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19404634 No.19404634 [Reply] [Original]

So who is currently the best living author?

>> No.19404641

>>19404634
Me desu :D

>> No.19404645
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19404645

>>19404634
John Crowley by far. Not even a contest. Fuck the retards who will post McCarthy.

>> No.19404652

Ligotti
Houellebecq
Anon >>19404641

>> No.19404656

>>19404641
this but unironically

>> No.19404707

>>19404641
pynchon easily

>> No.19404730

>>19404641
I agree, it’s Pynchon here

>> No.19404769

Murakami

>> No.19404772

http://orgyofthewill.net/

http://orgyofthewill.net/praise/

"icycalm is going to define philosophy for the entire millennium."

"Honestly, I think he both thinks he's the smartest man on the planet while still exaggerating this shit for fun."

"21st century's Nietzsche right here. I can't take you seriously if you aren't paying attention to what he's writing."

"Are there any refutations of icycalm's philosophy beyond calling it edgy?"

"icycalm's writings are fucking painful. He has written things that made me literally cry myself to sleep. In the long term he's been a huge net gain for me but holy shit that guy fucking hurts."

"This is an indication of where the future of humanity is heading. It is the first real SF-inspired philosophy and it speaks of a future that will brutally crush and condense the masses under the weight of powerful new technological advances. In an era of broken homes, weak fathers and rising feminism, a need for the martial teachings and values of Ares is growing, and no other person embodies this better than him currently. It's no surprise that his critical forte also lies in videogames, a pastime fueled primarily by the testosterone-pumped people who devote most of their time to the intellect and the technocrats of today."

>> No.19404794

>>19404634
i guess curtis yarmin

>> No.19404814

Pynchon.

>> No.19404820

cormac mccarthy

>> No.19404910

>>19404634
cixin liu

>> No.19405089

>>19404634
Nick Land

>> No.19405637

>>19404634
Ryan Holiday. He's the best American philosopher alive as well.

>> No.19405642

>>19404634
Blood Meridian

>> No.19405643

Tao Lin

>> No.19405712

Dag Solstad

>> No.19405719

>>19404634
The LORD God Almighty.

>> No.19405729

>>19404641
this guy

>> No.19406050

Bump

>> No.19406058

>>19404634
Nick Land, but he apes primitive politics.

>> No.19406060

The guy that makes up the news headlines / cultural outrage of the week

>> No.19406073

>>19404641
This is Pynchon.

>> No.19406076

>>19404641
This fella

>> No.19406088
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19406088

McCarthy. Honourable mentions Pynchon, Houllebecq, Marias.

Ishiguro used to be up there but has released a couple of duds. Still probably top 5 with the others.

>> No.19406112

RC Waldun

>> No.19406153

>>19404641
This guy's correct, it's definitely me

>> No.19406155

>>19404641
Him

>> No.19406156

>>19404641
/thread

>> No.19406574

Pine Cone
Krazy Hawkeye
Muh Cawfee

>> No.19406587

I think it’s Houllebecq

>> No.19406622

>>19404634
pynchon, delillo, ryu murakami, houellebecq, zizek, byung-chul han, lazaratto, bifo

>> No.19406648

>>19406622
>Delillo
Kek

>> No.19406751

Greg Egan

>> No.19406781

>>19404634
Cormac McCarthy
Vanilla answer but it is what it is. I believe there is a shortage of recognized greats right now.

>> No.19407053

Thomas "The Paparazzi Puncher" Pynchon I'd say

>> No.19407060

>>19406622
>delillo

Ledildo is the WORST living author and I wish here the worst dead author

>> No.19407130

>>19406648
>>19407060
why

>> No.19407150

Reddit author Cormac Mccarthy

>> No.19407181
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19407181

Cormac
But he will be dead soon
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

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19407218

Cormac McCarthy

>> No.19407254

>>19404634
ishmael reed & thomas pynchon

>> No.19407336

Sayyed Hossein Nashr

>> No.19407354

I’m surprised Javier Marías hasn’t taken off in America. It’s either him or Houellebecq

>> No.19407472

>>19404652
>>19404707
>>19404730
>>19404769
>>19404794
>>19404814
>>19404820
>>19405089
>>19405642
>>19406058
>>19406112
>>19406587
>>19406622
>>19406781
>>19407053
>>19407150
>>19407181
>>19407218
>>19407254
Garbage. Get some taste.

