Dick Lit Book Burning

[@mooks500]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT MY HECKIN POST-META-MODERNIST KAFKAESQUE-LOVECRAFTIAN-BORGESIAN KINO NOOOOOOOOOOO

[@mooks500]

Great video though I lold

[@valpergalit]

“The Holy Bible by God” got a good chuckle out of me.

[@jameshaley6193]

Let’s pray God doesn’t return the favor

[@EarthlingNews]

​@@jameshaley6193 If god created the universe I wanna know who created god LOL

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

“Written by a woman but exudes dick lit energy” just killed me

[@joshdot9244]

This video is catered to a very specific audience Apparently I am a part of that audience

[@Blicero88]

even knowing its irony, i almost had a tachycardia seeing with how much cruelty you threw pynchon`s job to the fire

[@mcbussy6533]

It was done with love

[@alanvaldovinos7497]

Don Quijote written in the 60's almost spilled my coffee

[@rpemulis]

oh my god that gravity's rainbow cover, that is a beautiful edition.

[@fuzzoven]

I own a few Mishima novels so I’ll just set my entire house ablaze.

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

The irony of burning "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion."

[@what-br1ub]

i like how you chucked Laura Warholic but gently tossed Darconville's Cat since it's worth so much

[@coop-nebulae]

the sort of awkward jump cut between "he's a straight white male who writes about indigenous peoples" pause "and i find that disgusting" lol

[@chris-hj2qd]

Omg its my entire bookshelf

[@chris-hj2qd]

No Cormac McCarthy?

[@mcbussy6533]

@@chris-hj2qd I have Blood Meridian. Only burned the big fat books for the most part.

[@chris-hj2qd]

@@mcbussy6533 is the opposite of dick-lit Clit-lit

[@laurasalo6160]

Its his bookshelf too.

[@malloryanderson724]

"Where they burn books - they will burn people also."

[@philipbrown2225]

hilarious, you can add 2666 to that pile

[@mcbussy6533]

Gladly

[@Earendil87]

This is hilarious! Not sure how I stumbled upon this but I’m glad I did.

[@CalamariAtari]

My eyes were bleeding from seeing all these disgusting books, and the fire at the end cleansed me. What a ride, earned a new sub

[@mcbussy6533]

Welcome to my neurosis

[@mdavidmullins]

I was just about to get angry when the satire kicked in. The fact that I couldn't tell it was satire going in says something bad either about my abilities of perception or about the current state of society. I'm going with the latter until proven wrong.

[@mcbussy6533]

At least you realized. A scary amount of people never reach that point

[@dowlafevers2014]

First edition rising up and rising down gonna make me mcbussy all over my screen

[@mcbussy6533]

Totally worth it if you can find one that's reasonably priced. Its content is too important to be gatekept, so I know there's scans of the first 4 volumes online

[@SM-mx1it]

@@mcbussy6533 I have a set. I keep them in the back of my bookshelf to protect them. They're worth $$$. I have the unabridged as a reading copy.

[@ericbalzer1535]

I got into Vollmann back in 1997 and preorded this on Amazon back in the day. I still have it. I guess it will make my niece some money someday.

[@mcbussy6533]

@@ericbalzer1535 Hold onto it for sure

[@alexhindes3861]

Best video I’ve ever found on the internet.

[@mcbussy6533]

thanks man

[@lilspacebb69]

This one is long and complex and I don't like that🤣🤣

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

Long and complex...like a dick. Gotta burn it.

[@jodikirsh]

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 Well the dick itself is fairly simple anatomically

[@mitalishinde6890]

Fair enough

[@michaelrhodes4712]

"A creative woman is an oxymoron." The moment I read that, I just fuckin' threw this!!!!!

[@nattalavyapari]

Thank god I thought you were gonna do it for real 🙏🙏🙏

[@parker4706]

Can I buy the ashes of that Vollmann set please

[@mcbussy6533]

$800

[@crossedpolars]

I actually think men should not be allowed to write books for a couple hundred years, just to correct the imbalance.

