As far as school goes, is a linguistics degree a fair compromise between functionality and enjoyment?
Are you interested in linguistics?
All memes aside, you really need to study what you're interested in if you want a degree. College is actually pretty hard and if you're studying something you're not interested in it gets harder, and that's why 50% of students drop out after one semester and overall graduation rates are something like 30%. Yes, it's true that people with STEM degrees tend to make more money, but if you don't have a peculiar interest in science, technology, engineering, or math you're just simply not going to be able to acquire a degree in one of those fields. When it comes to getting a liberal arts degree, there's seriously no shame and nothing wrong with studying something that's actually intellectually enlightening and an established field of study like anthropology (which linguistics is a sub-field of), political science, history, English, psychology, etc. just stay away from legitimate retard stuff like gender studies, religious studies, etc. At the end of the day a B.A. is a B.A. and you end up working something that's white collar.
I hope this helps. I wish somebody told me this before I declared computer science my major and wasted my time before switching over to political science and actually made academic progress.
>>9449291
also, just because you do manage to grind through a stem degree doesn't mean you're going to have a good career. lot of people who soldiered through a cs degree and know do shitty help desk or h1b tier code monkey stuff, sure they're not impoverished or something, but they aren't silicon valley rockstars, they're 50k a year cubicle fillers
>>9449291
This. I struggled through 2 years as a business major and hated 70% of my classes.
I switched to communication and got nothing but A's because I fell in love with the subject, and lucky enough had enough business credits for a minor.
>tfw reading poetry all the time slowed your reading speed to the point of being frustrated at prose now
Poetry is the superior literary form anyway, I wouldn't sweat it too much.
If you are frustrated then you're a pleb. I enjoy good prose much more after getting into poetry.
better to read at a comfortable and thoughtful pace than to simply scan the text...
About to read this for my Literature class... what to expect?
just fucking read it
>>9448847
shut the fuck up
He predicted all of it and now he's turning in his grave. We let this happen.
It's kind of ironic how history has vindicated "evil" conservatives like McCarthy and Enoch Powell.
>>9448676
you let this happen, not us
damn
I just bought this. Thoughts?
>>9448643
very british, but cool nonetheless.
also kind of gay, but that's not a problem.
kind of wish he still wrote splatterpunk, because he was fucking good at it.
>>9448643
The story with the two cities fcked me up
Some cool ideas, some cool body horror.
Barker has never been able to hold back from shafting his own atmosphere with some schlocky gore though, and as an /immersion/ autist I find it super hard to find a groove.
Does anyone else refuse to read anything other than collectible editions of books unless there's nothing else available but paperback? When I started out getting into books, I would just buy whatever was cheapest so I would have it available on my shelf for when I wanted to read it. Now that I have pretty much every book I want on my book shelf, some of them there's not going to be a really nice edition that I can buy, so I just read the paperback, but if there's an easton press or folio society edition available of it that's 100 dollars or less (or in some cases around 150 if it's super special), then I'll just read that instead. Honestly, if I'm going to read a book I might as well read it on a really nice edition and enjoy myself more. I think it makes the experience more of an event really. A really nice copy feels classy in my hands while I read and I actually find that I focus better when I'm in love with the feel and look of the book I'm holding.
>>9448488
>autism speaks
No? What the fuck is wrong with you OP
>>9448990
Didn't know there was something wrong with me. If you have any clue let me know.
I started reading blood meridian but stopped like 80 pages in and i don't feel like picking it up again. It was just a edgy murderfest with a meme prose. Why do so many people like it?
its violent and pretty.
its easy to like if you are not really into esoteric shit.
>>9448482
Sounds like it all went over your head.
>>9448487
probably
You can't call yourself redpilled if you haven't read 3 (three) of these books.
Act accordionally.
Nice meme
I wish Lauren southern would show more skin though, looks like she's been getting more thicc recently
>>9448026
>1984
>Thus Spake
>Selfish
literally everything else is pandering trash
>>9448026
Black rednecks and white liberals should be on this graph, you might actually learn something from it if you read it, rather than Southern or Cernovich who just repeat their usual shtick from Twitter but in book form
post /lit/ pics
>>9447977
>Book similar to this?
Can anyone recommend some novels that deal with deterioration of mental state, social isolation, loneliness, paranoia, lack of self-worth, pressure from society, etc?
I've read most of Kafka and recently read BĂĽchner's Lenz, which I loved, and need more like it!
>>9447714
Read Crime and Punishment senpai.
JG Ballard's Drowned World kinda
Is William Faulkner the greatest American author ever?
Cormac McCarthy out-Faulkners Faulkner
>>9447321
That's not Henry James.
>>9447321
Of course not, you fucking prosefaggot.
Most badass book artwork
>>9447191
ITT we beat off to book covers instead of, well, reading.
>>9447329
take your head out of your ass shit head
>tfw finals are over in a week and I can focus on reading all summer longer
What are your goals for this summer, lads? I'm going to try to finish the Bible (currently about halfway done), the Odyssey, and the Silmarillion, since I just finished rereading LOTR.
>tfw graduated and employed so summer is just like regular wageslavery but it's fucking hot
The Silmarillion is the crowning jewel of fiction. Enjoy it.
>>9447022
Working at a firm and taking classes. During the time between classes I'll be writing onto the law journal. Rest is for the dead.
>>9446943
The Greeks.
>>9446943
>Harry Potter series
>Plato's Republic
>Tom Jones
>Pride and Prejudice
>Eragon
>Ulysses
>The Savage Detectives
>Any good history book on The French Revolution
>Judy Blume's Fudge series
And it helps to bruch up on your Marx and Freud
What are the best books about King Arthur, Merlin, Knights of the Round Table etc.?
I just picked up A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, but are there any more serious books on the Arthurian legend? What are your favourites? Any input is appreciated, thanks
>>9446827
the only one i've found worth reading, IMHO, is "the once and future king." if you read this as an adult, you should have already read:
>"le morte d'arthur"
AND/OR
>the arthurian section of "bulfinch's mythology"
AND
>"sir gawain and the green knight"
even if you don't, though, it's still the definitive version of arthur.makes me cry like a bitch in many places throughout the story desu senpai
strangely enough, last night i was looking for a good movie on arthur—couldn't find anything, so i downloaded "monty python" and resolved to watch it today and show it, for the first time, tomy wife
>>9446827
Idylls of the king.
Tennyson is by far the most talented writer to deal with the subject
>>9447331
Idylls are great, but there are not enough of them!