/lit/ - Literature

Me and my Wallace stack.

>>2343904
All those uncracked spines.

>>2343904
Wow, nice one, bro. Did you really read all of it?


Also funny how everyone on this board claims that they're read Infinite Jest and are bashing on it, but only one person posted in this thread. Sure they did read Infinite Jest, just as they read Ulysses.

Now I'm really convinced that /lit/ knows nothing about DFW, they're just trying too hard to be hipster by hating him.

>>2343907
I take care of my books. Also, so far I've only read IJ once, but I know I'll read it again.

I'm waiting to read TPK until I can get copies of Consider the Lobster and A Supposedly Fun Thing and read those.

>>2343914
Yes, in 10 minutes, only one person has so far had time to grab their copy of IJ and take a picture of it. How horrible. That must mean no one here has read it!

Hang the bloody OP.

>>2343930
I can already tell that you're one of those people who are always like "hurrrr hurrr infinte jest sux dfw was a shit writer i read the book in 1 day it was garbage hurruhurhur"

>>2343907
none of those editions of those books are really conducive to having cracked spines. they stay open perfectly fine just lying on the spine, and the spines themselves are really stiff.

almost none of my books have cracked spines, sans a few penguin classics (and of course mass market paperbacks), and I'm always sort of confused as to how so many people on lit seem to think that if a book was literally not bent back around itself (as that's what it would probably take to crack the IJ spine, for example), it's unread.

>>2343963
Spanish? or Italian...?

>that feel when IJ will never be translated to your shitty language ;_;

I'm unsure if it's a good idea to read it in English because it's not my native language. I mean I guess I'm pretty good at English, but IJ would be too much for me maybe, because I've seen a lot of people who have English as their first language complaining about IJ as being too hard and complex. ;_;

Once in a train I saw a girl crack the book's spine each time she turned the page. I wanted to destroy everything.

>>2343967
spanish

Here is mine, which I've read twice, and some extras.

>>2343968
Obsolete and outdated fetishist.

David Foster Wallace wrote this at my University!

Deal with it, /lit/

The small DFW section of my bookcase

Pynchon section is right next to it, but that Amy Hempel collection is blocking it.

>>2344009

>>2344011

>>2344011
>a pain and fever dream then he considered that this was the only dream he could recall where even in the dream he knew that it was a dream much less lay there considering the fact that he was considering the up-front dream quality of the dream he was dreaming

Holy shit what the fuck am I readin wtf is that???

>>2344021
It's an excerpt from IJ I believe. That's it now I give up, I thought about reading it in English (ESL), but now I see that it really is hard.

I'm so jealous of you guys having this book and English being your first language :(

absolutely loving it so far.

I have a beat down copy that I lost the sleeve for, so it's not worth taking the picture of. Here in my dorm I have like three books, and Infinite Jest is one of them (and I was totally unable to finish it, no less. I really want to, though.)

>>2344021
You are reading writing that is "consciously congruent" to what pseudos think an academic style book looks like.

>>2344032

speak for yourself, kid

>>2344024
It barely makes sense to us either.

>>2344032
Speak for yourself, it's over-hyped and not hard at all.

Proof only a handful of people on /lit/ own this books, let alone have actually read it through.

OK, /mu/ here, this book is definitely the ITAOTS of /lit/

>>2344128
Hi, OP

I've got it on my Kindle, and, yes, read it.

>>2344128
fuck you, i'm not taking a picture of a fucking book

i do have a copy, though i haven't got more than 125 pages in.

>>2343960
/lit/izens take more pleasure in messing their books up so it looks like they've read them than they do in actually reading them.

>>2344145

This isn't true. A real e/lit/e buys a brand new physical copy, lovingly places it on a shelf in his library and then pirates a Kindle version so that he need never damage his pristine book.

>>2344138
Holy shit, are you fucking me? I posted exactly the same thing a few months ago, what the fuck! Did you hack me, or something? How can you know about it!

>>2344145
>>2344147
It's just a book. What is this...I don't even...

>>2344138
No shit.
Finnegans Wake is our Trout Mask Replica.

>>2343884
I'd post a pic, but I don't have it w/ me here.

Just finished yesterday.

Man that non-ending... I feel so empty.

I don't feel so bad about DFW killing himself now

>>2343963
Dude, why? Unless you're from Spain, there's no reason you should be getting those horrible Seix arral/Mondadori/Anagrama translations.

