>ywn write so well that your first book rivals the best of

i just want the knowledge part

school failed me, now i'm trying to get a STEM degree and enjoy the arts when i don't know the basic histories or simple mechanics of my world

>>8426316
It wasn't knowledge in the sense that he picked it up by osmosis or anything. If you read his letters you'll see that most of it was extensive research or firsthand experience. There's a reason he only wrote five books.

>>8426346
I wonder how well read he actually was because the Gaddis website makes lots of references to his library where he's just chosen very selective bits from the books he was using from research, sometimes as little as a sentence or a page. Still interesting to think about how his mind worked that he could think of something and go find a very specific piece of info to weave into his writing.

>>8426306
what the fuck is ywn

>>8426433
>ywn understand simple acronyms

kys

>>8426377
I saw that the website missed a pretty obvious allusion to The Stranger in A Frolic of His Own, so there's no telling what else isn't there.

>>8426443
Pretty sure the website is just one guy, so probably.

Gaddis gives off the same aura of genius as Nabokov. Their works feel so painstakingly crafted and overwrought. What they did was less composition and more engineering.

>>8426433
You will never
>tfw you can never be a newfag again

>>8426306
>ywn be able to satirize your enemies without looking like a snarky manchild
Really don't see that Gaddis succeeded here. The very beginning of part II in the Recognitions is rife with it.