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Has anyone read this? I was up until 5am this morning finishing it. I'd been meaning to read it since the author hails from my country and won the Booker prize back in 2014.
I have back then -
It didn't impress me that much, left me cold. I've actually forgotten a large majority of it. Didn't give two shits about anyone, and the Japanese were caricatures.
>>7692027
Bashou did it better desu
Reminder that THE DEAD ZONE is meta-fiction and is about Trump.
Stillson= Trump
Johnny= King
>>7691810
As bad as Trump is, he's much better than Cruz.
Cruz would be, I don't know, the novelization of King Kong or something.
>>7691810
I thought Jimmy Carter was mentioned in this, or did I just imagine that?
>>7692125
Fuck I think I remember that. He shakes Carter's hand and has a vision of him becoming President or something.
I haven't read very much in the way of philosophy. I've been reading Zarathustra lately.
This is really beautifully written. Really enjoying it. The ideas are fascinating- it resolved for me a sort of existential crisis.
What are some other philosophical books I might like? I've heard Nietzsche is similar to a lot of eastern philosophy- something like that? Or I've also been interested in Plato
>>7691796
Gurdjieff.
>>7691796
What existential crisis did it solve for you?
I would generally advise to start with the Greeks. Plato really is an essential starting point.
>>7691796
Start with the Greeks.
Let's make a /lit/ playlist.
Starting with an obvious one
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lezoqO0d4g4
>>7691720
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3gKKiTvjs
Necessary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mUX1l89npg
good dreams, /lit/. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbLqOXmJ04
What are some books that will teach me how to love? What are some books that have a major focus on empathy?
>>7691703
read nietzsche, then the bible
>>7691703
love is something experience not read about.
tl;dr; go to your local catholic church, confess your sins from the heart, the worse things about yourself. partake in the eucharist. you're on your way to agape. a love for a women will happen somewhere along the way.
>>7691703
The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity by Zizek
>tfw you realize what you want to write about isn't what people want to read
>tfw you have to sell out 100% of the time to make it as a writer
>>7691492
>complains about shitty writing
>doesn't show anything
>tfw you can easily justify your wasted life and the apocalyptic state of your personal finances by presuming that people just don't want to read your work
It's great being a writer, because all you're doing is arguing with yourself.
>>7691541
if people don't read your work then a wasted life and "apocalyptic" personal finances are an inevitable byproduct
Alright, finished this. Someone give me some insight. This is my first "proper philosophy" book.
Socrates' idea about the philosopher being the ideal "guardian" of the state, is that because the philosopher's wisdom lets him see the vainness and injustice of ignorance, slavery, tyranny, etc?
What exactly is socrates' definition of justice? that didn't come clearly to me.
How the fuck do you pronounce "glaucon"
Honestly i'm a pleb, please no bully
>>7691451
Yes Socrates believes that philosophers are the only proper guardians because of their predisposition to use logic and reason with regards to any sort of conflict.
Its been a while since I've read The Republic but iirc his idea was that justice was that which is "good" or "beneficial" to mankind, and injustice was anything that impeded upon the autonomy of another human being.
Glaucon is pronounced "gl-oww-con"
There are tons of great passages in the book, such...
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Plato's belief that the Philosopher-King would be an ideal guardian of the state arises from two political observation's Plato made after studying history. The first is that power tends to attract those most unqualified to govern. You'll recall the ideal Philosopher-King is a reluctant ruler. Secondly, Plato readily admits that most people don't have knowledge of what is truly good, that is, they are running on instinct not knowledge. Moreover, Plato also realizes that not everyone can devote time to fostering a knowledge of the good, the city needs craftspeople,...
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>>7691451
>Socrates' idea about the philosopher being the ideal "guardian" of the state, is that because the philosopher's wisdom lets him see the vainness and injustice of ignorance, slavery, tyranny, etc?
That's related, but it has more to do with the nature of wisdom and what it entails, which is necessarily a knowledge not had by those without wisdom of political things. Mind, this is also qualified by the suggestion that the philosophers of the "city-in-speech"...
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>It's not a horror story, it's a love story!
>*tips fedora*
Why are Redditors so attracted to this novel?
I could never get into it. I read the first few chapters and stopped. I'll finish it one of these days.
I don't really get the whole "remastered full-color" stuff. As far as I know there's only like 2 editions.
>Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet.
Why? Why go the Blair Witch route with your story? Is Danielewski afraid that it won't stand on its own unless he does that?
>>7691410
Hey anon, to be fair, he most likely did it because its cool.
Making something rare doesn't make its content inherently moreso.
>>7691384
It's OK. I enjoyed the parts about the house itself. I think it gets more praise than it is really due, though. Much of its construction is too clever for it's own good, desu.
What is the literature equivalent to the opening of Shrek?
The Metamorphosis
The Bible
I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. My posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my hard chair. This is a cold room in University Administration, wood-walled, Remington-hung, double-windowed against the November heat, insulated from Administrative sounds by the reception area outside, at which Uncle Charles, Mr. deLint and I were lately received.
I am in here.
What are your thoughts and opinions on this book?
No bullying Morrissey, please.
>>7691302
It's pretty fucking terrible, OP.
Morrissey should stick to writing things that only last 4 minutes at most.
>>7691320
It's not that bad, to be honest. It's fun to read, and it encapsulates the sadness and silliness of human life well. It just needs polishing and it would've been great. It's a solid ghost story about all pervading loneliness.
Have not read him but, I consider him to be one of the best poets of the 20th century.
This is a book about one of the only two westeners present during the siege of Kobani. And it's in Italian, cause his Italian
>Koopani
Fixed-a for you
>>7691275
And he's not a writer.
probabilmente ghostwriting o shitty prose amico
>>7691275
Can anyone give me some good reasons to/not to go to Rojava and help out the YPG?
The age demanded that we sing
And cut away our tongue.
The age demanded that we flow
And hammered in the bung.
The age demanded that we dance
And jammed us into iron pants.
And in the end the age was handed
The sort of shit that it demanded.
>>7691257
>bung
BUNGHOLLIO
What do you do when you encounter a word you don't know? Obviously you google it, but it interrupts your reading flow. So the reader either proceeds remaining ignorant for the sake of integrity, or they constantly interrupt the experience. Is there really any point to returning to a book post-read with the newfound vocabulary?
>>7691231
>What do you do when you encounter a word you don't know?
I press on the word, read the definition that appears, then continue reading the book.
>being this bothered by interruptions
it's likely that the word will appear again anyway so all in all a little trouble now will greatly help your understanding in the future
>>7691231
If you stop and google it you will eventually need to do it less often
Is this only well known because of how edgy it was?
why are there so many naked lunch threads today?
>>7691184
Most likely the same 2 or 3 shitposters who like to post bait.
it's well known because of the six-month-long shit-fight in the letters column of the Times literary supplement following an unfavorable review of the book.
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/my_nose_nailed_to_other_peoples_lavatories_edith_sitwell_on_naked_lunch
What do you think of my cultural critique?
You are not suppose to use terms specific to culture to critique culture, else you are just being jealous when culture meant something.
It's a good ironic shit post.