[@dellh86]

Thanks for the book recs lol. I am somewhat new to pomo, but IJ got me hooked. I am reading The Crying of Lot 49 right and having a good time with it.

[@mcbussy6533]

IJ is the gateway drug.

[@emanuelcain9024]

Awesome material!! this was hilarious! thanks a lot for the catalog!

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

always come back to this one, a soon to be classic video!

[@newjerseydiablo]

I’m genuinely shocked that none of Don DeLilo’s works are in there! He’s one of the ultimate Dick Lit authors for sure!

[@mcbussy6533]

For sure, I just didn't own any at the time. If I make a part 2, Underworld and White Noise are going up in flames

[@derekgo611]

​@@mcbussy6533Include On The Road next and The Catcher in the Rye (although I don't think Catcher in the Rye is dick lit)

[@laurasalo6160]

Or Houellebecq. He likes his dick a lot too.

[@アメリカンサイコ-p2c]

I'm Japanese, and I love books that are being burned. I didn't think there were any girls with similar tastes in literature, but maybe it's Dick Lit(I did not know that). I need to buy Virginia Woolf and organizing napkins .

[@Bkeeler74]

I have watched this several times. This is still the most brilliant piece of satire I have ever seen. I seriously hurt myself laughing so hard... everything you mentioned that I haven't read is on my immediate to-read list. Absolutely brilliant video.

[@howlermonk473]

No Hemmingway, Bukowski or Kerouac burning? I am dissapoint

[@JB-tp7wp]

You’re my hero for making this. The world needs this video.

[@donthasselthehoff5753]

ah yes, the world needs to burn classics of literary history.

[@SM-mx1it]

@@donthasselthehoff5753 Nah, as soon as I saw the full set of RURD, I knew it was a gag.

[@TheBfutgreg]

@@donthasselthehoff5753 I think some of those books you should have read a bit deeper into

[@atalantafugiens0426]

not even playing the video yet but I know half of these are gonna be Wallace, Pynchon and Vollmann

[@IanBandeau]

Darconville’s Cat is so fucking rare. I’m hoping that final shot of the fire was cinematic…

[@mcbussy6533]

I've used my Trust Fund to buy and burn every remaining copy

[@eskybakzu712]

Not as rare as the Vollmann MC set

[@darrenseder5923]

Im glad no Philip K. Dick books were burned.

[@space_1073]

I know it's for the meme but damn I couldn't throw books like that it just feels wrong 🤣

[@shimsham9113]

wow. time to read to the lighthouse.

[@mileskeesey983]

"...it's just trash isn't it Mister Eigen, it's just trash like everything in this place everything you and Mister Gibbs and Mister Schramm all of you saw here it's just trash!" - JR

[@humanfirst11]

Hey I know this video is old, but do you know any sources from where I can buy Darconville's Cat at a reasonable price?? 😊 Happy New Year 2024! 🎉

[@mcbussy6533]

I just checked ebay once a week until I found one for like $60. There's a website called Book Finder which will search most online sellers and give you the cheapest options. Also, there's an unofficial ebook floating around online for free, so that's an option as well.

[@jdlc-df1ue]

No Philip Roth in that pile either?

[@Ematched]

Damn, that Darconville's Cat could fetch an easy $150, broski.

[@mcbussy6533]

welp, it's reduced to ash now

[@Ematched]

@@mcbussy6533 that's a damn, damn shame. Btw, I run the r/AlexanderTheroux subreddit. Shameless plug.

[@mcbussy6533]

@@Ematched Nice man. He's one of my favorite authors for real. I have a copy of Einstein's Beets coming in the mail

[@Ematched]

@@mcbussy6533 nice! I'm ordering a copy next month. It's such a beast.

[@chrish8903]

I was feeling bummed out today. Laughter seemed impossible. Until I saw this video.

[@mcbussy6533]

@@chrish8903 glad to help!

