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whats some good creative genre fiction from the last decade or so. im so tired of having “classics” shoved in my face

>> No.19200508

>>19200422
Second Apocalypse by R. Scott Bakker

>> No.19200573

>>19200508
no

>> No.19200585

>>19200573
Yes

>> No.19200609

>>19200422
>from the last decade or so
I think about this too. 99% of the books I'm reading come from the 1980s or earlier. How does one even learn about what contemporary books are book.

>> No.19200617

>>19200609
>what contemporary books are book.
the ones that are books

>> No.19200667

>>19200617
:D
I meant "good"

>> No.19200674

>>19200609
>>19200667
people read em and share their honest thoughts
that almost never happens anywhere on the internet though

>> No.19200720

>>19200609
> How does one even learn about what contemporary books are book.

need some more input with regard to this myself, but you could always start at the pultizer. Didn't love everything I read but at least the prose is guaranteed to be at a certain level

that's how I became familiar w proulx and mccarthy as a degen troglodyte with no lit background

>> No.19200851

Blood Meridian

>> No.19200855

>>19200851
might wanna re-check the publication date bud

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>>19200422
Cesar Aira is the only living author of any value I've found. Literally every other book published after ~2012 is fucking trash and useless to read. This is truly the age of trash literature, mostly due to the rising illiteracy of Western nations and the Reverse Flynn Effect.

Conversations by Cesar Aira is great stuff though.

>> No.19200943

>>19200855
>from the last decade or so
>or so
It's recent enough.

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>>19200422
shitkick.ca

>> No.19201217

>>19200422
Read all of Gene Wolfe

>> No.19201530

>>19200508
I think its time for a Bakkerfag containment general.

>> No.19201579

>>19200422
Do you not see the irony in what you just typed

>> No.19203477

>>19200508
Read the prologue and it sucked. Somebody tried to tell me the story picked up by the third BOOK. Lmao fuck that.

>> No.19203656

>>19200422
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Perdido Street Station. They came out 15 and 20 years ago though.

You could also just read old "classics" that you've arbitrarily ignored. Titus Groan is great and never mentioned here. Old scifi like Rendevous with Rama is quick and easy to to see if you like it.

You need to start thinking for yourself. You are crying about people shoving classics in your face while looking for people to shove modern books in your face. Why? Are you incapable of independent research? Have you read all the classics? You don't have to try hard but could you could at least try.

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>>19200609
I tend to look at year end lists from "literary" publications and ignore the ones that seem to LGBT/feminism friendly.

>> No.19204158

>>19200422
"Every book is contemporary to the good reader" - Nicolas Davila

>> No.19204184

>>19200609
>99% of the books I'm reading come from the 1980s or earlier.
That's not even that bad, I'm barely touching the XX century and going further and further backwards in time. In a few years I'll only read early medieval shit.

>> No.19204186

>>19203819
>"literary" publications
Like what

>> No.19204192

>>19201217
ok boomer