/lit/ - Literature

pic related, it's what she looked like, only she was prettier and less slutty.

another one, already?

Teehee.

>>1644663
These are works of art.
Truly they are.

Why.

>>1644667
>>1644667
last one was posted yesterday

I'm about to start reading Clockwork, people say it's quite interesting.

wheres the part where she waxes your eyebrows and turns you into a plastic dyke

The book slowed down for me around where you are at, but keep going, I really think the "true" last chapter (the one omitted from some american editions in the past) brings out the truth of the novel, instead of just leaving it as some kind of id-fantasy for teenagers. Maybe Burgess tacked it on at the end for just that reason, but it worked.

>>1644677
Ha.

>>1644681
you like that?

he's been so pissy today

i feel empowered

>>1644677
Fabulous hatin'.

>>1644687
he started it

My copy of this has the dictionary of the slang he uses in the back. I don't see why you'd need it, but people have told me that the language in the book made it difficult for them.

I thought it was pretty easy, I got the book down in a couple hours, first time I read it. Its good, its also one of the few books with a good film adaptation. (sure, its not identical, and somebody is going to rage on that... but they never are.)

>>1644691
I would've liked to see Kubrick's vision of the last chapter, just because he has never had any happy shit in his movies.

install a spell checker, brownbear.
when i was in amsterdam i pulled an american tourist from under the trolley. he had an ipod too but just said "thanks, i would have died" and left. i'd blame the chatroulette for the recent global upsurge of pederasty in young western middle class males. it must be an acquired taste.
>clockwork orange
hideous book. spoiled the movie for me.

>>1644701
>recent upsurge in pederasty
>mfw when i'm still trying to choke down the second half of the satyricon

Dang lit is full of females that are hot and not slutty.

Anyways, I have the book waiting at home for me when I get back from vacation. Its my next read once i finish lovecraft.

>>1644701
the movie is shit, despite Kubrick's best efforts.
ruined the book for me to be honest.

Haters gonna hate, but damn I love these posts.

>>1644701
>>1644701
>install a spell checker
>copy and paste it into word
>0 spelling errors

alrighty then

another triumph

I'm usually a fan BrownBear, in fact I was gonna suggest that you write a book or something, but this was an awful green text story. No humor in this one.

>>1644716
it must've been ruined from the beginning on then, for it just didn't work for me. his use of russian made me want to poke my eyes out; the constantly subversed sublimation of violence was done well but it wasn't any different from Babel or Remark. But: They both had a say about a real existing situation using real existing slang and none was trying enrage me over 14 year old girls being proud of having a lot sex.

So why do you folks like him? Explain. Because Moloko is cool? Because there's rot and bog and all his holy angels?

it's all preposterous decadence I say. And if you like you must be a poorly educated easily impressionable very young man.

Kubrick had powerful music and choreography and stripped the book from everything that any sane person would have knocked away as well.

too bad he didn't know about the alternative ending. he read the american print where they left it away.

>>1644746
>>1644746
i was told to move away from humour and move more toward real life.

i do not like the outcome either if i'm totally honest.

>>1644760
He knew about the ending but felt it didn't fit the tone.
Also,
reading something and watching something are two different things.

Take a chill pill

>>1644771
Drugs are bad for you you know.

>>1644780
gonna narc on me or what?

hey v cool, i'm glad this happened to you again brownbear, its weird that your life is identical from day to day???? not sure why you're reading clockwork orange, though, it's a pretty obvious/non-subtle book.

>>1644771
stuff your beat taoism away

>>1644663
You're a prick. Oh no, somebody called your book silly.

If you don't like the ending to Clockwork Orange literally get out. It's not supposed to be a celebration of pointless, decadent, 'cool' violence. You're doing it wrong.

brownbare it's going to own when your seething contempt for all of your perceived intellectual inferiors dooms you to a life of abject loneliness

anyhow i thought it was a pretty alright book i liked the way he created an argot and all that

hmmm... Where's the part where she calls over her friends and they all grab you to the toilet and perform a violent fellatio lasting 1 hour, all that while saying how they love Ayn Rand?

>>1644811
>It's not supposed to be a celebration of pointless, decadent, 'cool' violence
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FauxSymbolism
first 20 chapters: sex, drugs, sex, drugs, sex, drugs, sex, drugs surreal sadist middle class kid, prison system, a gullible cleric and dr.pavlov
last chapter: conditionning wears out, he was doing ultraviolence because it was cool with his buddies. duh!

