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510325 No.510325 [Reply] [Original]

What does /lit/ think of Jennifer Government? I quite enjoyed it - in fact it's probably my favorite novel by an Australian author.

>> No.510345

>>510325
I preferred the webgame, as shit as it was.

>> No.510347

>>510345
>the webgame

Brilliant marketing.

>> No.510358

>>510347
I'll fucking say! It's how I heard of the novel in the first place.

>> No.510375

I love novels with dystopic settings; Jennifer Government, 1984, Brave New World. Got any suggestions for me?

>> No.510378

>>510375
Fahrenheit 451 is a given.

Atlas Shrugged

>> No.510385

>>510325
I remember reading this a few years back!

I don't know why, but Australian authors always seem so tacky. Have you ever read 'Without Warning'? I don't know, I just don't feel the depth in the works like I did with other authors.

>> No.510391

>>510345
>>510347
That was incredible.

I had a country whose flag was a turtle and everyone walked around naked.

>> No.510392

>>510378
Aah, I forgot about Fahrenheit 451.
Is Atlas Shrugged a dystopic novel? I see it on here often but I've never bothered looking into it at all.

>>510385
Nope, haven't read 'Without Warning'. Is it any good? The summary on wiki doesn't make it sound particularly amazing.

>> No.510394

I used to play an online game based on that book. Never read it though. It's on the list.

>> No.510397

>>510392
Near the middle it gets pretty totalitarian.

>> No.510403

>>510345
>>510347

Yes, this game. I had a nation called president barack obama, but some racist southerners b& me for no reason. All the raids and everything were good fun.

>> No.510410

>>510392
Exactly my point. It's like 600-700 pages of bullshit.

>> No.510411
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510411

The German name for this is a whole lot more iconic.

LOGOLAND.

Fuck yeah.
That'd be up there with Animal Farm or Brave New World. It's memorable. "Jennifer government" is very "meh".

>> No.510418

>>510411
Hahah, Logo Land? Really? Oh, Germany... will you *ever* learn?

>> No.510424

>>510418
Screw you.
Title is awesome.

The cover is also much better.

>> No.510425
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510425

>>510411

lol

>> No.510463

I'm looking to grab Max Barry's other two novels, Syrup and Company, but I can't find them for less than $25 each - except with pig ugly covers. /lit/ is forever laughing at people for paying for books, so what the fuck is the other option? Please don't tell me it's just borrowing them from the library.

>> No.510469

I liked it because it wasn't subtle. It was IN YOUR FACE

>> No.510471

>>510463
>>510424
>except with pig ugly covers
>The cover is also much better.

/lit/.
Judging books by their covers.

>> No.510475

>>510471
If I'm going to part with my hard-earned cash for a book, I may as well like the way it looks.

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510476

>>510471

It's usually pretty accurate.

>> No.510478

>>510475
This cover DOES look good, though, don't you think? >>510411

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510486

>>510476
> womenjustwanttoberaped.jpg

I see more evidence of this every day.

>> No.510496

>>510392
No. Atlas Shrugged is clearly a utopia, you communist faggot.

>> No.510529
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510529

I design my own cover.
I think it's very stylish and dystopia-looking.

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510976

>>favorite novel by an Australian author

Should be an HBO miniseries.

>> No.511002

I haven't read it; it just reminds me of spending hours and hours playing on Nationstates in middle school.

That was the first intensive writing practice I got, actually.

>> No.511004

It was okay, but then I read Snow Crash, which is a vastly superior decentralized dystopia.

>> No.511005

Oh my god, I remember this book! I haven't thought about it in such a long time, though.

I didn't even know the author was Australian.

>> No.511007

I haven't read the book and I doubt I ever will but that quote on the front is the dumbest thing I've ever read

>> No.511022

>>511004
Hang on, Snow Crash; is that the one with the DELIVERATOR?

>> No.511061

>>511022
You bet your balls it is.
lol shit ending

>> No.511139

>>511061
>stephenson
>shit ending

no shit boyo

>> No.511153

>>510496

It's only a utopia if you're a leftist. You've obviously never even read the damn thing.