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Please read my books.
You mean my books
>>7486620
I already have.
Your books are v.licious
Hey lit,
Do you have any recommendations for really engrossing novels? The type that you start reading and then want to do nothing but spend the rest of the day reading them. For me at least not all of the books I love feel like that.
Spy Who Came In From The Cold did that for me
Watership Down too
The Stand was pretty enthralling from a purely entertainment perspective
>>7486557
All the Pretty Horses
>"kill your darlings"
>writing is riddled with darlings
>>7486555
what does the quote even mean?
He didn't say that. It was Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, fuckface. And it was 'Murder your darlings'.
Read a fucking book and stop parroting people.
I want to fuck my darlings!
Who is the greatest living science fiction author and why is it Kim Stanley Robinson?
Does it hurt to communicate in cliché?
lol
>>7486512
Cuz the good one are dead...
Hi /lit/! Any scifi fans here? What'd you all think of this book?
>>7486501
I fucking loved it! I am a positivist and it provides a wonderful framework to demonstrate everything I have been indoctrinated to believe is true.
by the by is anyone else checking this place out from imgur? it's pretty weird. how do I let other users know if I approve of their posts?
>>7486509
Top kek. The Imgur thing came to mind when I saw this thread too. OP is here to improve our list that had too many classics. More YA shite.
>>7486501
This or 1984 is my favorite book, I can't decide between both. It's a tie I guess
Pimp is obvious; it's a the thrilling of biopic of Iceberg Slim that sums up the entire black experience into one book. But what about the other two?
it's newfags trying to force a meme. there is only one meme trilogy and it's the one we've always had
>>7486325
which is?
>>7486328
Endless Fun, Rocket's Banano, & Mrs. Yes
Not sure if posting in right place but what's a good/the best e-book reader, particularly if I just want to load in a whole metric fuckton of epubs?
I was thinking of getting the kobo aura hd.
Opinions? Anything I should keep in mind?
>>7486031
I have the same question OP, I think I'm just going to get a kindle cause they're like €70, I could hunt a cheaper one down online but by the time I convert my money and pay delivery charges etc ect.
>>7486031
I have a Trekstor Pyrus 2.
It's the best thing I've ever had.
>low price (i paid it about 80 euros)
>e-ink screen with no illumination if you read in solar light
>led illumination if you're reading in the dark
>reads epub
>reads PDFs and manages to change the size of the text and the layout
>battery lasts...
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I have a paperwhite and really like it. It's fucked up that you have to pay extra to not have ads but I'm a fucking baller.
So I just finished the stranger and I'm not sure I'm really grasping it right. For instance, his utter indifference of life and everyone is pretty normal in my opinion, I've been feeling that way for years so what's the big deal? Am I missing something? To me it's just seems like a story about a man who ended up with some bad luck. Can someone enlighten me on it?
>>7485955
are you 15 by chance?
Camus is a gateway drug. Don't fall for that crosseyed commie Sartre. Albert "Bustin Em Under The Algerian Sun" Camus is really good though. I personally enjoy The Plague and The Trial more. If you like Camus I suggest checking out Kafka next.
>>7485979
No. I'm in my late 20s. I've been trying to get deeper into lit
>the author addresses the reader directly within the story
as long as it's not cloying and overdone, why not if it fits in with the tone of the rest of the work?
>>7486306
Are you addressing the reader?
>the author uses characters
What does /lit/ think of these readings of Joyce's Finnegans Wake? Certainly one of the more, erm, interesting renditions I've found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HgCjtd2iPU
I wonder if this reader will get the whole thing up or crap out like all the others so far on YT
>>7485816
Chapter 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF47v_9olEs
>>7485816
Chapter 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieeQTHNgEGs
I cringed at the you know what. Brave dude.
How bad are/what are the typos and errors present in the penguin classics deluxe edition of Gravity's Rainbow?
THERES ONE FUCKING SENTENCE CUT SHORT
STOP THIS MEME
IT'S A SENTENCE THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE ANYWYAS ITS A BUNCH OF DREAMSCAPE JABBERWOCKY
>Your task, in these dreams, is often to pens
vs
>Your task, in these dreams, is often to cross—under the trees, through the shadows—before something happens
>>7485803
this, and tbph I prefer the misprint
>>7485803
That's it, huh? Well meme'd, my friend.
Do you guys like Star Wars books?
Do you have any favorites?
How do you feel about all of the old books becoming non-canon?
Let's talk Star Wars outside of the movie hype.
>>7485789
>No, they're shit
>No, they're shit
>I don't care: they're shit.
>>7485789
not literature
star wars literally represents the moral decline of western civilisation
What books are you getting your relatives for Christmas?
Won't say which relatives. Also including books for friends:
1. Duma Key - Stephen King
2. The Secret Teachings of All Ages - Manly P. Hall
3. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin
4. Final Fantasy XI 10th Anniversary Memorial Book
5. Infinite Jest
6. Infinite Jest (for someone else)
7. Lost In The Funhouse - John Barth
None. I hate my relatives and the feeling is mostly mutual.
I'm not a goy so I don't do Christmas, but I'm buying a lot of books for myself because of all the sweet holiday deals going on.
Just finished this beautiful baby, can we have a discussion about it without descending into doubles?
What was your favorite chapter? I was surprised how much the "Girls" series made me wince, Ellis is a fantastically disgusting writer. He's a fantastic writer in general, IMO. One of my favorite motifs was how the detailed and literal accounts of torture, rape and murder were contrasted with the detailed descriptions of people's outfits and gadgets.
Anything else by Ellis that's worth checking out?
>>7485740
Killing the Queen's dog.
My favorite part
OP is either b8 or a child.
>mfw can we have a discussion about it without descending into doubles
the movie was better.
now fuck off
hey /lit/ my sister keeps bugging me to read this book. what am in for?
>>7485692
Some very good prose set against a pretty traditional narrative. Note, I've not read Cement Garden, but all of Mcewan's books are like that.
she wants to fuck
It's literally about brother sister incest. Why is she...?
