Is this the key to Infinite Jest?
bitch
/lit/, which book(s) motivated you to do your best in whatever it is you do ? To truly push you to persistently better yourself ? Don't be afraid to post a book that's considered shit or a meme, I ask just what works for you.
I read Antifragile and became an even more lazy piece of shit and skeptical about everythig
>>9659888
you're asking to the most wrong people
>>9659888
Dubliners. Not because of the content, but due to the fact that Joyce wrote it at such a young age and that inspires me to work as hard as possible. I guess not wanting to stagnate like a lot of the characters in Dubliners is also an inspiration.
I'm not sure if I should ask this to /lit/ or /his/, but any recommendations for learning about him?
I bet there are literally a gazillion books about Robespierre and the french revolutions but it's really hard to find something that is not I D E O L O G Y
If you're already familiar with the french revolution I'd recommend checking out some of his own writings, that way you can learn about his ideas without having them demonized
if you dig philosophy and are into german idealism (espacially Hegel/Kant) check out Mourning Sickness - Hegel and the French Revolution
>tfw can't tell if I just don't like a book or I can't enjoy reading because of my low attention span
If you actually find yourself questioning this, it's more than likely the former. A good read should be able to keep your attention, regardless of attention span. Read something with faster pacing.
Masterpiece
I've finished reading demons yesterday but i cannot understand Stavrogin. at first I've thought that he's a "pure" nihilist, without being spooked like kirillov or pyotr, that he was doing everything ranging from self degradation to commiting heinous deeds just to push his limits and to stop the boredom, and at the end of the novel killing himself because of the emptiness and meaninglessness in his life.
But after reading "At Tikhon's" he seems to feel guilt after driving the little girl to suicide, a need to repent and to find forgiveness, yet he still acts like a cunt, screwing lisa, ignoring the obvious threats to his wife or shatov and so on. can someone help me understand this man? Is he a mix of raskolnikov and Svidrigailov?
also
>jesus will forgive you the rape of an innocent child if you forgive yourself, heh, fuck me, he'll forgive you even if you don't
what did Tikhon mean by this?
Hey /lit/, I'm not from around these parts, but i was wondering if anyone of you have come across a writing style similar to quotes like theses:
>Mastery over life and death was chief among my early pursuits. I began in humility, but my ambition was limitless. Who could have divined the prophetic import of something as unremarkable as a twitch in the leg of dead rat?
>The ways and rituals of blood sacrifice are difficult to master. Those from beyond require a physical vessel if they are to make the crossing into our reality. The timing of the chants is imperative - without the proper utterances at precise intervals, the process can fail spectacularly.
>Prodigious size alone does not dissuade the sharpened blade
Thanks in advance
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>>9659663
WTF?
May read some Carlos Castaneda
I dunno if the OP is a troll or not, but Darkest Dungeon is completely based on Lovecraftian horror. The narrator of the game is even Wayne June, a beloved Lovecraft audiobook narrator.
Not only Lovecraft but much of his gigantic following (the group surrounding August Derleth) writes in that style. Often exactly in that style, i.e., the kind of stuffy Boston erudit who peruses eldritch lore and stumbles on sp00ky things.
i want to start reading, living and getting better at life. So every serious advice will be appreciated :)
Starting reading is a broad opening to be honest with you friend, any start is a good start in that respect. Jumping in at a supposed deep end could be difficult, depends what you want - I've always enjoyed Borges, Melville, Hawthorne - too many to mention. Take care
>>9659423
Start with the greeks
>>9659717
This is great, thanks. Mythology by Ms. Hamilton is the absolute tits.
Is James A. Michener a good writer?
What did she mean by this?
David has the essence of a dog
AUDIENCE PUSSY
I like Dune.. Let's talk about Dune.
Dune
>>9659348
dune is over rated sci fi trash.
https://youtu.be/H7mx0nAxkco
At least in contemporary philosophy every single time the subject is always referred as she or her. Even SEP is doing it.
because women are objects
>>9659332
Well, that is their purpose after all.
>>9659328
nature is female. logic is male
Did Raskolnikov, Kirillov and Ivan Karamazov basically predict all of Nietzschean philosophy?
No, but I did in high school.
Just face it! It's over. And you know it's over. There will be no twenty-first century Joyce.
>>9659185
Warong, my bokassa. the os quakes in the hitherhereto. Eat the grapes of wrath and entitilate the skies. Then the firstgods will be kwa kwa kwa libobu.
>>9659185
>There will be no twenty-first century Joyce.
thank god
>>9659185
yes
/Lit/ I was wondering if you had any advice on how to improve my note taking when reading, or know an article/book that does a great job explaining? I think a lot of posts focus on what to read, but don't help on ensuring the full content of the works are being grasped.
>>9659132
Read each book at least twice since you will never fully grasp it first time
I underline words or short phrases that I find particularly relevant and, for longer passages, mark off the lines with a bracket basically in the margins. Long passages which are less explicitly relevant but I may want to look back to if I return to a text later on, I do something like the bracket, but just little right angles at the top and bottom. Then brief comments in the margins or top/bottom of the page if I want to explain something for future reference. This is mostly for personal reference, so "relevant" being stuff stuff related to my personal interests. Sparingly, I will use asterisks to mark off particularly relevant passages. But I also include a little notation here and there for what seems like key details. This way, if I look back at a book I've read in the past, I can basically just quickly follow through the words / lines I've noted, and that should give me a solid gist of the work.