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Who's the internet's busiest literature nerd? Is there somebody who reviews shit like Lincoln in the Bardo, Purity, The Golden House, Bleeding Edge, Taipei, etc. instead of young adult books?

>> No.11705026

better than food is the only one i know of but i dont really like his reviews

he has put me on to some good stuff in the past tho so whatever

>> No.11705030

>>11704958
cliff, but he's a faggot
Just like anthony

>> No.11705167

>>11704958
Clifford Sargent. Only Anglo who has reviewed both Pedro Páramo and 2666, I think. I like the guy but lately he's reviewed boring books.

>> No.11705259

>>11705030
>>11705167
I can think of better reviewers easily off the top of my head, but Cliff is probably the most Anthony tbf

>> No.11705266

>>11704958
The Book Chemist reviews stuff like this. I generally enjoy his videos, but they are not always the most exciting.

>> No.11705292

>>11705259
Like who?

>> No.11705296

>>11705266
Plus he likes (((Michael Chabon)))

>> No.11705300

>>11705292
The Book Chemist and that Ryan guy

>> No.11705341

>>11705300
>that Ryan guy
link?

>> No.11705395

>>11705341

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf8RGWBzj5A

>> No.11705444

>>11705300
I like them both but they mostly review contemporary Murican shit. If you haven't reviewed 2666 or Ficciones, you're of no use in the lit word.

1. Cliff
2. BookChemist
3. Cat videos
4. Ryan

>> No.11705656

PAPERBIRD

https://youtu.be/cH07Pe9iZBs

>> No.11705674

sean desu

>> No.11705835

>>11704958
Fantano reviews ape hop albums. Takes about 30 minutes to listen, and another 30 minutes to form an opinion. The lyrics is literally third grade tier with some cuss words added.
In order to be a book reviewer you actually have to read books. It takes days to finish some books. Books are written by authors who actually have a vocabulary and don't feel the urge to use "yo" or "uh" or "yee" every single sentence.
There can never be an "internet's busiest literature nerd" because a good chunk of book readers already read more than you.

>> No.11706030

>>11705395
I can never focus when watching his videos cuz his shoulders look like the back of a chair

>> No.11706081

>>11705835
aesop rock has better vocabulary than any author to ever exist

>> No.11706090

>>11705835
Kind of an embarrassing post 2bh

>> No.11706096

I too need a millennial-targeted friend simulator to tell me which books are good, it’s not like there are hundreds of years of review infrastructure out there

>> No.11706115
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>>11706096
>millennial

>> No.11706123

>>11706096
Uhh you know millenials are between 40 and 20 right

>> No.11706165

>>11706090
>>11706081
we wuz kangz, am I right?

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>>11706165

>> No.11706181

>>11704958

Fantano is such a pseud

>> No.11706182

>>11704958
I am

>> No.11706204

>>11705395
Thanks anon. I like this

>> No.11706344

>>11704958
unironically scaruffi, he has reviews of many classic authors, outlines a basic history of ideas, and makes heaps of massive autistic lists

>> No.11707350

>>11705395
Holy onions

>> No.11707369

>>11706174
"anyone who doesn't love niggers must be from /pol/" the absolute state...

>> No.11707385

>>11706096
This

Why the hell do you need a book reviewer? Ask here or join a forum and ask

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>>11706081
Imagine unironically believing this.

>> No.11707477

Fantano isn't really any better than your average bestseller reviewer who thinks J. K. Rowling is a good writer. He almost never touches pre-1960 music, nowadays focuses more on hip hop than anything else, and praises pop industry hacks like Beyoncé.

>> No.11707644

>>11706344
>and makes heaps of massive autistic lists
i thought that was the only thing he did

>> No.11708991
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>>11705026
>>11705030
>>11705167
>>11705259
>>11705444

used to love Cliff but then lost most of my respect for him after I watched his shitty short film. He's good as a youtube guy but after that I j can't listen to him talk about books

>> No.11709327
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11709327

>>11704958

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>>11706090
Your favorite genre is an embarrassment when a hack like kanye is considered a revolutionary genius of an innovator.

>> No.11709778

>>11707350
grow up

>> No.11709783

>>11709768
yeezey's GOAT

>> No.11709796

>>11707369
>>11706165
>aesop rock
>nigger
Imagine knowing so little and still being so confident.

>> No.11709805

>>11706115
>funnyjunk filename

>> No.11709834

>>11705167
>Anglo who has reviewed both Pedro Páramo and 2666
the fuck are you talking about?

>> No.11709901

>>11705835
>a medium where a piece of art is 40-60 minutes takes less time to consume and review than a medium where it takes dozens of hours to do the same
Wow, thanks for that observation anon. And thanks for the unsolicited opinions on how much you hate nigger music, and for defending the glory of literature in the face of vile, crude nigger music.

>> No.11709947

>>11708991
Where can I find his short film?

>> No.11710438

>>11709901
I don't hate blues. Also, you don't u derstand. You can't make a living off of being a youtuber-book-reviewer because you won't be making enough videos since book take more to read. This means you will have to keep an actual job AND have enough to time to both read and edit a video. This means normal readers will be reading more than you because they don't have to edit videos. Fantano doesn't have this prpblem because he doesn't have a normal job anymore so his has time to make up and actually BE the busiest music nerd.

>> No.11710513

>>11709947
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA9i-NpzNfU

>> No.11710778

>>11709768
>Your favorite genre
Says who. I'm just saying that dismissing a whole genre largely due to its predominant race is pretty low-IQ

>> No.11710790

>>11709834
it's pretty self-explanatory

>> No.11710903

>>11704958
why, so you can watch it and come here to pretend you're a human with an opinion?

