Did John Waters imply we get laid?
>>7430045
No, he's outright giving the advice that you shouldn't fuck illiterate plebs. It's not to imply all book nerds fuck constantly.
>>7430055
lel this
OP your reading comprehension is shit
>>7430045
but I only have an e-reader :<
Just bought crime and punishment
Anything i should know before i read it
>>7430000
How to read.
>>7430000
What translation you got?
>>7430000
Russian, Orthodox Christianity, the Greeks
Serious question, besides the wiki obviously, how do you guys find new books to read? Is goodreads a trustworthy website for lists and recommendations? It seems like they are good for some things but very lacking in others (for example you can find massive lists of general history books but a search for "Japan history" or "Eastern history" lists turns up nothing. also they often mislabel historical fiction as non-fiction).
Please forgive my newfaginess.
>>7429948
LibraryThing's tagmash system has been my best resource for finding specific subsections of shit to read for years now.
You start with, say, Russian literature:
www.librarything.com/tag/Russian+literature
What if you want surreal Russian literature?
https://www.librarything.com/tag/Russian+literature,+surreal
Or poetry?
https://www.librarything.com/tag/Russian+literature,+poetry
Obviously the books aren't always applicable to both things, since it's relying on user tags, and users don't always know best, or might have just accidentally tagged it that. But it's a perfect jumping off point. This also doesn't assess quality.
>>7429948
It it's serious non-fiction, a good book usually has an index of literature quoted or used in the back, providing a starting point for further reading.
>>7429948
I have friends who read and constantly recommend and discuss books, and I read the book reviews in magazines, so if anything it's harder to prioritize all the promising titles that I hear about.
I'm tired of looking up words on my kindle and finding that they are not available in the default dictionary. Does anyone have a far more complete dictionary that they are using on their ereader?
>>7429891
>not using a dictionary
>>7429891
google . com : define word
dictionary . com
>>7429900
Regular dictionary breaks the flow of reading too much.
>finish a book
>see a relevant thread
>ask question or offer opinion
>"fuck off/faggot/retard"
>shamed into not posting
>lurk more, build knowledge/courage to contribute
>"kill yourself"
>mask thoughts with memes to subtly or ironically hint at thoughts
>"kek"
>kek indeed
>>7429874
Welcome to post-modernism.
>lol that's a pretty funny post OP, you think of it yourself?
That's /lit/ in a nutshell. Are ironic insults the result of low brain activity or the cause?
>>7429874
I don't know the quality of your posts, but there is definitely an atmosphere of hostility here.
Just bought these 28 new books. Had to get two of my assistants to hold the stacks so they didn't slide off my Ferrari "Book-Mobile." I always buy multiple genres of books: biographies, history, charity, business, fitness, & self help - be eclectic, be yourself.
The depth of your knowledge base is the best predictor of your future.
Has /lit/ ever tried this creativity trick? grab two unrelated books and lay in bed and flip between reading them both.
Watch how the ideas bounce around and produce brand new concepts.
Also, /book haul general/
You can do better than that Tai
pics of assistants plz tai
>>7429933
no just their feet
I'm interested in becoming a successful writer and I've heard that most of them are polyglots.
At CC atm, but headed to UT Austin in the spring. I took Spanish in high school, but want to learn a language that will force me to think about language in different ways.
I'm leaning toward German rn.
ITT: OP and me
>>7429823
Sort of cart before the horse here. You learn other languages so you can read other languages, not as some hack to better writing
>>7429823
learn latin or ancient greek. it will definitely change the way you think about language and will expand your vocabulary
So, I finished reading Ivanhoe, and I quite enjoyed it (Even if it is too bad he had to choose boring Rowena over delicious Rebecca).
I'm in the mood for more knights and chivalry.
What other books should I read? Also, is there any book that serves as manual for knights? Some sort of western Hagakure?
>>7429822
Don Quijote tbqh
The Wizard Knight drew a lot from Arthurian myth, you may find it interesting.
>>7429822
Le morte d'arthur is literally THE medieval chivalry book.
The Once and Future King is a comfy,fun retelling of it.
So I just read all three short stories/novellas from the New York trilogy and I was absolutely blown away
Auster is like Murakami, but actually good and compelling and creepy
what should I read next by him? I did really enjoy the mystery/crime/post-existentialism of the NY trilogy and I would like to read more with that vibe, but I would not be opposed to his other works
>pic related: qt auster
The Invention of Solitude, his first book, a memoir, is really good. I recommend going there next. You can read it in a day. Leviathan is also pretty good, as is Invisible, which I read while visiting Tokyo recently. Thinking about it conjures up happy memories of reading while taking the subway all over the city.
