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Are there any books over 1000 pages long worth reading?

>> No.1554764
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Atlas Shrugged
pic related, it's Atlas Shrugged.

>> No.1554773

Pynchon. Well, supposedly

>> No.1554775

Les Miserables is over 1000, depending on the edition.

>> No.1554777

In Search of Lost Time.

the first half anyway

>> No.1554779

The Lord of the Rings and A la Recherche du Temps Perdu are the only two I can think of, and both of them only sort of count.

>> No.1554783

WAR AND PEACE
DON QUIXOTE
WAR AND REMEMBRANCE
IT & THE STAND
MUSASHI (984 PAGES)
LES MISERABLES

ENJOYED THEM ALL

>> No.1554785

>>1554783
>MUSASHI (984 PAGES)
DOESN'T COUNT FUCK YOU

>> No.1554789

>>1554785
OH COME ON. HALF OF THESE ARE RELIANT UPON THE EDITION.

>> No.1554794
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The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

Let me know how the ending is.

>> No.1554798

>>1554764

The secret to enjoying Atlas Shrugged is it keep reading until your senses go numb and are completely brainwashed by that horny Russian's ravings.

>> No.1554800

>>1554798
The secret to enjoying Atlas Shrugged is to pretend you're an Objectivist.

>> No.1554802

>>1554800
The secret to making this a good thread is to continue contributions

>> No.1554805

the complete series of Goosebumps is well over 1k pages, and it is DEFINITELY worth the effort.

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>>1554805
Are you familiar with http://www.bloggerbeware.com/

>> No.1554818

>>1554805
No, no it's not.
>herpdederp a nerd kid finds something evil and then fixes it and then there's a TWEEEEEST
ad nauseum.
why would you even post that.

>> No.1554819

>>1554811
Oh God that guy needs a life

>> No.1554820

Under the Dome by Stephen King.
Found it very enjoyable.

>> No.1554821

>>1554818
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ON /LIT/ READ COMPLETE SHIT?

>> No.1554834

>>1554820
Under The Dome was not at all a good book, even compared to most of King's other books. It read like a Dan Brown novel, twist after twist after cliffhanger after cliffhanger at such a pace that the reader doesn't have time to reflect on the relative stupidity of the plot.
Plus the characters were incredibly flat; they were more or less caricatures with no depth or complexity. Jim Rennie was evil and mean in every possible way, Barbie was the paragon of virtue, etc.
It was fun to read, but it really does not hold up in hindsight.

>> No.1554846

>No Count of Monte Cristo

I'm ashamed /lit/

>> No.1554849

>>1554846
SORRY MAN, I FORGOT THAT ONE

>> No.1555096

THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION

>> No.1555100

Clarissa is well over 1000, and it's pretty good.

>> No.1555106

>>1554818
2 deep 4 u bitch. Keep readin'

>> No.1555117

The Brothers Karamazov.

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For sure.

>> No.1555144

2666
The Count of Monte Cristo

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>> No.1555150

>>1554764

a book to remember for years.
read it a year ago and still makes me rage.

>>1554762

why are you limiting yourself to quad length books?

>> No.1555151

As mentioned, The Stand and It. Most of the Malazan Book of the Fallen books are over 1,000 pages too, I think, and they're all really good.

Can't think of anything else offhand.

>> No.1555164

1001 arabian nights, burton translation. It's really fucking long. Most all the tales you haven't heard are really bizarre, tribal things with bears that rape maidens and stuff, totally strange and not at all like most of the famous tales. Well worth reading although I doubt you'll want to read the whole thing in one sitting.

On a side note, I used to have wikipedia on my old second-gen ipod; the second I got that thing I barely listened to music anymore.

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"A Man in Full" and some of Tom Wolfe's other novels are near 1000 pages. James Michener is also infamous for writing doorstops. Either author is a good writer, and I made it through their books, but I don't think the extra length contributed anything to the story. It's more a sign of the author's logorrhea than anything else.

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>>1555170
I am not a good author, sir.

>> No.1555215

Atlas Shrugged

>> No.1555221

Chronicles of Amber

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Shogun by James Clavell

>> No.1555276

I'm gonna say no. If it takes you a thousand pages to say what you want to say, then it's probably not worth saying, or you haven't worked it out properly. The best writers manage to do their work with economy, the reallly big books are basically saying "look at my great big literary cock".

I'd rather have a 200 page Hemingway novel than 1000 pages of Wolfe any day.

And don't get me started on people writing fucking trilogies. Whores and cunts man, whores and cunts.