>> No.11711253

>>11709778
don't even reply to me, gayboy

>> No.11711417

>>11711253
lol touchy

>> No.11711435

>>11710778
Again, I'm not dismissing blues or Jazz. Fuck off.

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>>11704958

>> No.11711445
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lol

>> No.11711464

>>11705835
>you actually have to read books
pretentious. books are a form of art, music is a form of art. The fact that you think reading books is a special sign of intellectuality shows you just do it to showcase an image of intelligence to people. Whatever dude. Thats pretty sad honestly

>> No.11711468

>>11711464
don't worry, he clearly doesn't understand Rap

>> No.11711474

>>11705835
Also saying like "you AKTCHUALLY have to read BOOKS" shows how you think reading is something so special and magical and only "smart" people can do it. Language is random as fuck, using a certain vocabulary just shows the kind of image you wanna make around your persona

>> No.11711485

>>11711435
>>11707443
Being 21st century and having a sense of beauty based oon aristhotelic mimesis is extremely low iq honestly. And yeah there is an impied racial narrative about being absolutely averse to rap music whilst not doing the same type of purist judgement to country music or any kind of oral or urban cultural manifestation coming from white people. And yeah im sorry if this is too "politically correct" (which is something to think about also)

>> No.11711490

>>11711464
>>11711474
FACT - it takes longer to read a book
FACT - it is more taxing on the brain (per second) to read a book as it has a much wider vocabulary than an ape hop album
FACT - books by nature are not repetitive unlike ape hop songs that mostly have a chorus and many go by the ABABCB structue

>> No.11711491

>>11711490
woah look at this fag

>> No.11711493

>>11711485
I would shit on country music too if cuckolds considered country musicians as genius artists and were the topic of 99% of Fantano's videos.

>> No.11711496

>>11711493
good for you

>> No.11711502

>>11711468
Only reason lit doesn't like rap is black people

>> No.11711509

>>11711496
>>11711502
You honestly conclude from my posts that my judgement is racially filled just because I dare to criticise the lowest form of music African American people came up with. The fact I appreciate literally any other genre they made doesn't matter to you. But what can I expect from an iFag liberal cuckolds that fetishize black masculinity and thug culture.

>> No.11711510

>>11711502
one guy's shitty opinion is not lit

>> No.11711513

>>11711509
I didn't say anything about race, though you did call it ape hop. But go ahead and cry that you're being oppressed by SJW Marxists or whatever ;)

>> No.11711530

>>11711513
I am a hardcore marxist and socialist, but I don't care to use terms like "ape hop" because I am not an idiot who thinks every single thing is racist. I call it ape hop because I see most artists from that genre, including white ones, as apes. The move like apes, make voices like apes (augh, yo, yee, umm). You are so narrow minded that you tailor ideas and beliefs on me that I don't believe in and never said.

>> No.11711539

>>11711530
Yeah "ape" has no racial connotation.

>> No.11711550

>>11711530
lol who's the sheltered white boi now

>> No.11711562
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>>11711539
Ahh, the CLASSIC liberal that already sees black people in a racist manner but tries to hide, but he still forms opinions of them in that inner racist beliefs. You unironically think black people look like apes LMAO. That is why you are uncomfortable with someone calling a hiphop artist (which might be white, might be asian, but most likely black) an ape. No wonder you fetishize them sincce you see them as such an exotic "peoples".
I don't think black people look like apes. That is why I have no problem calling a certain black person an ape if he behaves like one. I call white people apes too but you have no problem with that because again you think only blacks look like apes.
Pic related a white guy that looks like an ape. He doesn't behave like one though.
>>11711550
I am not white, and don't use that racist and sexist term against effeminate white males please. Thank you.

>> No.11711577

>>11711562
>I am not white

debatable ;)

>> No.11711737

>>11711577
So close minded that he imagines anyone disagreeing with him on the internet is a trumptard white cis male from rural America. Keep seeing the world in black and white. LITERALLY black and white. Only black people are opressed (hispanic, asians, and east europeans can kiss my ass) and they look like apes so you better not call them apes because you shouldn't make fun of people's looks right?

>> No.11711749

>>11711737
keep crying over rap music lol

>> No.11711832

>>11711562
Im black so you have no point but thats a oretty elaborate projection, i gotta tell you that

>> No.11711835

>>11711468
I be understood rap nigger bangbang pussy yea uh uh.....aaayyyyysssssss

>> No.11711846

>>11711835
SCUUUUUUUUUMMMMM GAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG

>> No.11711854

>>11711835
T. 60 year old white guy who smells like putrid cheese and ass and wears an obviously fake wig

>> No.11711884

>>11711832
Whatever you think of me, you must know that I don't see black people as "ugly" or "stupid", so much that I am comfortable calling a certain black person an ape just as I am comfortable calling a certain white person an ape. I also appreciate the contribution of black people to modern mainstream music - most mainstream genres were started by black artists or were influenced by them. The fact that I hate one single genre and call it "ape hop" doesn't make me racist. You can argue that the "ape" part is a racial slur, but I personally don't believe usage of racial slurs makes one an actual racist. It just makes one an asshole which I certainly am.
>>11711835
This.

>> No.11711899

>>11711884
edgy!

>> No.11711927

>>11711577
>>11711749
>>11711899
Bill O'Reilly calling me a pinhead.

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>>11711927
>rawr
#nigger

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>>11711927

>> No.11712160

>>11711927
rate my poem;

>nigger nigger
>chicken dinner

>> No.11712192

>>11704958
>Taipei
>not YA
Tao bed go