>>2344013
I wish I had taken notes, there are a lot of good sections I wish I could go back to quickly.

Like that chick in the Insane Asylum for pot addiction, I don't remember her name nor relevance but that was a great read.

Participating in a camwhore thread.

>>2343985
Irreverent 20th century white American style.

>>2344181
I like your Gaddis books.
Haven't seen that style around.

>>2344184
I just got them from a pre-order this week, they're out February from Dalkey Archive, acid-free paper. The J R introduction is pretty bullshit (basically a namedrop on Moody to get some of the New Yorker crowd that've been scared to read him) but they're handsome editions and about $12 each right now in America.

>http://litinfinitejest.org/forums/index.php

Anyone registered on this shit?

hey guys can i play too?

it doesn't seem to be too difficult to read

it's not some finnegan's wake unintelligible gibberish that's for certain

1. I don't have a webcam.
2. /lit/ wouldn't even recognise my British edition. "But where are the clouds??"

>>2343884
>not having the non-shit cover
>2012

>>2344276

Ah, and there it is.

I hate that front cover.

WHAT THE HELL?
Why the fuck is everyone so OBSESSED with this book? It's just because he killed himself, right?

>>2344304
Nope.

>>2344304
no there are a lot of reasons for it, really. first, it's a good book and wallace was legitimately a talented writer. second, it's directed towards and deals with issues concerning the upper-middle-class intellectual cultural clade, IE a lot of us. third, wallace had an important position culturally as one of the leading youngish american novelists. fourth, he committed suicide.

i mean, i guess

>>2344304
it's just the /lit/ hype. I bought it because of /lit/ 6 months ago, about to start reading it now.

>>2344314
>not reading it pre-coming to /lit/
Get out.

Next you'll be claiming you didn't know of Tao Lin till /lit/

Plebs on this board for sure.

>>2344311

This summed it up well. Although, it's still one of my least favourite DFW books. I recommend instead reading The Pale King or Girl With Curious Hair.

>>2344325
>pre-cum
>>>/soc/

I preferred it when Gravity's Rainbow was our favourite book.

>>2344329
>not recommending his best work.

>>2344276
>British edition non-shit

Lies. That's why I imported mine. British edition is too small, poorly made, worse cover and has that crappy Eggers introduction.

>>2344347
I prefer the cover to the cloud yank one.
Eggers intro is terrible as is the quality however.

Size doesn't mean much to me though. While fatter, it seems less bulky, which is good for reading on the bus to let all the hipster girls know I'm down with DFW.

>Not having your copy duct-taped due to massive use
>Clearly owning a copy but not reading it heavily
>2012
>ISHYGDDT

>>2344386

I had to Sellotape my copy of Franny and Zooey due to frequent rereading. Does that count for dedication to smart books?

I don't think I've seen anyone ITT - or anyone on this board - with Everything and More. What up with that?

>>2344337
2666 is /lit/'s fav. This is just a fad, like Ranf.

>>2344386
>Watches Misfits
>has the audacity to criticise anything.

>>2344444
>dem quints
Pretty sure The Man Without Qualities or In Search of Lost Time are /lit/'s all time favorites.

>>2344434

That's like saying no-one owns Signifying Rappers.

No-one here's THAT much of a DFW douche.

the british version

Wallace, David Foster - Infinite Jest.mobi

>>2344489
What book is that Truman baby?

>>2344504

Looks like Rushdie's Satanic Verses (or Midnight's Children).

my paltry dfw collection, with my current spot marked in oblivion
i finished "good old neon" in oblivion yesterday, which was also my best friend's first birthday since he committed suicide
feels poignant man

>>2344504

currently reading.

>>2344489
How about you and I experience that literary masterpiece together, if you know what I mean.

>>2344532

>dem lips
>dat jaw
>dat Rushdie

>>2344486
Plenty of people here have read his other works of non-fiction...

I actaully thought that /lit/ dont like this guy, and everyone is just being ironical like /mu/ is with ITAOTS, but now this...

I really am disappointed. ;_;

>>2344712
>he thinks /mu/ doesn't legitimately love ITAOTS

>>2344712

Except it's more hipster to bash DFW than like him.

>>2344712
>check this pleb, he can't appreciate NMH.

