what is the deus ex of /lit/ pls no gibson stephenson pynchon

>>8387002
>pynchon
But it is Pynchon...

Probably Infinite Jest tbqphwy

>>8387013
ahhhh fuck infinite jest

>But it is Pynchon...
yeah bleeding edge is pretty on point but ive read it

there's gotta be more than like 5 authors writing this kind of thing

Not joking, start reading into a lot of occult + conspiracy + mysticism literature and wait until you start seeing the connections and degrees of separation between these things, their characters, even their protagonists

Warning: May induce schizophrenia

>>8387033
Sorry, even their authors*

Also, secret societies

>>8387028
If you want something Pynchonesque (they reference him regularly) and literary look up the May Day Mystery. Very 90s, very conspiratorial, very paranoid. However not actual literature although it heavily involves literature.

>>8387033
i'd love to read myself into a hole of mental illness but right now i just have the time for an episode of xfiles or a conspiracy novel

>>8387046
>May Day Mystery

I'd rather find the "secret" messages in Lady Gaga music videos.

>>8387002
Read Blindsight now. Its free on Peter Watts's website.

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Not sure if this is exactly in line with what you want, but give Flicker a try. It's about a film student digging into the filmography of an obscure German director and uncovering a long-running conspiracy behind the history of film. There's a fairly constant bombardment of film references (both real and imaginary) and to some extent it reminds me of Pynchon minus the dense prose.

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>>8387002
It's that crane thing the Greeks had.

>>8387002
>what is the deus ex of /lit/
>excludes the top five answers

>>8387002
Foucault's Pendulum

>>8387002
PKD.

>>8387002
2666?
Illuminatus trilogy?

>Valis
>Night Film
>Oracle Night
>House of Leaves

>>8387033
And start Reading Eco's Foucault's Pendulum for some cheerful silliness :)

Go back to your toy board, manchildren.

>>8387002
People have to realize cyperpunk is a genre with little books, because it is not only books, there are also videogames, movies, tv shows, etc. In order to experience the cyberpunk, you have to visit each medium. For literature, there are few beside gibson and stephenson.

Euripides' Medea

>>8387285
I bet it looked epic when it was employed.