>Think of great idea for my final year Literature thesis
>Google it
>It's already been done by someone two years ago
Is there such thing as an original piece of critical analysis?
wait until Hypersphere gets published, then put us on the map in English, instead of Portuguese like the spic who wrote about TLOTIAT.
>>7335663
Yes
Define "original."
total newfag here, i just have one question: From all these books, are the ones who have solid movie adaptations worth reading over the movies?
I don't mean this in your perspective, in the average person perspective, is there something more rewarding about reading the books instead of watching the movies?
It's a reading starter kit--a mediocre one at that--it's purposes is to get you into reading, not film.
Maybe one would find a film better, but that would be due to poor reading ability.
For a good starter film: Seven Samurai directed by Kurosawa.
>>7335569
yes: american psycho, clockwork orange.
movie were better: 1984 (John hurt version), electric sheep (blade runner)
>>7335587
Clockwork Orange movie is shit. The book is galaxies better, if I may be so frank (iimbsf).
Why aren't there more books from authors who have overcome addictions to drugs? It's such a fascinating subject you don't see written about too often.
>>7335541
drugs and addictoin is actually really boring, but I don't know what you are on about there are a ton of books about that
>>7335541
People without other passions or outlets are far more likely to become addicts than other people who try the same drugs. It's just against the odds that addicts would also be good writers, though of course there are notable exceptions and "good" is somewhat subjective.
>>7335541
You never get over addiction OP.
It's something that lives with you for the rest of your life, an endless battle on all fronts, waiting for you to lapse in judgement, jut once, to reclaim you fully.Don't do drugs, mkay?How was my prose guys? Did I do you proud /lit/?
so... i started this
not nearly as hard as I expected but...i'm honestly just bored
just reading about bloom's love for eating innards
when does it get good
congratulations, senpai, you fell for a meme
It gets much more confusing, don't worry. ilymtaf
it doesn't.
that's kind of the point.
but i would urge you to read on, if not for the personal reward of reading what is considered a masterpiece of modern literature, then for being in a truly small percentage of the reading population that has actually read this book back to front.
the book does have many interesting thoughts/sentences in it, further down half way, though.
Just bought a Kindle. What shoul I know/do?
>>7335423
>bought a Kindle
Congratulations family, you fell for a meme.
You know you can just read over peoples' shoulders (for free) on the bus and they can't legally make you stop, right? Knowledge is free, dumbass.
>>7335423
1. Download Calibre ebook management software
2. Download tens of thousands of books for from various torrents
3. Never read any of them
4. Eventually sell your kindle
Just kidding... just make sure you actually use it to read. and actually download calibre...
Calibre is indeed a must, if you own a kindle.
Will reading everyday really make me smarter?
Do I need to read anything specific or can I read what I want? Stuff like pic related.
As you can tell I'm a fucking dumbass right now.
In a really passive way it'll help you learn to make complex connections.
>>7335374
It won't make you smarter, but make you feel and seem smarter.
It will improve many things, but of-course it depends on what you read. You will become better at reading for one, and you may find that your critical thinking skills have improved. But, it all depends on what you read: read a book on logic and your logical thinking will improve, read a book on the history of Mesopotamia and your knowledge and memory shall improve, read a book on bicycle repair and your DIY skills will improve.
Hello /lit/ first time posting here but I need your help.
I'm trying to make a Book-et list (like a bucket list but for books) and I need to know what you think its imperative I read right now
>>7335299
Lolita, read it and only it and only it for the rest of your dull life.
So what does this OP like.
everything on Oprah's book club
Was he right?
>>7335267
Was he wrong?
His methods were good, but his ideas completely discredit him.
>>7335267
is tHis mr robot
who /tusquets/ master race here?
>>7335252
>reading Pynchon in Spanish
JUST
>>7335252
That would be 11/10 if not for the checkered border
Still a nice looking copy though
>>7335306
I actually like the checkered border, as long as it's clean.
just finished the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven
what are some of the best books on the Crusades?
>>7335369
Fuck you.
>>7335369
>>7335371
What a meme to be alive, truly.
>>7335400
Why wouldn't you?
So did this book change anyone else's life?
https://youtu.be/Zs00RHaCkAo
Yeah, it made the writer really rich
>>7335137
Absolutely.
I was severely depressed and highly suicidal in college, but after catching an episode of Oprah on my mom's TV I knew I had to see this for myself.
In one months' time between buying the book and finishing the program, I got a GF, lost 140 lbs, joined the Masonic Brotherhood of Omaha, and won 400 dollars
Anyone start to read chinese fantasy power novels?
Can yourecommendsome?
>>7335069
Chinese here.
Don't waste your time on that.
who here has/had pleb groan zone "what u readin for" parents
do u wish u were read moby dick when u were a baby
>>7335053
what u posting for
>>7335064
idk if i should read my infant moby dick or let it watch disney movies idk what to do
>>7335067
at such a young age, i doubt an infant would understand either moby dick or disney movies
I would play with it to improve motor functions
it's an infant, after all. One step at a time
Lets settle this long standing question. Were the ancient Greeks really as prone to homosexuality as our modern perceptions make them seem?
>>7334938
Probably. What's it to you anyway?
Socrates was not only ripped, he was FUCKING ripped. Pretty much every Greek philosopher, poet, tragedian, and so on would have been, because they were all adult male citizens, and either had to fight in the army or (later) row in the fleet. Or both.
People underestimate the level of physical exertion these things required. These guys worked out EVERY day. They worked out so much that they actually liked working out. They lived to work out. Their entire leisure time was composed of working out and getting gay over how hot their bods were in the balmy Mediterranean sun. The first ten fucking pages in Plato's FIRST dialogue have Socrates lusting over a teenager's sweaty, manly pecs through his toga. Socrates likens himself to a lion that is about to gobble up its prey. He can barely control himself. That is how the Western philosophical tradition starts: homoerotic lust for ripped abs. When Alcibiades, the manliest man in history, bursts into the famous drinking party, at which the guests are discussing the urbane topic of Love, it is to ask Socrates why he never fucked him in the ass when they cuddled. You know how the dialogue ends? Socrates goes to the gym and works out.
Modern recreations and reconstructions have not even succeeded in duplicating the physical feats reported of the Athenian soldiery - that is, the Athenian citizenry. Often, modern historians doubt that these feats are even being accurately reported, for instance the straight dash of the Athenian army across the entire field at Marathon. This is because modern athletes and bodybuilders can't even do these things, even with relatively light gear compared to what the Athenians actually carried. It took a team of Olympic master rowers to even APPROXIMATE the sailing techniques of the Athenian fleet, outside of combat conditions, on a placid sea. The entire Athenian fleet was regularly capable of these maneuvers, season after season, year after year, campaign after campaign. The sole engine of these maneuvers was muscle. Raw, sweaty, heaving Athenian muscle. Athenian men were the envy of the Aegean.
It is understandable that modern historians, coming from a society of flabby, skinnyfat wimps, are unable to comprehend the sheer manliness of Athens. Socrates saved Alciabiades in a hoplite battle in the Peloponnesian War. Aeschylus, the tragic poet, fought at Marathon. And all of them worked out and fucked ass, at every moment they weren't literally inventing Western civilisation.
They were all gay pedos. Except Sparta, they were just gay.
I have recently become aware that my world view is excessively Eurocentric. What are some of the best works / authors on east Asian history that don't completely focus on the last two centuries?
Bhagavad Gita
Dhammapada
Tale of Genji
1001 Nights
>>7334863
The Venture of Islam
Secret History of the Mongols / Secret History of the Mongol Queens
Oral Literature in Africa
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions
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