/lit/ - Literature

>look up a collection of essays by DFW on library site
>7 copies, 3 available
>look up the first book of Book of the New Sun
>1 copy, it's checked out, 8 active holds
I feel discriminated against

>>14640542
God I hate "y'all" posters.

>>10801955
The Christ meme is out of control

>>10680044

>>10220159
>Hmm, I'm gonna create these guys with free will so they can choose to worship me
>Lemme just put them in this perfect garden of perfect
>Let's see, how can I exert my will...
>Got it! I'll tell my creations, who don't know anything about morality not to touch this arbitrarily placed tree which would give them knowledge of morality
>Just gotta make sure I put the tree front and center so they know not to touch it
>And if they touch it, I'll be REALLY mad at the entire human race for all of eternity
>I'll just let Satan chill out in the garden for a bit too because I was kind of a dick to him
>Golly gee this is a brilliant plan
>*Humans eat the apple*
>WTF HOW COULD THIS BE HAPPENING I COULD HAVE NEVER FORESEEN SUCH THINGS THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT I HAD INTENDED

God legit needs to hire an outside consulting firm regarding his managerial decisions.

>end of book is clearly leading to some sort of defined climax that will show the effects and efforts of the main character
>book actually ends before that happens
fuck you ursula k. I wanted to know what happened to shevek

>>30763

>>9152337
>baiting this hard and actually getting me to reply