Voice of the Fire: started, too dark for me. Wasn't in the mood.
Jerusalem: never checked it out
Illuminations: read a few short stories, they were all (subjectively) mediocre in different ways. Maybe I missed something and they were actually great.
Traveling to alternate world? Sounds like he took inspiration from His Dark Materials. And the whole idea of "other place that is perfect and absolute" is just Plato's Cave. 100% certain the protagonist fricks the hooker at some point and possibly marries her if she doesn't die first. Another thing I wanna point out is how the protagonist is an "amateur writer". Talk about "write what you know". It's even more cliche than an Erich Segal protagonist being a Harvard graduate. It honestly sounds like urban fantasy so I might check it out. Moore is at his best when he's not being too experimental after all (See: Jerusalem)
Remember when IQfy tried to hype up Jerusalem, and was saying it was going to break the meme trilogy and turn it into a meme tetrology? And then Jerusalem came out and it SUCKED ASS.
After seeing his analysis of Gravity's Rainbow I find it unlikely I will ever read him. He took the seat on the short bus from the "pomo is meaningless!" posters with that one, they have to walk to school now and you just know the cool kids are going to play keep away with their helmets.
He really hung in there for a surprising amount of time, he is up there with Murnane anon for lost causes.
Murnane fricking sucks. Most insipid shit I've ever read.
8 months ago
Anonymous
It is really kind of amazing how bad he is, like reading incredibly verbose cliff notes, he explains everything away and the story seems almost secondary to his explaining of the story.
>his analysis of Gravity's Rainbow
It was a passing comment at best
And absolutely moronic.
He took the seat on the short bus from the "pomo is meaningless!" posters with that one, they have to walk to school now and you just know the cool kids are going to play keep away with their helmets.
what kind of idiot are you to write that out?
>what kind of idiot are you to write that out?
The sort that knows how to green text.
He took the seat on the short bus from the "pomo is meaningless!" posters with that one, they have to walk to school now and you just know the cool kids are going to play keep away with their helmets.
what kind of idiot are you to write that out?
8 months ago
Anonymous
Learn to greentext. Also, it’s called an analogy. As shitty and dumb as it is, it’s making a point.
i hope you’re not one of those anons who dreams of being a writer
8 months ago
Anonymous
Third novel will come out sometime next year.
Sounds pretty gay, also >it is a fictitious book that appears in a real novel by another author
ripping off Borges, shameful.
Borges ripped of Gide if you want to be that way about it. Execution is what matters. I don't see Moore taking meta much further than breaking the 4th wall.
>since he clearly hasn't read him and doesn't intend to.
I don't read children's fiction so yes, you're correct.
8 months ago
Anonymous
I am, you're pathetic and appalling. Glad to not be you.
8 months ago
Anonymous
>h-how dare you insult the young adult genre?!
8 months ago
Anonymous
>Children's fiction! >Young adult fiction!
Choose a target, sonny.
8 months ago
Anonymous
Sounds like the same thing to me. "Young adult" is a term invented to make adults feel better about reading children's books. >Young adult fiction (YA) is fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age.
Young adults are children. If they weren't, they'd simply be adults. A book written for 12 year olds is a book written for children.
8 months ago
Anonymous
Do Americ**ts really consider a 12 yo a "young adult"? Lol
8 months ago
Anonymous
When they want to make themselves feel better about reading books written for children then yeah, they absolutely do. >i-it's not a book for children, it's for young adults!
yes
ready*
parked, this mechanism is slightly different
Wtf
I like Alan Moore's comics, I like The Show, but I haven't enjoyed any of his novels or his recent collection of short stories.
Not even Voice of the Fire?
Voice of the Fire: started, too dark for me. Wasn't in the mood.
Jerusalem: never checked it out
Illuminations: read a few short stories, they were all (subjectively) mediocre in different ways. Maybe I missed something and they were actually great.
sounds like a load of derivative shit (Neverwhere, The Place of the Lion, Great Work of Time)
i need an invitation for this and did it anyway, and that was also bad
What?
moore's always moaning about the lack of genuine artistry then shits out urban fantasy with a hooker
He loves his prostitutes and rape and magic shit. Good ol Alan
Traveling to alternate world? Sounds like he took inspiration from His Dark Materials. And the whole idea of "other place that is perfect and absolute" is just Plato's Cave. 100% certain the protagonist fricks the hooker at some point and possibly marries her if she doesn't die first. Another thing I wanna point out is how the protagonist is an "amateur writer". Talk about "write what you know". It's even more cliche than an Erich Segal protagonist being a Harvard graduate. It honestly sounds like urban fantasy so I might check it out. Moore is at his best when he's not being too experimental after all (See: Jerusalem)
Remember when IQfy tried to hype up Jerusalem, and was saying it was going to break the meme trilogy and turn it into a meme tetrology? And then Jerusalem came out and it SUCKED ASS.
Not falling for it again.
>/It/ said
>It was some random guy shitposting
After seeing his analysis of Gravity's Rainbow I find it unlikely I will ever read him. He took the seat on the short bus from the "pomo is meaningless!" posters with that one, they have to walk to school now and you just know the cool kids are going to play keep away with their helmets.
He really hung in there for a surprising amount of time, he is up there with Murnane anon for lost causes.
Murnane fricking sucks. Most insipid shit I've ever read.
It is really kind of amazing how bad he is, like reading incredibly verbose cliff notes, he explains everything away and the story seems almost secondary to his explaining of the story.
And absolutely moronic.
>what kind of idiot are you to write that out?
The sort that knows how to green text.
>his analysis of Gravity's Rainbow
It was a passing comment at best
He took the seat on the short bus from the "pomo is meaningless!" posters with that one, they have to walk to school now and you just know the cool kids are going to play keep away with their helmets.
what kind of idiot are you to write that out?
Learn to greentext. Also, it’s called an analogy. As shitty and dumb as it is, it’s making a point.
i hope you’re not one of those anons who dreams of being a writer
Third novel will come out sometime next year.
Borges ripped of Gide if you want to be that way about it. Execution is what matters. I don't see Moore taking meta much further than breaking the 4th wall.
Yup, he'll finish them right as I read Voice of the Fire and Jerusalem. What Ever Happened to Miraclemen? was a great read.
>urban fantasy with steampunkerino and wacky names
Vomited
>wacky
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it keeps getting worse and I'm only halfway in, wtf
A true classic
Sounds pretty gay, also
>it is a fictitious book that appears in a real novel by another author
ripping off Borges, shameful.
Borges didn't invent that
He's a moron, seeking excuses to accuse Moore something off since he clearly hasn't read him and doesn't intend to.
>since he clearly hasn't read him and doesn't intend to.
I don't read children's fiction so yes, you're correct.
I am, you're pathetic and appalling. Glad to not be you.
>h-how dare you insult the young adult genre?!
>Children's fiction!
>Young adult fiction!
Choose a target, sonny.
Sounds like the same thing to me. "Young adult" is a term invented to make adults feel better about reading children's books.
>Young adult fiction (YA) is fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age.
Young adults are children. If they weren't, they'd simply be adults. A book written for 12 year olds is a book written for children.
Do Americ**ts really consider a 12 yo a "young adult"? Lol
When they want to make themselves feel better about reading books written for children then yeah, they absolutely do.
>i-it's not a book for children, it's for young adults!