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Other than "Call of the Crocodile" what books could be considered "The Room" of literature?

>> No.18976679

>>18976671
The Waldun cannon.

>> No.18976687

My Immortal

>> No.18976854

>>18976687
Never heard of it. Qrd?

>> No.18976861

>>18976854
Fanfic discussion is not allowed on /lit/

>> No.18976865

>>18976861
We’re not talking about fanfiction

>> No.18976869

>>18976865
My immortal is fanfiction nigger

>> No.18976884

>>18976869
Oh. Ok I didn’t know that.
>>18976679
Yea waldun is based. His stuff isn’t quite as bonkers as CotC though. Definitely a contender. I would say CotC is more so the room for pulp fiction type books. Whereas Waldun is a little more on the serious side

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>>18976671
I’ve been telling people this about Croc since I read it. Absolutely baffling. Pic related

>> No.18976911

>>18976671
Atlanta Nights

>> No.18976916

>>18976901
You're the only one so retarded to actually fall for the bait and read it

>> No.18976922

>>18976916
It wasn't b8 m8. I remmeber back in the /wg/ threads when gardener was posting updates about the book before he released it.

>> No.18976939

Empress Theresa

>> No.18977168

Call of the Crocodile is not The Room, no matter how badly Frank Gardner wants us to think it is. What makes The Room and Tommy Wiseau so endearing and bizarre is the genuine emotion and effort put into the work. What makes Call of the Crocodile so bad is the lack of care or effort on behalf of the writer.

>> No.18977195

>>18977168
I know the guy on discord. He has an ego like The Room guy and view his books as masterpieces. It's nearly identical to The Room honestly in terms of the reaction.

>inb4 Gardener

I haven't even read Faggot Gardener's books.

>> No.18977206

>>18977195
Slander. Call of the Crocodile is superb and not like The Room. You plebs just don't understand true art.

>> No.18977234

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06d2F7Qe_1M&t=10s

If you like Call of Croc this guy has really good videos about the books.

>> No.18977239

>>18976671
My diary desu

>> No.18977259

>>18977195
F Gardner's past is equally mysterious as Tommy Wiseau's.

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>>18976671

>> No.18977940

>>18977271
Thanks

>> No.18978059

>>18977239
funny answer

>> No.18978167

>>18977259
Gardner Wiseau.

>> No.18978816

Not sure if that can be topped

>> No.18978833

>>18976671
Finnegans Wake

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>>18976869
>>18976884
My Immortal was a parody fanfiction. By contrast The Room was a genuine attempt which Tommy Weisau later tried to pretend was ironic.

There probably can never be a 1:1 equivalent because of the disparity of effort and expense between film production and book writing. The Room cost a lot to produce. 300-page works of fiction all cost about the same. So there's no novel you can point to and say "this is garbage but it's sincere and the author poured a disproportionate fortune into it."

>> No.18978856

>>18978844
Oh Call of the Crocodile is 1000% sincere. That's what makes it so fascinating. Memes aside it comes off as dead-fucking series. Which is why the parallels to the room are frequently drawn.

>> No.18978858

>>18978856
Correction "Dead-fucking serious. Not "series." Anyway you get my point as anons on here constantly point out.

>> No.18978864

Empress Theresa.

>> No.18979117

>>18976939
I'll have to look into that one

>> No.18979274

>>18978864
Are there different versions?