/lit/ - Literature

>>10733848
I don't have one favourite but this is ONE of my favourites. It's one of the strangest books I've ever read. Ostensibly sci-fi, it's an exploration of different philosophies and theologies by way of visiting an alien planet. There's almost no plot and even less characterisation and it's often quite disturbing. As the protagonist passes to a different region he physically mutates in various ways.

The creativity is amazing. There's a scene where the protagonist comes across a person sitting next to a lake, with one foot inside the lake. This person is a musician who creates music by using his willpower to "play" the lake, this has a violent effect on the physical world around him and his thoughts are projected into "shapes" that others can see.

this is now in my top 5 /sffg/ books

some parts were just stunning. disturbing, and stunning.