[@Mindfookfilms]

You missed The Unholy Ku-🏃but you gotta live so can't complain. The intergalactic level of irony in this video 😂😂😂. Pynchon, Dave Wallace and Rushdie would be proud of you, sir 👏🏾

[@ronagoodwell2709]

Looks like Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, John Updike, John Barth, Richard Powers, Roberto Bolano, and Haruki Murakami dodged a match.

[@mcbussy6533]

There's always next time. No one is safe.

[@deeplyliterature9569]

Clickbait. Overflow disappears and is unsafe to begin with, the color of smoke is not consistent with what a book flame would actually be, where the flames sit so low and controlled, convenient change of angle not showing any books actual burn, no evidence blah blah blah. Burn it for real.

[@tarico4436]

Much of this discussed in Fahrenheit 451. Clearly you are a plagiarist.

[@tarico4436]

Much of this discussed in Fahrenheit 451. Clearly you are a plagiarist.

[@cqgator]

missed the entire point of the video lol

[@gavin8987]

I watch this once a week

[@gavin8987]

I still come back to this every so often to see how many of them I've now read Since the last check-in I finished Gravity's Rainbow & The Pale King and now I'm reading JR but I read the recognitions so I get Gaddis points anyway

[@mcbussy6533]

@@gavin8987 I'm glad my dumb video can have that effect. Did you enjoy Gravity's Rainbow/ The Pale King? Mason & Dixon is probably my favorite book ever. I had a really hard time with The Recognitions and can't say I enjoyed it. I love JR though

[@gavin8987]

@@mcbussy6533 i really did enjoy those. I just finished Mason/Dixon today and yeah that was so incredible. J R is my favorite of all time I’d now have to say, I’ve read it twice and the entire rest of Gaddis’ work. Now I’m starting Vollmann!

[@mcbussy6533]

@@gavin8987 Hell yeah dude. Where are you starting with Vollmann? His work is broad to the point that that there's something for everyone. Although , he mostly falls into the category of the encyclopedic mega-novel, which you seem to be into already, so you'd likely enjoy it all

[@gavin8987]

@@mcbussy6533 yeah I’m starting with Bright + Risen Angels, which so far has been like Pynchon crossed with Infinite Jest lol Im in love already

[@gavin8987]

Re: your favorite book being Mason & Dixon, how do I fill the void 😭 its been 2 days since I finished and I feel absolutely empty lol I miss it so bad

[@mcbussy6533]

If you want a similar style, The Sot Weed Factor is great. Also Argall by Vollmann is his most adventurous in terms of style. I remember you mentioned you're reading Risen Angels? My favorites by him are Fathers and Crows, Argall, and The Rifles. He takes that unrestrained style of Risen Angels and channels it into some of the best historical fiction ever written

[@mcbussy6533]

Also feel free to message me somewhere else since I imagine that would be easier than KZbin comments: Instagram: instagram.com/maxwellrosenbloom/ Or Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/81928319-maxwell I'll give you my email. Just don't want to do it here

[@gavin8987]

@@mcbussy6533 followed you on both of those platforms. Ill just hit you up on Ig to reply to u cuz yeah YT comments are a pain lol

[@gavin8987]

@@mcbussy6533 followed you on both of those platforms. Ill just hit you up on Ig to reply to u cuz yeah YT comments are a pain lol

[@trevorjames9366]

the thing about pynchon is his novels are so dense - ypu can reread them over and over again and it will be different every time- Id recommend re reading it aagin- or listening to it on audiobooks- go iut walking in the woods etc. make it fun!! Mason and Dixon is a great great novel- sot weed factor is decent too-

[@gamerinsociety1450]

In all seriousness, that is a beautiful backyard.

[@fredericktarr8266]

Powerful recommendations. Interesting that by sacrificing these books to Mars it bolsters masculine energies.

[@joesmith942]

Is the Old Man and the Se(men) as bad as Moby Dick? Or does the fish getting killed and eaten up make a difference?

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

Philip Roth survived the onslaught.

