I Just turned 29 and I'm reading Siddhartha by Hermen Hesse and Dirk Diggler by Douglas Adams. The next books on my list are Dune by Herbert and Introduction to Epistemology by Robert Dildos.
Should I just kill myself at this point? Am I even redeemable at as a pleb?
>In b4 read Stiner or Camus
low quality pepe, bad post... kys
well you're a frogposter so that's not a good sign
anyway start with the greeks
>>8142318
i read these in high school lmao
>>8142328
>Calls someone else a frogposter
>suggest someone starts with the Memegeans.
Why, senpai?
Plato is a fag. Pheado is a homo. Pythagoras and Aristotle are okay tho.
>>8142318
>Robert Dildos
>>8142332
>being this pleb
>>8142318
26 about to be 27
where's the dude from the other night who had forgotten his age? he gave a range from 22-26
>>8142332
>likes Aristotle
>hates Plato
You're on the wrong board, stemlord.
>>8142318
OP here
I probably should've added "What is your age, what are you reading" to the title. But I thought it would've been self-evident from my OP.
>>8142318
never too late brother
I'm between 22 and 23 myself.
>>8142400
only on /lit/ will you find someone so deep in a existential crisis that they only know a 4 year range for their age
>>8142424
That guy was a fucking fraud. Overplaying his hand and so immersed in his own self image he "forgot to remember" twas merely an act!
33, just finished Vineland and If On A Winter's Night A Traveller. About to start Dangerous Liaisons.
19, just finished reading the Moviegoer
Gonna give Absalom, Absalom another go and see if I like it better than I did a few years ago.
>>8142318
19 and moving on to my 5th novel by John Hawkes.
>>814231818.
I've only lurked for the time being and still view myself as a pseud in pursuit of legitimacy.
haven't read in months desu
>>8142651
how shit was vineland and how good was winter's night?
22, just finished At Swim-Two Birds, up next: Metamorphoses by Ovid. I'm also slowly making my way through The Book of Disquiet.
>>8142675
Not them, but I remember not following Vineland at all and not enjoying the prose either, and I remember liking Winter's Night, and I've been meaning to read it again.
Take my opinion with a grain of salt, though, because I haven't read these since I was in high school and trying to replace having an actual personality with being "well-read"
>>8142675
I actually liked Vineland. It wasn't as good as the other Pinecones I've read but it was still a good book.
Winter's Night was amazing though, I think my favorite book was Around An Empty Grave.
>>8142708
yeah calvino is great. I'm surprised that book isn't talked about more here. since everyone seems to like weird Trippy shit.
>>8142318
I'm 13.
Reading Das Kapital.
Don't kill yourself, OP. You're not worthless, you deserve to be treated fairly. The best moments haven't come yet, listen to me, be patient, and love yourself. Best wishes :)
>>8142724
Have (You) read any of his other stuff? I was thinking about getting Invisible Cities next.
21 reading peoples tragedy
>>8142729
M O D S
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Turned 25 yesterday and reading The Master and Margarita
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Reading GEB (yeah yeah, fuck off) and starting Siddhartha
>>8142318
Between the ages of 18 - 30 on average just like the rest of 4chan except /b/ which is probably 10 - 20 on average.
>>8142318
What's Dirk Diggler by Douglas Adams? Is that a joke?
>>8142318
Also is Robert Dildos a real person?
>>8142318
23, reading Bel Ami and the ultimate meme book, Infinite Jest
>>8142729
>13.
>Reading Das Kapital.
If you're real, you're a living meme.
>>8142318
Average age here is about 24, I'd say. In the other thread a couple of days ago I was the oldest guy at 36.
I'm about to start the Theban plays of Aeschylus and was thinking to season that with some Greek or Roman poetry in between. Any recommendations from you, better educated youngsters out there?
>>8143170
Its one of his books, friendo.
I think the full title is "THe Holistic Detective Agency of Dirk Diggler"
>>8143175
>Also is Robert Dildos a real person?
Pic related.
>>8143136
>The Master and Margarita
>Bukenov
Have you read A Hero Of Our Time by Lermentov? I had that and M&M on my Ruski backlog.
Wow op. I read Nabokov, Steinbeck, and Hemingway when I was 16.
Do you even anti-social?
>>8143163
>average
>gives range
wew lad.
>>8142619
He knew his birthdate, he kept saying that he just didn't bother calculating it haha
>>8143261
22-26 is a weird/young range to forget.
If it was like 26-29 or even 28-32 maybe
Looks like I'm the oldest here, 57.
