/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19190532]

Books only you like. I'll start.

I'm the only person on /lit/ who likes Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time.

[Anonymous No.19190537]

>>19190532
I might be the only person in /lit/ that likes dragon ball.

[Anonymous No.19190553]

>>19190532
you are the only person who still likes A Dance To The Music of Time
t. Anthony Powell

[Anonymous No.19190560]

>>19190553
Anthony Powell died in 2000, two years before I was born.

[Anonymous No.19190582]

>>19190532
Is it good? For some reason I spent like a hundred dollars on the Folio Society edition and I haven't read it.

[Anonymous No.19190635]

>>19190560
then how is he posting on /lit/, genius?

[Anonymous No.19190656]

>>19190532
I really like the Covenant subplots.

[Anonymous No.19190669]

>>19190532
Time for me to share this fav of mine.

I got into this series after my cousin gave me his old copy of this book. Hideyuki Kikuchi has a huge following back in Japan and his novels have received two film adaptations and two manga/comic adaptations but it ultimately remained a cult favorite.

I got really hooked into this because of Warhammer 40k and BOTNS. It's a surprisingly good and super long series and I recommend this to anyone into Dying Earth, BOTNS and Science-fantasy books.

[Anonymous No.19190671]

>>19190669
Neat. Thanks for sharing. I love that cover art. Gonna check it out.

[Anonymous No.19190679]

>>19190656
The Halo books are shockingly good.

[Anonymous No.19190719]

Anybody enjoy this too?

[Anonymous No.19190725]

Sasuke was a good character

cope and seethe

[Anonymous No.19190751]

>>19190719
yes i read this as a child in germany
in the original german edition

[Anonymous No.19191931]

>>19190532
my grandfather gave me the entire set of these books, he begs me to read them. are they any good ?

[Anonymous No.19192008]

>>19190537
I actually had this one, i have no idea how i lost it
The only DB comic i read too

[Anonymous No.19193592]

>>19191931
Read them and thank your grandfather for it, before you no longer can.

[Anonymous No.19193877]

>>19190532
I am the only person on /lit/ who has read my own book (currently unpublished) and (unwritten) (to be written soon) (maybe) (idk)

[Anonymous No.19195333]

>>19191931
What's your grandfather like? Must be quite a well-read guy to be recommending Anthony Powell.

[Anonymous No.19195380]

>>19191931
Begin the read immediately, you ghastly whore. Like Anon said, don't let your grandfather pass away without being able to discuss these books with him.

[Anonymous No.19195404]

>>19190532
I read these when I was young and thought they were amazing. I'm apprehensively considering reading them again.

[Anonymous No.19195498]

>>19190532
this collection of short nonfiction essays by localish author trace ramsey

major depressive, quit a job in his prior book. both books are mostly assemblies of his zines, curated, edited, compiled.

his prior book is "good luck surviving"

he's a good author, vibrant writer. no one knows who he is. he's presently an electrician b/c he doesn't earn enough from writing. check him out.

[Anonymous No.19195533]

>>19190532
No, anon, I liked it too; I even like alot Powell's earlier work like Venusberg, Afternoon Men, etc. I've tried in the past to shill him, but it's a hopeless cause.

[Anonymous No.19195606]

>>19190656
Read this and the prequel during the beginning of the COVID lockdowns when I was really scraping the barrel for something new to read. If you skim through the “masterchief shoots an alien then throws a grenade” parts it’s actually pretty decent. Couldn’t get through the third book unfortunately.

[Anonymous No.19196294]

This is a huge fucking book. Is it worth anyone's time?

[Anonymous No.19196480]

>>19190532
Bumpa ho ho

[Anonymous No.19196495]

>>19190532
Never even tried that one. Just sounded like Anglo Proust - assumed it'd be funnier than Real Proust but less beautiful since that's what you guys are like

[Anonymous No.19196904]

>>19195498
>he's presently an electrician b/c he doesn't earn enough from writing
that's literally me

[Anonymous No.19197172]

>>19196294
It only isn't because you won't meet anyone else whose read it IRL: they'll just look at you funny as you excitedly expound
There are portions of Musil that are superior to Powell, but as a whole I liked Dance better than MWQ; no one surpasses Proust however

[Anonymous No.19197184]

>>19193877
Don't embarrass yourself

[Anonymous No.19197532]

>>19193592
i plan on reading them, its just a lot of text. hes contributed probably 1/4 of the books in my library, from his own. because my grandmother made him downsize books.
>>19195333
he was a english professor for many years, and worked in the white house, and is just an all around awesome guy. he basically raised me, its one of the most painful things ive ever felt watching him decline (hes gotten in 2 car accidents and is just getting old). i dont think i would have gone to college if it wasnt to make him proud, and i pray he lives to read my first published book. he taught me how to read really early on in life and used to share with me greek myths before i went to sleep. I remember him telling me the story of prometheus many times. I'm crying writing this now, lol. He truly means alot to me and I wouldnt be the person I am without him. sorry for the sob story but he was truly my childhood best friend.
>>19195380
yeah, i know i should. Ive read loads of faulkner for him, umberto eco, sat through loads of scifi, the entire dune series, he got me to read dubliners when i was 13, for one of his birthdays i illustrated all the poems he had written my grandmother and in general over the past 20 years, i painted him a portrait of ts elliot (one of his favorite poets and mine too), and we watch band of brothers together aswell. he recently bought me a beautiful new edition dictionary and told me "every book in the world is in there." hes literally awesome.