/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16678940]

>Charles Bukowski
>Kurt Vonnegut
>Neil Gayman
>Haruki Murakami
>Jonathan Franzen

[Anonymous No.16678963]

>>16678940
Add Nietzsche, Marx, Derrida, and Zizek to that list.

[Anonymous No.16678975]

>>16678940
All are fine writers and are good at their own niche things.
Bukowski is good at showing the underbelly to everything
Vonnegut is good at twisting morals within a light sci-fi/postmodern style
I have never read Gaiman, so I can't comment
Murakami blends Kafkaesque themes and styles with good characterizations
Franzen has some of the most fleshed out characters I have ever read in American fiction.

Are they GOAT? Of course not, but they're still solid and good writers.

[Anonymous No.16678980]

Reddit doesn't read those authors.
More like
>JK Rowling
>George RR Martin
>Richard Dawkins
>Dan Brown
>Terry Pratchett

[Anonymous No.16678990]

>>16678940
Hey, bud, I just wanted to thank you for making this amazing thread! I have seen some threads, but boy, this one is absolute gold! I wish we had more posters like you! Please, do post again, I can't wait to see what you'll come up with next time!

[Anonymous No.16678992]

>>16678975
>Kafkaesque

[Anonymous No.16679004]

>>16678992
I mean, Murakami's fiction is Kafkaesque. I don't know what other word I should use that encompasses Kafkaesque.

[Anonymous No.16679017]

>>16678980
They absolutely read Vonnegut, Murakami and Gaiman. Bukowski is more like a tumblr meme. Franzen is read by the Oprah crowd.

[Anonymous No.16679025]

>>16679004
Do you really expect a basedjakker to produce a worthwhile criticism?
These people, if they can still be called that, are so thoroughly clad in irony and derision that any sincerity they find they have no choice but to mock. The basedjakker is the cyberized version of a special-education schoolyard bully.

[Anonymous No.16679054]

>>16678980
>tfw actually liked the Da Vinci Code
Yeah it’s not high literature but was still an exciting story