/lit/ - Literature

>>23145089
I still think it's pretty hard to follow, and.. like how people argue about PKD's prose.. Gibson's prose is apparently meant to convey a sense of disorientation and confusion (due to the rapid-pace nature of the f u t u r e)? well fuck me because with Gibson and Dick I find myself re-reading passages a lot

>>22699000
checked
>last
Foundation by Asmiov. mostly a slog
>current
Embassytown by Mievelle. no, I'm not gay or anything like that...
>next
I don't know. Ubik (re-read) or some non-fiction on Buddhism.

Japanese cover of Neuromancer edition

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>Thread question
When your body is sent from A to B in a transporter, is it still (You)?

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>>21555141
Sure they do. You can spin most sci-fi books to suggest they have a philosophical elements to them.

>1984
political philosophy
>Brave New World
political philosophy, philosophy of psychiatry
>Roadside Picnic
philosophy of science, limits of science, etc
>almost anything by Philip Dick
metaphysics, gnonsticism, mysticism, what is reality
>2001: A Space Odyssey
philosophy of technology, AI
>Frankenstein
shit I don't know, What does it mean to be human?

Japanese cover of Neuromancer

Post the
>last book you read
>current book
>next book

>Death of a Salesman (Miller)
>Biggest Ideas in the Universe (Sean Carroll)
>Use of Weapons (Banks)

>>21026431
>Death of a Salesman (Miller)
>Biggest Ideas in the Universe (Sean Carroll)
>Use of Weapons (Banks)

got 80% of the way through Seveneves, got 50% of the way through House of Suns.. I think I'm done sci-fi bros. these books are slogs, the characters suck, and the ideas aren't interesting enough to justify reading them. any shorter, standalone sci-fi books with some good characters? something a bit more emotional and relatable?

>>20641064
>But I refuse to go to the depths of HPMoR.
thank god.. cus that dude really grinds my gears y'know? Robo's basilik or whatever dumbass thought experiment those dorks came up with on their online forum.. jesus christ! but yeah Stephenson is great. check out Greg Egan, he is pinnalce autist. like, STEM-god-overlord-multiple-PhDs-non-euclidean fucked up i'm drunk as shit off red wine good night /sffg/ good night!

ok bros so after I finish reading this non-fiction book I'm on I'm going to swing back to sci-fi. What do I read? choices include

House of Suns - Reynolds
Seveneves - Stephenson
The Diamond Age - Stephenson
Embassytown - Mieville
Neuropath - Bakker
Three Body Problem - Cixin