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have any of you actually read the meme trilogy?
All I see now are spergs going on about "prose" and how the "prose" in IJ is bad... of course, DFW's style of all over the place in that book; it's a projection of all the little different versions we have within: all these compartments with different needs, emotions, sets of goals that come together to make the real you. At, times, he creates a disjointed passage, with long compound sentences, that flow in a completely disjointed way, to create a mood of anxiety; a anxiety that is prevalent in...
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>inb4 "you're projecting"
>implying that comment isn't coming from some sperg who saw this and took offense, only knowing anger as a means to express their inner turmoil
>>8166349
I have and IJ, while not as bad as people make it out to be, was ultimately a failed experiment. The other two books succeed in doing what they set out to and are just more competently written in general.
>>8166382
What did IJ set out to do? How did it fail?
Well, I wasnt too sure where to post this, as its my first time, please do try to be kind?
The men are marching to the somme,
Full of life, cheer and song,
The war'll be over by christmas they said,
A lie putting doubt to a soldiers head,
And tragedy is clear to see,
In Gallipoli,
By the sea,
The men still march unwavering,
But with no joy,
They'll no more sing,
The men are marching from the somme,
Half a million lives are gone,
Now they march to passchendaele,
They've been told it just can't fail,
It'll...
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war is bad
it is not rad
don't be mad
if your mum is sad
at the death of your dad
war is bad
- OP
a little repetitive, and the fact that the last line didn't rhyme when it was supposed to was really off-putting
keep writing though
Well I did come up with this just now and im utteroy exhausted, thanks for the criticism, ill work on it.
/lit/'s thoughts on House of Leaves? (saw somebody mention it in another post)
>>8166290
/lit/ hates it because it's popular,
>>8166372
Understandable
A great novel. A phenomenal debut. Thrillingly alive, sublimely creepy, distressingly scary, breathtakingly intelligent — it renders most other fiction meaningless. One can imagine Thomas Pynchon, J. G. Ballard, Stephen King, and David Foster Wallace bowing at Danielewski’s feet, choking with astonishment, surprise, laughter, awe.
What does /lit/ think about The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano?
I think it's an interesting read considering most depictions of slavery in pop culture focus heavily on the deep antebellum south, whereas this book focuses on a different experience. Also, unlike most slave narratives, earning his freedom isn't the end of the book, and about half the book is actually describing his experiences as a freeman.
>reading a book written by a nigger
Not quite my tempo.
>>8166282
It was written by a collaboration of white middle class abolitionists. Olaudah Equiano was a front, the most articulate negro they could find.
Books that reinforce my preconceived view that Marxists and Leftists are disgenic-policy inducing vermin that need to be wiped of the face of the earth. Or just basic books on egoism, libertarianism and all such unspooked philosophy. Thanks : 7)
Bonus points for the ladies of /lit/ if they do not bring the genitalia into this discussion, ok, honey?- Edition
>libertarianism
>unspooked
Haha holy shit, have the Americans gotten up already?
>>8166208
/thread
>>8166200
Discipline and Punish (Michel Foucault)
Anti-Oedipus (Deleuze and Guattari)
Dissemination (Jacques Derrida)
Being and Event (Alain Badiou)
The Conquest of Bread (Peter Kropotkin)
One-Dimensional Man (Herbert Marcuse)
The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon) On the History of the Spanish Revolution of 1931 (Nestor Makhno)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
These books will all validate your viewpoints.
Anyone know of some books about sadness? Not sad books, but books on sadness, preferably non-fiction.
The Book of Disquiet.
>>8166102
>preferably non-fiction
What exactly are you looking for? The science behind sadness? Philosophy relating to sadness? "Self-help"?
>>8166102
I bought a book called Against Happiness that's a refutation of a joyful life. I haven't even touched it though so I couldn't tell you if it's any good
>"An artist respects the silence, it serves the foundation of creativity."
...
