ITT: God-tier books cont. I promised to show the scar on my

>>598566014
Didn't catch that. How did Dune give you a scar?

>>598566014

Oh jesus fuck.

I was in England around 10 years ago and saw that in a shelf, and ever since then I've been feeling the urge to read it ;_;

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Was Hitchhiker's Guide mentioned in the last thread?

>>598566417
I was in high school and wanted to prove that I could last through the "black box" treatment as well. Not sure exactly what it was called, but you know the box he put his hand into where he felt his hand melt? Yeah, that. I burnt my forearm on the metal edging around a reading lamp. My brother told me it would scar up if I peeled the scab so... I peeled the scab. Fucking high school. Just took pics, will upload in a sec. They aren't amazing or anything. It's not like people look at me and go "OH SHIT WHAT DID YOU DO!" But the scar had stuck with me.

>>598567106
Yes it was, but no need not to mention again, great series. Sometimes it makes me want to learn to fly.

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>>598566014
this book.

>>598567185
The Gom Jabbar. The High handed enemy.

I dripped melted solder on my hand once. (not on purpose) I can only imagine that's what it felt like.

>>598567363
Seriously, Douglas Adams was more of a genius than we give him credit for.

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Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, "The Book of Kings"
Dune is a favorite of mine, too.

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>>598566014
>>598566417
Ok, here we go. quick posts of a very unimpressive scar. I tell people who ask that I got it from the first job I ever had at Wendy's. I should probably make a better story...

>>598567744
Every one says that. I may have to try and re-read that hitchhiker book. I tried and got all the way through but didn't enjoy it. But sometimes when sometimes you expect something to be epic like everyone says...it's not epic the way you think it will be and you don't like it. Maybe that's why I didn't like it. It's the kind of book I usually enjoy.

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>>598568107
Next, not sure how well it shows...

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My second favorite book of all time behind Hitchhiker's.

>>598568107
Yeah. It looks like a pipe burn. I got about 4 of those from wrecking motorcycles when I was a kid. Still, impressive that you would self-inflict it.

>>598568107
I think the true story, in your case, is the best one ever.

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>>598568329
Last, sorry the didn't come out well. Really though it's isn't a very impressive scar, only about a thumbprint size. Wouldn't have posted unless someone asked. Anyways...

>>598566683

Well read it. It is an amazing book. I have read it only twice, but it is such a well written tale of epic proportions that you will not be able to put it down

>>598568376
That book was shit compared to This Side of Paradise.

But it was still better than that circle jerk of a movie. Spiderman can suck my ass.

>>598568161
I like his witty little tidbits of wisdom. Between his musings on the importance of towels (my favorite passage of the book) and the truth regarding how dull and uninteresting infinity really is, I consider Hitchhiker's the font of all knowledge. His voice is just wonderful.

>>598567730
nah, the gom jabbar was the pointed weapon with the poison, or maybe the actual poison. the box was just "the box"

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pic related was pretty damn good

am i allowed to have more than one book per post?

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Still waiting on actual god tier books, you plebs.

>>598568161
You should definitely give it a shot. His writing is very unique. He brings a comedy to the table in what is, behind the curtain, a pretty dark series. Much to think about after you read these books, not just a guilty pleasure.

>>598569113
Please dude, we are all posting every 30 seconds (at least I am) post what you got!

>>598569065
Ah shit. You're right. I can't remember what they called the box now. I need to read it again. It is my all time favorite after all. It's been about 5 years.

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I'd be really surprised if any of you muntard's have read this little 750 page beauty

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Posting some modern masterpieces.

>>598566014
Slaughterhouse-Five

>>598568107
>>598568329
>>598568625

Why, why are you posting these

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>>598566014
Dat Shrike.

Can't say I'm surprised, but jesus /b/, you have some real fucking lame taste in books

9s

>>598569953
Reading that now, great book. Especially after reading dense books that just droll on

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He's pretty shit tier philosopher but this is probably his best.

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I posted this in the last thread, but will post again. I posted it in response to some who suggested the Tao Te Ching. Both books are ones that you can read in about an hour, but can take a lifetime to learn. I really recommend The Prophet if you are in a rut in life. It helped me.

