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Hey /lit/,
For some reason I'm drawn to books that seem "unacceptable" to be read/owned
I've currently set my sights on "Rage" by Stephen King, but I haven't been able to find a pdf online and it's sorta expensive to buy physically. Does anyone have a pdf of it? Is it even worth reading?
Also, the general point of this thread is to recommend controversial or banned books that you found worthwhile. At least in my experience it's been tough to sort out what is actually a worthwhile read vs. what is merely hyped up because it is banned. For example, I found The Anarchist's Cookbook to be entirely worthless and only hype.
Similarly, would you recommend The Satanic Verses to be read solo? I had a friend take a class that had her read it, and she said it might not be as enjoyable without other people to critically discuss it with.
>>8024031
>Controversial Books
I wouldn't bother. It's always for stupid reasons too.
>>8024033
This just for Rage or for books that tend to be controversial in general?
>>8024041
If you need an example of "controversial" books.
Catcher in the rye is considered "controversial". Controversial just implies it made a group of wealthy 60 year old white men in suits mad or confused.
which philosopher should i read if i want to acquire gf?
Spinoza in Pt 4 of the Ethics
>>8023858
nice meme haha
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Where do you find your ebooks /lit/?
On my ebookshelf
lib gen rus ec
>>8023811
Same. Libgen is god-tier.
also bookzz org
Find A Flaw
>>8023719
Not enough hand-rubbing.
>>8023719
a kike was cheated and wronged while it's kikes are supposed to cheat and wrong
the kike was a fool who forget that the force draws its own laws and bids the existing ones to its favour
also portia is extremely unlikeable
not being able to find theorson welles version is a flaw desu
ITT: /lit/ tv shows
/lit/ isn't an identity
>>8023699
How?
GILMORE
GIRLS
Which is it, /lit/?
SS+GOMAD
>>8023672
>They're studying to escape their soul crushing depression and insignificant existence
both desu
>>8023636
Kek
But really, what did he mean by this? I never understood this quote
suggest books for a lonely 18 year old with no future
>>8023615
the holy bible
>>8023615
Catcher In The Rye DESU
I don't suggest books, I suggest action. At 18 anyone can find a future. Don't piss away your formative years faggot
but if you NEED some books ....
The Odyssey
Metamorphoses
Divine Comedy
Paradise Lost
Moby Dick
>she's really gone
can literature ever fill the void left by genuine love?
>>8023549
Read Gravity's Rainbow and lay extra attention to the parts with Roger and Jessica. That really broke me down in a good way after my worst breakup.
But in reality only time and further experience will fix it.
>>8023557
Gravity's Rainbow is a distraction from and a mockery of love, not a confrontation of it. It's like Frank Zappa's doo wop songs on Freak Out! But that's just my opinion.
I know it sounds a bit melodramatic but I really only wanted her, and now that she is gone all I'd like to do is move into the mountains outside of my town and become a hermit.
>>8023566
Charva, my dear
I love you through and through
I loved you back in grammar school when we were sniffing glue
Usually when people bring up C. S. Lewis on /lit/ it's in connection to The Chronicles of Narnia. I'm interested in knowing what the verdict is on The Screwtape Letters.
what i know it's that one should avoid his space trilogy because it's a schmaltzy piece of crap
It's definitely Lewis' fiction at it's preachiest. It's fine, but it is what it is: a series of letters. It's better to read as a play or a parabolic essay, not as a straight piece of fiction like Narnia.
>>8023546
>parabolic essay
what's it?
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ITT: Confess your /lit/ sins
For the longest time I thought Hesiod was Heisod (Hey-zod)
>>8023311
I thought Pynchon was some kind of French so I pronounced it "Pynsh-own" and not "Pinch-on"
>>8023346
you were actually closer with the first one, it's just that everyone pronounces it the second way.
>>8023311
I called:
Neiztche "nits chey"
don quixote "don kwicks-ot
Hey /lit/, I'm an unpublished writer about to begin sending out some of my stuff to agents/publishers and journals/reviews.
I have social media accounts but hardly any activity and little followers. Obviously, the only thing that will matter, ultimately, is the quality of the work, but I'm wondering if anyone here has any insight on how much my lack of social media will affect my chance of getting published?
Is it possible to be a new author in the 21st century without a social media presence? I'm not talking about established writers or well-known...
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>>8023305
I mean the more people that know you the better. You dont have to use it obnoxiously. but no one cares about you anyway until you publish so work on that.
>>8023305
>Is it possible to be a new author in the 21st century without a social media presence?
Of course, it's not that important. Focus on your work and your query letters. It's the publsiher who has to think about the marketing
dont worry about it.
If I listen to one audiobook every day at work can I say I read 5 books a week?
>>8023266
Are you planning to spend your entire day with these? Audiobooks are very long, OP.
>>8023266
Why don't you just take an ereader or some shit. It's a lot faster, t b h
>>8023273
My job is pretty simple and repetitive, and the shift is 8 hours so I can usually finish the majority of an audiobook in a day.
Give me a good reason why I should read literature in a diferent language than my native one.
>>8023227
You'll learn a new skill and make your brain work better.
Something you clearly need xD
Have you read enough to know good prose from bad? Usually the words just sound better in their own tongue. Its really a lot of effort if you are spending years to learn a language just for a few books.
>>8023259
S A V A G E
Literature women will never understand
>Literature
>women will never understand
That's redundant
>>8023223
>tfw Hilary Clinton wins
>tfw feminist will erase all Hemingway from public knowledge
>tfw YA books will be highlight of your generations literature
