pls suggest me the weirdest book you’ve ever read :)
pls suggest me the weirdest book you’ve ever read —and don’t forget to describe what made it weird and why you think it’s worth a read— thanks in advance!
Afro Puffs are the Antanae of the Universe by Zig Zag Clayborne. There are desert elves, a telepathic octopus, afro puffs that are the antanae of the universe and also an AI that is hellbent of wiping out debt and also capitalism
Plus the writing style is super unique
DaCouponNinja on
A man who may or may not be God steals some kids, raises them in a weird mystical library that appears to contain the totality of human knowledge. The “librarians”, who don’t seem quite human anymore, start some sort of death match quest to figure out who will replace him, and one of them has an extra crazy plan, if she can remember what it’s like to act human.
*The Library at Mount Char* by Scott Hawkins
MNVixen on
*The Island of the Sequined Love Nun* by Christopher Moore.
It’s been about a year since I read it and I still don’t understand what I read. Post-war pilot looking for work goes to an isolated island for work. Becomes a boy-toy for a woman who’s convinced the locals she’s a Sky Goddess (because she arrived on a plan). Then it gets weird . . .
Mentalfloss1 on
*Be Here Now*, by Ram Dass. It’s a 3-part book on Eastern philosophy/religion but a lot more. It showed me how pretty much every culture has approaches to being transcendental, in the flow, Buddha-like, etc. There are all sorts of practices and methods around the world and through time. But it is an offbeat book.
Showmeagreysky on
The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier is a mind-bender. An airplane takes off and enters a storm. The plane lands. Then three months later, the plane lands again with all the same passengers.
When flight Air France 006 enters a terrifying storm, the plane – inexplicably – duplicates. For every passenger on board that day, there are now two – a double with the same mind, body and memories.
Just one thing sets them apart. One plane leaves the storm in March. The other doesn’t land until June. For world leaders, the emergence of the June flight raises serious alarms. No science, faith, or protocol can explain this unprecedented event.
Vintage_Journal on
Both Earthlings and Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata are weird, but the latter is far less horrifying. Characters don’t understand relationships/society intuitively the way others do.
Orlando by Virginia Woolf has a character that lives for centuries and changes gender oddly midway through.
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Afro Puffs are the Antanae of the Universe by Zig Zag Clayborne. There are desert elves, a telepathic octopus, afro puffs that are the antanae of the universe and also an AI that is hellbent of wiping out debt and also capitalism
Plus the writing style is super unique
A man who may or may not be God steals some kids, raises them in a weird mystical library that appears to contain the totality of human knowledge. The “librarians”, who don’t seem quite human anymore, start some sort of death match quest to figure out who will replace him, and one of them has an extra crazy plan, if she can remember what it’s like to act human.
*The Library at Mount Char* by Scott Hawkins
*The Island of the Sequined Love Nun* by Christopher Moore.
It’s been about a year since I read it and I still don’t understand what I read. Post-war pilot looking for work goes to an isolated island for work. Becomes a boy-toy for a woman who’s convinced the locals she’s a Sky Goddess (because she arrived on a plan). Then it gets weird . . .
*Be Here Now*, by Ram Dass. It’s a 3-part book on Eastern philosophy/religion but a lot more. It showed me how pretty much every culture has approaches to being transcendental, in the flow, Buddha-like, etc. There are all sorts of practices and methods around the world and through time. But it is an offbeat book.
The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier is a mind-bender. An airplane takes off and enters a storm. The plane lands. Then three months later, the plane lands again with all the same passengers.
When flight Air France 006 enters a terrifying storm, the plane – inexplicably – duplicates. For every passenger on board that day, there are now two – a double with the same mind, body and memories.
Just one thing sets them apart. One plane leaves the storm in March. The other doesn’t land until June. For world leaders, the emergence of the June flight raises serious alarms. No science, faith, or protocol can explain this unprecedented event.
Both Earthlings and Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata are weird, but the latter is far less horrifying. Characters don’t understand relationships/society intuitively the way others do.
Orlando by Virginia Woolf has a character that lives for centuries and changes gender oddly midway through.