[@mcbussy6533]

Sabbath's Theater is really good

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

@@mcbussy6533 Best love story since "The Notebook."

[@michaeloboyle8863]

You will read Laura Esquivel and Alice Walker and tell those you meet that those scribblings are superior to Borges and Melville.

[@mcbussy6533]

More like Smell-ville and Bore-knees

[@morbidcel]

thank you for this user mcbussy

[@thomasceneri867]

I really hope that You didn’t burn those books. Why would I subscribe to a book burner? I know it’s tongue- in- cheek! I just don’t like the idea of burning books.

[@derekgo611]

I'm surprised you didn't include On The Road by Kerouac and The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger

[@Pretzels722]

Absolute Madman

[@markwolfe4444]

No comment for Darconville's Cat!?

[@Snarflelocker]

Amazing satire, well done.

[@jodikirsh]

For some reason, I distinctly remember you actually burning the books in this video. Anyway, how much can I pay you for all of these? Three, maybe four dollars?

[@lesgoe8908]

Love it -- attitude, wisdom, confidence, and pitch-black comedy make for shit-kicking satire. Thank you for your service. (I would've added Burroughs, Mailer, and Robert Anton Wilson -- along with some marshmallows.)

[@mcbussy6533]

I'm glad you enjoy it. I've amassed enough new books for a sequal sometime in the near future

[@katrieladolphus920]

Is this a joke? I haven't finished the video yet

[@Microcurseex]

Why would it be a joke

[@IFalling_CHERRY_BOY]

So, did you finished the 4 minute video yet?

[@knighterrant7212]

Came into this thinking it was serious. You sir are an arch troll.

[@stressedoutofexistence663]

ok, time to add 'Eat, Pray, Love' and all of Jojo Moyes' oeuvre to your bookshelves! * _hugs and kisses!!_*

[@skooptywooop1030]

Wait it's not called Junior?

[@livingnoise6399]

Don Quixote is actually a pretty feminist book, if not one of the first forms of feminist literature in modern literature.

[@mcbussy6533]

Cervantes got Me·Tooed last December

[@philohis]

😂Favourite video of 2023😂

[@davidhogan7020]

Clever satire, I laughed!

[@trevorjames9366]

wow cool a lot of my favorites- groovy! stuff!

[@angusorvid8840]

Hey! What about some Philip K. Dick novels?

[@mcbussy6533]

I read A Scanner Darkly after making this video, and it's going in the fire for sure.

[@angusorvid8840]

@@mcbussy6533 🤣🤣

[@JustAnotherFallenAngel]

FEEL DICK - pure evil - burn burn burn 🔥

[@Johnconno]

It just won't do, will it?

[@mcbussy6533]

It just won't do.

[@АндрейПетров-д2э]

This public burning turned out a failed entertainment.

[@58christiansful]

You didn’t really burn the books, did you? We never actually see the consumed by flames. But it’s a good show.

[@Oenloveslife]

Cervantes in the 1960s?!?

[@mcbussy6533]

Yeah he's really ripping off John Barth with the whole post-modern historical novel thing

[@Janus10001]

LOL!. Well done.

[@blownaway12345]

Absolutely spot-on Vollmann commentary 😂😂

[@ryan.1990]

>acting out over women's opinions You gotta get that Toxoplasmosis seen to my dude

[@mcbussy6533]

my school saw this vid and made me a professor

[@corrupted6683]

Michel Houllebeq should be added!!

[@mcbussy6533]

Have only read The Elementary Particles, but I agree.

[@corrupted6683]

@@mcbussy6533 Plataform and (not translated to english yet but translated in spanish) Ampliación del Campo de Batalla are pretty great too!! I highly recommend em.

[@way2tehdawn]

I hope those feminists see and acknowledge your gesture of good faith and become warmer and friendlier towards you. I'm sure that will happen! I'm sure it wont be a toxic circle of negativity.

[@mcbussy6533]

My harem has grown exponentially since posting this.

