/lits top 100 books written after 1990! Polling starts today! Each anon can vote for 5 different books. I will keep track of votes from this thread and post a few threads throughout the next month or two. Have fun!
>>9555852
Woops I forgot to vote
Parallel stories - Peter nadas
the royal family - William T Vollmann
Never let me go - Kazuo Ishiguro
The pale king - DFW
Mason and Dixon - thomas pynchon
I vote for Sage, Hidden and Reported.
>>9555865
Why?
What happened?
too pure for this world
it's Book4You (.org) now, still works for me
its throwing me to a login page?
End with the Greeks
>>9555652
Fuck all American Pomo trash. It's all garbage. Fuck america
>a cogent post appears
>as was his wont
>>9555562
>in and of itself
>mutatis mutandis
>dasein
>Behold! I show you The Ultimate Man. "What is love? What is creation? What is longing? What is a star?" – asks the Ultimate Man and blinks. The earth has then become small and on it there hops the Ultimate Man who makes everything small. His race is as ineradicable as the flea; the Ultimate Man lives longest. "We have discovered happiness"— say the Ultimate Men and blink. They have left the regions where it is hard to live; for they need warmth. One still loves one’s neighbour and rubs again him; for one needs warmth. Sickness and mistrust they consider sinful: they walk warily. He is a fool who still stumbles over stones or over men! A little poison now and then: that makes for pleasant dreams. And a lot of poison at the end for a pleasant death. One still works for work is a pastime. But they take care that this pastime does not weary them. No-one becomes poor or rich anymore; both are too wearying. Who still wants to rule? Who still wants to obey? Both are too much of a burden. No herdsman and one herd! Everyone wants the same, everyone is the same: whoever thinks otherwise goes voluntarily into the madhouse. "Before, the whole world was mad"— say the cleverest amongst them and blink. They are clever and know all that has ever happened: so there is no end to their mockery. People still quarrel, but are soon reconciled— otherwise indigestion would result. They have their little pleasures for the day and their little pleasures for the night: but they respect health. "We have discovered happiness "— say the Ultimate Men and blink.
Why aren't you Ultimate, /lit/?
>>9555517
/lit/ is ultimate. That's why it's so shit.
>>9555517
u srs?
>>9555706
Yes. Look at Nietzsche's description, wouldn't you want to live like that? Happy, healthy, long lives, ineradicable and strong?
What books would you recommend for a fan of Pathologic?
>>9555507
I have actually never played the game but I guess you can't go wrong with Roadside Picnic.
Bumping. Got the game on a steam sale. Seems legit but I never played it before.
>>9555546
You gotta give it a go. Its a bit stressful and quite slow paced, but very original and well written.
is this guy actually important and worth my time, or is it just some shitty circlejerk meme?
From him you learn that if you can't win an argument you just call it a "spook"
>>9555341
absolutely a meme, he has no influence whatsoever of later philosophers and anyone who does even know of him treats him with the same disdain they do Rand
>>9555341
stirner's definitely not someone you want to bring up in public. in any circle. but after marx and engels, i think he is the young/left hegelian most worth reading -- i don't think he's more than a meme to most people who mention him online; that's a shame because while he was no genius, his work demonstrates a tremendous leap in the sequence of german thought following kant, hegel, and then feuerbach's contributions. i think without marx's work, stirner's is a dead end, though i also think marx's engagement with stirner shaped him in a really profound way. make sure to read 'stirner's critics,' and the portion on him in balibar's marx's philosophy. if you want to see some 'practical stirnerism' look into some of the illegalists like the bonnot gang and enzo martucci. wolfi landstreicher, jean-michel rabate, and alfredo bonnano are all good sources on him as well -- avoid bob black. for a view from the right, look at junger's eumeswil. there's also this weird pamphlet you might be interested in called 'the right to be greedy' -- stirnerite marxists, they're real.
Can I understand his books and his philosophy if I never touched anything related to philosophy? I think I might be too stupid and I am afraid of trying reading.
>>9555294
No, you can't.
>Hurr Durr can I understand non-euclidean geometry if I never learned long division?
Nietzsche mainly critiques others, if you don't even know what he's critiquing why would you read him?
>>9555305
so what or who am I suppose to read before reading nietsche
>>9555305
check the catalogue
I need to buy a Complete Shakespeare with annotations (mainly just definitions of unfamiliar words). Problem is I can't inspect the books online to see which one suits my needs best, and I can only find a small handful of photos of the inside contents (pic related). I've narrowed it down to Bevington, Norton, and Riverside/Wadsworth.
Am I correct in assuming Bevington has surpassed Riverside? The notes are unobtrusive in comparison and the full name of characters is printed as opposed to an abbreviation. I'm unsure about the Norton. The bubbles seem distracting but the definitions being inline with the text itself is an advantage.
Thoughts? Any experience with the texts, or preference based on the pic.
Mmm look at that sexy norton
my edition of norton is beaten up, has dozens of its onion skin pages wrinkled up like a an old person's back, and has its spine nearly broken in half.
its one of my favorite things in the world and i intend to repair so i can continue perusing it for as long as possible.
Arden
So what did you retards think of this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8f41HqGbnA
0:10
>she mimics his speech impediment
*sniff*
I've learnt nothing but it was very entertaining. Self does call him out on his bullshit and doesn't let him stray too far from topic.
I want to learn ancient Greek.
Can someone recommend me a decent introductory book on learning Ancient Greek?
Cambridge's Learning Greek
Greek: An Intensive Course
Athenaze (if you have a teacher)
All of them are available on libgen.
START WITH THE GR—
oh...
>>9555104
Assimil is fun if you know French.
Redpilll me on poetry.
Most of it seems pretentious as fuck to me but that has to be wrong.
What can change my mind?
>>9555097
Fuck off /pol/
taking an introductory course
>>9555097
>What can change my mind?
Walt Whitman
What is the most /lit/ genre of fiction and why is it historical fiction?
historical fiction is a broad genre really.
I feel like you're right but not in the case of recreating major historical events but more in exploring the lesser known aspects of history throguh fiction.
>>9554959
Or using a historical era/event as the backdrop or building block of your story
>>9554957
I avoid it because I don't want the purity of my historical understanding to be tainted by some autist's fanfiction. I think it's by far the most pleb genre.
What is the last book that has left you with the sad feeling of a great story being over? I don't know whether I hate or love that feeling, but as long as I keep getting it I know I'm reading great books.
>>9554933
Don Quijote.
>>9554933
The Neverending Story
The Magus
i hated infinite jest while i was reading but i did cry at the end.
It was surreal. I think it's a good ending really is all.
Recommandations for a young man who hasnt read much?If any of you feels kinder than usual today,i would much appreciate the opinions of an more experienced reader.I need to read 4 books in a short period of time,only thing is,i cannot go longer than 40 pages in one sitting,willingly at least.The only "decent" book ive read is Faust and i did actually enjoy it.My request is:books that non-readers would enjoy,preferably a classic,no random contemporary erotic shit.
Thank-desu
Goddamn dude provide some kind of criteria for what you want to read that isn't generic crap or you're just going to get meme replies and "Star with the Greeks!"
>>9554882
I would like a story driven book,but philosophy is also acceptable.
>>9554927
The Odyssey, Don Quixote, Crime and Punishment, and The Trial are all /teen/core