Beyond the regular books that get mentioned in " weird books " list, I'd add MR. B. GONE by Clive Barker. It sort of slipped by a lot of readers, but I definitely think it's his most unusual book...because it starts off by asking you to burn it, and then begging you, and then telling you WHY you should destroy it...and it just gets more intense from there.
Interesting, thank you for presenting this. Like you, I think I might have bailed on some of these. I was hoping you would have mentioned "Ice" by Anna Kavan because I am very curious what readers make of it.
Ive also read Barefoot in the Head by Brian Aldiss which may be the weirdest book Ive read (If Ive actually read it as I tried to" reread" it a few years ago and gave up half way through because it was just so difficult to read )
Ive read The Raw Shark Texts and have left comments on the page you reviewed it I suppose some of the weirdest books I read were by Philip K Dick including Valis and The 3 Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and also novels by Christopher Priest such as The Affirmation , The Islanders and The Glamour
I absolutely have read Finnegans Wake, straight through twice, and portions of it innumerable times. I also have it on audiobook and love to hear it read aloud, which is a great way to experience the strong musicality of the book’s language. (I haven’t yet managed to listen to the audiobook from beginning to end, but someday will get around to that.) And yes…of course it is a prank! An incredibly elaborate one. That doesn’t stop it from being possibly the most staggeringly brilliant achievement in all of literature.
I picked Finnegan’s Wake off the shelf of Barnes and Nobles just to see how difficult it was. The chapter I read I think had to be read phonetically (which is a pretty cool idea, to make the reader read out loud,) but it wasn’t standard English it was English if it was spoken by a person with some heavy accent. Granted I did flip to a random chapter so context was definitely lost, but even still Idk how much context would have helped lol.
I don't know... I tried to read it and even phonetically it didn't make sense. Older English was more phonetic and I read plenty of those works in University, but I still don't rule out Finnegan's Wake as a prank!
Somebody described the real author as the cat that walked across James Joyce’s keyboard. I’d like to try reading it, but I’m also like, “ain’t nobody got time for that.”
Beyond the regular books that get mentioned in " weird books " list, I'd add MR. B. GONE by Clive Barker. It sort of slipped by a lot of readers, but I definitely think it's his most unusual book...because it starts off by asking you to burn it, and then begging you, and then telling you WHY you should destroy it...and it just gets more intense from there.
Sounds interesting!
Interesting, thank you for presenting this. Like you, I think I might have bailed on some of these. I was hoping you would have mentioned "Ice" by Anna Kavan because I am very curious what readers make of it.
Thanks. Never heard of Ice, but you got me curious.
Ive also read Barefoot in the Head by Brian Aldiss which may be the weirdest book Ive read (If Ive actually read it as I tried to" reread" it a few years ago and gave up half way through because it was just so difficult to read )
Ive read The Raw Shark Texts and have left comments on the page you reviewed it I suppose some of the weirdest books I read were by Philip K Dick including Valis and The 3 Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and also novels by Christopher Priest such as The Affirmation , The Islanders and The Glamour
I absolutely have read Finnegans Wake, straight through twice, and portions of it innumerable times. I also have it on audiobook and love to hear it read aloud, which is a great way to experience the strong musicality of the book’s language. (I haven’t yet managed to listen to the audiobook from beginning to end, but someday will get around to that.) And yes…of course it is a prank! An incredibly elaborate one. That doesn’t stop it from being possibly the most staggeringly brilliant achievement in all of literature.
Don’t be silly! 😂❤😂
Try The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien, the weirdest book ever
Not the weirdest but very close
Guys, what is the weirdest book you've ever read? And could it be that the last book on the list was just a prank??
Excellent video!!
IV read horrorstor really liked it, interesting video:)
I picked Finnegan’s Wake off the shelf of Barnes and Nobles just to see how difficult it was. The chapter I read I think had to be read phonetically (which is a pretty cool idea, to make the reader read out loud,) but it wasn’t standard English it was English if it was spoken by a person with some heavy accent. Granted I did flip to a random chapter so context was definitely lost, but even still Idk how much context would have helped lol.
I don't know... I tried to read it and even phonetically it didn't make sense. Older English was more phonetic and I read plenty of those works in University, but I still don't rule out Finnegan's Wake as a prank!
Considering that Joyce spent like 18 years writing it . . . pretty sure he meant it, whatever it was.
darn, ruined my April fools theory! :)
Somebody described the real author as the cat that walked across James Joyce’s keyboard. I’d like to try reading it, but I’m also like, “ain’t nobody got time for that.”
I have only read The Life of Pi. Although it has an allegorical religious message, I still enjoyed it.
Murakami’s Wild Sheep
Haven't read it but I take your word for it. It is Murakami after all...
Lilith by george mcdonald weird but brilliant.
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