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3951038 No.3951038 [Reply] [Original]

Sup /lit/

S-so why aren't you reading Ben Brooks's new novel Lolito?

>> No.3951120

I am

>> No.3951128

I am too.
And since we all know there are only 3 people who compromise /lit/ we can safely say at least 66% of /lit/ is reading it.
That is, unless you are lying.

>> No.3951129

Because nobody has linked me to a free epub.

>> No.3951136
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>>3951128
No. Here's my copy.

>>3951129
>not helping struggling authors make a living

>> No.3951138

lol

>> No.3951139

does anyone have a link to tao lin's books? not on libgen

>> No.3951142

>>3951136
I am a struggling author. I have less money than you, Ben.

>> No.3951145

>>3951139
There's a pdf flaoting around but it's only around a 30 pages long taster that Tao probably posted here to get people interested

>> No.3951234

looks "cool"

>> No.3951249

I tried to remind myself to get it by "sending" myself an e-mail.

>> No.3951261

Because I despise alt lit and think Ben Brooks looks like a faggot

>> No.3951270
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>>3951261
>Ben Brooks like a faggot

u wot m8

>> No.3951274

>>3951038
Because it sounds extremely uninteresting and it's probably awful

Go to bed, Ben

>>3951270
How did that picture hurt his case?

>> No.3951281

stop trying to make us buy your shitty book

>> No.3951289

Because I don't see what makes it interesting.

>> No.3951293

>>3951289
>not finding an alt-lit retelling of Nabokov's classic interesting

>> No.3951299

>>3951293
Give me a sample of the prose in the book

>> No.3951304

>>3951299
Here's some dialogue

She's online.

'I booked a hotel,' I say. 'Near Marble Arch.'

'That sounds great, hon. I can't wait to see you.'

'Yeah. Me too.'

'I'm vaguely nervous.'

'Don't be.'

Do be. I'm a child.

>> No.3951309

>>3951304
"vaguely" - Did Tao Lin make this thing popular?
It's strange, I don't understand it, and I've never heard anyone say it.

>> No.3951313

>>3951309
No idea.

Tao Lin is providing a blurb for the book though :3

>> No.3951326

>>3951313
Did he write the one for Tai Pei? I didn't like it.
What draws you toward writing in this way, as opposed to a more modernist fashion.

>> No.3951330

>alt lit
I will never try this genre.

Stop trying to be Tao, Ben. Reported for spam.

>> No.3951343

>>3951309
I laugh every time I see the 'vaguely'

what a mark of shit and awkward writing

>> No.3951344

>>3951293
Also this is clear marketing. If not, then why the fuck do you like this piece of shit

>> No.3951353

>>3951343
When I first read Tao's stuff, I tried to understand a lot of these weird tropes, but it seems there is little stylistic intention to them.

>> No.3951366

>>3951309
>>3951343

HS Thompson used it.

"I am still vaguely haunted by our hitchhiker's remark about how 'he'd never rode in a convertible before.'"

>> No.3951380

>>3951366
Yeah, but the word "vaguely" is okay to use as long as you don't over-use it. It was just weird as fuck in that bit of dialogue posted before.

>> No.3951385

>>3951343
Dont hate the word, hate the use.

The fact talentless shit like this gets published gives me hope I'll published in the future.

>> No.3951387

>>3951353
I actually liked Taipei sort of, but I'm not for crowds of losers trying to make a buck off his 'awkward' art. That'd be like a bunch of people making flat colors trying to sell it off as the next Rothko. Doesn't work like that.

>>3951366
That makes sense, though. This type of vaguely is used in common dialogues where it does nothing but thicken the awkwardness of the atmosphere (which is may be the point but then only Tao should use it because he made it).

>> No.3951390

>>3951385
>>3951387
That's what I meant

>> No.3951401

Tell me more about your creepily twee book about pederasty, OP.

>> No.3951403
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3951403

Sup lit, why aren't you reading Chuck Palahniuk's new book, Damned?

>> No.3951405

Ben takes Tao's stuff and severely overuses them, making the text really awkward. Write in your own fucking style - if you have one, Ben.

>> No.3952694

Do we know for sure that Nick Cave didn't follow "I was blown away" with "by how bad this book was?"

Also, do we know for sure that it was the Nick Cave I'm thinking of?

To be clear, I'm thinking of the Nick Cave of the band "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds."

If we know both of those things for sure, this book is going on my to-read list.

If either one is uncertain, there's no way I'm bothering with some random-ass book called "Lolito."

>> No.3952697

>>3951405
Maybe it's a parody.

>> No.3952715

>>3952697
I suppose that is possible.

>> No.3952917

i've just googled it up.... that kid is not more than 20yo and he express himself as a 17yo, that's enough for me to not read a single fuck about him.

>> No.3952954

>>3951270
Yes

He looks like a massive faggot

>> No.3952962

>>3951293
ALT LIT IS SHIT
ALT LIT IS SHIT
ALT LIT IS SHIT
ALT LIT IS SHIT

>> No.3952964

>>3952697
Parody's are only bad imitations