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Guy Mann posted:Meh, it's good for a chortle in dead-tree format. the joke is that this is something that a person who legimitaely read and enjoyed Ready Player One would post, fyi. I can't stand to let anybody think that I had any enjoyment from Erenest Cline's writing.
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:this book was pure poo poo yeesh this is bad and not like intentionally neuromancerly bad
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Some Moron posted:Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. BORING The Greatest Living Writer posted:I got into my PV950 haptosuit, which is capable of both simulating gunshots and jacking me off. "Wow, this is just like the 1992 film Lawnmower Man, based on the short story by Stephen King," I said to myself as the complex array of pneumatic tubes and actuators began to squeeze my penis, jacking me off in the process. Now that's what I call literature
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Apr 15, 2017 18:23
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my boss unironically likes this book, he is otherwise a normal and decent human being 
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YeahTubaMike posted:my boss unironically likes this book, he is otherwise a normal and decent human being Thats great you should invite him to post in this thread 
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Apr 15, 2017 19:04
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What, no mention of how the love interest, the only girl in "The World" to not look like a supermodel/porn star, had "rubanesque" features and constantly talked about how deformed she was in real life, and once she finally met OP fanfic hero protagonist character she looked normal but had a facial birthmark that she thought made her look hideous and repulsive?
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As a kid, I used to read a ton, like I would read every day, it was awesome. I loved reading. But as I grew up, for some reason I slowly lost interest in reading, and now I mostly just play video games and surf the internet. But this book really rekindled the love for reading I had as a kid. It kept me up at night, turning page after page--it was just so enthralling, I loved the characters, and it was funny too! Anyway that's why I unironically loved Ready Player One.
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I actually ironically loved it, because I can only express enjoyment of things through a smirky pose of actually being too cool for it even though everything in my adult life centers around Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and youtube reaction videos
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Apr 15, 2017 19:57
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I got some expensive hardcover of Neuromancer, but I haven't read it because it doesn't pander to a generation I was never a part of in the way that Ready Player One did.
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Apr 15, 2017 20:03
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Squashing Machine posted:Now that's what I call literature Vol. 15 Featuring the greatest excerpts from todays hottest authors, such as: Ernest Cline J.K. Rowling E.L. James ..... and many more!!
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:I actually ironically loved it, because I can only express enjoyment of things through a smirky pose of actually being too cool for it even though everything in my adult life centers around Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and youtube reaction videos your love of piss is genuine and earnest.
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Minimum Syntaxing posted:I got some expensive hardcover of Neuromancer, but I haven't read it because it doesn't pander to a generation I was never a part of in the way that Ready Player One did. lol "detuned tv" ok grandpa
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YeahTubaMike posted:my boss unironically likes this book, he is otherwise a normal and decent human being Same except he's terribly awkward so it makes perfect sense
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I buckle up my DIK-8 Haptic Force VibroCock in preparation for a nightime raid on my Star-Bhabhi
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Amarcarts posted:I buckle up my DIK-8 Haptic Force VibroCock in preparation for a nightime raid on my Star-Bhabhi Raid On Star-Bhabi : The Return is a #1 bestseller on 12 systems
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My friends once had a book club running and the one with the thickest neckbeard picked Ready Player One. Nobody liked the book except him.
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Testikles posted:My friends once had a book club running and the one with the thickest neckbeard picked Ready Player One. Nobody liked the book except him. Well, the average person just doesn't know how to appreciate such a quirky book. They probably didn't get the references, I'd recommend some of the Star Wars books maybe
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think of all the great writers that can't get poo poo published and this rear end in a top hat has two best selling books and one of the greatest directors ever is adapting his trash pages.
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Groovelord Neato posted:one of the greatest directors ever is adapting his trash pages whoa when did they kick Spielberg off the project
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:Well, the average person just doesn't know how to appreciate such a quirky book. They probably didn't get the references, I'd recommend some of the Star Wars books maybe We also read The Man in the High Castle. While the group wanted to talk about the metaphysics behind the novel, this guy really wanted to talk about how close Hitler was to winning the war. That wasn't the loving point.
