/lit/ - Literature

Haha, yeah. Now read "The Garden of Forking Paths."

Love it. Any book from an animal's point of view tends to be highly enjoyable for me.

A biography for an ENGLISH project??

Are you sure you don't mean AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

it would get trolled into oblivion

still...we should have it just on principle

Tried getting into it twice. Failed miserably.

It's strange since I really liked IT and a lot of his short stories.

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I don't think hard sci fi writers can ever be successful at being simultaneously accessible and credible. It's tough because the HSF community is so anal about what HSF should be and any author who wants to attract fans of the genre feel tremendous pressure to pass the litmus test or be forever labeled unworthy.Personally, I'd really like to see a HSF novel with a lot of character development and some humor.

The problem with a lot of hard sci fi novels is the almost masturbatory attention to detail that goes into explaining the universe. It's the literary equivalent of prog rock.

Did anyone else feel completely drained after reading this? How did /lit/ feel about the plot holes and inconsistencies? I'm still confused about whether Cervantes inserted those on purpose or not.

The Four Voyages

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BoC. Always.

CC 2nd. Galapagos and Sirens of Titan are underrated.

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except...y'know...most of those fears and predictions of his came true.

>>1491255
so much jelly and autism in one post

damn

Hey, /lit/

I have to give a ten minute presentation on the relation between Amadis de Gaul and Don Quixote tomorrow. Anything I should remember??

Does /lit/ have any comics?

>mfw no one has mentioned IT

What is a hipster?
Hipster seems to be semantic slanting on par with geyser or slut. Now it's something you accuse some of being, a perjorative epitethet, and confusion stems from the vagueness and inconsistency of the accusation, seeing as there is no single definition of the phrase.

In my definition, hipsters are pseudo-intellectuals who cherry-pick the superficial aspects of music, books, fashion, etc. in an effort to seem more artistic, more cultured, more cutting-edge than other people. Hipsters have a certain air of unwarranted self-importance.
The problem is, hipsters aren't actually interested in any of the shit they say they are, they rarely understand the artistic and societal importance of the things they say they love. They're usually people in their tweens (age 17-24) who yearn with all their being to identify with a group.
The entire "sub-culture" (if you would call it that) of Hipsterdom is based around irony. They are constantly claiming, "I liked it before it was popular". Much of hipster culture from my experience has started implementing quips, imagery, and activities of the "nerd" or "geek" culture, claimingt that they have always enjoyed these things all along. They play retro games, wear shirts with 8-bit images and load a few 8-bit singles on their apple iPods (because owning apple devices is not mainstream). However, playing an 8-bit game without knowing the context of the game in gaming history makes you a hipster.
In the end, the best definition of hipster I have found is:
>An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture lost in the superficiality of its past and unable to create any new meaning. Not only is it unsustainable, it is suicidal. While previous youth movements have challenged the dysfunction and decadence of their elders, today we have the "hipster" – a youth subculture that mirrors the doomed shallowness of mainstream society.

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It had a weird ending, even by Vonnegut standards. Really squick stuff.

read it

it's the literary version of crack cocaine

Thoughts?

What Rushdie book should I read next?

Start a thread about Atlas Shrugged or how awesome objectivism is.

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Fuck your shit.

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I'm having a really hard time finding a complete version of that. I might just try to download it.

As far as obscure Gaiman comic stories go, definitely check out his one-shot Batman story too.

Bookman's Alley, Evanston, IL

mostly just antique and rare books