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Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:23:55 2010 No.1076185 [Reply] [Original]

Could any book be considered as a contemporary classic? What books from the last 20 years could be considered as the new Ulysses or Lolita?

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:24:55 2010 No.1076190 Infinite Jest In b4 Harry Potter

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:24:55 2010 No.1076188 You'll have to ask again in another twenty years. It's honestly hard to say what will transcend this period.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:25:55 2010 No.1076191 File: 57 KB, 389x600, 2666.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Habeeb it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:26:55 2010 No.1076193 >>1076191 TWINKIE HOUSE.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:26:55 2010 No.1076195 >>1076191 this

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:27:55 2010 No.1076198 >>1076190 agreed

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:27:55 2010 No.1076199 >>1076191 Yes! :3

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:28:55 2010 No.1076201 >>1076191 What is it about? The cover seems looks intimidating

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:34:55 2010 No.1076212 >>1076201 It's about...death? Maybe. Google it. Then buy it and read it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:34:55 2010 No.1076213 >>1076201 Which part of habeeb it did you not understand?

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:39:55 2010 No.1076223 The Road American Pastoral Underworld

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:39:55 2010 No.1076224 File: 53 KB, 350x511, Thecorrectionscvr.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This, apparently. I'm sure I buy that though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:39:55 2010 No.1076225 File: 65 KB, 392x600, americanpsycho.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:44:55 2010 No.1076234 >>1076191 I gave up after 70 pages and wish I hadn't bought it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:44:55 2010 No.1076236 File: 51 KB, 398x648, jesusson.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:45:55 2010 No.1076237 >>1076225 >Genre fiction lol no

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:46:55 2010 No.1076238 House of Leaves. It'll be used as the example of the first hypertext novel for years to come.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:48:55 2010 No.1076242 >>1076238 >first hypertext novel Yeah...about that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:48:55 2010 No.1076243 File: 18 KB, 366x380, ohshitniggerwhatareyoudoing.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1076238

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:50:55 2010 No.1076246 >>1076237 Haha if you say so, I think it's safe to say it's already a 'contemporary classic'.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:50:55 2010 No.1076247 >>1076238 Are you trolling son?

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:52:55 2010 No.1076251 File: 34 KB, 300x394, borges-1951.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1076238 >>first hypertext I know someone who would like a word with you

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:54:34 2010 No.1076259 >>1076257

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:54:55 2010 No.1076256 >>1076251 >>1076238 hypertext doesn't mean what you think it means

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:56:55 2010 No.1076263 >>1076256 Hypertext doesn't mean what you think it means.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:56:55 2010 No.1076264 >>1076263 >>1076256 <html> check me out y'all </html>

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:56:55 2010 No.1076265 >>1076263 Hypertext does not mean the thing that you believe it to mean.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:57:55 2010 No.1076268 >>1076265 >>1076263 >>1076256 I do not think it means, what you think it means.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 14:59:55 2010 No.1076275 >>1076251 Borges was more like proto-hypertext than hypertext. But the dude who said House of Leaves was the first ever should look at the publication date.

>>	Timothy Price !tdpwbKxuY6 Thu Aug 26 15:04:55 2010 No.1076290 File: 25 KB, 300x300, american-psycho.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1076225 I have reservations at Dorsia.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 15:05:55 2010 No.1076294 >>1076275 I realize the wasnt exactly what we consider hypertext currently. but he definitely presented the idea and made it fairly well known

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 15:06:55 2010 No.1076299 >>1076290 Sorry I cant make it, I have to go return some video tapes...

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 15:10:55 2010 No.1076303 >>1076275 >>1076294 There's a vast difference between the contextual meaning between Borges and Danielewski. And if you're referring to Grammatron, I'm also stipulating paper. Grammatron has never been truly "published" in the traditional sense.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 15:12:55 2010 No.1076305 >>1076303 >There's a vast difference between the contextual meaning between Borges and Danielewski. Please elaborate.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 15:13:55 2010 No.1076309 >>1076305 Computers, for one.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 15:20:55 2010 No.1076323 >>1076309 why thank you for your insightful and detailed response!

