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Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:47:32 2010 No.937453 [Reply] [Original]

Now that I have your attention...

/r/'ing the most hilarious book that /lit/ has read.
I need a good literary laff.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:48:32 2010 No.937456 Don Quixote or for something shorter, A Modest Proposal.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:50:32 2010 No.937462 >>937456 I've read A Modest Proposal but i'm looking for something more modern.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:52:32 2010 No.937469 Infinite Jest.

Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:53:32 2010 No.937476

> more modern.

You can't use "modern" like that. Modern is a binary property: something either comes from the modern era, or it does not.

As for the hilarious book, Bryson is a very funny contemporary author. Try Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:53:32 2010 No.937478 Maybe some of Woody Allen's books - they are all quite good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:54:32 2010 No.937483 File: 105 KB, 510x680, {8BE84D61-ADDB-41A5-BDBF-3914A0CE9384}Img100.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] < THIS, NOW

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:54:32 2010 No.937486 lolz catch 222

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:55:32 2010 No.937489 The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut has some pretty funny parts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:56:32 2010 No.937495 Most of Kurt Vonnegut's output would fit this category. Also, Joyce's Dubliners and a lot of Chekhov's short stories are very funny - though their humour is mostly cynical.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:56:32 2010 No.937499 File: 124 KB, 500x444, 1278284109139.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>937476 >Modern is a binary property: something either comes from the modern era, or it does not.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:58:32 2010 No.937505 Most of Terry Pratchett's stuff is like that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:59:32 2010 No.937510 >>937476 So the nineties aren't more modern than the 80s? I could have sworn they were.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 15:59:32 2010 No.937513 File: 58 KB, 640x427, reaction_cat.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>937510

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:00:32 2010 No.937516 Good Omens

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:00:32 2010 No.937517 puckoon by spike milligan. you won't regret it. a confederacy of dunces by toole. catch-22 by heller another anon already said don quixote.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:01:32 2010 No.937523 File: 29 KB, 600x334, large-CliveJames867.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I've not yet read any of Clive James's books, but his articles are hilarious.

>>	Swordy !QUDKivgGR2 Mon Jul 19 16:01:32 2010 No.937521 A good book can tell it's story without relevance to the period

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:02:32 2010 No.937524 >>937516 Meh. It's just a blatant ripoff of Illuminatus! with worse writing and blander humour.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:05:32 2010 No.937536 I always say "The Trial" in these threads, and no one's argued with me yet. I find some of Kafka's stuff to be very funny.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:06:32 2010 No.937539 Candide made me laugh out loud at a couple points.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:08:32 2010 No.937543 >>937539 yeah, that was funny shit - but this guy is looking for, dare i put it this way, "more modern" literature.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:09:32 2010 No.937545 I've heard Confederacy of Dunces is funny. Also the main character is /lit/ incarnate supposedly.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:10:32 2010 No.937550 wow /lit/.....i guess ill ask SAUCE/NAME OF GIRL as for a book, barrel fever i found it in my cafeteria while i was in high school good stuff.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:10:32 2010 No.937551 Catch 22.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:11:32 2010 No.937555 >>937550 Ariel Rebel. Go to /s/ she's posted there every 5 mins.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:13:32 2010 No.937561 >>937555 ah, i am familiar with her, thank you sir.

>>	Shakespeare's Sister !uMRFid.bpQ Mon Jul 19 16:17:32 2010 No.937570 Catch-22 Not a troll. It's a genius work, there's no escaping it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:18:32 2010 No.937574 >>937456 Oh shit also Don Quixote. How could I possibly forget? Fucking meta-humor up in here.

Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:21:32 2010 No.937584

>>937524
I didn't get that vibe at all. Are you one of those guys who's butt-hurt that Harry Potter totally ripped off Wizard's Hall, Witch Week, and 20 other Magic Kids In Boarding School novels?

Good Omens and Illuminatus! are both good and funny books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:22:32 2010 No.937587 JPod by Douglas Coupland. It's sort of like The Office but with a bunch of video game developers. Actually reaaaally fucking funny.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:23:32 2010 No.937596 >>937536 really? ive always thought it to be pretty scary

