She sees your number of books read this year

Forgotten show

also relevant
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>>155844554
Lolita was the only book worth reading. Everything else pales in comparison.

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>>>/fitlit/

>Y.D.A.U.+8
>still no Infinite Jest anime
Come on Japan.

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I used to read somewhere between 2-3 books a week, and did so far years, but I stopped reading entirely when I gave up trying to be a novelist.

literally 0
Unless you count LNs, which I've read 2 volumes of

>>155844554
>she actually namedropped Pynchon
the absolute madwoman

>>155844987
>giving up on your dreams

This isn't like my anime at all, except some of them like the ones about being a NEET or a salaryman

>>155845193
>49 is his most accessible book by far
>she still gave up
the fuck?

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>>155845194
Writing makes me feel suicidal so I stopped after years of constant suffering.

Reading English stuff in Japanese is rather pointless.

>>155845253
I feel you lad. Can't get any better than perpetually reminding yourself of how much of a failure you are every waking day.

>>155845253
Because you obviously forced yourself to write while being depressed, so you created association Writing = feeling like shit. Try to write when you're in a good mood.

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>>155845605
Doesn't do anything. Writing ruins my mood. I'm on depression and anxiety meds. I've tried therapy and hypnosis. I used to exercise daily and that never lightened my mood either. I don't really enjoy doing anything. I just sleep all day and then do nothing on the internet because doing anything else makes me want to die.

It doesn't help that I still have the vocabulary and eloquence of a middle schooler, even though I used to read through several books a week and religiously studied some of my favorite authors, like Herman Melville and Gene Wolfe. I'm terrible with words.

>>155845754
Actually doing something means sacrificing how perfect it is in your head.
Your writing probably does suck, it'll probably still suck even after a while. But one day it'll suck less and people will want to read it.

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>>155845783
I know that, but knowing that doesn't make me feel any less suicidal.

>>155844554

I think it's around 15 or so, I've been slacking a lot. Been meaning to read more science fiction too.

What are your /lit/ goals this year? Mine is to read all of Proust this summer, just need to get the last two books then I'm set.

>>155845253
I recently found out that Steinbeck kept a journal while writing. He talked a lot about his self-doubt which is kind of inspiring because I feel the same way. Maybe you should check it out and consider keeping a journal?

>>155844554
>reading pure text in 2017

>there are people who haven't given up on their dreams
Come on now, just give up already, it isn't like your dreams are going to come true. That kind of thing just doesn't happen in real life.

>>155846235
please be bait

>>155844554
The only thing I've read so far this year is The Metamorphosis

>>155844554
I hated how back when i was teenager and people always complained that young people dont read books anymore and when i mentioned that i read comic books it somehow doesnt count.

>>155846108
My plan was to read 60 books this year
I'm at 6;_;

>>155846420
It doesn't count anon.

>>155846420
books aren't comics, they are right
obviously it doesn't mean that they're inherently woth less though

I liked this show. Haven't been reading much though.

>>155846420
You have to be 18+ to post on this site anon.

>>155844691

I read Lolita last year. It was a very interesting experience. The book did a good job of helping me understand the mentality and thought processes of a pedophile, which in turn also helped me to understand the anime community better.

>>155846507
savage

>>155846420
>i read comic books
I know this is bait, but imagine being the kind of person who thinks The Very Hungry Caterpillar is basically the same as 1984.

>>155846507
wew

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>>155844554
>not a single book
I don't think this semen slurping hobbie is for me.

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>read a book
>suddenly start writing posts on /a/ in affected, cringeworthy prose and get called a semen-slurping faggot

>>155846440

>I've read six
What were they out of curiosity? I do like reading and try and at least read around one hundred or so pages a day.

>>155846507

I recommend Nabokov's short story collections

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I often wish I could stop using the internet entirely; do something with my life instead of sitting on my ass everyday jerking off to anime porn and stuffing my face with popcorn and coffee. Maybe it would help me be a better writer. Not in the sense of having things to write about, but to pick up on speaking mannerisms and they way others conduct themselves. I've done nothing but confine myself to my room since I was 16 (I'm 25 now) and every word out of my mouth, and every sentence produced by keyboard, is just an echoing of the paltry vocabulary I've used since I was in my mid teens.

>>155846440
Sheesh, i read 60 in about 3 months.

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>1
>Bram Stoke's Dracula
>shit pacing and shit ending

>>155846801
read oscar wilde then
what a wordy faggot he was

>>155846840
>he says while posting a fucking Love Live reaction image

>>155846801
I think the most productive I have ever been in my life was when I couldn't afford internet for a period of six months

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>>155844691
Did something say PALE in comparison!?!?!?!

