What are some lit approved ereaders?
kobo glo
kindle paperwhite
Kobo aura one if you wqnt one that isnt too small. Paperwhite otherwise.
can you read pdfs or downloaded books on an ereader?
Come watch /lit/ take on /d/ in /lit/s first match of the tournament. All the other elite teams have had a terrible time this tournament so /lit/'s chances look very good.
>>9823565
The game is on streamed on Smashcast and everything is explained on https://implyingrigged.info/wiki/FAQ
TENTACLE TACTIX
Do we even have enough memes to fill a roster? We have the meme trilogy and the Greeks, but what else
do people in texas really talk like that?
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>>9823433
yessir *spits on ground*
>>9823433
darn tootin'
Holy shit. I just read this for the first time a month ago and holy christ. The first half was a bit too self depreciating, but this may be one of the most relatable and beautiful books I've ever read. That finale was so surreal and gorgeously described. I thought a lot of it would be lost in translation, and maybe some of it was. But christ what a good book.
>>9823380
the finale is indeed awesome (fucking mozart tho)
I read it in german, and I remember reading some sections of the book and thinking "good luck translating this" (he works f.e. with old german lulaby/children rhymes etc, which wouldnt be familiar to non-germans, but are instantly recognized by virtually every german) but I'm glad you still liked it, always nice to know that Hesse's art can be enjoyed no matter where you from
>>9823460
Is Siddhartha worth picking up as well?
>>9823380
literally 4chan: the book
Need a book about art or arts studies. Long story short, I need to to turn into a pretentious art fag for a girl. We went to the museum and for the first time in my life I felt inferior to someone. She was pointing the balance of colors, shadows and other shit that I never knew existed. Pic kinda related.
>for the first time in my life i felt inferior to someone
You're an idiot.
>>9823348
How damn insecure are you that a person more knowledgeable in certain subjects exists? Why don't you stop using everything to jack off your ego and ask her how you can learn more or just listen and learn? And you think someone who knows what the fuck they are talking about is not gonna notice a poser fag regurgitating entry level trash in an attempt to level himself?
>>9823348
pic?
I have seen it before but the name escapes me atm
How to start with aesthetics? Recommended books and philosophers
---> /fit/
>>9823259
>>9823259
As you yourself know deep down inside, as evidenced by your choice of OP, literature is not the proper place to go to understand and appreciate aesthetics. After all, it's just vulgar words on the paper, which do not achieve the sublime.
Instead, what you want are particular, immediate experiences of apprehension. These are most readily obtained in fine art museums, and by listening to good music.
A recent genre of music which has notably apotheosized aesthetics itself is vaporwave, as well as its offshoot, future funk. So if you listen to vaporwave while touring the Lourve or another appropriate museum, you might collapse into ego-death from the overflow of beauty (beauty is an important and central component of aesthetics).
Ok, so everyone has for years told me how great a writer William Faulkner was. So, I read As I Lay Dying- mediocre at best, and no real strengths at characterization are revealed. Instead, a bunch of yokel stereotypes. So, I mark that off as just one of those things. Then I read his Collected Stories. Atrocious! Nothing but stereotypes in every tale. The Southern grotesques are not as noxious as in, say, Flannery O’Connor, but the tales are all wooden, dull, and generally- a mess! So, I read Sanctuary, which comes with the preface that it was Faulkner’s ‘deliberately commercial’ novel, and the one that ‘broke him’ to readers. So, I think if the high literature of As I Lay Dying, and his acclaimed short stories, is bad then, perhaps, the real gem lies in his ‘commercial’ novel.
I will have to read The Sound And The Fury, but I’ve given up on having any high expectations for it. Perhaps, that’s the key, and I will be pleasantly surprised, although I doubt it will change my overall view of Faulkner as one of the most grotesquely overrated writers of all time. He constipates me with his plodding narratives, ridiculously stilted conversations, and outrageously thin plot machinations. I need an enema after all that, but sans that- pass the corn cob!
Lmao true
>>9823233
P R E T E N T I O U S
>>9823233
t. goodreads
is he worth a look? does he raise any philosophical questions or lasting themes? or are his works very plot-driven? i have a copy of huck finn next to me.
I read him as a very young person and he was my favorite. Revisited his works this year, and I didn't enjoy Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer nearly as much. His serious prose is actually solid , though. He has a good style.
A favorite between the ages of 10 and 15, but no longer.
>>9823267
vlad pls
what are some great interviews with writers? I'm particularly looking for video/audio interviews, but written ones are cool too
>>9823172
James nigger.
the paris review interview section.....all of it.
some of the imagine bbc documentaries are effectively elongated interviews with writers.
roth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh_tCH4ztRM
marlon james -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj10m_J5kJY
lrn2google
>>9823599
Why does he always has to be so pessimistic?
>>9823092
Because he was a retard lmao
>>9823092
He didn't have to, he just enjoyed it.
What should I read before reading his works?
Any advice for a guy looking to study journalism in the near future?
What's it like to be able to set various perception changing information free to the public?
>>9823074
Get a real job?
Unless you want to be a political shill, you're wasting your time and money on journalism.
>>9823124
Good thing you really looked into the field before making this comment...elsewise you might be believed to be wearing your pants on your head.
Make sure you choose a university that is well connected in a major city. Don't bother going to third rate college, because a Journalism degree with be only as valuable as the internship and connections you get from it.
What the fuck was his problem?
PTSD
Post-war jp probably
>>9823063
He was just a sad man.
He isn't right about human nature, correct? I mean it has to be, right? Please confirm that he is wrong
>>9823007
Since he apparently BFTO'd Rawls I'd consider him an interesting fellow.
>>9823051
Source? I've read several books written by Gray but either can't remember it or it isn't in one of the books I've read.
Didn't like the human extinction commite though, but it was somewhat mindchanging anyway.
>>9823241
He just seems to be generally against liberalism, as well as Rawl's particular formulation of the concept. He has written a number of books on the subject. Hopefully someone more familiar with his works shows up because I am really interested in studying his philosophy.
This slimy fuck didn't get half as much ass as he says he did.
He's like that kid at school whose hot-as-shit girlfriend goes to another school and whose Dad works for Nintendo. Both Tropics are just wank-fantasies. The guy was a bum for half his life; he had to beg for food. The only cunt he ever saw was his wife's, and maybe a few down-and-out broads with no dignity, and even less money.
>>9822982
Okay, cool.
>>9822982
so?
>>9822982
Duh, no one gets as much ass as they say they get.
Part of getting ass is constantly lying about getting ass.
damn...
She was a ballerina
but he could only do the macarena
She was a car
His license was revoked
she was a transverse electromagnetic wave
but he was a hollow, infinitely long rectangular wave guide made out if perfectly conducting material