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Seriously considering to read this.
What's your opinion /lit/?
Is it good? Is there a better book from him?
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>>8710747
Look up interviews about it with Tony Schwartz.
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>from him
Lol
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>>8710747
>thinking Trump writes his own book
lol
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What are some good books with mentally ill protagonists?
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>>8710499
The Bell Jar, though whether that is a good book is pretty subjective.
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Dreaming of Babylon
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Anything by Dostoyevsky
Anything by Kafka
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I didn't know the story and the whole time I am just waiting for them all to die. What they lived through was unbelievable, but damn, everything up to them leaving ocean camp actually sounded comfy as fuck in a strange way. The pleasure of a simply life and their group optimism.
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Definitely a great work of nonfiction
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>>8710491
I saw an Imax Shackleton documentary in a museum as a kid and was obsessed with for a while. I remember I used to play that the crew was Winnie the Pooh characters.
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>>8710619
That adds to the comfyness so much. I would read that book.
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I travel a lot, and need ebooks to read.
I bought boox c65s twice. I liked it a lot, but each time, after around year of daily usage, screen would break up for no apparent reason.
What are other viable readers at this price range? Or was this just an accident and I should buy the same one again, since outside of endurance it was all I expected?
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Why don't you just buy a kindle instead of buying cheaper ones more often?
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>>8710478
do you need to buy kindle books?
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>>8710587
Nah, epubs work
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for discussion of mckenna, shamanism, etc. i think all authors should, at a minimum, try psilocybin.
what entheogenic (ha) substances have helped your creativity?
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>>8710452
w2c psilocybin
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>>8710457
weed dealers may know. for some reason, traditional psychedelics have become rarer - i think because of the rise in use of molly (which has replaced the party drug aspects of LSD), and the increased use of marijuana synthetics. best bet for these things will always be college kids, but maybe with marijuana legalization it'll all open up...
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>>8710465
thx i'll ask around, true facts about molly I personally don't like the stuff for productive reasons.
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Really gets those neurons fired up.
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Just don't read it dumbass. There's nothing to discuss.
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>>8710428
shan't be contributing to this thread
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>>8710428
brits consider this literature
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How may times does he have to be right until people start to listen?
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Not meme looking for Alaska is a really good book.
why does /lit/ hate it again?
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>>8710238
From the excerpts I seen its shit and embarrassing
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>>8710238
Because it is a bad book.
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>>8710238
The blowjob scene.
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>Alain Badiou- born in Morrocco
>Jacques Derrida- Algeria
>Albert Camus- Algeria
>Michel Houellebecq- Algeria
Why does it seem like a disproportionate amount of French writers were raised in the North African colonies?
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Louis Althusser - Algeria
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Jacques Ranciere - Algeria
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This really made me think.
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Hello /lit/
I don't usually post here, so please, no memeing. I just want your opinion and I'll be on my way.
This book has popping up to me constantly for some reason.
Should I give it a go as a Trump voter and a believer in meme magic?
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As a Trump supporter you should read every book you can get your hands on to gain some common sense. I would suggest somethink at kindergarten level because its easier to read with all the pictures ;)
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>>8710207
Thomas Piketty spent an astounding amount of effort and time to prove to people something most educated people took for granted which is that Capitalism by the nature of its system breeds inequality and conglomeration.
If that isn't already basic assumption of yours then yes I do recommend it
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>>8710207
Read Capital by Marx not whatever crap picketty puts out
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How do you come to terms with the fact that most writers come from a wealth background?
Even Steinbeck lived as a NEET for years in his parents' second home with his father's monthly allowance.
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Maybe I'm wrong here, but up until very recently wouldn't it be that almost all writers came from a background of some sort where they were able to be literate and well-read? I don't think this has much bearing on us, where the field is a lot more open because of better education and information is more accessible.
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>>8710198
Looking at the /lit/ top 100 most of the more recent writers weren't particularly rich
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>>8710204
>DFW
Wealth background, only got into Amherst because of his father's connections, never worked a full-time job in his life.
>Dosteovsky
Wealth family, privately educated, barely worked during his twenties
>Nabokov
From a wealth Russian family
>Melville
From one of Boston's wealthiest families
>Pynchon
Upper-class WASP family from expensive region of NY
>Cervantes
n/a
>Kafka
Middle-class family, could afford to work 4 hours a day
>Celine
Poorfag made good
>Borges
Richfag
>Wilde
Wealthy Dublin family
>Salinger
Privately educated, wealthy family, lived as a NEET after the war
>Faulkner
Wealthy family, lived as a NEET for the most part before working at a powr plant
>Orwell
Privately educated, wealth family
>Fitzgerald
Wealth family, could afford not to work while writing his early books
That's just the top 20
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Who do your write like, /lit/?
https://iwl.me/
Got DFW. Should I just kill myself now?
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I got Anne Rice
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>Le Guin
Eh, could be worse.
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Edgar Allan Poe. Fine enough.
>reading the Canterbury tales
>expecting some deep, philosophical story
>it's just cuckoldry and farting
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>reading Kant
>expecting some deep philosophy
>it's just cuckoldry and farting
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>reading Ulysses
>expecting some deep, philosophical reworking of the novel form
>it's just cuckoldry and farting
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>read OPs diary
>expecting some deep, philosophical story
>it's just cuckoldry and farting
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Do you like Chip Kidd covers, /lit/?
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>>8709867
He's oke.
Most of his covers are decent some forgettable and some are great.
Both of my favourites he did are with Murakami books.
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>>8709922
How many Murakami covers has he done?
Is pic related worth reading or should I hop on to pale fire?
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>>8709860
you should hop on ma fuckin dick
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>>8709865
Sure, i love french guys
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I personally really liked that book but it's not for everyone
Pale fire is fantastic
So it's a toss up 2bh op
If you have the money and time to spend, go for the defense first
If you're on a budget both monetarily and chronically, skip to fire