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The Deconstruction of the Deconstruction

>>7862406
Then at last I looked at Eileen. She sat leaning forward, her hands clasped tightly. The downward tilt of her face hid her expression if she had any. And when she spoke her voice had the lucid emptiness of that mechanical voice on the telephone that tells you the time and if you keep on listening, which people don't because they have no reason to, it will keep on telling you the passing seconds forever, without the slightest change of inflection.

I love Chandler, OP. Have you read any Ross MacDonald? He's extremely derivative of Chandler, but very good. His prose isn't quite as good, but almost, and his mysteries are better. That's the only gripe I have with Chandler is that the mystery element of his stories is never very satisfying. But the atmosphere and the prose are the real reasons to read Chandler.

>>7862446
You nailed it. The plots are sometimes convoluted, but DAMN if he's not a master at prose.

I'm in the middle of The Long Goodbye. The dialogue is great. I'll be sad when I've finished his works.

I'll check out Ross MacDonald. Someone else suggested Dashiell Hammett. Is he any good?

Chandlers books are one of a few that I can pick up and read again an again at any time. Such great atmosphere, you don't even mind a few inconsistencies here and there. Btw, you should listen to Bohren & der Club of Gore while reading them.
https://youtu.be/L33XI7ZnNjQ

If that was actually in the movie then I can only assume it was some random reference thrown in for literally no reason

>>Lolita? I have no idea why though.

>>7862342
I think he's hinting that he's aware of the relationship to superman. maybe like her and superman have to maintain a prof. image for work (slacks = full name), just lois in closed doors

There is no take away, it's eat in only.

>>7862331
Seriously though.

epistemological anarchy
ontological warfare
ethical pragmatism
political apathy
aesthetic existentialism

>>7862142
Well I've read a couple books by China Mieville (Perdido Street Station and Looking for Jake, both prety good books) if that counts, and I've got City of Saints and Madmen on my shelf (got the gf to gift it to me). Worth a read, you think?

If this thread is willing to branch into Bizarro fiction, I'll say that Carlton Mellick isn't that bad. Read Succubus and the Dildo of Enlightment, they were nice novellas. Not groundbreaking or anything, but definitely better than what most fuckers put out today.

On a somewhat correlated note, somebody got any Blake Butler or Gary Shipley books to share? I've been dying to read Crypt(o)spasm for the last couple of years, bastard ain't gonna publish it again I think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mees,_kes_teadis_ussisõnu

Check this out "a man who spoke snakish"

>>7862142
Other language covers are better but it's pretty good.

Just read Roadside Picnic.

>>7861897
Yes. Third rate bastardisation of The Prince. This book is to Machiavelli what Otto West is to Nietzsche

>>7861897
>my friend.

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>>7861897
No. It's a metaphor engine for attaining and holding onto the ability to help & hurt other people.

/lit/ ain't read it. /lit/ ain't read much, really. Mostly just Corncob McCarthy & one or two things from Bloom's canon.

What is the origin?
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This is terrifying for me. This is why I have so much hard time actually writing. I always think about ideas that I think that are good but every time I think "wait, wasn't that used before?" or "is it really an original idea or I'm copying someone without even knowing?"

it is completely impossible to avoid cliches
in fact, blatant attempts to subvert a cliche have themselves become cliche
when you think about it, by trying to difficultly to work around what seems a natural part of the story you're being less "authentic" to your own vision

Zizek, to rid you of this malignant ideology

My Twisted World by Sir Elliot Rodger

>>7861751
>a book in which a manlet gets beaten up and rejected systematically by women
>True Gentleman

>>7861555
Fucking hell autocorrect

Thanks censors

who the fuck gives a shit. why don't you make a thread discussing a book you retard

>>7861570
Maybe I like talking about art as a whole too instead of constantly discussing specific books

Can't always talk about it in school because of the way it is formatted

>>7861412

not saying cause of that tumblr tier gif.

>>7861419
whats wrong with tumblr?

>>7861419
Fuck off retard.

>>7861401
Sounds like you're not very well read, my dear OP.

No it's not

Well..... it's number one for a reason

Gatsby
Faserland

>>7861390
Just listen to rap music or something

American Psycho

>>7861249
You shouldn't insult someone before you ask them for help.

why don't you just read books

Goodreads.

the one where he's a miserable drunk asshole

>>7861128
Ham on Rye and Post Office. Also that short story about the angel who joined the baseball team .

>>7861128
That one.