Gimme some opinions. I've got these from Goodwill but don't want to waste time or space in case they aren't worth reading.
Chuck 'em.
>>7597298
I see what you did there.
The powers that B.
Hi /lit/,
This is a broad request, and the wiki wasn't helpful. I'm after recommendations for engaging non-fiction with dark/weird/morbid/insidious themes, could be anything from true crime, espionage, medical, historical, cult etc. E.g., on my list currently are things like Body of Secrets, Columbine, Ghost Wars, Lab 257, and Making of the Atomic Bomb. The fiction I enjoy is in the vein of Laird Barron, if that helps. Thanks!
Anyone?
>>7596645
Why would you want to read about these things? You sound mentally ill.
>>7596645
That's a stupid as fuck request, but Destroyer 666 is sick desu senpai.
Just finished The Stranger. Looking for discussion. What did you guys think of it?
Feel free to discuss Camus and Absurdism, too.
>>7594531
Honestly, don't play the game people. You may be punished, but you'll be clean
Man, people round here aren't gonna take kindly to this thread.
In short, the book is about how life can only hold meaning in the context of death. Meursault, an antisocial and a nihilist, couldn't grapple with death until he himself was faced with it, but his final moments of life were lived with passion. The book in a way aims to awaken you the reader to death in the way conviction awakens Meursault, a call to arms to live life passionately. Don't get down on the lack of meaning and wallow in self pity, death is an absolute, make something of your life as a reflection of it.
>>7594543
You're talking about how Meursalt refused to live by absurd societal norms and was punished as a result?
How do I better remember what I read? I was about to start shitposting about something I read, until I realized I had forgotten a good deal of its contents.
>>7600315
ure a woman, yes?
>>7600317
Nah
Re-read
First time visiting /lit in all of my years of browsing 4chan. I have mainly been lurking /b and have never posted any threads as I have felt no desire to do so, until now.
I can't tolerate the mass of cancer posted in /b and you guys honestly seem to know what you're talking about so I thought I'd come here in aid of advice.
Basically it has come to my attention that Peter Jackson is an asshole who poorly portrays the stories of middle-earth and in no way captures their full potential as masterpieces of the literary fantasy world.
I have come to the decision to purchase all of the necessary volumes of Tolkien's tales, money is not an issue and so what I'd like to know is what books to buy and in what order should I read them. If it's still unclear, I'm referring to The LOTR, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, UT etc.
I am well aware of his other work but I will not be reading them soon so they need not be mentioned ITT.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, please don't let me down /lit.
Bumping with the prick that has basically already moulded my views of middle-earth. Save me /lit.
Also if anyone who reads this is also familiar with Tolkien's books on middle-earth please share your views.
This order:
The Hobbit
LoTR
The Silmarillion
You may also want to read this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Fairy-Stories
And this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tolkien_Reader
>>7599809
No need to bump lad, this is a slow board.
Was Ligotti right?Pls don't delete this thread, modbros.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM0kxk_tHcA
>>7599721
Don't give us this NRX/Nietzsche bullshit.
Is there any reason for this being such a staple classic other than its cultural context of having been used as an aid to the civil rights movement?
Its written by a woman
>>7598873
because it's about muh oppreshun and written by a dirty, filthy inferior whore of a female.
It's being pushed by a certain group of people. I needn't say more. But it's to make women breed with blacks.
>>7598873
>other than its cultural context of having been used as an aid to the civil rights movement?
Is that not enough?
Looking for recs in the Literary Detective genre...
I've read such stories by Pynchon, Borges, Eco, DFW, Gibson and Auster
Any other recommendations? I think The Crying of Lot 49 may be my favorite of this subgenre, and sits high in my favorites of all time.
Last thread, I got recommended either Chandler or Hammett, do not get me wrong, I enjoy them both, but they are not what I mean by "Literary Detective" fiction. I am not sure how to better define the term except maybe as works that use the Detective genre as a jumping off point for literary experimentation instead of simply intending to be a genre piece.
>>7598438
The Davinci Code
>>7598439
You know, I actually enjoyed this book. I know I'm supposed to hate it, but I find Dan Brown's storytelling fun for what it is.
>>7598444
>I know I'm supposed to hate it
When will this fucking idea die? You aren't SUPPOSED to hate or like anything and until you get out of even referencing this you are a pleb and that's the end of it. God dammit go learn how to think for yourself faggot
What does /lit/ think of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series?
>>7595349
I personally enjoy it a lot, have yet to read Old School.
Last one I read was Rockrick Rules. It was pretty good.
>>7595349
I read the first two and liked them. Quality YA.
Hey /lit/,
I have a 17 year old sister who I think is quite smart and has potential but is lost (as all teenagers are I suppose). Her birthday is coming up and I want to give her a book to give her the right direction in life.
I thought of a number of books but realized they all have non-existent or just two-dimensional female characters. I want her to see some role model.
Suggestions for what I can get her? Preferably some classic.
Not shit like Sylvia Plath, obviously.
>>7593733
Maybe anna karenina
Any victorian or pre-victorian lit; pride & prejudice and jane eyre come to mind.
>>7593733
a doll's house
>>7593733
woolf
Post your favorite Bible verses.
>>7588467
>There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
>>7588467
Oh look, this thread again...
>>7588471
I like these threads.
Post the books you've read in the past year.
Ask questions and give recommendations.
>>7584334
I guess I'll start.
Didn't read as much as 2014. Hopefully I'll get more done this year.
Far Tortuga was fucking incredible. So was Under The Volcano.
>>7584407
>Marlon James
Good taste
>Francis Fukuyama
I wrote my highest marked assignment for my history degree on why he's wrong as fuck
Tournier died. What did you thought of him?
Also French literature thread I guess.
I didn't get to read much of his work but I really liked The Erl-King
RIP
Ah, I suppose a thread about the death of a giant of French literature will get a sticky, right?
>>7600108
Why the fuck would it? The average French reader isn't aware of half the great writers in English, I see no reason why the reverse would not be true.
greetings /lit/
I would like to ask something of you
I have several ePub versions of books I already own, and an Android Tablet
I tried several apps, they were just sly e-shop softwares
do you know any app to read my e-books? just something simple, browse my files, read
thank you in advance
Calibre
calibre does work on an android tablet? well I never though, thank you
>>7599834
I believe its Calibre Companion.
The universal book reader looks pretty based too.
Recommend some books on humour theory.
On how to write good jokes.
>>7599703
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-second-noble-truth/201302/the-jokes-who
http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/medieval-jesters.htm
>>7599703
Watch a lot of stand-up.
Read And Here's the Kicker, Poking a Dead Frog, and Sick in the Head.
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