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:whoa when did they kick Spielberg off the project jaws is a top 10 film of all time.
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Testikles posted:We also read The Man in the High Castle. While the group wanted to talk about the metaphysics behind the novel, this guy really wanted to talk about how close Hitler was to winning the war. That wasn't the loving point. i always wondered who the history channel was trying to pander to in the 00s, thanks
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I like how the slow, listless decay of futureworld was underscored by enormous stacks of trailers with people scaling the outsides to get in and out. This was brilliantly original world building and not a profoundly stupid idea that a doesn't for one second make any god drat sense.
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Flared Basic Bitch posted:I like how the slow, listless decay of futureworld was underscored by enormous stacks of trailers with people scaling the outsides to get in and out. This was brilliantly original world building and not a profoundly stupid idea that a doesn't for one second make any god drat sense. Agreed, this was very original. Not as original as the owner of a gigantic future corporation giving away all his fortune because he was a gigantic nerd, but original.
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still can't get over that the dude rewrote the last starfighter but worse and it was published by an actual publishing house.
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:Agreed, this was very original. Not as original as the owner of a gigantic future corporation giving away all his fortune because he was a gigantic nerd, but original. Oh! And I also found the refreshingly accurate portrayal of game developers as selfless cloistered geniuses enjoyable.
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Lawrence Gilchrist posted:i always wondered who the history channel was trying to pander to in the 00s, thanks Pretty much. I'm sure if we were doing the club now he would have picked the Three Body Problem and we'd be talking about whether aliens could make a MMO.
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A good novel should take scenes from other media wholesale. I like reading the script to Back to the Future in my books.
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YeahTubaMike posted:my boss unironically likes this book, he is otherwise a normal and decent human being Sucks to be you, the only person I ever meet who actually read and recommended the book was an obese redditor nerd whom I had the misfortune of working with. skeletonotherkin fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Apr 16, 2017 |
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Panfilo posted:If film adaptations of good books make lovely movies, will we get the reverse effect with good film? There's a slim chance that Spielberg has the sense about him to treat it like Starship Troopers: make a good movie which is basically a parody of a bad book
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is this the girl who wrote the heart is deceitful above all things?
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i like it because it have references i get and that made me feel like i was clever for getting them. not everyone gets them you know
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Someone should make a "VR Is the future starter pack" meme with this book and an oculus rift
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Testikles posted:My friends once had a book club running and the one with the thickest neckbeard picked Ready Player One. Nobody liked the book except him. I know a guy who didn't understand book clubs and picked Sandman. The entire series. Nobody read it but him.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Hiring Wil Wheaton to narrate the audiobook was cool and good. Did this really happen? Oh, Jesus.
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Groovelord Neato posted:think of all the great writers that can't get poo poo published and this rear end in a top hat has two best selling books and one of the greatest directors ever is adapting his trash pages. Think of me, think of me fondly When we've lol byee Remember me, shitlord e-child Please, promise me you'll try When you find that once again you long To take your posts and be free If you ever find a moment Spare a lmao for me We never said "our memes r evergreen" Or "as unchanging as Microwave's mom" But if you can still remember, Stop and think of BYOB Think of all the posts We've shared and seen Don't think about the mod challenges which might have been Think of me, think of me wanking Silent and resigned Imagine me trying too hard To put fiesta cat from my mind Recall those days, look back on all those times Think of the vidya we'll never play There will never be a dad gay When I won't think of you
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Pitdragon posted:i like it because it have references i get and that made me feel like i was clever for getting them. lmao yeah bithc theyre called "The Dead" and I envy them.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Hiring Wil Wheaton to narrate the audiobook was cool and good. pretty sure he made me dislike it even more.
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The Dennis System posted:Did this really happen? Oh, Jesus. I checked the audiobook out from the library and ten minutes on the drive home I turned around and returned the loving thing. Then I sat my car on fire and chased a cat into culvert and passed out.
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