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Lincoln in the Saunders by George Bardo

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I haven't read any Robinson yet, but I plan on starting with Gilead soon.

Pic related is probably my favorite book of all time. It's highly entertaining in that I would call it a "page-turner", but it raises a lot of points to think about concerning theology, ethics, and secularism.

>>9291571
Adulthood is not living your life based on storytime from an age when asking questions got you killed, and just accepting the uncertainty that we all have to live with.

Faith-based reasoning is slowing down our species. Shut your retard hole and let the adults talk.

>>9291596
All reasoning is faith based. Nothing is absolutely certain.

>>9291847
A triangle has three sides. I don't need faith to reason that.

>>9287652
"I like to put on my sister's clothes and masturbate in her bed while sucking on a dildo"
my diary

>>9287652
Why is he always using food in his analogies? What's with this motherfucker and cheesy comparisons?

>>9287682
>cheesy comparisons

wew lad

>>9312146
THIS IS MEME BAIT
DO NOT RESPOND
REPEAT
THIS IS MEME BAIT
DO NOT RESPOND

the metamorphosis

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Kafka really knew how to draw the reader in. Take, for example, 'Die Verwandlung' - the reader is instantly left to wonder 'who is this guy Verwandlung? And why does somebody want him dead?

Read the Fucking Sticky

pleb as fuck, take yourself to the Scalia thread and learn the truth

>>9312016
scalia is a scunt

le epic reddit desu

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>>9311819
I've never seen this on reddit

>>9311824
go back there

Man and his Symbols

>>9311728
Why would you? I mean it's better than Freud, but still.

bump, i'd like to know this too

>>9311642
Seconding this, thesaurus.com is absolute shite at coming up with good words.
Willing to take even an autistic site, just so long as it goes above a 4th grade reading level.

>>9311648
Let's settle for mild aspergers.

Anon don't be dim, ya can't find a random word on the dictionary and just throw it onto a text.

I'll start. I'm listening to Ringworld by Larry Niven.
About a third of the way in so far. Interesting concepts but not the best writing. I can tell that the narrator (Tom Parker) is doing his best to make it as entertaining as possible.

At least its better than Halo so far.

>>9311441
was thinking of trying James Earl Jones's reading of the new testament. But he talks too fast for me.

audio books are for the disabled

>>9311395
To try and change the world is useless. To accept the world for what it is, is the true way of knowledge. Just roll with it, even if all you have are Q's.

>>9311395
feels good guy just rolls with everything
qqqq guy is independent

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>>9311395
this guy's proficiency in the absurb is well developed

or maybe it's innate, I haven't figured it out yet

He meant that the rich will literally rape to death the daughters of the Catholic bourgeoise

Free speech is fun.

>>9311366
this pretty much

>>9311176
Why the fuck did a COMEDY make you cry?

Where's the sense in that? Fucking Italians

which translation?

>>9311182
Hollander

but i am anon-kun

>>9311134
good lad good...

But I just finished amerika

did you even try?
https://archive.org/details/fourtwentymindse00papiuoft
https://archive.org/details/storyofchrist00papiuoft

>>9311019
Thank you.

>>9311075
another one

http://bookzz.org/book/1778403/f1e73b

>>9310534
What! Blasphemy!

Princess Bolkonsky is Andrei's sister you mug

It probably flies over a lot of people's heads that the French references are doublespeak for oral sex.