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What /lit/erary courses are you taking in the coming semester, anon? What's your major?
>>7574398
You first, anon
>>7574398
I've graduated, so Im better than all of u
>taking classes
>not teaching them
Typical /lit/.
What are Books that changed your life /lit/?
>>7570347
mostly just changed how I saw things but I guess that counts
>>7574386
Ah, sorry, didn't see that thread.
>>7574392
no worries, it basically died from people only posting jokes anyway instead of being serious so we can always do a serious one here
just a tip for next time though if you want a more serious thread where people open up you would be better off posting a picture that is more neutral like a nature scene so people don't feel like the thread is being made by a joker/troll/etc.
Can someone read my short story and tell me if i should even continue writing. Is this interesting to read at all? pastebin/vkJrxyqN
its like 400 words
Reported
>>7573829
for what? i literally only post on /b/ i was trying to do something different with my life and thought this was the books and writing board?
Well I'm sure as hell interested, definitely continue, because you ain't going to get better by not writing.
Am I missing something? Is it 2deep4me?
I don't seem to understand the point and it's really not that good
>>7573739
It's liberal trash. Congrats you proved your redpilled
>>7573749
I want monarchists to leave
>>7573739
It's just trash for liberals to jerk over. It's like a shitty Chesterton really.
ITT: books that women don't understand
a shorter list would be "books women understand"
here it is:
>books whining about how life is dull when men aren't doing things for you, and how you wish more men would do things for you
>books about being on your existential period ("what if men stop doing things for me.. forever?")
>books about being on your actual period
>books about trivial gossip about men and/or women's relationships to men
>books...
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Holes
mind has no gender
ITT: essential redditcore
>>7573331
Mein Kampf
Schopenhauer's epic 'On Women'
Just go take a look at your bookshelf.
>>7573350
>bookshelf
Jesus, grandpa
Hey /lit/ I'm just starting out a collection of books because I recently found out how much I truly love reading. I have a list of books I want to get but other than that I really don't know any great books I should read. So far I have in my ownership 1984 (favorite), Farenheit 451, Heart of The Sea, Hunger Games Trilogy, and some other short novels.
>TLDR: What are some must read books I should use to start my collection
>>7573199
Also I'm not asking for beginner books I can read advanced and have read a lot more books than this, but this is what I currently own in my collection
Have you been on the wiki?
Hey /lit/. Just wanted your recommendation on The Asian Saga by James Clavell, and what books to read and avoid.
I've heard that Shōgun is really good but I don't know.
Thanks again.
>>7573194
Shogun is worth a read, IDK bout the rest though.
Its not high-quality literature but definitely upper-tier genre fiction. You could read a lot worse.
>>7573217
Thank you, anon!
I've reserved a few books from the local library. Please rate them, /lit/, and tell me if I've chosen any duds.
-Game of Thrones
-The Seven Basic Plots (Pic related)
-The Once and Future King
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>-Game of Thrones
BAHAHAHAHAHA
>>7573201
It's a magnificent waste of time.
You'll enjoy it OP
>>7573201
Never so much as touched it, neither the show nor the books. You can't blame me for being curious as to what it's all about. It's like not knowing what Harry Potter's all about circa mid 2000s, it drives you crazy.
List books written after the internet was invented that critique consumerism, instant gratification, and advocate asceticism.
I want to cut myself off from the internet and spend the rest of my life studying. I want to get to the point where I put ashes on my food in order to dull the taste so I don't commit the sin of gluttony.
It seems as if this belief system is dead. The only recent pieces of "art" that I have found advocating this are the movie "Black Snake Moan" which I really thought would be a soft-core porno. It turns out it...
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>>7572790
"Society of the Spectacle" was written before the internet but is still probably the best answer.
>>7572819
Mass Media no longer holds the same sway over the populous that it used to. It used to be a moderating influence. The internet seems to have radicalized everyone.
>>7572790
Infinite Jest fits to a good degree
"Crippled America" by Donald Trump- is it the new "Mein Kampf"?
>>7572760
badly written ramblings?
Probably.
maybe, mein kampf is just a demagogue's unremarkable book, but trump strikes me as more marketing savvy.
What is your favourite Ancient Greek story/myth?
>>7572720
Antigone
>>7572720
When my nigga Perseus killed that triflin bitch Medusa cuz
narcissus and echo
daedalus as a whole
What are some good pro-suicide works?
>>7572421
Suicide by Edouard Levé
>>7572421
My diary tbqh
Reminder that suicide is wrong and life always gets better
In order to impress them, which obscure book would you choose to give someone?
>he thinks obscurity for obscurity's sake is impressive
back to reddit with you
>>7572335
It depends a lot on the person tbqh, maybe if you described you person you are thinking of I could give an answer
Not OP, but I think it would help considerably if there were some rules.
>You've heard the person is "well read"
>You have to choose a book you own now
How deep of a knowledge of mythology is needed to understand Plato and the rest of the Greeks? I pic related back in September but I can't say how much it stuck. Is Plato going to be making specific callouts to characters like Iphicles or is it more general (i.e. themes and archetypes), and if the former case is true than is it worth rereading Hamilton?
Hamilton will have almost zero help with reading Greeks, especially on the philosophy side of things. You need very little/no mythology knowledge beyond what you probably already have to read le Greeks.
>>7572309
If you don't get a reference, you can always look it up in Hamilton's mythology or the internet.
>>7572317
this.
Reading the Greeks involves actually reading their philosophy and theatrical works, not just a summary of their mythology.
