Favorite Bible Verse thread? Been thinking a lot about Isaiah 45:9 after happening upon it recently. The translations of the final verse are all over the place which adds to the interest.
>>7358426
2 Kings 2:23-24
23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
>>7358426
Matthew 7:6
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
I'm reading Gay brewer's book on Bukowski right now and it's dope. What are some other good essays or critical writings on Hank?
Also, general bukowski discussion and questions ITT
I'm Gay right now and it's dope. What ass i w ank?
Anal bukoki discussion and questions ITT
>book on Bukowski
Bookowski?
http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukowski-william-burroughs-and-the-computer/
I found this pretty interesting, doesn't detail much about his actual work though.
Are there any books on immigrants or descendants of immigrants returning back to their homeland?
The Bible.
>>7358329
Clever but looking for more recent. I'm fine with maybe 700s to now, preferably closer to now.
are there any books about a kek getting his revenge? Besides Lolita that is
hey /lit/
please post some good sites for ordering books
>>7358254
Bookdepository.com - great range, discounted, free shipping everywhere. I've used it many times.
>>7358258
this and thriftbooks.
the motherfucking library
What can you guys tell me about Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? I want significant symbols of Marquez's leanings towards Communism. Is this a feasible, or shall I say fruitful, task worth doing with this novel?
>>7358231
el no tiene talento disernible.
>>7358231
most boring book ever
tasteless, even. guy unashamedly mentions some character's cock size and everything
i don't recall ever thinking about communism when i read this
Will I be able to get a decent overview of Greek philosophy if I
>read modern books on Greek mythology like Edith Hamilton's book
>read modern books on Greek history
>read the works of Greek historians and poets
>read Homer and the work of the tragedians very carefully
>read what people have written about Homer and the tragedians
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>>7358227
start with the greeks
I mean yeah.
Don't start with the greeks
How did he learn so much about whales?
>>7358124
Autism.
by whaling
>>7358149
did he actually go whaling?
Free, online, complete, *annotated* Shakespeare.
It's 2015, why the hell can't I find this?
>inb4 someone tells me you can find Shakespeare easily online
note the following conditions:
Free: costing no money
Online: accesible via the world wide web
Complete: including at least all 38 plays
Annotated: So I don't have to reference other material every other sentence.
Shakespeare: a guy
>>7358068
>Shakespeare: a guy
[citation needed]
mfw you can find free high quality audio dramatizations of the bible, every major edition, annotated complete free and online.
The entire Western Canon deserves this treatment . How are there billions of hours of crap on youtube yet nobody has undertaken this? it should have been one of the first things we did with the internet.
Dude you can get his complete annotated works on Amazon for like 99 cents.
So lit, what did you think about this modern masterpiece?
>>7358030
penis in vagina.
>>7358044
I agree.
I'm watching "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" to write an essay on them but I have to drink at least a pint of bourbon beforehand to tolerate their fucking obvious narcissism and vapidity. This prevents me from writing a coherent essay on them because I'm too hammered to operate a keyboard while watching their show but I blackout within 15 minutes of their show to write a comprehensive essay on their celebrity and cultural influence.
Hopefully I'll be enough of an alcoholic by next season to properly deconstruct them. I can already feel my liver...
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I hear Beckett mentioned quite a bit. I tried to read Waiting for Godot, and was bored to tears.
What would you recommend to me to come to my senses and realize why Beckett is great?
Is he hard to read?
>>7357951
He is surprisingly hard to read, something about his work that is just so dense.
You could try Endgame.
>>7357951
If Joyce is the blueprint for modern lit, then Beckett is the cornerstone. Read Murphy.
>>7357951
Godot you might need to see performed, though it's not exactly exciting. If the ways that he fucks with the language don't interest/move you, then he might not be for you.
Anyway, try to read some of his fiction. His short stories More Pricks than Kicks are enjoyable, and Murphy and Watt are very funny. Molloy is more in the vein of Godot (he wrote the play as a respite from the trilogy of novels, actually), but it is great.
Beckett's novels are better than his plays, so read them instead.
I have to pick a book for a grade 12 ISU (independent study unit)
I'm gonna have to analyze it and write essays on it and shit.
I don't know what to pick, thought you might help me with some suggestions
(Anything between 100-300 pages)
I was thinking of:
The Alchemist
Death of a Salesman
The Stranger
Catcher in the Rye
Difficulty/ Enjoyability of the books? I don't know, just lay it on me
White Noise by Don DeLillo
>>7357915
3 or 4. I like Catcher more.
Go to bed. Make sure to wash the Dorito dust off your hands first.
Hey /lit/.
I'm looking to learn more about influencing productivity in the private industry through government policies.
Could i be guided toward some pertinent literature ?
>>7357853
Start with the Greeks.
>>7357864
Shut the fuck up with your waste of life meme
>>7357904
why don't you start with JMK
Well, I just finished reading this comfy masterpiece. I liked it. What is your opinion on this book?
Comfy masterpiece
>>7357793
What's with this "comfy" meme? What does it even mean?
>>7357803
Just like desu means To Be Honest, comfy means comfortable
What was the problem exactly?
>>7357774
Winston was a pessemist loser who didn't know that not everything has to be perfect. Luckily the book has a happy ending when he realizes that you have to be happy with what you have and enjoy life as it comes.
>>7357781
What? I did not interpret it as a happy ending at all. More like a tragic / nightmarish ending where the protagonist loses all his personality.
>>7357781
>happy ending
edgy
Give me real critical reasons why H.P. LOVECRAFT isn't a 10/10 author.
You can't. It's genius how he weaves stories.
His crutchey, "unspeakable" prose.
lovecraft's so reddit it hurts
CTHULHU F'LAGHN XD
>>7357831
>a certain author is only liked by users of a specific site
>reddit bogeyman
Kill yourself, my friend