27, reading ride the tiger and fanged noumena atm. after that I've got absolute recoil on the shelf before a reread of phenom of spirit.
For fiction I just finished 2666 so will start Lolita after my friend finishes with my copy. She says she's enjoying it so far so it should be in my hands soon.
Want to look into some poetry as well. Interested in Byron but I've no idea where to start. I liked darkness.
Open to recommendations.
21. Just about to finish the Iliad and then I will move onto the Odyssey. Also halfway through Enquiry Concerning Human Understand by Hume. Trying to give myself a good background in epistemology and experience reading early modern philosophers so that I can tackle Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
I haven't had as much time to read as I would like though because neither english/lit or philosophy are what I'm actually studying.
I'm 73! I was introduced to the website by my grandson who wanted me to do a question and answer here but I told him it was unlikely anybody from his age group read my books. I don't post all that much, and a lot of the conversations go right over my head I must say! However I do find the whole concept of the website very intriguing. I think if it had been around when I was young I'd have turned into a "neckbeard" too! It's great what you kids are doing and it's nice to visit from time to time to see the kinds of discussion going on about authors I read when I was a younger man. Sometimes I hear the same kind of opinions about certain authors that I heard when I was in my twenties! Anyway I saw this discussion and thought it would be quite funny to tell everybody how old I was .
>>8142663
What did you think of the Moviegoer?
While reading it I disliked it, and I still think it's a book written by a non-writer. However the "message" or theme I recognize in the book has stuck with me although I don't know if it was actually evident in the novel.
>>8142664
Are you the guy who has spammed John Hawkes in every thread now for at least four months?
25, about to start reading Future Smart. Non-fictions lost interest with me, sadly, but I dont read much
>>8143623
>my books
What's your name?
>>8143644
fiction's*
>>8143648
My name's Homer Hadley Hickam, I wrote some books that were quite popular over a decade ago. I've never seen my name mentioned here so I guess I'm not a very big name among the younger generation!
>>8143136
24 here. Just finished M&M. Holy fuck amazing 6/5.
>Going to read Heart of a Dog next
>>8143529
do you have wife and kids?
>>8143654
you can understand any skepticism that may arise...
Can you prove it? Like take a pic with a paper written /lit/ or something.
>>8143569
>Open to recommendations.
Lose your virginity
>>8142729
mods are going to take away his means of shitpost production.
>>8143580
so you picked up the "start with greeks" and "he woke me from my dogmatic slumber" starter pack?
Any one wanna take bets on what he lands on?
>>8142318
No one is irredeemable, it has just got to feel worth it to go that way.
30
Evola - Men Among The Ruins
Rarely on /lit/ anymore except for the occasional recommend.
>>8142729
This is good bait.
>>8142318
I'm 26.
Right now I'm reading The Monkey and the Tiger by Robert van Gulik, Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan by Roger S Keyes, Possession by A.S. Byatt and Njal's Saga. The last several books I've read have been children's fairy tales to figure out which illustrators I like best.
Next up I'll probably read more fairy & folk tales, more Gulik, might finally read through The Book of Monelle.
22 here
Finishing The Joke by Milan Kundera, awesome book, 4.5/5
next i'll read La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Garcia Lorca
BTW OP,i started with Hesse too, Siddharta in fact. It's a good starting book, easy to read and a great message hidden, not the greatest but pretty good
You shouldn't kill yourself, read Shadows of Paradise instead
>>8142318
You're never too old to start, m8.
The important thing is that you're reading.
21
Reading Crime and Punishment at the moment as well as Lacanian theory
>>8142318
25
Just now starting IJ, and have already read the others in the memeology.
Been coming here since I was 22
>>8142729
>>8143212
There is no way he can parse that text at 13. I don't care how highly the dipshit thinks of himself. If this is real this little monster egotist is another Jaden Smith in the making.
>>8143665
I don't like ride the tiger so far off that's what's triggering you
>>8142421
Don't do this, my man. You're 22 until the day you turn 23. Life is moving one day at a time and no faster.
>>8142329
I don't see why people ever bother to say this. Yes. People are capable of reading high brow stuff like Dostoevsky at the age of 14. It's not a big deal.
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I'm twenty four.
I'm not one of you awful groupthink clowns though.
I can make my own horrible mistakes.
23, making my way through Houellebecq at the moment. Always been a reader but never on the same level as the /lit/erati, this is the first year I've really tried to challenge myself with the books I read.
