recognize the summer
let's not be plebs and read gay, pointless infinite jest. let's read something with some literary merit.
starting Monday June 13 /lit will be reading the recognitions! we will be reading 100 pages a week and having daily/weekly discussions.
don't be a pseud and fall for the infinite jest. try reading a book that actually relates to us. like the recognitions.
recognize.
>>8119670
Seasonally, The Recognitions is more of a winter book T B H. Though I'm reading it now myself (at page 630 now) and do agree that it's infinitely better than Dave's jest.
>>8120062
so many niggas getting meme'd. they don't even know the organizer never read the book. he's just trolling them lel
lmao where the fuck do you expect people ti even find this old man shit? their grandpa's dusty ass attic? get real man
infinite jest is good. so is the recognitions. they are both good novels
>>8120090
at the Barnes and Noble dumbass
>>8120094
roll
>>8120110
>le naive basement dweller
>>8120115
sweet dubs. let's do this
>>8120116
that's where I got my copy dumb dumb
>>8120094
rawl
>>8120122
wow I suck
>>8119670
Ahh, a /lit/ book cub sounds fun!!
Let's do it. What are the logistics?
>>8120094
no, IJ is a bad book written by a shabby person
>>8120116
I've seen the edition OP posted in three separate bookstores last week alone. You're either retarded or are living in some backwoods redneck hickpit.
>>8120135
what are logistics?
>>8120146
no it isnt
>>8120135
>starting Monday June 13
>we will be reading 100 pages a week and having daily/weekly discussions.
Though if you want daily numbers of pages/parts to read/stop at I guess someone would have to partition that out themselves.
>>8120155
yes it is
I've had this book on my shelf for a good while now, I guess this is as decent an excuse as any to pick it up. Any prerequisites?
>>8120094
no that's impossible, all comparisons must show a dichotomy between good and bad
>>8119670
someone make a discord server
>>8120219
Goethe's Faust is probably the biggest one since the book started out as a parody of it. He mentions a lot of stuff but you don't really need to be that well read to catch a lot of the references. Also use this site if you really need annotations
http://williamgaddis.org/recognitions/preface.shtml
though it gives a couple of things away ahead of time so you might not want to use it that extensively until after you've finished the book.
>>8120243
yeah fuck that website. it gives so much shit away beforehand for now reason.
Is Against the Day a good book for the summer? I want a long, thick literary brick to read during the warm months
>>8120242
That's a good idea!
It might be more organized that way
>>8120307
I'd pick mason and Dixon if your going with pynchon.
everyone read about 15 pages a day.
>>8120090
It's the first edition that comes up when you search for it on Amazon.
>>8120094
roll
>>8120094
dubs dubs dubs dubs
JR is already kicking my ass hard :(
>>8120315
I liked M&D more than GR. Was not expecting such wonderful characters.
Read IJ when I was sixteen, and I thought it was the bomb diggity. Read The Recs a year or two later, and in hindsight IJ is definitely the weaker book. The Walrus's books are still well worth the read though, imo.
I'm halfway through J R and it's tons of fun, even though by all rights it should be the most stressful book one could read.
>>8120094
roll
>>8120094
roll
>>8121024
if only I could get a copy
>>8120148
I've checked at least 10 stores and I've yet to see it in a single one
>>8120315
Mason & Dixon seems more suitable for autumn or winter
>>8120094
Amen
Will I finish the book by June if I am able to read 50 pages a day? Is this rate possible?
>>8121403
Yeah. It's just short of 1,000 pages long.
But if you read it that fast it will really fuck with you
>>8120307
Lot 49 is his summeriest book. Though V. isn't too far off either.
>>8122493
lot 49 is hardly a long, thick literary brick though.
>>8120094
None of these are appetizing.
>>8120094
rolling
>>8122527
congrats u finally understand women
>>8119670
>tfw youve already read this, GR, JR and the Tunnel
>just now starting IJ
>>8123249
I read GR and Ulysses before IJ. In fact, I bought GR and Ulysses before even coming here and only got IJ because of the memes.
>>8123254
I had infinite jest and Ulyssess before coming here. weird.
>>8123254
I read Ulysses last Summer, but which do you think is better- GR or IJ? I'm looking for a long, fun read this summer.
>>8123320
honestly infinite jest shouldn't even be in the meme trilogy. it's so basic and easy to read. it's just long. read GR.
>>8120094
rll
>>8123320
GR is a lot better than IJ.
>>8120094
Rolling
>>8122527
>implying you don't want to be the slave of an uppity slut
stop lying to yourself
>ask bookstore owner of he has any gaddis
>"Never heard of him. Huh, your one of the few people to stump me!"
Meme author confirmed
>>8120094
Roll I guess
>>8124212
That bookstore owner is a pleb. Gaddis was on Time magazine lists and shit. He's not even obscure.
>>8120094
rolly
