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>>8641257
>not Boku no Pico

You have shamed us all, OP.

I just Kant seem to understand this meme

>can't even understand German
>thinks he can understand Kant

>>8641249
>that much empathy
lel
>Anyone here ever quit reading a book because to avoid knowing about awful things happening to some of the characters?
no

>>8641249
>I don't think I can finish Stoner after seeing the direction his relationship with Edith was going.
>I had a lot of trouble getting through Crime and Punishment because I was afraid his family and friend would find out about his crime and abandon him. I'm glad I got through it though.


Don't worry about Infinite Jest though, it's not worth it anyway.

Sure that's why you stopped reading Infinite Jest.

>>8641139
No

>>8641140
/thread

>>8641328
You wouldn't have needed to say so if that was really the case.

A touch of the 'tism, my friend.
Magical, isn't it?

>>8641000
nice trips

>tfw he will never get out

poor duckman he had some neat ideas

>>8640969
Define smart.

>>8640969
What did this man smart about?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

I hope so.

They may think they have.

>>8640938
me. think about it

I think I saw it on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values but I'm clueless.

>>8640913
Genre is called trash horror

>>8640913
The Retsupurae videos of that were hilarious.

>>8640855
Holden Caufield

Lord Jim.

Blames himself too much for a fucked up situation. Redeems himself in his own eyes despite his relative innocence. All he covets is honour.

>>8640855
Sonia. Qt, religious, innocent.

Life was nothing but a burden, mundane, pointless, boring thing. There was no longer any joy with observing, I wanted first hand experience, but how could I? I was stuck with the role of the observer of this joyous world. So again, I spent my days, slowly watching as others do what they feel necessary. They ate, they talked, they sang, they cried, and I, I continued to watch.

For the most part, as observer, nobody ever interacted with me, I was let to be with my time, alone but at the same time, not alone. I thought myself to be the only observer in this world of peoples, but there were many. I've seen other observers interact amongst themselves but I kept to myself because I didn't see a reason to interact with them. Ironically, observers observed other observers and one, in particular, observed me. They asked me this: "Do you ever wonder what it's like to not be an observer?" I thought to myself, something I rarely do and replied. "Why would I ever wonder such a thing?" They quarried, "It seems awfully boring to just observe and not experience these events, does it not?"

The question left me utterly confused. Why would I want to experience these things when I could observe these things happen? But I remembered, I no longer feel. Something changed. One day, in my dream, I was no longer the observer, but quite the opposite. For the first time in what felt like ages, I had the opportunity to feel again. And I divulged in it. As I remember, it was the highest pleasure imaginable. I once again felt love, compassion, lust, hate, joy, anger, and many other emotions. As a person, I met others, and others met me. I mixed with the community of peoples and it felt, O' so great. Things came and went. But one thing came in particular, and quickly, I grew attached. It came and stayed for some time and I didn't ever think I could possibly get tired of it. Then, unexpectedly, and without reason, it left. My initial thought was to not think much of it. But as I tried, and tried I did, I could not forget the feeling. I continued to see reminders of that entity, teasing and poking at me. It poked, and poked, and poked, and poked, and poked. Eventually what was love and joy, turned to the opposite, and I then stopped trying to feel and reverted to observing, where I could not feel anymore.

I awoke from that dream, not sure what I had expierenced. In a single night, I expierenced it all, everything possible, the guiltiest of pleasures. I realized that I could not feel those anymore but also realized because of that, I didn't have to ever experience the true feeling of despair and nothingness .

For the first time, I sought the interaction with other observers. In specific, I spoke with the observer that observed me. I said to them: "Could you ask me the question you had asked me yesterday?"

"Do you ever wonder what it's like to not be an observer?" They said. "No, because to feel true pain outweights all emotions."

The last sentence doesn't make sense to me.
Assume it is true what you say that true pain outweights all emotions, that doesn't mean one isn't curious to know what it's like to be an observer.
Why is true pain the deepest emotion anyway?
The whole story offers no insight or challenges one's thinking.
The writing style isn't bad, though.
Stay away from dream stories. It's such a cliche and boring lazy way to tell a story. Think about some real life example. Awake action explaining the same shit.
Or just stop writing and observing and finally talk to the cute girl in the subway

>>8640741
My diary desu

>>8640741
shes a big girl

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>>8640741
That woman's name is Chloe de Lysses and she did anal on camera in the 90s
Her b/w shots are legendary
She's the most /lit/ pornstar there ever was

I thought Children of Hurin was pretty boring. I've read the Silmarilion and I don't think my understanding of the events of Turins life was improved by reading the stand alone version.

Ill still probably check this out though.

>>8640771
I liked CoH alot because I read it before the Silmarillion. Going into a longer book already knowing the story is going to be a bit boring.

Give it a fucking rest and leave the texts the man didn't actually put reasonable work into for the Tolkien scholars

>>8640672
I guess do something like The Road for dystopia? Are you seriously doing A-Level Eng Lit and you don't know what literary merit might mean?

Also, it's not illegal for you to ask your teachers about this. They're actually there to help you and will probably give you a more appropriate suggestion than us.

>>8640672
Jennifer Government by Max Barry. Published in 2003

Its a dustopia but the exact opposite from Orwells. Jennifer Government is an anarchocapitalist dystopia. Read the plot synopsis on wikipedia. Easy to link them.

>>8640672
looking for Alaska - John Green

I've only read Quantity Theory of Insanity. It was cool, kind of felt like Ballard with a PhD or something. I couldn't quite love it though. All of the stories had neat premises, but they never seemed to go anywhere beyond that premise. I'll probably read more of his work eventually.

>>8640636
Liver is his best short story collection, Umbrella his best novel.

Start with Quantity Theory.../Book of Dave, though.

he looks like a cute horse
i wanted to read some of his stories but didn't find time yet

Moonwalking with Einstein.
It's gonzo style journalism following the lives of "mental athletes;" people who compete in memorization competitions. Lots of practical advice for learning. 11/10 would recommend

>>8640619
a math book

Antifragile, Nassim Taleb. Bonus points: also a friend of Kman

What?! Dylan won? You'd think /lit/ would have already had a few dozen threads on this topic by now

Wait what

>want to discuss about Dolan
>post Prince
nice