You have 5 seconds to explain why you haven't read it yet.

because i'm not a pleb

>>8130471
But you are a pleb, because you haven't read it.

How long is that shit?

>>8130478
248 pages. Don't call it shit.

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>>8130471
>claims to not be a pleb
>hasn't read Tai Pei

>>8130464
Because the author keeps nagging about it on a Cambodian basket-weaving website leading me to believe that he's a pleb.

I don't read books by plebs.

Do normies really do as many drugs as paul does?

>>8130492
Tao Lin isn't a pleb, you're a pleb.

Haven't read it, and never will. It's fucking dogshit only hipster chinks like himself can appreciate

>>8130498
It is not dog shit.

as a hipster I'd like to just let you all know that we don't like him or his little whore mira gonzaga.

>>8130508
You're right, it's dogshit.

>>8130464
Because after slogging through Shoplifting From American Apparel and Eeee Eeee Eeee, (both of which I didn't pay for, mercifully enough) I was done with Tao Lin.

>>8130515
It's better than you.

>>8130521
It's better at being a dogshit book than I am, sure.

>>8130512
Mira's occasionally so retarded she's funny in a laughing at you, not with you sort of way. Like that one vice article she wrote about drinking lube because it had thc in it.

>>8130525
I highly doubt she ever did that.

>>8130522
You'll never be as successful as Tao Lin, you are jealous of him.

>>8130529
honestly I'd rather never get published than get published and be hated.

>>8130528
She made a bong out of Infinite Jest and posts pictures of her feet on Instagram. I wouldn't doubt that she drank a bottle of lube.

>>8130529
I'd gladly wager that Tao Lin is only trivially richer than I am, if at all. Nobody outside this shitty board and hipster chink circles give a damn about it.

He also has the handicap of having written a shitty book so that places me comfortably higher than him.

I have

>>8130464
the kafka of his generation

>>8130493
no paul had a serious drug problem.

>>8130517
>slogging through Shoplifting From American Apparel
that book is like 80 pages, i don't think that counts as "slogging"

>>8130534
ultra pleb

>>8130539
>I'd gladly wager that Tao Lin is only trivially richer than I am, if at all. Nobody outside this shitty board and hipster chink circles give a damn about it.

Tapei was reviewed by, The New York Times among others. That's bigger than you will get.

>>8130529
Why do people constantly spout this?

Jealousy has absolutely nothing to do with whether a book is shit or not.
Is nobody on this board allowed to criticize a single book because we're all just jealous of the author for having sold more copies than us?

>>8130548
>Jealousy has absolutely nothing to do with whether a book is shit or not.

You are biased against Tao Lin because he's a successful author and businessman who posted on /lit/.

is this one of the new meme books this board is gonna spam like yall do with infinite jest

>>8130528
I don't think she's clever enough to make this kind of shit up, anon. Have you seen her writing? She's not very creative.

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/what-happens-when-you-drink-an-entire-bottle-of-weed-lube

>>8130553
Yes

>>8130464
because I value aesthetic worth and complexity over obsession with escape from/reveling in post-modernism.

>>8130562
>because I value aesthetic worth and complexity

That's funny because only simple people don't like Tao Lin.

>>8130494
Tao.
YOU
ARE
NOT
RELEVANT

>>8130567
Don't say things you don't mean.

>>8130544
Length is irrelevant when something is terrible. Even one page of terrible shit is a chore to get through.

>>8130553
>being THIS new

>>8130572
Fucking stop mocking Tao Lin you son of a bitch

i flipped through it. it was ok

>>8130578
what a whiny cunt you sound like

>>8130583
Look who's talking

i actually had a very constructive and enjoyable argument with someone about this book on here the other day

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if Tao worked this hard offline he'd have finished Taipei 2 Return of the Hipsters and TaiPei 3 Merry Christmas, Taipei

>>8130545
>That's bigger than you will get.
>will get

Who says I've ever aspired to be a shitty writer?

Also

>New York Times
>credible

lmao

>>8130609
>he'd have finished Taipei 2 Return of the Hipsters and TaiPei 3 Merry Christmas, Taipei
i really like Tao Lin but top fucking kek

>>8130617
The New York Times doesn't have to be credible for it to be the point where you've crossed the boundary into success.

>>8130628
You're still dogshit, Tao.

>>8130578
Are you literally him? I know "go to bed tao" is a meme in its own right, but I've never seen anyone this passionate about his books before. You either have to be Tao Lin himself or his mom or something.

>>8130633
I'm not Tao.

>>8130636
I'm his Mom.

>>8130636
>>8130637
I like to wonder whether or not Tao actually comes on here any more. Because it's hard to imagine that every time Taipei comes it must be Tao, but then again I can also see Tao coming on here to let people berate him because he hates himself sometimes.