>>598570092
Fuck yes. Shrike is epic

>>598568743
I liked the movie for one reason: it made me think about the book in a whole new way. There were some things I didn't pick up on until Baz slapped me across the face with them. For instance: Gatsby's pink suit. You know how when someone has an idealistic view of their memory, they're "looking through rose-tinted glasses?" The suit symbolizes his rose-tinted view on the world. Gatsby has this idealistic view of Daisy and the past that they shared, and it can't be further than the truth. The film has its faults, but if it makes me think about the book in a new way, it can't be all bad, right?

>>598569849

confirmed

>>598569602
coolio, will do

...and now I can't think of any names. Will post when I come up with em.

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...maybe not a Feast for Crows... But GoT and SoS definitely.

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>>598566014
This was better than American Gods. C'mon, the four other horsemen of the apocalypse? With one of them being "Really Cool People"? This shit was gold.

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>>598570311

Is that an agreement or are we shortening "confirmed faggot, underage, retard, whatever" to just "confirmed"?

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>Suddenly you rent the veil, what does it mean?
>Left home, drunk with ale, what does it mean?
>Locks in hand, the morning breeze, rivals obey
>Serving all others to such detail, what does it mean?
>King of the Good, mendicants to you pray,
>Made your throne into a jail, what does it mean?
>At first, in my hands, your locks you lay,
>Later on, you make me frail, what does it mean?
>Your loins talk in riddles and your words secrets say;
>Cut me in the middle, to what avail? What does it mean?
>You lure us with Love, and like pawns, you play
>Each piece you play, you fail, what does it mean?
>O Hafiz, if your lover into your heart finds her way
>Familiar is your trail, and your tale, what does it mean?

>>598570636
I've not read that one, but you can be sure I'll pick it up tomorrow sir.

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I don't know if I would consider this a 'god-tier' book or not, but it is a very good one. I always considered it the perfect book for /b/.

>It has homosexuality (closeted, just like OP)
>It has bestiality
It has wincest (if you consider MIL sex wincest)
>It has prostitute sex (with and without retards)
>It has student fucking the teacher's wife.
>Also the main character gets deformed.

Pretty much every thread on /b/ this book already has covered.

I

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>>598566014
>that cover
>stole it from the library because of it
>actually read it
>books are actually cool
Masha'Allah, long live the Lisan al'Gaib

>>598570249
This and The Alchemist... incredible reads.

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>>598569256

tl;dr

it's 2015, no one has time for that shit. That was an era where you were paid by the page...

Anyway, Grapes of wrath can suck my dick, read this if you want steinbeck at his best.

>>598569849
double confirmed neil is a god tier writer

>>598570796
You must. Because "Death" was already taken by the original horsemen, one the "other" horsemen goes with "Grievous Bodily Harm".

>>598570258

I had the first book on tape. I was driving a few hundred miles at night, pitch black highway, and the cruciform story is still firmly etched in my mind as one of the creepiest experiences ever. I mean, I was driving but it also felt like I was there... fucking excellent writing.

>>598566014
i dont even know. Im more in a rut really. I read a LOT. A whole lot. I just need more shit to read thats good... fuck...

>>598566014
Been wanting to get into Dune for years, picked up the Machine Crusade from the library years ago, part of the trilogy written by Herbert's son. Anyone know how that stuff compares to the original?

The Giver

>>598570249
There's an old bootleg recording of Johnny Cash talking about this. He loved it.

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>>598566014
Books are for fags

you faggots don't even know how to ebookjpg


doing it wrong

>>598566014
Greatest book ive ever read is dune
second favorite is Faust idk why I just like it

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Be right back, need to make myself another white russain. In the meantime I will recommend an author who I've been obsessed with recently: Terry Pratchett. If you are looking to get lost in another world, one full of adventure, fun, and without the sinister tinge that of real life, read his books. Any of them. If you need a starting points, read the Watchmen series, starting with Gaurds, Guards! Amazing author.

>>598569849
>>598570364
>>598570636
plebs

>>598571245
Let me guess. In this book...someone fixes the cable.

>>598570636
Holy shit, I read American Gods (which was the only Gaimen book I've read) and it was awesome. I love Pratchett (just posted about him) but I haven't read this yet. Know sir, or madam, that you have sold me on this book already.

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>>598566014
How do we feel about comics? Can we make an exception for The Sandman? People hype it up, but it really is brilliant.

>>598570636
epic book

>>598571245
MODS! MODS!

>>598571135
The shit by his son is an abomination. It's childish, predictable drivel that doesn't compare in the slightest to the originals. That also goes for the two "final" Dune books he wrote from his father's notes. Consider Chapterhouse to be the final book and leave it at that.