>>2344729
Check this guy, he's so edgy and hip. Loves DFW and Neutral Milk Hotel. You would be a blast IRL, I'm sure.

>>2344721
>>2344729
Gentlemen, newfriends.

>>2344733
I'm also mad into alt-lit.

Wanna hang out, maybe slam back a few pabsts then head back to my loft?

>>2344735
I just came here a few days ago. u mad because I'm already enriched in 4chan culture.

>>2344742
Oh, I can't fucking believe it. Talks like a hipster, acts like a hipster, loves shit hipster stuff, and looks like a hipster, assuming that is you.

Fuck you, guy, fuck you.

>>2344742
Hey, baby. Want a date?

>>2344749
shut up with the "hipster" it's an asinine word

>>2344742
nigga you do look like a faggot doe

i'll slam back some "pabsts" in-between ya butt cheeks

>>2344742
>I just came here a few days ago
Nonsense. You've been here quite a while as Dr Seussicide. I'm not against you by the way - it's good to have someone around who's more into contemporary lit.

>>2344749
>He gets mad because people are different than him.

>>2344742
lol this fag has been posting for ages. he always does those soccer pics of celtic or whatever

>>2344760
Oh no! Seriously, there's a reason people do normal things and live by the well established rules. Stop thinking you're part of some new-age revolution, you're not. What the fuck is wrong with doing what we can to survive? Because it seems the only thing you can come up with is ‘too mainstream’ and ‘fuck da government xDDXD’.

>>2344767
celtic? fucking disgusting irish paddy mick cunt, LOL!

>>2344768
>He attributes viewpoints and opinions to people he knows nothing about.

>>2344773
Projecting.

>>2344749
u wish u were on my level bro. I'm just too DECK for you.
>hipster
Seriously bro, quit that shit.

>>2344757
>implying I'd be a taker if I was homosex.
Nah bro, we cool.

>>2344759
I like you too anon. We should hook up and paint children pink and sell them to married couples for $5

>>2344767
>selik
>Thinks I post the soap dodgin wedge scum.

>>2344778
o sorry they're hearts aren't they? I don't know much about scotch soccer

>>2344783
I like you.

>>2344778
>>2344778
>>2344778
Go fuck yourself you dirty Scottish cunt. YOur scum of the fucking earth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1tJJO_pVvQ

>>2344790
<3

>>2344790
>Scum of the Earth
But I'm not Belgian.

Second scummiest sure.

I am disappoint that some of the worst tripfags here are from my home isles.

>>2344806
>Tom Harper
>Ty Brax
>SLAF

Anyone else?

>>2344807
He said the worst.

>>2344807

almost all of us are from scotland / northern england, including me.

>>2344875
Another Scottish tripfag reporting in.

Anyone read that DFW thing about John McCain? How is it? Seems interesting.

>>2344885
Yep.
He comes to...interesting conclusions.

>>2344742
Joseph?

>yfw you realize DFW published his first novel at 24

>yfw you're now 25 and will never publish a novel at the age of 24

>>2344885
It's DFW riffing on Hunter S Thompson. It's hilarious.

What's DFW's connection to Boston? His upbringing was midwestern and his schooling and post educational life were in the southwest (Arizona and S. California). Yet he co-wrote a book Signifying Rappers which deals a lot with Boston and Boston and the surrounding suburbs factor in heavily to Infinite Jest.

>>2344922

He went to Amherst College for undergrad. It's in MA.

>>2344922
He did his undergrad at Amherst and would've probably known a lot of people from Boston.
He did a brief stint at Harvard, too.

Once i got through the first chapter or two it was smooth sailing.
I dont understand all the hate.

>>2344931
>>2344931
Didnt DFW used to teach philosophy at some college, forgot really. I'm pretty sure that he did something philosophy related.

>>2345066

>>2345081
How was Breaking Open the Head? I was thinking about buying it.

>>2345253
Made me jealous i wasnt a trust fund baby able to go to africa and trip my balls off, but i definitely want to go to burning man this year.
It has alot of good info and shows how stupid the stigma of mind expanding substances is.

infinitely shitty book covers ITT

Strong Italian Version

>>2345073
I think he taught English at either Pomona or Arizona, can't remember.

Only like 13 people that have this book.
That's more than I expected really.

Signed by DFW himself, umad /lit/?

bump

OP where do you hail from? I know of a ryan that might lurk these hallowed halls

>>2347483
that's more people than are on /lit/ really.