I don't think Tao is in this thread, or if he is he isn't the poster you think he is.

>>8130651
He probably does occasionally, because no one ever leaves this shithole for good until they're dead.

Because I don't own the book.

I read it. It had been posted about here hundreds of times and I finally decided to check it out from the library. It's shit. It's so fucking shit. The only reason I made myself finish was so I could justify saying all of it is shit, though the first 50 pages are the same as the second, and third, and fourth, and fifth so it doesn't matter what part of it you read. It's empty of absolutely anything substantial and if you need 280 pages of choppy scenes and disorganized dialogue to understand the ennui and listlessness that much of the developed world experiences then maybe this book is for you, because you're a child and haven't lived through, experienced, or thought about anything substantial in your life.

>>8130665
It's on libgen I think. Though whether it's worth reading or not is another story entirely.

>>8130669
>It's shit. It's so fucking shit.

No it's not.

>>8130676
I like you

>>8130669
>I read it. It had been posted about here hundreds of times and I finally decided to check it out from the library. It's shit. It's so fucking shit. The only reason I made myself finish was so I could justify saying all of it is shit, though the first 50 pages are the same as the second, and third, and fourth, and fifth so it doesn't matter what part of it you read. It's empty of absolutely anything substantial and if you need 280 pages of choppy scenes and disorganized dialogue to understand the ennui and listlessness that much of the developed world experiences then maybe this book is for you, because you're a child and haven't lived through, experienced, or thought about anything substantial in your life.
Yo are wrong

>>8130669
>I read it. It had been posted about here hundreds of times and I finally decided to check it out from the library
Does this really work? I've seen other contemporary books spammed here and they don't seem to have picked up this much meme steam.

>>8130687
I mean I guess, read Infinite Jest last year and found a .50c old paperback of Gravities Rainbow I'll crack into this summer just so I can have an opinion on them.

>>8130669
Read it again. You failed to understand the subtle nuances and deeper meaning Tao hid and used to connect and inscribed within the "choppy scenes."

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I read it a couple weeks ago and really liked it. I cried at one point

>>8130717
Maybe I did, but at less than 50 books a year and ~60 years left I feel like there's a couple that take higher priority in my life than rereading something I honestly didn't enjoy a page of.

>>8130651
Hi tao

>>8130673
I don't know what libgen is. If it's a computer thing then I'm not interested. I read paper books mostly.

>>8130763
It's a website that you can download free ebooks from. Normally I prefer things in print too, yes, but if it's Tao Lin I kindof don't care enough to spring for a copy of his shit or even to hunt it down in a library.

>>8130772
I buy all my books used and they usually never get over 4-5 dollars for one book. Usually I spend 10-20 dollars at a time and pick up 3-6 books each time I purchase multiple books. So buying this book wouldn't really matter to me because I'll buy it cheap.

>>8130763
>I read paper books mostly
luddite

>>8130789
Used books are fun but I wouldn't buy anything that I think has a good chance of probably being shit, like this book. Why waste the shelf space?

>>8130816
My shelf is small right now. I'm going to donate some books once my personal library grows. I'm in the slow process now deciding what is going to be in my library till I die. I'll get an ereader some day so I can read books that might not deserve to be in my personal library first. But for now I got a lot of shelf space and I don't mind buying a variety of books that might not stay on my shelf.

>>8130464
Good question, imma go buy tomorrow.

>>8130493
Paul isn't a normie. Did you even read the book

>>8130846
he has friends/acquaintances, he's a normie

>>8130855
When you're a drug user none of your friends are actually friends. They are just tools to get you more junk.

>>8130464

explain why it's worth re-reading, anon

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>>8130508
>>8130494
>>8130480
>>8130477

Why do you attach so much weight to /lit/s opinion of this novella, anon?

Why does it mean so much to you?

is the girl in the book megan boyle?

>>8130986
yes

>>8130988
i like to watch her youtube channel. she is batshit. the book makes a whole lot more sense now.

>>8130986
>>8130988
Whatever happened to her anyway? We had a thread about this a month or two ago and everyone assumed she was either dead or in a looney bin somewhere because her online presence completely vanished and a book of hers that was due to come out never did.

I've never read anything by her and probably never will, but I'm genuinely curious.

>>8130717
> You failed to understand the subtle nuances and deeper meaning Tao hid and used to connect and inscribed within the "choppy scenes."

Read actual literature, you pretentious cuck

>>8131000
she recently started posting on her twitter again but not as much as she used to.

i was interested in liveblog, the book she was supposed to publish last year, but it never got released, i dunno why

>>8131005
Wasn't it just 350k words of her talking about what she did online each day? That doesn't sound like much of a book.

