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after reading DFW's e unibus pluram (what does that mean?), what has happened in literature since? i mean that was back in 1990
anyone?
>>8203823
Commercialization took more of a precedence of churning out anything with actual depth or quality.
some stuff
Can you improve yourself with self help books if you apply the knowledge or is it mental masturbation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1q0iZiS-s
The latter.
>>8203819
No you can't. If you do manage to, you were so terribly flawed in the first place that the little help you did get probably only helped lube up your ego.
The only self-help book worth reading is the one by Smiles.
What were the stuff one should know about kindle paperwhite? I remember something about a new firmware or flahsing some new OS and using Calibre to access epub and stuff. Anyone have a wiki page or an infographic detailing the process and stuff? Is it still a thing?
bumperino
>>8203763
Also interested here. Not sure if i want to get a kindle paperwhite or a kobo glo hd
>>8204112
>kobo glo hd
Pretty happy with mine. Works out of the box with calibre and any file format you can pirate including cbz and cbr.
I dropped Gravity Rainbow after 200 pages, I got this one today. What am I in for?
a lot of complaining
>>8203650
Why'd you drop it, OP? I thought GR was pretty good.
>>8203700
There were enormous passages where nothing was going on. Also the language was kind of difficult to go through. I don't know but I had to force myself to write it and didn't get anything enjoyable from it.
damn. why isn't this shit taught in schools?
cause he has better books.
Definitive Ishiguro Power Ranking:
>Canonical masterpiece tier
The Unconsoled - S
>Beloved classic tier
The Remains of the Day - A+
The Buried Giant - A+
>Delightful intro tier
Cellists - A
Crooner - B
>Flawed but touching tier
Never Let Me Go - B+
>Novel experimentation tier
A Pale View of Hills - B
>Traditionally proficient...
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>>8203536
lmao the buried giant wasn't that good. your list is flawed but touching
>>8203499
I had it for a class in college. Probably not common because books portraying modern government/society as bad are avoided.
Hi guys, the weather's getting nice and I'd like to read outside but I don't want to look weird. I don't want people thinking "wew, what kind of fucked up kid reads alone like this" while reading on the park or elsewhere in town.
What are good places where it's considered normal to read alone?
>>8203437
the world that I've built in my diary desu
At a Star Bucks.
Reading is one of the sexiest things anyone can do. Start reading outside more. When girls walk past you they'll feel moist just from seeing your intellect at work.
What's your favorite Shakespeare? I personally really like The Tempest.
Macbeth
>>8203209
Can Puck's speech at the end apply to some books as much as it can to the play?
>>8203266
the end of a midsummer's night dream, forgot to include that
How come people tell you to read more books every time you say something that isn't smart or every time you say something that begs some questions or something? Do people really think that just reading any old book will make you smarter? I'm sure that only if you have a dictionary with you could some story possibly give you new words, or if you were reading a book on a certain subject could it possibly make you more knowledgeable in that particular field. What the fuck lit?
>>8202962
Read more books.
>>8202968
Why not just watch a movie? Won't that tell you a story the same as a book?
read more books.
So, what are some books about the UK going down the pan?
Brexit did nothing wrong.
>>8202908
Reality
>>8203108
Everyone's diary desu
Know any good and surreal cosmic horror sci fi novels, /lit/? But nothing from H.P. Lovecraft.
Check out Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood, Robert W Chambers, Borges
In the same line, is Machen any good? Great God Pan seems pretty rad.
who are some philosophers that BTFO marx?
None. He is the alpha and the omega of philosophy. There. Now get the fuck outta here, and go back to your continment board.
>>8202693
you're so mad lol
>>8202693
Just stop
Explain the appeal of this work to me, please.
I'm about 30% through it and while I'm pretty sure I "get it" so far and it isn't that confusing or anything, it is very, very boring. It is neither funny or particularly interesting, most of the time.
I feel like I'm going through a needlessly tedious read just to "get" a rather simple, basic insight (a good one, but something I don't need this book for).
It's a less erudite and less daring version of Pynchon's musings on the shady, comic side of war and the vaudeville absurdity of the U.S military wrapped within a linear, conventional narrative structure. But since it's coming from a firsthand perspective of WW2 and isn't blatantly fictitious it's still unique and interesting enough to stand on its own.
WESTERN CANON OMG THE UNIVERSE WITHIN ITS PAGES! - no, but still pretty good.
>>8202354
Why the fuck are you reading fiction for "insight"? Its a fun book, you are suppose to laugh.
>>8202354
Stop trying to "get it." Just read the damn book.
what do I expect?
>inb4 corntilla
>>8202316
>>8202314
A solid romantic start, a brilliant middle serving as the high point, and a feels ending which will leave you sad.
>>8203590
This. The Crossing almost feels out of place in the trilogy in terms of tone. It feels much more desolate and raw
Why does /lit/ recommends this to people? I started reading (up to page 100 now) and it's very boring and mediocre. It's not even funny, if that's what it's supposed to be. Do you guys like it just because Ignatius is a parody of a intellectual NEET?
>>8202186
What country are you from?
>>8202209
Wondering this too. If you've spent any time in the southern US, you'd probably like it more.
>>8202186
You don't seem to have the right mindset for it, stop reading and come back when you're more seasoned (if ever).
>endorsements on the cover
Why do Americans do this? It's revolting.
Improve this.
Protip: You can't.
literally spooks: the visual guide
I can improve it by removing Memecoult and the diploma-mill tier econ textbooks
>>8202178
>the diploma-mill tier econ textbooks
Literally best econ textbooks to be created
Shame they're so expensive for a real copy, I feel bad for torrenting it.