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>>598566014
are you fuckin' dirt bags even trying?

also, check'em

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the single greatest piece of western literature.

>>598570939
I haven't read that. Looking it up now, thanks for the suggestion.

>>598571584
fuck yes you are now the coolest guy on 4chan for this my friend

>>598571369
I just finished this like a week ago. It starts strong, gets bogged down a bit in the middle, and ends pretty well, but I wouldn't call it god tier.

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>>598571005
>faulkner for plebs

>>598571514
r u buttmad cuz u couldnt finish see spot run
get taste faggot

>>598568107
>>598568329
how you get them?

>>598571979
I really wasn't a fan, way too dry and uninsteresting... inb4 faggot pleb, I finished Oliver Twist Great Expectations not long before starting this

>>598571826
I was a child when I read it, guess that's why I didn't hate it. But with that I'll definitely have to check out the originals then knowing they're that much better

>>598568376
Edmund Wilson disagrees.

>>598571369
Haven't read that one yet, but I have it on my bookshelf. How does it compare to his other books?

>>598571131
Please man, pick up The Prophet, Great read whether you believe in God or not. (Still figuring that out myself.) If you are looking for some uplifting books, let me know. I can give you ones that are guaranteed to make you smile.

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>>598571979
>picks a book written by a chick
>my sides

Didnt really like Dune actually. Maybe Im just too young to appreciate

>>598571178
Youtube? Would love to listen to it.

The Brother's K

>>598572566
Anon is a frenzied villager.

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>>598566014
>>598570311
>>598571056
>>598570636


On a completely opposite note, and I'll preface this by saying I was very excited to read it, but I HATED HATED HATED this book. Think Sword Art Online meets Snowcrash, The dialog is so horribly written, it was as if the author was 70 years old and like "this is totally how teenagers talk man... "

And when the dialog isn't a terrible attempt at teenage colloquialisms it is just completely monotone and boring - like all the characters using the same voice.

The concept was totally sound, and there are good things to be said about it, and the dialog problem was kind of odd because the narration by the protagonist was more that adequately done.... But fuck FUCK FUCK this book.

>>598572404
They are. What the father wrote (at least the first few novels) is true literature. What the son and KJA wrote was something that wasn't good enough for a Xena episode. I only read one. I was so embarrassed for him I had to stop. It's actually unimaginable to me that they made as many as they have.

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>>598572587
>rope day will never come

>>598572715
What was so great about this?

>>598571245
I just started this book, ive read hogfather and small gods so far. I am loving this world

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>>598572145

oh? so you want some southern gothic?

>>598572767
kek

>>598571584
Why the hell not. I read comics as well as books. Might as well!

>>598571005

Yeah, exactly why 4 harry potter books totaling over 600 pages are among the best selling of the modern era...fucking idiot.

If you can't read a book longer than a steinbeck novel, well then you're a moron. Steinbeck is great though.

>>598572404
Some may be disconcerted with the way many of the originals time jump from the last book (sometimes hundreds of years), leaving you to learn all new characters, but Chapterhouse is good enough to make the journey worthwhile.

>>598572690
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlmuTLSPoJU

>>598572895
He's right you know. There was nothing deep about that epic at all, its just famous cause it's about hell.

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>>598572908
>hes getting warmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9WO0Li3NWI

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>>598571584
Of course. Many graphic novels have some very very great writing in them - and the beautiful art doesn't hurt either. Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman...

I love The Killing Joke so much I transcend it above Batman.

>>598572826
I actually liked this book a lot, mainly because I'm old enough to appreciate the nostalgia he was going for.

>>598572244
Read original post. I was reading Dune and wanted to prove that I could last through "The Box" treatment. Burnt my arm on the metal shade of a strong reading lamp. Nothing special : C

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>>598570939
I agree with you on The Alchemist

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>>598569909

Nobody else likes High Fidelity as much as I do? Nick Hornby is an excellent writer with a great style... But I guess I get not counting it as "god-tier" or great literature.

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>>598572566
>picks a book written by a chick

idk, women can write horrifying shit... there's no classic that competes with Frankenstein.

>>598570364

This will be God Tier when it is completed and then only if completed by Martin himself. You know what I'm talking about.

>>598572896
I know right? My fiancee got me into them. Read about 10 of his books in a row before I had to go out and spend about 100 bucks to get more. It's so worth. After reading all his books, I felt lost when I picked up another series.

