/lit/ - Literature

Trolling is against the law.

im feeling a strong compulsion to drop $75 on a bunch of books i want even though I have a fairly substantial stack of books that I haven't read yet

God help me

i dont give a shit about reading overly decadent fag shit flowery purple prose or unraveling prose-as-puzzles like some kind of pseud who pts themselves on the back for it.
anyway sometimes the lines can blur a little, but generally If im reading non-fiction I mostly care if it communicates information smoothly and eloquently and is engaging. If im reading genre fiction it better stir my imagination into a whirlwind curiosity and contemplation of interesting concepts or submerge me in atmosphere as thick as honey. if im reading literary fiction it better cut right into the bosom of the human experience and expose its insides and I better literally weep over what I gaze upon

Books on Californian history?

>>12563369
Steam punk fell victim to the aesthetic meme much faster than cyberpunk and didn't really have the benefit of having established, quality works.

It still has a lot of potential as a setting though. It's basically alternate history placed further back. If anything, I'm surprised how little it gets explored.