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>book is over 50 pages

>it's a 100-200 page story stretched into a 500 page book

hate these fucking bloated pieces of shit

>>8507038
examples??

>>8506985
There is obviously a lot of flaws in this novel (dat self-inserting) ,the poor character development and the complete lack of subtlety in the metaphors.

However I think the brilliant first half makes up for some of these, and at the same time leaves me wondering wtf happened to the second.

The biggest Mary Sue is the Messiah Archetype as a collective.

Zarathustra, Jesus, Aslan, ect.

What character is this n how is he a Mary Sue?

>>8506970
Cool
Thanks for the links

>>8506970
FFuuuuck. this thread reminded me i need to finish my complete collection of lovecraft book. im like a third of the way through and i just got distracted by other books. i love lovecraft but its just hard to get through.

>>8507036
I know what you mean. I read Reanimator second and it was downhill from there for the next few stories.

wait i posted the wrong paragraph first.

The worm is a solitary yet social creature. Social out of necessity, solitary in it’s need to survive, every other worm is a potential threat. It tunnels its way into the earth, the earth moving out of its way as if it knows and respects the worms focus. This worm was called Carl, and Carl was more isolated than the rest of the worms due to the fact he had tunnelled into a glass bottle 3 days ago, he now spends his days moving earth out of his way so he can get from one side of the bottle to the other, and then back again. The other worms see Carls tracks inside the bottle, he is a distant memory to them now, ‘are those tracks Carls?’ they ask. ‘Who is Carl?’ is usually the answer.

>>8506914
2

As Carl lay surrounded by the ever increasingly heavy earth he began to contemplate life. Was this all he had ever known? Maybe the idea of something outside of his confines was merely a figment of his imagination, a delusion. He didn’t know what was worse, the idea of himself losing his mind or never really being able reach outside of what seems to be a temporary barrier, an unbreakable one at that. Soil in his face, that was his life. He pushed the soil away and hit an invisible wall. The idea that he was only experiencing a small portion of his worlds potential was distressing him, it was becoming a problem so he decided something would be done about this problem, today.

>>8506917
3

Carl had a short memory, surely there is nothing more important than finding morsels of food so he may carry on forward on his journey. As he hit the barrier again, his memory jogged. ‘I’ve been here before.’ He slid his body along the colder substance, stopping every few inches to look outside, things looked the same only more exaggerated. He moved on along the new yet familiar material, there was no food here for him but something else, there are answers here. He just needed to know the question. A question. ‘Why can i see tracks like mine but cannot touch them, they aren’t my tracks.’ Carl coming to the startling realization that he wasn’t alone, he never had been, his memory like pieces of a puzzle fitting together. He followed the tracks until he saw a mirror image of himself. This is Carl, he saw himself but this Carl was moving as if in total defiance of physics, as if this other Carl was totally unaware of how he was supposed to behave being Carls mirror image. He worked his way up the body and stopped at the head and looked into the others eyes, the other looked back. ‘Are you me?’ Carl nervously spoke. The other entity hearing it like a muffled voice, almost like hearing someone talk through glass. ‘I am me.’ Said the voice in return. But Carl was he and he was also me so this was him, there was no other explanation. He was looking at himself. There were no other words spoken, his other self lay on the barrier as Carl tried to replicate the others body position and they slept there, together they were not alone, when he woke, he was gone.

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>>8506871
Omg it's in the sticky isn't it?

Well I look like a tard...

I guess switch to a discussion of the book?

Also my friends and I are trying to have a book group but no one ever wants to meet have any of you successfully created a group and if so what worked?

>>8506871
Library genesis, no competition

www.libgen.io

You can find nearly everything on there: your expensive, $200+ textbooks included.

why would it need to exist? literally for what purpose. just go buy your own fucking books on your own fucking volition. go to a local used bookstore, give them your business.

>>>/v/
>>>/r/nerd

>>8506824
but i want to get surprised every month!

>>8506760
>Pushkin

Pushkin is a polemic choice. Care to show why you chose him?

I would say:

Shakespeare
Homer
Cervantes
Montaigne

As the 4 corners (or genres) of literature

>>8506774
>putting a nigger among these thrones of dead white cis males

The Train Was on Time by Heinrich Boll

Now fuck off back to pol

>>8506772
hey what's with the hate against one of our closest allies and sister-board

>>8506873
>closest allies
>/pol/
Fuck off back to pol. Also read the sticky you dingbat.

no.

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something profound

>>8506666
something profound

Why don't you read the fucking book and figure it out for yourself

Chapter 2.

If that doesn't keep you reading then put it down.

>>8506643
>classic
>interesting

Pick one, I'm serious.

>>8506606
Faggot

WTF man

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>>8506612
Did we catch a little roastwhore with hurt feelings perchance?

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>>8506598

...but here's the 1953 Smith-Corona Sterling 5A I've written most of my stuff with. It's a sturdy beast with a light but firm response.

>>8506598
I used to think most people who write with typewriters were insufferable hipster faggots, and it's true that many are, but they do serve the purpose of keeping you away from the computer if that's something you struggle with.

>>8506648

Also if you have OCD issues and can't finish a sentence without going back and editing it.

>>8506545
Try the bible, retard

>>8506546
/thread

>>8506546
>>8506550

Isn't there somewhere a little more compact? I'd like to know for future reference.

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>>8506544
A self-proclaimed "experimental" novel written just last year.

>>8506569
Is this something some /lit/ poster self-published? It sounds vaguely familiar.

>>8506586
Yes.

>>8506535
The only thing I don't get about him is how many people believe he's literary to a certain degree. He really fucking isn't, and to me it seems like it should be something that's painfully obvious. His writing seems to be YA for the "goth" kids in high school who are too good for regular YA for various shit reasons.

>>8506602
Really? I thought it was just a slightly nerdier strain of airport fiction. Not that that's really any less vapid than YA.

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>tfw Gaiman will probably write 'A Dream of Spring'