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>studies philosophy
>hasn't read Menexenus
It's one of Plato's most important dialogues and a key text in the western philosophic canon, what's your excuse?
I'm on the presocratics yet.
>>7663381
dont care about plato
>>7663381
This still isn't a meme, dipshit.
What does /lit/ think of Winterson?
Well, that answers my question then.
>>7662826
I've gotten the impression that she's based, but none of the back blurbs have made me interested in reading any particular book of hers.
>>7662826
Written on the Body is a pretty great book. Its implications are kind of SJWish, but the writing's pretty touching and funny, besides being able to keep up such a hard gimmick for the whole thing (gimmick is that the narrator doesn't have a definite gender, in case you don't know).
General Dos Passos thread--
I've read Manhattan Transfer and am reading his letter and travel writings published by Library of America. Would like to discuss
>>7662675
INTERVIEWER
Do you enjoy writing?
DOS PASSOS
That depends. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't.
>>7662675
anyone?
I think his character portraits are some of the best I have ever read, in Manhattan Transfer. Has anyone here read his USA Trilogy?
>>7664549
>Has anyone here read his USA Trilogy?
Yeah, quite original structure (with the News Reels and Camera Eyes), interposed with the more traditional narrative. Thematically a little weak, yet not unintersting. He makes it work despite that and that attests to his quality as a writer, if not much of a thinker. Would read more from him despite not really considering him good. Slightly enjoyable, though part of that may, admittedly, be merely because he doesn't sound like your other...
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Prove aesthetic relativism wrong.
>>7659822
>>>/hw/
>>7659822
Prove it right. See? I can do I too.
One cannot prove vague phrases like 'aesthetic relativism' to be 'wrong' since it is not a proposition that can be evaluated as such.
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Do you do this to your books, or do you use an actual bookmark?
Physical is faggot shit
I tend to get bookmarks constantly from relatives who don't know what to buy for presents, so I don't have to crease pages.
Bookmark.
I've got plenty of them since Book Depository include one in every shipment
Is the series any good?
>series of books based off a movie based off a book
Jesus Christ
>>7665484
If you're refering to Do Android... then yes, but it is not a series.
>>7665495
What about the sequel, Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human?
Why do people who read like to brag about much they read?
People don't do that.
>>7665414
The opposite is what usually happens.
>>7665414
Because reading is becoming a relic of the past and to me that needs to change.
Also I'm an elitist prick about it because it's niche.
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>that feel when i actually read about half way through before i realized it was a /lit/ meme
It's not a /lit/ meme since, people bash it here all the time
>>7665370
I already read the first three chapters of White Noise when the suspicion of being meme'd started creeping upon me. I'm still uncertain. Terrible feeling.
>>7665370
>tfw I started reading this book before ever coming to /lit/
>realized it was shit about 1/4 the way through and put it down
>realized Ayn Rand had a shit philosophy
>eventually /lit/ is created and I discover most people who aren't plebs feel the same way
the book is a meme even without /lit/. anyone who is well read knows it's horible
Was he autistic?
>>7665192
>Making a cammoo thread
>Not posting the best cover
>>7665248
Post that best cover then boii
>>7665248
All those covers are fucking hideous.
I'm writing a book of fictional short stories under a pseudonym. I'm considering to have the fictional editor talk about the time he met the fictional author. is this stupid? What are some good cliches to put into the introduction?
>is this stupid?
only if you do it badly.
>What are some good cliches to put into the introduction?
That would be doing it badly. Take a few years out to work on your ideas first.
>>7665186
I've never had to write an introduction introducing an author, surprisingly. I'm writing it as a sort of bonus short story, but I want to figure out the shape of it.
>>7665179
You don't really need an introduction. Especially if no one knows who you/your pseudonym are.
Semiotics has suddenly piqued my interest and I want to learn about it.
Where are some good places to start?
For me Barthes' 'Semiotic Challenge' was a pretty good introduction. After it, if you are interested in discursive semiotics, read Propp / Jakobson. If you are more interested in plastic and figurative semiotics, read A. J. Greimas, he often overlaps with Barthes, but I personally like him more.
>>7664909
What /lit/ will tell you is that you should start with Saussere and Pierce and then work chronologically towards contemporary thinkers but I think that a textbook or summary is enough to get a basic understanding. Like Saussere and Pierce can be summed up quite quckly but you need time to wrap your head around it.
I did a presentation on semiotics for my design courses and once I was done with it the idea of decoding the world through signs (consciously and un-consciously) occupied my mind for months - that's...
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i started with mythologies by roland barthes. it makes most reading lists of essential critical theory
What are some good introductions to aesthetics? Where do you go from there?
WHITE
POWER
fascism
do you read book forwards/afterwards and if so which ones do you enjoy? I like the ones with biographical information but I also enjoy critical reading ones
>>7664754
I enjoyed Pinecone's foreword to Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me.
>>7664754
I love Gass' introduction to The Recognitions.
Dave Eggers's introduction to Infinite Jest is really good.
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How does /lit/ feel about Library of America?
they look like nice books, but i don't really go for american writing much so i don't have any copies.
was eyeing one of their wallace stevens collections though. everything i heard of LoA indicates it's a good choice as far as publishers go.
Font is too fucking small and the pages are too thin
>>7664445
font is fine, but i agree that the pages are too thin. if you can get a copy for cheap, go for it.
What does lit think of Mervyn Peake? Unrelated: weird fiction/early fantasy recommendations would be much appreciated.
>>7664318
Mervyn Peake is pretty great. As for recomendations, try Ligotti.
>>7664320
Thanks for the recommendation, I've seen S.T. Joshi mention him before. Any specific collections or works to look out for by Ligotti?
>>7664318
Peake's prose is amazing. If you want great writing plus a bizarre world and plot, read Book of the New Sun.
