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signed copy of John barth's sot weed factor for $60. is that worth it?
>>8185832
Depends if you like John Barth.
>>8185841
I do. but I mean, are they overcharging? I've never got a signed book before.
>>8185864
Nah, I wouldn't say so. Buy it and keep it a while after the egghead croaks: by then, it'll probably be worth a good amount of money.
Have you read William Gass? What did you think?
yeah I read the tunnel. just finished it last week. I thought it was good. man knows how to write words. prose was beautiful. the story wasn't the greatest. but I liked it overall. I need in the heart of the heart of the country
>>8185815
Yes, and he is my favorite author. I'd definitely recommend him to anyone interested in experimental fiction and not terribly concerned with plot.
>>8185871
>he is my favorite author
found gassposter
Post ITT books which gave commentary on current social affairs, past or present, or are made to mirror or allude to disastrous events which happened in real life.
I'll start.
>warns about totalitarian governments during a time when western intellectuals were considering communism as a viable alternative to democracy
>details how people can be mentally broken into submission practically becoming puppets
>oceania is obviously a parallel of real life great britain under totalitarian rule
>>8184434
Please stop posting about 1984. It doesn't need an entire thread devoted to it, let alone 3.
>>8184434
>communism
>not democracy
this is an ancom board
>>8184434
ill name 3
>Lord of the Flies
>Animal Farm
>Brave New World
>want to read more, spending less time shitposting and YouTubing
>get bored after either reading for a half-hour or even after a few pages and feel like I'm forcing myself to continue which means
>go back to shitposting and YouTubing
>feel guilty for not reading more
This shit happens even with fascinating books. I want to keep reading but I just can't keep an attention span on it for very long, even when I shut off my computer and phone.
Am I just not cut out for books or am I just too addicted to electronics? I don't even fucking enjoy shitposting and YouTubing anymore and want to get away from them but apparently can't. I could be doing so much else with my life.
Can anything be done about this? How does one want to read more? Or is it a case of "if you don't want to, you don't want to, ain't nothing can be done about it"?
>>8184247
The print medium is likely acting as a hindrance to your reading. You aren't used to two things:
1.) Focusing on only one thing for extended periods of time.
2.) Reading in a format that is not the width of a phone or monitor.
Try easing your way into it. Start reading short stories on you phone.
Thankfully, publishers and literary journals have begun to embrace the digital medium. If you find yourself growing restless at even this, or if you simply want to switch things up, listen to recordings of short story writers reading their work.
The New Yorker posts a new story online each week, and they supplement it with a recording of the author reading their work. On the days you don't want to read or don't have the time, download the mp3.
>>8184247
quick someone post the avid reader
ADD.
What's the best literary journal online and in print in your country? It's subjective, of course, but take a stand. I'll go first.
>Country: Canada
>Print: Grain
>Online: The Puritan
/lit/ has no love for the journals, apparently.
>>8184420
Just going to venture a guess, but a lot of /lit/ spends time reading novels and maybe, just maybe some poetry, history, etc. I wish I had time to read literary journals.
The one that my university publishes, since it's the first therefore oldest university in the country.
/lit/ friendly jobs
What kind of job should i look for so I can read all day and still pay rent?
>>8183665
Some type of deskjob where you have to do very little. I remember some guy on here said he worked the hotel check-in at some small place. Most of the time he was just sitting there reading.
NEET
>>8183674
nah im EET im just lookin for a new job senpai need some ideas
Can't believe he died today, and so young
Good night, sweet prince
>>8183649
Me too, he must have been really old!
It's Pynchon that died btw. Nice joke, OP.
>Herman Wouk Is Still Alive
btw did anybody read him?
You guys obviously all read. How would you interpret this quote in laymen's terms?
we're all gonna turn into petite bourgeoise, middlebrow scum
>>8183533
It reads, "I'm a self-important pretentious fuck"
Can anyone recommend some good sci-fi horror/dark books to read?
>>8183491
stanislaw lem, solaris
This was the worst movie I've ever seen in my life.
Hey /lit/, have you guys played To the Moon? Just played it a few days back.
If yes, then do you know any books that triggers this much emotion as To the Moon does?
I found it a little boring and overwrought. Hated both of the main characters. But I guess it's alright for a game.
>>8183295
>implying /v/ knows any books
So I tried reading Infinite Jest and Gravity's Rainbow, but I didn't like them and couldn't even make it halfway through either.
Is there any hope for me?
>is there any hope
No, I'm afraid not. Does your name happen to start with "m" and end with "m"?
>>8183250
Did you start with the Greeks?
>>8183250
Non-meme answer:
Read accessible works
>expecting another ho-hum memoir, soldier bitching about trenches and officers being terrible
>CALL OF DUTY: THE WESTERN FRONT
Reading this soon, might read it after the Aenied tbqh
>>8182750
We're fresh out of tqbh, sorry man.
>>8182750
One Soldier's War by Arkaday Babcheko is more modern but is a good read.
Highlights to the best of my memory:
>Dedovshchina: the honored Russian conscript tradition of organized beatings, abuse and sexual assault
>Russian commanders as incompetent as the British in WWI
>Author gets tasked with making new bullet proof vests by cutting up used (ie, they had been shot through) ones and sewing them together
>Author would break into abandoned Chechen houses and just hang out pretending he was back at home
>"There aren't any pits in Khankala because there are plenty of journalists here, and they consider it an unacceptable form of torture to keep disobedient soldiers in pits."
Opinions on this book?
Samurai are among the most impressive people who have ever lift. This is a wonderful look into their unique and strong mindset.
I remember reading somewhere that samurais used to rub poop into their open wounds
>>8181974
that's retarded, I've read books where cavemen smear poop on their lances when they go to war so the other cavemen get infected and die.
>Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
What did he mean by this?
>>8181841
>What did he mean by this?
what do you mean by this?
>>8181872
I don't understand what you mean
>>8181841
after this therefore because of this
What is a good site to build a following for my /lit/erary thoughts? I'm talking short stories and serialised novels.
I tried tumblr but it's too image based
Medium?
>>8181657
What?
>>8181664
medium.com