>> No.19407530

Barth
McElroy

>> No.19407566

Dennis Cooper

>> No.19407576

>>19404641
His speech like poetry; his vocabulary prose itself. Bravo, Anon; bravo.

>> No.19407587

>>19407472
Seriously. It's Sally Rooney.

>> No.19407588

>>19404634
JK Rowling

>> No.19407887

bump

>> No.19407892

>>19404634
me

i published an anime webnovel

>> No.19407928

James Patterson

>> No.19408503

>>19404910
Is his fantasy really worth the shot ? I'm still wandering whether to read him or not, the Three-body problem seems like the fairest introduction to his works.

>> No.19408521

jk rowling

>> No.19409157

Bump

>> No.19409219

>>19404641
No me

>> No.19409260

>>19407587
you'll need a bigger bait than that, son

>> No.19409311

The actual answer is probably Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, a blind Indian poet who writes in the Mahakavya(epic poem ) tradition, I will post some examples of his work.

Consider the play of homophone

lalāmamādhuryasudhābhirāmakaṃ lalāmamādhuryasudhābhirāmakam ।
lalāmamādhuryasudhābhirāmakaṃ lalāmamādhuryasudhābhirāmakam ॥


Means

“Him, who was with the charm of the Tripuṇḍra and whose favourite deity was Rāma; him, who was bearing the axle of the lustre of the ornament [in the form of the nascent moon] and who was agreeable by this joy; him, who was the protector of the bearer of the onus of Dharma with the power of his eminence; and him, who was endowed with the refuge of Rāma owing to the pleasantness of the resplendence of the bull-sign which stands for righteousness.”

Watch this play of consonance.

kaḥ kau ke kekakekākaḥ kākakākākakaḥ kakaḥ ।
kākaḥ kākaḥ kakaḥ kākaḥ kukākaḥ kākakaḥ kukaḥ ॥
kākakāka kakākāka kukākāka kakāka ka ।
kukakākāka kākāka kaukākāka kukākaka ॥
lolālālīlalālola līlālālālalālala ।
lelelela lalālīla lāla lolīla lālala ॥

Which means

The Supreme God (kaḥ) (Rāma) [is resplendent] on [both] the earth (kau) and in Sāketaloka (ke); from him there is pleasure in the universe and in the sound of the peacock (kekakekākaḥ); he takes pleasure and bliss in the caw of the [Kākabhuśuṇḍi] crow (kākakākākakaḥ); from him there is pleasure for all the worlds (kakaḥ); for him the pain [of exile] is a pleasure (kākaḥ); his crow ([Kākabhuśuṇḍi]) is praiseworthy (kākaḥ); from him there is pleasure for Brahmā (kakaḥ); he calls out [to the devotees] (kākaḥ); from him there is pleasure for Kukā or Sītā (kukākaḥ); he calls out to the [Kākabhuśuṇḍi] crow (kākakaḥ); and from him there are worldly fruits and the bliss of liberation (kukaḥ). ॥ 20.92 ॥

