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>buy this book
>mom asks if I'm a pedophile
Well?
>>8123055
Well are you?
>>8123055
try not having plebeian philistine parents, faggot.
>>8123055
"mom fuck off. I just want to know what it's like to have a relationship with a little girl. what's for dinner? "
Post your poems
others say stuff about them
The do I regret doing the most
Is the time I did the do
While waiting for a God as patient as a tree,
I was covered by reproaching flies,
Noting the rust and dust of waiting, breaking me.
I was rousing when my garden entreated me,
So I watered my groves and plucked their prize.
While waiting for a God as patient as a tree,
I wander collecting ripe figs for a royal We.
Tearing them I see, in meat, these evening skies
Noting the rust and dust of waiting, breaking me.
I must, I must shake this dust from me!
My urgency was met with resounding sighs.
While waiting for a God as patient as a...
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>>8119665
I lay awake, bereft of thought;
Not a single ponder; I careth for naught
I sleepeth away my time, carelessly in a Lilliputian loft;
The void caressing my very essence, I wait for expiration
I await no emendation, for my time has passed;
Tuck me in, let me die
Who is the better author?
>>8113082
take this to /tv/ pls m8888888
In terms of world building, general complexity and writing style its Tolkien
In terms of plot and intrigue it may be GRRM, but his series isnt finished yet, so it is not the right time to judge
>>8113094
Martin has a very grotesque writings style though. Tolkien never resorted to shock value.
Have a place for an English Literature degree but having second thoughts, thinking of changing. Is it useless and should I just read what I choose in my spare time?
>>8132737
Will you be paying money or taking on debt for this degree?
>>8132750
Yes, although it's a UK student loan so only paid back relative to income. It's likely I'll pay about £10-20 a month of future earnings
>>8132754
That's an unrealistic figure for a monthly repayment. However, a degree is still worthwhile. I did a philosophy degree and now I don't work in a related field at all, making good money, but I wouldn't have got my job without my degree.
so I've been reading the more obscure/not popular authors you guys like to talk about. I've noticed that most of their books are well written but just don't amount to much. it's made me think that these authors aren't more popular simply because they aren't very good. if their books were better they would be in a different place. instead of being so rarely read. I honestly need to stop reading these guys because I'm disappointed every time. the books in question are.
john hawkes - The lime twig
william h gass - omensetters luck
william...
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>>8132569
The only one I've read of there is The Recognitions, but you're wrong in saying it doesn't amount to much. It wears its themes on its sleeve very clearly and is a very entertaining book, very funny and tragic.
>>8132569
It's because of feminism. They are pushing YA and genre fiction to breed out whiteness
>>8132580
I knew I would catch hate for adding that one in the list. honestly out of them all that was my favorite
ITT: God tier memoirs
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>>8132558
MY
"First paragraph of The Cold Six Thousand are as follows: 'They sent him to Dallas to kill a nigger pimp named Wendell Durfee. He wasn't sure he could do it.' If that offends you, fuck you, put the book down. If you think I'm a racist, fuck you, I will not justify myself and say 'I am not a racist' because anyone who would say something like that sounds like Richard Nixon saying 'I am not a crook."
so what?
also>>>/pol/
>>8132379
>I will not justify myself and say 'I am not a racist' because anyone who would say something like that sounds like Richard Nixon saying 'I am not a crook."
He's right, you know.
Now will he do a follow up on his career?
>>8132379
who cares
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ouguyscaninsertspacesandcommasetcwhereyouwantto
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>>8132320
>ouguyscaninsertspacesandcommasetcwhereyouwantto
O, u guys! Canin serts p ace sand. Com ma set, c w/ her, ey. O, u want to!
when your book comes out will you package it inside a box filled with dirt?
>>8132242
>omg women r such idiots!!! xDDD
>let's all find pictures on social media of things to get needlessly riled up about
>"dirt"
I'll fill it with shit desu.
>>8132242
For what purpose?
Do you read Wikipedia articles to get an overview when you're about to read something complex?
I trust 40 random people writing an article for me as much as I trust 40 random people making me a sandwich.
That being said if you follow the citations is a great place to get sources for facts.
Anyone who doesnt is a pretentious idiot
>>8132141
controlled by cultural marxists intent to breed out whiteness
Justice and mercy are incompatible.
peanut butter and jelly with a cold glass of milk are a good combination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRBOgtp0Hac
>>8132107
marmite and toast are very compatible
The Tunnel is such a depressing book. A perverted 90 year old man reflecting on how small his dick is and how much of a worthless piece of shit he is. Does he have anything more upbeat?
>>8132045
On Being Blue is his best. Everyone knows this.
Academics can't into fiction.
>>8132054
Holy shit shut up. No one cares about your dumb as fuck opinion.
>>8132054
i think heart of the heart is his best
https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/4mqard/just_read_books_14_of_the_hitchhikers_guide_to/
Did Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy leave you unable to continue with life due to its brilliance?
Is it the best book series ever written by man?
Were you moved to tears by jokes about towels?
>>8131940
it was the first book I enjoyed reading that felt like it was mine bc my parents thought it was dumb and my friends didn't read it/talk about it with me bc their parents let them play violent video games
>>8131940
the breeze is nice when it's this high up isn't it?
>>8131940
you have to remember that it was written in the late 70s. the radio series on which it was based was pretty radical at the time. truthfully some of the jokes haven't dated particularly well but i will always be a fan of the first three books in the series.
but that reddit post...
>In fact I haven't been able to put it down since I started the first book a week or two ago
wtf? it's not exactly a lengthy or difficult to read series
>the...
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Can erotica be /lit/?
No, sex is disgusting.
>>8131901
It CAN be, but the only example I can think of is De Sade.
Yes.
>>8131907
de Sade is not erotica.
I'm fucked anon.
I have few hours left to hand in my diploma.
I have to translate a book fragment.
45% in
Dead End
I don't know what the fuck is going on in this scene. Literally can't read. There was no flat screens in 86' what did he mean?
>Arnold flipped a toggle. The air in the yard seemed to catch and hold, forming a flat screen, then a box that enclosed the grassy area. It rolled a bit, as if the vertical hold were out of synch, but Arnold adjusted it until it held steady.
>>8131884
Just let it go friend, you'll live
It's not a flatscreen it's a screen that is flat.
Sounds like he's operating a device that changes the shape of the air. Like the atmosphere collapses into a flat plane, then expands into a box.
