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>>8725930
>GIBSON
puts me right off. Overrated hack.

I wouldn't never feel good buying a book with a retarded photo on it, or, even worse, a movie poster. Had to buy one such for "I Am Legend" with Will Smith's stupid mug

>>8725931
Pattern Recognition was decent. Not mind-blowing like people tend to suggest his work is, but fun enough.

>tfw no gf
There's no English word that quite does it justice.
Also, the thunder words in Finnegans Wake

>>8725908
loser

English has no good word that represents the Greek "logos." Martin Luther translated it as "word," but that's a gross oversimplification of its meaning, because Luther was a dullard.

never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never never read the introductions to books. they usually spoil all of it anyway. read that shit last.

>>8726103
They're helpful if you have no context as to what you're reading and you don't care about spoilers. The first time I read Finnegans Wake I wouldn't have enjoyed it at all if I skipped the intro. That's probably a special case, but still... It's the fucking Iliad. Everyone knows the story.

If you're not enjoying the intro, and it's not elucidating anything, skip it. Plain and simple.

>>8725882
No, but it's fun

>>8725865
Jerusalem by Alan Moore

The screenplay for The Room.

>>8725865

My diary desu.

>>8725835
Yes, despite some minor changes they are good. But I truly hate when names get translated:

>John Milton
>Juan Milton

>>8725852
And do you get everything? I guess so as Spanish is a world language.

1. Swiss
2. How could I not be satisfied, speaking German and French, i.e. the two most /lit/ languages still spoken in the world?

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Ego and his Own warned about it before it was a thing, desu

After Virtue and Whose Justice Which Rationally by MacIntyre

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Pic related.

>>8725701
>if you become a writer you are literally not allowed to talk to other people ever again

yeh ok

This is a massive shitpost but il bite because im bored and this board is slow unless i wanna talk about hip hop.

Anyway, the flaw in all of the stuff you posted is the assumption that writers wake up, write, go to sleep. A writer has as much time to experience the rest of what life has to offer as anyone else, probably more so. In fact, experience the rest of life is absolutely required in order to write anything half decent. How many books were written by some neet who lived in his moms house his entire life? (well except for philosophy but were gonna ignore that one for now)

i mean for christ sake, as far as making a difference in the world, does anyone ever truly do that? in time even someone like hitlers influence on the world will have completely faded. and who are you comparing it to, the 85% of people who work 40 hours a week at a job they hate that means nothing?

Luckily you wont have to cope with any of this cause you dont write at all famalam

>>8725701
Tolstoy was known for depicting the mundane and had a sort of reverence for it. Mundane characters are often the moral beacons in his books. Dolly from Anna Karenina comes to mind. She plays a background role and most people still end up liking stiva as a character more than her even though she's by far the better person.

The mundane isn't so bad and shouldn't be dismissed as unimportant. Tolstoy is begging us to notice it in his books. You couldn't have used a better pic for your shitpost friend.

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>>8725693
>some good books of Australia
Funny joke thread anon.

>>8725693
"Haxby's Circus" by Katherine Susannah Pritchard is a criminally underrated masterpiece imo
Also Ruth Park

>>8725979

Oh yeah I read harp in the south last year too, that was kind of good.

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I thought you'd never ask. Follow the chart :3

mindfulness in plain english

If there was a book that cured angst, we'd be aware of it by now.

Ignore this chart. >>8725626
Whoever made it was likely a pseud.

If you have to force yourself that hard to write then you should consider the thought that maybe you don't enjoy writing but instead simply dreaming up stories. Also anything you manage to squeeze out will probably suck and be forced.

>>8725611
lol

Ive just been thinking, would any of you lads care to join me in a real, physical, classical circle jerk, rather than the intellectual one we've been having all these years?

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>>8725515
kind of really like that book, but it should've ended in the storm I think.

>>8725515
Tea Cake a pimp doe.

All American literature

>>8725498
i dont think you understand the question anon

>>8725492
Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen

Get the e-book

Julius Evola: On Might and Magic

What kind of psychic abilities would you like, my property?

>>8725433
my diary tbqh

You may not even have to bullshit. It's not impossible to get a /lit job by simply demonstrating your worth; with or without a particular diploma.

>>8725346
>implying there is a single employer in the history of anywhere who gives a fuck whether you have an english degree or not
>implying '/lit/' positions actually exist

Also in your hilarious hypothetical scenario where someone pretends to have a useless degree, they could find you out by contacting the alleged organization where you allegedly graduated from, if they cared. Which they won't.

Source- I have an english degree. Nobody cares. I'm a janitor.

>>8725346
You wouldn't expect them to know esoteria unless that's what they did their thesis on, or that's what their specific area of interest is.

I'd just ask what their area of interest is, and if it's the same as mine, I could probably tell they were faking. If it was outside my specialization I probably couldn't tell.

Goldfinch is way too long, but good

In mid-2014, Vanity Fair reported that the book had "some of the severest pans in memory from the country's most important critics and sparked a full-on debate in which the naysayers believe that nothing less is at stake than the future of reading itself." James Wood, book critic for The New Yorker said, "Its tone, language, and story belong in children's literature." London Review of Books called The Goldfinch a "children's book" for adults.[33] The Sunday Times of London said "no amount of straining for high-flown uplift can disguise the fact that The Goldfinch is a turkey." The Paris Review said, "A book like The Goldfinch doesn't undo any clichés—it deals in them."

No.

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The Secret History is much better than the Goldfinch, and definitely more cerebral and focused. Check that one out instead.