/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6014860]

Now I know why /lit/ hates sci fi.

[Anonymous No.6016775]

>>6014860
I'd like to hear some impressions of this book beyond your vague shitpost. It's gotten hype and it sounds legitimately entertaining, whether it's high lit or not.

[Anonymous No.6016782]

Piss astronaut

[Anonymous No.6016800]

>>6016782
I fucking lol'd.

[Anonymous No.6017347]

>>6014860
I would never read any sci-fi just because of the fanbase
Just like I never watched Dr who or plan to because I know its only for fags

[Anonymous No.6017418]

>>6017347
>allowing others to dictate the things you like.
This is almost literally the most pathetic thing.

[Anonymous No.6017448]

it's a fun enough read, but yeah it's pretty shit. le quirky sarcastic astronaut man gets old real quick. especially when you consider that literally every character in the book makes exactly the same kind of sarcastic quips. people honestly think this stuff is characterization these days tho.

[Anonymous No.6017458]

>>6014860
>writes a shitty genre sci-fi novel
>shops it around publishers
>no one wants it
>puts it on Kindle for 0.99
>sells a billionty
>publishers hounding him for physical publication rights
>eventually sells them for an undisclosed six figure sum
Admit it, /lit/... You're all just jealous.

[Anonymous No.6017463]

>>6014860
>space man looks like he's floating
>even though there's more gravity on Mars than there is on the moon
Is he just clicking his heels in glee or something?

[Anonymous No.6017525]

>>6014860
>not reading 2312
>not reading based kim stanley robinson
>not flying terrariums made out of mile long asteroids flying through space

[Anonymous No.6017564]

>>6017525
Working through Red Mars right now, not sure why it's taken me so long.

[Anonymous No.6018075]

>>6017463
He's running away from a sandstorm

>>6017458
>Now a major motion picture
Yes, i'm jelly

[kitty !kitty/EnNg No.6018080]

>>6018075
>He's running away from a sandstorm
run like a wind!

[Anonymous No.6018100]

>>6017347
The fan base lit presents for readers of the Greeks a deep literary works also makes it seem like something someone should avoid

And what science fiction fanbase exactly? The people dressing up as Klingons and computer game characters aren't reading science fiction novels

[Anonymous No.6018179]

Good, I was going to make a thread about this but now I don't have to.

I have an issue with the "sci fi" label in how restrictive it is. I have just finished The 3 Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (PKD) and have just started reading Brave New World (Huxley). PKD's work is constantly shoved into the sci fi section of book stores while works like Brave New World and 1984 aren't — why?

Though I have only read one of his works so far, PKD's philosophical and metaphysical themes should surely enable it to not be shoved in a corner, just because it includes space travel and technologically induced evolution in its world building.

Star Wars and Star Trek are sci fi in the way that they use futurism to tell a story. PKD uses futurism as a way of debating metaphysics.

Why acknowledge the difference with Brave New World but not PKD?

[Anonymous No.6018183]

What is the problem with this book? Second time I see a thread about it where people claim it is shit and no one explains why.

[kitty !kitty/EnNg No.6018195]

>>6018183
a very american (shitty humor, america is the best, one european astronaut for comic relief) and populist (gender and racial tolerance) rip-off of robinson crusoe (it makes its captivating for some people) with some phony technical details and a poor prose, no interesting ideas too

[Anonymous No.6018680]

>>6018195
>phony technical details
I'd like to hear more about this.

[Anonymous No.6018713]

>>6018179
Philip K. Dick's first published novel was "Man in the High Castle." they weren't sure where to put it. But it had multiple dimensions, so they put it with sci-fi instead of general novels. The rest of his books [even voices from the street] get classified as sci-fi, just to keep the author's books together.

Brave New World and 1984 are intensely political novels. Their authors had already been classified as political writers and not science fiction authors. Ideas of multiple dimensions and things have been around for so long that books like the mirage get classified as novels now, and not as fantasy.