Cont

>> No.19409316

>>19409311
O the one who from whom there was pain on the head of the [Jayanta] crow (kākakāka); O the one from whom there is pleasure in [all] beings (kaka); please come, please come (āka āka); O the one from whom there is pleasure for Sītā (kukāka); please come (āka); O the one from whom there is pleasure for the universe (kaka); please come (āka); O Lord (ka); O one who invites to himself those who find pleasure in the [mortal] world (kukaka); please come, please come (āka āka); O the one from whom there is pleasure for both Brahmā and Viṣṇu (kāka); please come (āka); O the one from whom there is pleasure on the earth (kauka); please come, please come (āka āka); O the one who is called out to [for protection] by the evil crow [Jayanta] (kukākaka), [please come]. ॥ 20.93 ॥
O the one who is playful with a row of locks of wavering hair (lolālālīlala); O the one who never changes (alola); O the one whose mouth is full of saliva in the pastimes [as a child] (līlālālālalālala); O the one who accepts the wealth of earth (Sītā) in the sport [of breaking the bow of Śiva] (lelelela); O the one who destroys the multitude of worldly desires of mortals (lalālīla); O the child [form of Rāma] (lāla); O the one who destroys the fickle-minded nature of the being (lolīla); [may you ever] delight [in my mind] (lālala). ॥ 20.94 ॥

And all of this, mind you, is with a mastery of broader poetics, Hindu philosophy, drama and so forth. All of these extreme poetic feats are logical and relevant within the narrative.

>> No.19409329

>>19409311
Here are two poems I’ve written to try to ape his style.

DIABOLUS EST DEUS INVERSUS

devil cymbals trill, trees alter and die,
Urns incite, rains hymn who’s holely soles gaits plains,
Dev-EL symbols thrill, three's altar and dye,
earns insight, reigns him whose holy souls gate’s planes.

THE SONG OF YALDABAOTH

IAOROBORO’LOLOBORO’SOKOBORO’KO’MO’BORO’SOBO’SOBO’BORO’AOLOKOMORO’LOLOBORO’LOGO’MOLOLOKOLOCOYODOBOTOBO’TOAOLOGO’BORO’CORO’ZO’ZOROGORO’TO’LOKORONONOMO’BORO’MONOLOCOLOKOLOGO’LOLOMOLOHOROZOCORO’ZO’MONOBORO’NODOLO’NOWO’WO’BORO’DOLO’BORO’MONONOMO’BOROMONOBORO’MODOMONONOMO’MONOLOGO’LOKOMODOLOGO’OROBOROAI

translation
he who was and is and is to come, he who eats his own tail, he who is the double negation which negates itself as the many-headed Gandaberunda who devours the universe, the devouring rest of Rest, the devouring of the nature of this world, which is unchangeable transience, the bloody devouring, the Word which kills this world in insane-gnosis, the birthing of the son of Ain, of righteousness, the Being of the Word, the devouring of Choronzon and the old old world of temporal time and its laws, the devouring into one incomprehensible World in one voice, the perishing of the hour, of the life in time in unity, no longer shall there be grief, nor shall there be woe, woe devoured, grief devoured, only one law, all devoured into oneness, the devouring leaving only one Law, only one voice, the world only but one voice, the ouroboros of OAI.

BORO=eater/devourer
OROBORO’=ouroboros=tail eater, allegorical for infinity
LO=Not in Hebrew,
LOLO= not-not, the double negation, which is to say, a positive.
LOLO=Red in Gypsy.
‘SOKO’=OKSOKO modified by both elision and liaison, means the thrice/double headed bird, used here as a reference to the great and terrible Gandaberunda form of Vishnu.
KO’MO’ double elision of Kosmos=universe/world
SOBO’=Shobbos=shabbos=sabbath, the time of peace and rest.
‘AO=Tao, the way, the causal force in nature, that which inherently pervades the structure of nature as its inherent inscape.
LOKO=modified rarer form of Loka=world
Moro’=moros a Greek deity and term meaning doom, grim-fate, the morose.
Logo’=Logos, the word which is also identical to God.
MOLO=modified Gypsy term meaning death-died
LOCO=crazy In Spanish

YO’DOBOTO=Yaldabaoth, Son of chaos/void but also God of righteousness
BO’TO=righteousness in enochian
CORO’ZO=Choronzon, the life-in-time, the empirical ego and transient temporal human time.
ZORO=from Zoroaster, form of Greek term meaning Old.
GORO’TO modified form of a Greek term meaning old.
‘RONO’=Kronos modified, God of temporal time
MONO=One
HORO=Hour/Time in Greek
NO=no.
DOLO’=modified form of Dolar meaning grief and or sadness
WO’=Woe
Nomo’=Nomos, spirit of the law.
MODO=only

