/lit/ - Literature

>>12617264
Note that this Ice cream truck is a former Mr. Squishy truck.
If you read Oblivion, you'd know this as the company that is being sabotaged from multiple angles in an elaborate conspiracy perpetrated by various employees/employers against themselves for various reasons that are all ultimately at the expense of the american people. the story ends in an elaborate staged terrorist attack both from inside and unpredicted outside forces.

Compare this vehicle to a hearse.
The last two pages are interesting. They focus on Sylvanshine's response to Gerry Britton asking him "what he's thinking" which deeply upsets and violates him. He eventually resolves this with the fact that Gary's (or Gerry) character is simply that of an animal. The fact that he ultimately uses an ant is telling.

>>12618290
I'm not disagreeing at all.
I think it is both.
>>12618293
Sorry this is chapter 4.

Something to look out for:
This Blumquist character, while easily forgettable, will actually play a key role in the story later on as a ghost (don't think he gave that up after Infinite Jest).
Note that Blumquist suffered in silence, unnoticed for 4 days. He was looking into medical partnerships when he died.

>>12618249
>>12618184
This is a good question.
My answer I would guess would be a combination of >>12618249
and the exact opposite, a strict impersonal reflection of a natural setting meant to stand in contrast to the story's next image: a chaotic plane cabin, a man-made cruciform shape in the sky.

>>12618184
This is a good question.
My answer I would guess would be a combination of >>12618249
and the exact opposite, a strict impersonal reflection of a natural setting meant to stand in contrast to the stories next image: a chaotic plane cabin, a man-made cruciform shape in the sky.

>>12595174
I sympathize with what you're saying, but the truth is most people won't read the book just because of how dense it is in certain parts.
The way I see it, I can provide a roadmap for those with actual interest, incentive to keep going, but for those who are only slightly invested, I have a feeling they will be inclined to give up as soon as they realize how much is really going on behind the scenes (it's just more work for them).

>>12593729
I'll be considerate in regards to "spoilers".
But I will not hesitate to correct people when they misunderstand something that I view as crucial to understanding the whole.
I will point out things to look out for and whatnot.

>>12593518
It will be active and will probably comprise mostly of me ranting/explaining, and less familiar people getting mad/curious.
I expect it will convince some people not to read the book as it will likely seem like a waste of time after I cut the fat and expose the book's bones.
It will be fun and will likely make you appreciate the book in a way you hadn't before.
I'm the original TPK "novel-as-suicide-note" theorist/analyst btw.

>>12560594
I agree.
No discord please.

>>12550710
dont read long books on trains

>>12550561
It's more serious and mature than his previous work, sure. Also, more polished.

the book is written for his wife two years into their 2002 marriage ("for karen carlson and karen green" [same person) who apparently he was fighting with at the time (he was briefly institutionalized in 2005).
The titular story in particular illustrates this.

>>12550341
I never leave unfortunately.
I'll be her just about every night in some form or another.
Sooner or later I'll get a chance to go in deep on my analysis.
I'll keep an eye out.