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Is there any short story that I can find online that cover the absurd movement where life seem to have no meaning like in The Stranger or Waiting for Godot?
>>7789622
Myth of Sisyphus
>>7789622
No Longer Human
>>7789622
not doing your homework
What makes poetry and philosophy different?
>>7789544
Poetry gives you direct access to being itself while most philosophy gets stuck in metaphysics (at best).
>>7789544
nothing. you can throw psychology in there as well while you're at it.
>>7789544
What, this old quarrel?
Long story short: i'm currently working on a long term project and i got an eye condition that doesn't allow me to stay for long times on a pc so im doing it old school with pen and paper.
My question: is there a term or brand for Notebooks that are designed to last for years?
You know with thick sheets that won't break because of continuous use, waterproof and more stuff i cant think off right now
Please consider that i live im a third world country (Mexico)
>>7789480
rhodia or moleskine
>>7789480
Maybe go to an art supply store and get a bound artist's sketchbook. Make sure the binding is woven not glued and the paper quality is right. These things can put up with a ton of abuse.
>tfw you bought the Wordsworth Classics version of The Iliad with the homo cosplayer on the front
Best version t.b.h lad
HECTOR?
I'M ACHEA
>i dont blacklist wordsworth classics as a company from my mind
>i dont take them out only during LSD trips or while drunk to laugh at the poorly photoshopped tim and eric tier covers until my sides rupture and my throat is bleeding
Where exactly does one start with the Greeks, /lit/?
Either Homer or Hesiod. They're the oldest. I think Homer, strictly speaking, is the oldest, but Hesiod isn't far behind.
I might actually read Hesiod first, since he collects a lot of the myths and religious tales and fables that are in the background of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
>>7789036
The Quran, chapter 1.
>>7789043
>not chapter 30
How do we stop the fetishization of books?
I suggest we do it by burning a big ole pile of children's abridged books. No child should read a plot-only version of Moby Dick with pictures on every page.
You are retarded
>>7788498
>burning a big ole pile of children's abridged books. No child should read a plot-only version of Moby Dick with pictures on every page.
Let us know how going to jail for burning little kids works out.
>>7788498
>How do we stop the fetishization of books?
It's a non issue
In a few years digital will have taken over completely.
"And we were flown to a rest camp in France, where we were fed chocolate malted milkshakes and other rich foods until we were all covered with baby fat. Then we were sent home, and I married a pretty girl who was covered with baby fat, too."
The first time I read this it made me cry. It brought up every lonely feeling and I felt everything drop. Why is making a connection with a woman so difficult?
I had to put the book down and stave off thoughts of killing myself.
inb4 2edgysperglord
>>7788262
>"bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!" - James Joyce
>>7788262
because you're reading vonnegut.
>>7788262
How the fuck did you come to the conclusion that that passage is representative of how it's difficult for men to connect with women?
I need r9k to leave forever
Just wanted to give a quick update on hypersphere, it has sold 609 copies at the moment. It has been chosen for http://soulellis.com/projects/library/ which is both a book and an exhibition.
I still think very fondly of writing the book with you guys and flip through the book every week or so.
>>7788172
Holy shit.
How much money have you made from this so far?
>>7788170
My book sells 5000 copies a week.
You're on your way, kid.
how old were you when you realized jonathan franzen is a genius?
negative ten
I think I was like 16 when I read Freedom. Thought it was a damn good book with some annoying elements (all the shit about birds.) Haven't read The Corrections but I assume it's the superior novel so I've gotta check that out some day. He's a really good essayist too, though he can be a bit of a pompous prick sometimes.
>>7787845
It isn't. Freedom is better.
Guys I really need some help and /r/ has failed me
I'm looking for a book I read in elementary school, it was a series of hard covers with artwork similar to a series of unfortunate events
It was about steampunk pirates in that sort of future where it's advanced but there are still wooden/metal ships and i think they could fly?
There was also magic involved and I remember some sort of forging process which has the only words I remember "white hot flame"
It was a pretty high level book for elementary kids
there's another book I desperately...
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>>7787620
....so it can't be Treasure Planet right?
Akiko...?
remember any other specific phrases
My children WILL read Harry Potter.
fight me /lit/
There are some good characters in Harry Potter and I'm sure they'll enjoy it. I don't really see why not
>>7787470
What's happening is part of a phenomenon I wrote about a couple of years ago when I was asked to comment on Rowling. I went to the Yale University bookstore and bought and read a copy of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." I suffered a great deal in the process. The writing was dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs." I began marking on the back of an...
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>>7787472
>not posting the best part
Our society and our literature and our culture are being dumbed down, and the causes are very complex. I'm 73 years old. In a lifetime of teaching English, I've seen the study of literature debased. There's very little authentic study of the humanities remaining. My research assistant came to me two years ago saying she'd been in a seminar in which the teacher spent two hours saying that Walt Whitman was a racist. This isn't even...
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real question here, not trying to shit post.
My life, morals and attitudes align with Franks character from the show House of Cards. I was wondering if you could recommend books that would help achieve or improve traits I have to be more like his character.
Some attributes Franks character has
intuition, thinking, sensing, feeling
I'm asking of this because I have the ability to do most of these things and often do, but I'm young and need some guidance.
maybe I'm trying to be an absolute Machiavellian villain here.
>>kill a dog.
>>7787448
start with the greeks.
I don't usually post on this board, but I'm feeling a feel that I think only some of you guys might understand.... I really miss Kurt Vonnegut, even though he's dead.... I think I kinda have a crush on him. Can anyone relate? Have you ever been in love with a dead author?
>>7787431
upboated.
>>7787431
>Have you ever been in love with a dead author?
so it goes.
>>7787431
this is pathetic but i'll humor you
>if you do not love me i shall not be loved if i do not love you i shall not love
this was great. i wish DFW developed as a smug ironist and magical realist comedian instead of becoming an oprah book club self help guru obsessed with banality and conservative american virtues
anyways, wasted potentials aside, broom is a flawed but fantastic read. if you were on the fence about it i'm here to shove your overboard
How banal of you to say what you really think
>>7787347
It's sad, really.
he wrote this as a undergrad too
What do you lot think of Alain de Botton?
>>7787307
has anyone told this man about hats
>>7787313
hats look terrible. He looks alright and there is nothing he can do but shave it all off anyway.
if i had just a little less to lose, i'd probably risk prison to assassinate this piece of shit because the only thing i care more about myself is philosophy and this worthless bottomfeeder rapes it every day