>>7429755
He seems to be in eclipse for whatever reason. I enjoyed Moon Palace.
>>7429800
dennis?
zizek has ruined me /lit/
whenever someone says something i just shout 'PURE IDEOLOGY MY GOTT' at them and rant about hegel
what should i read in order to be able to function again
pic related
Just shout MEIN GOTT instead, it works for me.
>>7429736
>he fell for the Zizek meme
we got another one boys
>>7429736
>having sex
I mean, c'mon!
It's pure ideology
Dear Aristotle:
YOUR COCKSUCKING BOOK HAS REDUCED ME TO A GIBBERING MAN-APE WHOSE ONLY RESORT TO DEALING WITH THE ALMIGHTY loving GRIEF IT'S BESTOWED UPON ME IS TO SCREAM AND HURT MYSELF.
Seriously, I am jumping up and down and throwing my shit in handfuls at the loving wall in some impotent primal effort to get the thing to make sense. I have been sitting here trying to enjoy your book - YOUR BOOK, YOUR COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, YOUR CONTRACT BETWEEN AUTHOR AND READER THAT THE READER WILL ENJOY YOUR PRODUCT - but instead the fucking thing's been crawling out of my hands and taking warm shits in my gaping eyes, Swear to god, you should have just added a little door to the front cover through which a hand pops out and flips me off, because I am insulted that your editor or publishers or whatever brainless shitstove three genes short of a monkey FAGNUT prints your books through thought that a person with more than a single loving digit IQ could enjoy "On Poetics" INSULTED
WORK WITH ME HERE: The goal's simple enough!Read the first line Hey, that's fine, it's just like any of Plato's works; not a problem! Only deal is your cross-eyed tongue-slapping ass decided to give the obscure meaning every single fucking line possible
HURRR, you say. THAT'S JUST THE CHALLENGE. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EASY. Well fuck that noise, you lopsided frankenfaced fuckfurter.
Tell me, please, why does the BOOK have to win? Huh? What happens when the book wins and I lose? Is there some huge fucking kegger waiting for it when it gets done? Is there money involved? Or perhaps the motives are more sinister. Maybe the book's family is being held hostage by another book and that book has it's cock in Nicomachean Ethics's wife's mouth and he's holding a cell phone up to her and Nicomachean Ethics can hear her pained moans and cries for help and the asshole book then says, "You beat that cock-sucking human, or I'll blow her brains out." I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT. I CAN BE SYMPATHETIC.
It's not any fun if I can't understand, you faggot. I want to move on. I want to unlock whatever piece of shit platitude you have hidden away from me so I can start philosophizing and living the literary lifestyle. When your book prevents me from fully enjoying the product I have bought you have failed in your fucking mission to deliver a book. You lose! You break the contract! You contract the gay and fucking DIE DIE DIE.
Wow, what an over-the-top reaction to some amazing pieces of literature, but I see where you're coming from, life does get frustrating when you can't comprehend past a 4th grade level.
>>7429722
Read Plato, he's much easier going. Aristotle was just a kek anyway.
FUCKING ARISTOTLE SLOW THE FUCK DOWN I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YOUR IDEAS
What's the point of reading old books if the settings and themes are so far removed from our modern world that there's really no way of connecting with them? We live in an age of the internet and social media, and nothing in, say, The Odyssey, relates to that, so what's the point of reading it if it has nothing to do with the most influential and relevant things in our lives?
>i can only relate to things and places
>what are humans
>what are emotions
>beep boop
>>7429682
By this logic, there's no point watching a film that isn't set in modern day or likewise playing a video game with any fantasy of science fiction elements.
>>7429682
this guy will tell you
I give this a light 6.
cool
now go kill yourself, you tasteless piece of garbage.
I give this a light 6.
Kill yourself
Literally the best existentialist work ever written, philosophy or literature.
>>7429602
>Literally the first existentialist work I ever read, philosophy or literature.
ftfy op
is this the underage readers who just came from r/books containment thread?
>>7429602
No. This is.
>he still watches porn
>>7429571
I don't watch porn or masturbate anymore.
>>7429571
I quit after James Deen rape allegations.
Porn is inherently misogynist.
>>7429581
This. It's extremely demeaning not only to women but also to sex and intimacy itself.
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