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Has anyone on this board read it?
How was it?
It was a beatiful trip
>>7792109
stale
Short enough that you should be able to read it for yourself without needing someone to tell you about "how it is" first.
Anyone here own's a typewriter? Is it easy to maintain refill the ink/whatever?
Yeah, all you need to do is replace the ribbon when it gets dry. The only problem is finding a ribbon that will fit your model, which if you have an early '40s Remington like myself isn't that easy.
>>7792101
just go and get one already, you cool dog.
>>7792101
I had one, yes they're pretty simple to refill, cheap reliable writing tools desu
what to read after lolita? I need more nabokov
pale fire
defense
invitation to a beheading
the gift
speak memory
pale fire
ada or ardor
pnin
so many things you fuck just go read
>>7792056
how nice
Wow holy shit /lit/ called it. Is this old news?? Haven't browsed much this week.
>"Boyle, previously married to alt-lit sensation Tao Lin, was found dead at her parents' home in Baltimore, Maryland yesterday afternoon. Sources close to the writer claim there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death."
>"[She] had plans to publish "LIVEBLOG" with the independent New York-based publisher Tyrant Books this year. Giancarlo DiTrapano, who runs Tyrant Books, was not...
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fuck off you disgusting gook.
>>7792007
lit predicted what? suicide? drug overdose?
or that the alt-lit movement is really a weak response to modernity?
>>7792020
There was a thread last month asking why Megan's book hadn't been published yet despite the date passing. People found that she had stopped posting on twitter, instagram etc despite pretty much spamming stuff on each them prior to falling off the map. I think someone posted a recent image she had taken on her instagram of all the meds she's taking.
Hey anon, I know you like books a lot. Recommend me 5 books! :3
i-i mean, i could take you to the library if you want...
>>7791825
The Snow Child
The Art of Fielding
Berlin - The Downfall 1945
Till My Tale is Told
The Wild Blue
>>7791825
weeaboo
I'll move to Moscow in September. I'd like to know Russians better by then, so I'm looking for books about Russian history and culture, preferably either in English or Hungarian.
>>7791685
лoл шyт = lol clown
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>>7791693
saved
>>7791685
Read War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment(interchangeable with Brothers Karamazov), Dead Souls and Chekovs stories and plays(specifically the Cherry Orchard). They're the quintessential classics of Russian lit, and most Russians read them in high school so unless they're bydlos they'll know at least a bit about them. Even if it ends up not helping you dig deep into the crevices of the Slavic soul, at least Russians will be impressed by how well-read and patrish you are.
Also, they're...
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Are there any books about finding meaning in yourself, liking solitude and not caring about others that aren't cringy edgelord shit like Striner or Ayn Rand? I'm just trying to be more positive about the fact that I'll never be able to make true connections with people and I want to be more content with being alone Don't want to masturbate to my own reflection in the mirror and think others are my property.
>>7791610
How is Stirner edgelord tier? He does talk about loving one's family and stuff like that. Don't take "property" too literally, he basically just means to not let others control you.
Anyway, try Myth of Sysiphos and then the rest of Camus. The First Man maybe?
>>7791610
The stranger
Franny and Zooey or Siddartha
What are some of the best books in the horror genre out there?
>inb4 stephen 'the memer' king
The consumer by Michael Gira
>>7791602
The King in Yellow
What have you read so far in 2016?
>A Poetry Handbook - Oliver
>The Elder Edda
>The Iliad
>Beowulf
>The Odyssey
>Prose Edda
>Theogony & Works and Days
>The Saga of the Volsungs
>Persians and Other Plays (Seven Against Thebes, Suppliants, Prometheus Bound)
>Aspects...
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>I don't really give a fuck what you have read but I will ask anyway so I have an excuse to show off my list. Just how cool am I?
>>7791523
Well i probably wont, but there a possibility i will.
Also, boredom.
>>7791519
and currently reading The Gambler by Dosto...
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Goodnight sweet prince.
sticky pls mods
>>7791447
>George Martin is dead
damn, i really liked what he did for the beatles.
Holy shit it's actually real
ITT: Books you enjoyed but never discussed on /lit/
>Title
>Author
>Synopsis in your own words
Blood Oranges by John Hakwes
Basically Lolita with milfs at first glance, but reading again and looking at the authors on views it seems like a very unfortunate metaphor for something entirely different.
Alamut
Vladimir Bartol
A story about a young man (Tahir) in 11th Century Iran who joins the Ismaili resistance at the fortress of Alamut, who are fighting against the Seljuk Empire. Tahir meets the famous Hassan Ibh Sabbah, whom compels Tahir other young boys to serve and train under him as Hashashin.
>>7791355
Are you the guy who posted about The Lime Twig yesterday?
>>7791353
>Title
My Son is a Splendid Driver
>Author
William Inge
>Synopsis in your own words
Autobiographical fiction (200 pages) about the youngest member of a midwestern family and his life from infancy to graduating college with a literature degree. Protagonist is a "beta"...
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So I have an idea for short story.
It's meant to adress the question of pedophilia being acceptable as long as woman does it. I mean to write the sexiest, hottest, most "acceptable" and non-traumatic short story on an adult woman sexually pleasing (by law assaulting) a young boy. I want to disgust the reader if he likes it.
Now my question is: What ages should they be? The disparity of 10 years (her 12, him 22) would get everyone riled up if it was man + girl. Got anything else on this?
>>7791259
Remember that girls develop earlier than boys. I would say make him 12 or 13
>>7791262
12-13 is puberty age
if you want full effect you're going for like 7-9 years
>>7791259
It's 100% dependent on how you want to portray it. Do you intend to make it consensual sex with an individual who, in the United States, can not consent, or do you want to paint it as Lolita, where it is a dilemma beyond culture? If the former, 13-14 and 27, if the latter, 9-12 and 25-35.
In light of the "muh smelly vagine" day, what are some good books where the male protagonist kills women in the most horrible way -- physically, emotionally or both.
>>7791145
If you didn't think of pic related already you don't belong here.
>>7791149
>he thinks that bateman actually killed anyone
pleb.
>>7791153
DUDE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR LMAO
Thoughts on Flannery O'Connor? I read and immensely enjoyed a couple of her short stories so I decided to start 'Wise Blood' tonight. Liking it so far.
I dont read roasties
>>7791057
Reading the Complete Stories volume is a fantastic experience since it's arranged chronologically.
Complete Stories is excellent. I'm excited to read the rest of her output.
got a 500 word essay on beowulf due next week
what should i write?
>>7791031
Your suicide letter tbqhwyf
>>7791031
i wrote a 20-30 page paper in college analyzing the swords, their names, their roles, the cultural symbols they embodied. also forged a sword to go along with the paper
Analise it by using the feminist methodology and reflect on the gender roles
