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Would anyone on /lit/ be interested in having pic related made into an audiobook?
>>7805336
In autism literally speaking? No thanks.
>>7805351
you wouldn't listen?
>>7805336
Think of the lucrative fortune to be made.
Do any of you know where i can find carl sagan's cosmos to download free.
First time poster so please be nice if I'm not up to date on all the board rules
Thou shall start with the Panachaeans.
>>>/reddit/
>>7805332
upboated. ebin thread
I watched this dung days ago and I was horrified. They portrayed one of the best authors in history as a television-addicted Chad wearing a silly bandana and spouting superficial gibberish about candy instead of adressing his history and how he became an edgelord. It is pure pop meme.
I saw myself losing interest in the characters. Nothing happened in the movie. I never felt the emotional connection between those two. I never saw depth in their conversations. They talked about worthless trivia.
Perhaps it is the fault of the real life interviewer and the movie...
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>DFW, a flawless physical Teutonic specimen, portrayed by a fleshy-nosed, puffy lipped Jew
That's the real infinite jest.
https://medium.com/@breteastonellis/thoughts-on-david-foster-wallace-and-the-end-of-the-tour-by-bret-easton-ellis-fc9ba2d76d84#.91c3w8io6
>>7805260
>Teutonic
Neanderthalic, more like.
I remember a book that I wasn't able to read for some reason and I don't remember the title. I was wondering if any of you anons have heard of the book.
The book begins with earth having been conquered by some alien species in a rather uneventful takeover. Some nuclear missiles we fired at the alien craft, but the nuclear missiles were ineffective.
Later one member of the alien species stated that the natural end of all empires was collapse and that the species looked forward to their empire collapsing.
Any anons heard of this book?
The Firm
>>7805180
source on this semen demon?
that sounds a lot like Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace.
What's the most lit name for a restaurant you can think of?
An Arse Full of Farts™
>>7805119
For Sale:
Hamburgers
Never Eaten
fat ho burgers
Describe your last shit with a Shakespeare quote.
Sound and fury, signifying nothing (just a guff)
"There's the rub"
"O fuck."
Have there been any published books/memoirs/whatever about NEETs? I've been going through the "phase" for a few years and whilst I don't work (for now, in a few months I'll be helping a friend) I do keep a diary and what have you to talk about how I feel, what I think, and what I did.
notes from underground
>>7804913
That's fictional.
>>7804978
Everything is fiction.
Is it worth reading?
>>7804806
why don't you read it and work it out for yourself you stupid lazy fuckeryes of course it is, it's brilliantyou stupid lazy fucker
it's the most british book ever
>>7804806
Yes. It's one of the best books written in the last 30 years or so. Hilarious and heartbreaking.
>read the greeks
>don't even see the point of living anymore, let alone reading
daily reminder to never read the greeks
>>7804616
>Reading the Greeks (the republic)
>Getting gradually smarter and more wise
>Understand more and more everytime I read
>It's helping me read other books better
>tfw I don't rely on external circumstances to determine my existence
Daily reminder to read your books and shut the fuck up.
>>7804897
Republic and Nicomachean ethics fine to start with philosophy wise? I have the Iliad and tragedians lined up.
>>7804897
>>7804928
>going straight to the Republic
What are some good books on hermits and hermitry as a general phenomenon?
Ride the Tiger for modern day hermits.
>>7804565
my diary
Most of this is about monks who lived a communal life, but that is close to hermitage by the world's standards.
St. Athanasius' "Life of St. Anthony", the first great Christian monk (and hermit)
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2811.htm
Selections from "Sayings of the Desert Fathers"
http://www.stmarkchicago.org/Selections-From-The-Sayings-Of-The-Desert-Fathers.pdf
Philokalia (collection of works, mostly monks, over many centuries)
http://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Philokalia.pdf
Little Flowers of St....
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When does one use the word patrician? I want to use it in my upcoming paper, but how would I use it?
What make a person/character patrician?
>>7804494
Sauce
>>7804498
Answer and you shall recieve more
>>7804494
specifially and only in the context of the roman class system, anything else is cringeworthy - presumably the answer as to what makes somebody a patrician has something to do with education, land ownership, wealth, etc. but i'm sure a simple google will clear that up!
Why was he such a bad Humbert?
He was the best Humbert he could be.
>>7804308
Doesn't strike me as Humbert, desu. He should have a handsome yet disgusting look, no? Like overly manly, a contrast to Lolita.
>>7804342
No, I think that his appearance is spot on. He is supposed to be a handsome guy who people don't want to think is abusing his stepdaughter. The rottenness is all on the inside.
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What kind of books are you reading, when you want to take a break from difficult ones?
your moms biography
i wank myself to it especially in the parts where i appear :)
>>7804235
Things like Kurt Vonnegut's books.
>>7804243
Daddy?
Is this the logical conclusion to literature?
I sure hope not, because that conclusion would be a tragically mediocre one.
>>7804210
richard zenith's book is alright, but you might want to read fernando pessoa first before making such a bold statement.
Is there such a thing as Cyberpunk-lite?
Don't get me wrong, I love Neuromancer and Wolfbane and all that. But I'm looking for something a little more light.
More optimistic thematically and less harsh in their imagery. The cities are massive, but not run-down shitholes everywhere except the Towers. The mega-corporations are huge, but not out to buy your soul. Things like that.
I don't think so honestly. That comes with the "punk" aspect of the title.
Post-Cyberpunk.
While not all examples are lighter (in fact, many of the darkest cyberpunk novels are post-cyberpunk) post-cyberpunk is on the while gentler and softer. It's from writers who grew up with Apple and who watched the Japanese economy implode on itself.
I'm interested to see Post-post-cyberpunk in the coming decades from writers who've grown up with the smart-phone arms race and watching China take over the world.
Anything set in the contemporary real world