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>>598573276

I'm 30, I understand the nostalgia aspect. Still doesn't forgive the atrocious dialog from someone who is supposed to be a professional writer. We aren't talking E.L. James here.

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>>598573753
Female authors compare to male authors the way female athletes compare to male athletes. I don't bother reading anything written by a woman any more.

>>598574083
Another frenzied villager.

>>598573881
I'm 44, so you don't fully understand the nostalgia aspect. You were alive during the 80's, but I *lived* through the 80's.

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>>598571584
I've been reading this, it's great so far. I've read some other Jodorowsky and his comics are all good. (Love his movies as well.)

Also Saga has been amazing so far.

>>598574241
Same one, SJW dumbass.

>>598574083

I take it you've never read Wuthering heights, or anything written by Virginia Woolf.

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Has anyone read this? It was the most imaginative book I've ever read. One of the most interesting fantasy worlds I've ever seen.

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>>598572999

>harry potter books

A page of Dostoyevsky takes way longer than a page of rowling...

If anyone wants an adventure story by the master look here.

>>598574630
I'm not afraid of Virginia Woolf. Also, Wuthering heights is for fags. But I did enjoy Little women. And Blubber by Judy Blume.

>>598567412
This book right here folks.

>>598570774
Where is that picture from?

>>598574630
Fuck that chick lit. Dickens wipes his dick on that shit.

Wanna talk about how Anne Rice gay'd up vampires for all time?

>>598571005
Autism confirmed

>>598574890
Judy Blume, there's a name I haven't heard in years

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>>598572043

:^)

>>598574353

It gets a hell of a lot better around the midway point, how far are you into it?

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>>598566014
most important book ever written

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>>598575027
Dickens wipes his dick on shit?

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This book was pretty good. I tend to enjoy books about the mind or human experience

>>598575315
About a fourth into it. Gonna read some more tonight. I'm such a sucker for Moebius' art that each page takes me twice as long as normal to read it cause I just sit and stare.

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Can bet my left nut that none of you fuckers has read this. Thousand times better in original language doe.

jane austen is a stupid bitch.

that is all.

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>>598574784

I'd suck Conrad's dick if i could.

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>>598575721
>I'm such a sucker for Moebius' art that each page takes me twice as long as normal to read it cause I just sit and stare.

Yeah its pretty amazing. One of the biggest reasons its so highly regarded.

>>598575594
Literary genius unfamiliar with metaphor? You must be a cumdumpster.

>>598575734
Frans can suckle Bernard Cornwell's testes.

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>>598575594
>dickens
>wipes his dick

>>598569909
Ohhhh I want to read this ever since seeing this:
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/nickandnorah/blog_nick.html

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The Wheel of time

>>598569627
The Gom Jabbar is the needle inside the box. You die if you move your hand. That's why only those worthy and faithful to the Bene Gesserit are even allowed to attempt. Lady Jessica had to beg the rev mother to even give the test to Paul.

>>598576248
Cornwell is shit tier compared to the literary genius that is Frans G. Bengtsson.

the wasp factory. ian banks.

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>>598576144

sorry, you missed the joke...

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Anyone read this? I've met so few people that even recognize the author. Shit was so good.

Fireshapers Doom and Darkthunder's Way are fantastic.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray. Jesus Christ that book.

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this book made me stop being so obsessed with the opinions of others and made me truly love myself.

idgaf what anyone has to say about Ayn Rand or her books, I would still be an insecure little shit wandering through life if it wasnt for this book

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the whole series is good, but this is by far my favorite

Idk if this has been mentioned, but house of the scorpion was fucking amazing

>>598576685
Didn't miss it. I judged it to be wanting. Maybe it would be a bigger hit on Tumblr?

>>598577003
couldnt get through the first book, found it boring

>>598576619
14 words counting the G. You made a total fool of yourself in 14 words.

so much highschool reading list shit itt...

>>598576930
Well good for you. As for me Atlas Shrugged made me wanna curb stomp a box of puppies.

My book of choice is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

>>598576930
Rand was high on amphetamine and wrote about how much she loved cigarettes.

>>598572866

this was very good.

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>>598566014
pic related also
>ASOIF
>starship troopers
>goodnight moon
>catch 22
>the stand

>>598577156
the first book is incredibly short. 2 and 3 are amazing compared to it, 4 you'll either love it or hate it, 5 6 and 7 are not so good but people should read them anyway just to wrap up the story. The end was pretty unsatisfying though.