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 17:39:55 2010 No.1076604 >>1076246 >>1076290 >>1076225 Haha no.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 17:41:55 2010 No.1076609 atonement

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 17:48:55 2010 No.1076634 >>1076191 ho ho ho this.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 17:52:55 2010 No.1076650 Would Gravity's Rainbow count for contemporary? not actually nominating it, just curious

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 17:53:55 2010 No.1076651 I will be pissed if American Psycho is remembered as defining our literary generation. Its only use is as a character study

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 17:53:55 2010 No.1076653 >>1076604 FUCK YOU

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 18:52:55 2010 No.1076896 infinite jest is this generation's War and Peace

>>	Jiri Barta JiriBarta Thu Aug 26 18:55:55 2010 No.1076905 I think House of Leaves could define our generation. Struggling through unique methodology to make something beautiful (and succeeding).

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 19:03:55 2010 No.1076929 why all these american books

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 19:03:55 2010 No.1076930 >>1076650 yes.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 19:06:55 2010 No.1076943 >>1076650 >>1076930 No. It's been nearly 40 years now. Contemporaneity is quite a bit closer than that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 19:12:55 2010 No.1076955 >contemporary classic

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 20:07:55 2010 No.1077164 >>1076651 not even. The "character development" is him just listing clothes and then at the end a clumsy "DID HE REALLY DO IT?!!" moment.

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 20:13:55 2010 No.1077180 Itll be harry potter

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 20:45:55 2010 No.1077264 Twilight

>>	Anonymous Thu Aug 26 20:50:55 2010 No.1077277 Kite Runner lol. but seriously, I think it will be relevant in 20 years.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 02:00:55 2010 No.1078225 >House of Leaves Are you even trying?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 02:05:55 2010 No.1078249 My stepdad told me Kavalier & Clay was the great American novel and I feel like I should listen to him because he married my mom? Sounds good, right

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 02:12:55 2010 No.1078276 It will mostly likely be harry potter or twilight just because of their immense popularity

>>	Fire Lord !AZULaFMcQ. Fri Aug 27 02:15:55 2010 No.1078286 nothing good written after 1950

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 02:25:55 2010 No.1078305 >>1078286 HULK NO AGREE

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 02:26:55 2010 No.1078310 >>1078305 Okay, 1960 since I intended to say 1950s and left the s off

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 02:27:55 2010 No.1078313 >>1078286 The Satanic Verses

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 02:30:55 2010 No.1078321 File: 77 KB, 375x450, OrsonWelles2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1078313 Fuckin' seconded.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 03:21:55 2010 No.1078417 DSM IV is modern classic, but will be revised soon. it's the only book that gets better with sequels

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 03:27:55 2010 No.1078422 Les Bienveillantes - Littell

>>	Special Agent Dale !CoOperRA66 Fri Aug 27 03:31:55 2010 No.1078427 >>1076236 I had an English professor who loved this book, and assigned us selections from it. it's weird out of context. really should pick it up and read all of it.

>>	Special Agent Dale !CoOperRA66 Fri Aug 27 03:32:55 2010 No.1078429 File: 36 KB, 440x339, rimshot.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1078417 the psychfag in me appreciates this

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 03:33:55 2010 No.1078431 Remains of the Day

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 03:59:55 2010 No.1078492 >>1078417 >Not fiction

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 04:03:55 2010 No.1078497 >>1078492 haha most of DSM IV is just made up. good stuff, too

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 04:10:55 2010 No.1078509 File: 9 KB, 259x194, imgres.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Infinite. Jest. or are you retards too afraid to read a book bigger than a baby?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 04:12:55 2010 No.1078514 >>1078509 That's a pretty small baby.

>>	Special Agent Dale !CoOperRA66 Fri Aug 27 04:39:55 2010 No.1078545 >>1078514 itty bitty baby?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 27 04:41:55 2010 No.1078546 >>1078545 HABEEB!

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