>> No.1555293

>>1555276
because there are no big ideas allowed in literature

would ulysses or gravity's rainbow really fit into 200 pages? which parts would you edit out, where the authors don't quite have the idea worked out properly?

>> No.1555298

I'd also say In Search of Lost Time.

Some of the good Russian classics are over 1000 pages (depending on the edition of course)

>> No.1555334

>>1555293

I don't think Ulysses is 1000 pages long, to be honest. Big ideas don't always need big format - Raymond Carver or Jorge Borges could pack ideas into short stories that Michener could never express with all the paper in the world.

I'm all for big ideas in literature, but the idea that a big book means big ideas is laughable.

Just out of interest, what is the "big idea" in Ulysses in your opinion?

>> No.1555342

Each of the three books of the Baroque Cycle clock in at 900+ pages apiece, and I like 'em.

>> No.1555351

Personally, I love lengthy books.

It's like an entire world you immerse yourself into. The more insignificant and mundane the details, the more "fleshed out" it is, for me.

Love Dickens. Love Tolstoy.

I could never read for the "quick fix." Frankly, I'm always sort of sad at the end of a long novel. I wish it'd go on and on, most of the time.

>> No.1555352

>>1555351
I'M THE SAME MAN, ESPECIALLY AT THE ENDING OF WAR AND PEACE I WAS LET DOWN THERE WASN'T MORE, BUT EVERYTHING HAS TO END.

CHECKED OUT LIFE AND FATE?

>> No.1555374

>>1555352
Just Googled it. Fascinating history. Must read these books.

>> No.1555587

>>1555342
Neal Stephenson writes some long-ass books.

Cryptonomicon is 1168 pages.
Anathem is 1024

Quicksilver isn't very long, but that's fortunate because it's the weakest member of the Baroque Cycle.

>> No.1555597

>>1555587

I didn't realise that Cryptonomicon was so long - that was pretty kick-ass. Maybe some long books are worth it after all.ma

>> No.1555740

"The Stand" - Stephen King
And then there's the unabridged "The Stand" is roughly 1,000+ pages longer than the original.

>> No.1555745

>>1555352
Fuck War and Peace, it was just Tolstoy's soapbox for his political views. Everyone went on about how good it was, but god that was biased.

>> No.1555771

>>1554783

How long did it take you to read Les Miserables, Caps guy?

>> No.1555783

>>1555261
Noble House by Clavell is also worth it, not sure if it reaches 1000 pages, but it's close enough.

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>>1555106
No Virginia, there is no deeper meaning.

Stop pretending.

>> No.1555801

>>1554783
seconding les mis, don quixote and musashi.

i feel you and i could be friends.

i also suggest the brothers karamazov, the count of monte cristo and the way we live now.

>> No.1555812

>>1554762

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1380 pages, excluding front matter, bibliography, and index, in the 1964 Pan paperback I have here)

The omnibus of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is just on 1000, depending on edition (in the one I have, the text runs from p. 5 to p. 1016, including tables of contents for the three volumes and some blank pages)

Samuel Richardson's Clarissa

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>>1555261
Second

>> No.1555840

>>1555824
This was one of four books I couldn't read, too boring. Didn't like the writing either. I almost cussed out the person who recommended it to me; I was pretty pissed.

>> No.1555852

Anything by Steve Erikson.

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>>1555840

>> No.1555869

>>1555801
Musashi was OK. Way to turn the man into a myth with no flaws. Vagabond might be better.

>> No.1555882

>>1555869
well the translator mentions that in the introduction, that the book comes across as an idealized version of japanese mythos...or something along those lines. it's still a blast to read, and a real page turner. or no? i liked it.

>> No.1555896

>>1555882
That's why I prefer Vagabond. The real Musashi might be closer to Mas Oyama with all his flaws, than the demi-god portrayed in the book.

>> No.1555910

>>1555896
i understand where you're coming from. is there is good realistic biography of musashi around? a good book or movie i could look into? i haven't checked yet myself. maybe you could point me in a good direction.

>> No.1555931

>>1555910
Samurai trilogy directed by Hiroshi Inagaki? It stars Mifune, THE best actor to portray Musashi, ever.

And Vagabond, by Takaehiko Inoue.

>> No.1555934

>>1555931
Although neither are historically accurate, either.

>> No.1555966

>>1555934
>>1555931
hey thanks, anon. i'll write them down.

>> No.1555977

DFW's Infinite Jest. (+1000 pages)
G,E,B: An Eternal Golden Braid (~800 pages)

>> No.1556030

house of leaves

>> No.1556033

>>1556030

Not really. It's much shorter when you consider the pages with only one to several words on them.