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>>598576910

I need to sit down and read that someday.

>>598576930

lol, ayn rand is mocked for a reason...

>>598576930
>I would still be an insecure little shit wandering through life if it wasnt for this book

So now you're a sociopathic, narcissistic little shit? I don't consider that to be an improvement. Ayn Rand was a hypocritical, ugly whore. She's considered deep by those who aren't.

>>598570364
>not liking feast
pleb

>>598577182
you do understand why these books are on highschool reading lists thought right?

Its very easy to make fun of highschool required reading books but lots of those books are great books & im sure other avid readers would agree

>>598577156
The first one was boring. He wrote it in the 70s when he thought he was a real writer. When he gave up the idea and realized he was a drunk hack he relaxed and actually wrote a couple of decent stories. You can start at book 2 and never even miss that piece of shit. Most of them are worth it. The last couple suck ass but are worth it if only for the closure. Everyone bitches about the ending but really it's the only ending with any logic.

>>598577401
Starship Troppers motherfucker.

My favorite Libertarian morality play. I loved the part when RAH justified public beatings for parents whose children acted up.

>>598577003
First book was fucking epic, but the end of 5 left me wanting. I own 6 and 7 but can't bring myself to start them after the end of Wolves

>>598577702
i think you should still read the first one, there is a lot of foreshadowing of the end in it. I didn't like it at first either but after rereading it after the last one I came to appreciate it a little more.

>>598576358
Was looking for this.
Dune and WoT are my favorite series. Good shit man.

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>>598577401

god damn, been meaning to read that too.

>>598577054
Really, no one. Okay then.

>>598577494
No im not sociopath or narcissistic at all, the book taught me to do what I really wanna do so long as that doesnt get in the way of other people doing what they wanna do.

After reading this book last summer I made straight A's last semester, lost 20 pounds and my parents & friends respect me more.

AND even if I was what you said I was... I would rather be an ignorant wolf in this world as opposed to an ignorant sheep

>>598578013
the "calla" speak in that book was infuriating. It was fucking dumb how fast the main group started talking like retards with all the "do ya"s and shit. Also the lightsabers and harry potter snitches were pretty fucking stupid.

6 is better in some ways, but not much better. I liked the last one until the crimson king is revealed. I'd give them a read, there are some good parts here and there.

>>598578127
Have you read McCarthy before? If you aren't familiar with him he can be an incredibly difficult read.

>>598577054
That's what's wrong with fukken site. You think you've got gold and then....nothing.

>>598578468
>I would rather be an ignorant wolf in this world as opposed to an ignorant sheep

It's funny that you think your minor accomplishments make you a wolf. Yip yip is what I hear from you. Anyone who is inspired by Ayn Rand is a delusional asshole.

>>598567106
REDDIT TIER

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ya'll niggers missed one

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>>598578730
This Ayn Rand is literally the worst hack out there.

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I feel like some of you guys would like this.

>>598578950
never understood the praise for this book. thought it was bland and boring as hell.

>>598574083
Full idiot here.

>>598578996
She's OK. Not worth the hype but anyone who calls her a hack is exaggerating to make the point.

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This thread is about God Tier books, not your pathetic neckbeard hipster books that only you've heard of

>>598578996

agreed, also saved that pic tbh.

>>598578548
I could deal with the Calla speak, I even didn't completely mind the lightsaber and snitch stuff (I would've preferred he kept his inspiration quiet but whatever) but the way the book ended with them finding the book just killed me. Stupid fucking concept in general and definitely not a way to want me to keep reading. I am going to finish them soon though just to get it over with and see if Roland's badassery redeems the series

>>598570364
>perverted old man writes his autistic fantasies about medieval rape and medieval politics\
>boring suburban white women with rape fantasies buy it up in droves because drama and rape/sex

>>598569355
Is this that book about a guy who's reading said book and taking notes along with it?

>>598578730
I said "Even if i was what you said I was", I felt that you were describing a wolf.

& before that I said I wasnt.

Im not a wolf at all, im a guy who read a book that changed his view of the world and made him a little more goal oriented and secure with not knowing everything.

>>598579088
i think its more subtle than most, the whole ender series and bean series is quite well done

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>>598578695

I think I will manage...

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Lol @ this thread

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If any of you play Dungeons and Dragons, you should read any of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser books, by Fritz Leiber. His and the Conan books really kick started the whole D&D framework. Fafhrd and the gray mouser comprise all of the D&D classes between them. They are wonderful books, and the humor still holds!

