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Is Cormac McCarthy actually worth reading? Or just another best-seller author?
I noticed a few of his novels were adapted into very respectable films. Harold Bloom even topped him with Pynchon as one of the best living american writers.
>>8212338
If you have to ask, you'll never know.
>>8212338
If you have to know, you'll never ask.
Hello, I am in need of some extremely comfy literature that I can read while in bed or while taking a steamy bath or while sitting in the kitchen with coffee on a grey, rainy day.
Preferably fiction, but comfy philosophy etc. also welcome.
I'll begin with pic related.
halfway through Eco's Name of the Rose and it seems absolutely cozy
Stoner
Do you read short story collections in order? I usually jump around
i mean it can be interesting to read in chronological order to be able to really see the progression of style/themes but it's not like there's a prescribed order for these things who cares
Yes, because the assumption is usually that they were arranged into the order they appear in for a specific reason.
In order because I have a rigid view of correct behavior according to one of my therapists.
Has anyone read the both the original and the revised editions? Are there substantial differences? Which ones better?
>>8212237
'tis but a meme, opie
>>8212237
>putting this much effort into reading memmmmmmmmmmmmingway
>>8214059
This board is starting to become /tv/, I swear.
What is the best introductory text on art history? Thinking about pic related.
Fart History
>>8212224
start with the greeks
>>8212224
look for a translation of this:Knaurs Stilkunde Band I
where to start with lacan
don't
bruce fink's clinical introduction
or if you're more interested in theory
hegel, saussure, freud, the other structuralist, marx -> hegel
>>8212193
Better off reading some other psychoanalysts and psychologists because Lacan is pretty difficult.
Top 10 David Foster Wallace books!!
1. Infinite Jest
2. Infinite Jest
3. Infinite Jest
4. Infinite Jest
5. Infinite Jest
6. Infinite Jest
7. Infinite Jest
8. Infinite Jest
9. Infinite Jest
10. Infinite Jest
1. Broom of The System
2. Pale King
3. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
4. Infinite Jest
5. Consider The Lobster
6. Oblivion
7. Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
8. Girl With The Curious Hair
9. Both Flesh and Not
10. Everything and More
>>8212120
really? never seen someone like broom that much
>>8212122
Yeah. I'm a sucker for the whole postmodernist wild goose chase thing, also the end of 80's feel
I think Broom and Pale King both surpass Infinite Jest because they don't feel as forced or self consciously 'literary'
I'm not saying I don't like Infinite Jest, but it all feels very contrived in its faux sincerity
Broom is pretentious but it feels like a piece of young manic writing, not plodding 'grown up' lecturing as IJ often does
How do I read books faster and not constantly get distracted while reading?
>>8212085
Take your ritalin/aderall/crystal (depending on your age and economic background)
>>8212085
You definitely build up stamina to reading the more you do it-- like anything else. If all you can do is read 10 pages at a time, then read 10 pages at a time consistently and soon you'll be able to read 20 etc.
It also helps to read material that is appropriate for you (not too advanced). If you're new to reading a lot of literature might come across as boring and hard to read. Search around for books you really enjoy. The starter kit on /lit/ is solid-- these are fairly easy reads which most...
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>>8212098
I don't got the ADHD, who can I hit up for some Ritalin?
What are some books that will motivate me to work hard, pursue knowledge and work on myself?
Thus spoke zarathustra
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
I find that a really thick hardcover book flunk at ones head is all the motivation you need.
What do you think of this list: http://thegreatestbooks.org/
It's stupid to make lists like this, pretty broadly. "Quality" does not work that way.
>aggregated list
>way too many americans
bloom's list is better and more comprehensive. this is basically just metacritic for books.
>>8211972
I mean, it could be worse, but it certainly isn't good.
Are there any books that deal with being a character in a videogame?
I think a book about a mario clone that deals with reincarnation and being an useless puppet to some God desires to fullfill a destiny that is repetitive could win some prize.
It probably could win some prize if it was self-aware, "clever," and funny. Sounds pretty autistic to me though.
yes, tons of books deal with self-aware AI having existential crises, or even before that with dream characters realizing they're dreams, etc, etc, it's been done to death.
specifically dealing with videogames i've only seen in it in shitty scif-fi short story in a magazine and in dot hack A.I buster (don't ask how i know).
>>8211938
Videogames deal with this specific theme better anyway (as if it was made specifically for a game's capabilities or something)
Just play the Stanley Parable.
Which book or books do you keep coming back to? Which have you re-read the most? For me it's The Time Machine. I re-read it 3 or 4 times a year and it never fails to capture my imagination. Which is it for you and why also if you care to share.
honestly, lolita. it kind of opened me to aesthetic pleasure in the written word. i have the annotated edition so I'm never really reading it the same way.
>>8211862
The Martian Chronicles, simply because it was the book that made me want to read more books.
I read Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass at least twice a year. It's just so much fun.
Is it justifiable to read books for the story and to not look into deeper meanings of the book (where there are some)
I.E.
This girl asks me if I have read Fahrenheit 451, and I went on to tell (although this seems drawn out it was quite brief) her how I really enjoyed it and that it speaks a lot on censorship, anti-intellectualism, etc. Most of which is just generally what you can retain from the book if you have basic critical thinking skills.
She responded with, "Yeah it was a cool story, I like sci-fi."
Is it justifiable to read a story...
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>>8211832
>genre fiction
>>Other people are only allowed to enjoy a book the same way I do!
Yeah, tone it down there son.
the idea of 'looking into deeper meanings' as if literature is some kind of encrypted chinese cookie, is pleb as fuck.
>Is it justifiable to read a story with an obvious deeper meaning just for the plot?
justifiable, sure.
>Or am I just an elitist prick?
you're just a prick, don't get any ideas.
What books can you recommend me on how the mind works, basically what books are about social interaction and how to trick and manipulate people?
I don't feel empathy towards other people emotions, but I would still enjoy to be the soul of th party.
>>8211801
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
Thinking Fast and Slow. One of the best books of my entire life. I always recommend it to my friends and I always end up talking about this book. The autor is jewish from Israel but even if you spend all day in /pol/ you will just love him after the first pages.
Also this book was much more enjoyable than 90% of the fiction bullshit this board enjoys, and lets not even talk about which one has the possibility to improve more your life.
>inb4 popsci
I don't care, still easily in my top 5.
>>8211801
Those are some "hard" girls.
Can anyone help me with a question on Leibniz?
I don't really understand the reference to Theodicy on paragraphs 67 - 69 from Monadology.
I have searched several editions and the reference usually appears as something along the lines of (T. preface 40; 44) or yet
(Theod. Pref. [E. 475 b; 477 b; G. vi. 40, 44].), even though the preface only appears to have 37 unnumbered paragraphs.
I imagine it's not a reference to the "Preliminary Dissertation On The Conformity Of Faith With Reason", considering that, when it is the case, the reference...
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looking into it OP, stand by
What edition of Monadology are you reading?
>>8211796
my OUP copy just says "(pref.)" at the end of paragraph 69.
