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Hey, /lit/;
I'm looking for some good cyberpunk. Not the 80's exposed-circuitry-and-punk-hair cyberpunk, but a more modern style exhibited in the newer incarnations of GitS, Deus Ex: HR. Smarter, more realistic tech and interesting storylines than 30 years back hadif that makes any sense
>>7824072
its called post cyberpunk
>>7824078
Ok, if that's what it's called that's what I'm looking for. good stories within that realm.
Jeff noon - vurt
The only cyber punk worth reading
What's the general consensus on this? Picked up for dirt cheap at a thrift store.
pseudo-philosphy
Essay disguised as a novel. It's painfully pretentious. You will skip pages A LOT. Pirsig is extremely self-involved. You will be thinking "Man, this guy is an asshole" the whole time.
Swill for cowards.
>>7823805
I started with The Lime Twig, which is now--after The Tunnel, of course--my favorite novel. On a side note, I found and bought a first edition hardcover copy of Adventures in the Alaskan Skin Trade recently, but I haven't started it yet.
>>7823840
Have you read Second Skin? If so was it good?
>>7823870
Not yet, though I do plan on making my way through all of Hawkes' works. If you want better answers, you'll have to summon he who has read more of Hawkes than anyone else on this board--Hawkesposter. I recommend a sacrificial offering.
>reads Schopenhauer once
>reads Camus once
Reads Nietzsche once
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va9V1VcsyKU
>read any Russian author once
What's /lit/ opinion on this?
I personally love it because:
>humor
>philosophy
>historical references
Never read it, but it's definitely on my list. I'll bump your thread/give you an extra IP to samefag.
How does it compare to other voyage literature like Gulliver and Sinbad? More ribald, right? Actually, I read a short excerpt of it, concerning the weapon-growing plants. Rabelais clearly knows things deeply, so again, I'll try to read it entirely in the future.
Why again are they giants?
Also what's up with physicians being the greatest french authors
>Rabelais
>Celine
>>7823692
But not Moliere, Hugo, or Proust?
/lit approved coming of age novels
My Struggle by Guy Fieri
>>7823646
does steppenwolf count as a coming of age novel?
also, the sorrows of young werther fo sho
>>7823646
catcher in the rye by fuck you
Post books not often discussed in these threads, preferably ones that were important to you (lay off the "Love you Forever" and "Le Petit Prince" etc.)
Pic related is an allegory for God coming into the world ex nihilo and kabbalah
This one is about a kid who starts a civilization in his back yard to escape the torment of normies
Here's my favourite Robert Munsch book that isn't "Love you Forever"
I don't remember much about the actual written content but the illustrations are just wild and the exploration of the mythology of Inuit and other circumpolar peoples is really cool
>>7823633
Mouse dentist debates whether to see a fox patient and what constitutes sufficient grounds to refuse care.
Is it just me or is it REALLY hard to understand what the fuck the presocratics are saying? Am I trying to read too much into them? Do I need to teach myself classical greek?
>>7823568
m8 i fully understood anaximander when i was 8, try not to be such a pleb near me
>>7823568
>Is it just me or is it REALLY hard to understand what the fuck the presocratics are saying?
be honest with us are you having trouble understanding their words and ideas or the ideas and words modern philosophers have written and attributed to them?
>>7823801
The words are clear of course, it's just that I don't really see the depth people read into them. Like I read Heraclitus and watched a lecture on youtube about him and while his core points are pretty obvious and accessible without any outside exposition (world is always changing, the process of change is what the world is ultimately made up of, justice is defined by its inverse, generally pessimistic outlook, presages stuff like Stoicism, ect) but yeah, I just don't get how or even why people read so...
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trump is the anti christ
My life is a tragedy.
>yfw you will never be as pretentious as reddit
>tfw ywn be as homo as op
>>7823510
he's completely right
Film and literature aren't anywhere near analagous. All films are lowest common denominator shit 2 hour long advertisements for this or that and aimed at idiots. Only some books are shit and aimed at idiots. You've seen a film and it's on to the next one and the mountain of bullshit films in the 1.99 display at Walmart grows and grows. They're forgettable, literature is timeless
What do you think of Alan Watts /lit/? Was he a good thinker and phylosopher or just a weaboo poser?
Its a guilty pleasure
I'm sorry I only read REAL philosophers like Kant
>>7823532
>REAL philosophers like Kant
Cringe
How do I refer to a person that has the information to reach a hitman, but is not a hitman themselves?
Other than "contact" that is.
Just invent a word and explain it as a regular slang in your universe
>>7823440
Saul Goodman.
A 'fixer'?
Hi there, portuguese /lit/izens. Is Pizarro's edition of Livro do Desassossego right?
>>7823402
Don't know honestly.
Pessoa is as pop as it gets here in Portugal and for some reason everybody and their mother loves him. I had to read him in school because it was mandatory but now I don't anymore because his writing is stale. I also find it shameful that english translations are cheaper than the ones in their original language. As if they weren't already fucking expensive compared to the medium price you pay for a book here. The publishers are jacking off each others cocks with the money now...
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>>7823402
isn't it supposed to be divided like this:
de - sas - sos - sego
?
Shameless bump...
Who else is interested in this cozy meme philosopher?
I am but I'm halfway through Plato
>>7823342
>cozy
Isn't he famous for being an obscurantist? Anyone who deals with phenomenology isn't cozy.
>>7823351
Just look at him wearing the sweater his wife knitted for him. Top cozy!
Hallå, lit
I'm looking for a word, can you help?
I'm trying to write something along the lines of:
The Haldane Mission resulted in France & Russia making Britain commit to it's role as Naval hegemon in the North Sea.
Is there a word to better describe France and Russia's actions unto Britain?
It's not quite being 'placed' as " "
It is more of a confirmation of the position; as if Britain previously fulfilled this role in an unofficial capacity but it was now recognised as a necessary role.
Would...
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idk
>>7823339
Thanks for the bump at least?
>>7823344
nice dubs
