Anyone else think this is a fantastic novel? Best book I've ever bought on impulse.
Also David Foster Wallace general thread.
>>7378191
well memed
>>7378193
I just bought it as well because I heard it was a literal dank meme book.
It's really good if I am to proceed forth with honesty, kinsman.
>>7378191
It's a good book. Don't listen to all the gay anti-memers, they just don't want you to have fun
Anyone else think this is a fantastic novel? Best book I've ever bought on impulse.
Also Joe Hill general thread.
Yes I actually really enjoyed it. Movie sucked dick.
>>7378304
I didn't think the movie was completely horrible, but it definitely didn't stick to the book enough. The book worked because it explained everything- I feel like I would have missed a lot in the movie if I hadn't read the book first and that pretty much means it failed as an adaptation.
>>7378304
Deja vu
why did the artist put all these tattoos on him? what do they represent or mean?(serious question)
>>7378112
I'm trudging through "American Nietzsche" while working on a few other things and one thing that the author nails is how Nietzsche has been "processed" through so many different and sometimes diametrically opposed lenses he can represent almost anything to anyone depending on one's interpretation/reading
>>7378112
He inspired all the interesting things that ever happened & he lov'd a girlie named lou.
>>7378121
he inspired communism, judaism, christianity, naziism, the illuminati, whatever the hell that skull thing is, that latin(?) quote, and that naked chick?
what books forever changed your perception of reality/existence?
bigger mindfuck the better
This.You are God Himself that willfully contracted into a limited form and is playfully pretending to be a mortal human.
That Scripture is a major Universal Spoiler of Life. Don't read it if you want to keep pretending to be a human being.
>>7378054
If interested...
we will begin groupd reading that scripture on /r/Trika ... we haven't started yet
Lolita (Nabokov) discussion?
>>7377925
me, shoulder.
Light
>>7377925
Thinking of getting this for my Girlfriend for christmas, is it decent?
>How can one man be literally so right about everything?
>>7377867
Genetics and one of the most traumatic childhoods in Germany were big parts of it.
>>7377867
who is it?
And yes I'm sorry for being Plebian and not knowing.
>>7377884
*Austria
this is probably the best book thats been written in the last 30 years.
>>7377866
Lolno. Not even in the top ten.
>>7377866
This book is excellent but 20 years is a little much. Maybe the best book of this century thus far, but there are much better texts that were published between 1985 and 2000
p.s. I met this man and he's a real piece of shit
>>7377870
It's not the best book of this century either.
Thoughts on Starship Troopers?
>>7377854
Effectively evokes everything good about the military and effectively downplays everything bad.
>>7377854
/lit/ - literature
>>7377854
Fun.
www.ideologylit.com
ONE MONTH UNTIL SUBMISSIONS CLOSE EDITION
Ideology is accepting submissions for #001 Heat until December 15th!
We have a US$500 prize for the best story or poem that features the issue's theme of "Heat." We also accept rolling submissions for general prose and poetry.
>What is this?
Ideology is a new quarterly literary journal that publishes in January, April, July, and October. Check out our proof-of-concept issue, #000 Genesis: www.ideologylit.com/genesis
>How can I submit?
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>What's accepted?
All unpublished poetry and prose is accepted on a rolling basis. We only accept English submissions and/or translations.
>What about the money?
Each issue also has a sort of "competition" centered around the theme. The submission that is picked to headline the issue will receive a US$50 prize (most likely through PayPal). Submissions for "Heat" will close December 15th. You can read more about the guidelines on our website.
>Is this the first literary journal from /lit/?
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>>7377837
Just some quick feedback: issue #00 was pretentious garbage with zero submissions of even mediocre quality. I'll still stick around to see what garbage you spit out this time for a laugh.
Also, why would you pick "Heat" as a theme for a winter issue? Are you all a bunch of southern hemisphere plebs?
$500 my ass.
>>7377890
If it's $500, I'm sure I can pull something mediocre out of my ass and claim it.
Was PKD just a paranoid schizophrenic, or actually onto something much deeper?
>>7377785
Elaborate, I haven't read any of his work but am interested in it.
What do you think about the book he was last working on?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_in_Daylight
>"The owl in daylight" is a phrase Dick heard on television. It means not to understand
What did he mean by this?
How many have you read, /lit/?
sadly, only 5
damn first comment ever on 4chan just to say read all of these except Harry Potter and Illuminatus and I didn't finish Pale King. Jesus Christ of course this is your top 100 lit revealing yourself all to be bastard normies and not even the best mishima either. JESUS FUCK U FUCKS.
What is the most disturbing, fucked up book you've ever read?
>>7377659
Better Angels
>>7377659
Oh boy here we go
>American Psycho
>The Torture Garden
>Story of the Eye
>The 120 Days of Sodom
>most (all?) of Ryu Murakami's books
>my diary to be honest with you family person
>>7377659
Illuminatus
what I don't understand with a lot of misanthropes is that they seem to put themselves at a level above all others
surely true misanthropy should include hatred of one self
What's it called when you don't exactly hate any other human, but more just hate yourself over all others?
>>7377666
pretty sure thats just good old self loathing
>>7377656
“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.”
/lit/izens
How do you organize your bookcases? I know most of us are too patricianor autisticto organize simply by author's last name.
I normally go for format of work, (novels, short story collections, poetry, plays, and philosophical texts) but I'm looking to do something new.
i sepreate mine by philosophical texts and everything else
I organise mine by colour and format; hardbacks on one shelf, paperbacks on another.
>>7377621
I take it you read primarily philosophy, right?
I've finished editing The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra 3: Tokyo Drift. The Everglades spinoff will be added on to make a double-feature. It will be available in free pdf (later in the thread), b&w paperback/hardcover and colour paperback at printer's costs.
In total it should be about 90,000 words and 450 (420?) pages once finished.
I await. Is there a place to find the others?
>>7377561
These are good for the next 48hrs
#1
http://expirebox.com/download/bfe5bf7f0b5c7252f0c32a6e1a2f174b.html
#2
http://expirebox.com/download/f7ddf75ff58812bf38b2c86b2c0cafe4.html
>>7377543
I thought this died, well done OP.