Oops, I forgot the pic in my previous post.
Signed by DFW himself, umad /lit/?

>>2347502
>idolizing people enough to care about their stupid sign
not at all.

>>2347502
Whoa, bro.
We got the same book.

>>2344181

Because why read anything else? Also Gaddis club.

>>2347508
Whoa, really? What's going on here?

Talk about a strange coincidence!

>>2347523
Tiem?

>>2347499
Where are you from. I'm more than likely not the person that you're looking for.

>>2347525

NYC. Why so secretive?

>>2347524
I saw that impossible geometric figure so many times in the last few days, it's really pissing me off!

>>2347530
Nah, well we don't know each other then. I currently reside somewhere in the UK. Plus I'm not really a normalfag and don't like socializing that much at all, so that's why there's no way you could know me. And I have only two semi-friends and none of them have ever heard of DFW.

>>2347502
ok so this is fake, amirite?

>>2344156
>>2344007
>>2343904
jesus, please keep your faces out of it. thanks -- the world.

>>2343974
you can't read. uncracked spine.

this thread rules.

>>2348024
>keep your faces out of it
2nd.
These people are horrifying.

Here's my copy. Picture can't really give you the awesome of the heft and falling open of a well-read heavily marked-up IJ, though.

>>2348030
>sneaking mac into the pic
>implying you're cool

Guys, is this book worth reading? Been thinking about getting lately.

Read this instead. You'll be better for it.

>>2348082
Why not read both?

>>2348083
Because you fucking can't! Don't you understand?! You can't! No one has enough gall to be that pretentious. Read BOTH IJ & FW? GET DA FUCK OUTTA HEAHH!!!
urgh

>>2348133
U mad bro?

>>2348135

a little, yes. im sowwy

>>2348024
>this thread rules.
Thanks. I never asked these people to camwhore or anything, I just told them to post a picture of a copy of their book. Was just wondering if there are people here really reading it.

>>2348082
>riverrun past eve and adams etc etc
Yeah, go take your trolling somewhere else.

great book, can't wait to read it again

>>2348590
I'm reading it for the 2nd time now, it's fucking amazing.

I so badly want to read Infinite Jest, but it still hasn't been translated to my language. Only novel that's been translated is "Oblivion: Stories", or that isn't even a novel.

Is that thing worth reading or not? Please, do tell.

>>2351274
yeah, oblivion is my second favourite wallace book.

>>2351667
First being Infinite Jest?

>>2351274
Read it you pussy, it hasn't been translated to my language either and I've read it. After that, you're gonna get through anything.

>>2343884

>>2351874
>The girl with the dragon dildos
Why?

>>2351874
>Jack D

Pleb detected

Don't have any camera here right now, but I have it in hardcover first edition. U jelly?

>>2343963

Yo también tengo esa edición. Muy buena, por cierto.

ITT: People who read Infinite Jest to be hip, miss the point of the book entirely.

>>2352113
holy awkward comma, Bateman

People like to do things when they're cool. The first time you read Gravity's Rainbow, you do it to be cool. You hate it, but not so much as one of your friends that tried to read it and stopped, and feel superior.

You'll read this book again when you're older, and it'll be different, you'll see it for what is.

Also if you are older already, get a job.

>>2347519

GADDIS CLUB

I want to get into Wallace, do I read TPK or IJ first?

>>2352148
Read Infinite Jest because the Pale King is unfinished

>>2351884
Because it's a quality B pulp story with a good twist.

>>2351889
Post your shelf then, tough guy.

>>2347519

/lit/ reading list right here.

>>2351884
because yr a shallow pretentious cunt who can't appreciate a good story unless it was written seventy years ago.
have you even read it?

>>2353053
>ftfy

>>2353053
>yr
>read Boneshaker a children's book
cool

I need to read Sense and Sensibility for a class now ,but I plan to start reading it soon.

>>2348343
>so not trolling

>>2353166
>>2353166
What is that? :O

Note the size.

>>2353099
>>2353099
>>2353099

>Infinite Jest and Ulysses prominently displayed
>sealed, mint anime action figure

Could you be any more of a poser try-hard?

