>...Here's a medium shot, himself backlit, alone at the high window in the Grand Hotel, whisky glass tipped at the bright subarctic sky and here's to you then, chaps, it'll be all of us up there onstage tomorrow, Ned Pointsman only happened to survive that's all...
I didn't ask for this feeling. Post other lines that made you feel like no other
That's supposed to be funny retard. He's being fake humble while he masturbates to his egomaniacal fantasy of getting an award for the work his colleagues did
What are some good books about future predictions? Specifically, books about the advance of technology (AI, nanotechnology, smart cities, Internet of Things), post-scarcity society, globalization. etc.
I don't want novels, I want a book written by a serious author that's credible in the field and not some 20-year-old college nerd who cums when he hears the world "Singularity".
>>7569181
Lem maybe ?
>>7569223
Something a bit more updated, desu. Written post-2010. Something like The Next 100 Years or Abundance.
bump
>be me
>have to sign my name on chemistry safety contract
>due next month
>still haven't started
>still browsing /lit/
how fucked am I?
>>7569128
Extremely
Here is a simple game: if you opine on ONE of the three authors below (whether you have read them or not) you are allowed to post three more authors or books of your choice.
There is only one rule:
- opinions must contain at least three sentences and must imply you've read it.
to get it rolling:
Nietzsche
Shakespeare
Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment
>Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment
queen Nab did in his lectures some iconoclasm over old Dosto being priggish regarding to lady Marmalade and her yellow ticket. He did complain it was stereotype that she was forced to pursue her profession by pure circumstance, it was a stereotype she had a heart of gold, it was stereotype she was put in one line with a murderer in contrast to "the holy book". His main complaint was the big narrative: that a strawman's "i am play God" results invariably in perdition or repentance. But: he praised old Dosto for some Hollywood style scenes. I found the novel far too slow and all his characters like cardboard cut outs: evil calculating protestant; a sadist Russian landowner; a dull and but wealthy Russian bourgeois; a supernatural policeman representing the law. It read to me much like a teenage fanfic where the main thing was the mood. Dunno why he is so cherished.
Tolkien - the Hobbit
Steve Gardner - Grendel
Nietzsche - Thus Spake Zarathustra
Camus - the Stranger (because Fuck You, rules)
New to poetry and all my pleb tastes like are less flowery poetry like bukowski. Just got this book and love it, and reccomendations?
>>7568881
Yes. The sticky.
>>7568881
Sylvia Plath, Frank O'Hara, Leonard Cohen, Allen Ginsberg are all pretty nice, easy to get into stuff you probably would like if you like Bukowski
I'm very weary of P&V but is this good? Read some Gogol stories and I want more.
>>7568846
>weary
fuck, I meant wary.
>>7568846
The translation or the stories?
The stories are superb. Among the greatest short stories ever. Especially distinguished is The Overcoat, The Portrait, The Squabble and The Nose.
As for the translation, I have one by P&V too, it's just the Everyman Library edition. I think they're quite fine for Gogol.
>>7568879
Yeah I meant translation, Gogol's cool.
Guys, I'm here from /tv/ to warn you all of an impending peril. There's some guy going around making snarky, glib comments with the green arrow and then saying "top kek" alongside a picture of a curly-haired boy wearing shades and looking smug. He's contaminated /tv/ to such an extent that serious discussion is no longer possible; he's started to multiply, and now half the comments are just him deriding and derailing comments and threads. If you see this guy around, please report him immediately; you must do it before he spawns others, and colonize /lit/ with his army of memers.
This is war.
>>7568824
if there is an unjustice in this world, it is that I can't hide non /lit/ threads from catalog view.
We've already got our own memes to protect us.
>>7568839
4chanX extension my friend.
Let's write a Young Adult Fiction book. This thread will be chapter 1.
Every post will be one sentence. I'll start:
"It was the summer between fifth and sixth grade."
My mom promised me it was the neighbor's beagles, but I swear to you Sophie, I heard the coywolves howling every night that week.
You put the killing thing in your butt, but you don't let it do the killing. It's a metaphor you see?
You're in the super secret club no one at school is at Jerry.
Is he the only reason Book Burnings are still a thing?
He's the only reason shit posting is still a thing
>>7568613
love this pic
>>7568734
np senpai, take what u need
Books that are almost embarrassing to read now because of the overly complex language?
This book is made almost unreadable by its technobabble.
>>7568591
OP here
I should clarify that I do not necessarily mean complex, but more mean "trying to sound smart".
STOP
Half of its "technobabble" is now used in actual tech and the other half is easily understood by anyone because it's become a sci-fi staple.
The language is not - complex -
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Still a shitty book tho
>>7568652
>The language is not - complex
Yeah I kinda realized I used the wrong word with "complex".
But how do you feel like the technobabble is not retarded. To me it feels like at least half of why this book is so shit.
What did it supposed to mean?
What a stupid question to ask about a work of fiction. Just go on the adventure
What is /lit/'s opinion on frank McCourt? I've read Angela's ashes and just started 'Tis and I love the man and his writing. I'm surprised I've never seen him discussed here
>memoir
>>7568566
your point?
Does /lit/ have any philosophically enlightening books I should read?
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick S. Catling
The Twits by Roald Dahl
What does /lit/ think of Sherman Alexie? I enjoyed Flight and am wondering if any of his other stuff is good.
He's a racist
I like him a lot, IMO he's one of the best contemporary American short story writers.
inb4 /pol/
>>7568415
What collection is the best? I generally prefer novels, but he seems more into short stories.
>>we talked about nothing and everything
Boilerplate is confusing.
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