/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18082976]

ITT: Dense, impenetrable books

[Anonymous No.18082998]

>>18082976
is this a joke?

[Anonymous No.18083082]

Had to see the movie to really understand

[Anonymous No.18083439]

>>18082976
Filtered by House of Leaves. Sad, many such cases!

[Anonymous No.18083469]

>>18082976
Dense? Sure, but it's not impenetrable, just boring.

[Anonymous No.18083477]

>>18082976
>>18082998
>>18083439
>>18083469
hey I basically downloaded the txt version onto my paperwhite and then a week later went to a bookstore to find that, upon flipping through the physical copy, there are many, many images and formatting choices which I don't know whether or not will affect the read. Can I read it as a txt or will I miss out? Also I don't know what the image Patrick Bateman drew on the wall looks like.

[Anonymous No.18083489]

The Golden Dawn by Israel Regardie.

[Anonymous No.18083719]

>>18083477
idk you've got the txt file you tell us

[Anonymous No.18083726]

>>18082976
I had this book and after really flicking through it I could tell it wouldn't be worth the effort so I just threw it in the trash kek

[Anonymous No.18083739]

>>18083477
>txt version

[Anonymous No.18083742]

>>18083477
You need the physical book 100%. I say this as someone who almost exclusively reads ebooks

[Anonymous No.18083846]

>>18082976

[Anonymous No.18083901]

>>18082976
Women and men

[Anonymous No.18083911]

Harold bloom

[Anonymous No.18083918]

>>18083489
/thread

[Anonymous No.18083947]

>>18082976
One of you queers recommended this book to me, and I bought for my girlfriend, and now she thinks I'm a fucking weirdo. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.18084275]

>>18082976
I got filtered by this. Abandoned it in 1/2. Can anyone summarize how it ends?

[Anonymous No.18084281]

>>18082976
Just cut a hole into it, dipshit.

[Anonymous No.18084326]

>>18083846
Is this even good? I see the ad all the time.

[Anonymous No.18084329]

fucking filtered

[Anonymous No.18084331]

>>18084326
It's spoopy picture book

[Anonymous No.18084337]

>>18083947
>And now she KNOWS that I'm a fucking weirdo

Ftfy

[Anonymous No.18086127]

>>18083477
What like somebody rearranged all the text to fit into a pdf? Sounds boring desu, but still worth reading if you’re a poorfag.

[Anonymous No.18086146]

Reading a .txt version throws a whole new element to the book. That’s the /lit/ way to enjoy it

Honestly the formatting isn’t that important it’s just a gimmick as long as you can access the footnotes

[Anonymous No.18086327]

>>18083477
There are both pdf (scanned) and ebook versions, at least try a better format.

[Anonymous No.18086396]

>>18086146
The gimmick is the whole point of the fucking book you troglodyte.

[Anonymous No.18087185]

>>18086146
I disagree. As much as, yes, its a gimmick, I think there's actual added value with the printed formatting. When you get to the action sequence in Chapter X, the part with the doors closing "one, after, another, after, another". You're the one slamming those doors as you turn the pages. it makes the reading process more immersive.

[Anonymous No.18087345]

>>18086396
>>18087185
Yeah. If you are gonna put in the hours of actually reading the book, you should just buy it. It would still be a great book without the weird format, but you will be missing so much.

[Anonymous No.18087417]

The book isn’t that dense by /lit/ standards. It doesn’t even try to be incomprehensible like so many people here imply. For how complex it technically is, it is extremely easy to read. It pushes the boundaries of what a novel can be more than anything else has that I have read, but it doesn’t make it confusing or esoteric.

[Anonymous No.18087560]

>>18084326
somebody posted excerpts and the writing is laughably bad. by now it's half meme, half author shilling

[Anonymous No.18087574]

>>18084275
It ends with a redditor's mouth gaping in sheer amazement