>in town
>bus is half an hour away, have a bit of money and time to burn
>go into bookshop
>decent range for a small shop but you only really get good bookstores in the city, at least where I live
>looking for Pynchon
>nothing
>looking for In Search of Lost Time
>nothing
>see Infinite Jest out of the corner of my eye, tucked away at the bottom of a shelf in the back of the store
>oh excellent I've been looking for this for quite some ti-
>$35.00

Noped my way out of that store fast. Such is the life of a poorfag.
It's a lot cheaper to order books online, but I find greater pleasure in being able to just walk into a bookshop, browse for a while, buy a few books, maybe have a small conversation with the clerk about my selections...

>>2344722

I've only read the floating opera and the end of the road, how do his other books compare?

>>2353903

Jelly that you us Brits can buy it on Amazon for a mere £8?

>>2353929
Yes... I sure do wish shipping anything at all to Australia wasn't so expensive.

>>2353935
this goddamn ffffu

>>2353925
they're wackier

>>2352140
>>2347519
Gaddis club.

And no they aren't all read and yes some are read and no I just happen to handle books delicately.

And yes I plan to give the old duplicate copies to friends but I don't know any in real life that I believe would actually read them if I did.

>>2354479
Hey you can give some to me! Where you're at? I'd gladly accept those books from you, and read them as well.

>>2353793

>>2344181

Dude I didn't even notice LETTERS there on the very left before. Haven't read it yet.. I hear it's great though. Thoughts?

>>2355434

Where did you get this brand new?

Hard to find apparently.

>>2355434
>>2355434
>>2355434
HOLY SHIT!

I-It's beautiful!

>>2355462
http://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Peace-Pocket-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141025115/

>>2355462
I just got that from google images to retort the Hamlet guy

I didn't have my copy on hand

>>2355462
>>2355462
Check mine out.

>>2356854
>lcd screen
>reading
why?

>>2356867
>implying it has an adverse effect on the health of the eyes

it's fine if the brightness is low and there's plenty light in the room.

>>2356401
google-imagesing prick, as if you've touched a copy of parallel stories. do you even read?

>>2355458
Good eye, that is indeed LETTERS.

I initially thought it would be a lark to make LETTERS the first Barth novel I read, to make it a bit of an experiment to see how the quality of writing stood up without the prior stories informing it. Prior to this I had attempted to read Chimera and abandoned it a few pages in because of a disinterest in the frank sexuality.

Eventually however I found the Anchor repress of his first two novels used for a buck, and picked those up on whim. I enjoyed it more than I expected and I feel now like I should actually read the first six novels before LETTERS. I'm still dreading Giles and Chimera but looking forward to The Sot-Weed Factor and Funhouse.

>>2356401
What's a Parallel stories?

So I've always wondered how hard Infinite Jest is compared to other po-mo doorstoppers, eg Gravity's Rainbow/The Recognitions. How big is the gap?

>>2358859
Bumping so that "The Importance of Being On Time and Being" could see your question and reply to your post. He's the only good poster here.

>>2358859
To put it simply, it's an easier read.

>>2358859
>>2358917
This, pretty much.
See
>>2356061

Infinite Jest just uses a big vocabulary and tends to ramble on about one thing for too long (or not long enough, depending). GR tends to jump around a lot, a sometimes it's hard to keep track of who's doing what, something that I never had an issue with with with IJ.
Haven't read The Recognitions. It's on the pile, though.

>>2358859
Pynchon seemed to almost write with the intent of making it something you have to "solve". He was rarely straightforward in his sentence structure and had a tendency towards superfluous tangents that provided nothing for the narrative itself. When one encounters a page of material entirely about bananas or has to spend time looking up something about V-2 rockets, one would naturally assume this has purpose towards the greater narrative. In this case it really didn't and that is obnoxious.

>>2358989
Am I supposed to trust this guy?

>>2360402

He's just one of those Pynchon reverse-trolls.

Did anybody read So Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself?

I can't get enough of his interviews. I've scoured the interwebs for any audio of him too. I love how he can piece together thoughts in a complex and cohesive way on the fly. And he seemed like a generally nice guy who felt things a little more.

>>2360695
you mean Although
And nope I don't know where to get it

This promises to be an interesting read.

