/lit/ - Literature

>>22106845
Cute froggie

>>22106845
I read it when I was like 15. It was ok. It went way over my head and I should give it another go. I have SO MUCH I'm currently reading right now, though, and an epic backlog to boot, so I don't think I'll be checking it out any time soon, especially because I'm not particularly interested anyways hahahaha

>>22106851
> I have SO MUCH I'm currently reading right now
Name your next 3 books

>>22106857
Ulysses, Gravity's Rainbow, Infinite Jest.

>>22106851
The cosmic trilogy is better than any of the books you're currently on my guy
>>22106850
Pic

>>22106863
Just now? I read that when I was like 18.

>>22106863
>fagses, Gayvity's gaybow, infagnet homo
Wow, homo much?

>>22106845
>>22106865
It’s in my next books to read :)

>>22106857
I'm really not sure what the next ones will be, but these are my best approximation:
>Tom Clancy – Red Storm Rising
>Chuck Palahniuk – Fight Club
>Chuck Palahniuk – Choke
>[Bonus because it fits] Chuck Palahniuk – Survivor
All of these on audio bt.w.

>>22106873
I like your smug frog. Mind if I save it?

>>22106872
Enjoy them, anon, they're each very good in their own way but they all have a different feel and tone
Some of Lewis' best work

>>22106879
Only if you save this posh frog, too
>>22106873
>on audio bt.w
I fucking kneel, shitpostersama

>>22106872
You'd might as well read Fear and Loathing first, as it's a quick and cracking read. The Master and Margarita is fantastic too.

>>22106885
> Only if you save this posh frog, too
Noted. You got yourself a deal.

>>22106867
Yeah I read those (and understood their themes and fourth level metacommentary on a fundamental basis) when I was sixteen and a half

>>22106892
I kneel

>>22106881
> Enjoy them, anon, they're each very good in their own way but they all have a different feel and tone
Will do!
> Some of Lewis' best work
what you think about Narnia, Till We Have Faces, and The Screwtape Letters? I’m interested especially in the last two.

>>22106901
Narnia is a wonderful set of books, some of the most cosy ever written
If you have kids you are doing a disservice to them by not reading it to them at bedtime
If you dont have kids you're doing a disservice to yourself because they are heartwarming and wholesome and will make you feel better about life. My favorites are dawn treader and horse and his boy
Till We Have Faces is my favorite book and it's not even close I'm going to read it once a year every year for the rest of my life. Nothing I've read has impacted me so greatly. There is so much beauty on every page and what's more important is that there is weight to all of it. If you're familiar with Lewis' religious philosophy, it comes through in this book very clearly and eloquently. Many people, himself included, consider it his magum opus.
It's brilliant
I haven't read screwtape letters yet

>>22106919
My favourites are The Silver Chair, Dawn Treader, and Magician's Nephew. Never liked The Horse and His Boy.

>>22106919
Thank you for your answer. I’ll get to those after I’m done with my current tbr books. Good talk.

>>22106923
I liked it because the prince got a qt tomboy gf to go on adventures with
Dawn treader has the best chapter of the series when theyre approaching the end of the world
I dont have anything negative to say about silver chair or magicians nephew, I just prefer the others
For me, it's probably
Dawn Treader > Horse > Lion > Last Battle > Silver Chair > Magician > Prince Caspian

>>22106931
Np friend, enjoy!

>>22106845
This but only so you can read Perelandra

comfy thread
bumpo

>>22107564
This but only so you can read That Hideous Stregnth

>>22108413
Do THS fans like it so much because they read it before all of the current-year blackpilling? While reading it I could only think "damn Lewis really underestimated how bad things were going to get", though I know that wasn't his point. Perelandra felt so much more profound.

>>22108426
I read it recently after taking in all of the clownworld but I like it more because of the narrative than the societal commentary. In the Abolition of Man there were portions where he basically talked about how bad things were getting in HIS day, and considering that today it's about 1000 times worse than then, it's real easy to just point to that aspect of his works and say it's the most important or whatever, but I like the book for the hopeful and wholesome parts more. Everything to do with
the pendragon and merlin and jane and stuff. I do agree that perelandra had a more profound plot and themes, and I probably like it more overall, but at this point for me it's splitting hairs in terms of quality

>>22106845
I've already read the trilogy
>A Voyage to the Houynhmhms but worse
>The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz but more comprehensible
>Atlas Shrugged but Christian instead of money, and shorter

>>22106845
Honestly the whole series is downhill after he meets the giant otter

>>22108945
>>22109024
>being filtered by Lewis of all people