Okay /lit/, I'm trying to pick up reading again, I used

making an obvious choice by literally posting a pic of which one you wanted to read, eh? HESSE

>>9062962
I did really like Siddhartha. Figured this board wouldn't be as into sci-fi, though everyone says Dune is THE sci-fi book, and Steppenwolf does seem the most interesting in terms of ideas. But I also read the first 50 pages or so of Confederacy a while ago and was laughing my ass off.

In any case you're probably right.

>>9062969
dune is great. there's gene wolfe but i have yet to read him. i guess sci fi will get bumped up in literary heirarchy for the years to come since we are literally in it. also this is a catholic marxist board or was.

>>9062969
Dune is shit! Medicore scifi. Everything by Hesse is great but id really recommend goldmun and narcissus, its incredible.

I'm reading the steppenwolf now and it's really interesting. I think it's better than the usual favorites Siddharta and Narcisus&Goldmund.

Dune is really interesting but it was too long for me. If it was all plotting and intrigue it would be ok, but I had to stop reading at the point where they are just wandering in the desert without much happening. I wish there was a spinoff of the family life of Shaddam IV in the form of a tv-series or something, though, as the little snippets were really interesting - like when he refuses to have sex with a captured slave because she is too beautiful and would be a good diplomatic gift for a political ally. And his wife and daughter - who are spying him - start to cuss because they fear that at this rate they won't be able to control him anymore.

I haven't read a Confederacy of Dunces, but from what I hear of it, it should be a similar experience as browsing www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings

>>9063034
>this is a catholic marxist board
>2017

>>9063237
>being wrong about literally everything