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16144045 No.16144045 [Reply] [Original]

what are some novels that are just an excuse for the author to show off their vast knowledge

>> No.16144057

>>16144045
The Baroque Cycle or anything by Neal Stephenson.

>> No.16144061

>>16144045
Any work by William James. He doesn’t write novels though. Probably because he knows things of importance and can apply his knowledge, unlike many novel writers.

>> No.16144280

>>16144045
moby dick. still kino though

>> No.16144296

>>16144045
nabokov's entire bibliography

>> No.16144311

>>16144045
Sebald. But it’s good.

>> No.16144316

>>16144045
I love Umberto Eco but he's definitely guilty of this

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>>16144045
>vast knowledge
Instant midwit spotted. Filtered and never going to make it.

>> No.16144342

>>16144328
>going to make it
????

>> No.16144352

>>16144328
>posts the retard cope meme

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>>16144352
>t.

>> No.16144373

>>16144311
This.i decided to give him a shot recently so I bought Rings of Saturn.one of the best books I’ve read this year

>> No.16144378

>>16144045
Les Miserables

>> No.16144390

>>16144061
I swear Anglos have such commonplace names. I have probably heard of and even read this person but I have absolutely no idea who he is, I will have to do a Google search and then it will come back to me. Anglos need to have some variety in their names.

>> No.16144392

>>16144342
I think its an /ic/ meme originally meaning that an artist anon of poor ability will never "make it" professionally. In this particular example I believe this anon is calling the other perpetually stupid if I had to guess

>> No.16144408

>>16144045
The Western Canon by Harold Bloom.

>> No.16144418

>>16144369
Is that a pic of you, the sub-95-IQ wonder?

>> No.16144426

>>16144045
Id guess Nabokov

>> No.16144559

Why are the people here so obsessed with comparing their intelligence with other anons posting here instead of simply contributing to a thread? I don't see the point of calling every "midwit"(person whose opinion I either can't agree with and/or is less intelligent than I am) out since their nature becomes readily apparent to anyone that isn't one. Or is it that what's referred to as a midwit isn't as cleary defined as what everyone thinks it to be?

>> No.16144674

>>16144559
Because they have nothing to contribute, but they still want to participate in the thread. There's really nothing to understand here-- just assholes being assholes.

>> No.16145422

>>16144045
Gravity's Rainbow

>> No.16145962

>>16144373
Austerlitz is brilliant too.

>> No.16145978

>>16144559
2+2chinz discussion is based entirely on ad-hominems and strawmans (redditor, soijack, based, chad, incel, midwit, etc).

>> No.16146067

>>16144369
what does "t." stand for btw? I've always seen posts like "t. mutt" and I get what they mean, I just don't know what word this t is supposed to represent

>> No.16146104

>>16146067
It's an abbreviated form of the Finnish word terveisin, that means "regards" in english

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>>16146104
t. fren

>> No.16146301

War and Peace and Les Miserables.

>> No.16146556

>>16144352
Seething midwit.

>> No.16146636

>>16146556
Geniuses don't shake hands with the likes of you, brainlet.

>> No.16146655

>>16144328
>pic
Wheres the 130's?

>> No.16146762

>>16144045

Anything by Joyce

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>>16144378
This

>> No.16147054

>>16146840
damn

>> No.16147066

>>16144045
The critical term you’re looking for is “self-indulgent”

>> No.16147078

>>16144045
Ready Player One. I’ve never read anything else that’s obviously just the writer jerking himself off.

>> No.16147089

>>16144045
The one I'm writing :)

>> No.16147110

>>16146840
presently reading it and it shouldnt be forgiven the sections are not only boring but incredibly preachy and the writing doesn't save it. wish i read the abridged version

>> No.16147898

>>16144045
How the fuck has no one mentioned Finnegans Wake

>> No.16147957

>>16147898
Finnegans wake is less about encyclopedic knowledge than it is Joyce's vast amount of learned languages. The man read the Epic of Gilgamesh in the original Akkadian while taking a toilet break

>> No.16148019

>>16146636
They like brainlets more than midwits, that's for damned sure.