The theory that James Joyce had syphilis is unsubstantiated nonsense.
...
NEW CONTENT EDITION
Only the worst can apply.
>>8165972
This can't be real.
>>8165984
Not just real, my friend. The first result.
>>8165972
>>8166396
Hi! I'm on a quest to read some new kind of books. I want to read some romance / adventure books that pair a Female Elf with a Male Human! Any suggestions?
Googling has provided me with very little on this subject, and in fact seemingly only helps me find books about male elves and human women. Would love for something to read!
what the fuck
>>8165929
Go back to /r9k/, weirdo
>>8165929
I'd suggest a noose. Maybe a gun or one of those exit bags. Or a tall building if you don't have any money.
Hey guys, so I'm flying out of town in a week to meet my long distance gf. I'm currently staying in and out of hotels because there are bugs in my house, and I have to cleanse them (fuck). This is my current read, it won't take me long to finish. I'm about to go in B&N to waste time until hotel check in. Rec me some books to get.
miss lonelyhearts
Whatever you do don't read the things she has said to you. Inevitably you'll find out through those messages she is cheating on you. Let her give it to you later on with the "we're so far away, it's so hard" garbage. It's a lot smoother than the inadequacy you'll feel.
>>8165923
>there are bugs in my house
>Rec me some books to get
you already know what to read
>Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death – Percival – others through sheer inability to cross the street. I am not so gifted as at one time seemed likely. Certain things lie beyond my scope. I shall never understand the harder problems of philosophy. Rome is the limit of my travelling. As I drop asleep at night it strikes me sometimes with a pang that I shall never see savages in Tahiti spearing fish by the light of a blazing cresset, or a lion spring in the jungle, or a naked man eating raw...
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stream of consciousness gives me a headache
>>8165837
It's ok. You're just not so gifted as at one time seemed likely.
>>8165837
That's because you haven't read enough.
My wife wants me to read this book (and ostensibly the two books following).
But I'm a few chapters in, and it's kind of a slog.
Why am I having such a hard time getting into it?
>>8165681
Uh, because it's a children's book?
Is your wife 11 years old?
>>8165681
Because it's a children's book and you're most likely an adult or at least something resembling one. Just tell her that you're not into it. Don't be a pussy.
>>8165689
She is heavily into young adult fiction.
I agreed to read this to get her to read The Once and Future King.
Maybe Ivanhoe next.
I am trying to work her up to Dank Quijote.
>satirizes Victorian hypocrisy
Oddly specific and oddly baseless criticism
>has uninformed and basic opinions and views about all culture across all time and space before 1969
>all Victorians were prudes
>everyone in the Middle Ages ate dirt and was stupid
>>8165653
>The dark ages weren't dark meme
Yeah, they weren't outside of Europe.
Would you say this book is even worth reading?
Just thinking about the supposed content of this book paired with the size is already giving me a migraine. I mean I don't hate capitalism by any means but I fail to see what you would get out of a 1000 page story that's supposed to keep reminding you about how great it is.
>>8165451
>Would you say this book is even worth reading?
no
>>8165451
It's dogshit
>>8165451
Francisco has some of the funniest lines I've ever read.
The book seems way shorter than it is, and this is totally one that you can unabashedly audiobook instead of reading.
Any thoughts on this guy? I know all he does is makes eastern philosophies easier to digest for westerners but whadda us think?
>>8165445
Why don't you read him instead of trying to align your views with whatever "/lit/" thinks?
Brilliant thinker, but many don't understand him because their elitism blinds them from the start (not even kidding), or they pretend not to like him because they're elitist. I've read and understood all of the famous philosophers, the big names , and a lot of the lesser known ones, and his is still the most solidly thought out philosophy I've ever come across.
>>8165470
I know what I think of this book and of him
I've just never heard any other opinions on him
So I don't know of any blindspots I might have
What if what /lit/ has to say is more reasonable than what I think?
