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/r9k/: The Book
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Prettymuch.
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>>9696702
Kek.
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>>9696702
wow great thread
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the end of all games
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>>9696621
the end of the condition of the possibility of game
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Should I feel guilty for loving 2001? I feel dirty for being so obsessed with it since reading about these rumours about Arthur C Clarke. I fear that a work of art originating from the mind of a pedophile may unconsciously project a pedophile's psyche onto the subconscious of all which consume it, no matter how subtly
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terrible album, decent movie
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>>9696599
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5899656/straight-gay-or-binary-hal-comes-out-of-the-cybernetic-closet
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>>9696604
Album? What?
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Alright, which of you fuckers did this to my library book?
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Why bother taking notes in a book you don't get to keep? Some people dude.
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I rented it for a lit class from the school library and I'm assuming it has been assigned before, but still, this note taking is excessive bordering on schizophrenic
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If you don't take notes outside a library book you're an insane person
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Hey family.
Has Thomas Mann ever written a short story? If he hasn't, what would be his shortest Book?
Cheers
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>>9696417
He wrote many. The most famous being death in Venice
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>>9696417
amazing image. god damn
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>>9696614
That's a novella
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Leave this board and never return if any of these apply to you:
>you read any form of genre fiction
>you barely know your classics
>you tend to believe that if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level
>you think everyone's opinion should be accepted and respected
>you speak a single language
>you read contemporary versions of Shakespeare or Milton
>you read for the plot
>you read for entertainment
>you rarely read nonfiction
>you don't have a solid grounding in philosophy
>you don't have at least have some understanding of the Three Tragedians and Homer
>you have little to no understanding of literature outside of your cultural horizon
>you have little to no understanding of literature within your own cultural horizon
>you mostly read contemporary literature
>you believe 'the author is dead'
>you make your literary analysis proceed from ideology
>you think intricate prose is 'pretentious' and that the author 'should just get to the point'
>your rarely read poetry
>you think Rhythm and Rhyme is just useless rules and laws restricting creativity
>you have a hard time explaining why you like a given work
>you have a hard time forming structured and relevant literary criticism
>you tend to refuse to judge works for yourself, rather relying on the opinions of literary authorities
>you rarely read for more than one or two hours straight
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dont you get bored of posting this?
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>>9696304
>>you think Rhythm and Rhyme is just useless rules and laws restricting creativity
Always make me laugh.
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>why aren't ppl including digital media, social media, the internet etc etc in novels
because its throwaway and meaningless. its sole intention is to devolve yourself from yourself. Could there be anything more banal about reading about some prick posting on facebook? Its like why we don't read about protagonists having bowel movements or farting in literature (joyce is ok at it...im generalising)
>im going to write a novel about some autist shit-posting on the chans.....that'll werk.
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>>9696183
we don't read about bowel movements or farting in literature because the literature itself is the bowel movement or fart
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>>9696188
go to bed slavoj
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>>9696183
>because its throwaway and meaningless. its sole intention is to devolve yourself from yourself.
Sounds like a pretty good subject to examine in a novel desu
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Opinions/Quotes
The good, the bad
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>>9696118
>starts thread
>doesn't contribute
fuck off, faggot
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>>9696118
I'm on Part III. Brought it with me on a family vacation. Enjoying it so far. The philosophical discussions are interesting and the journey itself is deep and insightful. I'm a little confused about the identity of Phaedrus. Not sure if he is a real person, a ghost, or the author's alter-ego. It's weird because he shares memories and experiences with Phaedrus as if he was remembering his past life. Either way, it's been a good book. Can't wait to come home and get back to reading Dostoevsky...
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>>9696118
not really meant to be any sort of serious philosophy, i consider it more of a memoir. the hardcore philosophy pseuds will come in and bash the book for not being 'good philosophy' and completely miss the point of the book.
i liked it. it was part memoir, part a look into the authors thought process.
>>9697370
Phaedrus is the author prior to his electro shock therapy. The result of the treatment had such an effect on him that he didn't even recognize his past life as even being him. He mentions something about looking in a mirror or seeing memories of his past life, and it's not him. His identity and ego is completely different after the treatment. This is slowly revealed later on in the book I think (I forget where exactly).
>inb4 complaining about spoilers
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For me, it's David Icke
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>>9695984
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David Icke was literally right about everything.
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>>9696151
>about everything.
which basically means nothing
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>Maybe—after 14 months all I really know is that I don’t know anything except that it happened to me, and what I saw during that short time was real.
Anyone here read The Exegesis?
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Surviving too much of and too many drugs
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doing a shit tonne of drugs and occultism are a cocktail for schizophrenia
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>>9695931
le bump
philip k dick more like phillip k illurself
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philip k dick more like phillip k illurself
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>deckard keeps blurting out "HEY UR AN ANDROID" at people he shouldn't be antagonizing
>his waifu kills his goat for some reason, then he decides to go out to the woods and become jesus
>final confrontation is just him faking a retards voice, then the highly intelligent robots miss shooting him while hes standing in the doorway
im surprised by how good blade runner turned out considering how shitty this book is
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>>9695906
>>his waifu kills his goat for some reason, then he decides to go out to the woods and become jesus
>>final confrontation is just him faking a retards voice, then the highly intelligent robots miss shooting him while hes standing in the doorway
what the fuck is up with these though?
Blade Runner is so much better
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>>9695994
schizophrenia
/lit/, I'm looking for new political philosophy books to read and a friend recommended Noam Chomsky- Which of his books should I pick up? Or should I pick up a different author?
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Manufacturing Consent
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>>9695784
Manufacturing consent is probably his best/magnum opus.
Understanding power is the easiest to read as it's just a collection of speeches.
>Should I read a different author
Nah he's good, propaganda model is still really cool even if I don't really agree with it (not a fan of leftism)
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>>9695784
Start with the Greeks
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This book is really fun to read out loud even if it doesn't make any sense :DD
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>>9695480
I like the part where there's a lot of delicious stinky girl farts
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>>9695480
I think you mean this one
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>>9695510
I haven't read that one yet but I hope it will make my mouth munch on a bunch of words the way ulysses does :D
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A close friend of mine was found hanged inside his bathroom by his girlfriend yesterday evening? I have taken the entire day of work to process this. It is so unreaI. I saw no signs of this coming. Met him a week ago and he was perfectly fine, we laughed alot. He had worked as a medical doctor for about 2 years, own apartment, nice girlfriend, travelled alot, had friends, family, money. His girlfriend told us he left a heavy amount of writing behind which she did not know about. Im guessing farewell letters or maybe fiction? Time will tell.
Why do people just depart like this? Is there literature on this that you could recommend me? How does someone hide it so well? He never seemed like the guy who would dare to do this and im thinking he must have been in a really dark place to just let go like that.
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liberals do not have an answer to suicide, besides resorting to hedonism ''enjoying life is good'' and let your tastes define your nonlegal ''identity''
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>>>/b/why are you asking us if he hanged himself?
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>>9695085
>I have taken the entire day of work to ""process"" this.
Are you a robot? What's your megahertz, if you don't mind me asking?
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How does /lit/ feel about Haruki Murakami?
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Very very nice to read. Have read almost all of his novels.
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I have yet to read him. I'm impressed by his output, not many contemporary writers seem to be as prolific.
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>be /lit/
>shit on borges
>love murakami
Sounds about right.