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I picked up a copy of Gilead and Mother Night today, so I am feeling comfortable in this page of the thread. Hello,
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The Unholy Ghost posted:Watchmen is not literature because it is a comic book! - a cretin Watchmen is not literature because it is a comic book.
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Heath posted:I picked up a copy of Gilead and Mother Night today, so I am feeling comfortable in this page of the thread. Hello, Enjoy Gilead Its so loving good I reread the first page earlier today and its still an amazing start
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Aug 5, 2016 02:35
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please stop talking about comic books and the man married to amanda palmer please im having an aneurysm
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Aug 5, 2016 03:05
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im reading the tale of genji and he pressed this girls brother into his service so he can creep on her and say poems like the trees are windy and the fog sets in
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fantasy zone posted:please stop talking about comic books and the man married to amanda palmer please im having an aneurysm I guess we should get out of... ... ... the fantasy zone
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Aug 5, 2016 03:10
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Heath posted:I picked up a copy of Gilead and Mother Night today, so I am feeling comfortable in this page of the thread. Hello, This is a new page where we talk about comic books sorry
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I think that guy who says all the books literary types recommend him he doesn't understand should just read them anywaysMel Mudkiper posted:I guess we should get out of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmilKKWEjmA
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Aug 5, 2016 04:42
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Invicta{HOG}, M.D. posted:This is a new page where we talk about comic books sorry Persepolis?
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Aug 5, 2016 04:54
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Heath posted:I picked up a copy of Gilead and Mother Night today, so I am feeling comfortable in this page of the thread. Hello, I just bought a copy of Gilead too. They didn't have Vann. Mother Night is underrated imo soooo good
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Aug 5, 2016 05:36
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I quite like Gilead so far. I'm about 50 pages in but I was in the mood for something somber and reflective and it is beautifully written while still being a straightforward read. Question about the main character's age: If I'm doing the math right, wouldn't he have been 69 years old when his son was born?
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Aug 5, 2016 07:34
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At Swim-Two-Birds is probably the maddest thing I've read in a long time
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Aug 5, 2016 07:41
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Mother Night is the best, reading it is like getting punched in the stomach over and over.
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Aug 5, 2016 07:49
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rest his guts posted:"I'm a retrograde pseudo-intellectual too far up my own rear end to appreciate good writing"
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Aug 5, 2016 10:42
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All the parts in Death on the Installment Plan where he can't get a job and is lazing around doing nothing are hitting a bit too close to home for me.
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Aug 5, 2016 10:44
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fridge corn posted:At Swim-Two-Birds is probably the maddest thing I've read in a long time Pls post in this thread when you read the last page about how it's the best last page in the history of literature tia
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Aug 5, 2016 10:44
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Oh actually maybe Finnegans Wake that;'s a good last page too
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Aug 5, 2016 10:46
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Hmmm maybe I prefer the last page of Ferdydurke now I think about it
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Aug 5, 2016 10:47
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Zorodius posted:Watchmen is definitely above your Dan Browns and definitely below your Jameses Joyce, so "middle brow" sounds about right. It's between Land's End and John o' Groats so it's probably middle-england.
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Aug 5, 2016 11:31
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Heath posted:Question about the main character's age: Yes and its a plot point
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CestMoi posted:Pls post in this thread when you read the last page about how it's the best last page in the history of literature tia Easily my best book of the year so far
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Aug 5, 2016 13:51
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fridge corn posted:Easily my best book of the year so far the year 1939?
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Aug 5, 2016 13:52
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blue squares posted:the year 1939? It was a good year
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fridge corn posted:It was a good year you know who else 1939 was a good year for
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Aug 5, 2016 15:44
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fridge corn posted:Easily my best book of the year so far Related to this I picked up a secondhand book of his columns as Myles na gCopaleen. It's p funny so far
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Aug 5, 2016 16:09
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blue squares posted:the year 1939? hey I saw someone reading Station 11 on the bus in Chicago yesterday but didn't approach them for obvious reasons welp that's my story
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Aug 5, 2016 16:36
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J_RBG posted:Related to this I picked up a secondhand book of his columns as Myles na gCopaleen. It's p funny so far I read that book, there's some bits that are like dinosaur jerk level funny.
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Aug 5, 2016 18:45
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Franchescanado posted:Read Watchmen or watch men read? "Neither." - A. Crouton
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Aug 5, 2016 19:32
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rest his guts posted:What was off about my assessment of Anna Karenina as pertaining to its slog/unrelatability factor, in your estimation? if you need to relate to anyone in a novel in order to be able to read it you're doing reading wrong
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Aug 5, 2016 23:40
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U can give him a shot with Family Happiness if u want something quick/self-contained that'll give you a general idea of his style.
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Aug 6, 2016 00:36
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Aquarium has the greatest extended metaphors I've ever read
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Aug 6, 2016 00:47
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Gimme some good recent social novels
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Aug 6, 2016 00:51
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Twerkteam Pizza posted:Gimme some good recent social novels define social novel EDIT: Ok it meant what I figured. Here is a list. Welcome to Braggsville by T Geronimo Johnson Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Delicious Foods by James Hannaham Mel Mudkiper fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Aug 6, 2016 |
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Aug 6, 2016 00:57
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Twerkteam Pizza posted:Gimme some good recent social novels The Sellout
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Aug 6, 2016 00:58
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Also anything by Chuck Tingle
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Aug 6, 2016 00:59
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Mislaid by Nell Zink also rated very well but I didn't really think it was much good tbh Also Colson Whitehead has a lot of good social novels, his most recent came out just this week in fact!
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Mislaid by Nell Zink also rated very well but I didn't really think it was much good tbh blue squares posted:The Sellout Mel Mudkiper posted:Welcome to Braggsville by T Geronimo Johnson This is a good list, thanks thread  (Also gently caress yeah new Whitehead, I loved Zone One)
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Some good book chat with Tyler Cowen How to shop for books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyI0KBcHY4g What's the point of fiction? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_vWueM0h3A
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