>> No.19409395

>>19404634
Me of course

>> No.19410426

Bump

>> No.19411472

>>19406622
>lazaratto
Who

>> No.19411480

>>19404634
>No Aira
>No Krasznahorkai
>No Lobo Antunes
The absolute state of this shit hole

>> No.19411485

>>19411480
>No Vollmann

>> No.19411522

>>19411485
Whose vollman write like? What’s good about him?

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Gordon Lish <3

>>19409311
>lalāmamādhuryasudhābhirāmakaṃ
i swear i dreamt of an indian word like this once and it was something like "grahampaşanbaşantaş"

>> No.19412051

>>19404634
In no particular order, the top 5:

Krasznahorkai
Lobo Antunes
Pynchon
Handke
Jon Fosse

>> No.19412053

>>19404634
That one that sounds like a frog. I don't know how to write it.

>> No.19412065

>>19409311
Can someone please record it?
https://vocaroo.com/

>> No.19412523

>>19411522
He’s weird. Really, that’s the appeal. I have a love-hate relationship with his writing. Sometimes I really like it, but mostly it’s all extremely overrated and he gets attention for being a weirdo and writing on topics the big progressive institutions care about.

>> No.19412673

>>19404641
Anonymous is indeed the greatest author who has lived or ever will.

>> No.19412738

>>19404634
>Click here
I don't read enough fiction to be able to tell you that he's the "best," but Thomas Ligotti is far and away my favorite living author. 21st century version of Lovecraft except if he's read Marx and he isn't a racist.

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>>19412738
Was about to say this. Ligotti and Pynchon are in my top 10 authors all time and both living. I love that shit, eat it up nom nom nom yknow?

>> No.19412748

>>19412743
Shishishishisisshiiiiiiit

>> No.19412761

>>19412748
yeah fr shiishsisihsishishshiiiiiit

>> No.19412768

>>19412738
>he isn't a racist.
way to ruin it

>> No.19412787

Dav Pilkey

>> No.19412788

>>19404634
Unironically and literally me.

>> No.19412838

>>19412051
Go back

>> No.19413174

Waldun

>> No.19414316

>>19412738
>he isn't a racist
He is, you're just retarded.

>> No.19414367

>>19411522
13733845

>Faces at lunch, oh, yes, smirking, lordly, bored or weary – here and there a flash of passion, of dreams or loving seriousness; these signs I saw, notwithstanding the sweep of a fork like a Stuka dive-bomber, stabbing down into the cringing salads, carrying them up to the death of unseen teeth between dancing wrinkled cheeks; a breadstick rose in hand, approached the purple lips in a man’s dull gray face; an oval darkness opened and shut and the breadstick was half gone! A lady in a red blazer, her face alert, patient and professionally kind like a psychoanalyst’s, stuck her fork lovingly into a tomato, smiling across the table at another woman’s face; everything she did was gentle, and it was but habit for her to hurt the tomato as little as possible; nonetheless she did not see it. Nodding and shaking her head, she ate and ate, gazing sweetly into the other woman’s face. Finally, I saw one woman in sunglasses who studied her arugula as she bit it. It disappeared by jagged inches, while across the table, in her husband’s lap, the baby watched in dark-eyed astonishment. Her husband crammed an immense collage of sandwich components into his hairy cheeks. He snatched up pommes-frites and they vanished in toto. When the dessert cart came, the starched white shoulders of businessmen continued to flex and shine; their faces glazed at one another over emptiness, much happier now that they had eaten, unthinking of what they had wrought.

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>>19414316
>Ligotti is racist
I'm guessing you thought "The Small People" was about a grounded and righteous individual battling the moral corruption of his society?