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>>598579378
shut up

>>598579158
Great argument. You must be a big hit on the feminist message boards.

>>598579378
>stop liking popular things!

>>598579539
Run along, little doggy, before you lose the remainder of your self-esteem.

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>>598571828
This.

Also pic related

>>598579378
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about if you think suburban house wives are the target audience/main consumer of GrrMart books

>>598576358
any other book heavy on magical shit with a "from weak to strong protag" ?

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Still one of my favorite authors, shame he died

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>>598578996
Ayn Rand whinge whinge whinge. all the cool kids just love to hate her.

for English as a second language; escaping the communist plague and trying to warn the free world of their own decline; and writing several books that still sell enviable quantities today, she's pretty fucking impressive.

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also this one

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>>598566014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swgU1x9T-EY

>>598579995
Great Author. Shit trash book. Why choose that one to make your point?

The Great Train Robbery ruled.

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“They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea.”

>>598579995
Prey is fucking awful

I just finished this and there is no way in hell that hunger game din't completely ripped this book off


it is a great read if you feel the pulsing need for blood lust

>>598580144
Hello Generation Z. We all know what movie that was. We don't care.

>>598580203
Matter of preference, I like all his science fiction even the trash ones. Meh, I liked it even if it's cheesy as hell.

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>>598580328
forgot pic

>>598580328
What book?

>>598579920
mmmmmmm need dat third one

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This book and its whole series

>>598580399
Ah, ive only seen the movie, how much better is the book?

>>598580402
probably battle royale

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Great Book!

>>598580525
Thats what i was thinking, and now its confirmed

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>>598579651
>>598579754
>Can't actually make an argument about what I said
>lol but ur a pleb who doesnt like popular things

>yfw making those posts

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This one is great it's about a boy who grows up in a whorehouse on an alien planet with a robot for a teacher

it sounds silly but it's actually really profound

>>598580339
This is perhaps the plebiest response in the history of the world. Everything by Phillip K. Dick is literally god tier.

>>598580470
read about five chapters and got tired of how cliche and predictable it was

>>598580089
Arnold Schwarzenegger is 10x more impressive than her, but I'm not dumb enough to give his ideas on morality, economics and politics a second thought.

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Here's some sci fi.

>>598580636
Beginning is meh, did Azoth meet durzo blint yet where you're at?

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>>598580602
>getting assblasted on a mongolian cartoon image board

>>598570577
fag

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Atlas Shrugged, the only real book on this post

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>>598580626
Confirmed for wise man.

Damnation Game.

>>598580933
The only book I couldn't stomach finishing.

I really did like the fountainhead and anthem, though.

>>598580964
Oh man, i havent read this in ages but it was great

>>598580470
I'd like to know what Kylar does with his powers after the last book ends, and in future lives after Vi, Durzo, and Momma K die.

It will probably be a long time before there's another major evil threat worth using the devourers powers on though. Pretty much all the old power is locked away either with Kylar or in Ezras wood. except for the handful of still missing ka'kari.

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i think this is one of the best underrated post-apocalyptic books written

Night by Elie Weisel. Sooo good.

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>>598580933
Here's the original title.

>>598566014

Dune was decent enough but the final section was so half arsed, I think Herbert ran out of steam and just wanted to fucking finish it.

>>598580626
Really? I literally read The Man in the High Castle to help me fall asleep.

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I never leave home without it

>>598581214
Only the parts about the Jews fighting and killing each other for scraps bread. Just like today with pennies.

>>598569113

Player of Games is his best Culture work tbh, shame he's dead.

>>598571245
Guards! Guards! was excellent. I really like everything I read by him. Have you tried Robert Asprin?

>>598581397
Final section? What the fuck is a "section"? Chapterhouse is arguably the best book in the series. Miles Teg is a boss.

>>598570092

ahahahahahahaha, wait, you srs?

>>598581406
better stick to your Japanese cartoons brother pkd turned out some gems

>>598581407
Meh, I'm not a science fiction fan tbh

>>598581228
it's funny how many criticisms of Rand approach this level of sophistication.

>>598581691

Dune is one book, start, middle and end.

The start and middle are well written, but toward the final section is feels rushed and uninspired.