>>1644811
>It's not supposed to be a celebration of pointless, decadent, 'cool' violence
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FauxSymbolism
first 20 chapters: sex, drugs, sex, drugs, sex, drugs, sex, drugs, a surreally sadist middle class kid, the prison system, a gullible cleric and dr.pavlov
last chapter: conditionning wears out, turns out he was doing ultraviolence because it was cool with his buddies. duh!

>>1644830
So i see the chill pill didn;t work?
Modern science can only do so much....
sigh

>>1644763
go back to humor. You're quite good at it. You write like Donald Barthelme almost.

>>1644791
>>1644791
thanks mate
you just jelly of my totally bitchin' rockstar life
it's cool though brah

>>1644810
>>1644810
well that's just rude

>>1644839
>>1644839
i've never read anything by him is he good?

I was with you until
>direct her to /lit/

Damn BB, what the hell were you thinking writing that man? 7/10

STOP MAKING THESE GODDAMN THREADS.

On another note, book was great. An appendix with the diction choice helps too.

>says she already posts here as anonymous
>i am not surprised
lol

>>1644830
>>1644831
dude seriously? you didn't notice any significance to the episode w/ the writer, where (in iirc the first section) Burgess explicitly states the meaning of the book?

"The attempt to impose upon man, a creature of growth and capable of sweetness, to ooze juicily at the last round the bearded lips of God, to attempt to impose, I say, laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation, against this I raise my sword-pen."

>says she already posts here as anonymous
>i am not surprised

lol'd

>says she already posts here as anonymous
>i am not surprised

I admit, I laughed.

>>1644961
>>1644974
>>1644984

>rush home and vomit violently into my sink

what the fuck man
do you vomit everyday or some shit?

>stagger to my bedroom and use the smell of my books as smelling salts

lol'd

an excellent read, his choice to leave the setting a mystery was his way of highlighting his idea that all societies will eventually become like the one he depicts, quite an accurate prediction imo

>>1644990
>thinks the stories are legit.

I kind of like "A Clockwork Orange" despite its many faults but it is however just one long essay of everything Anthony Burgess happens to hate and be scared of. Namely The government, young people, intellectuals, bad parents and science. Its the book your crazy uncle would write if he had literary pretensions. All of Burgesses books are filled with the general dystopian fears of the 60's & 70's such as over-population, corporatism and socialist revolt including the kind of squeal for CO "The Clockwork Testament" only this time it was Islam and Unions who were the bogeymen.

alright im on page 100/150 atm after going downstairs to read i ended up watching both parts of waking the dead
2 hours long
BITCH WAS FAKING CANCER AND KILLING HER KIDS BECAUSE SHE HAD MUNCHAUNENS AND WAS DOING IT BY PROXY.

FUCKING CALLED THAT SHIT WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES.

SHE KILLED HER HUSBAND TOO FUCKING KNEW IT


what are the two diff endings?
i mean is it clearly labelled 'alternative ending' or what?
i'm not sure what my edition has...

>>1645036
Some older editions from the US ended at chapter 20.
The true ending is chapter 21.

>>1645045
>>1645045
cheers
yeah mine has 21 chapters all in all which is pretty good
i've been picking up on some things which i think are interesting...but i'll wait til i've fully read it!

Brownbear seems to be a good fellow.
Why all the hate towards him?

And I'm starting Clockwork tomorrow. Might need to look for a diction for it.

>>1645442
Why did you fuckifn bump this thras

Do you ever have a meal sit in your stomach for longer than 1 hour
How much do you eat per day
how much do you weigh
what condition are your teeth in

>>1644663
She is a Beaux Art l'Age d'Or.

~clockworkorangezavizionarydweam~
[m00veezBetterdenb00k]

Du bist ein >fiction<

//thwead.

(1938 ordathe)

>>1644943
actually I rather like the new direction of your posts,
but as long as people are talking about books I'm happy

>>1644763
faget droogie
:3

>>1645442
>>1645442
actually i think half the fun is learning the slang as you go along!
so by all means get one with a dictionary in the back but try not to viddy it too much

>>1645461
>>1645461
>yes
>3,000 calories + atm for day bulk
>190
>perfect

>he meets a girl who reads sci-fi and isn't a hambeast.

Story of my evil twin's life.

>>1645906
>>1645906
she was a cute asian girl
but still
>fantasty
>pretentious_guffaw.png

>>1644663
There is some decent sci-fi man. I read Clockwork about 2 years ago. It wasn't bad. The ending really annoyed me though. I should probably go back to it soon....

>>1645982
A CUTE ASIAN GIRL WHO READ SCI-FI

RIGHT BB, RIGHT.

HOW'S MAKING UP STORIES GOING?

