When a particularly erotic book arouses me, I tend to masturbate - ferociously during the erotic scenes, and then a slight twist of my foreskin throughout the other junk.This evening I decided to treat myself to an old-fashion rub-and-tug while I read the entirety of Platform in a sitting.Y'know it's going well, I'm over here panting to young Thai girls, absolutely cranking my shit to Valérie - she sounds like a stunning big-breasted, thin-waisted lass - then out of fucking nowhere, Houellebecq makes his self-insert character happily give up his girl to another nigga, Jerome, for zero fucking reason.So y'know, now I'm just sitting in my chair, limp-dicked, feeling like an absolute cuck with zero ambition to either finish the book or orgasm.Fuck you, Houellebecq, you old gay fuck faggot.
>>24860223The true artist defies expectations
>>24860223Just wait till you read Gravity's Rainbow. One moment you're whacking it to Katje's encounters with Tyrone, and then another you're hit with her lady of the night scene.
>>24860295> implying I'm ever gonna read GR
>>24860328I will if my dick takes me there.Unlike you pseuds, I truly read for pleasure.
>>24860388Have you anything by the Marquis?
thought you were gonna bring up the babysitter scene. Houellebecq was a mad coomer for that one
>>24860484Oh, no - I didn't mind that.
How are we to believe that a fit, ample-breasted bisexual nymph throws herself at a timid, depressed, balding 40yo in the throes of his mid-life crisis
fuckin lmao, great post
>>24860533Shush, don't ruin my fantasy.
>>24860622The only way it makes sense to me is if Houellebecq is making fun of anyone who reads it and thinks for even a moment it’s possible, and our punishment is the ending
>>24860223have you read cumslut? it's only like 100 pages pretty good
>>24860533>timid, depressed, balding 40yo in the throes of his mid-life crisisWhat's his income?
>>24860533he's just like me fr fr
>>24860972Irrelevant because she throws herself at him before she knows
>>24861007classic woman
>>24860223Get back to cranking it to the car bombing. Schope approved methods for erection removal are jizzing or forgetting about it. No complaints fagcartes.
>>24860972After she transfers to a different company she has a significantly higher income than Michel.There are so many layers to Houellebecq's fantasy, I approve.
>>24860899I can only maintain my literature-erection if the novel includes lengthy segments discussing human nature.
>>24860223Platform was my first experience of Houellebecq. And my last.
>>24861267You picked his worst novel to start with lol
>>24861460I prefer Platform to Submission, but I agree.
>>24860533is that not what happened to houellebecq?
>>24861460What’s the best?
>>24861950The Map and the Territory or Possibility of an Island
>>24861954Thanks
>>24861460Platform is his book that's easy to deride. It can't be passed off as a rookie mistake and it's inflammatory on purpose. Most people often miss one of his most poignant commentaries though, virtually all males anywhere create a teenager fantasy about sex and it always devolves into more sex with more females. The character and arguably Houllebecq himself achieve realization of the futility and misery inducing nature of this fantasy once it can be done and then proceed to do it anyway.>>24861950Most will probably claim Elementary Particles. It's a good book but it also turns into a manifesto about all the shit no one can do anything about. His social criticism was refined to a point though and the juxtaposition of the 2 main characters is hard to beat.Whatever usually gets overlooked, easy to see why once you read it, if you've ever had experiences like it though you immediately get the genius. If you haven't then you're probably going to think he's had a bad lunch.
>>24861967>Platform is his book that's easy to deride…Don’t get me wrong, I love it. But it’s the one thats going to filter the most first time Houellebecqians>>24861874Is it? I think he was married and had a kid in his 20s but he was already semi-famous by his middle age
are Houellebecq's essays worth reading?
>>24862431I'm struggling to think of a good place to start with Houllebecq but I would agree Platform isn't the ideal starting point.
>>24864332I always say1. The Elementary Particles (best overview of his worldview and recurring themes, arguably most entertaining novel though some may disagree there)2. The rest of his novels in order of publication
>>24863747The Lovecraft essay is definitely worth reading because Lovecraft was a major influence on him in his youth. The others are okay but I prefer his novels. They are often rambling and abstract, I treat them as if they’re the space he uses to flesh out his ideas and prepare himself for writing his novels
>>24865024I agree with this.I've never gotten around to reading Lanzarote, would anyone here recommend it?
