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>>9001847
>Most people don't read anymore
as opposed to when?

>>9001847

more people read now than ever before dipshit

>>9001851
Compared to the rest of history directly after a majority of people were able to read english.

>>9001716
receding hairline

>>9001716
He was what today we'd diagnose as sociopathic, possibly with bipolar-depression.

And did not want to fuck his mom. Even though I got a boner when he kissed his mom in the Mel Gibson portrayal, they're no evidence.

>>9001730
Sociopathic? Are we reading the same Hamlet? He spends pages saying that he needs actual evidence of his Uncle's betrayal before he'll act on it because he doesn't want to be wrong and accidentally be misled into killing an innocent man.

"how to improve yourself" by mr selfimproverman

Undoing Yourself with Energised Meditation and Other Devices

"How to suck your boyfriend's dick deeper into your ass during sex: Attaining perfect control of your thick solid glutes" by Immanuel Kant

>>9001625
No, not anyone can. Including you. Unless you already are, in which case feel free to showcase your body of work.

>>9001625
>intellectual

he's just the rosa parks of cis white males

>>9001705
lol

BURN

You are a fucking idiot.

>>9001634
Why?

>>9001652
No, that's the prose.

not worth it

Hahaha

Jim Morrison's poetry

Hahahahahahahhahahah

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>poetry

Jejeje

>>9001520
i wish i was the same. alcohols effects are so shit to me

>>9001544
I know that it's a cliche that writers drink, and I am not expecting to be some sort of literary legend, but I do write stuff that is comparable to Stephen King, and it is pretty interesting in my own mind.. When I am passed out drunk entire worlds open up in my sub-conscious mind, and I usually remember this shit and can write it down

>>9001520
That's called the honeymoon phase.

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Try to guess what book it is /lit/

>>9001554
lolita

>>9001554
fucking rekt

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>God is inside existence
>can never go outside existence, because what exists is existence
>God never goes outside
>therefore
>never going outside is literally godly

Yeah

literal solipsism

>>9001495
Boy named Crow is not a boy, he's an imaginary construct.

anyways if you couldn't stomach that I'd honestly drop it because you're in for a bad time

>>9001495
People say stupid things and are impressed by stupid things, especially when they are 15. If you can't stomach following a 15 year old for 500 pages then stop reading that book.

>>9001495

In fairness, that's just Murakami's style. A lot of his characters don't exist independently from who he is as the author and often espouse views that clearly come from him. They're basically a cipher and I guess people dig it.

>>9001466
Genealogy of Morals

>>9001466
The new testament

First volume of Jaroslav Pelikan's The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine.

I think it's aimed at scholars, though, not sure how readable it is.

Ahh yes but nothing beats the feel of the book in hand. Thin, yellowed pages crinkling between thumb and forefinger as you preemptively turn the page excited for what lay beyond.
The smell too. These second hand books carry that lingering aroma of nicotine. The previous owner, a smoker, set these next to their ash tray upon completion. With each new volume cracked so a Marlboro red was lit and the cycle continued.
You can't download that anon.

I like having them on a bookshelf,and being able to give then away at will to someone who is interested in reading it.

>>9001450

Why is Cicero upside-down? It's... troubling.

As an additional piece:
I could also see this being used for children/people who want to read more but procrastinate. I can imagine an interface for setting goals like
"Read 2 chapters of "The Road" a day" e.t.c.

>>9001419
So you are thinking about starting a user generated electronic newspaper/magazine?

>>9001755
Could be, I'm open to all ideas. A benefit to the creator would be recognition and review. Becoming "real writer" is hard, but with enough following this I can see this app helping people find jobs/publishers, without taking a cut or payment like an agency or advertising platform. Then, non-writer users get to read news, stories, poems, essays about any topic without undue censorship. It would eventually almost run itself as users visit to post and/or read from the comfort of their device.

The police scene is inspired by a videotape

Bateman is the star and the narrator (and arguably the consumer) of the police chase spectacle

>>9001338
He walked towards the door. "Hey, Bateman."

He stopped, his hand on the doorknob, and turned. "What?"

"Nothing."

THIS HAPPENS IN EVERY BRETT EASTON ELLIS NOVEL.

I think it's proof none of it happened and ol' Patty was just day dreaming about being a blood thirsty kinky fucker.

I also believe him to be gay, hence the constant thoughts of anal play.

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>>9001489