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The Inception book thread got linked in the Awl.

(Genuinely not sure how notable this is, but I know a few people on here enjoy it.)
posted by griphus to MetaFilter-Related at 6:51 PM (35 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite

Awl yeah.
posted by box at 6:53 PM on July 19, 2010


Greg Bear got a mention. Neat.
posted by KokuRyu at 6:57 PM on July 19, 2010


In before rage against the Hipsters.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 7:00 PM on July 19, 2010


I love the Awl. Great site, great humor.
posted by flatluigi at 7:04 PM on July 19, 2010


Choire is a mefite.
posted by rtha at 7:10 PM on July 19, 2010


Neat. That's a great thread.
posted by Artw at 7:13 PM on July 19, 2010


Awl y'all! Ha!
posted by Mister_A at 7:30 PM on July 19, 2010


I'm just wondering if griphus read the Awl thread before he posted this ;)
posted by unliteral at 7:41 PM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]


Why?
posted by ericost at 7:47 PM on July 19, 2010


BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
posted by BeerFilter at 7:49 PM on July 19, 2010


Wow, they complain about EVERYTHING even more than Mefites do!
posted by Artw at 7:51 PM on July 19, 2010


Other books with Leonardo DiCaprio on the cover include Revolutionary Road, The Beach, and Catch Me If You Can.

Get that person an account.
posted by juv3nal at 8:03 PM on July 19, 2010 [9 favorites]


ericost: "Why"

Well, there comes a day in every boy's life when he gets called out for posting videos blind.
posted by griphus at 8:05 PM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]


I was going to recommend something, but considering reality might be nothing but a dream, I just don't see the point.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:08 PM on July 19, 2010


And that being the case, it won't matter a whit if I sit here at my desk and consume this entire Terry's Chocolate Orange.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:09 PM on July 19, 2010


I haven't read 'Inception' but I'm just going to throw 'Ender's Game' out there as a recommendation.

do you reckon that's their local equivalent to recommending House of Leaves for absolutly everything?
posted by Artw at 8:12 PM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]


Artw, the answers you seek can be found in David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:18 PM on July 19, 2010


I'll get right on it, but you've just got to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
posted by Artw at 8:20 PM on July 19, 2010


Gentlemen, please. It sounds like you both need to reading Feeling Good.
posted by griphus at 8:21 PM on July 19, 2010


Yeah I just gotta watch Primer again.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:27 PM on July 19, 2010


Why don't we just have the site autopost Cloud Atlas, Iain M. Banks and Neal Stephenson into every AskMe question that contains the word "book"?
posted by adamdschneider at 8:52 PM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]


Yeah, but no Stephenson newer than Snow Crash.

Man, I get so grar anytime anyone recommends House of Leave that I have to go to Borders and rip a new copy in half to save someone the loss of hours of their life. It may be my unhealthiest obsession.
posted by stratastar at 8:56 PM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]


Why don't we just have the site autopost Cloud Atlas, Iain M. Banks and Neal Stephenson into every AskMe question that contains the word "book"?

Don't even get me started!
posted by P.o.B. at 9:15 PM on July 19, 2010


Why don't we just have the site autopost Cloud Atlas, Iain M. Banks and Neal Stephenson into every AskMe question that contains the word "book"?

Only if we can add Stephenie Meyer to the list.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:49 PM on July 19, 2010


Artw: "do you reckon that's their local equivalent to recommending House of Leaves for absolutly everything"

For the record, I didn't even like House of Leaves, but the question as stated sounded like it ran pretty close to that book.
posted by shakespeherian at 9:57 PM on July 19, 2010


Why don't we just have the site autopost Cloud Atlas, Iain M. Banks and Neal Stephenson into every AskMe question that contains the word "book"?

You forgot David Foster Wallace
posted by dinty_moore at 8:09 AM on July 20, 2010


Do you think DFW will be remembered as a significant author a hundred years from now, or will he be a mere footnote in the history of American literature?
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:03 AM on July 20, 2010 [2 favorites]


Depends in which circles, Atom Eyes. He's not going to be a Faulkner or a Fitzgerald or a Hemingway in terms of general notability, but he's certainly cut out to be remembered in the literary fiction community ((is there such a thing?) in the same way SF authors are remembered in theirs (e.g. the Man on the Street probably has no idea who Herbert or Zelazny are, but any cursory fan of SF knows damn well.) The problem with DFW's work is that it is eminently unfilmable, and few works can survive through the modern day without being able to be converted into a different sort of media. For instance, the fact that something like Ulysses is "widely" read is a testament to Joyce's prowess.
posted by griphus at 9:22 AM on July 20, 2010


Everyone knows Hemingway, but I doubt very many people have seen the Gary Cooper For Whom the Bell Tolls.
posted by shakespeherian at 9:44 AM on July 20, 2010


Like it or not, Wallace will be mentioned in the same breath as Pynchon by future* bibliophiles.

*This particular Future started 20 years ago.
posted by Mister_A at 9:55 AM on July 20, 2010


It's not very notable, I think--just because, God knows we "harvest" MeFi and AskMe constantly. (WITH CREDIT of course! Nobody hurt me. I don't want a mat owie. (See what I sort of (poorly) did there?))
posted by RJ Reynolds at 2:16 PM on July 20, 2010


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posted by shakespeherian at 2:23 PM on July 20, 2010 [1 favorite]


I probably haven't done much to further any "you guys always recommend the same thing for everything" arguments by recommending William Burroughs and Grant Morrison.
posted by Artw at 7:42 PM on July 20, 2010


Yeah, but I think there's a difference between someone suggesting their favorite author or book apropos, and someone linking their one "must-have-book-and-if-you-don't-have-it-run-out-and-buy-it-right-now-because-you-don't-understand-reality-until-you-do" every. Fucking. Time. They. Comment.

I mean if I was a bird and had only one note to sing, I'd sing the shit out of it too. Barring that or being an automaton, you really should have more than one suggestion in your commenting history. If not, then the only thing you are offering up is a lack of critical thinking.
posted by P.o.B. at 10:30 PM on July 20, 2010


DFW will be more of an endnote.
posted by whir at 1:12 AM on July 22, 2010


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