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Hey, /lit/. I recently read Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky Brothers, and i really enjoyed it. What did you think of the book? I'm not very good at starting discussion, but i'd like to talk with someone about it.
it's great
>HAPPINESS FOR
EVERYBODY, FREE, AND NO ONE WILL GO AWAY UNSATISFIED!
>>7976771
It's disgusting that people put scenes from the film adaptation on the book
Hey /lit/, can anyone point me some to quality sites that have free ebook downloads?
>>7976744
have u tried this niche site called goggle I think
>>7976751
never stopped hating people like you
gen.lib.rus.ec
Can you recommend some good nature based fiction books? Like a fictitious walden
Thomas Hardy includes a lot of nature and its effcts in his novels. It's not man vs wild, but if you're only searching for vivid descriptions of nature, and of people in nature, then he is worth checking out.
Start with Under the Greenwood Tree.
LotR ;^)
Ed Abbey has some good books, only read his non-fiction though.
Sell me on literacy like I'm a five year old
>>7976667
consider reddit or suicide
>>7976667
Read your book or I wont let you go out and play.
>>7976667
>People who read become better people. As you get older you can tell who doesnt read, and you dont want to be like them
Literally what I tell my 5 year old daughter
Ever feel like you spend so much time reading older books and classics that you're missing out or alienating yourself from current times?
/lit/ is great for finding books to read, but I want to read something released in 2015 or 2016 next. What has been good?
honestly I'm not telling you your gay and I'm not telling you to fuck off to reddit but the books page on reddit would be your best place to look for that shit.
>>7976648
If I liked Reddit I wouldn't be posting here, would I?
>>7976643
>you're missing out or alienating yourself from current times?
I do feel this sometimes. But when I read a new book it turns out to be overpraised shit, so I need to read a classic to recuperate.
Could any of you fine folk tell me what this scene in Doctor Faustus is supposed to mean? I don't get the joke.
FIRST SCHOLAR. I wonder what's become of Faustus, that was wont
to make our schools ring with sic probo.
SECOND SCHOLAR. That shall we presently know; here comes his boy.
Enter WAGNER.
FIRST SCHOLAR. How now, sirrah! where's thy master?
WAGNER. God in heaven knows.
SECOND SCHOLAR. Why, dost not thou know, then?
WAGNER. Yes, I know; but that follows not.
FIRST SCHOLAR. Go to, sirrah! leave your jesting, and tell us
where...
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it's wagner being a little asshole is all
wheres faust?
only god knows
so do you not know?
no, i know, but that's a separate point.
he's joking he's god.
then he makes fun of them for not getting the joke even though they purport to be scholars and smart, and tell them to confess to being pseuds
second scholar asks "so you're saying you're not gonna tell us where faust is"
wagner says "no, i will, which further proves how dumb you are"
>>7976666
Still don't get it. Nice quads tho fucken lol
>start with the Greeks
>"everything is fire"
>"no, everything is water"
>"no, everything is air"
So are we supposed to understand retardation? Is this why these boipussy-loving degenerates are recommended?
no, it's the build up to nietzsche's
>everything is lies
https://youtu.be/V9HKtPVms_Y
You're not supposed to take the pre-socratics so serious. Read them for context and ideas that interested your field of study.
I just finished this book and it's definitely something I'll be rereading shortly. There's a lot of philosophy and poetry in this relatively short story.
What did you think about this book and how does it compare to Mishima's other stuff?
>>7976591
It's fantastic. Kashiwagi is the best part of the novel imo. The ending was very cathartic.
From what I've read so far I would say The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea > Spring Snow > The Temple > Runaway Horses, though I think they're all fantastic.
>>7976591
Great book but Runaway Horses is still my favorite.
>>7976707
>Spring Snow
That's the first in a series. Have you read the entire series?
/lit/, I'm trying to get my Dad into reading. He's STEM fag (paying for my college education) but wants to get a better understanding of literature. Problem is, he has nowhere to start. He picked up an old copy of 'Tale of Two Cities' I had lying around and read it because he thought that's what smart people would read. He bailed out ten pages in.
What are some good, entry-level books that have understandable prose for beginners, but have enough substance in ideas that they could be considered at least kinda /lit/?
I recommended some Roth...
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>>7976560
Start with high-school core and then see what more classic stuff interests him.
>>7976560
For whom the bell tolls
Hey yall. Do any of you have any experiences with ebook readers? Im looking to get one.. Couldn't find any info on here so wondering what you think.
Get a kobo aura h2o and download calibre.
Best purchase in a looong time for me.
Or just get a kindle 2 or kindle touch from 5 years ago for 30 bucks, there isnt too much difference anymore.
if you could forget everything you ever read and read one thing again what would it be?
i would read the Tao te Ching first
The first time she said, "I love you".
Reading the Tao after emptying your mind is like eating with a full stomach.
Don't get spooked and kill the Buddha.
>>7976532
Ye. I'd rather not exist in the first place.
What are the literary equivalents of the following movements, /lit/?
>russian suprematism
>fauvism
>de stijl; bauhaus
A-anyone?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's later works are known to show his Russian pride, despite him being locked away and almost executed by the government. I don't know or give a fuck what those other two things are
>>7976834
What a non-post
Sorry, no idea how suprematism would translate to text, but for some reason it makes me think of Beckett.
And fauvism makes me think of Baudelaire.
Is 2666 as good as critics generally say?
>>7976423
The only like the part that's about them.
>>7976423
Of course not.
I've never read it, but I'm gonna say no.
>read novel
>it's about a brilliant but impoverished artist who engages in numerous sexual encounters, frequently does recreational drugs, and lives a bohemian lifestyle
>>7976386
Seriously gag me.
>read /lit/ thread
>it's another "point out book has cliches" cliche
>complain
>read replies to complaint
>it's another "recursively point out same problem with post as the post complained about" cliche
>close /lit/
>jerk off
>come back later
>same thing again
Im just starting Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter and I have no idea where to start. Does anybody have any specific passages to start out with? I want to get an idea of the narrative before trying to read it cover to cover.
>>7976356
We tells you right at the beginning what his main argument of the book is, you pleb.
this is good satire but it's still shitposting.
>narrative
lol nerd
