/lit/ - Literature

>>22339740
Lot49

>cyberpunk
>is about trannies and personal journeys and not how occupt wall street was shut down by misdirection and the consequence of this
woahhhh

>>22339740
I enjoyed Neuromancer, Virtual Light and Burning Chrome.

>>22339904
Is William Gibson/PKD considered 'literary'?

>>22339911
Considered by whom?

Why do you care that other people think about it? Why do you need validation from random strangers on the other side of the world?

>>22339911
They're often considered literary by the academic establishment in an attempt to include genre trash in their considerations (the usual grasp at "diversity") but neither are particularly literary in affect and Dick often struggled to write a coherent sentence let alone something of artistic merit.

>>22339740
None

>>22339941
Validation from academics, not random strangers

>>22339958
What about Gibson's prose?

>>22339964
Which consists of?

>>22339964
>needs validation from (((academics)))
Yeah because people who major in English are the ones you need to emulate to be successful. Sure, buddy. But why don’t you just become an academic yourself and validate your own choices like they do? PKD writes stories that are often more entertaining than lit fiction. Neuromancer sucked bawls though.

>>22339964
Jesus, how insecure are you. Reading faggy Nobel prizes won't get you any pussy, my man

>>22339969
Sterile and dry.

>>22340421
No, it's because they are the most qualified people to decide what is literary and what's not and I'd rather listen to them than some genre fiction autist. It's an easy way to filter out garbage lit. Say, if I wanted to read a good science fiction novel, I'd choose Gene Wolfe or Ballard over Stephen King, because the former have their stamp of approval.

>>22340627
>have their stamp of approval

>>22340488
How I like my women

>>22340368
Scholars obviously

>>22339964

>>22340630
Whatever, enjoy your pulp schlock

>>22340627
Dude, have you ever been to college? I’ve had a few creative writing classes as electives, and the professors always talk about Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood. My professor even gifted everyone in the class a copy of The Bluest Eye bc he believed that it was peak literary fiction, so if you care about what “muhhh academics” think, read women authors exclusively. Conversely, if you had a brain and the gumption to think for yourself, you’d dig into the classics and go from there. Read more and you’ll discover what’s good to you bc at the end of the day that’s all that matters. No one irl gives a shit if you read whatever the fuck and liked it or not. They don’t. They only care if you’re /fit/, wealthy and of, at least, average intelligence

>>22339911
Uhh yes and no

>>22340689
Elaborate

>>22339740
A Boy and His Dog

>>22340676
Sometimes they do get it wrong (Handmaids tale is garbage tier prose), but largely you wont go wrong with literature deemed literary by scholars.
>Conversely, if you had a brain and the gumption to think for yourself, you’d dig into the classics and go from there
It's just a filter bro, I have a limited time on earth and I'd rather be spending it reading acclaimed, quality fiction. And "classics" are kind of what I meant by "literary", to me it's just literary fiction that has survived the test of time.

>>22340488
Just like AI

>>22340691
(not necessarily in that order)

>>22340723
but what about the prose?

>>22340882
Huh? What about it?

>>22340889
muh proooooooooooooooze

>that one Meredith Stout cosplay

"Mirrorshades" anthology.

"Hardwired" as well.

>>22339740
I liked the scene where she fucks you in a motel

>>22339740
The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter

Invisible Man

>>22339832

>>22339832
pseud- transhumanism isn't trannyism