>>2362213

>>2360695
Yes, he was really a nice and pleasant guy, I could just listen to him talking for hours :) He had a nice, calming voice

>>2356882

Nice. I'm also still working my way up to LETTERS. Sot-Weed Factor is one of my favorites. Entropy, picaresque, mutated Dickinsonian characters.. it's a great irreverent ride. Funhouse is beautiful too, it offers the perfectely crafted short story, hell its already been cannonized in some AmLit anthologies. GGB I had to put down because of work at college, but if you have a copy you must take 20 minutes to read the "Publisher's Disclaimer".

bump.

up

>>2343904
I like your sofa.

>>2362543
reported for offensive imagery on a sfw board

>>2362550
Are you offended by the hugeness of that book or what?

>>2362543
Love the shirt

>>2362585
explain this bullshit

>>2362593
Thankyou (it's a dress though).

>>2362602
Yes, that is my knee I'm afraid.

>>2362602
Seriously bro, what do you think it is?

>>2362532
I like it too. The only problem is that my cats spend 90% of their time on it, so whenever I lie down on it I get covered in cat hair.

>>2362543
Like what you see ;)
>>2343904

>>2362641
Let's be friends.

;_;

>>2362602
retard

>>2362646
wat

>>2343884
bump

bump!

>>2362962
WHY?

Fuck off Wallacefags

>>2362970

umad we have a good taste in books, bro? while all you do is troll this board 24/7 and have no life.

>>2362543
>>2362543
>>2362543
let's be friends!!! a/s/l, also msn/skype?

>>2362602
what the... reported!

>>2363176
Fuck off, I'm not attention-whoring by not changing into unisex clothing before taking a picture of the book. I'm not even showing my face, whereas most people in the thread have.

don't hit on me you silly boys

>>2362543
HOLY SHIT.
A girl with Infinite Jest browsing /lit/. Let's be friends, please!

>>2363176
>>2363303
Notice how she didn't post her face and her body, only a small nude part. You disgust me.

She's probably an ugly pig disgusting, with low self-esteem.

>>2363230
So a fucking whore posts here nudes and tells us to gtfo?
How about you get off this fucking board.
Reported.

>>2363230

like anyone gives a fuck when the males of /lit/ post their pics

>>2363230
reported for mean person

>>2363366
Nigga please. Bitches all on my dick when I post my pic up in here. You just jelly because the pic of your ugly self never gets any attention.

I'm just kidding bro, I'm ugly as fuck also.

Seriously though, >>2363230 sweetheart, these posts are ironic satires of other boards males when females post. lrn2po-mo.

>>2363373
reported for being a faggot

>>2362543
Uncracked fucking spine. Can't read.
Get the fuck off /lit/. Stop attention whoring, you fucking whore.
Reported.

>>2363389
>implying I wasn't serious when I asked her to be friends
I never met a girl who likes DFW, not even online.

/lit/ confirmed as the most misogynistic, unfunny, narcissistic board.

>>2363413

Get out more? Train your slatern better?

>>2363396
The spine is slightly cracked actually, right through the word "Infinite", it just doesn't show up on my shitty webcam.

>>2363389
I know, I usually ignore these posts, but I guess that one touched a nerve. Off to bed now, anyway, night /lit/.

>>2363413
I've never met a girl.

>>2363432
>Off to bed now
Yup, she wants to fuck.

>>2363432
If you don't wanna share your MSN with us, or post your pictures, then get the fuck off /lit/ and stop attention whoring.

>>2363445
Strange Mercy was the album of the year.

>>2363457
Yes it was. Was anyone else even trying last year?

>>2362625

>Yes, that is my knee I'm afraid.

Did you used to read Infinite Jest, until you took an arrow in the knee?

What the fuck is wrong with your leg you fucking skank?

>>2363476
>you took an arrow in the knee?
It's like that internet meme i saw on reddit.

>>2363483

You seem particularly retarded this evening. You been working on your stupidity?

guys why are you being misogynistic at all times?

>>2363487
I snorted asda own brand baking powder and threw down some cough syrup with natcho cheese. It makes me feel like superman, or catwomen. I'm not sure.

>>2363491
because nobody cares about sex

>>2363491
because all of those non-burka wearing females cause us to feel constantly oversexed and underfucked.

also, they don't take us seriously as lovers because we share a similar hobbie.

>>2363469
James Blake was pretty good :) :)

>>2363547
M83, Atlas Sound, EMA, Cults, DyE, A Lull, La Dispute, Gang Gang Dance and that new Idaho record were also pretty good.

Panda Bear and Radiohead were really disapointing.

