How difficult is this in the original language in comparisson to Crime and Punishment?
The "original" language is English
>>7617156
Is this some /lit/ epic meme?
>Paradise Lost original language is german lmao
>>7617167
Not sure if you are baiting.
What is the best self help book?
the rational male
>>7616351
the god delusion, not even memiiinnnng
The Importance of Living
How imperative is freedom of speech for writing literature?
>>7616313
not very.very few writers of quality write about political shit and when they do they usually can do it with double meanings and other cleaver,skillful tricks.I would say its good that we have freedom of speech but I don't think its essentially to writing political literature and is completely unnecessary when talking about literature of other kind. downside is usually the fact that when something is banned it has enforcers and those enforcers tend to read too much into things
>>7616333
Trips confirm
I wrote this
Haha! Upvoted. Le epic pomo man XDDD
>>7616246
Attach a copy of TLOTIAT and Hypersphere.
>>7616246
>>/tv/
>>/b/
>>/trash/
* I have read the recommended books wiki but I didn't find anything that would help me.
I'm currently a first year Law student and I need some beginners philosophy books that teach it from scratch.
Also anything that could help me improve my understanding of International Politics (and roman) would be highly appreciated.
>>7616187
Any book that encourages laws or international politics is a book that should be burned.
>>7616187
You got into law school without taking Phil 101? The fuck? What backwater school accepted you? What shit school doesn't require Phil 101?
>>7616200
University of Dundee
> Mega-deep non cliche edgy creative writing piece due in a few days.
> Fine ill do it.
> Begin brainstorming ideas for short story.
> Realise all my ideas are 'cliche' and/or come from some form of pre-existing literature or tv show/movie.
> wait a minute.
> there is a whole board of helpful, attractive and extremely knowledgeable literature lovers who can do the hard thinking for...
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Ten page, post-modern piece of a man contemplating the universe, while fishing a light bulb out of his colon.
You could have phrased that to not sound like a smug cunt and maybe I would have helped you. Instead I'm gonna tell you to choke on a fat one.
Hey /lit/! I want to read something that inspires me to do big things and to improve myself. Do you know any books that makes you feel like this when you finish them?
Pic unrelated.
the holy bible
The Bible.
I'm serious.
Start with Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, and then Job. They makes sense of suffering, humility, and generosity. Proverbs is chock full of practical advice. Ecclesiastes provides an answer to nihilism and existential angst. The most important lesson you'll gain from this is the value of wisdom. With wisdom and knowledge as your foci, you can advance through life knowing it only gets easier, and then you turn to dust. Really, it's quite peaceful.
>>7613978
Just finished this. Is it worth reading?
These threads trigger me. Congratulations you retarded faggot.
>>7613869
>translation
no
>>7613869
You think some people might find it worth reading.
Shittiest book ever written?
Nice jest.
>>7611250
le no discernible talent
Ya dude. Epic bost btw.
I need ideas for books to send to someone serving a three-month jail sentence. I can provide any further context if desired.
Preferably promoting HONEST introspection, self-analysis, and self-improvement.
This person needs a LOT of self-care and is on the precipice of cognitively realizing this - I'm looking for a text that will push them over the edge into "Oh, I CAN be better! I'm actually allowed to love myself and that's okay."
Something practical. Something that can't readily be argued against, even in the midst of severe...
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Mindfulness in Plain English - Bhante Gunnaratana
Portrait of as a the artist young James man Joyce
Steppenwolf
is there any good place to find college textbooks in e-reader format?
>>7617230
just get pdfs off of bookzz and the libgen familia. If that fails bookz (irc) might have them. It's pretty rare that a textbook is on neither of those---if so, then hustle over the biblioteca (hopefully you're near a good college) and nab a copy there.
also why the fuck you want epubs? Figures are usually fucked up even in the 'official e-reader' version, unless you're looking at Diestel's graph-theory or another really high quality e-version.
>>7617233
I mean file formats for PC based reading. I don't really use e-reader stuff, I'm just looking to see if I can get the texts on-screen instead of a book. thanks for the reply btw, I'm making some progress finding what im looking for
I don't think she will write anything better than Surfacing. Thoughts?
>Thoughts
you first
How does /lit/ handle really bad writer's block
the kind where everything you could possibly write seems insufficient
>>7617036
I fap and waste my life away in self-loathing. What about you?
Suck a writer's cock
Suck my cock.
>>7617036
I get high on pepsi for a week, then I talk doxylamine and have strange dreams which I add into my writing.
What's your magnum opus going to be like /lit/?
A readable version of Ulysses.
>>7616924
A short pamphlet to my progeny and great...great...etc grandchildren somewhat prior to my death introducing myself and briefly listing what I have learned during my life, and wishing them best of luck in theirs.
>>7616924
A secretly sentimental story serving a second, superior self scurrying through sceneries of season passed.
Books you have bought recently.
Here is a hungarian copy of "The Tragedy of Man" by Imre Madách.
It was pretty cheap,and it's a good edition.
Does lit even buys books or you guys just use an E-reader or you just get presents based in a list you gave to mummy?
>>7616981
fuck off back to your 'i don't care if i'm a pleb' sci-fi general thread
>>7617116
What wrong did I say?
Why are you trying to imply that I belong in a fantasy/sci-fi general?