[Anonymous No.6018739]

>>6018075
>>6018080

>sandstorms


Why is this a mars meme? Has no one done any actual research? The sandstorms on mars would not be deadly because the atmosphere is so thin. You vision would be impaired severely but you would barely be moved by the wind, it would be equivalent to a regular windy day on earth, but probably less.

I groan every time the 'oh noes sandstorm' garbage appears when someone is on mars.

[Anonymous No.6018777]

>>6017418
You must be soft in the head
>allowing others to dictate the things you like
I would never play Dungeons and Dragons because the only people that game attracts is autistic fucks. I know that I won't like it because im not a neckbeard. Or just like I will never watch anime for the same reason

[Anonymous No.6018785]

>>6018777
But what you describe is not
>allowing others to dictate the things you like
You're just using a set of observances to gauge whether you'll like a thing. Others are not dictating to you in this case at all.

[Anonymous No.6018809]

>>6018100
Have you ever met someone who reads sci-fi
They are like pic related
Ive met a few and never enjoyed the encounter

[Anonymous No.6018870]

>>6018785
Yes
Webm related
I don't need to go to those things to know its not for me

[Anonymous No.6018888]

>>6018870
That video went for my eyes like Boo used to do

[Anonymous No.6018915]

>>6018739
In the book the reason the sandstorm is deadly is because his rover isn't getting enough solar power to drive through the storm before running out of supplies.

[Anonymous No.6018916]

>>6018870
wtf did I just watch?

[Anonymous No.6018929]

>>6018916
Weeabos?

[Anonymous No.6018951]

>>6018916
My point being made
See >>6017418

[Anonymous No.6018988]

>>6018739
It'd still be really, really inconvenient. Especially considering their size.

[Anonymous No.6019004]

The book is fun, that's all.
Also, breddy realistic.

[Anonymous No.6020088]

>>6018777
You may have just taken the title for the most close minded person I've ever seen on the internet. Congratulations, really.

[Anonymous No.6020101]

>>6017564
>Red Mars
Just read this, nevermind this bullshit

[Anonymous No.6020107]

>>6016782

kek
cant unsee

[Anonymous No.6020130]

>>6018915
in the book a terrible sandstorm almost capsized their well-tied rocket and forced them to flee mars

[Anonymous No.6020155]

>>6018870
ahahahah what the fuck

[Anonymous No.6020163]

what sign does that guy hold? 'bran ace'?

[Anonymous No.6020164]

>on 4chan

[Anonymous No.6020172]

>>6018777
dwayne johnson plays dnd

[Anonymous No.6020193]

>>6018777
i read some ridic stories on tg, how a new player (and it could be a neckbeard girl too) in the group attacked the older group members when their character wasn't accepted and was beaten and sometimes arrested if they fight too well

[Anonymous No.6020218]

>>6018951
Exactly, which is why I am against campaigns to prevent rape, because it's all a bunch of radfem SJWs on Tumblr anyway.

[Anonymous No.6020246]

>>6020130
Oh right, I forgot about that.

[Anonymous No.6020510]

>>6020172
So does Vin Diesel.

[Anonymous No.6020686]

The dialogue (mostly monologues actually) in this book is absolutely horrendous. I can't quite put my finger on it but there's something about the way that all the NASA personnel talk to each other that feels so forced and unrealistic.

Not at all surprising that this is the same guy that wrote that cringey 2deep4u "The Egg" story that gets copypasta'd around.

[Anonymous No.6020746]

>>6020686
>"The Egg"
a funny story. you cannot claim that time doesn't exist where you speak when you are undergoing the process of speaking which, well, lasts in time

also i imagine how often that god should repeat all that stuff... i would write a record, honestly

[Anonymous No.6021757]

>>6020172
>>6020510
>dwayne johnson and vin diesel play dnd
wow i can hang out with supernerds OR ultrabros!

[Anonymous No.6021828]

>>6018870
I've watched this several times and can't quite understand what is happening here.

[Anonymous No.6021904]

>>6021828
nerds are irrational and their behaviour is incomprehensible