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"Throughout the novel he rarely leaves his room or bed and just manages to move from his bed to a chair in the first 50 pages" - Read that on wikipedia and seems like my sort of thing.
Anyone read it? Worth the read?
I am reading it, hits too close to home.
For me it is more palpable than Stoner.
One of my favorite books of all time. Sometimes it really hurts to read (in the good way). Also the dream sequence is one of the funniest things I have ever read,
>>7619626
Which translation would you reccomend?
books about being ugly?
>>7619332
Sorrows of Werther
Hunchback of Notredame
>>7619332
topkek
leopardi's works
I really enjoyed this book. Should I read it?
No. Buy the audiobook.
i just read this book. was it a book?
>>7624262
Is that worth reading though?
Was he Autistic?
Funes, not Borges. Although, I wouldn't doubt if Borges was too.
Who is the John Ford of literature?
>>7624124
>a racist biggot that made capeshit
Probably Hemmingway.
>>7624132
no u
>>7624132
stagecoach was anti racist and his best (early) period was leftist
What does it mean when the only viable constructive criticism of a work of fiction you've found is simply a criticism of one's own interpretation of said piece of fiction?
>>7623870
Here's some constructive criticism: your post is too confusing to draw meaning from. Please rephrase it in a way which makes some sense
>>7623870
>im so well read and know so many obscure and hipster authors, look at how patrician i am
fuck off faggot
>>7623870
Put down the bong and give an example
I'm reading through A Confederacy of Dunces, and I'm enjoying the comedy a lot. Ignatius seems like proto /r9k/ anon, it's pretty great.
There's something that I feel like I'm missing about him though. What's the significance of his Big Chief writing tablets? I'd never heard about them before until I started reading ACoD, so I get the feeling that I'm missing another magnitude of absurdity.
>>7623848
They are wide-spaced tablets for little kids to practice handwriting on. Ignatius's use of them for writing his philosophical opus signifies his childishness and lack of self-awareness.
>>7623848
>Ignatius seems like proto /r9k/ anon
He has a girl who is interested in him. And he reads and has a degree.
That's the antithesis of the jugpissers on /r9k/
>>7624016
>implying reading and jugpissing are opposed
>implying im not reading while jugpissing right now
I'm looking to get back into Gene Wolfe.
Having read BotNS, Latro, Peace and The Fifth Head of Cerberus where should I go next?
Re-read BotNS? After Urth if you haven't already.
Wizard Knight and rest of Solar cycle
The Wizard Knight is not too bad.
It's aimed at younger children, but has some of his similar themes of false memory.
what the fuck happened to this board
>>7617349
it's finished
let it fall
There have been SF/Fantasy threads since forever. I remember when there were unironic threads praising GRRM, maybe four years ago.
>>7623247
once people start making generals boards end up dying
Hi guys,
I'm getting back into poetry to keep myself busy while I go through quitting my raging alcoholism.
Post yours!
SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY!
Here's mine. Its about gorilla munch
Come after tonight
we'll live and puke
and i will fill you up
until you cannot breathe
shove my fist into the box
grab handfuls with blood soaked meat hammers
and smash it into my face
pellets cascade into tears
satiation is a goal of
those who fixate on the moribund
there will be no tears now
only dreams...
>>7622945
what was your daily intake like, lad?
Let's discuss the folly of optimism.
>>7622266
let's not and be happy about it.
>>7622286
You're delusional.
>>7622312
am i? prove it.
>Favourite verses from holy documents (Bible, Quran, Torah etc...)
>Your interpretation
>Pointless! Pointless! says Kohelet
>Utterly meaningless! Nothing matters!...
>What has been is what will be,
>what has been done is what will be done,
>and there is nothing new
>under the sun.
pretty self-explanatory.
>Hear, you who have ears to hear, what the Spirit says to the Churches! To him who is victorious I will Give the right to eat from the tree of life that stands in the Garden of God
>From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.
The Lord is just!
Why is this Martin guy so incapable of writing books for adults?
He's not. He's great at it. Most adults are just incapable of meeting your standards for adulthood.
>>7617352
first post best post
>>7617352
/thread
What are the worst books on this list? Please be honest.
i dunno i don't read
Infinite Jest, White Noise, The Bible, The Book of Disquiet, No Longer Human, Wuthering Heights
>>7607384
>IJ
>Bible
>NLH
>WH
>Bad
Wew lad...
Any good space opera books? Aside from Dune and Star Wars stuff..
>pic unrelated
>>7624107
Asimov? His foundation series is pretty damn interesting from a sci fi pov
The first four Halo novels.
(The second one is redundant if you've played the game, but the other three are great.)
