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to read in french, of course. I'm in the middle of L'Étranger but don't know what else is really around that level
>>8223878
Voltaire and victor hugo
>>8223878
If you liked L'Étranger you could go for other novel from Camus. The Plague is especially good imo.
Houellebecq is fun and very easy to read. Marguerite Duras is not overly complex and she is a god-tier writer (Un barrage contre le Pacifique).
>>8224020
Hugo is a bad suggestion, he probably won't understand 1/12 of the words he's reading.
I would recommend Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Jules Verne and Alexandre Dumas.
How do I force myself to stop being a skeptic and to start embracing God and Islam? Why Islam? Because I want community, I want to belong to something, to have people be excited to find out that I'm one of them; I want culture, because I don't have any, because I'm just one of many white Canadians that doesn't have anything to identify to; and most of all I want something that will drive me, to be as righteous as I can, to get a job and start a family, guiding principals to live by. Is it so wrong to force yourself into a religion for these reasons? Is there something else I can do? Some book that can help me?
>>8223822
Embrace a form of Christianity that rejects Apostle Paul and you'll be the best person alive (except the tentmaker part)
Submission of your mind, body and soul
>>8223822
Why not be a Christian?
>tfw you finally admit you read IJ
Did we break him, /lit/?
>the ultimate pseud to end all pseuds doesn't like IJ
Now we know the likes of where the IJ shitposting comes from.
Did Cliff actually read Underworld or is he just pretending?
I hate this faggot so much
what is that test that is taken in which you click true or false over beliefs, and when your beliefs contradict each other you fail?
Life
>>8223674
http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/health/
>>8223976
Hahaha I literally laughed so hard I cried because it's so true.
Did Thompson pop himself because he wanted to be like Hemingway?
>>8223610
>did Thompson poop himself
hahaha he pooped his pants! lol
>>8223610
No.
>>8223610
DUDE
also Hemmingway*
I'm trying to write a poem, but I'm having a hard time. Can I get some tips please?
>>8223590
Follow metrics and rhyme schemes. Learn the basics then deviate.
>>8223652
Let's hypothetically say I don't want to go to in that much detail? Like a free-form poem.
1. Read other people's poetry
2. Stop stealing other people's ideas and words
3. Write
What novel would you adapt for a feature length film production?
j r or the recognitions. except for the recognitions I'd make it set 3 years ago and BTFO hipsters
>>8223608
You don't BTFO things, Anonymous, as that is ungrammatical. You BTFO of them.
>>8223585
It would have to be your pic, but I think it would work better as a cartoon series, instead of a full length movie.
I'd love to see someone do a modern TV mini-series of The Brothers Karamazov. In my opinion, I don't watch a lot of movies so don't take this as an expert opinion, here's who I picture in my head as fitting the roles.
Dmitri: Christian Bale
Ivan: Benedict Cumberbatch
Alyosha: Owen Wilson
Fyodor: David Bradley
Can't really think of anyone for Smerdyakov.
What is the best American work of literature/philosophy?
>>8223480
>literature
moby dick
>philosophy
n/a
>>8223480
>American
>literature
>>8223507
nice edge
Let me tell you what this book is.
It's tediously bloated, and any remotely worthwhile parts are plagiarized from Dostoevsky, or buckled down by its own self indulgence.
It's for spineless pseuds who can't make their own decisions about life.
It's trash, and so is anyone who praises it.
>>8223439
There's one thing and one thing only that the mods could do to immensely improve the board, instantly, overnight, and that's facilitate more threads about David Foster Wallace. Create them, nurture the ones that exist, guide the discussions, and make sure they stay on track. If we're here to discuss literature, ultimately, we are here to discuss David Foster Wallace. There is no way for a person to grasp the full implications of Infinite Jest and not realize this. We're talking about the smartest man who ever lived. You must realize this. It's not a joke anymore. We're seeing the world degenerate further and further into chaos, and we're standing by and watching it happen. You want to fix this board? You want to fix the world? You want to fix your life? You need only take one step: read Infinite Jest. There is no substitute for hard work, and that's what Wallace requires of you if you are to understand him. If you are to understand not just him, but the world. We're not talking about escapist literature, fan fiction, genre nonsense. We're talking about saving our lives. We're talking about meditating on God. We're talking about communing with the primary presence. This is not an issue to be treated lightly.
Yes, I know you're trash. Plis to kill yourself.
>>8223439
>plagiarized from Dostoevsky,
what parts?
First time posting here.
I liked these books...a lot...will I fit in?
>>8223313
sure
good luck
>>8223313
You already have met the prerequisites for /lit/. You've read ASoIaF, now you just have to deny liking them and pretentiously post Albert Camus and DFW memes and everyone will think you're cool.
>>8223349
yeah fuck Dallas fort Worth airport.
Fuck their stupid monorail thing, and fuck the their American Eagle terminal. Fuck I almost got stuck at dfw once after getting transferring from AA onto an regional jet.
FFS, the airport was stupid and the airline was worse.
>22
>Live in the state by myself, family deserted me
>Attend community college because parents fucked me for high school, convinced me to drop out at fifteen and then attend continuation high school with no plan.
