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Anyone got the list of writers who were published really young? It was a pasta for a while but I haven't seen it recently. Dumping some Pynchon letters in the meantime.
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Is this to Farina? Before or after he killed JFK?

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How much time should you invest in reading each day to become a buff?

I only spend about an hour each day.
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This bitch so stupid she can't even wear a scarf. Kek
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>>7654502

It's probably some new hipster thing.
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>>7654478
Obviously it depends on how fast you want to become a "buff" and what your definition of a buff is. It seems like your definition is very shallow though judging by your wording.
If you're reading to be an XD book nerd just to know boring facts about books then you're going to burn out pretty quickly. Read at your own pace. Knowledge will come.

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The Bokononist Religion in Cat's Cradle believes in the truthful lie that God made mud stand up and become man.

>What was the purpose of Ice-9?
To get rid of all the mud.

Have I blown your mind?
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lol looks like fight club
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>>7654471
You'll get over how "mind blowing" Vonnegut's books are when you start reading actual good literature
Slaughterhouse Five is still pretty decent though
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>>7654544
Well, I have read good literature, Catch-22 is my favorite book and I've read and liked most of the recommended list.

But I still love Vonnegut and Terry Pratchett.

I am ready for your hate.

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Kind of a trivial topic, but I'm curious to know what you all think about exclamation marks in titles, and the effect they may/may not have?

Pic related.
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i think they're stupid
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absalom, absalom! is the last good book that can use it
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Is this book good? Anyone here read it?

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Does anyone get a warm feeling when they think about Hegel?

What do you think about the journey of consciousness through time?
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I think he should have just done theology and stayed away from philosophy.
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>>7654460
i like christmas hegel
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I've never even read Hegel but when I think about him and his ideas I associate them with the colors green and brown.

I don't know why.

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What are the five big black dead white men books that I must read or else risk being outed as a total plebeian in upper class company if I haven't read them? I live in the UK btw. Fiction or non fiction
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>>7654459
>big black dead white men books
delete this and try again. its ok
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>>7654462
>big black dead white men

What does this even mean. Anyways, read these:

The Bible
The Brothers Karamozov
Anna Karenina
Great Expectations
Moby Dick
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>>7654482
too much fiction, put on some shit like The Prince

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What're /Lit's opinions on the output from pic's region. I'm reading Hunger atm which I'm enjoying more than Crime and Punishment, also really enjoyed some novels by Per Peterson and, as pap, stuff like Girl w/ Dragon Tattoo is really enjoyable...thoughts on nordic literature?
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ibsen is best norwegian. strindberg is goat
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>>7654309
>Ibsen
JUST
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>>7654292
It's k. Mostly dumb crime stuff

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Why did he idolise pre-Socratic Greece?
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He didn't you fucking penis. Socrates lived during the Athenian golden age he was talking about.
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>>7653944
Read The Birth of Tragedy, you ape
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>>7653951
One of the first things you learn about Nietzsche is his hatred of Socrates.

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What do you know of interwhistling?
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What do you know of language?
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>>7653895
it's a jewish invention designed to help breed out whiteness.
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>>7653895

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>fuck the greeks
>fuck the modern
>fuck the contemporary philosophers
>fuck all the bullshit.
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>>7653599
>>>/r/badphilosophy
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Le sketched German man
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How long do you think it will be, until we see ''le spook man" on 9 gag and reddit?

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Hey guys, is Schopenhauer really considered edgy misogynistic and racist by the general public?
I put a few of his books on hold at my local library online, and now I'm scared to pick them up
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>>7653077
>now I'm scared to pick them up
He's a valid and significant philosopher, why would you even think twice about just picking up some books by him let alone be "scared"
"Oh no someone has right wing beliefs!" Tell em to fuck off anon if anyone says anything, not like anyone will though
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>>7653077
Anyone with an ideology they strongly adhere to, for example a racist, will find relations to and evidence for their world view in most things they read, assuming that's what they'd like to see.

Don't judge art based on who consumes it
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On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason --> World as Will and Representation --> The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics --> Parerga and Paralipomena

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>Buy book on a whim and it instantly becomes a favorite.

What's his name, /lit/?
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Simon leys
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Tell us about lad, the content and the impulse buy.
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NYRB are great for impulse buys.

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What does /lit/ think of Dan Simmons' Hyperion series?
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>>7652190
Just ordered a copy of it off amazon, its on sale for like $5. I'm curious as well, but it sounds great
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>>7652190
Godlike.
I liked Endymion too
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>>7652846
Books 1 through 3 are great futuristic science fiction. Cool interstellar travel, interesting alien species, and a decent story arc. Book 4 feels like he just threw it together, like he wasn't sure where to go, so he gets preachy and philosophical. Definitely worth the read, but the ending May let you down with a "meh".

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ITT: Your favorite book
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because "do you want to die for the frogs?"
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Skin deep; pee'd Niks by Kawann Möew

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ITT: 10/10 covers
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LOL
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>>7651665

>ITT: 10/10 covers

ITT: An edgekid who is moving past his Bukowski phase.
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>>7651670
Sydney?

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