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I ordered these books. Did I do good?
Recently ordered books
The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)
Plath, Sylvia
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Penguin Classics)
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Apocalypse Culture
Parfrey, Adam
The Journal of Albion Moonlight (New Directions Paperbook)
Kenneth Patchen
La-Bas (Down There)
Huysmans, Joris K.
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Bukowski
Moravagine (New York Review Books Classics)
Cendrars, Blaise
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)
Emily Brontë
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Don't ever make a thread like this again.
>>8148770
>>8148727
>The Norton anthology of modern poetry
Would have been better off with the English poetry anthology unless you already have something similar
What are some books that will help me to become as independently-minded as possible, when it comes to formulating viewpoints/arguments/etc?
I'm tired of just repeating what other people say because I like the sound of it, but I don't think I have the confidence/intelligence to conclude things for myself.
I remember reading about Foucault who, after having read Nietzsche, pretty much left his job/etc without a second thought to pursue his own ends. That's the sort of intellectual get-up-and-go I'd like.
Read Aristotle. He'll teach you the tools.
>>8148720
Do you not see the irony in asking for a book that will tell you how to think for yourself
>>8148720
Well you can do what Foucault did and read Nietzsche lol. Bataille is good too, but that might take you too far.
why is this allowed
Capitalism. Freedom. People make what people are going to buy.
Don't like it? Jerk off to a Chomsky lecture or something.
because it's hilarious
I saw pic related at the book store today. It gave me a chuckle knowing that someone like you would get rustled seeing it
>>8148697
Why shouldn't it be? They're trying to get kids into classics by giving them wacky covers. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not like those godawful shakespeare emoji books.
>tfw just played with my brother's vive virtual reality headset thing and now that it's off everything seems unreal
what do i read to get away from this chaotic feeling i have?
>>8148659
What if you're being driven by a consciousness somewhere else, in a location you can never travel?
>>8148669
what
>>8148659
This man...in my country, he is everything.
He also beats the shit out of kids, though.
Is her philosophy worth reading, /lit/? Is she some sort of radical capitalism advocate?
Mostly anti collectivism. This being the source of all evil
Are you serious? She literally doesn't even do philosophy and is easily disproven on all points.
I could debunk every thing she said, but that would be too easy. In fact, the only thing she ever got right was atheism, but she didn't even understand that atheism is necessarily humanistic.
What a joke.
>>8148607
>Is she some sort of radical capitalism advocate?
she's an autism advocate who believes the state should have a monopoly on force
What the fuck is a pseudo intellectual? What an arbitrary fucking word. People spew that word at me sometimes, they don't even refute my points, they just assert that I'm wrong. I guess my conclusions don't serve you? Lick the crusted smegma off the folds of my salty balls, you smily fucking cunt.
you sound like a pseudo intellectual
it means theyre mad cause they didnt understand what you said
OR
that youre trite and too smug
unless the person calling you this seems intelligent themselves then it's just a tantrum
I've always felt it was someone who tries to act superior and intelligent without actually doing anything. They don't read great literary works, become masters in science or art but they still feel that they have the right to put other people down for things they understand only slightly better. They get all their knowledge from Ted talks, reddit, and shitty online articles. They basically get only the easily digestible info and then use it to feel superior. That's what I've always felt anyway
Why is every book on goodreads rated 4 stars?
Also general book goodreads thread I guess.
The population of its website seems to be:
80% people who read nothing but twilight and other chick lit
5% people who read nothing but gaddis, vollman, and the like
and only 15% rationally minded people.
they aren't all rated 4 stars.
here's how goodreads works
4 or above = read that shit
3.9 = read that shit you will probably like it
3.8 = hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm try it out, shirts getting experimental, you might not like it
3.7 = read at your own risk
3.6 = utter trash avoid at all cost
3.5 and under = kill yourself
>>8149294
>Vollman began cross dressing in 2008 and has developed a female alter ego personal named Dolores
it's really trendy in the usa, isn't it
Hi,
I'm looking for a book about the cold war era US. 2 school aged boys befriend a communist artist living in a cabin near their town. One of the boys learns abstract art from him.
That is all I can remember.
Thanks in advance.
I tried advanced google search- no luck.
Bump
some one has to know another way to find books or at least have some reccomendations
Where is the appeal? Have not fully completed the book, but it seems to consist mostly of antics and small side-quests.
Idk, I read it because Magneto did.
>>8148497
It's light and fun at the start, so when it shifts to dark and bleak later you care about what happens.
it's one of the greatest books of all time after the sword in the stone
>read book
>wow that was short
>check the foreward
>"A few passages have been omitted which would offend modern ears"
>check Wikipedia
>literally half the book is missing
What book?
>>8148425
Christ I hate when this happens
this thread is useless if you don't say what book
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Does anyone else forget most things they read? Sometimes I just a re-read a passage from a book I've read a few months before and think 'fuck, how could I forget such great writing'.
My long-term memory is actually good, but mostly I just remember what the page looked like instead what was written in there.
Yes, unfortunately.
I just reread Religion for Infidels for example and couldn't remember 90% of the details. Obviously I remembered the general gist.
With novels I remember them more vividly for some reason.
>>8148400
This is why they made you take notes at school, or did you forget that too?
>>8148400
yes. no.
I forget the details -im human.
But I think its not possible to forget anything, you just have something like a structure of priorities in your mind. If you really like a 'detail', because you really like it, its not a detail anymore, and you remember it.
I find myself remembering details -actual details, things that i didnt value at the moment- 15 years later.
I've realized that I'm terrible at describing the physical attributes of people, whether it be their hair, facial structure, or body shape. Is there anything you guys recommend reading to focus on honing these skills?
Look up some adjectives
>>8148363
Look up "types of..." (facial/ body part) on an image search engine. It's just a start but it'll give you some more basic vocabulary shortcuts
I honestly think the best thing you could do would be to go to a public place and just people-watch and mock people to yourself. Pick out everything you hate or love about them.
> main character is a women
>>8148294
>main character is a man
>isn't a deconstruction of their sins
>>8148294
>main character is fat
>main character has four eyes
>main character doesn't take the leap of faith
>>8148294
>a women
because i can't find a pdf of it. can i just read the trojan war or the illiad first instead?
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/search.php?req=edith+hamilton&lg_topic=libgen&open=0&view=simple&res=25&phrase=1&column=def
There you go anon
>>8148250
read hesiod's theogony instead. it's fine to not start with hamilton or to not read her at all.
is bulfinch okay?
So, hows your novel coming along /lit/?
>>8148245
Pretty well, I like to think. There's a bar close to my town that doesn't have TVs so I'm heading there in a short while ecause everyone else will be watching the Euros. One or two pints + writing in a pub = max comfiness.
>>8148264
Oh fuck, the Euros (or any big sporting event) ruins everything here, at least, the bars
>>8148245
It's a jumble of disparate ideas floating around in my head. So it's not really coming along at all.
