What's the most recently published book you've read...THAT WAS ***NOT*** SLOP?!?
>>25619669I guess the neapolitan novels, though while not slop they were nothing to write home about either
>>25619669Blood Meridian
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>>25619692>>25619696>slop>sloptry again
>>25619819First, provide Your definition of slop.
>>25619682Were the not good? What's your review
>>25619669Regime Change Industry Caleb MaupinIt was a step up from slop
>>25619669bronze age mindset
Lost Lambs
Plats by John TrefryConcentric Macroscope by Kelly KumrieHidden World by Grant MaierhoferGut Text by Mike Corrao
>>25619875>retard
>>25619669Infinite Jest
>>25620049It was pretty good. Have you even read it?
>>25619669The Most Dangerous Games by MrBeast
>>25619669Transcription by Ben Lerner aka the realest nigga in the game
>>25620881Ngl I was kinda underwhelmed, didn’t really live up to the hype for me. Glad you enjoyed it tho
Ghost CitiesBrutLapvona
>>25619669>assuming u'r asking about fiction, as non-fiction is always/never slop by definitionprobably The Golembut I've got my eyes on pic rel
>>25620031I really liked this one!
>>25620089How big are Your breasts?
Michael Crichton's "Andromeda Strain".Crichton later will use the same formula so it all became slop, but it wasn't slop yet in 1969. No more than any other SF / government thriller
>>25619825h. industry/state forced and astroturfed books and media through mass social platforms such as xitter or instagrami. low effort and/or low quality book covers with AI tier design, giant text, and "New York Times bestseller" printed anywhere
>>25619827They are alright. Just kind of run of the mill historical fiction/bildungsromanThe setting is exotic, it avoids falling for the pitfalls you may writing about such a counter cultural time, you are tunnel viosioned through the protagonist pov to such an extent they become almost inevitably compelling, they are well paced and she really knows how to draw your eyes to the end of the page, and with how short the chapters are you will most likely find yourself going just one more and breeze through them and have a good timeBut ultimately when you are finished I don't know what you are suppose to really be left with. After four books all I really remember loving about them is an amazing passage about existential dread and the desire for self annihilation and some admittedly brilliant insight about culture here and thereThey are just so damn readable i would ultimately still recommend them, but they aren't nearly as transcendent as one would belive reading the reviews
Depends on what you mean by "slop". Finished The Golden Rune last week, which was one of the old D&D novels. High fantasy type stuff from the 90s. I enjoyed it, but it ain't exactly high class.The week before I finished The Hellbound Heart. Which I thought was fantastic and utterly adore Clive Barker's writing style. So lush, vivid, and visceral. But again horror ain't snooty tooty approved. I guess the only safe bet would be The Old Man and the Sea, that I finished 2 or 3 months ago. Honestly found most of it boring and didn't like the writing style/prose. Whatever, I am going to tuck into some more Barker tonight. It's going to be great.
Wasn't expecting that much but the second half was actually really good.
>>25621117>utterly adore Clive Barker's writing style. So lush, vivid, and visceralimagine if he actually knew how to write good prose...
>>25621161What in your actual opinion makes his prose bad exactly. Be as specific and detailed as possible.
>>25621212i didn't say it was bad, officer
>>25620881>>25620904It was fine but his first two novels were so much better
Man, the late 90s sure were a time
