>finish a good book
>feel empty
>>7436758
eat the book.
>>7436758
talk to your girlfriend about it after you make love and are just holding each other under the blankets
>>7436758
What's her name, /lit/?
What is the 'I lost my dead hardened toenail that had been slowly turning into a green pork scratching' of literature?
Infinite Jest
>>7436669
Infinite Jest
>>7436669
>tfw my mum convinced me to put it in the bin.
I miss it.
Are subcultures simply groups that allow participants to engage in alternative forms of cultural expression, or do they provide participants with the tools to actively resist political and cultural hegemony?
>>7436648
My question is just as philosophical as it is historical
>>7436645
>Are subcultures simply groups that allow participants to engage in alternative forms of cultural expression
for weak readings of alternative, sure.
>do they provide participants with the tools to actively resist political and cultural hegemony?
no
We should play that game where we draw a scene from a book and others guess where it's from.
>>7436585
anna karenina?
Casablanca.
>>7436587
Yeh.
Literary confession thread
>>7436455
Give an example so that we can emulate it. Are they supposed to be like "I haven't read X yet?"
>>7436455
i don't read threads on /lit/ i just highlight text from random posts and post a smug pepe
9 out of 10 times it derails the thread
>>7436455
I eat from the trash can of ideology.
Any particular reason why The Pale King isn't nearly as memey (not to mention hardly mentioned) on /lit/ as IJ?I'm planning on reading Infinite Jest this winter
The fact that it's unfinished makes me expect that it'll be completely unsatisfying when over, but I started it recently and the writing is miles and away above Infinite Jest. I loved DFW up to and including Girl with Curious Hair and then IJ just seemed to throw all talent out the window with a really awkward and poor Pynchon impression.
>>7436393
Felt more satisfied at the end of PK than IJ, TBQH.
>>7436393
If you think that it was a poor Pynchon impression then the book failed you. Nice bait though
Had a fun run at Wal Mart yesterday, totally nude and lubed. Stole a copy of Deepak Chopra's book "Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream". I am new man! I think I would be okay with witnessing a scalping. This is revelation!
>>7436318
This sum wild shit bra.
>www.somethingawful.com
lol that place it still around? remember when they had all the meme juice? blast from the past me, shit i think i'll check out ytmnd too
>>7436354
http://rainbowstalin.ytmnd.com/
gud times
I heard something about how Borges used to write stories about books he would want to read himself.
What kind of book would you want to read about if you could make up the basic plot and pick the author who writes it?
>>7436265
i'd write about a russian ant, and the author would be myself.
>>7436265
I'd read Borges' take on a man turning into Borges
i write what i want to read
Do you think tweeting has any literary value?
Have you read Selected Tweets? Anything of value in it or just nonsensical dribble? Opinions on Mira, David, Tao, Darcie, etc.?
And of course: follow for follow
I don't know if it's the character limit, but a lot of tweets look like they were written by sad, handicapped people.
>>7436250
It's what's "in"
Did anyone else like this book as much as I did? It's seriously the best dystopian sci-fi ever written.
absolute shit bookdude has an opportunity to rebuild civilization and spends all his time telling them bullshit stories instead of teaching them basic math and science what the actual fuck
>>7436190
I love it. Read it in a graduate course. Professor said the sequel was horrible, so I've not continued on.
>>7436476
Did you somehow not get the point of the book? Snowman isn't Crake. Because he was a "words" guy, he was never coveted. It's what and who he is, so yeah, he's going to do that.
good non-american, detective fiction?
Sherlock Holmes
>>7436172
Begin with the British
>>7436172
Embark with the Elizabethians.
How much will learning French help with reading original works of French authors? Obviously it would help alot because it is in its original prose, but is there a massive difference between reading a translation and reading the original?
pic semirelated
>>7436152
I just recently learned to read French and read Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, and Madame de Lafayette. As far as comprehension goes, it is not very much better than English. But the flow of sound when reading French is certainly more pleasing than English, if you are into that stuff.
waste of time unless you are immersed in the language and living the country day in and day out.
Your french will be too slow and clumsy to ever enjoy reading anything moderately complex. You'll end up just reading the translation instead
>>7436606
shut up you pleb
anyone who has learnt a dead language can tell your entire post is bullshit
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Does /lit/ know of any authors who write Twilight Zone type of short stories? The kind with a twist at the end.
> [pic semi-related]
>>7436065
Phillip K. Dick.
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>>7436118
> Noted
I'm a Dick head aswell. Kepp them coming anon
Borges
So wait does Rachel get off to hanging out with guys and then diddling herself to the car?
Why did Benny tack up all those condoms? Everything else so far in this book is great but da fuck is being implied here besides sexual attraction to cars?
If you're that fucking stupid, stop now.
>>7436002
Edge with a hint of superiority, nice.
I don't understand what you're asking, been a while since I read the book, but yes, Rachel is in love with her Mg.
What is the literary equivalent of shitposting?
Reading the novelization of The Dark Knight Rises
>>7435941
Literature that promotes:
Feminism
Communism
Atheism/Nihilism
Drug use
Racemixing
Pick your poison
Foucault
