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How do I into speculative realism?
>>8229655
take a guess
Don't know but I'm getting Masciandaro's Sermones Contra Solicitudinem next week, can't wait
The obvious answer would be to start with the Greeks but I suppose Kant would also be a decent entry point.
Every book is about relationships and since you either want to be a writer or better reader or both then you need to experience modern relationships and experiences.
How many times in the last month have you:
>had a one night stand after a party or nightclubbing
>had sex after meeting a girl from tinder
>had sex on the first date
>been texted for sex late at night
>updated your Instagram and Facebook for personal...
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>>8229535
Have you ever read Notes from the Underground?
>>8229560
Yes.
What does /lit/ think of Tennyson's poetry?
I've read a few, they are quite striking and dramatic, but I don't know how to criticise or say why he is great, good or bad?
>>8229527
Lots of filler but very good at his best.
Ulysses is wonderful
>>8229979
memoriam too
Mason & Dixon for non USA people? I love Pynchon, I've read V, TCoL49, GR, IV, BE, and I'm currently re-reading GR. I realize M&D is up there with his best work, but I've been keeping away from it because of the USA-centric themes. I'm not from the US, and I see that the entire book is about themes, stories and lives that revolve around the USA history. I suspect the book would resonate far more deeply in Americans, and not so much in people from other countries.
So, /lit/, my question would be: will I still enjoy reading M&D even if I'm...
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>>8229505
inb4, read it and find out. Come one now, I'm trying to have a conversation here. See if someone could share his/her experience, etc
>>8229505
I don't think you realize the state of the US education system. You likely know as much as or more than the typical person your age in the United States. Just jump in.
>>8229505
yes you fucking idiot. I'm Canadian. instead of thinking about it as the USA, just think about it as a new blossoming country. any country for that matter.
"1984" is a dystopian novel set in a hyper-authoritarian future.
"Fahrenheit 451" is a dystopian novel set in a hyper-libertarian future.
What are some good dystopian or sci-fi novels that portray society on the far left and right?
atlas shrugged tee bee heitch
how is fahrenheit 451 in any way a libertarian future
Try the oryx & crake books.
Just ordered Collected Fictions by Borges. Is he really as good as I've heard?
>>8229462
Yep. You'll love it.
>>8229462
read it yourself and find out.
Both boxes or bust.
>>8229440
what is the probability you will get nothing from box two?
i'd probably take the $1000 desu, treat myself to something nice
Don't really get it. If the computer predicts what you will do with perfect accuracy, it is impossible to trick the computer.
What are your favorite lit battles?
Everyone loves Lord of the Rings fights, books or movies
But what other fantasy/scifi/etc written fights do you love?
>>8229432
bump
>>8229536
m8 I'm sorry
I'm new here, from /x/
a much faster board
I know many of us here on /lit/ have strong political opinions, and often beatnik marxists and right-wing reactionaries will have a go at each other over Kerouac, Rand, and other less important authors. This type of debate still contributes to the vibrancy of intellectual (i use the term loosely) discussion on /lit/, and I don't think anybody (aside from a few raging autists) minds this.
What nobody likes are the epik memrz who start 1000 threads about the same philosophers and reddit-tier authors daily, despite having nothing novel to say. I encourage everyone who...
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What nobody likes are morons who dislike authors simply because they are mentioned often on a website, and clearly lack the ability to discern talent and sensibilities considering the authors listed are so drastically disparate in style and content that only a true sniveling idiot would think making a thread like this was a good idea
>>8229323
What anime character is she supposed to b cosplaying???
Do you express abstract thought around others, particularly your family? I can't have conversations beyond day to day, practical small talk with the people around me without feeling completely alone. Do I just fake it? No one in my family reads or thinks about philosophy or a life outside jobs and money. I'm home for the summer and just waiting to go back to school. I work and am a responsible person but everyone immediately around me fails to see value in being conscious and appreciating the phenomenon that is being alive. I see the zeitgeist but they just cast off...
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>>8229321
>everyone around me fails to see value in being conscious
>fails to appreciate being alive
>beyond their comprehension
You're an idiot and the reason they blow you off is because you sound dumb/pretentious and they literally feel embarrassed.
>>8229348
/thread
>>8229321
Yea bro
Brebare your mind-anus for a lifetime of this. Maybe as you grow older and you've satisfied some of the deeper questions/motivations propelling you towards abstract thought you'll be able to enjoy general pleb conversations more
Who are some authors similar to Cormac McCarthy? Maybe a bit more hopeful.
Denis Johnson's book "Jesus' Son."
i tried my hand at a shakespearean sonnet
any feedback from /lit/ ?
Fucking gold m80
>are you stoned?
>tries to be Hemingway
ITT: We recommend eachother American literature to read over the Independence Day weekend, preferably on the Independence movement itself.
I think My Brother Sam is Dead is alright.
My Kinsman Major Molineux
>>8229286
Wasn't paper still relatively expensive back then? Were they really okay with just tearing and scrunching it up like that, and throwing it on the floor?
Seems a bit bourgeois honestly; either they have a disregard for valuable things, or they have so much money it doesn't matter to them. Are those really the kinds of people you'd want making your constitution?
>>8229333
>the people who made the US constitution were bourgeoisie largely looking out for their own interests
No way! Next you're going to tell me there were people living here when we got here.
Was he a spook himself?
considering that hes unspooked himself enough that the only picture of him is a desperate doodle. id say yeah. the problem is you at the moment of writing this post, are a contributor to his bespookment.
Life is a spook
I thought about that. I also thought about the Ego itself being a spook. Essentially you put yourself ahead of you in the hierarchy which leads to the weird situation of you not getting the best because you try to get the best of yourself.
Do you think Maria deserved to be kill?
This book should gave been forgotten imo
>>8229295
why?
>>8229311
It feels like a mediocre mix of the stranger and notes from underground
