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what does it feel like to flatulate and think it smells like death and wish the smell upon no one and also to sit in a mirror which spans to the floor and to see your bitch tits sagging in front of you and to have had intense and intimate sexual encounters with women who are far better than you could ever be and to feel sick about all of it and hate yourself and to feel suicide would be an obvious choice if your mother was already dead and she'd never have to hear about it and how is it possible to feel so alone alone and isolated when you make people laugh and they think you're a swell guy but really all you want is to hire a whore to let you fuck her face until she pukes and you get off watching others do this and you paid a fat woman once to do this but you couldn't bring yourself to go through with it so you fucked her for $160 and you hated it and you wonder why all the relatively normal sex you've had seems trivial and what is the point of it all and I'm working on my doctorate in physical chemistry and I'm less than a year our of six from finishing and I think I might go do hard labor after because all this academic bullshit just feels so masturbatory and there are so many people more capable than me that should get priority for these precious resources and the prison system is classist and racist and I like Hemingway and Maugham and Hesse I'm pretty sure and most literature I read is shit but I really have no idea what I'm seeking
reading recommendations?
Let's put literature aside. Who would win a boxing match, Hemingway or Bolaño?
hmeingway. he was like, two bolanos.
>>7736694
Ulises Lima.
Is English the hardest language to learn?
No, though it's up there.
>>7736644
Nah its piss easy.
>>7736644
That depends more on the persons native language, for English as a second language. For children, I have heard that /r/ is a hard sounds for them to learn.
Who are the best villains in English literature?
Iago related.
Mario Incandenza. Literally did not see that turn coming
>>7736650
>English
but back up that claim familia. Why do you think he's a villain?
Check out my latest purchase
>>7736636
jesus it's worse than I thought. it's worse than the Shakespearean Star Wars books
check out this old as fuck bait
>>7736636
nice
My only love sprung from my only hate
Too early seen unknown
And known too late
Ask a man who is about to read the entire book Crime and Punishment in one day. I have some test on it on Thursday, so i have to get cracking. Don't feel like sparknotin it because I heard that this book is actually half decent. Also, I haven't read a full book in about 3 years. Do you guys think I can do it??? I'll post updates throughout the day.
Pic related, It's my book.
>>7736629
Unless you're on adderall or something I don't think you'll have enough time. It's too long to read in one day.
Do you eat ass?
>>7736647
Supposing you read 1 page/2 minutes (which is not that fast) you can finish it in like 10-11 hours. You can totally do it in one day.
I know /lit/ typically does not advocate speed reading, instead focusing on retention and comprehension...
But you have greats like Mr. Bloom reading 16 pages per minute in his prime, and still able to retain, memorize, and analyze the text. I can't even imagine how this is possible.
To what extent should you put effort into increasing your reading speed? Obviously reading faster is beneficial because you can read more. Right now I read between 250-350 WPm which is basically average.
>>7736551
>But you have greats like Mr. Bloom reading 16 pages per minute in his prime
That's one page every four seconds.
Yeah.
And it's pretty clear he memorizes what he reads.
How does he do it /lit/?
I just got into Project Gutenberg and I'm totally overwhelmed.
What are your top Gutenberg picks?
>>7736538
>reading Frederick Douglass autobiography from Gutenberg
>"d----d b---h"
>"nigger"
why couldn't you say damned in 1800s America?
>>7736538
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Gutenberg+the+law
>also came across this you might not know you might find it interesting check it out
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-mathematical-law-gutenberg-texts.html
In the news
Image for the news result
Surprising mathematical law tested on Project Gutenberg texts
Phys.Org - 1 day ago
Zipf's law in its simplest form, as formulated in the thirties by American linguist George ...
More news for Gutenberg the law
>>7736545
because "damned bitch" is offensive and "nigger" isn't
Let's have fun, gentlefolk.
>>7736535
rollin rollin rollin
Rolling for Columbine
>>7736547
Will do l8r
Is Pynchon the greatest actor of our time?
>>7736500
t-that's him?
>>7736500
word is the cameo never happened. of course people speculated that he was one of the doctors in the asylum, but that was disproven. this is a pretty good bid, but I'm inclined to think it's all a ruse
>>7737291
The whole thing was never even confirmed. Its a rumour that spread like fire that never had any foundation
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I cant understand this shit. Is it in broken English?
What books have you read that helped you in life? Currently reading pic related
>>7736480
That book has some good advice, but it is also outdated.
I had an issue with a superior at work who I tried to kill with kindness and respect. It didn't work. They didn't change, and I eventually left my job.
Take it with a grain of salt and study successful people like Donald Trump. They're awful people but they must be doing something right.
>>7736488
>Trump
>Awful person
Build the wall Hermano.
Who is the lit equivalent?
>>7736438
the fibonacci sequence
>>7736438
There's like a hundred of them
shit in movies/tv has already been done in literature a billion times over
>>7736446
name me 5 nonlinear novels that were meant to create the feeling of being in a dream
Is it common to just not be able to read everything assigned in college? I'm at a real university for the first time since 2013 and I'm struggling to keep up with the pace. I'm behind on the reading in my philosophy class, one of my English classes, and I'm also a little behind in my other English class. I don't know where I'm supposed to find the time to read everything being assigned, let alone read what was assigned with a reasonable level of attention/thought.
Has anyone else dealt with this? I feel really guilty about it. I should be treating the early months of the semester as a sort of weight training to improve my mental stamina but that hasn't been happening (is it even possible?).
Ways to improve reading speed? I'm crazy slow and hate skimming. Worried about my future in academia if I have trouble reading 30 pages of Dante's Inferno in a day.
>>7736436
underload your courses if its that much of a big deal. you can learn to not subvocalize but you will probably kill your soul in the process.
I don't know if it's common, but I'm in the same kind of situation. I'm no Slacker, I put in hours every night, but I'm rarely ever caught up.
I do have the suspicion professors know they are assigning more than you'll get around to.
History Major btw
School is meant to be your primary focus. Many don't take into account that some students are adults with family obligations, and so on.
I do the best I can, but make time for myself and family. Work hard, but don't beat yourself up if you're not earning a 3.9 every semester.
Life is more important than grades.
>early 2000s
>Franzen bitches about Oprah choosing The Corrections for her book club because it might hurt his standing in the literary world
>2015
>I don't care whether people read books or not
What happened?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYiu3fuJjM
>>7736384
>early 2000s
>Franzen is frustrated that he's been drawn in with the swill of mainstream culture
>2015
>>Franzen has turned to apathy about the fact that he was irreversibly drawn in with the swill of mainstream culture
Hes kinda like the Kurt Cobain of literature except he can live with his apathy
>>7736384
He's well-established enough to not have to care at this point. Gone are the days when he'd write godawful impressions about Gaddis as a convoluted reaction to criticism about his own books.
