/lit/ - Literature

Re-reading it, actually. Damn good one.

Just finished David Copperfield, about to start Tropic of Cancer.

Reading Hegel again.

its pretty good

I love genre fiction

I'm currently re-reading some of Nikolai Gogol's short stories, while I wait for the books that I ordered to arrive.
Picture related, it's from the other day.

>>2774617
Kill Yourself.

Loving the theological discussion in this novel.

He's thematically predictable and his endings have a really rushed feeling to them, but the imagery is stellar and the ideas themselves are worth exploring.

>>2774687
wow...
Stephen King uses the name Shardik for mechanical bear that guards a "beam" - or support structure of the universe in his Dark Tower series

I can just look it up, but if u read this wanna give the author and maybe some details? im interested now

>>2774695
The author is Richard Adams.
He also wrote Watership Down.

it gets tiring sometimes

>>2774702
muh nigga..

>>2774702
Yeah especially when it goes on about who showed up to the fight, where they are from and drones on about who their fathers were and their fathers fathers.

>>2774700
nice, well maybe I will pick those up then

>>2774702
>>2774704
ahhhh the classics - good job guys, bringin it back

>>2774709
oh man, the first time it devolved into a like 10 page thing about "AND THIS GUY WITH HIS 20 SHIPS FROM THE STRONG-FOUNDED LAND OF BLANK" and I just kept turning pages like "Homer, are you fucking kidding me here"

Just finished Notes from Underground. Meesa feel suicidal

A slow start as there's a lot of world building and only slight glimpses of the titular character; it gets really interesting though. Halfway through at the moment.

The Count of Monte Cristo.

Under the Volcano - Lowry

Pretty good so far, especially since I overindulge in alcohol, although I'm not much of a solitary drinker.

>>2774717
great choice anon

Two chapters to go in Lord of the Rings.

Dammit Tolkien, shorten it up a bit

>>2774714
Yeah bro, Conrad shits on Melville.

Sorry Amerifails.

>>2774725
>>2774717
OP here, I agree

It's my favorite classic there is and the best story of revenge ever conceived.

One of my most cherished books I own.

>>2774754
It's my very favorite book

>>2774756
If you like Dune then we are lifelong bookbros

>>2774756
It's not that good

>>2774769
i haven't read dune even though I love science fiction

I'm really fucking behind in my reading.
>>2774770
I'll admit its shortcomings, but I haven't enjoyed reading anything else quite as much. Plus I am still pretty entry level in my reading, I don't read as much as I should.

>>2774772
It's a good story, and enjoyable but ends there

>>2774776
ok

again I haven't read very much, I doubt it'll be my favorite until the end of time. Literature is probably the art form I'm least knowledgeable about.

Jews with swords!

After that, and inspired by Chabon's dedication, I might delve into some Moorcock. Gloriana, probably.

Dead Souls. So far just as great as Gogol's short stories.

>>2774783

How does Chabon always get such great covers?

>>2774791
Pity he didn't finish it.

>>2774792

I know! Every two or three pages I can't help but close the book, childishly turn it this way and that in the light and admire the whole thing. And it's really (for lack of a better word) cute how well depicted the protagonists are. Usually not fond of illustration over imagination, but it fits in nicely here.

I just started it yesterday and I can't put it down. I wasn't expecting much but I've been blown away. It's a really addictive read.

Next up is either Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close or Billy Budd, Foretopman. All three are assigned reading for the summer.

Any recommendations on which book I should take on next, since I'll probably finish One Hundred Years of Solitude by the Fourth?

Yes John, yes

Yup!

>>2774834
if you want something in a similar vein, try Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.

Your mind will be blown.

Slogging through Mason & Dixon at the moment, I'm starting either 2666 or Last Exit to Brooklyn next.

50 Shades of Grey. Awfully written, but at least readable. Stopped at about 200 pages in for now though because it's getting too boring...

Started Kierkegaard's Diary of the Seducer last night instead.

Yes, it's good.

This, purely because of the recent Bloomsday dramatisation on radio 4. Anybody else catch it? It spurred me into action. Currently at Circe, loving the experience.

I just finished the Tunnel by Sabato. I'm now reading this.

Only 4 pages into Youth so I have no opinion yet.

>>2775426
I'm reading this also; how far are you?

>>2774911
why are you reading that?

>>2775453
Curiosity I guess. I don't really have an excuse, if that's what you're looking for.

>>2775479
I thought you might be looking for sexual pleasure or something.

Welfare forms.

> dat cover

I dont particularly like Space Opera but a friend wanted me to read the series, so I started it a couple days ago. Its ok

>>2775517
i really disliked any of the later books

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

I'm almost done, but having a hard time choosing what's next...

American Psycho or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? I might get American Psycho out of the way since I heard it's not actually that good... I've only really just gotten into reading books...

A book on celtic mythology and a book of Borges' essays. Riddley Walker is probably up next.

>>2775510
I finished half of that book. "The Music of Erik Zahn" and "The Whisper in the Darkness" were two of the most horrifying things I've ever read.

Devil All the Time- Donald Ray Pollock. This is some disturbing shit

>>2775679
Bret Easton Ellis is awful writer, and I base this on having wrestled with his prose for almost hour and a half combined. Maybe someone here could provide more qualified insight. Androids isn't among Dick's best work so if you haven't read him before I'd suggest picking up Ubik or Zap Gun (if you want something more light-hearted). If you liked Hunter Thompson (and I see no reason for that not being the case) I'd reccomend Hell's Angels (journalistic novel that he made his name on), or Great Shark Hunt (collage of his texts).

And if your air conditioner isn't working, I suggest reading The Drowned World.