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One of these

>> No.7221775

corn

>> No.7221776
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>>7221769
You must think pretty highly of IJ.

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>> No.7221907

>>7221779
this is quite accurate

>> No.7221955
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7221955

>im not very far in yet

>> No.7221961

>>7221769
OP your chart is awful.

>> No.7222001

>>7221779
I love this book so much.

>> No.7222902

>>7221776
'no'

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>>7221769

>> No.7222962

>>7221775
thanks

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>> No.7223007

>>7221792
kek

>> No.7223018

>>7221769
Boooo

>> No.7223069

>>7222995
gonna save this

>> No.7223078

>>7222995
Just bought this, hope you faggots aren't over hyping it.

>> No.7223099

CORN
O
R
N

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>>7223078
Oh boy...

>> No.7223125

>>7223114
>putting impact font on a reaction image
How retarded can you be?

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>>7221769

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>>7223137
Dumping some I've saved

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>>7223140

>> No.7223173

>>7223140
This one is very lazy

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>>7223173
I didn't make it, although I could see why someone would make it. That book's protagonist is pretty much an edgelord of today. Of course back then I guess it would seem revolutionary, but today he bears an uncanny resemblance to a reddit neckbeard

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OC

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>> No.7223280

>>7223241
Are the all the pics under the line part of the 'what I got' section? Basically my reaction as well, although I'd incorporate a lot rock throwing too somehow. Seemed like as many people died from rocks as spears.

>> No.7223287

>>7223078
Look. I must have read about 400 books prior to this, and fantasy is not even my genre. I rarely indulge in it for guilty pleasure reasons (i.e., plot/characters with no critical mind) and I don't read Stephen King nor fantasy/scifi, nor modern authors in general. I even dislike the LOTR movie adaptations, Gaiman, The Wheel of Time and what /lit/ considers genre fiction crap... but TBotNS somehow managed to blow my mind. I've re-read it twice as well as the companion books not to solve the plot nor fill in plot holes, but to see the intricate workings of his author. It wasn't your run of the mill kind of work, he revised a lot of it..

At any rate, /lit/ somehow confuses reading and liking a book for being a pleb or dumb. I don't know why that is. Sure it's got its cliches, its pacing issues, but the scale... the imagery, the symbols and the inner ramblings of a accidentally powerful madman. The first half of the first book was the closest to being infected with fever dreams I've been and I've checked most surrealism staples, and that's all thanks to the prose and a few sleight of hands in how the environment is described.

And it's all supposed to be a non-fiction account, btw. That's the frame of the "translation" (which tries to explain the vocabulary) which simply adds another layer of interpretation.
No matter all this, imo it's all about two things: a) the richness of characters and the concepts it explores, very rarely treated in most popular fantasy, from a quite mature even refined point of view (Proust and Borges were big influences, as well as G.K. Chesterton and Jack Vance -master of florid English prose).
b) The color and the tone of the narrative. Wolfe's prose might get you instantly, or it might not. For me, it did and it reminded me of why I loved Borges and encouraged me to study him closer (Jorge Luis, I mean).

tl;dr: you might like it, or not. don't be biased. who cares about other people's enthusiasm (i.e., hype)? just read the fucking 200 pages long 1st volume.

>> No.7223299

>>7223241
God, I hate these super huge ones. If you need to resize the template, you're doing it wrong.

>> No.7223300

most of these I feel have very odd or shallow expectations.
as in, for example, some seem to have the idea that somehow because it's old and 'ancient greek' and 'studied in academia' and 'part of the canon' or something, that it's just something boring, cut and dry, trite, 'snooze-worthy'
i suppose it's useful to see those as part of the set of reaction images /lit/ has, but it just seems awfully juvenile.
it's not particularly entertaining to view, in any case.

>> No.7223311

>>7223299
>WAAAHHHH YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO EXPRESS AN IDEA THE WAY I WANT YOU TOO

Fucking baby.

>> No.7223317

>>7223299
You could always just comment on the content of the image instead of the way it was formatted.

You know.

If you weren't a faggot.

>> No.7223322

>>7223311
I mean, when you're using a fairly rigid and defined way to express your idea, but then you decide you're super special and completely throw out the template, then yeah, you're stupid. It's like those people that go into, let's say, a thread about Kafka solely to whine about how much they dislike Kafka. Why are you even there?

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>>7223300
>most of these I feel have very odd or shallow expectations.

They are memes m8. They're prime purpose is to make you laugh not inspire a dissertation.

> but it just seems awfully juvenile.
it's not particularly entertaining to view, in any case.

Alright Bert.

