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>We confront a crisis in scale when contemporary works are unable to sustain their ambitions. David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest is such a work. When I read it in 1996, it had been many years since a young novelist had dared to invest such commitment. Sadly, it did not come off. The result was rather akin to a large penis, impressive at first sight but too big for the blood to create a fully functional erection. Wallace's novel never got more than semistiff.

What's he saying here?

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What do you recommend?

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I just finished this book today. It had been on my to-read list for a long time, namely because of /lit/. Gotta trust the hivemind, right? I even read Crime and Punishment in preparation for this. Now I want to discuss the book.

Please give me your thoughts. And please be aware that the thread will have spoilers

First, I thought that the trial would be a significantly larger portion of the novel.

What is the consensus? What did you think of this book?

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Hey /lit/, pic unrelated

so I'm reflecting on some past fiction I've absorbed through various mediums...

Okay, I'll be honest. I just rewatched this clip from Metal Gear Solid 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iC9xpDSXyI

While the game is a stealth/espionage game, this speech by the antagonistic, all-powerful AI reveals that every event was put into motion by them simply to become more effective at controlling data and by extension, human thought.

basically, the game is built around the question: "How much of a human being is defined by information?"

The previous game deals with the question: "How much of a human being is defined by the genes?"

Obviously these are extremely difficult and deep questions to answer, and I am positive that the creator, Hideo Kojima, built games around them as a means of making people (read: young men) think about philosophy.

So, sorry to ramble, but my question is this:

What do you call a work of fiction that asks heavy philosophical questions which humanity might never know the answer to?

It's a dramatic subject, but I think referring to it as "drama" really cheapens the whole thing. In my mind, a "drama" refers to a story that focuses on interpersonal relationships.

So, what the hell do you call these works of fiction? Am I having a total brain fart right now?

The shortest term I can come up with is "philosophical epic".

Please tell me one of you has something better than that.

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Just finished all the Dresden Files. What does /lit/ think when compared to Harry Potter? I enjoy the way JK Rowling created a whole universe around her wizarding way of life, but I really like Dresden's way of being a wizard in the "real world" and damn the consequences. Thoughts on the better series of the two?

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I'm looking for literature about women who feel alienated from other women, possibly also men and humanity as a whole. Doesn't matter how they deal with this, whether they are recluses, wanderers or socialites.

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Gabriel comes down from God to chat with people in both the Bible and the Qu'ran.

What are some other figures that have a more or less coherent role in multiple different world religions and stories?

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Post patrician humor books

I laughed a lot in the ending

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what have I done? I can't bring myself to watch TV, movies or even play games. I feel as though I'm wasting my time when I do. so I don't. I used to read and also do those things. now all I care about is reading. it's been a year now and I haven't done anything else in my spare time. when my gf watches tv and I actually close my book and tune in, it doesn't feel right. should I even care though? I have shelfs full of movies and games that I don't think I'll ever watch or play. should I sell them? will I ever go back? has this happened to you?

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>spend 20 years avoiding Wittgenstein because I think he's some final boss of philosophy
>decide to read up on him this week on a whim
>he was a literal meme retard
>Tractatus was B+ at best, same shit done by a dozen other guys in the 20th century except they actually worked out their ideas instead of just being a trendy celebrity with them
>Investigations is exact same thing, just read Heidegger ten other guys instead
>only a trendy celebrity because horrendous parody-of-themselves-tier analytics like Moore, Russell, Carnap greased the wheels for him to be famous
>would have been nobody if (also a shit hack totally derivative of Frege fuckup moron) Russell hadn't launched him to fame while at the peak of his own fame
>these famous analytics didn't even understand him, even HE thought they didn't understand him
>unpleasant as fuck, just a weird dude who acquired celebrity status
>beat kids constantly, kept beating kids all the time
>may have killed a kid
>every coverage of his """""""""ideas"""""""" is 90% composed of WASN'T HE QUIRKY???
>SO QUIRKY!!!!
>also faggot Cult of Logic & Latter Day Common Sense anglos sucking his dick every time he entered a room
>which was usually followed by him gesticulating and grumbling to no effect, and then they'd scribble down "His ideas come to us as if by revelation. He is a divine god and I want to suck his cock."
>literally a meme
>literally a retard
>just the analytic Slavoj Zizek of a bygone generation

Alright, no more joking around. Analytic philosophy people are fucking morons. Carnap, Moore, Russell, I kept forgiving and forgiving and forgiving you people for worshiping actual autistic children like these fucks, thinking Wittgenstein was going to be some top secret German spice like Frege 2 Electric Boogaloo. And it's just more shit. You are actually all morons.

This isn't banter. If you are an analytic philosopher, or a fan of analytic philosopher, YOU are a MORON.

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Did Lolita want it?

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Lmao

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Books that depicts boredom, doxa and the mundane?

Also, is it possible to deliberately evoke boredom instantly with an image? (watching something 10 times or for a day doesn't count)

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POST LIT GET HIT

There is only 1 rule in /CRIT/ club: you can only post if you give feedback to another Anon's work or post a link/article related to writing.

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Post dem stacks

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