/lit/ - Literature

I love that book, although I *think* /lit/ hates it. But what DOESN'T /lit/ hate? Sequels were hit and miss, but generally worth reading.

I think I liked it more when she showed her cunt, not her boobs. Blonde hair isn't good. Brown hair is good.

Only Revolutions is my least favourite book of all time. I'm not kidding. HoL was a very good book though, even if the JT narrative was lacking. Only Revolutions didn't have any meaning at all...even fans of the book, when asked what it's about, just quote verbatim from the blurb.

Uh, title should be 'biggest cast of main characters'.

Probably The Stand (Stephen King) for me, I reckon ig had about 15 primary characters, and dozens of secondary characters. A close second is probably War and Peace.

"Why the need for privacy? Is someone going to serve tea and bring out the dancing girls?" - Bail Channis to Han Pritcher, Second Foundation.

The Foundation series has the most great quotes of any book series.

Random House, Faber and Faber, Firebird. Probably my favourites, esp Random House. The Vintage Range is excellent, and I love the red spines.

Prose = excellent
Characters = good
Plot = pretty weak

I think it's a very good book, I don't mind the slow pacing much or the lack of plot. The only sticking point for me was the last 200 pages where things got really boring, and I got a bit confused about some of the secondary characters. Shame, the book was great otherwise.

>>1908365

In all fairness, I've read 7 books of her's, and all were decent, good or great. None of her books seem to be bad.

>>1908337

If you're going to quote me, please ACTUALLY quote me. Don't misquote me to suit your needs.

Was Zorro that bad? Everyone on /lit/ seems to hate it.

>>1908302

Disliked Less Than Zero, liked American Psycho. I want to give him a chance to show off his stuff. Hopefully we won't get a Dan Brown or a James Patterson.

Oh, here's another thing that'll annoy people. I ordered the list from (predicted) best to worst.

>yfw Kafka was last

>>1908281

Some people here say I use /lit/ like a blog, and maybe that's true, but at least I'm, you know, talking about literature. Can half the people here say the same?

Conversation in the Cathedral – Mario Vargas Llosa
Of Love and Shadows – Isabel Allende
Lunar Park – Bret Easton Ellis
Glamorama – Bret Easton Ellis
The Convent – Panos Karnezis
The Bad Girl – Mario Vargas Llosa
The New York Trilogy – Paul Auster
The Narrow Corner – W Somerset Maugham
Moby Dick – Herman Melville
Zorro – Isabel Allende
The Complete Short Stories – Franz Kafka

Been coming up with the list for a while*, now I've finalised it and am looking forward to getting them online.

*The funny thing is, I enjoy deciding what books to get and then finding them almost as much fun as reading them

Fuck off, Tao.

Now I see why Quentin is considered a shit tier post. Nobokov and Vonnegut in the avoid list? Riiiiiiiiight.

Why don't the kids in the books ever have sex or do drugs?

Or even swear?

I always thought this was a sticking point.

I expect some genre stuff will still be read. Foundation, Ender (maybe), LOTR, and Harry Potter.

Foundation is my favourite series ever. I've read the Trilogy about 10 times each. Amazing prose, amazing plot, good characters. If the books were slightly longer and with better characters, they would be perfect. I love the one-liners as well!

"So, are you going to continue your intensive campaign of doing nothing?"

"Why the need for privacy? Is someone going to serve tea and bring out the dancing girls?"

The funny thing is, I'm thinking about reading Ex3. Richard Yates was a bit below average, but that looks interesting.

If I was a fan of the series (which I'm not, hehehehe), I would wait another week for it to come out.

>>1905444

Fuck off, Tao 'Hooting' Harper.

I read Richard Yates, thought it was half-way decent but not good. How does Eeeee Eee Eeee compare to it? How long is it? I heard it was short.