>>8130552
> successful author and businessman


lol

>>8130553
>new meme books
>new
This book was relevant in 2013
Tao was relevant in 2012

>>8131029
>2012
>more like may 2009 amirite

>>8131019
not saying it's worthwhile or that people should like it but for better or worse i'm interested in 'alt-lit.'

>>8130464

Go to bed Tao Lin you sperglord gook fuck

>>8130464
Oddly enough, I am reading this now. Not because of /lit/ but because a friend of mine whose tastes I respect suggested it to me. I was surprised to hear him suggest it to be honest.
About 30 pages in or so. I don't really like it very much. It reads like a much less creative and less talented Marukami, which just makes me wish I was reading him.

>>8131065
I'm vaguely interested in Sam Pink. Other than that, none of the other "alt lit" types sound compelling at all.

>>8131116
Sam Pink is tight

>>8131088
As much as I don't like the book, there is a point to the style of writing.

>>8130985
>Why does it mean so much to you?

Why does it mean so much, to you?

>>8130985

>almost 300 pages
>novella

>>8131087
Racist dumbass

I have never seen anyone discuss anything but the quality of this book and it is really good to me, I would like to see someone say things I didn't see/think about it when I read it or something :(

>>8130464
Someone sell me on the literary value of this, because the summary on wikipedia makes it sound like a mediocre movie at best
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_(novel)#Summary

>>8131789
I don't find a lot of meaning in things and taipei was one of the first books that made me feel like other people felt the same way. There are cynical books but they're usually too visceral if that makes sense, taipei didn't have a fall from grace type feeling; uh in conclusion the baseline of experience for reality was really flat in the book and that made me feel less alone. There is no literary value if you are looking for stuff like in the brothers karamazov, which made me sleepy and sad and more alone and confused , but I have higher self-esteem because reading it made me feel smart so I'm not dissing the book. The end.

I don't want to spend money on it and I couldn't find a pirated ebook, that's why.

>>8131880
It probably is on libgen if you want to read it that badly.

>>8131789
I don't like Tao Lin or anything he ever wrote but it seems like he appeals to people who are either autistic, have flat personalities, or have had their brains permanently fried due to heavy mdma use. If you fall into any of those categories you might like it.

>>8131801
>reality was really flat
But that's not true. There are dozens of sections in which reality almost dissolves. The Protagonist is almost experimenting with reality, it almost appears as if it disintegrates.

If there is a feeling of ''there not being meaning'' it is one of disconnection with the world and other people.

For an interesting and insightful perspective on Taipei listen to this: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/tao-lin-taipei

silverblatt's the man

Taipei is a casual filter.

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>tfw not sure if Tao is viraling on /lit/ or if anon is trolling to make people think Tao is viraling on /lit/.

>>8132091
I am pretty sure he is rn in fact present on this board

>>8132063
It's not on libgen, I checked.
I want to read it to see for myself how bad/good he is. Since the book isn't very long I don't think it'd be a huge waste of time.

>>8132158
Piratebay...

>>8132158
I could've sworn it was. Though yeah, like that other guy said, there are torrents.

>>8132206
I'm not just some 'other guy'. I have a name. i'm a human being, just like you. Stop othering me you fucking cunt.

>>8132084
>http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/tao-lin-taipei
this is bad ass, thank you so much

>>8132174
>>8132206
Got it, thanks.

>>8130529
>>8130548
Tbh it's quite normal to be jelaous of someone who got rich and famous while being a shitty author who writes shitty books, especialy if you are a writer yourself. If he was a good author people wouldn't mind him being aknowledged.

>>8130464
I rather write my own shit than read others

Last half of the book is literally just him writing down what happen with megan and mumblecore
if you seen that taipei makes more sense.

I enjoyed it only because for a summer i was consuming drugs like paul willingly as a experiment so i "relate" to it.
the ending was weak but then again when I almost overdosed on adderall just feeling alive is all you can be thankful for
Eeee is his best besides this.
Sam pink being the best out of the alt-lit crew.

I assume it's shit since /lit/ spams it, and since it's supposedly about something like "the digital age."

I read the wikipedia article and it didn't look very interesting

why would I read about some bum that can't come up with anything better to do with his life than drugs and internet dating

>>8133916
the events of the novel are not super interesting. i mean i was interested but i also get why bret easton ellis said it was boring.
but tao lin is an insanely dedicated prose stylist and a damn good one too.

>>8133916
The events of Ulysses aren't interesting, but it's the writing that makes it good.

>>8134380
but tao prose is shit

>>8134304
stop shilling for your friends please

>>8130529
>this flawless logic
>we all are jealous of Cohelo, Chopra and such
fuck yourself

i cant into fiction

>>8130464
i have

>>8130464
Whoah slow down sport
What is it?

>>8130464
I don't read shit.