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>>9167583
*farts ghastly*

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>>9167583
>reads Gass

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>>9167594
>has gass

>>9167434
>lit turned into pleb central

ayyy lmao

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>>9167449
It's my first post on /lit/. Figured it'd go this way.

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>>9167449
It isn't surprising that /lit/ will unironically support one of the dullest franchises in the history of movie franchises. Seriously each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody, just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the books were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>>9167343
>What would it take for one to unlock said potential™?

If you can take away the visuals, music, and voices (just leave the text), and it can stand on its own among other canonical works, then it is /lit/.

That is what I think. As long as it relies on sounds and visuals, though, I feel it should be counted as a novel. Maybe some kind of film or whatever, but not a book.

VNs are picture books: good for children

>>9167343
Do you make them, are you planning on it?

BEST THREAD

Everyone sub-vocalizes to a degree asshole.

>>9166949
not necessarily, and you don't need to be jealous, it's not a superior way of reading, except for speed

Gay

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Does /lit/ even read Rorty? What's people's opinion on him around here?

>>9166319
and wetbacks, and THEM GOOKS!!! Don't forget them gooks!!

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God damn mirrors.

>>9165848
I've read all 5 novels including the Afterlife script (because there are no novels for Afterlife). I'm on The Final Chapter and I'm loving it! About 3 quarters of the way threw.

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loved it!

>>9166495

Haha is it actually good?

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Postulate: humans are inherently disagreeable

>>9165836
>Anonymous 02/27/17(Mon)22:28:41 No.9165836 ▶
I disagree

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>>9165792

Also, general discussion about this novel would be nice. I have never read it before.

That his novels are'nt very exiting

>>9165706
I like him but I admit I just like edgy shit (although he's a bit self-indulgent even for me at times)

>>9165694
I think we could go to dephts here and argue that "This is not an exit" is about the futility of being, that even the hedonistic, limitless Patrick Bateman will never truly be fulfilled. That doing exactly what you want within the realms of the humanly possible is not enough for true happiness. But I think that gives BEE too much credit.

In reality it's probably about how there's literally no way out, not even telling people outright about how Pat murdered some people. Ellis is less about metaphors and more about edgyness. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed American Psycho.

pic or didn't happen

>>9165660
Proof or gtfo.

It's not patrician until I say it is desu

But all the bad parts are intentional.


This is the key to being a grandmaster writer and artist. Realize that everything is shit, but make it intentional so that nobody can poop on you because it's just an analytic image of reality.

>>9165658
>implying my shitpost wasnt intentional

>implying I'm a commie

It's an interesting frame to think about the "value" of life I guess

Of course not. History shows human life is a positive-sum game - there are still plenty of resources unexploited.

I think it really varies from author to author. It's definitely important to consider the purpose of a novel, and the form of the novel, but often I feel like the meaning is really out of the author's hands. The introduction written by Henry James to Portrait of a Lady after it's publication has some insight on this. In it he discusses the importance of understanding perspective as purpose in novels. In terms of analysis, the author's intentions should be considered, but an acknowledgement of the different perspectives also offers (potentially equal) importance.

>>9165550

Pretty much this. It's down to authorial intention. It's worth considering your overall message beforehand, if you even have a message. Maybe you just want to spin a well written yarn without any discernable message, and that would also be fine.

>>9165381
>he reads anything other than philosophy

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>He doesn't boil his diarrhea into a spaghetti sauce every Thursday.

>>9165419
made me spit out my pizza