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Literature has ruined what could have been a terror-free experience. Because it exists, one can not live outside of anxiety, constantly how one may acquire the correct reading of its contents, which is of infinite length.
Literature has ruined what could have been a terror-free experience. But as it is the majority of people would rather not be alive, precisely because literature exists.
Or am I wrong?
>>7886390
Ah, so this must be what I sound like when I'm having one of my manic episodes.
There is nothing logical about your post whatsoever.
I agree, actually, it makes perfect sense.
Expand your idea to a manifesto and drop it off at local schools and police stations in dark clothes.
Have you read any of Donald Barthelme's recommendations? I've read about 25, and 16 of those are now among my favorite books.
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200310/?read=barthelme_syllabus
>>7886322
donald barthelme is a fucking hack
>>7886322
That's a great list. Lots of familiar ones. Nog doesn't get talked about much at all
Hi everyone, i'm new to reading and literature in general. What book do you recommend I read first ? I've read some Shaekespeare, and although I loved it the language was more of an obstacle than anything. I've read some Cormac McCarthy too. I want something not too long, pleasant, with some kind of moral.
Any ideas to help a newb like me ?
Pic not related
>>7886144
Gonna check it out, thx
>>7886144
Excellent suggestion bro, esp. for aspiring literature lovers.
Also: check out some Tolstoy novella's.
Is it just me, or is this not very well written? The dialogue especially seems really stiff and empty, and with a lot of "he said sadly, he said frustratingly"
I just started it and it's really engrossing, but I'm hoping the writing isn't too distracting as I get deeper into it.
>>7886058
Genre fiction is never well written
tolkien a shit. same fandom with star wars...
i like the style. maybe it's because it's literally one of the first books i ever read by myself, but it feels comfy in a somewhat old fashioned but sincere way.
So how come you all don't talk about this masterwork nearly as much as you should?
>>7886052
Nigga that shit is 2000 pages fuck that shit
>>7886052
it actually gets talked about quite a lot. just not constantly. it gets what it deserves.
>>7886052
old lit would discuss it from time to time.
new lit doesn't because new lit doesn't read.
it's all about the memes now.
Can someone produce any actual reasons to become well read in philosophy?
From what I have read so far, from many different schools of thought, it seems that it's just a bottomless pit of speculation and argument.
Is there any real reason to read philosophy, besides trying to seem erudite, and if so what philosophical works would you recommend?
>Is there any real reason to read philosophy
This is a philosophical question.
>>7886020
understand the basics that everyone builds upon and it's like a key to unlocking all different kinds of thought
it's also good to understand why you think what you think.
start with the greeks.
yes yes very astute of you, philosophy has no practicable justification. here's a lollipop for your penetrating insight
why does /lit/ struggle with this concept so much? Nobody seems to recognize that all you have to do to determine if something is just a meme or actually good is leave /lit/.
pic related. apparently some people on this board really believe that pynch-o is just a meme
>>7886018
But he is just a meme.
>>7886026
if hes a meme then fine but dont imply pynchon is anything but pure brilliance
>>7886018
Who dat? R Crumb? Take that shit to /co/ instead of /lit/.
Brightest people you follow and their respective field.
>Alan Macfarlane
>Anthropology
>David Foster Wallace
>Biology
>lewis seekay
>the human condition
>David Foster Wallace
>Anthropology
If 4chan can create successful visual novels, why can't it create successful novels?
Most novels have only one author, rather than the entire team it takes to develop a game. And there ARE 4chan posters writing novels. /lit/ is fucking full of them.
>>7885965
>/lit/ is full of them
>>7885969
I didn't say any of the novels they were writing were good.
I got a job writing clickbait articles. Can you give me ideas of shit to write about?
>>7885890
Write about how Vaporware A E S T H E T I C S are making Nigerian tweens homogay.
The influence of the Jews on mass media and culture.
The strategically disadvantageous relationship between the USA and Israel.
>So it seems life is pretty shit and meaningless. What do you think, Camus?
>DUDE JUST PRETEND LIKE SISYPHUS WAS HAPPY LMAO
>But rolling a rock up a hill continually until you die appears to be a rather undignified and cosmically pointless existence, one in which the cons outweigh the pros and one whose initial conditions we never asked for nor consulted about.
>DUDE JUST PRETEND ANYWAY LMAO
>>7885842
the sad thing about camus is that he actually believed it.
>>7885842
They call the mindset generated by extreme pain "ecstasy" for a reason.
>>7885842
I know what you mean anon. I felt the same way when I read it.
I would really say that Dan was trying to do was get - I did well, but the death penalty, which the whole affair was contrived reality and I passed out.
Sorry for bad English, amYiddish.
Why can't I stop browsing this piece of shit website and read my book?
because reading is boring and browsing this shitty place allows you to funpost
>>7885655
>reading is boring
>>7885649
why is that image so high fucking resolution?
So Paris and Vienna used to be the places to be for literati.
What cities are there now to go to?
My bedroom desu
There are none. You have to form ties and floating communities with people online who share your interests.
>>7885525
the internet
Daaaamn, just got to the 11th chapter of V. Should I read Faust real fast before I start it or will I be fine without it?
Why haven't you read Faust
>>7885512
>tfw <10% of this board has read faust
>>7885512
Cuz I'm a cuck. Should I read it now?
>inb4 you should read it regardless of V.
I know, and I will. I just want to know if it's necessary or I can keep on with The Pinecone and read it after
post the book(s) you're going through at the moment. doesn't matter if it's /lit/ or not, post it no matter what it is
I'm enjoying it a lot. Although his descriptions might seem prosaic, they are actually ver musical and vivid. The theme of pantheism that springs from the self is beautifully managed too. I'm 256 lines in, but I can see now it's poetic dimensions and achievements.
>>7885367
Fareed Zakaria is a plagiarist establishment hack
is it good, op? he gave the commencement speak when i graduated from college and he did a very poor job.