[@RiverheadSkate]

You're so brave

[@danielkibira4064]

Reminds me of the bourgeois Arabians in Dubai who occasionally sledgehammer their Ferraris 🤯for the flimsiest reasons.😖😱

[@AerRider]

Glad you didn’t do it. Great message!

[@jacobharris4838]

burnt my copy of the recognitions so no one else has to 👍

[@auntieheksold-timemedicine3045]

Love Vollmann

[@anthonymcglinch7503]

Don't forget Franzen! Also does Proust count? I mean he was gay, but . . .

[@arielsaal]

Estás weón con Moby Dick qliao. Ulysses se lo merecía.

[@NobodylikesSoup]

This is a sin.

[@NobodylikesSoup]

Also hilarious

[@mcbussy6533]

Forgive me father

[@katrieladolphus920]

@@mcbussy6533 you're sins are forgiven. Go forth and sin no more

[@JonathanRossignol]

Wow! Way to live up to your name, McBussy.

[@JonathanRossignol]

Great recommendations, btw.

[@bobertrobertson130]

lmao this deserves more views

[@lador67]

no milton.... nice

[@paulkossak7761]

I must be dumb cause I don't get the joke. Can someone fill me in?

[@mcbussy6533]

No joke. Just me burning books that I hate.

[@paulkossak7761]

@@mcbussy6533 I guess "cat in the hat" is more to your taste.

[@cliffpinchon2832]

Here's the joke: he's an idiot. 😜

[@cookie4049]

these are good books, it's like sarcasm

[@danielkibira4064]

Why not just DONATE the books? The amount of bourgeois conceitedness of Dame-Ericans is just...😬😖🤬

[@mcbussy6533]

The proletariat can't handle these books. It would give them weird ideas and make them less productive

[@jordanparsons5703]

All jokes aside, Ulysses is trash.

[@mcbussy6533]

What do you dislike about it?

[@jordanparsons5703]

@@mcbussy6533 It's the most pretentious thing I've ever read. Joyce seems to have indulged to the max in every whim he had, only about 2% of which actually contribute to the novel in any meaningful way. It's borderline unreadable for long stretches, and for no other reason than Joyce's pointless, self-impressed linguistic contortions.

[@mcbussy6533]

@@jordanparsons5703 Fair enough lol. It’s definitely the product of someone who didn’t have any real obligations in life and could spend 20 years working on an overly-complicated book. I happen to love it though. 90% of the books in this video wouldn’t exist without Ulysses’ influence. Your criticism certainly extends to Finnegans Wake though haha.

[@jesuisnoach]

Bro these are all my favorite writers lol, except for Vollmann...

[@mcbussy6533]

I am you, you are me, we are we.

[@Dirkkkkk]

next time, tell her you think you have a book you she will like, written by a woman, which will really challenge her - and then send her a cookbook

[@RagingHamster8330]

What a shame!!!

[@milesknightestrada3286]

This *HAS* to be a joke.

[@novembersuitealso1900]

i have never seen so much Vollmann in 1 place it looks fake (cool vid BTW)

[@lazarmilenkovic7799]

i think burning books is bad mmkayy

[@laurasalo6160]

Mmm'kay 😆

[@shsh-rf7mi]

why tthe fuck am I here ? I have read like 8 books in here.

[@mcbussy6533]

I am you and you are me

[@shsh-rf7mi]

@@mcbussy6533but serious question though where do I start with Vollman ? I haven't read any of them.

[@mcbussy6533]

@@shsh-rf7mi My favorites are Fathers & Crows and The Rifles. The Rifles is shorter and pretty indicative of his style, while Fathers & Crows is very long but is one of the best books I've read. I started with Europe Central, which is good as well.

[@shsh-rf7mi]

@@mcbussy6533 Thanks man. I started with No immediate Danger because it was gifted to me. But I wanted to try his fiction.

[@ohgodhehasairpodsin7116]

average /lit/ user (this is butterfly pre transition btw)

[@nggayown6459]

Diglett dig...Diglett dig...!