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Is Grendel's mother a demon or a descendant of Cain?
And why did Beowulf only bring Grendel's head back? Why not the mother's?
>>8243824
>why did Beowulf only bring Grendel's head back?
The head would have been very heavy I suppose, I'm not sure he would have been able to carry two troll heads at the same time as his armour and weapons
>>8243334
Both. In the mind of the author of Beowulf, all trolls, demons, etc. arose from Cain's blood.
>>8243827
Doesn't Beowulf reach Grendel's Mother's grotto by swimming underneath a pitch black pond teeming with vicious sea creatures? That could make head carrying pretty difficult.
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if you want proof that reading books wont make you smart, just try to meet a YA fanatic
>>8243330
reading books=/=reading literature
>>8243330
someone would have to be pretty retarded to think there was an actual effect there, and not just a weak correlation.
>>8243330
The people who read YA obsessively are the same people who think that Bill Nye is actually a credible source on science issues and will actually cite his opinions as if they are truth despite the fact that he just has a BA in some engineering field. Stupid people are always going to be stupid so we need to make sure they have some outlet for their stupidity that shunts them away from real literature, real science, basically anything intellectual. Just gives them those little feelings of superiority that keep them going...
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George Saunders, author of Pastoralia, wrote about Trump.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/george-saunders-goes-to-trump-rallies
Thoughts?
I don't think linking to an article as a start to a thread will lead to an abundance of replies. Just guessing.
I'll just assume he did it with all the subtlety and inspiration he deployed in that daring Hitler parody story of his and pass, thanks all the same
>>8243268
I found it interesting, though I'm not American so I can't really vouch for its accuracy.
Seems to get at the heart of the violence surrounding the "trump movement", particularly the way that it's been answered by liberal protesters.
What does /lit/ think of this? Just finished it today, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
>>8243212
>that title
I don't get the concept. Since you read the book, can you sum it up for me?
>>8243249
Neurosurgeon gets terminal cancer, decides to write a book about dying.
>>8244062
have you readed Tuesdays with Morrie? your description sounds like that
>ectoplasm
>>8243199
What a character!
>>8243202
Hey, you stole my joke!
>>8243199
>insect
Are audiobooks cheating?
They won't get into patricianhood heaven, if that's what you mean.
I didn't think so, but when I told my bookshelf that it fucking divorced me.
Ask this guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7MdSlyBnG0
The middle of act of any story, one book or a trilogy, is ALWAYS the weakest part.
literally cannot prove me wrong
>>8243133
You are right for most of what I've read, but not all
>reading a trilogy
I think the weakness lies in that fact alone.
>>8243136
>one book or a trilogy
Did you miss that first part? Literally applies for any story regardless of length.
>just enjoyed the greatest piece of literature (pic related)
>friends tries to tell me it isn't great, only the original is.
A diamond in the everlong literature rough. most normies disrespect this great novel for its poor cover choice, but anyone who has read it knows it stands as one of the greats, some even consider it to be better than the original. Im glad someone on this fucked up board knows good literature
I agree, intriguing novel that is extremely thought-provoking
since most women are pretty much illiterate or don't read critically, this may be the noble eight-fold path to becoming a modern Lothario.
Is there a more based reviewer?
>>8243064
Based 'reviewers' are called critics anon.
>>8243065
forgive my poor synonym choice
Is there a more based OP?
Those are all good novels.
>>8243006
>implying the meme trilogy (with exception for Ulysses) is good
>>8243027
what if i told you making something a meme made that something fundamentally danker?
Write a comfy scene, /lit/. Anything will do as long as its' comfy.
One in da pink, three in da stink.
Yo momma ain't complainink.
OP and his dad sitting in a tree
S H I T P O S
T I N G
Stench of unspoken longing, sticky fingers, mind's eye penetrating blouse, scouting about in her, eh, what did you say? Oh yea, that sounds really banal. Sitting two minds next to each other distanced by walls of impenetrable flesh, eternally removed, two minds that have long forgotten telepathoid mind language of yore, the horrors creep in: You can smell and hear and see your darling slowly accept the language of the body as her own, crude movements of tongue and vocal chords forming "vowels", bowing to "phonology", expressing "thought". Not...
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Am I about to make a mistake?
>>8242870
yes, what are you doing with rand, friend?
>>8242878
I want to feel good about myself
>>8242870
>Reading books
Nerd
I don't want to "fall for the x meme". Can you guys please just tell me where I should get started to become more well read. What are the essentials? Would be right to assume that starting with novellas is the best choice?
>>8242795
infinite jest
ulysses
gravity's rainbow
>>8242795
Not falling for a meme is a meme, now.
How do you find rare/obscure literature?
here
>>8242783
library archive
Pretend like you've read Milkbottle H when you're around other people.
Also, >>8242790 is accurate. /lit/ works best when it's a bunch of masturabatory one-upmanship in terms of who has read or knows about the most obscure/patrician works. Follow the wanking long enough and you'll find something interesting and worth looking into.
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>>8242723
The first one I read, of my own choosing.
>>8242723
The first one I reread, of my own choosing.
The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. So thankful for the book and author. Reading it started a domino effect that is still going strong for four years and has changed my life.