>>155846801
Who the fuck cares? Living is a scam, enjoy it how you want.

There is no greater meaning to life if you leave your room. Just more problems, and some meagre fleeting happiness that isn't really worth the investment.

>>155844554
>half of two regular books
I used to read. I was a huge reader. But now all I do is read manga.

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Herman Melville is the greatest writer of the English language, btw.

>>155846981
>dude whale biology lmao
>good
'no'

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Oh man! You guys crack me up!

I'm working on a little something-something but I can't promise that it'll come out this year! There's still a lot of kinks that I gotta sort out!

I'm feeling really good about this one, though!

>>155846981

Not William Faulkner or Pynchon, Melville is alright though.

>>155847046
Against The Day was better than Gravity's Rainbow and V was godawful. Haven't read Mason & Dixon yet.
Debate me.

>>155844691
I tried reading it and was bored to death. Didn't make it past their road trip.

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Blood Meridian anime adaption when.
Finally a worthy successor to Genocyber

>>155846488
I am nearly 30 dammit. I am just still angry that they dismissed comic books. Not every comic book is capeshit

>>155847217

>Comparing Blood Meridian to Genocyber

I'd say Blood Meridian is more like Tenshi no Tamago from a visual standpoint, considering how much gore is in it American Psycho fits the comparison better.

So while on the subject of literature, what are some novels you'd like to see adapted into Anime? I think Kobo Abe or more Mishima would be nice but I Am a Cat, I'm surprised it hasn't been attempted yet. Seems very fitting for anime.

>>155844554
I miss this show

What would a date with either of them be like?

>>155846539
But there is great comic books too like hellboy

>>155846507
kek

>>155847046
He'll put out something new soon, r-right?

>>155847657
He is probably still digging through 19th century encyclopedias to entertain us with new obscure slang references.

>>155847657

>No new book since Bleeding Edge came out

I'm getting worried about him, hoping he's working on another door stopper along the lines of Mason & Dixon, Against the Day and Gravity's Rainbow. I don't see him writing anymore after his next book.

>>155847694

>Mfw Pynchon was the one who made cuckold popular again

I honestly would not be surprised.

>>155847694
>>155847719
I just hope he isn't dead.

>>155844554
zero

I dont read books. they are for kids

>>155847790
Pynchon would still write from the afterlife.

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>>155847839

>>155847325
Sixty-Nine by Ryu Murakami, with all necessarily music licenses.

>>155847839
>he says, posting on an anime board

>>155844554
0

And it was zero last year.

And it was also zero the year before that.

>>155847046
He looks almost exactly like my cousin.

>>155847941
wow what a nerd

>>155847918
okay name a single book worth reading as an adult

I will wait

>>155848002
Lolita.

>>155848002
The Bible

I think I'm on my 8th of the year.

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>>155847325
If you don't think this would be the tightest shit then get out of my face

>>155848002
>dismissing an entire medium while watching anime
Kill yourself

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>bring book to work to read during break
>everyone thinks I'm studying in my spare time because they cannot possibly imagine enjoying reading a novel

Then again, I work as a machine operator on night-shift, so maybe I'm just in the wrong profession

>>155848030
we had to read this shit in school

a fucking waste of time

>>155848033
kek

>>155848080
yet you fail to name a single worthy book

if you dont like anime go fuck off to /lit/ kiddo

>>155848093
It wouldn't be a huge jump in logic to think that you are studying. People do that if they go back to school for instance.

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>>155847719
Anime adaption when.
Should be good for at least 100 episodes.

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>>155848120
>yet you fail to name a single worthy book
I hope you realize that pretty much every single anime you ever watched has been influenced by literature

>>155848192
terrible list

anime is objectively a superior entertainment medium than books so reading books for entertainment is inherently stupid. the only books I might consider worth reading are educational ones

but yeah do whatever you like. if you enjoy books, good for you. unfortunately I dont

>>155848352
>anime is objectively a superior entertainment medium than books
weeeeeeeeeew lad

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Why are you guys responding to obvious bait?

Is something wrong with me if i don't find books entertaining to read?

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>>155848430
That is correct

>>155848454
t. millenial who rejects every medium that doesn't stimulate at least two senses

>>155848430
anime has more tools available so it is inherently superior

a book only as letters, an anime could technically copy every single book simply by printing the text and nothing else. so anime can encompass everything a book can do. but in addition to that anime can do much more, have animation, sound and so on

>>155848519
meant to quote
>>155848468
same goes for you
>>155848528

>>155848528
>anime has more tools available so it is inherently superior
Literally the other way around
The less senses a medium uses the better it is

>>155848528
Books are more flexible as far as time goes. A chapter can be as short or as long as you want but an episode has to end in 24 minutes.

