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>The 700 page book ends with no concrete conclusion.
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>it was just a dream
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>Author suddenly realizes they don't have many pages left so they hastily put together a shitty climax
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I will always hate the Dark Tower because of this
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Are there any books critical of degenerate art?
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>>9368469
Yeah, read Adorno.
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>>9368469
Plato
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>>9368469
Yeah, especially about jazz.
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What is better? Franklin library or easton press?
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>>9368450
I like Franklin Library's bindings a lot more. That said, Easton Press has a much bigger selection: you can find every classic, while FL is rather limited--and with FL you only really want to buy the 100 greatest series.
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>>9368457
You like bind binding more? Interesting. I'm not sure what you mean by that.
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>>9368450
That shit is mad gay my man
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When are you going to start a journal anon?
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When the statute of limitations runs out.
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>today
>now
>already completed
>sold
>back to reading
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i keep a file titled "2017" on my desktop that serves as both a journal (i dont update it with long entries everyday) and a place for random thoughts and ideas that pop into my head
would recommend
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are there any speed readers here? is it a worthwhile skill to learn or is it just a meme?
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technical reading
academic reading
not pleasure reading
be on your way
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>>9368294
>skill
It's literally just learning to skim. Most speed reading guides outright tell you to skip sections if they look "unimportant".
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>>9368294
I can't see what kind of books could you read with such a skill. You can read badly fiction, philosophy becomes simply impossible and so are manuals, textbooks, whatever.
I can imagine myself speedreading only books I care nothing about.
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I know you read his shit faggot stop pretending 2017-04-11 08:04:36 Post No.9368268
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I know you read his shit faggot stop pretending
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Hes going full sjw as of late
>"Non-binary" "character" not even forced but beaten into the norse series
>unironic use of the term mansplaining
>had the audacity to address "cultural appropriation" when all he does is literally rewrite entire ancient mythologies for monetary gain
How does it feel to know a childhood favorite of yours has become trash even for a childrens author within the last 3 years?
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Who are you quoting?
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>>9368268
Wow what a faggot.
I mean he wasn't a fantastic writer even by kids standards. But he's giving into the Post-Modern retard cult so now he isn't even as respectable as an average YA writer.
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>>9368268
He taught me all about greek mythology, and for that his novels are indispensible. But hes just adjusting to the times so to speak. You either die young or live to see a culture thats changed beyond you.
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How THE FUCK did Jackson manage to make masterpieces out of these generic fantasy pleb shit books?
Seriously you can walk through every change from the books Jackson made and see how he incorporated another aspect of the human experience into his magnum opus while in the books it's generic "this happens then this happens ZOMG"
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>>9368237
Pleb tier b8
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>>9368237
I don't get all the filmhate. Sure, Legolas and Gimli are handled horribly, but the Sam&Frodo sections are pretty good.
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>>9368239
100 percent serious
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When you outperform your literary/philosophical mentor 2017-04-11 07:38:26 Post No.9368203
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When you outperform your literary/philosophical mentor
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So it seems, the student has indeed become the master.
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Now comes the time to kill him. There can only be one master.
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Yeah piece of shit, great post, kill yourself now
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>>9368203
He probably let you win
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I picked up Ulysses earlier today and I'm about 40 pages in.
Nothing about this screams "masterpiece". There are some truly sublime passages so far, but most of it seems like the autistic ramblings of someone trying too hard to be edgy.
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>the autistic ramblings of someone trying too hard to be edgy
that's the whole point of the bookand the reason why this shit of a place loves it
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thanks keep us posted
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ok
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Why the hell would someone waste their time reading fiction if there is so much to learn?
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Because you can learn something from fiction as well, my little piss-poster.
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Because you can learn from fiction, but not in a way you would understand
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>So called "critics" actually think that Ishmael was the protagonist
I wish I could tell all these retards to stick with genre fiction
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I think the beauty of the work is that it's told through the eyes of a more or less passive observer. Simply a working man watching obsession turn to folly.
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>>9368180
It's sad that most people don't seem to realize this and instead do high school analysis.
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You cocksuckers really are gonna meme me into reading this aren't you?
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>tfw we live in an age information is infinite, but knowledge is minimal
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>>9368110
the amount of knowledge and information isn't related to our ability to conceive of it all. We're still apes, and we're still subject to slow and gradual biological evolution. And even in this perspective, we're just sad meatbags, and the most intelligent/capable aren't necessarily reproducing more compared to the inane
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Most information on the net is noise. And not just the net.
That is why I prefer a few good non-fiction books versus a whole lot of medicore ones. And I don't like details, I search for generalities.
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>>9368139
>Most information on the net is noise.
Yeap, 4chan is the greatest example of that
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Hey lit/, check out the "deep reads" section. Am I going to dress like that if I read this book?
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>deep reads
>jd salinger
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>>9367958
>that pic
When did hipsters become emo?
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>>9368050
They didn't, magazine editors just don't know what they're talking about.
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Rec me a good book to read next that isn't this. I couldn't get past the first 10-15 pages, what utter crapola.
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start with the finigans ewake
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>>9367945
Comic books might be more your speed then.
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My mother is not doing well (speaking but incoherently at times, seems saddened, I had the feeling intuitively that something was wrong before anyone even informed me that she's been off, etc.). I live away from her but wanted to ship her some novels once I have enough funds. I do not want to send her anything violent or too depressing--she has told me all she ever wanted was to be 'innocent,' while I might regret letting her shy away from the world one day, I would greatly appreciate some recommendations that might help her be like that. I am not sure how well she'll be able to read a novel right now, so anything too complex is probably not a good suggestion, but I have to assume she can still read an item and take something from it.
In short: could we recommend me novels that are happy, not vulgar, with simple prose but a big theme?--basically, whatever you would want your mother to read. I might not respond right away--I have a busy day--but would like to thank anyone in advance for offering help.
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Your mum's gonna die bitch
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i'd say jane austen is a very mother-friendly writer
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My condolences, OP. I hope she gets better.
If you want a book with content, innocence and beauty, I couldn't recommend more "The Little Prince".
This is everything you want. Also, read it yourself if you haven't yet (but with no prejudice, this is a children's book only in the sense that children will enjoy it too, though not by the same reasons).