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So I've just finished BOTNS, on /lit/'s recommendation. I don't think I have ever had such mixed feelings on a book.
I guess the closest book it reminds me of is Don Quixote, in the sense of a series of weird and wonderfully interesting events keep occuring. I loved specific parts (the chinese whispers version of the tale of theseus really standing out), but towards the end I was really struggling to understand what the hell was going on.
What does the rest of /lit/ think?
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>>7619145
Serves you right for not reading the Bible before starting.
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The book was an absolute jarbled mess.
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ITT : Come up with a title for every chapter. Lets play a game lit
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Reddit: The Chapter
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You've been through tons of shit in your life right?
Ever been hung up on a bitch?
Do you ever get that surrealistic feeling
That the man you are now
With all the shit you've overcome or been overcome by
Still fall prey to the heart
Which is a pretty silly thing and while you can easily rationalize it
The nagging feeling doesn't let go
Don't want a pity thread, just want to focus on that surrealistic aspect.
The mental aspect of how something so small can topple something so big.
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>>7619034
SURPRISE
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Can I borrow a feeling
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>>7619034
>The mental aspect of how something so small can topple something so big.
There only surreal aspect to what you described is the hubris of the man who thinks he is big, yet is toppled by something so small.
You aren't goliath. Love is not David. You're just a bitch.
As am I, brother. These cold bitches will make fools and madmen of us all.
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What do you need to read before you read the War and Peace?
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>>7619022
nothing
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>>7619044
Are you, sure anon?
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>>7619236
Not him but yes. Just read it and don't expect to understand the story or the characters until 100 pages in or more. Look back on the character list often and look up things you're unsure of. It's not that difficult, just long.
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Please help me find sci-fi authors from this link.
http://interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtbloom.html
I only found:
>Wells
>Orwell
>Huxley
>Ursula
>Poe
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I liked H.G. Wells " The time machine" pretty out there and a unique idea
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>>7619019
Stanislaw Lem is listed
Also some writers like Thomas Bernhard are listed under Germany when they were in fact Austrian. It's like listing Australians under Engfland and Scotland.
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Which book has had the most impact on your life?
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>>7619014
My older brother was killed in Afghanistan in 03, which sent me into a spiral of depression that (in a way) led to me being unemployed, unemployable, addicted to pain medication and still living with my parents.
So probably this book.
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>>7619061
R.I.P senpai.
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Is there such a thing as well-written erotica anymore?
It seems like more erotic fiction is being created today than at any point in human history, but it's all marketed toward middle-aged women and teenage girls.
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>>7618907
You can have good fiction that contains good erotica.
You cannot have good erotica that contains good fiction.
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Is this redditcore?
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whats redditcore
select all the food
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go fuck yourself
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>>7618819
I AM SEEING FOOD IN ALL OF THESE TABLES HELP ME GOD
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wolfe chan
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SHIT
POST
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Anybody here a published author? If so what did you publish? Was it self published? Did you sell any copies?
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So we're literally just a bunch of stuck up snobs who never try to write anything ourselves. goddamnit
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Published a poem once in a yearly compendium and a couple of technical (Linux) articles. Does that count?
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>>7618894
totally counts, just glad someone said something
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What do you need to read before you read the Tunnel?
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>>7618723
Get on a train, head east, go through a tunnel of pitch black darkness, scream "eaedeerrty!" and then jump off, hitchhike to Moscow, fly to London, sail across the Atlantic in a rowboat, find Atlantis. And Now, now you are ready to open up the book to read the introduction. Come back after reading it and I'll tell you what is Required to actually put your eyes upon the first page.
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The Meme Trilogy.
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>>7618723
You picked the wrong one; conformist meme poster.
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shitty chink genre fiction
bargain bin material
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Theyre good kindling
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well they aren't written masterpieces but they are at least enjoyable
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If you aren't reading for plot then what are you reading for?
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To look smart.
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For the visuals.
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>>7618348
Characters, themes and prose style.
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Post your list of top 5 best science fiction authors.
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>>7618248
Didn't this thread just get deleted?
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How about you name five worth reading?
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dick, gibson, and ballard
probably the only answers you'll get from anyone
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How did he manage to publish novels in English when he became fluent in his 20s? I know kids with immigrant parents who can't even speak their first language fluently anymore.
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His prose is low tier
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I really don't know why you find that so impressive. I'm confused every time I read it.
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>>7618211
How the fuck is it possible to write a book (even one that may not be so good as you say) in a language that you become fluent in in the 20s?