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Cool rare pictures of authors. No DFW, James Joyce or Pynchon preferably.
More PKD.
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Kek
can I post a picture of myself?
ITT: your worst book ideas
>>describes book from lit canon
Lulz ensured!
>>7830261
Secret agent goes to a hotel to find a person with secret documents holding government secrets. He has to go through all the different leads as he searches different rooms interrogates people talks to informants and fellow agents and engages in intense espionage action. The first chapter opens with him poisoning an old woman's soup. From there it gets more intricate as we realize that his motives might not be so noble. The major sub plot in the novel revolves around him chasing his rival/arch nemesis who works for another organization. About halfway through the book a showdown occurs on the roof that flips the tables and it's a big twist because now we know that both sides have double agents in their midst and a lot of the information being exchanged is completely bogus. But this is obvious to anyone reading closely.
All my ideas are my worst.
All the books I actually wrote:
A novella adaptation of a series of dreams I had about a interdimensional travelling scythian enaree.
A shitty autobiography-ish thing.
A novella about a complete idiot whose lover is shot by police who subsequently falls in and then out with an anarchist club before stumbling into a plot involving a stolen AI.
Books I haven't written:
Immortal people living in a VR environment and the bizarre practices and culture they've developed from having so much free time. Side...
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What should I read before I start the Divine Comedy? Which translation best suits a first time reader? Also, requesting that infographic of all the different translations.
>>7834799
Play Dante's Inferno.
I'm not even meming, you'll gain a decent amount of foundational knowledge if you can get past the horrible gameplay mechanics
>>7834812
thanks boss
Is it possible to make your screen as pleasant to look at as a piece of paper?
>>7834736
Well shit, that's a shame. Probably the saddest thing in the world to be honest.
>>7834744
Not if you're a true dead tree enthusiast.
Kindlefuckers get burnt.
>>7834751
The thing is, trees are more expensive as a resource than electricity.
I'm going to read infinite jest, but I feel I need to prepare for it. What should I do before and as I read the book? Should I annotate so I don't get confused or just read it through? any recommending reading before I start?
are you fucking retarded
Don't believe the hype OP. IJ is NOT difficult at all. People who say it's overly-intellectual, pretentious, too difficult, boring, etc are either literally retarded or haven't read it. Just have a basic understanding of French (or just use Google Translate, I guess) and you'll be fine. You'll finish it between a couple of day and two weeks depending on how much free time you have and your level of autism.
That being said I wouldn't recommend this as your first DFW work. The Pale King or Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (or even A Supposedly...
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>>7834196
>What should I do before and as I read the book?
Grow up in middle class america. Thats literally all you need.
What is beauty to you, /lit/?
Do you ever encounter beauty in your reading?
>What is beauty to you, /lit/?
bussy
>Do you ever encounter beauty in your reading?
no :(
>>7834097
beauty is looking at a girl sleeping on my bed with my cum dried on her face.
So no, I don't encounter it in literature very often. I mostly read to appear intelligent, picking up quotes by famous authors and ancient wise men to drop on people in debate IRL. America's amazing like that, even in the lower echelons of academia people actually think you are intelligent if you can cite shit you've read offhand because nobody reads books here.
something that doesn't make sense in the logical world, not nonsensical but indescribable
yes
How do you rank the Greeks? Who is your Hellenic homeboy?
>>7832890
>that pic
Are we approaching the age when we'll be speaking exclusively through dank maymays?
>>7832890
Fuck that picture has me in tears
>>7832890
>Implying sophists weren't BTFO by Plato
There's nothing to be proud of when what you do becomes a synonym for fallacies and tricks three thousand years later.
I can help you with the german Literature. Eg for reading Kafka, Nietzsche, Freud etc..
pic unrelated.
What is some easy literature for a learner to start off with?
What is the German equivalent of Camus e.g.?
>>7832449
I´d suggest you Poems by Friedrich G-ttlieb Klopstock. Otherwise maybe something by Erich Kästner. We could skype and you just could ask about difficult sentences or stuff like that. I am not a teacher though, so I don´t really know if Klopstockis appropriate.
Are there any good /lit/-esque German literature forums?
has anyone actually read this shit?
literally nothing happens
>>7830398
>literally nothing happens
1. false
2. what's your point?
I swear i've seen this exact thread before
what's your game, op
>reading for plot
Someone on this very board is going to be a famous author in their lifetime.
Make it happen.
>>7830373
:,(
nice to hear
depends how you define "famous author"
If you became a world known author and someone discovered all your 4chan posts, would be you fucked?
>>7830237
Nooooope. They are EBIG
>>7830237
good thing I only shitpost so i can say i was only making fun of the community
hank green
baby shoos never worn
>>7830237
No because they are relatively tame compared to my fiction.
I'm considering acquiring a meditation habit. Which books will help me get started?
>>7825668
Mindfulness in plain english
>>7825672
Found it, thanks. Seems applicable for non-Buddhists as well, right?
>>7825718
Yes. It is made for all people.
What book holds the dearest memories for you /lit/fags? Mine is pic related.
>inb4 underage fag
![51koRKz3zGL._SX332_BO1,204,203,200_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/B5hGAfZ.jpg "51koRKz3zGL._SX332_BO1,204,203,200_[1].jpg")
>>7835474
Proud to be redpilled
probably one of the best children's books tbqh
if we're going to have literal threads about literal children's books, i'd rather it this than artemis fowl or goosebumps. yuck.
The Cay
Any graphic novel suggestion ?
Really ask /co/, but I like most stuff by Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan by him and Sandman by Neil Gaiman being my favourites.
Maus, fun home
Honest opinion: Are audiobooks superior to print? Can a person retain the same information from hearing the words as they would reading?
I want to hear the pages turn and smell that book smell, you know what I mean
Socrates and those other greek faggots would have preferred audiobooks, reading text is vulgar shit for scribes
Also: does the brain retain information if a person is doing something while listening to an audiobook? What if the person sleeps while listening?
