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Hey, /lit/. I'm 18 I've never really been a huge book guy aside from graphic novels and fantasy books. Recently, I've had an impulse to read some literature. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book to start with existentialism or depression closure? I've been diagnosed with depression and anxiety with problems seeing only the worst in most things, so I'd like to be immersed in a story aswell as to gain some insight.
Read Sun and Steel by Yukio Mishima you big baby
>>7869140
I've hear of Yukio Mashima before. What kind of book is Sun and Steel?
>>7869140
Or is this just a subtle message telling me to commit sodoku?
So I am really into playwriting, and I plan on doing a lot of traveling soon. Thats why I like the appeal of an alphasmart, but would it be easy to format a play on it? (I format with tabs) I'm just worried it would fuck it up in the end.
I would personally go for the FreeWrite™ device.
>>7869096
>FreeWrite™
but i don't have autism
Just get a shitty laptop with a big battery, you can get thinkpads for like 80 bucks
What is your opinion on Lord of the Flies?
I've only got to chapter 9, and honestly it's kind of boring to me. The whole idea of it is interesting, and the symbolism is neat, but actually reading it is painful.
It is absolute shite, i was angry all through reading it. it was that bad
>>7868769
It's all an allegory for British colonialism.
>>7868769
I read it in high school and liked it. I still remember it as good, but it's been some years since I read it, also.
A screaming comes across the sky...
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>>7868731
[BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP]
>>7868963
[beeping intensifies]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x47NYUbtYb0
Where can I find a textbook online (for free)
pic related
>>7868613
I hear there's this niche deep web site called 'google'
>>7868613
might want to ask /g/ about that one
SafariBooks online gives you a month of free access
anybody read rant by chuck palahniuk? thoughts?
>>7868561
I read it. I was pretty neutral about it.
What does /lit/ think of Palahniuk in general?
Like most people I became too cool for him but I liked his stuff when I was in high school.
>>7868561
Probably my favorite by him.
What the fuck did I just read
>>7868456
'The Pale King' by David Foster Wallace
A seriously unfinished work by a great author who was a pretty immature writer for most of his career who showed immense promise of a potential masterpiece with The Pale King but unfortunately ended his life before he could finish it (potentially knowing he never would be able to, anyway).
>>7868456
was it good?
Opinions on this trilogy.
Do you think this is good literature regardless of its best seller status and popularity?
>>7868421
women read it. I take myself to be better than women. Therefore I don't want to read it.
It's shit, like women
>>7868433
You're pathetic
crime novels is as pleb as it gets
Just came in the mail
>>7868391
Heh, I've just ordered this book too. Mine arrives tomorrow.
why don't you read the fucking book first before making a post about it
>>7868391
just came in the mail :)
Why is thic considered a great book? It is shite compared to 1984. Or is it acclaimed for the same reasons as Siddharta - for its simplicity?
>>7868388
Stop Orwell posting
I think it's because of effectiveness to transmit an idea, I remember that our teacher in middle school made us read that, I understood the danger of retards pretty quickly.
>>7868403
I believe that middle shcool is a good time to read it, however it seems to me that the greatness of it is exaggerated a bit.
Is there any Swedish lit worth reading apart from Strindberg and Söderberg? Post the best Swedish literature, please
Lagerkvist is pretty good.
>>7868088
Astrid Lindgren desu
Seconding Pär Lagerkvist. The Dwarf is fucking masterpiece.
The Long Ships (Röde Orm) by Frans G. Bengtsson is also essential reading.
Aniara by Harry Martinson is great if you're into epic poems.
Can you critique this?
The leaves were green splashed with gold; the sky was baby blue, and clouds as if snow was floating above the world. The sun lit up the world like a candle lights a room and revealed it’s mix of bright greens, yellows and blues. Every now and then, the still warm air was interrupted by a generous cold gust of wind coming from the East. The field was clean and trimmed. If a person were to rub their foot on the grass, they'd hear a soft squeaking noise as if it was a polished wooden floor. Deep down in the oceans, coral reefs glittered with...
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Yes.
The author is so unobservant and narcissistic that he didn't even post in a critique thread that he'll never write anything of value. Kill yourself/10
>>7868074
It's good, you have beautiful prose that still needs working on but it's a lot better than most garbage that gets posted on this board. How long did it take you?
Ignore this guy he's a pleb and probably visits /pol/ and reads Game of Memes.
Why do mythological origin stories so often include a "decline of man"? Hesiod's five ages, fall of man in Genesis, the Yugas in Hinduism, etc.
What's the psychology behind these stories? In virtually all of them the decline is irreversible, so it's not some sort of aspirational thing to make people think things can be better. What's the societal benefit to the veneration of an imaginary golden past?
>>7867975
Read Lacan
>>7867988
Don't do this.
Read the hero with 1000 faces by Joseph Campbell
Read some Jung
you'll get it.
>>7867994
I've read both and I have definitely not gotten it.
Hey /lit/
I'd like to find good books with a little girl protagonist. I'm not really sure where to ask, and to not appear creepy I ask you, here. I like fantasy and sci-fi (trash tier?), but any book will do, as long as it's enjoyable.
Try Momo, by Michael Ende.
Taming Riki is an excellent, underrated bit of fantasy fiction. aimed at younger readers but enjoyable for all imho. little girl protagonist is lovely and whimsical and intelligent
>>7867720
For good, historical moe, try Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
hard millitary sci-fi is such sex. I want some /lit/. Give reccs please
I recommend Infinite Jest
ironically
>>7867658
>hard millitary sci-fi is such sex.
Who talks that way?
>>7867658
start with the greeks