>>1645995
>>1645995

Horey shit you mad jelly!

Lot of jelly in this thread.

>>1645982

What do you think of Vonnegut's works sans Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle?

>>1646009
NO I'M NOT.

>>1646042
>>1646042
you are capsguy
you were hella mad jelly mirin brah!
finished a clockwork orange
will make a thread discussing it in the very near future

BB this is wonderful
BB I'm sorry I haven't been on just lately
BB who in the sam hell are all these newtrips?

>>1646289
>>1646289
where have you been?
is your girlfriend back from visiting her family on the other side of the country?
also
is your girlfriend chinese?

i dunno who they are, there are a few with variations of 'Brownbear' e.g. redbear, muavebear, grizzlybear, doombear,. who are all just these guys who loved me so much they tarted a little appreciation club which i thought was pretty cool.

Yeah, just who are all these new tripfriends?
xD

>>1646295
>>1646295
oh Tomharper, you soooo silly

>>1646296
I wish you'd go away.

>>1646292
Oh yeah dat bitch been back like fo a month now almost but I'm at the point where I don't really need to impress her anymore so I chan up when she's around.
I've had a friend visiting from the US so I've been spending my time with him over the past week.
I mean bro I'm in the middle of this heathen continent. I don't have many other options
Grats on the official fan club. You're doing good work here.

DEATH TO TRIPFAGS
DEATH TO /LIT/
TAKE PENACILIN NOW

>claim to care about literature.
>never capitalize.

>>1646301
>>1646301
awwwwwwwwwwwww man
i want you to come to England so we can chill brah :(
is she hawt?
and cool what have you and your broski been up to?
let me live my friendship fantasies with you through his and yours relationship.

>>1646305
>Grammar=Literature?
>Never capitalize
>Neither do you

tripfags everywhere

>>1646310
I wanna go there brajh
even if it's "well hexpensive"
and the food is "rubbish"

She's very attractive, yes. I'm too shallow/ good looking to have anything less.

I just showed my brostoevsky around the city, mostly. We spent a lot of time at coffee shops, restaurants, parks, squares, and bars. I was photographed for the street fashion segment of a magazine. It was pretty neat.

I haven't done any reading at all.

Why does this dull retard keep making these shit threads? Can we ban him already?

>>1646335
hey pathetic loser faggots need a place to go too

OP IS A FUCKING IDIOT, OBVIOUS SCI FI POOTANG TURNED DOWN BECAUSE HE THINKS HE'S BETTER BECAUSE HE LIKES BOOKS

>>1646333
>>1646333
dang son sure is you living the life!
you are one stylin individual!
i wish me and you could just be pals and hold hands and skip together whilst listening to 'heyy jude' coz that would be awesome.
no homo.

>>1646335
>>1646335
don't hate because i'm e-famous and u r not

>>1646338
>>1646338
liek u amirite?

>>1646368
>e-famous
Come on daddy...
This sound too faggy even for you.

>>1646370
lol that pic makes me think of D&E's black-guy-flying.gif

>>1646368
seriously, you are here way too much i know you probably hate yourself but try to do something with your life

>>1646370
>>1646370
dat hoverhand

>>1646379
do you need some bread or peanut butter?

>>1646382
>>1646382

>>1646400
you too i know you guys are lonely so if you need someone to talk to i can help you out for like 5 mins but then i have to go do some shit

>>1646401
>>1646370
wtf are these guys afraid of shoulder or something

it just seems like it would be kind of uncomfortable to have your hand up there like that when there's a shoulder right below you could just rest it on

>>1646415
lol i no wtf wtf haha
mayb like u r 2
lol jk jk
XD

>>1646403

This. Lol'd so hard btw.

>mfw brownbear thinks he's got swag for posting bullshit stories about fantasy settings he has with women in which he encounters and brushes them off like he's got more pussy then he can deal with.

>>1646468
theyre just funny

Never read it. Big Kubrick fan though, loved the film.
Would you recommend it BrownBear?

>>1646468
>>1646468
SWAGSWAAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAG

>>1646600
>>1646600
yes definately loved it, 5 stars!

Brownbear, I always picture you as Ignatius from A Confederacy of Dunces in these stories.

>>1646628
EXACTLY.
Except genuinely amusing.

>>1646628
brownbear lollol

>>1646468
>he jelly he ain't got that many pussy in his life.

>>1646628
>>1646628
never read it but i know the image

>>1646645
>>1646645
he one fat motherfucker

ACW is actually low tier Anthony Burgess, check out his other stuff! Dude is one of the awesomest critics aswell.