/lit/ - Literature

>>8657966
New Sun wasn't particularly hard, Wolfe makes his point clear.

>>8657995
It was convoluted until the end due the the narration style

>>8658010
It was confusing at times and needed piecing together, not convoluted.

>>8657966

TELL ME ABOUT SEVERIAN, WHY DOES HE WEAR THE MASK?

>>8657966
at least inaccessible books are still fun to read, well not this one

>>8657966
15th century Le Morte D'Arthur has been the hardest for me.

>>8658032
Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man, before throwing him out of a plane?

>>8657966

finished hegel's phenomenology and its definitely the hardest but largely intelligible work ive ever read. seeing it all come together in the "preface" has been really rewarding.

i "made it" through derrida's difference and repetition but it was largely over my head. there were the occasional aha moments but im pretty sure i still misunderstood.

>>8657966
I don't actually think it's the hardest but Riddley Walker

Every book I've ever read
I've read 4 fro. Start to finish.
>The Martian
>The long walk
>It
>The road

>>8658273
You've only read four books?

>>8658280
Yeah, I'm currently reading the amazingly written master piece, the Di Vinci Code

>>8658288
I chuckled

In all seriousness, I had a high school gf back in I guess 08-09ish that talked me into reading that, as if Dan Brown was some masterpiece author. It was I think the most disappointing book I've ever read.

>>8658302
Although, in a way it was a somewhat hard book to understand for the simple reason that Dan Brown can't write

>>8658302
In all seriousness I lost count of how many books I've read. the book is an over hyped piece of shit meme. My grandfather was telling me I'd like it because conspiracy. I was excited at first, then became angry I wasted a couple days of my life

Don Quixote

My dairy, to be honest desu

Le temps retrouvé

>>8657966
It was a puzzle, sure, but you should have a pretty clear idea of what's going on by the end of the fourth book.

>>8658368
Well sure. I'm not saying that was a bad thing; in fact, I really enjoyed how much work you had to put into it.

>Jay Are

>>8658273
what did you think of The Martian?

>>8658392
I actually thought it was good for the dudes first book. Had a few laughs here and there. I thought I was interesting to see how the watney was able to survive on Mars for such a long time. I never knew you could live on potatos

>>8658359
lol

>>8658409
>I never knew you could live on potatos
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>>8658374
Agreed. Its one of those books where you get more out of it the more you put into it.

>>8658409
>I never knew you could live on potatos
Shit, the Irish were right.

>>8658432
>`Once upon a time there were three little sisters,’ the Dormouse began in a great hurry; `and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well–‘

>`What did they live on?’ said Alice, who always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking.

>`They lived on treacle,’ said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two.

>`They couldn’t have done that, you know,’ Alice gently remarked; `they’d have been ill.’

>`So they were,’ said the Dormouse; `VERY ill.’

^ pretty much "the martian" story outlined

>>8658452
Did you even read it?

>>8658308
>>8658321
aren't we getting a new movie?

>>8660062
certainly

>>8658213
>Riddley Walker
I honestly couldnt even finish it, didnt seem worth the amount of focussed required to understand anything

>>8658273
I loved IT. My favorite passages are the interludes written by Mike Hanlan.

>>8657966
I have to read every page four times over in the Recognitions whike taking notes in order to understand what the fuck is being said.

>>8660578
I fucking hope not

>>8660737
I had a two false starts with it, but now it's my favorite novel. After I got past the first couple of chapters it felt a lot less difficult.

>>8658273
I haven't read The Long Walk but the other 3 are pretty good. Shame The Martian was adapted into the most Reddit movie of all time.

I challenge /lit/ to read the entire 'Biography of the Life of Manuel' and then explain what the fuck Cabbel was thinking.

>>8661590
>>8660578
We are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH2BD49sEZI

i read these books a long time ago. what the fuck were they evne about again?

>>8662799
space jesus becoming a good person by learning the meaning of suffering

>>8662607
Fuuuuck

>>8657966
something by an eastern writer who never read a single book with a western language translation