/lit/ - Literature

inb4 massive disappointment when no one replies / I only get troll replies

KATE. FUCKING. CHOPIN.

>>733916

No don't kill the jellyfish ;_;

>>733930

the silly nomura jellyfish go into the nets of these japanese fishermen who just want to catch normal fish

it's all the fault of the jellyfish who are delaying the fishermen's efforts, breaking their nets, and stealing their catch


bad, bad jellyfish

>>733924

i've read her stuff, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the work of her so called "influences"

Noam Chomsky

Unfortunately, OP, I was thinking about the same thing you are now a few weeks ago

I've finally realized that there are no other science fiction authors who can match up to ballard or dick

>>733905
>recommend me a book or author of the same caliber as J. G. Ballard and Philip K. Dick. who also writes about the same things

Not really into that whole "variety" thing, are you?

>>733970

Okay, if you're going to judge me from your armchair why don't you at least suggest a good book as well?

>>733970

as expected from /lit/, where 90% of the user-base are pedantic assholes who shit on a thread and then leave

>>733985
Christ, it is only 3 minutes later, and this is /lit/. 3 minutes is a microsecond here. I went to the kitchen to get a V8 if you must know.

Here's a short list, Philip K. Penis

The Worm Ouroboros
Ivanhoe
Far From the Madding Crowd
Darkness at Noon
The Wings of the Dove
As I Lay Dying
A Bend in the River
Middlemarch
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
The Day of the Locust

>>733989
Umm, yeah. OP isn't going to like those because no lasers, cybernetic implants, or talking computers.

>>733989

>Arthur Koestler

You probably like his writing alot more then I do. Also, Ivanhoe, really?

Is this list the kind of stuff you regularly suggest to people out of the blue>

TO be honest OP, both PK Dick and Ballard are kind of at the top of their respective fields, so finding something in the same genre that will be as satisfying for you could be hard.

If you haven't already, check out William Gibson's newer stuff. He's gotten alot more subtle with old age, so if you are someone like me who read neuromancer when it came out and hated it, you could be pleasantly surprised.

Also, Theodore Sturgeon has some fun reads

>>733989

while helpful, all of those books are pretty "stock", as in, most /lit/ denizens (myself included) have read all of them

>>734001
You asked for a recommendation. Sorry they aren't exactly the same writing as Ballard and Dick with exactly the same topics.

and yes, Ivanhoe

>>734023
I highly doubt "most". /lit/ was polled several times at different hours on different days and it has been determined that 88% of this board is made of 17-22 year old males, mostly students, mostly unemployed.

>>734024

maybe you should stick to drinking your V8 and stop posting non-sci fi in sci-fi threads

>>734036

oddly enough, that's the same demographic as the majority of 4chan users

crazy, huh?

>>734037
As you wish, Captain Kirk. Should I go into the other room and read Blade Runner then come back and debate the significance of plastic clothing?

>>734023
Now here's a bold faced lie lol

>>734044

no, just try to post ontopic and make useful suggestions like the helpful anon over here>>734017


Also, you know as well as I do that the book was called "do androids dream of electric sheep?"

stop trolling me

>while helpful, all of those books are pretty "stock", as in, most /lit/ denizens (myself included) have read all of them

> most /lit/ denizens (myself included) have read all of them

> (myself included)

I have been on /lit/ for months and the only 2 I recognize as being mentioned here before are Ouroboros and Day of the Locust, one in passing and the other in a thread from earlier this morning.

>>734061

yeah, insult someone over the internet, that'll show him

>>734085

i'm the guy who said I read all of the books that guy suggested

I guess I misspoke since I actually don't come to /lit/ very often

>>734064
I was on topic. OP wanted books of a particular writing style and I mentioned that he wasn't into the whole variety thing. He then asked me to suggest a "good book", then proceeded to get butthurt that I didn't reply instantaneously. I gave him a short list, then you, white knight who is most likely OP, decide to pull out your lightsaber and act Sith on my Vulcan race.

>>734098

Yeah, because all of the books you suggested are stylistically identical to Ballard and Dick

>>734098

stop making those retarded sci-fi references

Hey OP

read House of Leaves

it's a real mindfuck

>>734105
Dumb ass. He did not ask that of me. He asked me to suggest a good book, since I mentioned his lack of desire for variety. Feel free to lookk at the posts that aren't yours and comprehend that.

>>734112

>>734120

Does your mommy know you're using her computer without permission?

OP here

can we get some good speculative fiction/Sci-Fi suggestions going?

I'll start the ball rolling with Exodus, by Julie Bertagna. Yeah it's a book written for Tweens but that doesn't stop it from being awesome

oh my god OP thanks for reminding me about Ballard

I need to get his books out of my closet and read them again


Has he written anything new since Atrocity Exhibition?

Op, try Olaf Stapledon. He's older, from the 40s, but some of the greatest speculative sci fi. Sirius, about a dog that goes to Cambridge, Starmaker about the Universe itself...etc.

Hey OP

Read "The Stars my Destination" by alfred Bester

>>734168
looking into it
>>734176
already read it

it is good though

>>734190

this is what the average /lit/ user thinks is funny

OP here, can we get some more suggestion ideas? I'm seriously bored out of my mind here


If you have read something obscure that you really liked, let me know

Essential Sci-Fi

Time Bandits
Battlefield Earth
The Golden Compass
Children of Dune
Merlin the Sorcerer
Planet of the Apes
Buck Alice And The Actor Robot
Superman 4: The Quest for Peace
Ice Pirates
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai
Virtuosity

>>734237
GLORIOUS!

OP at least you got your "inb4 massive dissapointment" statement out of the way fast. YOU GOT IN B4 it man! WAY TO GO!

Sage for shitty sci-fi superhero wizards lasers spaceships and seals

>>734237

>shitty sci fi

OP here, recommend me a book or author of the same caliber of A. A. Milne or J.M. Barrie who also writes the exact same things.

OP amidoinitrite?

OP here, you guys are fags