What do you use and why over the other?
E-reader. It only takes a day or two to get used to, and after that it's multiple times better than using a physical book.
>>7374681
This
If I don't have a copy of the book I use my laptop.
On campus:
>omg t3h culture of consumerism is teh w0rst
>omg liek ur ttally rite lemme tweet that using my smartphone then put it on fb wif my tablet den ill use my macbook to make an anti-consumerism subreddit ad ill put a note of it in my kindel also.
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NEW BOOK BLANK PAGES!!!
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yeah this novelty has long since worn off
What are some must read Political Science/International Relations/Economics books that were recently released and where can I keep up with new releases?
For example
>Flash Boys
>Guns, Germs, and Steel
>Better Angels of Our Nature
For international relations,
The End of History by Fukuyama
The Clash of Civilizations by Huntington
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by Mearsheimer
Theory of International Relations by Waltz
>>7374481
>reading pop-sci bullshit
Just start with Clash of Civilization and End of History.
Read The End of History by Fukuyama, The Clash of Civilizations by Huntington, and Theory of International Relations by Waltz in first year of Uni, and Mearsheimer's work gets cited so often I feel like I've read everything he's written twice over.
I'm looking more for recent publications that people are just now talking about but not really sure where too look and too autistic to ask any professor for suggestions.
The top 10 billboard charts of polisci/ir/economics texts that 'plebs' are flocking to.
You're in the desert and this guy comes up to you and says, "ta onómata." What do you do?
>>7374335
Follow the weird naked indian, man. Also garth's sports illustrated swimsuit edition is in the mail.
You're in the Greek wilderness and this confused old man stumbles out of a cave shouting "BEANER?" at you. What do you do?
>>7374363
Didn't you think it was a trifle unnecessary that you could see the indian's naked bum?
What is /lit/'s opinion of James Franco as an author?
>>7374148
So little would be lost if he died.
>>7374157
/thread
>>7374148
stop
are his books worth reading?
if so which ones
a recommended guide of where to start would also be great
how do you rank his books?
His novels are second-rate. Look into his poetry.
Mayor of Casterbridge
>>7374038
His poetry is second rate, look into his novels.
Tess is a good place to start OP.
Read some nasty shit about Malazan the Kingkiller series and throw them to recycle bin. Should I do the same with any others?
>>7373634
>Nick Cave
what did you hear
>>7373661
to big, slow pace... and fantasy isn't realy my thing
best translation of Iliad and Odyssey?
>Lattimore
>Fitzgerald
>Fagles
>Lombardo
or others.
butler
Chapman
Fitzgerald first if you have trouble understanding Chapman
>>7373399
Erland Lagerlöf.
DUDE MONEY CANT BUY YOU HAPPINESS LMAO
DUDE WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND LMAO
DUDE EVERYTHING WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME EVERYTHING ELSE LMAO
>>7373206
Pretty much-- but your second point is not present anywhere in the book.
I liked this film adaption that was uploaded recently
https://youtu.be/JVss4Fa3uAw
Money really cannot buy "happiness." ("The only benefit of civilization consists in a greater variety of sensory experiences").
Karma is a great deal more complex than "what goes around comes around"-- in fact, that phrase is not only incomplete it's totally inaccurate.
Buddhism is not pantheistic. If Nirvana were simply dissolving back into the all then death would be Nirvana, and death is absolutely not Nirvana.
>>7373227
>but your second point is not present anywhere in the book.
when siddhartha's son takes jis leave of his father, that action mirrors when siddhartha leaves his own father. "what goes around comes around". siddhartha pretty much says this himself, that it's a cruel irony.
What /lit/ related things are you asking Santa for this christmas?
>>7373202
A quiet death in my sleep.
>>7373205
so you want Santa to murder you?
>>7373202
santa...psh no such thing. just a fiary tale designed to make little kids suck up to the economical corporate man. merry christmas? i think not
Evola’s thought can be considered one of the most radically and consistently antiegalitarian, antiliberal, antidemocratic, and antipopular systems in the twentieth century
Discuss.
>>7373018
>Thin hair.
I don't care what ugly people have to say.
>>7373039
spoken like a true anglo
Whats your favorite ending quote to a book?
>>7372738
>YES I WAS A MOUNTAIN FLOWER I SAID YES I WAS ULYSSES
Really Joyce?
>>7372906
Ya I liked it
When you are writing do you spell out numbers?
255 vs two hundred and fifty-five
Which is better? Why?
><10 write it out
>>10 use the numerals
>>7372508
and if it is exactly 10, use '11 minus one'
>>7372493
Yes, it looks better. Numbers seem to disturb the text and make it look ugly and administrative.
"John went to the market and bought five apples.
"John went to the market and bought 5 apples."
The latter is text message tier.
I'm looking for books on contemporary Japanese society. Namely examinations the cultures' increasing neuroticism, perversion, nihilism and declining population. Both fiction and non-fiction are fine.
*bows respectfully towards you*
>>7371742
ha-so
Ryu Murakami. Coin Locker Babies inspired a moderate amount of Japanese pop fiction and is super-gross and violent and surreal (and has Anemone, the best waifu in fiction), so you won't get bored; and it's still pretty introspective about modern Japan, in a very nihilistic and funny way. From The Fatherland With Love is half-Tom Clancy half-social commentary.
How do you live the literary life, /lit/?
I wear khakis and boat shoes and a sweater almost every day.
How about you?
>>7371684
I read daily and enjoy it.
I listen to ice clink in my glass.
i write