>>8142318
3 year old here. I'm currently reading Finnegans Wake and The Phenomenology of Spirit.
>>8142318
dirk gently* Is it called dirk diggler in other countries?
Do you buy into this board's pretentious horseshit that hard? Read what you like. Anyway a lot of people here like dune. I don't. But many do. And if you can handle dune in terms of density and detail then you can probably handle most literature.
>>8142318
I'm 25 and I love douglas adams. Who cares what these people think? There was a survey a while back and it turns out a vast majority of them are virgins. And trust me, it's not for lack of trying, they just suck at being a person and found refuge in books. You don't want to be them.
>>8144481
>There was a survey a while back and it turns out a vast majority of them are virgins
Should I keep reading Siddhartha? This book is so damn dry. No wonder its coursework.
I'm at part two where he meets the princess and cuts his neckbeard. Does it ever get better?
20; reading Ellul's 'Technological Bluff' at inordinately slow pace.
I would guess most are mid-20s.
>>8146194
Skip it and read Steppenwolf instead, unless you don't want to overcome your psychological misery :^)
Turned 18 yesterday and finished the book of the new sun today. Gonna get into The lime twig next.
>>8143656
Thats his second worst book imo, but i think im pretty much alone in liking Black Snow
>Robert Dildos.
>>8143250
I think it's actually called Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, leading me to believe that the Dirk Diggler thing was a joke referencing Boogie Nights.
Is Robert Dildos the name of the infamous dentist with the bad haircut, or were you just calling me an idiot? Because I still can't find anything about him online.
>>8142318
22, currently reading The Rider by Tim Krabbe.
>>8142318
Siddhartha is a great book. If you ever went to University you should also read The Glass Bead Game which is a utopian book set in a hypothetical future University. It's damn interesting.
Don't try to impress people with what you're reading, just read the things that interest you. Forcing yourself to read something uninteresting just because it's highly regarded is going to burn you out pretty fast.
My skeleton is 10 years. My fat cells are 8. Sperm is 2 months. 4 month old blood. Central nervous system is twenty. Skin is a month old. The liver is 1 year old.
Personally I am 18 but most people tell me I am very mature for my age. Currently reading The Antichrist by Nietche.
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I love actual /literature/, but I'm not too pretentious to read some Pratchett, grrm, gaiman and other Reddit teir authors.
Nothing wrong with reading what you enjoy, op. Most people here hate reading which is why they will shit on fun books like discworld and asoif.
21
been reading Hillare Belloc's Heresies at home
Gaddis' Recognitions on audiobook at work
I'm 19 years old.
I am handsome, smart, athletic and virile.
I have a novel that is in it's final editing stage, and a creative writing professor at my college has read the first draft and thinks it's saleable.
I have a girlfriend who is confident, articulate, playful and spontaneous.
I have a small group of interesting friends from different social and academic backgrounds, and I also have many other acquaintances who see me as a reliable source of humour and good company.
Both my parents are alive and in good health.
I have no regrets.
I have already experienced three existential crises, the latter of which was described as having the depth and profundity of a man twice my age.
I am a passionate lover, a sharp thinker, and a trader of witty repartee.
I am not self-pitying, meek or needlessly humble.
I will live a good life at your expense.
Im 18 and im reading the Qur'an.
It's terrible don't bother, all i've learned from going in as a leftist liberal is that Islam is irreconcilable with western values and we have all been lied to.
>>8147531
>but I'm not too pretentious to read some Pratchett, grrm, gaiman and other Reddit teir authors.
So you're paranoid about being seen as "pretentious".
>Most people here hate reading
Only to then be pretentious.
Don't feel the need to endlessly caveat your taste like this. You should be past that now. Stop being paranoid about being seen as pretentious or not pretentious by people.
>>8142318
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Siddharta was OK but Dune is a chef d'oeuvre.
Why kill yourself OP ?
>>8147587
>So you're paranoid about being seen as "pretentious".
>Only to then be pretentious.
No, I'm trying to assuage OPs grief about being an irredeemable pleb by relating to him. You've misunderstood me.
>Don't feel the need to endlessly caveat your taste like this. You should be past that now. Stop being paranoid about being seen as pretentious or not pretentious by people.
>Endlessly caveat
>Endlessly
This is nothing but exaggeration. Even if you'd like to consider it a caveat, I think I was fairly brief.
>>8143623
If you are actually the same Hickam who wrote October Sky, you don't belong here, sir. This is strictly a place for malcontents. Enjoy your twilight years without having to reflect on the existence of people like us, please.
