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ITT, overrated pieces of garbage.
>>7220799
Witnessed.
>>7220798
nice b8 m8e. Moby-Dick is about the one book which pretty much the entirety of /lit/ agrees is based.
Stirner is great read, but assumption of being able to escape spooks is wrong.
Why?
>two Stirner threads within 20 seconds
Spoopy
>>7220694
Also the only assumption that can be made here is that you haven't understood anything from your 'great read'
Who else here /free/?
How does it feel knowing that any problem with an idea can be instantly and confidently dealt with?
A constant state of rebellion with no need to pinned down to one idea. An orgy of ideals.
>>7220692
sounds like an explicit kind of willing slavery
Sounds pretty gay lol
>>7220697
>freedom is slavery
Anyway, I'm more into Nietzsche, but Stirner also seems like an okay guy
What does /lit/ have to say about Henry Darger and his book "In the Realms of the Unreal"?
Is there a particular abridged copy you would recommend?
Sorry, not gonna read a book by a guy who thought that girls have penises.
I can't seem to find a single published copy of In the Realms of the Unreal anywhere.
>>7220118
It's not published, and from the excerpts that are floating around it doesn't seem that interesting anyway. The guy was just some mentally damaged idiot pleb LOL
I don't visit /pol/ or anything like that but as somebody curious about history, I feel like I should ask: is there any genuine literary merit to Mein Kampf?
Has anyone on /lit/ read it? Does it give any insight into who Hitler was in terms of his motivations and personality or is it just a bunch of conspiratorial anti-semitic material? Is it actually worth reading if I'm interested in the history of Germany? Is there anything redeemable about the book that could be educational or at least psychologically revealing about the man himself?
historical merit at the absolute very least
>>7219895
Yeah, basically this. It should give insight into the nazi ideology that was building in prominence and maybe indicate how confident Hitler was but apart from that, I don't think I'd recommend it unless if you have a dissertation on Nazi-era Germany or something. Just download a PDF of it if you're curious.
Thoughts about him?
Do you have any, OP?
The Return of Philip Latinowicz and On The Edge of Reason are pretty damn good.
>>7219147
No I don't even know who he is!
How do we solve the dilettante question?
>>7218974
Well, first, we begin with the following: "What is the dilettante question?"
>>7218985
This. What do you want OP?
GAS 'EM
Best choose-your-own-adventure or other interactive fiction?
>>7218707
City of Thieves - Ian Livingstone
Lone Wolf books by Joe Dever and Gary Chalk
I think they may even be available online for free.
>>7221308
Here you go OP:
http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Home
What are some books with some good ideas, but bad writers?
Brave New World
Gravity's Rainbow
Finnegans Wake
>>7218711
ebin bait
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Why is this series so recommended? I read the premise on Amazon and it looked laughable.
read it and find out
The first series was like Dune meets Game of Thrones, set in some Crusaders vs Muslims with magicks and vikings or something like that. There's even a Paul Atreides 'comes Jesus.
Characterization is OK, at least he presents a few new-ish types of psychopaths, some interesting plot "twists".
The aesthetics were the best part, particularly in the first book where the culture feels more interesting and less generic, with some hints of the Chivalric. It's probably the best written out of the trilogy. The magic as some kind of semiotic spell was fun to read.
>>7218347
>Why is this series so recommended?
>so recommended
I haven't read so many recs in /lit/. It was hotter maybe 2 years ago.
In general it feels slightly more mature than your average fantasy reddit Branderson shit, especially in the narrative and the inner monologue and the struggles. Less cliche'd.
But it was pretty dry in the long run, boring plot even piled upon predictable plot even... a lot left unexplained, some pacing issues...
>>7218347
Take note, one and all, something remarkable has begun.
Why does philosophy persist?
Why does it persist when the Buddha Guatama discovered a state of enlightenment available to all people - and made it clear how to attain it - more than two and a half millenia ago. I am a novice to philosophy (at least I am not well read in popular philosophers) but it seems the middle way is the only philosophy that isnt needlessly destructive or founded around some form of ego.
I am not trying to poke at anyone or their interests, I want to know if there's value in studying other philosophies for anything other than critique...
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Because it's for fucking sissy kids who still think there's a way out of this shit - there's not. Take the black pill like me and read Stirner; take what you want from this fucking shit world.
Pic related: It's me, the face of a fucking ubermech
>>7216409
Why does philosophy persist?
Why does it persist when Jesus of Nazareth discovered a state of salvation available to all people - and made it clear how to attain it - more than two millenia ago. I am a novice to philosophy (at least I am not well read in popular philosophers) but it seems the Way, the Truth and the Life is the only philosophy that isnt needlessly destructive or founded around some form of ego.
I am not trying to poke at anyone or their interests, I want to know if there's value in...
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>>7216409
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Post your Goodreads account and the boards you browse.
/pol/ and /lit/
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2408134-sebastian
>>7212246
Sebastian didn't expect you to be a polfag. Not even a christposter.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28803478-chris
>>7212246
You are clearly of Jewish decent. Why the fuck do you read /pol/?
Best quotes on suicide.
>>7202309
"Theres no point in killing yourself, because you always do it too late."
>>7202313
My nigga
I was just about to post that
But you're so useless. So useless you can't even kill yourself!
>go to uni pub
>poetry slam is going on
>contestants are mostly girls with died hair and flanel and jeans and thick glasses, with one guy in lipstick and giant red hair and black jeans and t-shirt and a couple grunge looking dudes
>one girl goes up and just says "Women."
>silence
>slow applause
>"WOMEN!"
>more...
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>>7202086
You are correct, it is not taken seriously.
>>7202086
>others make hamfisted critiques of Western society based on class inequality and whatnot
At least there were some sane people there. Is identity politics now making way for class-struggle at poetry slams? What a nice development.
>>7202097
They based their class critiques around identity politics.
anyone here written a book or had it published? giving you the opportunity to promo in the comments.
bump?
Is that? Ugh.
>>7204878
you know this girl?
