/lit/ - Literature

>>19093691
fuck off phoneposter

>>19093698
>fuck off phoneposter

To be fair there is no such thing as non-literary anything

Thomas pynchon

>>19093691
Ballard

Vonnegut
>Player Piano, Sirens, Slaughterhouse
PKD
>VALIS, Ubik
Silverberg
>Dying Inside, Stochastic Man
Malzberg
>Beyond Apollo, Herovit's World
Sturgeon
>More Than Human, The Cosmic Rape
Delany
>Triton
Stapledon
>Star Maker

I can't believe no one has said Xeelee yet.

>>19093850
and nueromancer

>>19093859
>>19093868
>Literary

>>19093691
I find Orson Scott Card's books kind of literary. Not Enders Game obviously but the sequels. His prose isn't great but there is more going on than just "cool scifi idea"

>>19093868
neuromancer is absolutely trash and only psueds who'v'e never read it and heard of it because of cdpr say good things about it. it introduced some cool and unique concepts that were done better over time but it's a horrible book, absolute fucking trash.

>>19093691
>What are some truly /lit/ works of science fiction?
Early examples of sci-fi are definitely literary... Frankenstein. War of the Worlds. Many of Jules Verne's works.
>Is there such a thing as literary sci-fi?
Yes. Almost any genre has examples of work which has timeless literary value. Don't listen to the dumb pretentious faggots around here.

>>19094118

>>19093850
I kind of hate Stapleton.

>>19094463
>I kind of hate Stapleton.
Why anon?

>>19094118
shut the fuck up right now anonymous-san you're wrong!

>>19093850
Are those the only /lit/ or the best PKD or are they the only ones youve read cuz theyre the only onez Ive read

>>19093691
Infinite Jest

>>19093691
A Canticle for Leibowitz

>>19094834
Just read it last month
Fantastic novel. I loved the way the story paralleled the development of the church. I think it was rather profound. There was some extremely deep commentary on the tendency of humanity to repeat the same mistakes, but also the tendency of humanity to persevere and rebuild from the ashes

Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun is one of the best novels ever written.

>>19093770
This. Also the work of HR Giger and David Cronenberg. Also Blindsight.

>>19093868
>>19094118
New Romancer fucking SUCKS but at least I read it

>>19093770
>>19095500
Ballardpill me
Where do I begin?

>>19095550
His early stuff if you like fantastic, dreamlike post-apocalyptic worldbuilding. (The Drowned World, the Crystal World)

His later stuff if you like the cutting edge of feverish, raw, sardonic, just-the-nearest-future post-industrial technosexual psychodrama. (Crash and High Rise. Also Concrete Island(not his best imo), Super-Cannes, Cocaine Nights(underrated Ballard) and his short stories, which are great).

>>19094821
i dont think PKD is a good writer but he has some interesting concepts. man in the High Castle and a Scanner Darkly are worth reading. Look up his experience with Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.

solaris? haunting classic