it's the former I woukd like to redirect you to our containment thread
Also note that the sticky includes a link to the /lit/ wiki which lists a bunch of books by type and so on
>>8286219
What's the difference between fiction for grownups and genre fiction?
>>8286224
Genre fiction includes science fiction, fantasy and so on.
Do you want pew pew lasers and space ships or a book about something that didn't actually happen?
Can we get a comfy lit thread going? What makes a book comfy? Suggestions?
Read pic related recently and felt quite comfy.
>>8286080
robert walser, bohumil hrabal
nyrb is basically what's up
>>8286080
pretty baller viking lit.
>>8286080
John Irving seems pretty comfy.
Thurber.
Robert Frost.
Does /lit/ like actual literature?
>>8285957
I read Dubliners once. Didn't understand any of it and it was pretty shit, but at least I read it. Right?
>>8285965
God DAMN right.
>>8285965
DAMN straight.
>buy a Lovecraft book
>he describes some horrible monstrosity
>it was just a nigger
>>8285906
>it was just a frogposter
>>8285929
It was just the number 8285929.
>>8285929
So is Zizek a meme or is he really liked on here?
A liked meme.
>>8285914
I can be happy with this answer
>>8285905
A liked meme here.
No more relevant in universities than Dawkins or Nye.
I need a new fantasy series to start. Is The Dark Tower worth reading?
>>8285881
It's popular
>>8285881
Yeah, I guess.
The later books kind of drop the ball, but it won't matter if you're invested. Salem's Lot is semi-required reading.
What's /lit/'s opinion on Thomas Harris?
>>8285870
>spoonfeed me an opinion
kys
>>8285870
Is that the hannibal guy?
>>8286375
Yes
