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which books explore highly fantastical, bizarre, magical world?

>> No.3857834

>inb4 alice's adventures in wonderland

>> No.3857845
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explore a logorrheic homosexual's mind

>> No.3857849

Flatland

>> No.3857856

>>3857845
Does the narrator ever come out of the closet? I read the first 2 books a few years ago, decided to read some other stuff, and never felt like returning to it. Always wondered if he goes full homosexual though.

>> No.3857857

>>3857856

The narrator isn't gay.

>> No.3857858

Check out surrealism and magical realism.

>> No.3857863

>>3857857
Fair enough. I thought it was going to be one of those ol' switcharoos where he's all in love with the little girl at the start, and then that closet gay uncle comes along and Proust is all like shit I want me some of that action.

What's the actual story then? I don't really mind spoilers.

>> No.3857868

The Lord of the Rings

>> No.3857908

XANTH

>> No.3857941

>>3857828
bruno schulz yo

>> No.3857951

Discworld
His Dark Materials
Dune

>> No.3857989

the Gormenghast trilogy. shit's wack. also consult Lovecraft's Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.

>> No.3859223

>>3857828
Malazan books
The way of kings
The Black Jewels Trilogy also has rape

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>> No.3859251

>>3859240
OmG LoL
yes yes oh your god yes
thats the spot dont stop

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>>3859251
Oh yeah, you like that? How about this, tell me how good it is...

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How has Borges not been mentioned yet?

>> No.3859305

>>3859262
so good baby
damn that's dirty two time'n me
but i like dirty
u know what i like don't u

>> No.3859314

>>3857989
Does Gormenghast have any magic, though?

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>>3859305
Mmmm, take a little of this now. Work it, you sexy little....I love it when you...

>> No.3859329

>>3857951
I found the exploration in Dune to be less in depth than I had wanted.

>> No.3859333

>>3859262
I like Who's Nailin' Paylin as well

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>> No.3859340

>>3859288
aw yus
Borges is the bomb diggity

>> No.3859393

In Watermelon Sugar, Invisible Cities, Naked Lunch, The Third Policeman

>> No.3859420

I know I might get a lot of shit for this and I am not really a fan of him, but what about Murakami?

Kafka on the Shore was one of the most bizarre books I have read.

>> No.3859424

>>3859393
In watermelon sugar sounds fantastic I'd never heard of it.

Bump for interest

>> No.3859433

>>3857858
Complementing this
check out Leonora Carrington's shorts, she holds this Lewis Carroll style but with added bizarre.

>> No.3859481

>>3859424
yeah its great, you should check it out. its written in short succinct segments and its really imaginative, trout fishing in america is great too and a bit different