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I have to read a graphic novel of my choice for school... I don't know any graphic novel. I would like to know if there is any good graphic novel ?
From Hell. Fun House. Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron. Black Hole (serialized, not the book v.).
>>7625163
Sandman for great fantasy.
Daytripper for a lifetime
Seconds by bryan o malley for cuteness
Maus for wow
>>7625195
Jodorowsky's works (Incal, Metabarons) is also pretty good.
are folks outside of /lit/ seeing the same ads as I am, or is pic related generated according to a user's browsing history? saw it on a Yahoo page.
You're on the list
>>7625038
>generated according to a user's browsing history
obviously
>>7625038
Take a lap m8
How often do you read?
everyday
8-14 hours
>>7624969
Everyday. I read a couple pages of the bible then spend at least an hour or two reading whatever else I got going on.
>>7624969
Since reading is merely a hobby, I do it whenever I have time in my schedule, which can be a few hours a day to just a few hours a week. My reading typically varies between literature and news magazines like the economist.
Just started reading this and can already tell that this is going to be the most cuck book I've ever read. Does it get any more cuck than this?
your diary desu
>>7624516
tb100%hwyb
pretty hard to not get cucked when you aint got no cock
Should I read this?
>>7624386
If you want, it's not really /lit/s decision is it? Unless you are some kind if contrived autonomous pseudo who only reads books based of the opinions of others.
I hear it's better than 198four
Better written, less boring and more prophetic than 1984. What's not to like?
>>7624393
Just seeking a second opinion. It seems up my alley though.
Is Kipling's work worth reading? I've wanted to get into neo romanticism but can't find much on it.
absolutely. get a collection of his verse, Kim, and some of his short stories.
>neoromanticism
Dunno what that's supposed to mean. You'll find it more fruitful to think of Kipling as an imperialist writer in the high noon of the British Empire. Which has its good and bad points. Said, who found Kipling's political views disgusting, nonetheless thought Kim a masterwork. And it is. Though nobody would call his verse first-rate, it did have admirers—notably, T. S. Eliot.
>>7624213
What about Jungle Book?
>>7624483
haven't read it, but I've only heard good things
Why is it called The Two Towers?
Orthanc and Minas Morgul
One of the towers is my dick
The other is my gf's
Prediction of what the Illuminati were going to do. DunDuunnDuuun
What does /lit/ think about Hunter?
and not the Hollywood bullshit Johnny Depp mythos, I don't care about the Depp movies and the Murray movie
his work, his life and times, and the crazy shit he did, his fascination with the debased and insane
Whaddya think?
>>7621860
He strayed from the one true path and paid for it.
>>7621860
His Nixon obit was the best thing I've ever read with that kind of word count.
as cool as the drug stuff was, a lot of people miss that hunter s. thompson wrote some seriously good journalism in his day. i'm kind of biased desu because he retired to my homestate
Should one go out of one's way to read literature specifically written by authors who aren't straight, white and male?
Why or why not?
>>7621692
Are you straight, white and male?
>>7621692
No, time is limited
>>7621704
Here I thought people read in part to challenge their worldview. If your worldview is entirely composed of the ideas of straight white males, it's pretty limited.
One of the joys of reading literature is putting yourself into the shoes of someone totally different to yourself. It flexes your ability as a reader, makes you a better reader, if you can read and empathise with a perspective that resembles something completely different to your own.
Why do you think everyone here has read Infinite Jest?
Do you guys like cyberpunk?
No.
A shit put on
>>7621348
No, but it is still better than steampunk.
i like lain
I have to teach basic Western Philosophy to a Japanese girl with basic understanding of English. How should I go about tackling this?
Post pics
What's her cultural level? How well read is her?
>>7621052
Pic related
>>7621054
She doesn't read a lot, though she's an avid music listener. I'm thinking about starting her on general reading with Hemingway, or as she affectionately refers to him, 'the drunk typewriter'.
So, /lit/, why is it you hate women again?
>>7620868
>why is it you hate women again?
their inferior
>>7620870
>their
I don't hate women or children or cats. I just don't want to give them my tax dollars to go to university and pretend that they're people.
I know this subject has been posted before, but:
What is the best translation of The Odyssey
From what I've read, there are three common recommendations:
Robert Fagles, Richmond Lattimore, and Robert Fitzgerald.
Which one does /lit/ recommend?
Pic unrelated
Use this and make up your own mind:
https://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/homertranslations.htm
Mein gott fuck off
>>7623849
Thank you
How does the book compare to the movie?
>>7622043
not literature
>>7622054
Shut the fuck up.
>>7622057
^^^^^^^^
The book is extremely dark and morose compared the film. Exceedingly, the narration becomes murkier and murkier as the sanity from the narrator slips. It's definitely worth the read and could almost be considered two different sides to the same coin.
What are some fun books about serial killers?
>fun books about serial killers
>>7620894
>le anti-edgy responsible grown up meme
Meta-edge is worse than edge.
>>7620887
Peace
