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Hi /lit/, what are your thoughts on Tao Lin?

>> No.3150548

go and sleep inside of your bed

>> No.3150557

He should go to bed

>> No.3150567

>>3150548
>>3150557
I heard he's the voice of the generation, is this true?

>> No.3150576

>>3150567
>I heard he's the voice of the generation, is this true?
No he's like in his 30's. Plus, I don't think our/his generation is fucked enough for him to be the voice of it.

>> No.3150577

Tao Lin please stop making threads about yourself on /lit/

>> No.3150584

>>3150567
He should go to bed right now.

>> No.3150585

>>3150576
I'm 29 not 30's

>> No.3150591

>>3150585
Still too old to be on 4chan, gramps.

>> No.3150602

>>3150591
>opinions

>> No.3150606

>>3150585
You aren't Tao, and can't prove you are.

>> No.3150612

>>3150606
You're like a detective

>> No.3150614

>>3150606
Actually it is always tao lin unless proven otherwise

>> No.3150617
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3150617

>>3150606
Can't prove that he isn't, can you?

>> No.3150618

>>3150612
I am a detective. My name is Tao Lin.

>> No.3150626

>>3150618
My name is also Tao Lin. I am not a detective.

>> No.3150651

>>3150626
I have detected something. You are the dog, Tao Lin.

>> No.3150653

He got divorced because no one loves him.

>> No.3150655

Goddamnit Tao, just go to bed already

>> No.3150657

>>3150653
>he
it's rude to talk about someone in third person when they are right there

>> No.3150673

>>3150657

lol'd

>> No.3150678

I read Shoplifting from American Apparel in just a few hours. Tao you should write a 1k pager to keep me occupied.

>> No.3150727

tao lin, what do you think of starting strength by mark rippetoe?

>> No.3150752

Tao, for your next novel you should record an audio CD with your emotionless voice. I would enjoy this a great deal.

>> No.3150758

I read that sex scene by him, you know the one with the flying hamster n shit, but didn't like it too much. Wasn't bad, but nothing I'd buy from a book store.

>> No.3150765

TL burns with the silent silver fire of an Asian American

>> No.3150771
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3150771

He should spend less time promoting himself and more time actually being a writer.

His bibliography is so tiny and so mediocre, yet he wont stop pretending like he's be biggest thing since sliced bread.

>> No.3150780

>>3150771
That's how you start making the mad dosh m8

>> No.3150809

I just finished Eeeee Eeee Eeeee and liked it. There was a few times when I got bored because it rambled a bit too much but in the end I enjoyed it. 4.1/5

>> No.3150817

>>3150771
How is the necessary promotion of your work pretending to be great? And if anything I'd say he's fairly humbled when it comes to himself.

>> No.3150819

I enjoy the sheer obsession with surface-y details. It makes for a nice change of pace.

I can't yet say whether he is a good writer or not, but he's definitely an enjoyable one.

>> No.3150861

I think people are far too distracted by the content of his writing and fail to see how finely he's tuned his voice/style. By contrast, Chabon's voice, though at times describing things beautifully, has limits by its nature as historical-omniscient. Eggars also seems generic by comparison, even though his latest book has some particularly sharp, breathtaking moments. Tao is not only on a different register from these, but is pitch-perfect. Whether or not you think suburban ennui and gmail chat is content worth reading about is up for debate however. Personally I think it suits the style, and in this regard I consider the novels to be totally complete, virtually self-contained fiction.

sage because otherwise people will think im tao lin

>> No.3150905

>>3150861
>implying you aren't tao lin

>> No.3150911

>>3150905
What if you're Tao Lin? What if I'm Tao Lin? I hope I'm not Tao Lin.

>> No.3150916

>>3150911
rude.

>> No.3150922

>>3150780
No, that's how you sell penis enlargement pills-- with spam.

>>3150817
There's a difference between "necessary promotion" and spreading buzz through ghost-writing reviews of your own book. The only reason he's gotten to where he is now is by pretending to be readers who were amazed by his subpar novels.

>> No.3150924

>>3150916
Tao is that you?

>> No.3150936

>>3150922
Any evidence of these false reviews except for an anonymous statement on an image-board?