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"If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them" 2015-12-06 20:51:53 Post No.7430045
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"If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them" Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:51:53 Post No. 7430045 [Report] [View thread]

Did John Waters imply we get laid?

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:58:08 Post No.7430055
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:58:08 Post No.7430055 [Report]

>>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.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 21:01:05 Post No.7430058
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 21:01:05 Post No.7430058 [Report]

>>7430055
lel this

OP your reading comprehension is shit

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 21:03:17 Post No.7430063
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 21:03:17 Post No.7430063 [Report]

>>7430045
but I only have an e-reader :<

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2015-12-06 20:37:12 Post No.7430000
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:37:12 Post No. 7430000 [Report] [View thread]

Just bought crime and punishment

Anything i should know before i read it

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:41:09 Post No.7430011
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:41:09 Post No.7430011 [Report]

>>7430000
How to read.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:42:42 Post No.7430019
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:42:42 Post No.7430019 [Report]

>>7430000
What translation you got?

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:44:03 Post No.7430025
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:44:03 Post No.7430025 [Report]

>>7430000
Russian, Orthodox Christianity, the Greeks

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2015-12-06 20:16:39 Post No.7429948
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:16:39 Post No. 7429948 [Report] [View thread]

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.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:21:43 Post No.7429961
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>>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...
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:24:32 Post No.7429969
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:24:32 Post No.7429969 [Report]

>>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.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:25:21 Post No.7429972
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>>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.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:02:45 Post No. 7429891 [Report] [View thread]

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?

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:03:57 Post No.7429900
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:03:57 Post No.7429900 [Report]

>>7429891
>not using a dictionary

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:04:03 Post No.7429903
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:04:03 Post No.7429903 [Report]

>>7429891
google . com : define word
dictionary . com

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:06:18 Post No.7429915
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:06:18 Post No.7429915 [Report]

>>7429900
Regular dictionary breaks the flow of reading too much.

Anonymous
2015-12-06 19:59:41 Post No.7429874
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:59:41 Post No. 7429874 [Report] [View thread]

>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"
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:01:31 Post No.7429881
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:01:31 Post No.7429881 [Report]

>>7429874
Welcome to post-modernism.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:02:31 Post No.7429890
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:02:31 Post No.7429890 [Report]

>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?

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:05:41 Post No.7429911
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>>7429874
I don't know the quality of your posts, but there is definitely an atmosphere of hostility here.

Anonymous
2015-12-06 19:52:23 Post No.7429853
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:52:23 Post No. 7429853 [Report] [View thread]

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/

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:02:54 Post No.7429892
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:02:54 Post No.7429892 [Report]

You can do better than that Tai

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:12:28 Post No.7429933
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:12:28 Post No.7429933 [Report]

pics of assistants plz tai

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:13:01 Post No.7429935
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:13:01 Post No.7429935 [Report]

>>7429933
no just their feet

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:39:18 Post No. 7429823 [Report] [View thread]

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.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:41:38 Post No.7429830
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:41:38 Post No.7429830 [Report]

ITT: OP and me

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:50:13 Post No.7429851
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:50:13 Post No.7429851 [Report]

>>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

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:53:31 Post No.7429856
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:53:31 Post No.7429856 [Report]

>>7429823
learn latin or ancient greek. it will definitely change the way you think about language and will expand your vocabulary

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Knights and Chivalry 2015-12-06 19:39:04 Post No.7429822
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Knights and Chivalry Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:39:04 Post No. 7429822 [Report] [View thread]

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?

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:39:42 Post No.7429826
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>>7429822
Don Quijote tbqh

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:40:42 Post No.7429828
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:40:42 Post No.7429828 [Report]

The Wizard Knight drew a lot from Arthurian myth, you may find it interesting.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:40:49 Post No.7429829
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>>7429822
Le morte d'arthur is literally THE medieval chivalry book.

The Once and Future King is a comfy,fun retelling of it.

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Paul Auster 2015-12-06 19:22:10 Post No.7429755
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Paul Auster Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:22:10 Post No. 7429755 [Report] [View thread]

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

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:34:30 Post No.7429800
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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.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:57:11 Post No.7429865
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>>7429755
He seems to be in eclipse for whatever reason. I enjoyed Moon Palace.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:22:24 Post No.7429963
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 20:22:24 Post No.7429963 [Report]

>>7429800
dennis?

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:17:28 Post No. 7429736 [Report] [View thread]

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

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:19:55 Post No.7429747
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Just shout MEIN GOTT instead, it works for me.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:21:17 Post No.7429753
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>>7429736
>he fell for the Zizek meme
we got another one boys

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:22:29 Post No.7429756
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>>7429736
>having sex
I mean, c'mon!
It's pure ideology

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:12:53 Post No. 7429722 [Report] [View thread]

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...
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 23:04:37 Post No.7430530
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 23:04:37 Post No.7430530 [Report]

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.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 23:11:25 Post No.7430560
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>>7429722
Read Plato, he's much easier going. Aristotle was just a kek anyway.

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 23:14:04 Post No.7430567
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 23:14:04 Post No.7430567 [Report]

FUCKING ARISTOTLE SLOW THE FUCK DOWN I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YOUR IDEAS

Anonymous
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:04:53 Post No. 7429682 [Report] [View thread]

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?

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:06:09 Post No.7429689
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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:06:09 Post No.7429689 [Report]

>i can only relate to things and places
>what are humans
>what are emotions
>beep boop

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Anonymous 2015-12-06 19:06:20 Post No.7429690
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>>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.

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