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The Naked lunch (anti-rec)

you couldn’t pay me to like Burroughs I’m sorry.

@mouse

Aug 12, 2024

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@pissbowling

OK I UNDERSTAnd how / why you’d feel that way but I think queer is maybe his best work and short and the most accessible and digestible IF you ever wanted to try again/ if you haven’t read that already But also yeah fair enough to just be like no ty

Aug 12, 2024

@sofe

Fun fact he is my great (or great great? Can’t remember) uncle… my mother described him to me as ”the black sheep of the family”. I haven’t read it lol

Aug 12, 2024

@mouse

sofe that’s so interesting and strange! I would not recommend it haha. Didn’t he also kill his wife? I could see how that would make him the black sheep 😬

Aug 12, 2024

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read william s. Burroughs

Actually read the books
There’s nothing else like them

@evanlaffer

Jan 27, 2024

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current reads - history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides; naked lunch by william s. burroughs

the Peloponnesian war was a war between Athens and Sparta in the 5th century BC. Thucydides was a general of the Athenian army and he set out to write an objective and thorough history of the 21-year war. it’s very dense and matter-of-fact and intentionally doesn’t have the kind of mythologizing and romantic aspects found in texts like the Iliad. it’s considered foundational to fields like military theory, philosophy of war, and international relations.
Naked Lunch doesn’t really have a clear linear plot, but much of it focuses on an opioid addict named William Lee and his experiences in a dystopian surrealist city called “Interzone.” Burroughs wrote this for his friends while addicted to oxycodone and living in the Tangier International Zone, and was mainly compiled by fellow beats Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.

@bisonspider

Nov 12, 2024

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A visit from the goon squad - jennifer egan

stories over time of a cast of characters loosely linked through the music industry
In a post-modern style like not too dissimilar to vonnegut
each chapter can be seen almost as a stand alone vignette
edit: after re-reading your ask, I’ll admit not the weirdest book, but it’s also definitely not run of the mill narrative fiction.
If you want weird, read Naked Lunch by William Burroughs. One of the most banned books of all time for a reason, grotesque, obscene, challenging, but imo definitely worth the read and I’ll be rereading it sometime. Helps to read along with a study guide to make sure you’re following what’s going on.