>>598581795
>tips fedora

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>>598580470
didn t like how azoth fucked up everytime and never used the kakari efficiently or his potential power of archmage

I preferred lightbringer better

any other book where the protagonist goes through an "apprentice phase" ? I really like it in lightbringer or in kingkiller when kvoth is in the university amazing everyone, same with Kip in training. I loved the magic system in kingkiller too.

>>598570092
Still need to read anything beyond the first one. Was epic.

>>598581691

yea section doesn't make sense. I guess that anon meant the books after god emperor. I'll agree that they took a strange swerve, but I think it all would've been tied up in book 7 had Frank lived long enough to write it.

it'd be nice if we could at least get the elusive outline and notes. but instead, we get brian & kevin churning out dune-themed potboilers.

>>598570364
fucking shit tier books. Martin cannot write to save his life. The only reason his books are famous is because he relys on shock factor. Fuck GoT.

>>598581852
>start, middle and end

Sorry, I didn't realize I was dealing with a sophisticated professional book critic. I totally agree with your stupid opinion now.

>>598580492
by far it was way better, I just watch the movie with my gf (we both read the book)

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>>598579009
good book

back when niggers knew their place

>>598582009
>fuck GoT
you except us to believe you read the books? you didn't even get the name right. obvious showfag b8

>>598581852
True. I was never really satisfied with the explanation as to why the Emperor flew the Choam company flag. Or why Fenrick refused to kill what he wanted most to be but knew he couldn't.

>>598582174
>in book thread
>complains about not knowing he's in a book thread
>being this faggot when a simple, "fair enough" would have sufficed.

>>598571369
What I'm reading right now, almost finished. So much yes:

"It can be hard to wait for the flow to start," he said, "but when you have to wait, you have to wait. In the meantime, assume you're dead."
"You mean I should stay dead for now?" I asked.
"How's that?"
"YOU MEAN I SHOULD STAY DEAD FOR NOW?"
"That's it, sonny. 'Dying is the only way / For you to float free: / Nomonhan.'"

>>598572908
And you!!! <3

"Dune" is great -- but ends so strangely. Maybe it's just because you don't identify as female, but the last line of the book is: "While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine -- history will call us wives." I mean, that's kind of creepy, right? But whatever, Dune is legit.

Someone mentioned "Crime and Punishment" -- I'd go for "Notes from the Underground" instead ["I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man. I am an unpleasant man."].
I love "Metamorphosis" and "The Trial" by Kafka more, though.

>>598569849
Yuhg, no. Sandman.

"The Secret History" and "Wolf in White Van" are tits.

If you're looking for philosophy, "Madness and Civilization," and "Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death."

Oh! oh, and "The Life & Times of Michael K."

Finally, "Fahrenheit 451" was my favorite for so long, since I was a kid. Super nominate for God-Tier.

Yey books.

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>ctrl f
>infinite jest
>zero results

do none of you niggers Infinite Jest?

>>598581963
How could stop at the first book? That cliffhanger ending was just ridiculous. I'd have been tearing it to pieces if I had read it when it first came out and I had to wait years to see the action.

>>598582345
it was posted in the last thread 3 times

honestly the best book ive ever read

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>>598566014
These books will sit along side Tolkien and C.S. Lewis as one of the greatest fantasy series ever created.

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This book is absolutely horrifying (in a good way)

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>>598566014
Just read it.

>>598580913
no, that's the guy who wrote it

>>598582440
lol only own the first book. I'll get it sometime.

looking for occult-ish books
pls recommend

>>598578950
it was the first one posted in the previous thread. great book, but a planet called treason is my fav card book.

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>>598582336
Are you really this stupid?

>>598582308
>didnt get the name right
>Game of Thrones
>GoT
>Didnt get the name right,

>>598581201

one of the best underrated books in general

>>598582791
>A Game of Thrones

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boopy boopy boop boop

>>598582791
>not sure if b8 or retard.
either way the series is called a song of ice and fire, not game of thrones.

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>>598582746

HURR DURR DURR HURR!

>>598581214

Yes! <3

>>598582739
E.A. Poe's stuff has a pretty occult vibe to it. Has the downside of being associated with emo culture.

>>598582728
When I read the reviews for the first book before buying everyone said to get book 2 at the same time because of the crazy cliffhanger.

>>598582304
GOAT comic here. One of the few times Superman has been done right.

>>598583059
>the series is called a song of ice and fire

. . . which I think we all can agree is a super gay name for the series.

>>598577407
that is exactly how i felt about them

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>>598583462
I'm sorry, what ground break hit fantasy series have you written?

