/lit/ - Literature

Aristotle or GTFO

moist

so who's the chick in OP's pic?

>>1292418
gracias, I'll check it out.

>>1292401
Temba, his arms wide.

I like, where's it from?

subby, you magnificent bastard

>>1292383
It's probably more responsible than any other book for getting the entire cyberpunk genre going.
It's a classic.

>>1292367
Positive.
ATP's first line is too long.
>>THROUGH this evening's tide of faces unregistered, unrecognized, amid hurrying black shoes, furled umbrellas, the crowd descending like a single organism into the station's airless heart, comes Shinya Yamazaki, his notebook clasped beneath his arm like the egg case of some modest but moderately successful marine species.


See? Too long. Neuromancer's first line is beautiful in its simplicity.

>>1292364
Neuromancer by William Gibson.

>>“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

Is there a more perfect first sentence to any book?
No.

As a kid I read the fuck out of some Hardy Boys books.
First adult book I can remember reading was Dune.

>>I am planning on picking up the Elric of Melniboné series

sniff
snort
blood and ashes
tug on ponytail

Not sure who it was a few days ago that suggested I check out a book called The Yiddish Policeman's Union, but maximum brofist to you, anyway. Good stuff and just what I was looking for.

Rand is short for Randall.
He's not named after Ayn.

don't make me say it, niggers

>>1266321
Yes.

>>1266944
I accidentally my post.

I USE the weather channel blah blah blah.

Not enough coffee.

>>1266896
I the Weather Channel for pretty much the same reason, even though I do understand it.
When there's no chance of hockey being talked about, I use ESPN for white noise.

http://listverse.com/2009/02/12/10-great-post-apocalyptic-science-fiction-novels/

Go nuts, bro.

OP, read the entire Odyssey quadrilogy. They're good books.
If you like things explained, check out Stephen Baxter.
There's also the Dune series, but stick with the ones written by Frank Herbert, the ones by his son suck.
Some of FH's other scifi stuff is really good, too.

Read the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.

Ringworld by Larry Niven.

The Heechee series by Frederick Pohl is also good.

That shit looks like atari 2600 graphics.

>>1262822
gracias
also, I'm drinking Wild Turkey American Honey. shit's so cash. Old Spice is what I imagine Phillip Marlowe would wear.

>>1262824
nothing you can prove