/lit/ - Literature

Stoner is straight GOATed no cap

frfr Stoner is literally me, fuck Lomaxxx and deadass Walker tho no cap ong

wow you have bad taste

Do you fellas prefer Williams' Augustus or Yourcenars Hadrian?

Any more books like these?

>>22248050
please don't make me read another meme book

>it's been one decade since Stoner posting became a thing

>>22248123
This one is good, bro. Trust me

>>22248123
its not one of lits meme books. its actually really great.

>>22248050
>how is this possible
You just haven't read any books better than Stoner, which is a middling book. Stephen King is on par with John Williams.

>>22248123
I read this book in an afternoon.

why is this book so overrated on this board?
Is it simply because the protagonist is miserable and also an english professor? aside from that there is nothing really fantastic about it

>>22248144
When you spend your whole life reading books that have something to say, it hits harder to read a book that's just the black and white portrayal of a life. That's it. No commentary. It's just following this guy around.
It's perfect

>>22248144
I feel like it's a handful of people memeing it. It's not terrible but it's so forgettable and barely exists outside of this board for that reason.

>>22248166
Oh so it's another Houellebecq

>>22248173
Houellebecq has popularity outside of here, he can actually write. Stoner, as someone else said, isn't even good writing, it's a bland story about a literal cuck, it's boring humiliation porn

>>22248144
congrats you just admitted to the whole board you were filtered. maybe stick to sci fi and fantasy books babe

>>22248184
>babe
there really are way too many roasties on this board. and EVERY ONE of them owes me sex.

>>22248050
Butcher's Crossing is probably his weakest novel. Augustus is his best.

>>22248184
I'm re-reading Faust, babe.

>>22248204
so fantasy right babe?
being filtered by stoner has done irrevocable damage to your brain.....

>>22248191
you could never beat up chris anyway, lol good luck

>>22248246
i don't browse your trooncord

>>22248259
>trooncord
kek, ok douglas

>>22248144
Troon anons like to self insert as a dickless midwest academic. Baffling shit.

>>22248122
zoomer moment

>>22248144
The cover is kino. That's why.

>>22248050
>exist
>in print
>nice nyrb versions
>library of american version with all three in one book
They're not exactly ignored by the industry
They're just not part of curriculums for obvious reasons
>obvious reasons
idk look at what is on curriculums should be self explanatory
yes i mean high school and college
and yes that's why you've 'heard of' most books outside of /lit/

>>22248050
It's sad how Williams was by far one of the best writers of his generation, and other than a few critics who liked Augustus, no one noticed him. Guy died thinking he was mid.

>>22248144
No idea. Its certainly above average I think, but people do seem to over hype it on here.

>>22248166
Sorry to burst your bubble but stoner is well known within (and even outside) literary circles. Christ, my grandma gave me my copy.

>>22248144
>>22248166
this book is widely celebrated and has had articles written about its revival in the foremost literary publications on the entire planet. you're simply unaware of life outside of this board.

>>22248144
Of any book to call overrated, you think the one that most english academics call a perfect novel and is widely celebrated as an underlooked classic. This board really has gone downhill

>>22248050
Stoner and Augustus are masterpieces...... Butcher's doesn't quite make the cut bud x

>>22248508
because he was

>>22248166
It’s had a resurgence like 20 years ago. It is the poster child of forgotten literary masterpiece

>>22249228
you have no idea what you’re talking about. you’re pushing this masterpiece meme way too hard, it’s very inauthentic

Is this better than Game of Thrones? I'm not sure which should I read first.

>Be a creative writing professor in a backwater university in Denver
>Write 3 perfect novels
>Die in obscurity
How did he do it?

>>22249271
either bait, in which case excellent bait, or retarded, in which case retarded. the hallmark of excellent bait is the inability to tell if it's bait or not

>>22249271
Maybe forgotten “classic” is more appropriate

>>22248050
Is it really as good as everyobe makes it out to be?

>>22248144
He's not even that miserable, he lifemogged me hard. Its just a comfy book

>>22248050
My girlfriend gave me stoner and I know she didn't pick it up because of some internet meme because she's a boomer too old to use the internet. So I'll read it but to be clear it's got nothing to do with you, /lit/.

>>22248050
>Stoner? I hardly know her!

Williams was a hack

>>22248144
it's a mad comfy book and I love it

>>22249288
Game of thrones is shit

>>22248152
This is so spot on. I'm at a stage where I want to read about the monotony of life, because I can relate and compare the stories to my own salary slave life.

Just finished The Wayward Bus and it was perfect.

>>22249611
Maybe, I haven't read it yet. But is this one better? I see GRRM and Williams compared all the time what does /lit think? Should I just read Neuromancer instead of Stoner since it seems to be his most popular one?

>>22248050
Augustus>Stoner>Butcher's Crossing
Which is funny cause I was most hyped for Butcher's

>>22249432
It is kinda great, actually.

>>22250420
I'm reading Neuromancer right now and Stoner is better

>>22250420
>GRRM
Yeah GRRM is better than stoner because it has more swords

>>22248774
>>22248741
>widely celebrated
>underlooked classic
really makes you think