What's your favorite book? Mine is pic related. I love books that reference mythology in an interesting way that reveals the interconnectedness between the past and present, between humans and nature, and between the world and the universe, and this book fit every bill! :)
>>7591945
The Martian.
i know this is a troll thread, but i have to say i was honestly disappointed at how intolerably bad it actually was. i shamelessly enjoy brainless popcorn novels and the sandman comics, but i seriously couldn't even get through the first chapter of this garbage. he writes like a 14 year old.
>>7591945
the god delusion
>>7591945
Battle Royale
So good, finally got the retranslation. Rereading again once I finish Stranger In A Strange Land.
>>7591945
For some reason I feel compelled to respond to this unironically
The ghost writer
>>7591945
I read half of this and gave up.
I'm surprised I got that far through it, honestly.
>>7591945
Shit taste.
The Bible.
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>>7591955
I hope people that say this is their favorite book understand the explicit metaphors. If misunderstood it well indeed could set someone down the road to fedora.One of my favorites books too desu
Funny, I just started Neverwhere right now.
Seems pretty boring to be honest. Did I fall for the Gaiman meme?
>>7591945
Dunno, I really enjoyed Anansi brothers by Gaiman, funny characters and engaging story.
Eragon! _
>>7591962
Dude. It's a fun book.
>>7592890
Neverwhere is basically Dr. Who without any Doctor. Gaiman has influenced and been influenced heavily by that particular culture, so maybe that gives you an idea about what you should expect from him.
DESU it is a bit boring but quirky and bizarre enough for me to have enjoyed a read-through.
>>7591945
I read the first 100 pages or so but I stopped because it felt like it was going nowhere. The only plot it had was vague as hell and Shadow is a bore. Does it get better after the first 100 pages?
>>7592920
>going nowhere
>Neverwhere
>>7591945
Pic very related. I always hated the books they made me read in English class but this changed everything. It's the first book that actually had references for REAL geeks instead of snooty old books from 200 years ago. I'm also really impressed he came up with all this vr stuff before Oculus was announced.
>>7592920
It doesn't really go anywhere, but it's clever and fun.
Pleb
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Undergraduate Tryhard
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>>7591964
Pic related is mine, along with Kim, Blood Meridian, and Brief History of Seven Killings, although I will have to reread in a few years to confirm.
100% unironically.
>>7592953
>this guy
pic related, it's mine
>>7592942
Yeah Cline is kind of a genius. Plus the twist with the friend really got me going.
>>7592963
Thats really your FAVORITE book? Hitchens is a great debater and his books lay out excellent arguments, but give me a break. Thats the book you read over and over again on a summer vacation or in the bath.
>>7592968
Dude, check out /r/hitchens, he's the best and his writing is more clear than anyone's
>>7592958
I liked it
best parts/scenes
1. bar scene with the autist and the chick
2. that one chapter near the beginning where its just a bunch of random snippets of conversations mixed with tax code and background office noises
3. lsd-dosed picnic
4. when he has the funny conversation on the way to the IRS center and then gets blowed when he is mistaken for a senior staff
5. the kid who tries to make everyone happy but he has no friends and people dont like him
>>7592963
I only read the chapter on Buddhism because someone wanted to know what I thought of it but I found that it was a shitty combination of disrespect, dumb stereotypes and ignorant generalizations. He really didn't address any of the teachings themselves, it was actually a lot like the worse examples of stupid generalizations found on /pol/ and I say that as someone who browses and likes /pol/ but recognizes that a lot of stupid shit is posted there.
>>7593002
>no vomit shirt shop chick
>no trucker hollering on his buddies' big rig's hod like an old testament patriarch
>no david on the bus to the irs
>being this obtuse
The bar scene was a rip off of Westward the Way of Empire Takes its Course desu
>>7593021
it was a while ago that I read it and I don't even remember those scenes you mention tbhf
>>7593015
I can't even do it anymore - I have lost. Obviously I was trolling. This whole thread was a troll thread. Ready Player One? American Gods? I feel sorry for you that you have ever read Hitchens. I have never thought, nor will ever think, about reading his work.
I'm confused. Are we doing joke favourite books?
>>7593047
Let me explain the thread, thereby ruining it, which is fine because it's a bad thread. OP claims that American Gods is his favorite book, either ironically being a faggot trying to draw a rise from people calling him out as redditcancer or unironically with shitty taste. The posters who followed decided it was either the former or would insult OP's shitty taste by pretending it was the former. Then some oblivious seriousfags came in and posted their actual favorites or otherwise responded seriously. Does that help?
>>7593069
To be honest, I responded seriously despite knowing this is a joke thread. Why not?
>>7592994
>check out /r/hitchens
ill pass, I dont attend atheist circle jerks. If there is no god so be it, discussing a null value in an atmosphere of superiority is pathetic.
Who gives a fuck how clear his writing is, if that is your favorite book you should read more.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
So many people getting meme'd on in this thread holy shit. I thought this was supposed to be a semi-intellegent board.
>>7593021
>a ripoff of the author's proto-draft that almost nobody has read
So what?
>>7593043
well if we pretend to be plebs then plebs will make a home here so knock it off before it becomes even worse if thats even possible
>>7591945
Ready player one.
>>7593695
It's a well-read board. Not a generally conscious board.
>>7591962
/agreed whole book seemed to be leading to something that never happened
>>7591945
Notes From Underground. I read it at a time in my life where I had the same thtoughts as the underground man and it made me realize how much of a shit i was being.
>>7593695
People are telling him go back to Reddit because it's sub par bait. Really, Vonnegut and Camus would've been better because they're atleast somewhat literary.
