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>Back in Top 100
>Currently slamming the shit out of Wolfe and other shitters in tie-breaker
>Ahead of all of Faulkner
We back. Next year we must also have Gaddis beat his knockoff: Tomas Chinchong.

>> No.21432190

>>21431860
I atleast expect the 9 fuckers to show up.

>> No.21432206

i didn't even vote but i love the recognitions and feel it gets too little credit beyond the walls of this insane asylum. i'm probably going to read this again here in a few weeks. so here's your response. otto is a true pleb

>> No.21432281

>>21431860
This is likely my next read. Bought it and JR when they first got the rerelease but really got into short books for a good while there. Reading Freedom brought back my love of doorstoppers and my biggest complaint about it is that it was not long enough. Debating between The Recognitions, The Cairo Trilogy, The Obscene Bird of Night and The USA Trilogy for my next read. The Obscene Bird of Night has my current interests the most but I really do want something longer so who knows. Love the way long books become a part of your life.

>> No.21432432

Alright OP, you got me. I voted 5 times for The Recognitions but it was for a good reason. What was the reason? I don't know. Do with this information what you must but take in count that it wasn't my intention to mess with your list. No, i'm not a troll, just an Gaddis enthusiast and technically TR is a christmas book!

>> No.21432497

>>21431860
I love Gaddis but I aint voting on some gay poll

>> No.21432511

Dropped The Recognitions after 200 pages desu. The scenes of Wyatt's childhood were pretty good but the rest of it was like a pretentious version of The Fountainhead.

>> No.21432890

>it's an otto episode
bros he is literally me desu

>> No.21433052

>>21432890
Yup, i wanted to be a Wyatt, then i thought i was a Stanley but now i accept i'm just an Otto.

>> No.21433159

>>21433052
it's okay otto is gaddis's younger self-insert, it's something he / we grow out of

>> No.21433279

>>21432890
ive never met anyone in a book i have related to more lul, i also like how the very first sentence Otto is introduced in gives the gist of his issues (when he looks in the mirror at the bar): money, appearances, and his father

>> No.21433405

>>21431860
i didn't even vote but i love the recognitions and feel it gets too little credit beyond the walls of this insane asylum. i'm probably going to read this again here in a few weeks. so here's your response. otto is a true pleb