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>>155848573

>>155848573
Wow, real life must be the worst shit ever, it uses ALL senses at the same time!

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>>155848528
>so anime can encompass everything a book can do
That's really not true but it doesn't shock me that there are people who honestly believe that. Prose and poetry have qualities that don't carry over to other mediums well in a lot of cases. There's no way something like Moby-Dick could be turned into an anime without much of its meaning and artistry being lost with the transition.

>>155848643
That's true though.

>>155848643
I have no idea what you're trying to say, considering that real life isn't a medium

>>155848573
according to your retarded thought process being deprived of all senses is the best entertainment of all

>>155848676
>artistry
lmao

so you believe books are art? kek, that explains everything

>>155848719
>so you believe books are art?
not him but how is that even a question?

>>155848719
>according to your retarded thought process being deprived of all senses is the best entertainment of all
it could be if you weren't a puss

I read books like you probably go through candy bars

Stop giving him (You)s

>>155848754
it is a question because it is a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information, in this case whether he thinks books are art

>>155848904
This might the worst post on 4chan right now

>>155848948
yours is worse

claim disproven through example

>>155848093
They assume you're trying to better yourself instead of wasting your time with childish frivolities like reading fiction.

w/r/t anime it lately became impossible for Anon to concentrate on it for long periods of time anymore and he often found his mind wandering to the idea that at any moment the girls would start tearing each other's clothes off and starting going to town on each other in ways that made his mind boil and whimper (1).
He'd found himself more drawn to manga as he got older, but finding the appropriate material that would make him look good to the other Anonymous users of the only O.N.A.N. approved messageboard left grew to be such an enormous and ego-delving task that the hours he spent looking for material would far outstrip the time he spent actually reading that material, a fact which didn't bother him as it was quietly more important for him that he looked good for what he was reading than the actual quality of the material he was reading in the first place (2).

(1) He'd had a similar experience once at a dentist's convention he'd attended, where he imagined at length the possibility that at the drop of a hat the attendees would start frenziedly giving each other unwarranted mouth inspections and sugar-free lollipops.
(2) Behaviour that was not unique to him, mind.

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>implying my waifu gives a fuck about books
>implying my waifu can even read

>>155849622
DFW pls go

>>155849053
Nice

>>155844554
do raito nobelu count as books

>>155849927
Do YA novels count as books?

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Will this save the isekai genre?

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I want to snuggle with Yomiko and read all day.

>>155849951

YA books are rejected Hollywood scripts that may as well be toilet paper.

>>155847918
exactly
books are for immature children who aren't yet emotionally mature enough to enjoy the pantyshots and imouto incest in anime

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>>155849994
This book is kind of incredible in an awful way. Someone post the pages that are just references and really long lists of media from the 80's.

>>155850016
Yomiko is wife material. I still haven't watched the ROD TV series after all these years.

>>155846539
It is, 1984 is fucking garbage.

>>155849951
do cgdct count as anime?

i read books for the same reasons i watch anime or play video games or read manga
it's just passing the time with mindless entertainment, not any kind of "self-improvement" or "growing as a person"

>>155844554
I use goodreads to count, so 42. Some of those are re-reads and some are LNs.

>>155848573
False, stop mistreating your senses.

>liking Heinlein

Disgusting

>>155848573
>>155848643
The more senses you have from a piece of media, the easier it is to immerse yourself; however. this can be a drawback as any glaring errors are compounded if they break immersion.

>>155848528
for the same reason, interpretive dance as a medium is objectively superior to anime

>>155850247
Stranger in a Strange Land was a fun read (at least until it got to trippy).

>>155850247
>Sci-fi-chan is a right-wing nut

That somehow turns me on.

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>>155844554
will she notice me now?

>>155844554
Only 11 so far this year.

What books would you like to see adapted into anime?
I think the Chronicles of Amber or the Lord of Light would make decent anime

>>155849994
The fedora rants are awful and the whole book is just constantly jerking it to the 80's. Still a fun read tho.
>>155850247
Hey fuck you, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is great.

>>155851087
Wheel of Time and any of Brandon Sanderson's books.

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>>155844554

One so far. I've been in a nonfiction mood the past year or two, so I can't grind through them.

>>155850247
He's okay. Better with dialogue than autistic Asimov, more on-point than Stephenson, though he doesn't have Bradbury's charming flow.

>>155850016
Pullman's 'Dark Materials' is YA, right? And Colfer's 'Fowl'. Same for DW Jones's "Griffin", "Derkholm", and Ghibli-famed "Howl" and "Castle in the Air". There's some garbage to be sure, but it's not categorically irredeemable.