/lit/ - Literature

Any nonfiction books like a Pynchon book like cult symbols money orgy heroin secret type stuff?

What is it about W.A.S.T.E. or the Trystero that is worth caring about? So what if they are a secretive postal service, a "conspiracy".

Though it was obviously hilarious and the sentences masterfully crafted, the style and arrangement was ultimately too dense for me to comprehend given the effort I invested. 75% of the novel's best humour probably went over my head for this reason.

Why should I care about this novel? What am I missing about it, besides the excitement of whether or not WASTE members attend the auction of the secretive stamps.

>Writing that is totally lacking in symbolism.
>Wants answers.
>Expects anyone to bother.

>>6087006
>>6087043
I think this would be an appropriate symbol for us...

I just finished this book, like, 5 minutes ago. What did I probably miss/ what parts are worth going back and rereading?
Also Lot 49 general

http://encyclopediadramatica.es/Bookz

Greetings /lit/.

ED is currently engaged in a tirade against cloudflare.

I'm all for educating the masses about the evils of everything under the sun. It's also nice to be able to access the intended content of a link put in addition to, not replaced by, a polemic wall.

I found what I was looking for, but not from ED.

Time to update the sticky? Maybe throw an article up on the wiki with the currently missing IRC search startup guide and everything, and point to that instead?

>Paul Bowles never discussed?

And never will.

This belongs to the early days, an accord of minds of similar disposition.

You might fan the flames of recognition in spite of all that came before, yet ...

Beware.

We are watching.

The Power and the Glory - trolled and proscribed Catholic alcoholic adventures.

Under the Volcano - scrolled and divorcéed alcoholic outsider redemption.

Eh? Eh?

Sailing through chapter two of UtV now ...

"Could this be a conspiracy? An alternative message handling system full of people with nothing to say?"

"Let the bidding begin!"

~ The Crying of Lot 49

>>3242777
No hallowed skein of stars can ward, I trow, who's once been set his tryst with Trystero.

the only one

Tell 'em the SECRET Secret Service suggested it to ya.

Thinking about getting this as a tattoo.

what do you think?

>>2234615
>When you think you have things figured out, there's something deeper.
That's kinda part of the fun, though.

Don't talk about Pynchon till you read The Crying of Lot 49 - shit was awesome and hilariously pun-filled. What's not to like about puns?

pic-related-as-fuck

I just went to bat for you, /lit/.

Tell me you know what this means.

Long time no write my fellow /lit/erates.

Guess what book i get to read this semester...
and i am actually excited about reading Pynchon since there is such a dichotomy between people who either love or hate him. what should i expect? pic related

>>1295662

ah, WASTE. I know three people with this. Solid choice, since it's, well, actually a tattoo in a great book.

What does /lit/ think about literary inspired tattoos?
I'm not from around these parts, although I should come here more often.

The only tattoo I have [and what is probably the only one I ever will have] is a muted post horn on my ankle [inb4 fag, I'm a female], a tribute to Thomas Pynchon.
The instructor for the college marching band I'm in has a huge wizard piece on his back, inspired by Tolkien. I wish I had a picture of it, it's too cool for words.

[Pic related - except mine is black.]

We Await Silent Tristero's Empire

Can /lit/ recommend good paranoid-making, fun books like The Crying of Lot 49? Or epic allegorical tales with witty narrators like Rushdie?

i shall leave this here.


also, i am considering getting this tattooed

the trystero symbol?