/lit/ - Literature

Anytime you here someone say you should *always* write a certain way you should be skeptical.

wut book is it?

Is this good or do people only read it because you're supposed to?

the instructions

that's it

I can't stop reading Floyd's lines in the voice of muscle man from the regular show.

also, boystar is gonna get absolutely fucked I can just tell.

>>3864687
He prolly assumed that anyone who hasn't read IJ is pleb-tier

The Recognitions is better

>>3837143
What part are you at in Underworld? I found the Klara section really boring.

Regarding OP, just have fun with it if you aren't getting all of the interconnectivity and thematic elements. It's one of the funniest books I've ever read.

>dat scene when he climbs the tree naked and it gets cut down
>dat chase scene through the mineshaft and in the hot air balloon where Slothrop throws pies at Marvy's mothers while they're singing a ridiculous jingle
>dat smuggling the hash as raketemensch and seeing Mickey Rooney

>>3835245
lol

Isn't there a shit edition of V. too that's like completely different?

>>3835233
That would be fun. I've read it three times but never with /lit/. The fourth time is supposed to be the time you really "get it".

>>3837087
Wow dude, that is just about dead on. I really can't find any fault with anything there.

completely random, in no particular order

The Brothers Karamazov
Gravity's Rainbow
Moby-Dick
The Sot-weed Factor
100 Days of Solitude
Against the Day
Buddenbrooks
The Magic Mountain
The Sound and the Fury
Vanity Fair

>>3832571
Hurr, he actually gave some good advice.

>>3832301
lol i thought it was specifically directed at everybody

like one of those things where you go down the list and say which ones apply to you

whatever dude

>"edgy" at every turn
nope

>hates genre lit
yup

>masturbates each night to Hemingway
nope. hate Hemingway.

>pretends to understand philosophy
I don't know shit.

>uses obscure adjectives to make replies that lack substance seem intuitive
I don't think intuitive is the word you're looking for kiddo.

>either too cool 4 school or that annoying guy at the front of lectures who asks stupid questions
I'm that guy who sits in class, thinks about random shit and says nothing.

>thinks of himself as a struggling artist when really he's just a shitty writer with a booze problem
Eh, that's not too far from the truth tbh.

>does not lift
>wears a fedora when out on the town
lol, 2/10; try fucking with one of the dumb boards

>100 years of solitude

A dude has sex with a nine year old and she dies with twins crossed in her breast.

>Moby-Dick

Some dude thinks whales are fish.

>The Sound and the Fury

A retard gets gelded after he tries to rape two schoolgirls.

>Mason & Dixon

Sexual tension between two dudes who lived in the 18th century.

>>3832232
>How was Joseph and His Brothers though?
I thought it was incredible, but it isn't for everyone. He has a lot of interesting things to say regarding the nature of history and mythological narrative and, above all, it's a really entertaining, endearing and occasionally moving story. I would definitely recommend it, but know what you're getting into: the dialogue is biblical and the character description can sometimes be extensive.

>>3831949
Just jump right in man. I mean, you do know how to read, right?

>>3831917
>http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading

If you're just looking for general recs, then this is a good place to start.

If you want more specific advice, feel free to ask.

Do you want to read something good, or is GoT where you max out in terms of quality?

Dude, the show is quality but here on /lit/ we tend to talk about literature.

>>3824505
somebody buy this man a beer

How about Under the Volcano? Not really edgy but it fits some of your criteria.

>>3831785
Also the whole idea he seems to be pushing about how none of your desires are ever realized until you cease desiring them feels tenuous to me.