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I'm not the biggest reader, but I wanted to really thank /lit/ for introducing me to this book.
I loved it and couldn't put it down. What are some books you might recommend for someone that really enjoyed this or what are some books that made you really laugh?
>>8288934
Anything by PG Wodehouse
It's not nearly as funny or well written, but Tales of the City by Maupin features a similar cast of strange characters.
>>8288982
Any place you'd recommend to start with him?
What have you been downloading lately? Pic related. Rate it, and psychoanalyze me please.
Downloading is the easy part, you have to read all that shit. At one point I almost exclusively read ebooks. But what happens is, that you download any book that looks remotely interesting and tell yourself that you'll read it eventually. I'm back to normal books now. At least I get shit done that way.
Well you certainly haven't read all this, which means you are just downloading memes as you coincidentally come across them. Since your choices here are merely coincidental it's not really possible to psychoanalyze.
Durant's work alone will probably take you several years.
>>8288671
The most intellectual thing there is Seinfeld.
What's the /lit/ equivalent of this?
>>8288582
Dunno, some trash plebs seem to find deep. Name of the Wind maybe? Or is it closer to Malazan or Bakker? Yeah, probably Bakker.
>>8288582
>anime
Please go back to /r9k/, you creepy weirdo
>>8288593
What's wrong with anime? How can you discredit an entire medium?
In your opinion, what is the Great American Novel?
>>8288526
Moby Dick
>>8288526
My Ass
>>8288530
One post in and already over
What's up with this tweet? Is Twitter retarded?
Irony
It's a joke, self-deprecating in nature. The humour arises from the narrator's weak attempt to impress a young lady despite his ovious ignorance on the subject.
>>8288455
Fuck off with this pointless /pol/-tier thread.
Find books to discuss, instead of actively seeking out things on social media to get outraged about that you\ll post to your internet friends in the hopes of getting a circlejerk started which would validate your beliefs.
How did he get away with it?
>>8288399
He was an absolute madman
>>8288399
money
With what ?
Abridged vs Unabridged.
Which do you prefer?
>>8288385
Why a picture of this particular work?
It isn't even that long.
I just got an unabridged copy in German, ~1200 pages.
>>8288389
I want to know if it's worth it to read 1200 pages if there arent any redundancies. Also I can only read English.
>>8288391
Abridged or unabridged, in either case how could you know whether it was worth it or not until you have finished?
Your question is for one to ask after the book is over not before it's begun.
"Worth it" is subjective anyways so who are you even asking if not yourself?
So you decide. Do you want to read what the author wrote for you to read or do you want to get cucked by some fag editor?
>Hegel, installed from above, by the powers that be, as the certified Great Philosopher, was a flat-headed, insipid, nauseating, illiterate charlatan who reached the pinnacle of audacity in scribbling together and dishing up the craziest mystifying nonsense. This nonsense has been noisily proclaimed as immortal wisdom by mercenary followers and readily accepted as such by all fools, who thus joined into as perfect a chorus of admiration as had ever been heard before. The extensive field of spiritual influence with which Hegel was furnished by those in...
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>>8288361
>t. Arthur "I've read nothing but the Greeks. And one Upanishad (in French translation)" Shopping Whore
Schoppie's kind of bawwing (about being too stupid for academic philosophy) was utterly eviscerated by Fichte long before Schopi was even born. Too bad that he was illiterate in German.
>>8288361
Reminder that Hegel knew that Shoppy scheduled his lectures at the same time and was Ok with it. He also said good things about him.
Why isn't Shakespeare considered a fantasy writer?
I mean... Oberon, Titania and the other fairies in Midsummer, Hamlet's ghost dad, the three witches in Macbeth, the sorcerers/sprites/spirits in The Tempest... etc.
Shakespeare transcends genre
>>8288359
Because Shakespeare isn't shit.
>>8288369
HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I'm getting pretty good at French now.
>>8288285
I cannot believe Duolingo actually does this.
>know ~500 words if you're lucky
>37% fluent in a language
Pick one.
>>8288285
shit post on krautchan
>>8288285
>Being American
>Speaking french fluently without a horrid accent
Pick one and only one
When early atheists were like stirner, was it any wonder why everyone hated them so much?
stirner wasn't an atheist, he was jesus christ
>>8288152
/thread
>>8288147
>>8288147
Stirner himself hated most of the fedora atheists:" whether the Lutheran God or the Être suprême or not God at all, but “Man,” may represent the highest essence, that makes no difference at all for him who denies the highest essence itself, for in his eyes those servants of a highest essence are one and all-pious people, the most raging atheist not less than the most faith-filled Christian."
I have to finish this book by the end of the Summer and do a two page review.
What am I in for, /lit/?
>>8288007
>have to
explain
>>8288018
either anon is underage and posting for school or they're a 40 year old mom in book club
>>8288029
Basically the first option.
Are there any novels you can recommend where the characters just fuck, puke, eat, shit and piss?
The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs.
Molloy by Samuel Beckett if you add "be a worthless invalid" to that list.
A Song of Ice and Fire
What was his problem?
>>8287969
>It's a summerfag didn't understand Dosto after spending 3 minutes reading his wikipedia biography thread
Tie a laaaarge knot f4m
>>8287969
a split second before your execution you're suddenly let go
>it's a prank bro
I'd imagine something like that won't fuck with your head
>>8287969
He.....he had a hard life desu
I know lit is a full of book lovers, but what is your day job? I'm a 24 y/o trash-man.
So you're our janitor?
>>8287884
I'm a 25 year-old NEET.
we're all NEET