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>>7221769

>> No.7223331

>>7223325
I know they're memes; I know their intention is to produce laughter; most of the ones I described don't.

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>>7223331
Fair enough then.

>> No.7223349

>>7223322
There isn't some rigid acadamic rules about these retarded little pics. I just wanted to bluntly illustrate an experience of mine reading a poem. I didn't realize you would lose your shit over your little meme pics being improperly formatted.

>It's like those people that go into, let's say, a thread about Kafka solely to whine about how much they dislike Kafka.

Nobody else seems bothered , just you. You're like a child that screams and has spicy diarrhea in his pants because the kid next to him colored outside the lines. Grow up.

>> No.7223361

>>7223349
Go post a confession bear with comic sans and see how many people lose their shit. It's just annoying, and it's funny how you're the one losing your shit so much when I made a simple criticism. Kind of ironic that you called me a child when you're the one that immediately resorts to name calling and poop jokes. Sorry I offended the two minutes of work that took.

>> No.7223409

>>7223361
You know what if I knew you in real life we would probably get along fine but here I am on the internet insulting someone over stupid fucking meme pictures. Dude I'm sorry. It's like a knee jerk reaction at this point to be vitriolic to anyone online. You are a human being too with your own conscience and experiences. I shouldn't get angry at you over this trivial shit. I guess I'm sorry I don't know. I hope you're happy or will find happiness and fulfillment. I want to be nice to someone.

>> No.7223457

>>7223241
ugh. Fuck of with this nonsense

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PEOPLE TALKING IN AN INN: THE NOVEL

>> No.7223641

>>7223567
>>7223347
best

>> No.7223843

>>7223567
More like lol the priest found a book in the inn lets merge the content of the book in the book with the actual book book book book

>> No.7223866

>>7222918
Needs more space Jamaicans

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>>7223148

>> No.7223941

>>7223843
was about to get it, no recommend?

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>> No.7223945

>>7223943
are you really using a comic which is effectively a reaction to the book as a part of describing you're reaction to the book

>> No.7223958

>>7223945
Yes. Be thankful that I didn't react to the comic in reaction to the book.

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>> No.7224042

>>7221776
Don't even post here again

>> No.7224058

>>7223567
The book should have been called Juan Palomaque

>> No.7224060

>>7222918
Buddha? I don't remember that part.

>> No.7224682

>>7221792
the best one

>> No.7224710

>>7223188
you think fedoratards care about black people?

>> No.7224847

>>7224710
obviously not his mate. also it appears to be a tipping nitski

>> No.7224929

>>7221776
highly accurate

>> No.7224937

>>7224929
samefag

>> No.7224940

>>7223140
>>7223188
for real though? I've read it recently and didn't detect any neckbeardish stuff in it.

>> No.7224946

>>7224940
the one for Zarathustra is probably just memeing

>> No.7225061

>>7223287
It may be that any post of this length now carries the impression of pasta (is that sad), but fuck me this even started like one. Could you know what it feels like, edging past the first paragrah and finding *disappointment* in reading here an actual expression of somebody's thoughts, and not as first expected ho-oh settle back in the chair comfortably now, a piece of original copypasta, something new but familiar?
No, it has to be sincere. Damn you, David Foster Walrus. You didn't even have the beginning of a mustache. Praise Wolfe.

>> No.7225071

>>7223278
should also have a spoon and a thermometer

>> No.7225079

>>7223941
yeah, don't read what is considered to be one of the greatest novels of all time because of a meme

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>>7223941

its really good

>> No.7225097

>>7225061
You might've been here too long friend.

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OC

>> No.7225225

>>7221955
Looks delicious.

>> No.7225229

>>7223347
the angry ms paint grape always makes me chuckle

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>>7225093
Same to me except it was pic related instead of NL

>> No.7225296

>>7223567
At least you get the "What I expected" in Part 2. Part 2 is just so much better in general

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>>7223347

>> No.7225630

>>7224940
This is the work that created that whole alpha/beta/"women are whores" redpill thing. Nietzsche started that. It's top-tier fedora faggotry.

>> No.7225635

I don't get a single one of these. Am I missing something?

>> No.7225691

>>7223278
This one is really good. You could have added a spoon and a mess tin.

>> No.7225741

>>7225635
Have you read the books?

>> No.7225745

>>7225635

creative imagination

>> No.7225759

>>7225741

Not all of them - I wasn't expecting to get the ones that I hadn't read though.

>>7225745

Quite possibly. Years of being told that STEM was the only way forward has left my mind quite closed, but I'm working on trying to fix that.

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tbh