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Rate my book collection /lit/

>> No.6190365
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Why should one read DFW? From what I've understood he just writes about random nonsense like Quebec Independence or Burger King. Is there a message to his stories, or does he try to just name-drop as many social references as possible?

>> No.6190403

>>6190365
yeah, infinite jest is literally just sentence-long name-dropping of pop culture. sometimes he doesn't even include a verb
crazy right?

you fucking idiot

>> No.6190408

>>6190403
A little aggressive tbh

>> No.6190412

>>6190365

Why should one read books? From what I've understood they contain words

just read the fucking book and make your own opinion jeez

>> No.6190418

>>6190408
you deserve it

>> No.6190443

i want to read IJ and pynchon, can i just go right ahead or are they super difficult?

>> No.6190457

>>6190443
Well I just dove right into Gravity's Rainbow. From what I've seen of David Foster Wallace, I haven't been too terribly impressed (although I wouldn't be hasty to write someone off as shit), but Gravity's Rainbow is a seminal book of esoteric knowledge and artistic expression. What an endeavor to read though, it's a page flipper.

>> No.6190467

>>6190443
ij is dense and occasionally jargon-filled, but not difficult and quite rewarding
tcol49 isn't difficult either, a lot less of a commitment, also a great read

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>>6190340

Bitch, please

>> No.6190478

>>6190340

Why does /lit/ love Infinite Jest so much?

>> No.6190482

>>6190472
>no this is water

>> No.6190489

>>6190467

fucking retarded opinion

>> No.6190494

>>6190489

he's right, though
maybe you're the retard

>> No.6190506

I've had Pale King on my shelf for almost a year now, having bought it right after Infinite Jest, but now I've no interest in reading it at all. Should I sell it to a Used store or is it really worth the read for a fan of IJ?

>> No.6190508

>>6190340
>8 books
>collection
great job!

>> No.6190520

>>6190467
>tcol49 isn't difficult either
i've heard this, what about V, GR and IV?

>> No.6190528

>>6190520

V. is upper-mid tier difficulty. GR is top tier, IV is easy as pie

>> No.6190538

>>6190528
gonna go the corrections -> tcol49 -> IV -> GR then

>> No.6190545

>>6190520
IV is easy as fuck

GR is tough at times, but starts easy enough and has an easy to follow main thread running throughout

V never goes as crazy as GR, but I found it was harder to get into than GR, because with GR you have the context of WW2 to latch onto and a main character whose adventures are fairly straightforward, but V has one main character whose world is quite strange and another doesn't seem to do a whole lot at all in the beginning

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>> No.6190851

>>6190538
I started Pynchon with Inherent Vice since I heard it was "Pynchon lite".

Even as a "lite" Pynchon novel it's still got lots of complexities, but it doesn't require you knowing those to make it enjoyable. It's easy to follow the whole way through.

>> No.6191036

>>6190408
nah you're just an idiot and there shouldn't be any ambiguity about it