>>	OUTRAGEOUS Mon Jul 19 16:23:32 2010 No.937595 File: 40 KB, 316x454, lamb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Look up Christopher Moore. I recommend you read Lamb first.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:29:32 2010 No.937613 Hitchhiker's Guide.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:29:32 2010 No.937615 >>937584 >Wizard's Hall, Witch Week, and 20 other Magic Kids In Boarding School Never read any of those, so no.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:32:32 2010 No.937619 >>937595 Seconding this, greatly. Lamb is a fantastic book. Also, Douglas Adams is mandatory.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:32:32 2010 No.937624 >>937615 Maybe you should, it'll give you something way more plausible to be pissy about than that Good Omens somehow ripped off Illuminatus!.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:35:32 2010 No.937629 >>937624 >somehow >identical stories/plots >identical themes >identical jokes >identical parts of culture they satirize >identical fucking characters >are you getting my point nigger?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:36:32 2010 No.937633 >>937595 >>937619 Thirding Moore, Lamb is a fun read, Fool was belligerently funny. Also read Adams and Pratchett.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:36:32 2010 No.937634 >>937629 ...except they're not identical. You saying things doesn't make them true.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:38:32 2010 No.937642 >>937629 You're just making shit up. They're both humorous occult conspiracies with a lot of subplots. WoooooOOOOooo, plagiarism ahoy!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:39:32 2010 No.937646 >>937634 Bullshit! I assert that bleach now tastes like good vagina and skittles.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:41:32 2010 No.937653 File: 14 KB, 494x495, 1279516011616.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>937646 It does?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:41:32 2010 No.937656 File: 877 KB, 1600x1280, bleach-girls-589593..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>937646 skittles and vag indeed!

Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:41:32 2010 No.937658

>>937634
End of the world? Tick.
Two mysterious groups fighting eachother in relation to the end of the world? Tick.
"What if all conspiracy theories are true" scenario? Tick.
Various demons, aliens, and other supernatural beings? Tick.
Abrupt switching of points of view and telling many stories at the same time? Tick.
Parodying of conspiracy theories, New Age shit, the occult, and the paranormal? Tick.
Anti-consumerist? Tick.
Lots of self-referential humour? Tick.
Draws heavily from mythology? TICK MOTHERFUCKER.

Want more?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:46:32 2010 No.937671 File: 282 KB, 477x480, haters.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Barry Trotter

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:47:32 2010 No.937676 >>937653 >>937656 It's true! I just tried some, and when I mixed it with Ammonia, poof a genie appeared and granted me three wishes!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:50:32 2010 No.937683 >>937658 Sounds like Simon Greene, Jim Butcher, S.M. Stirling, Charles Sneigoszki, Mike Carey......

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:52:32 2010 No.937689 Christopher Moore, any and all. Special mention goes to A Dirty Job.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:55:32 2010 No.937703 >>937683 You heard it here first, everything is a plagiarism of everything else.

Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:56:32 2010 No.937706

>>937689
That was an awesome book. Fuckin Beta males man. Christopher Moore is a great humorist.
Also, just because I finished it and fucking loved it so much, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace. The title essay is hilarious and also strangely touching.

Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:57:32 2010 No.937715

>>937658
>End of the world? Tick.
Oh wow, THAT plot point has never come up before.

>Two mysterious groups fighting eachother in relation to the end of the world? Tick.
Usually when people are trying to cause the end of the world everyone works together, you're right.

>"What if all conspiracy theories are true" scenario? Tick.
Fictional books often investigate "what if" lines of thought.

>Various demons, aliens, and other supernatural beings? Tick.
Seriously? They both have stock fantasy creatures?

>Abrupt switching of points of view and telling many stories at the same time? Tick.
Oh look, one of the most common literary devices in the 20th century.

>Parodying of conspiracy theories, New Age shit, the occult, and the paranormal? Tick.
You're repeating yourself. But then, I feel like I'm repeating myself too.

>Anti-consumerist? Tick.
Oh look, one of the most common literary THEMES in the 20th century.

>Lots of self-referential humour? Tick.
They are both funny books, and humor is often self-referential. Well played.

>Draws heavily from mythology? TICK MOTHERFUCKER.
Books that draw heavily from myth are ripping EACH OTHER off? You can't be serious.

>Want more?
You'd have to START before you could offer more.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 16:59:32 2010 No.937723 >>937706 I want Minty Fresh to be my best friend. Such a bro.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 17:03:32 2010 No.937744 >>937715 >Stick up vagina How'd you get it past your large intestine? I'm impressed bro.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 17:03:32 2010 No.937745 File: 128 KB, 600x977, twilight ripoff.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>>/rs/Lauren_Kate_-_Fallen.pdf_(Fallen_by_Lauren_Kate)

Anonymous Mon Jul 19 17:06:32 2010 No.937757

Apathy and Other Small Victories.

Hands down the funniest book I've ever read. I rarely laugh out loud when I read, but there were multiple parts where I was dying from laughter in this book. It starts to kind of lose its steam towards the end, but it's still amusing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 17:11:32 2010 No.937781 >>937723 I like Minty's part in Coyote Blue.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 19 22:02:44 2010 No.939155 Absolutely anything by John Hodgman. It isn't story like, but his books are constant laughs.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 20 06:25:27 2010 No.941121 >>937715 You win

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