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What do the coloured lines signify?
Unlimited pain and misery.
OP tell me what signify signifies and then we'll talk.
>>8283984
>greek philosophy
>analytic
>implying
are there any great writers that wasted years of their early lives
kierkegaard
Subjecting yourself to mental anguish and self reflection is never wasted time
yeah, Me
Wasn't able to find much in the Recommended literature wiki.
Read Lenin and Bordiga instead
>>8282730
Have you tried the Anarchist's Cookbook? I have to say, their recipe for "Rage Against the Praline" is revolutionary in its own right!
Well you could just read the classics Proudhon, Bakunin, etc
itt we write a letter to Obama
one word at a time
Hey
no fuck u trump will win
oooooooooo
What's
Whether revenge itself ends up being justified, unjustified, for good, for bad, whatever.
inb4 count of monte cristo
Hamlet
It's probably too nuanced for you.
Are there any books that gave you motivation /lit/? I've been feeling pretty bad lately, jobless and wasting time, I can't bring myself to do anything.
I've never seen this thread before.
>>8282506
Goodnight Moon
>>8282506
Consider mortality
About a week ago I made a post asking whether I should read Neuromancer or Ender's Game. Everyone said that Neuromancer was good and Ender was bad. However, I read the first ~50 pages of both, and Neuromancer is boring as hell, but Ender's Game is quite good. Did I get memed?
less popular = better
even when it's not true
>>8282467
You got memed famalam.
Neuromancer is dated and terrible. I would only recommend it to those specifically looking for cyberpunk.
I haven't read Ender's Game yet.
Ender's Game is a pretty excellent romp, and the ending is honestly one of my favorites OAT or at least, it was a decade ago), but imo its successors are unfortunately subpar (save perhaps Ender's Shadow).
Neuromancer is definitely aged and maybe crucial to your resume, but I certainly wouldn't reread it solely for enjoyment.
You definitely got memed senpai
What is this book about?
What is one supposed to take away from it?
What are the arguments that he is trying to prove?
What would you give as a quick synopsis.
I really have no idea about the subject matter of philosophy so help would be appreciated.
I have no basis on the direction of logic that I can use to interpret this book.
Is it no matter your perspective, it exists?
why would you want to read Nagel if you don't already into philosophy, OP?
>>8282476
That was his first suggestion.
Daily reminder that dialectics are meaningless continental trash
I guess no one can deny the absolute truth then
Thanks you for starting a dialectic process.
>>8282423
what are dialectics?
Do you guys know any good place to order books online internationally?
I'm from Spain and I can't find copies of english literature in it's original language outside of maybe Twain or Jane Austen.
>>8282387
bookdepository
>buy a kobo
>libgen.io
>download all the english books you want for free
It's that simple.
>>8282407
I don't believe in ebooks
anyone have a pdf or epub for lookout cartridge? i can't find one anywhere.
general epub share thread also
>>8282381
have you never heard of a library?
There you have senpai.
>http://libgen.io/foreignfiction/index.php?s=lookout%20cartridge&f_lang=0&f_columns=0&f_ext=0&f_group=1
>>8282381
also i'll scan my copy of it for you for 30 bucks
Just ordered most of this. Did I get memed?
yeah
None of those people existed.
>>8282383
Nobody exists except for me
What are some good female postmodern authors
They have to be postmodern because that's all I read
janet memington
>>8282370
Who's the cumbucket?
Pic related, Doris Lessing and Hedwig Gorski (besides Zadie) are all I've read.
So why do so many people here dislike this book? I'm not much of a reader, but I saw this on a /lit/-core image and thought I'd give it a go, I'd heard about it elsewhere anyway.
It's not perfect or anything, the third act isn't as good as the first two, and whilst that speech was written well, it was amazingly long. A bit less philosophical dialogue and more realistic dialogue would've been great.
On the other hand though, the story was really interesting and it's take on a dystopian setting seems somewhat unique. I would like to know what people don't like about the book, I've looked up some reviews but they all seem to attack the philosophy rather than the actual book.
As a side request, does anyone know who the pic related is meant to be? I presume it's James Taggert, but I'd like to be sure.
>>8282353
The characters aren't realistic at all. The problem with the book is the same as the problem with the philosophy; it is not a very accurate representation of reality.
>>8282359
I agree they're not realistic, but was that really enough for you to not like the book? Objectivism seems a rather ideal/'perfect' ideology, if the protagonists weren't perfect to the point of unrealistic, could Rand have actually shown off her philosophy?
I wouldn't say I had much problems with the protagonists, it was more the minor antagonists. They acted the way they did to make the story work, but it must've been some of the most biased attitude I've seen in writing. Sure, make the 'big bad' guys act the way they did, but seeing a minor character yell "I give to charity, I'm a good guy, what do you do!?" seemed rather unnecessary.
>>8282376
I enjoyed it when I read it but I was pretty young at the time. The book exists to sell the philosophy the plot is ok but shouldn't take more than 200 pages to explain. I would call the book bad because it does a bad job of convincing me that the philosophy is valuable.
What should I name an immortal vampire in the body of a 12 year old girl who inhabits a mansion in the old west?
I'm thinking Alice Bloodworth.
George.
>>8282306
George Chung
>>8282305
Chi-tey Chan-ra Fijjion.
