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>University has a MASSIVE three story library
>its a "stem focused" school
>Literally never had a book wait listed or reserved
>All the plebs here unironically read fantasy novels
>gunna have to return this book soon
>really loved it
>its gunna sit on the shelf for another 10 or twenty years all alone
:,(
>>7507185
Book is pic related, its the David Magarshack translation, it is one of the best translations of Dostoevsky I've read yet
>>7507185
Obligatory what book, what uni, etc
>>7507185
holy shit...
I remember i stole one when i was on secondary school, they did never realize lmao
any books that deal with the Asian American psyche?
>>7506897
https://www.reddit.com/r/asianmasculinity
here you go senpai
>>7506903
I know of Asian Masculinity
ideally there'd be a book that reads just like pic related, I know Elliot Rodger's manifest comes close
Asians are immune to race politics.
What authors have a very distinctive style, and what makes their style distinctive?
>>7506807
Dickens. I hate it.
>>7506807
Gass. The way he arranges sounds in complex, beautifully structured sentences makes his writing instantly recognizable.
>Samarago
the way he writes without punctuation, and the exhaustive yet fascinating descriptions of small things, oh that's a very nice author said marie seven moons, this kind of style i can get into and our protagonist just smiled forever.
>Conrad
Each sentence is a complex beat, like a tribal drum in the darkness of the jungle, marking the rhythm of the dance of life.
What are the best lovecraftian books not written by HP himself?
ColinWilson
I've heard Thomas Ligotti is good, even though I've never read him...
I want to study film, I need good theory books.
>>7506723
Infinite Jest
>>7506723
The Quintessential Tarantino: Dont Go To Film School, Go To Films
Film school s for pretentious twats.
Hello /lit/,
I am considering reading the entire Foundation books, is it a waste of time?
>Is the Chronological order (starting with the robots) the way to go?
>Are the characters as poor as the Internet say?
>Is there other Sci-Fi classic that I want to check before reading the whole cycle
Thank you
bump. Im in the same boat anon. Im currently reading the 2001 a space odyssey books right now. But im considering reading the foundation after.
It's pretty bad literature but still fascinating.
It's just upper-level SciFi. You could start with the Robot Detective stories because they are in the same universe but a bunch of millennia earlier though not technically part of Foundation. Also, the later Foundation books tend to be pretty bad.
>"Why are breakfast foods breakfast foods?" I asked them. "Like, why don't we have curry for breakfast food?"
>"Thomas, eat."
>"But why?" I asked. "I mean, seriously: How did scrambled eggs get stuck in with breakfast exclusivity? You can put bacon on a sandwich without anyone freaking out. But the moment your sandwich has an eggs, boom, it's a breakfast sandwich."
>Dad answered with his mouth full....
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Pretty sure this is because farmers went into the stables in the morning to get the eggs.
>>7506461
No, that's women's work.
>>7506463
>women
>work
Which literary characters have similar traits as the ubermensch?
>>7506403
Zarathustra.
>>7506403
Eugene Sandow
>>7506498
nope
zarathustra is flash
übermensch is thunder
Why is the audiobook for this over 60 hours long? It has around the same amount of pages as infinite jest and that took me around 15 hours to read.
>>7506360
>audiobooks
>atlas shrugged
just fuck off
>>7506360
can someone explain her philosophy to me and why the hate towards her? i know nothing about her
>>7506366
Thanks for getting the memes out of the way
now, does anyone have an explanation?
Not sure if this is the right board but are any of the Japanese light novels actually good? I'm interested in them but not sure if they're actually worth reading.
you'll probably get a better response on /a/
>>7506341
Spice and Wolf, only light novel I have actually bought. Thought of getting Guin Saga too because of the influence on Berserk but they haven't published many in English.
>>7506341
none of the ones with any actual literary merit are translated desu
SHE SMELLED LIKE TREES
why the fuck are you smelling trees
>>7505960
Cosmopolitan detected
Go back to your concrete jungle, nigger
>>7505947
Did that guy fuck Caddy against a tree or something?
Also what was the scent that Quentin described her as smelling like?
I want to give my new dog a lit name. I was thinking of Oedipa or Emma. Any thoughts? Dog is not the one from the pic but she is a pug.
>pug
Shit tier taste senpai
>>7505959
>shit tier
Confirmed for never having a pug.
>>7505959
>Shit Tier Senpai
Terrible name :^)
First off, Nietzsche's big opponent is ressentiment...this is in fact very undesirable in Orthodox Christianity as well. To illustrate that Christianity is full of ressentiment, Nietzsche quotes two very Latin theologians, Tertullian and Aquinas, who talk about how those in heaven will be rewarded by watching the agony of those in hell. This is very different from Orthodox Christianity, in which hell and heaven are the same place; hell is different in that God's love, described as a light or fire, becomes painful, because one hates God or is ashamed of facing him.
Okay,...
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Good rebuttal. Classic misconceptions of the faith abound in weak arguments of the unfaithful like always.
>>7505899
In Nietzschean doctrine, there is ONLY the material. The spiritual for Nietzsche is only thought and thought is based on the material as it is a pattern modulated on the material world. There is no complementary spiritual world. The driving force of all religions is the longing for the spiritual, and Orthodoxy is no exception. Just a more humane form of christianity in the sense of appealing to the human mind. The mistake is the same as with other religions. There is no base to assume another world, here or somewhere...
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>>7506731
To be more precise, the driving force of religion is a human desire for Plato's "world of ideas" to be as real as the material world. By itself that idea is not so stupid, google "Mathematical Universe" but most religions with exception of some very abstract forms of Buddhism don't even approach Plato. Instead, they end in obfuscation for the intellectual and simplistic answers for the masses.
What's missing from this list?
The fact that whoever made it doesn't know what the word "trope" means
>>7505887
accurate ratings
My diary desu
Two Bs and Two Cs. TFW when you'll never become an intellectual.
Marks are up. How did everyone do?
>>7505846
Ive been done with school since 2013.
>>7505849
How'd you do?
A A A B
Fuck u biology
