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>>9062968
i dont know i read the first one when i was like 12. one of my sisters friends left behind like 8 dresden books and theyve been sitting on my shelf collecting dust.
not sure what to do with them.

>>9062968
Essentially, they are The Hardy Boys but with magic.

>>9062968
I honestly don't know if Jim Butcher is just a manchild who thinks Dresden is actually cool, or a decent writer who intentionally made Dresden stagnate emotionally at 16 due to trauma. I doubt it though. Still, it's infuriating. SHUT UP ABOUT MARCONE. JUST WORK WITH HIM YOU STUPID FUCKING CHILD.

making an obvious choice by literally posting a pic of which one you wanted to read, eh? HESSE

>>9062962
I did really like Siddhartha. Figured this board wouldn't be as into sci-fi, though everyone says Dune is THE sci-fi book, and Steppenwolf does seem the most interesting in terms of ideas. But I also read the first 50 pages or so of Confederacy a while ago and was laughing my ass off.

In any case you're probably right.

>>9062969
dune is great. there's gene wolfe but i have yet to read him. i guess sci fi will get bumped up in literary heirarchy for the years to come since we are literally in it. also this is a catholic marxist board or was.

>>9062907
>bait

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>>9062907
cut all contact and move on op

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>>9062907
It has been quite a while since I have witnessed bait of such an unappealing quality.

OP I respect your lack of effort in making such a lackluster topic, but I must mention that in order to gain more of a reaction from me personally, please try harder to irritate me with your opinions.

Bump, any other ideas /lit/?

Rules of attraction by Bret Easton Ellis

Seems like you're the illiterate one in that conversation, OP.

>>9062879
I disagree but I am open for interpretations

>>9062873
Damn Picasso was so fucking good

>>9062858

Take the bluepill in this case. He's a very entertaining author with a wonderful prose style and a great imagination for characters and settings. Pretty much every one of his novels is at least very good.

Also don't fall for the "paid by the word" meme. He was paid per installment.

Fuckwick club was quite amusing

>>9062919
yeah, this frustrates me a little. the guy was a genius. though, david copperfield was way too fucking long.

>seems like

Based on what?

>>9062847
Junot Diaz; Zadie Smith

>>9062859
Based on reading contemporary pieces and the current climate of literature

>>9062837
No. Go fuck yourself weeb

Agreed

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>go to sleep
>awake 10 minutes later with a book in hand

>>9062836
u have to masturbate, make some food, eat it while watching some netflix show, then pick up the book and chip away

>>9062836
Don't read in your bed. You have to find a spot that is comfortable, but not one which your body associates with sleep.

Find a good chair or couch.

>>9062825
There is tons and tons of literature on propaganda.
Got 500 dollars?
http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do;jsessionid=286812940EBAAA2EE43F4FB9C0CD6B30?N=197&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=17932796102136780585768215233984245759&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial

>>9062825
mcluhan is the foundation for this type of inquiry and is absolutely essential

>>9062825
>I've heard mixed things about McLuhan
What do you even mean? Are you suggesting you wouldn't read a seminal work because some people disagree with it or dislike it?

>>9062800
quick or thorough?

>>9062805
I want to grasp the validity of its content before I purchase it.
I don't want a neo-nazi spin.
Or an over sensitive liberal view either.

>>9062800
A bad hoax that worked

You don't need any. Ulysses will help you understand all the other books rather than the other way round.

Well, you could go either 2 ways: you could just pick up a book that analyses the content or you could spend years reading philosophy and similar works.

>>9062767
Yeah i kinda meant before reading Ulysses. Like as i'm reading it i'm already understanding the references.

>he hasn't read PI, OC and CV LMAO

>>9062776
>he didn't correctly read my post LMAO

>>9062778
You clearly haven't if you have to ask "Am I done now?"

In other words, you didn't get it.

>>9062750
Really?

>>9062755
yes

>Hep a doo a dippy woo woo wowa wee a flippy floo

That's what you sound like OP.

Congrats, you fell for the meme.

you dont speak dutch?
baka desu senpai