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Why did the Judge kill the kid?Was he even human?
>le spooky ambiguous evil meme character
mccarthy a shit"andandandandandandandand"
Yo I'm never gonna read this book. Ruin it for me in exactly 27 words
October 14, 1991 Dear friend,
Do you know what "masturbation" is? I think you probably do because you are older
than me. But just in case, I will tell you. Masturbation is when you rub your genitals
until you have an orgasm. Wow!
I thought that in those movies and television shows when they talk about having a
coffee break that they should have a masturbation break. But then again, I think this
would decrease productivity.
I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile. I
meant the "wow" though.
>dropped
>>7748903
The woman pushed on the baby's stomach and sucked its penis into her mouth; it was thinner than the American menthols she smoked and a bit slimy, like raw fish. She was testing to see if the baby would cry, but the little arms and legs were still, so she peeled away the plastic wrapping over its face. She lined a cardboard box with towels, laid the baby inside, and taped the box shut. Then she tied it with string and wrote a made-up name and address on the side in big print.
>dropped
is that your diary?
>>7748903
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Has anybody read 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'? Is it a good read?
I absolutely loved Lawrence of Arabia, probably my favorite film of all time.
If I do purchase it, I plan on getting either the Vintage or the Penguin one. Is there much difference between the two?
Anyone?
>>7748852
if you reply to my christopher moore thread, i'll reply to yours.
>>7749190
But anon, you've already replied to my thread.
Favourite essays by le new sincerity man?
I just finished 'E Unibus Pluram' and I want to read more.
If you've ever been to a carnival or fair,
"Getting Away From Already Pretty Much Being Away From It All"
If you like David Lynch movies,
"David Lynch Keeps His Head"
If you like tennis,
"Michael Joyce's Professional Artistry . . . [not typing the rest of the title]
But, regardless of what you like, read,
"A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again "
Sorry if you were looking for another essay about fiction / pop-culture. I've only read his first collection.
>>7748844
Good suggestions, gracias
Big Red Son is amazing
Old thread is dead
>>7748747
so is poetry
>>7748754
yo wot m8
yo fkin sh8
go fk a cr8
shitb8
>>7748762
>yo
>not u
1/10
Who is the God Emperor of literature?
>>7748722
yer mum's vag
>>7748722
Gene Wolfe
>>7748722
Pretty obviously Shakespeare.
Him, or that autistic kid who wrote the 1.5 million page Super Smash Bros fan fiction.
who is the best vampire in ficcion and why?
>>7748718
Lestat was pretty cool, desu.
>>7748741
He did nothing wrong
In fiction, across multiple media?
I'm going to be called a weeb for this, but I think Alucard might be my favorite. I like the depiction of him as less of a singular entity and more of a roiling mass of once-individuals enslaved to a guiding force.
So the message here is "you're not wrong Holden, you're just a little asshole" or did I miss something?
"Grow up and stop running away, you little shit."
If you did not identify with Holden Caulfield when you read this book (and who are we kidding, you're in high school), then you are more Holden than you think.
>>7748696
...raped his sister phoebe
What does /lit/ think of Naipaul? I don't see him mentioned too often here. I finished A Bend in the River and as a history fag it was a fascinating read. What are his other novels like? What do you think of him?
>>7748672
He is my favorite writer. I made a thread a few weeks back, where a few words were shared, but can't find any archival for /lit/. This was the thread if you can find any backup: boards.4chan.org/lit/thread/7686393/naipaul-discussion-thread
The obvious tropes came up: why liberals hate him so much, shitty comparisons with Rushdie (who is a hack in comparison), basically vacuous criticism from people who haven't read him.
