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Eggplant guy? Walter? Mike Ma? Woolston?
Has anyone read their work? Can anyone tell me if it's good or not?Woodstock?
Pic vaguely related

>> No.20420740

F Gardner’s later works are better than Call of the Crocodile. At least based on Jigoku. But to be fair Call of the Crocodile and Jigoku are the only two I’ve fully read. Jigoku is legitimately good which surprised me. Call of the Crocodile is mostly just worth the read because of the weird mindfucky twist I always see memes. Whereas Jigoku is an all around good book.

>> No.20420743

>>20420740
*always see memed

Anyway I guess it’s no surprise Jigoku is good since it’s literally just gory Pokémon.

>> No.20420853
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I read Eggplant. I really liked it but I was also kind of torn.
On one hand it is genuinely well written and fun to read. It’s also pretty ambitious for something written by an anon. But that made me realize the book is really not very transgressive or controversial or counterculture. I think it satirized a lot of things people here are critical of (decadence, degeneration, modern art) but other than that it didn’t feel a lot like a decidedly 4chan novel.
That said I did enjoy it. If you’re looking for quality work by anons it would not be a bad place to start. I’m hoping to read Mike Ma’s books as well, I’ve heard they’re not bad either.

>> No.20420948

Frater’s good

>> No.20420962

>>20420948
I’ve seen Frater and Gardner debate theology together in a discord I’m in and holy crap is it one of the most autistic things I’ve ever seen.

>> No.20420988

>>20420570
I read Woolston's book, the second one, the newer one. I enjoyed it, the quality is definitely there. I've since ordered a copy of his first one. Hoping that's just as good.

>> No.20421022

>>20420962
Gardner X Frater is the modern day Tolkien X Lewis.

>> No.20421117

>>20420948
Who's Frater? Do I want to know?

>> No.20421119

>>20421022
waldun

>> No.20421121

>>20421117
Some mystical autist who posts poems on here

>> No.20421141

>>20420853
In terms of a "4chan novel" I'd suggest Walter's book honestly, even though it's a slightly immature comedy novel. There are serious themes but the book doesn't take itself seriously. If you've been browsing 4chan since high school it's the kind of thing that would speak to you

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This book has references to R.C. Waldun, Butterfly, and Hiro and F Gardner both are characters in the plot. Absolute insanity. F Gardner is portrayed as a beloved and world famous writer in it.

>> No.20421282

>>20421278
F. Gardner IS a world famous writer. We memed that into reality.

>> No.20421335

Logo Daedalus, Chad A Haag

>> No.20421345

>>20420570
>Mike Ma
>>20421335
>Logo Daedalus
these are just shilling twitterhomos. not /lit/

>> No.20421378

>>20420962
I've been in ther discord and they're both two of the nicest guys I've spoken to

>> No.20421470

>>20421378
Link it?

>> No.20421513

>>20421141
Cool, maybe I’ll give it a look, thanks

>> No.20421522

I read Limbo's Rainbow. It's the worst book I've ever read and not a horror book. I've read Card and Pseudo Bullkington, and they're almost as weak. Ma is okay. I'm reading Cinder's Xenos Depths, and it's okay too. I've yet to really see anything even good, but I have to read a few more books and I might even take a peak at the Australian's travel books.

>> No.20421524

>>20420740
fuck off frank

>> No.20421561

I read Call of the Arcade. It reads just as well as any Stephen King book.

>> No.20421588

>>20421561
You aren’t fooling anybody, why do you even bother with this? At least you dropped a new shill line this time

>> No.20421591

>>20421561
Totally. This is why Gardner will have a similar career trajectory

>> No.20421617

>>20420948
His poetry is horrifically bad. He would do better as an essayist, or memoirist, as he does have interesting insights into things and a peculiar life.

Gardner is a sad hack, but even sadder are the idiots that promote him here constantly, as though it is the funniest thing to be so insincere and hold up an author who is clearly dogshit.

I respect Ogden and his Eggplant, because he's trying for something real, and not just a cash grab, although I don't like his work.

The best /lit/ author is the Australian guy who write those short stories for a small press. He shills his book now and then.

I expect there are better authors here than any we will ever know about though, as I imagine anyone with any self-respect but would never associate themselves with this idiotic waste of time.

>> No.20421625

Gardner’s good if you like pulp horror.

>> No.20421640

>>20421625
Pulp is infinitely better written, and it usually employs tension and atmosphere. Gardner doesn't write horror and doesn't make use of tension. He still doesn't even understand what a paragraph is.

>> No.20421740

>>20421617
What makes the poetry bad? What makes poetry good?

>> No.20421754

F Gardner’s certainly one of the more “unique” horror writers out there. He has a style that is akin to creepypastas or people telling ghost-stories around a campfire. Meaning his books are fine for a quick scare.

>> No.20421791

>>20421754
>Praise for Gardner
>Poster count just stays the same.

>> No.20421888

>>20421754
this is so funny, you can’t even write a shill post coherently.
>he’s unique, he’s just like these incredibly accessible and popular mediums.

>> No.20421949

>>20421022
No it isn't, they both can't write for shit

>> No.20421964

Just started the classic "Call of the crocodile". Just a few pages in and there are a lot of mistakes already. The worst in my opinion is the dialogue. It's so bad it's funny.

>> No.20421981

"Noticing his son looking back in the distance, Joe wondered what Pete was pondering, as it seemed the young man had something on his mind."

AHAHAHA

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>>20421964
CotC is a masterpiece. Pic related.

>> No.20422072

>>20421617
I think you are right about the last bit. I've never seen a legitimate discussion of a book on /lit/ ever. Not even the lowest of the low bar of an accurate summary. I would never want my works read and discussed here because the quality of the discussion is garbage and the points themselves either erroneous or absorbed up the asshole of tptb's cultural psyop box. Nothing but buzzwords, tranny this or incel that, hamfistedly shoved into every conversation by mindbroken digital addicts.

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I’ve been advertising my books but no one reads them. The scraps of feedback I’ve gotten indicate that they’re grammatically correct and structurally competent, so I think these qualify as decent /lit/ books.email zulualitspa@gmail.com for pdfs and epubs.

I’d also recommend Eggplant by Ogden Nesmer.

>> No.20422142

>>20420570
Irish anon, it’s been years since he’s been here though, his poems were great, Google 4poet and you can find a tumblr where someone put together all his known poems

>> No.20422456

>>20422134
I'll read it.

>> No.20423428

>>20420570
Any order anon. Any order. That is so convenient.