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What do you think of the UK 20th Anniversary cover?
>zadie smith
kek
fuck thats basd
>>7613005
zadie smith is a better writer than david 'the charlatan' foster wallace
that quote was probably pulled completely out of context
>>7613009
i agree that's part of the kek.
though that's a low bar~
/lit/'s thoughts on this piece of cinema ?
fuck off
check the archives
The archives don't work anymore dingus.
as a movie about DFW as a person - it fails
as a movie exploring DFW's ideas - it fails
as a movie exploring the relationship between DFW and david lipsky - it's weak
as a piece of pure film, an audio-visual experience given meaning by editing - it fails
seems kind of like a movie for no one. if you're a DFW fan, you will probably be annoyed by it, if you're not a DFW fan, you probably won't give a shit
What is Jule Vernes best work?
Diabetes and his death from it
>>7619410
The various hollywood adaptations geared at kids.
How does it feel knowing this guy is drowning in pussy?
>>7619187
and for you, more than likely a better looking guy, is struggling.
>>7619187
Well he's married and he doesn't seem the kind of guy who cheats on his wife. Even if his slavishly devoted audience solidly in the female 16-25 range.
I actually suspect that the fact that he's so sexually unintimidating is part of the reason he's so popular among young women. They like John, but they're not swooning for him.
How does it feel to start shit-thread after shit-thread about this non-entity?
I read what is the what and I still don't know what the what actually is.
Yes, I am a literate noob.
>>7619184
Eggars. Not even once.
So I've just finished BOTNS, on /lit/'s recommendation. I don't think I have ever had such mixed feelings on a book.
I guess the closest book it reminds me of is Don Quixote, in the sense of a series of weird and wonderfully interesting events keep occuring. I loved specific parts (the chinese whispers version of the tale of theseus really standing out), but towards the end I was really struggling to understand what the hell was going on.
What does the rest of /lit/ think?
>>7619145
Serves you right for not reading the Bible before starting.
The book was an absolute jarbled mess.
ITT : Come up with a title for every chapter. Lets play a game lit
Reddit: The Chapter
You've been through tons of shit in your life right?
Ever been hung up on a bitch?
Do you ever get that surrealistic feeling
That the man you are now
With all the shit you've overcome or been overcome by
Still fall prey to the heart
Which is a pretty silly thing and while you can easily rationalize it
The nagging feeling doesn't let go
Don't want a pity thread, just want to focus on that surrealistic aspect.
The mental aspect of how something so small can topple something so big.
>>7619034
SURPRISE
Can I borrow a feeling
>>7619034
>The mental aspect of how something so small can topple something so big.
There only surreal aspect to what you described is the hubris of the man who thinks he is big, yet is toppled by something so small.
You aren't goliath. Love is not David. You're just a bitch.
As am I, brother. These cold bitches will make fools and madmen of us all.
What do you need to read before you read the War and Peace?
>>7619022
nothing
>>7619044
Are you, sure anon?
>>7619236
Not him but yes. Just read it and don't expect to understand the story or the characters until 100 pages in or more. Look back on the character list often and look up things you're unsure of. It's not that difficult, just long.
Please help me find sci-fi authors from this link.
http://interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtbloom.html
I only found:
>Wells
>Orwell
>Huxley
>Ursula
>Poe
I liked H.G. Wells " The time machine" pretty out there and a unique idea
>>7619019
Stanislaw Lem is listed
Also some writers like Thomas Bernhard are listed under Germany when they were in fact Austrian. It's like listing Australians under Engfland and Scotland.
Which book has had the most impact on your life?
>>7619014
My older brother was killed in Afghanistan in 03, which sent me into a spiral of depression that (in a way) led to me being unemployed, unemployable, addicted to pain medication and still living with my parents.
So probably this book.
>>7619061
R.I.P senpai.
Is there such a thing as well-written erotica anymore?
It seems like more erotic fiction is being created today than at any point in human history, but it's all marketed toward middle-aged women and teenage girls.
>>7618907
You can have good fiction that contains good erotica.
You cannot have good erotica that contains good fiction.
Is this redditcore?
whats redditcore
select all the food
go fuck yourself
>>7618819
I AM SEEING FOOD IN ALL OF THESE TABLES HELP ME GOD
wolfe chan
SHIT
POST
Anybody here a published author? If so what did you publish? Was it self published? Did you sell any copies?
So we're literally just a bunch of stuck up snobs who never try to write anything ourselves. goddamnit
Published a poem once in a yearly compendium and a couple of technical (Linux) articles. Does that count?
>>7618894
totally counts, just glad someone said something