>Bipolar, but never treated as such: medicated for all kinds of shit. Couldn't think straight or read for most of my teenage years. Only smoked weed to relieve the edge and then acquired a horrible nicotine habit through friends
>Attend a community college that awards grades based on attendance, still received C's from most teachers because I don't hesitate to butt-heads over the patronizing curriculum (Like when an anthropology professor assigns a parody documentary about mermaids without knowing that it's a fictional documentary: how do she have a teaching position?)
>Just angry at everything
>Work ten to twelve hour days with no money put back
>Have to attend useless courses in hopes for a better future
>Wheels spinning out in mud
>Only relief I find is in history
>Living with dirt-bag roommates or foreigners that constantly try to capitalize on the vulnerability of students in their homes (over-charging for rent and harassing me for sex and favors.)
>One more hard year of this before the possibility of transferring to a university.
>Still act nice to people, respecting them more than they respect themselves, for the intent of spreading something positive into the world. >Feel sad because I stopped masturbating to have more energy, but I have no gf and most chicks around here are leeches or mediocre and boring.
Can /lit/ give me the gratification of solidarity?
You want gratification? I mean, your life sounds shitty and all but I have news for you. A lot of people's lives are shitty. You're angry at everyone else instead of being focused on how to improve your situation. I'll think of some book rec's but in the mean time, do some meditating or some shit.
>>8223308
Nice whiny blog post you narcissistic faggot
>>8223322
back at you.
>>8223318
No doubt. I had friends that grew up shooting meth and smoking heroine with parents locked up or missing and then others who lived miserable in a comfortable estate worth millions with the love of two parents and siblings. I've seen the highs and the lows and a lot between. I'm trying to remedy my situation,
>You're angry at everyone else instead of being focused on how to improve your situation.
But you have to realize that not every situation has an immediate remedy. It's really only about catharsis. Shitting on /lit/ is cathartic for me right now. I'm sorry.
It took me over two fucking years, but my first novel is done and now fully revised!
I plan to drink this weekend to the point of amnesia and waking up in another country, but after that; I'm gonna need to get this sucker published. I have absolutely no idea which approach is the best. Do I contact an editor first, agent, or just send it to publishing houses?
Also, are any of those service programs that shop your book around for you worth it?
>>8223280
why don't you release it here faggot?
>b-but I want to make money out of it
You should have planned this before writing in the first place, contacted a publisher waay before and directed yourself only to sell more shit
>>8223305
thanks for the help
>>8223280
If it is not about Dragons or Dildos no one will ever want to read it.
>mfw I made a tumblr page in hopes of spreading my poetry.
>mfw everyone elses is the worst shit ever written
>mfw I know why you all hate tumblr so much
other than SJW shit is it even worth it?
>>8223278
Post poetry here since its sooooooooo goooooooddddd
It's good for fetish porn
>>8223278
No. Cut your losses (time, mostly) and get out of there.
>tfw anons on here actually side with Keynes over Hayek
>tfw economism is a cult
>tfw the history of economics begins with naive but well-meaning pre-social sciences enlightenment shit, nosedives into hegelian spookytown with marx, almost gains some dignity with the younger/older german schools of historical economics, and then goes full batshit crazy cult mode with 20th century economic nostradamian anglo-rastafarianism where you have to min/max all your points into micro and macroeconomics so you can bear-bull the trade shares and hold seances with the ghosts of recessions to come
>tfw economists go to actual "schools" thinking they are "learning" something when all they're learning is to blindfold themselves and service a small fraction of the theoretically infinite penises of the economic supersphere that are visible in this dimension, and they have the gall to call what they do "Economics" with a capital E
>tfw you try talking to a guy about actual economics and he starts shouting autistically that COMPUTERIZED TYPE-6 ULTRA-SHARE NEOMARKETS DIDNT EXIST BEFORE 1965 THEREFORE ECONOMICS DIDNT EXIST BEFORE 1965 STOP TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE FRENCH REVOLUTION I HAVE HIGH SCHOOL MATH TO DO
>tfw he slams his dorm room door shut in your face and you catch a glimpse of a cumstained poster of reagan
>>8223304
>>tfw economists go to actual "schools" thinking they are "learning" something when all they're learning is to blindfold themselves and service a small fraction of the theoretically infinite penises of the economic supersphere that are visible in this dimension, and they have the gall to call what they do "Economics" with a capital E
I'm taking a bite, lads:
Well, economists do actually learn something, tryhard. You should think twice before denouncing the importance of economics; The economy, along with the people who keep it functioning, keep the world intact, not politics. And besides seeking a career in economics, many young students of economics are able to pursue other fields, such as finance, accounting-- any business field, really-- journalism, literature, statistics, math, etc. Economists are arguably some of the most powerful people in the world. In fact, Chairwoman Yellen has more influence over the world than, say, President Obama. Economics combines elements of math, statistics, and philosophy to form an established science, hence why it's spelled with a capital 'E'.
kys
(pic related): This man was responsible for the '08 Global Financial Crisis.
I don't get it either.
this is better than naked lunch
The fuck is this a sponge bob episode?
>>8223360
my same thoughts
Nova Trilogy is god-tier, even if Nova Express is like 60% rehash of the previous two novellas. contain some really fascinating musings on language and systems of control, and provide a pretty compelling justification for his cut-up technique.