I think the bottom line is that Naipaul is the greatest living prose writer of the English language, a master of sentence construction. A writer's writer, as he's called. Frank to a fault, he doesn't find many fans. He has also been prophetic in what he's written, many of the things he wrote in 70s and 80s are all the more relevant today, if you want to understand ISIS and other fundamentalists do what they do. He is also unsympathetic and doesn't allow anyone to follow into the victim mentality, the primary reason people hate him so much. When he wrote "Among the Believers" and "Beyond Belief" he talked about how Islam only allows the Arab people to have a history, to have places of worship- how the converted cultures cope with this reality. Why the Ayatollah of Shia non-Arab Iran wears a black turban as a symbol of obeisance to the Qureish. He spots undercurrents and details in people's conversation that are unnerving, and after reading his book you wouldn't want to have a chat with that guy. He will write about you and expose your deepest fears and dilemmas.
Orhan Pamuk began his memoir thus: Conrad,Nabokov, Naipaul - these are writers known for having managed to migrate between languages, cultures, countries, continents, even civilizations. Their imaginations were fed by exile, a nourishment drawn not through roots but through rootlessness.
And this kind of sums up the tragedy of Naipaul, more so than the others he's been clubbed with. He belongs to an unmarked continent of literature which knows no loyalty, no affinities. He doesn't pull any punches, doesn't patronize, is irreverant as fuck. Whether he writes about Trinidad, India, UK, America or Africa, his tone is the same. One who dives under the skin with clinical precision and lays the wounds open for all to see. In this era of political correctness, we don't like these things shown unsanitized. And that is the tragedy of this immensely talented writer. The only one who close imo was Coetzee, who has a very different style.
>>7749437
You don't know what the word "trope" means.
>>7750742
Trope is what you use to climb down t'pit, isn't it?
Hi /lit/. I'm a CompSci major in my 4th year at a fairly well-known northeastern uni.
Don't really read many books, but what would you say are the best-illustrated books of the modern era?
Don't care about words, story, plot, characters, or any of that meaningless stuff.
shit tier b8 fuck off
>>7748598
Gary Larson
thinking maybe its finally time to dive into his discog. is he any good? overrated?
>his discog
>>7748594
Hail Eris
On the Road is a good novel but I wasn't able to appreciate it until I'd nearly completed it.
Haven't read anything else from him
What do you think of authors namedropping brands, products, and franchises?
>>7748498
who cares.
toyota celica.
>>7748498
it lends realism to the work because that is how most people think being faced with a 24/7 ad barrage
are there authors of recent fiction who don't do this?
Do people still do that? It was played out in the 80s.
In my story, the protagonist waits twenty+ years to do something. I can't think of something good that justifies this, and I come to you for help.
A comet might make an appearance 20 years from now, and it spikes earth's gravitational field allowing new research to be conducted..
A novel chemical, like wine, takes twenty years to cure/mature and become usable.. which is what the protagonist needs to stop
Or alternatively, can you think of a pre-planned crime which was planned decades in advance? Any book/movie/story on this?
Can you help me out /lit/? Looking for ideas/pointers that can get me moving.
Being imprisoned, you faggot.
>>7748504
Its not like that. The subplot is of a character who seems innocuous and unremarkable in his regular job, but over the decades he had been planning to commit that one crime. He waited a precise number of years for a certain reason, I need to invent that reason.
Prison would be forced, and he can't plan in prison anyway without resources and all.
You will not find a better answer than revenge
>translation
This is the worst meme here.
Prove me wrong.
>I'm retarded and can only speak one language
Yeah, no.
>>7748479
translation is a tricky subject in literature
but yeah, pretty much the worse meme here To Be Honest My Very Dear Family
>>7748479
It really is the worst
Everyone herewho actually reads,reads translations.
Is this book any good?
>>7748468
It's okay. The first part is in modern day and then it goes into this post apocalyptic half zombie/half werewolf world for the rest of it. Not a lot of substance but I didn't hate it. Never bothered with the sequels, though.
>>7748468
I enjoyed it. It's merely entertainment, but it doesn't insult your intelligence or anything. The sequel is fine as well; trilogy is scheduled to end this year.
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