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Has there ever been a case of an author that has gained popularity by solely writing cliche genre fiction for all of his career, suddenly completely changing the way he writes and publishing an unconventional book that actually has some depth and literary value? And then the fans end up rejecting it and hating the author for it because it wasn't the book they were expecting from him?
>>8120087
Go back to /r9k/
>>8120096
This wasn't the reply I was expecting from this thread. Did you not like the image I posted?
Mark Twain in a way. Hence the shitty stapled on ending of Huckleberry Finn
This board is lit.
>>8119932
Made me laugh.
>>8119932
never noticed how fat marge was
>>8119938
*thick
I don't think I'm getting it, but what does New Sincerity fights for? Is it just to be genuine and sincere?
>>8119887
it's a meme you dip
>>8119887
It's sincerity as a conscious rejection of irony.
It's also faggotry
>>8119887
It isn't actually a thing
Has anyone here used the website http://www.literature-map.com/ ? You just type an author into it, and it tells you what other authors that people who like the author also enjoy. Try it out.
Results for Thomas Pynchon. Pretty much what you'd expect.
>>8119632
Neat. Thanks.
The meme trilogy is strong.
What are some books dealing with overwhelming paranoia? It could be comical, like Pynchon, or just a horror novel, but any work in regards to that would work.
American Psycho.
Personally didn't like it.
>>8119457
Mein kampf
>>8119457
PKD
does lit approve of my next purchases?
KMFDM/10
>>8119465
KMFDM, DOIN IT AGAIN
I've only read Crash. The other books are supposed to be pretty edgy. I was thinking about picking up the Marbled Swarm after someone recommended it here but it might be too edgy even for me.
is there any reading similar to this? I'm going mad trying to find something. Has anyone got a recommendation or place to proceed from here? I've read it 3 times now and I still keep going back to it
Honestly: Taipei by Tao Lin.
>>8119336
shut up Tao
invisible cities
>the text is 1/3 of the page
>the footnotes are 2/3 the page
fug
>>8119294
I have The Alastair folwer paradise lost from the library and it's the same for this. And that's good.
>>8119294
oxford books do it so the notes are at the back of the book after the main text.
which is unspeakably frustrating and annoying and why would anyone do this god dammit fuck my shit
>>8119298
God-tier edition. His comments on metre and Latin constructions are great.
Would you recommend to read "Portrait of an artist as young men" before reading "Ulysses"?
Is there anything special I need to know beforehand?
Yes, read Portrait first. Hell, read Dubliners before that.
James Joyce grew by leaps and bounds, so tackling him chronologically is an amazing journey, especially if you take in his play and poems
>>8119252
No, but I wouldn't go into it blind. Read up on the structure a bit and definitely buy some notes.
>>8119263
Which notes do you suggest?
Pic related: I'm really into reading things that are "arcane and or eldrich" the kind of stuff i'm either not supposed to be reading or things that only very little people know about. H.P Lovecraft,Secret Files, truth about the world and people that isn't common knowlege, all right up my alley. I say free/public domain becuase i want it read it from online, buying it would break the immersion for me (yes, i am aware of how dumb that sounds)
Disclaimer: i don't have any problems with religon related suggestion's just please nothing satanic,...
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Bump for interest
Savitri Devi and Julias Evola. I don't know if their work is public domain, but you'll find it for free.
Are there any writers who actually had skin in the game?
what does that mean
Donald J Trump
>>8119181
What skin? My skin?
Does anyone use KJV non-ironically in this day and age?
>>8119159
Hicks and contrarian /pol/Christians.
Yeah, lots of people
>>8119168
Is this due to ignorance about good translations?
Recommend me 5 novels that will make my prose and vocabulary stronger.
Particularly for essay writing.
The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Madame Bovary
Crime & Punishment
The Trial
Hamlet
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Infinite Jest
Outer Dark
The Book of the New Sun
Divine Comedy
Note that these aren't strictly my favourite book, just a few I think will help you build a vast vocabulary.
>Essay Writing
Be more specifice mate
>>8119014
sweating like a pig
fuck you
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Will there ever be another Joyce?
There's never "another" artist.
There is only the artist.
>>8118933
You know what I meant.
>>8118929
another schizophrenic that tricks people into paying close attention to his gibberish?
probably
What is a good novel with the main character having social anxiety disorder (or anything close to it).
>>8118922
My diary too bee honest :^(
Notes from the Underground.
Your welcome.
Looking for Alaska
John Green