29
When it comes to literature, I go for all the /lit/ memes.
I don't even want to name them for being called out for memeing/shitposting
But I find it very rewarding.
>>8147703
If your pic were true, most women would be considered intellectuals.
>>8147729
he considered women as sex tools, not as human beings
>>8142318
20 here, turning 21 next month. Currently reading 'The Ego and His Meme,' 'Trancework,' and 'Divine Comedy.' Not sure what to read next, maybe 'The Prince' or 'The World as Will'
>>8144474
I chuckled. Thanks anon, you're funny for 3 years old.
22, I turn 23 in a month.
still have 2-3 years of college left because I worked full time. My brain is tormented by the "loser" spook.
21
Reading
>Discipline and Punish
>Place of Dead Roads
Next up are Kant's critiques, Phenomenoly of Spirit and Difference and Repetition.
>>8147796
The Prince is quite good, also read Machiavelli's plays if you can find an English translation. Awesome fun.
23, hitting 24 in july
the lives of the twelve caesars in translation
>>8142318
31 here, currently reading Lord of the Rings because I love Tolkien but realized I had only ever read LOTR once back in the 90s, just been repeatedly reading the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Children of Hurin, even the Hobbit... But I guess the movies coming out kept me from feeling the need to go back.
In any case I'm quite enjoying it, reading primarily in the early morning with coffee and a pipe and sunrise, or in the evening with a pipe, fireflies, and sunset.
Also I've never read Gravities Rainbow, Infinite Jest, Ulysses, or any of the other shit /lit/ collectively creams their panties about.
20, reading GEB right now.
21 almost 22. I've been reading the grapes of wrath for a stupidly long time. School has been keeping me busy among other things but that's not really an excuse, and I actually quite like the book too, I don't know. Discovered /lit/ probably 2 ago or so and my favorite books include: A Confederacy of Dunes, East of Eden, A Christmas Carol and Slaughterhouse five. Wouldnt mind getting into more non fiction but I haven't been reading much lately.
27
Just finished Barthelme's Forty Stories, reading The Savage Detectives now and really enjoying it so far, not sure what I'm going to read next probably Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
>>8142318
28 soon to be 29
Eumeswil by Jünger in translation
>>8148894
Good bait, but the end made it too obvious.
>>8144474
You made me smirk.
I'm 23.
Currently finishing Tom McCarthy's Satin Island. About 40 pages from the end and don't really feel like it's said much. Big disappointment after loving Remainder.
Probably going to read Malone Dies next. I read Molloy a few months ago and just never kept going.
>tfw 27 years old and laughed twice at "Robert Dildos"
i am 18 yrs old.
i am currently on my third reading of the the nicomachean ethics
i have read the entirety of the western canontwice
you cretins are merely ants beneath my feet.
>>8150147
is this ....... the true power ....... of English literature..............???
>>8150166>mfw i realized death note is an improved version of c&p
INSIGHTS ONLY MULTIPLE READINGS OF THE CANON CAN REVEAL
Twenty, and just finished rereading Blood Meridian. It's a lovely book. I've been trying to incorporate some McCarthy influences into my writing style. Not the archaic words or the lack of quotation marks, but more the general *feeling*, if that makes any sense.
20
>>8150147
>Shit Note
I will be 22 soon, and not a day passes without me thinking that I should kill myself sooner rather than later.
>>8142332
>Plato is a fag
Why do you even bother reading, anon.
I'm 79! I was introduced to the website by my grandson who wanted me to do a question and answer here but I told him it was unlikely anybody from his age group read my books. I don't post all that much, and a lot of the conversations go right over my head I must say! However I do find the whole concept of the website very intriguing. I think if it had been around when I was young I'd have turned into a "/lit/izen" too! It's great what you kids are doing and it's nice to visit from time to time to see the kinds of discussion going on about authors I read when I was a younger man. Sometimes I hear the same kind of opinions about certain authors that I heard when I was in my twenties! Anyway I saw this discussion and thought it would be quite funny to tell everybody how old I was .
26. Diving into pic related.
Bought it used for $12 CAD at a local shop.
>>8150895
>butthurt neoplatonist detected
>>8151721
I meant 27.
20, reading East of Eden.
>>8151661
You're an honorary /lit/izen, Mr. Pynchon.
>>8142318
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And don't worry about that shit anon, just read what you like. It doesn't matter.
I'm flipping between At Swim Two Birds and Blindsight, trying to decide which I wanna read first...