>>598583154

you could have just not bothered. Or you could have read the original Canterbury tales, since Hyperion is a massive rip off of it.

Everything about Hyperion is so fucking plebby, it really irritates me when people try to hold it up as a quality work.

>>598583096
thank you

>>598583374

>comics
>done right

yea ok kiddo, now go do your homework.

currently reading AMTRAK series started book 2
pretty shitty so far

>>598583621
>ground break
A song of ice and fire isnt ground breaking in any way. Its just another shitty fantasy book that people are obsessed with because it is filled with descriptions of dicks. Stupid faggots.

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>>598583049

not worth reading. I read that cover to cover 8th grade for fun. I should have been just getting some jailbait pussy, fuck reading...

>>598582855

451 is alright, but here is some real bradbury

>>598569953
Not boasting, just wanted to say I was so into SH5 I read it in a day. I was late to work just to finish it

>>598583667
>Or you could have read the original Canterbury tales, since Hyperion is a massive rip off of it.

I see that you just read a description of the series, and the not the books themselves. Otherwise, you wouldn't have made such an asinine judgment. Aside from pilgrims each telling a story (which only lays the groundwork for the subsequent novels), there is no similarity between this series and the Canterbury Tales.

Next time actually read the books before shooting off your ignorant pleb mouth.

>>598584085
Big deal. I was late to work so I could finish the Vampire Diaries. Or was it a book on Skaldic Verse. IT DOESN'T MATTER FAGGGGG!!!

>>598583951
Ahhh fuck I saw the Criminal Minds episode inspired by this....

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Alan Dean Foster's Speelsinger series was shithot. Would recomend it to the people who talked about H2G2 earlier in thread.
Also, Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance series.

I don't know if I'd say Godtier but The Black Company was always a favorite series of mine. It encompassed like 40 years of the lives of mercenaries, and you felt like you grew old with them, you went through their struggles and their good times, and when someone went down you felt like you were mourning with them too. Cook did a really great job of getting you attached to people and killing them off, better than RR Martin did in my opinion.

>>598568376
Didn't care for it.

"Aww, you feel out of place being a wall street monkey surrounded by these people who are obscenely rich, and you feel awkward about setting up your cousin with that guy who invited you to a party one time and has for some reason decided to confide in you?"

metro 2033 god tier imo
read about 6 times
metro 2034 is down syndrome tiered special little brother

the 50 thousand other books i have no idea but was not limited to learning to read russian just for the purpose of reading god tier level government funded fan fiction novels

>>598568376
Lame book. That one and Catcher in the Rye are some of the most overrated books in the history of literature.

>>598584265

A friend recommended it and I read the entire thing waiting to feel the same way he did about it, but it didn't happen.

If bland cardboard characters and a shitty knockoff plot are your thing then enjoy it.

>>598566014
I've read dune and the series until about the fifth book and it's good but I've got countless other books I enjoy more.

>>598576358
My nigga

Eh, I already listed some of the books I adore, but judging the audience here, maybe go for "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" -- I think you'd like it.

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>>598583765

You're just looking to annoy people.

>watchmen
>sandman
>hellblazer
>fables
>marvels
>sin city
>all star superman
>kingdom come
>killing joke
>y:last man
>v for vendetta

I can keep going. If you don't think at least one of these isn't great, you don't deserve to keep speaking.

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These get pretty crazy at the end. The first four books take place in a world of air, stone, fire, and water respectively. The last book is the shortest of the whole series.

>>598584682
You didn't read shit. Your vague criticisms give it away. Do you often pretend to have read books, or just the ones without pictures?

>>598585010

>muh graphic novels

sshhh, it's ok kid. You can read comics books despite being a grown up, it's ok. You don't need to lose your virginity or be productive.

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>>598584783
Was just about to post those. I power-read the whole first two chronicles, but i gotta take a break before i dig into the last one.
I thought they were pretty ridiculous.

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>>598584367
Forgot to attach.

>>598569256
>I am stupid I am gonna kill
>I plan kill, I am Napoleon
>I kill, oh noes
>I kill, oh noes, I go crazy, can't control
>Oh noes

I read every single fucking page and fuck that book sucked. Together with the brothers it cured me for ever of wanting to read Russian literature.

>>598585261

It was 10 years ago dude.

>Space Jesus and the battle through time against Space Satan.

Thats all anyone needs to know about that utter shite you're desperately defending like a mong.