things that make you immediately disregard some work of literature

>author is a woman

The only women I enjoyed reading were H.D. and Woolfe. Plath wasn't bad either

Book too much into feminism

>work contains irony
Might as well read a book entirely composed of blank pages.

>>9503729
look at that transgendered chris-chan looking motherfucker

>>9503794
fuck off hater

>>9503729
nick smith is dope, love his work on youtube

>>9503729
>author has a twitter were they call themselves a writer and do self promotion

Guaranteed shit.

>author is a non-white or female

>>9503742
What do you like of Plath's work?

Has anyone actually read that book? The extreme level of autism make it sound kind of fun

>>9503801
He stopped using YouTube tho

>This is an experimental-

>author still lives

>>9503881

>the phrase, "best x of his generation," appears in his obviously self written bio

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>NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

>>9506442

Fucking this

>quote by Dawkins or some other popular simpleton on the cover

>>9506440

it's usually
>One of the most compelling voices of his/her/xyr generation

>a tour de force

Honestly....If /lit/ overwhelmingly recommends it, it's always shit.

>provocative

Apply this checklist to authors before you read them and it's basically guaranteed quality. If the author fits the criteria, they get a strike. 3 strikes and you're out.

Author isn't male
Author isn't white
Author isn't heterosexual
If author is religious, they aren't Christian
The author has any mental disorder (1 strike per disorder)
Apply all of the above list to the main character as well.

Genre fiction (Instant 3 strikes)
Intended for a young adult audience (Instant 3 strikes)

>>9506488

Pretty accurate, but you gotta watch out for the ones with one or two, too.

>>9503729
>author doesn't degrease his pizza

>>9503742
Edith Wharton is a decent writer as well.

>>9506488
>>9506527
One or two can be fine, it's just with 3 or more they often turn into identity shitfits.
t. non-white

>>9506270
Yeah i brought it on my kindle. Found it a fun read because of how bizzare it is. Lots of highly specific descriptions of things, eg going nw at 30mph, or describing all colours in hex. Expect fan fiction tier plot with mary sue protag, a whole system of rpg stats which are presented constantly and weird stilted dialogue. Its basically outsider art.

>>9503729
Isn't this the guy who spent years working out every possible way of playing Bubsy 3D?

>>9503742
Willa Cather and Marguerite Yourcenar outdo both.

>>9506488
>The author has any mental disorder

Can you be more pleb

>author is a nigger
>author is a woman
Those are the main ones to look out for

>>9508731
I'll also add

- author is a poo-in-the-loo


lots of curry niggers who failed in STEM are trying to pump out shitty books fueled with Jewish style psychology

>>9508797
By "nigger" I mean anyone with skin darker than a white South American

>>9508366
Yeah, pretty much. I find his website to be fascinating.

>>9506442
can't lip read; what is the lesser hitchens saying here?

>>9503729
"a triumph of the human spirit"

I actually have a pretty hard time visualising things in my mind so the really in-depth descriptions were pretty good, I thought.

>>9503794
Ulilillia is god-tier, I bet you can't drink 2 litres of water in under a minute, faggot.

>>9506488
>I am a women hating racist the post


Guaranteed you've read less than 3 books of any woman or non western authors, and that's me being generous, you probably read a chapter of Ayan Rand and feel superior to your buddies for knowing about the 'canon'

>>9506411
yeah but you can still watch the vods

>>9503742
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