>>2363572
M83 was good, but imo it's nothing compared to his previous efforts. Pitchfork introduced me to EMA which was surprisingly really cool. La Dispute is okay, but why would anyone want to listen to them when you have At the Drive-In. Didn't listen to other albums you listed. Also The Weeknd was great.

>>2363597
And yeh Panda Bear and Radiohead were just meh.

why is this thread still alive?

>>2363604

Because it's the best thing on /lit/ at the moment.

Not to say this is a good thread -(the mods on any other board would have deleted it hours ago). More to say this is a truly awful board.

>>2363547
>>2363572
>>2363597
you guys are p. cool. Post your msn or skype please, since that girl who posted before in this thread wont. I need someone to talk to.

>>2363615
you should know, you are mostly responsible, anon

>>2363597
>>2363572
>liking La Dispute
>not preferring Touche Amore

>>2363722
>liking any of those shit hipster bands
not surprised, its person though

>>2363626

>implying any one person could account for the avalanche of shit that constitutes the average day on /lit/

bump

DFW was a failure and a very insecure human being.

>all this 2DPD crap

you disgust me

>>2365706
>implying 2D isn't superior and 3D isn't PD
gb2/soc/

>>2343884
bump

up

up

I caved and bought this book. It better be as good as everyone claims it is on this board!

>>2368773
It's fun and compelling after the first 200 pages or so. It also gets tiring and monotonous in many places for about 30-50 pages at a stretch.

>01/22/12(Sun)13:19
I don't think I've ever seen a thread that's been up for this long.

bump

>>2343884

>>2363469
>>2363572
>>2363547

You guys haven't listened to this, have you :)

Most of those were quite good though. And I liked King of Limbs a fair bit.

>>2363572
>>2363547
>>2363469
>no mention of Bon Iver
Not underground enough for you?

>>2343976
I seriously hope you don't read at your computer.

>>2370643
I don't suppose you have a download link for that album do you?

I'd love to hear it

>>2370667
Nevermind, found one.

>started on 1/22
>269 replies

what the fuck, /lit/?

>>2370643
Replica kind of reminded me of Dilla's Donuts, but imo it was nothing compared to his previous effort; Returnal.

>>2370650
What's the deal with Bon Iver, anyway? I seriously feel like I'm missing some integral piece of life's puzzle when I listen to that guy and feel nothing.

I found a good blog, with tons of pics of Infinite Jest and camwhores. People interested?

>>2370779

>>2370779
lINK?

>>2343884
From today, some guy posted this on /lit/.

>>2371266
that's person.

>>2371266
Why do Tao Lin and DFW always get grouped together here?

>>2372029

because they're both trendy amongst 15 year old girls and trendies like SLAF.

Nobody else cares about them because there's no discernable talent.

>>2372029
Pretentious contemporary American cunts.

>>2371266
That's Jeff Mangum's even less talented brother.

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT

IS 'RYAN' THE HOT NEW TRIPFAG WHO'S 'IN' FOR PRE-SPRING 2012?

'POST A LIL' OL' PIC OF YA BOOK' THREADS, EVERYONE AND THEIR INTERNET NON-SAVVY PARENTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THEM

RYAN, A TRIPFAG, GOD BLESS HIS WHOLESOME HEART YOU CAN TAKE HIM HOME TO THE FOLKS AND HE DOESN'T EVEN AFRAID OF ANYTHING

>>2372075

pastiche is not your forte

>>2372075
Says the supposed-PhD student who hangs around on 4chan...

>>2372077
>>2372080

>>2372090
Oh yeah, that's right. You make jokes too.

>>2372090
your attempt to do that is lacking like 29 other superfluous options necessary to make it funny. delete post, try again.

>>2372115
>>2372122

>>2372122
>doesn't get 2/10 jokes

>>2372135
>>2372135

>>2372149
>words words words words words words

I know this is the literature board and not /co/ but come on mate

>>2372168
>mate

uh oh...never mind I'm dealing with a real Paul Hogan type here

>>2343968

>yfw I rip fat books in half because they're too much trouble to read in one piece.

>>2343884

>>2372149
what is she reading anyway

>>2372075
>>2372168
>>2372135
And you're such a moron that you mention it. Shit, you're nothing.

>>2343884

>>2343884

the auto-saging has commenced.

>>2373348
What is auto-saging?

>>2373348
Shit. I'm gonna be sad when it 404s.

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