Yesterday's thread got deleted, so I'll post the new and updated chart, so people can see, save and spread this version over the previous one.
>Changes:
- Fixed a spelling error
- Added the pdf of Petrolio to the link in the chart
- Switched Haunted with Blindness
Read Iron Gates
>Yesterday's thread got deleted
Why?
As in it got past page 10
What is it about?
would be nice to have a max 240 characters description of every book listed.
why is Rimbaud here? wouldn't exactly say it's dark
That would be a very big effort to implement that, and I'd have to gather information from every book, and I think that people can also just look on Wikipedia to see what's it about. I know that it would be a big help to people, but it's difficult to do because I've only read a small number of books on this chart, so I can't say much about the writing style or the feeling of specific works.
For now I would prefer not to do it; I've already put a really big amount of time and energy into this chart, and it's going to take me a long time to add descriptions.
Why do you think it's not dark/shouldn't be on the chart?
Bump!
Where the fuck is Thomas Ligotti? I know that this chart is excluding horror, but I would argue Ligotti has some work that's too disturbing to leave off of this chart; for instance, My Work Is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Terror. MWINYD is about an office shooter who tortures his coworkers to death in really demented ways. It's too well-written and edgy to be left out.
I'm a bit torn with Ligotti. On one hand, a number of people have asked why he's not on this chart, but on the other, I'd rather not have him on the chart because he's straight horror and his work has already been featured in multiple horror charts. It would be strange and objectionable if I were to make an exception only for him but not to other horror works.
Bump to keep it alive
Just finished blood meridian yesterday.
How can the judge be so based?
Have you read other works on the chart as well?
I agree that Rimbaud seems to be out of place, because dark or depressed poetry would imply adding a thousand other works
What about Maldoror then? Even though it's prose poetry, it's still poetry. Should that be removed as well?
I thought Perfume wasn't as dark or disturbing than some of the others in the list. More of a fun story
Toss me a link and I will.
The people who recommended the novel said that it is an iconic dark novel that's disturbing enough and is not featured in other charts.
It also does not have to be as disturbing as some more intense works on this chart; the intensity of the works in the chart differ greatly.
Which other works on the chart have you read, and what did you think of them?
American psycho. Starting pig island.
Is Cows a good book or is it just edgelord garbage?
As far as I've heard, it's close to bizarro but a lot better when it comes to quality.
Bump!
I don't really know, I haven't read it but at least it takes the appearance of a 'narrative'. I think it would make sense to discuss whether poetry is legit here
Okay fair. Only 4 in the chart - perhaps my opinion isn't as important.
I'd like to know which, and what your opinion on them are. I only read 4 on the chart as well; I used the opinions of about 100 anons here to create this chart because no one here has read all of them. Your opinion is as important to me as the other ones!