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I haven't read a book since 2011. It was The Wheel of Time series, I think the fifth book or something. It had people who controlled others by some sort of magic device and could force them to do things or cause pain or something to that degree.
Anyway, I haven't read a book since 2011. What do I read? I'm normally /ck/ and /tv/...
>>7721384
me neither. I haven't read a book in years. authors are a bunch of dense motherfuckers who don't got shit to say and take all day saying it.
>What do I read?
The sticky, for starters.
Slaughterhouse-Five is great for people looking to get into reading.
Check the sticky for the /lit/ starter pack.
Best ever true crime book?
>>7721052
Yes. Also the original one. Everything after it was a mistake.
>>7721052
Yes.
So many things, like
- deep character analysis
- funny "Coen brothers" plot
- mystery (for several months the killers got away with it, Capote went to Kansas long before they were arrested)
- very /lit/
- ...
This.
The Godfather books and movies are based on this true crime novel, and those movies inspired an entire genre of Mafia films and media.
I haven't heard much about it, except for one guy that claimed it was one of the best books out there. Also, I know it's sort of a /lit/ meme. Am I in for something good?
>>7715554
Yup, it's pretty hilarious
>>7715554
Some people love it, some people hate it, some find it boring or confusing.
There are a lot of events in it but they're not presented in chronological order, rather each chapter more or less focuses around one character at a time. It's probably my favorite book and has been since I read it in high school.
It's funny in an absurd and flippant sort of way, at least initially, but as you go along there's a gravity and desperation that starts sinking in until you get to the climax.
True or False?
>>7721349
That's false.
>>7721349
True. As much as I like think otherwise, in truth, all things are equally worthless.
>>7721361
So what are the objective markers for quality in literature?
Hey /lit/. Quick question, when a character goes through a sort of fall from grace, is there a literary term for it? Plot strategy or something?
For example, John is in love with Jane, but because of his love-stricken mind, Jane dies. Now he's a changed man, all that mess.
Tragic?
>>7721350
A good enough lead, I got what I was looking for. Thanks anon
>reading book
>has an in-text citation
>cites an entire different book
>now you have to read that entire different book in order to continue.
Anybody else fucking hates that feel?
I know that feel.
>reading academic article
>by the time I'm finished I have 5-10 more articles queued up to read
>each new article adds 5-10 more to the list
Pic related, my current (digital) backlog (I have about ~50 books lying around my room I still need to finish).
I'll never read everything I want to read.
Why does /lit/ hate this guy?
they're jealous
he shot all those people at Virginia Tech
>>7720707
Why would you hold a macbook that way ?
Also he writes like a child
What's a good book on literary history?
>>7719933
I have no idea, I just want to commend you for posting that amazing photograph.
>>7721310
It's a genuine one from the first world war, and yeah, absolutely gorgeous. Could've been a Junger book cover
Are there any /fit/ intellectuals?
besides me I can only think of one.
>>7718631
Not typically. You kind of have to be obsessed with what you're doing to be an intellectual, having it occupy all of your time and energy.
Beckett was said to walk 5 to 10 miles nearly every day though but I don't think that'd fit /fit/s stamdards/
itt:plebs that dont know the true /fit/ intellectual of the 20th century
Questions about Hegel
Ask away
what's his deal
>>7717200
How dialectic is he?
Very.
Not very.
>>7717203
He is a philosopher who says that consciousness is reality and that it progresses through history
Is this good?
>>7716287
Yes, but not as good as some people say.
One of the best books I've ever read. Epic, bad-ass, violent as all Hell. The Judge is the ultimate villain, with some of the most wicked lines of dialogue of all time.
The favorite books of every president of the United States: http://www.buzzfeed.com/daveodegard/the-favorite-books-of-all-44-presidents-of-the-united-states#.qxy2rVLr3
Roosevelt for Kipling.
Nixon for Tolstoy.
Bill Clinton for meditations.
And Dubya for the Bible.
>>7721218
>Roosevelt for Kipling.
>Bill Clinton for meditations.
>And Dubya for the Bible.
pleb
>James K. Polk
>His Diary
desu
Recommend some good secondary lit on Shakespeare, please.
I've got The Meaning of Shakespeare which is great, but I'm looking for some different perspectives.
Mark Van Doren, Shakespeare
Bloom's Shakespeare: The invention of the human
>>7720940
'Meaning...' Sounds very interesting.
Sell it to me.
>>7721190
>The supreme imaginative literature of the world is a survival of the fittest ink blots of the ages, and nothing reveals a man with more precision than his reaction to it.
how can you distinguish pseudo intellectualism from actual intellectualism?
>>7720920
they're the same thing
>>7720920
grammar
>>7720920
>pseudo-intellectual
agnostic
>intellectual
atheist
Whats /lit/'s opinion of tim rogers ?
Particularly
http://largeprimenumbers.com/clocks/
I think it's pretty cool.
Work on your subtlety, Tim. Self-promotion shouldn't be this obvious.
Icycalm pwns him
>>7720678
Not him
