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Who was the scholar who locked himself in a cabin for 5 years to read for 9 hours a day. I believe it was this century.
Protip: nothing to do with Walden.
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>>8588577
Sounds like something a genius like John Green would do
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>>8588577
Unabomber
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Why does everybody like this book? Am I missing something?
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>>8588512
Same reason they like Delillo and DFW; they have shit taste.
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>>8588512
great book. you have clearly Never been in love.
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>>8588535
Clearly you have never been in true love.
Was thinking of buying a Kindle. Will people judge me for reading on an Ereader in public?
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>>8588469
Buy a dildo instead because you're clearly a faggot.
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>>8588469
>Will people judge me for reading on an Ereader in public?
Yes. Now, fuck off.
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>>8588469
can you repeat the question
Poetry Critique Thread
Post your poetry and discuss or provide constructive criticism
I'll start
Time,bully--tantalizing
The pendulum beckons me
Every second a reminder
Of the limit placed upon thee
Feckless does a life appear
But when one deconstructs
The clock that grips a lone mind
Tis only what had time struck
So I progress my living
Unbound by the tyrant time
In fact, I accomplish more
Lucubrating thoughts--my climb
Time is now my chattel--slave
"Excite me" says I, burgrave
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>>8588385
I like how there's a single fancy word per stanza (not really). The change of direction in the first one is obnoxious. (Beckons ME, placed upon THEE) Not exactly bad, but it halts the first reading, you don't want that. The syntax in general is pretty unpleasant to read, and makes it difficult to be motivated or interested enough the sufficient time to think deeply about what you want to say. And even there it's nothing out of the ordinary.
Not bad, overall, but it can be better.
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>>8588434
Thank you. I agree with the syntax, what do you recommend to amend the flow? As for the "fancy" words, I didn't mean to make it seem like that, those were just the words that seemed appropriate. How to avoid this appearance?
Fairly new to poetry, as you can tell.
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>>8588497
I love you still, vladimir. Well, I read it again, and I think you could arrange the syllables in a more enticing way, so to speak. In the very first verse, for example, you have three words with these syllable count: 1-2-4. That kind of aesthetic, and I mean, the feeling of a progress, could work out for this poem, as it is sort of narrative, in the way that it has an initial statement that changes. Hell, the word progress is even there. And I don't mean EVERY verse has to be that way, but certain ones. Like, say, the third verse of the first stanza, since the second and fourth already have a rhyming scheme, you can add this progress effect to the other not-rhyming verses (example: "Every second, a reminder". Punctuation is a powerful ally.) Also, the "fancy" words aren't a problem Per se, just an opinion that doesn't require change, as long as they stay appropiate. And of course, as long as it's consistent. You also have a nice phonetic dinamic going on, now that I notice. Perhaps it was just the seemingly unmatching verses contrasting with a rhyme scheme. On this second look, I have to say I like it more, honestly. Nicely done for an amateur, I'd dare to say.
Live on, big money, huge love.
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underappreciated authors 2016-10-06 03:03:23 Post No.8588384
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>A great fault in my studies, when I was young, was that the plan of the building was too big. In consequence I could not build the upper story and even add the roof. In the end, I contented myself with a few mansards I arranged pretty well enough, but I could not help that it would rain in them when the weather was bad. That is what happens to more than a few!
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Russell Hoban
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>>8588384
I will NEVER read a book by this gremlin-looking mother fucker
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>I was covered with so much undeserved honors in my life that I will, for once, bear an unjustified blame.
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I am here
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>>8588326
/lit/ meetup?
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>>8588326
Zadie pls
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DFW is R9K in real life.
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what is /lit/'s consensus on pic related?
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Dope as fuck, obviously
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>>8588316
He was a shy, intimidated, insecure, doubting and unmanly faggot. So are his texts.
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>>8588316
Only ever read the trial.
In my opinion the conversation between K and the priest needed a whole novel, or at least novella, of its own. It felt like the heart of what Kafka was trying to convey but in its brevity there was no room for clarity.
I 'get' everything you're supposed to about the novel (I had to do it for class so even if I didn't grasp it on its own, which I did, it was spoonfed to me anyway) but I always thought there was something more to be said about that conversation, and the 'man' who waits to enter the 'door of law' but never does
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Do you guys ever listen to music when you read?
I like turning on some post rock (or really anything ambient), but i want to know if anybody else does it
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>>8588252
Yeah. I like j-core
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Drone, but that's it.
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guys I want a book on war ethics. war is an essential evil. but whom should we blame for the war? who has blood on their hands? (figuratively)
I see people praise soldiers and veterans but do they deserve it? they just followed orders given by politicians. here, politician is the one who is the brain; he considers all possibilities and chooses the right moral decision. if his decision is to go to war, then he orders the army, and the army follows the order with no question. now should we praise the soldiers who don't have free will, who only follows orders of the higher officials, mere puppets OR the politician who considers all variabilities and takes the correct moral decision.
also another question: should army soldiers have ideology? one example of having political ideology among soldiers is the latest Turkish coup
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>>8588206
Ethics is a spook tho
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>>8588206
Hugo Grotius, inventor of modern just war doctrine. He draws a lot on Cicero, so you might want to loop back to that.
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>>8588210
wow FUCK she is ATTRACTIVE
christ i blame my adolescent crush on loony lovegood for my taste in women
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Mao II (+ Don Delillo general) 2016-10-06 02:05:32 Post No.8588204
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Mao II (+ Don Delillo general)
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I finished White Noise and Libra, continuing the Dililly series with Mao II then Underworld then Zero K.
How much do I need to know about the real, historical Mao Zedong before I start?
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Cosmopolis best DD's 00's novel desu
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literally nothing
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>>8588204
I have no idea how you can handle that much Delillo
White Noise was a let down
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Whats everyone use to pirate books these days?
Besides undernet #bookz.
I'm trying to find history books (not even obscure) and having no luck.
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>>8588192
>being this poor
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>>8588192
Who's the qt in your pic, OP?
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>>8588192
Which head do you think controls the body? If one of them dies from head trauma for example does the other one's brainstem still regulate heartbeat and breathing or does the other one died too? Do they have a merged megaboob in the center and two lateral boobs? Are there pubes the same color as their hair on each half?
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How to find time to read?
I'm an engineering student and during the semester I find that I have no time whatsoever to read a book, much less a book a week like I usually do. What do?
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>>8588141
It seems you have time to post this
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read while doing other things, like showering, brushing your teeth, masturbating, driving, eating, boxing, etc.
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If you get distracted reading outside, say, in the school, you can take a nonimportant book and practice concentrating. That way, if you don't care to socialize all day in school or study for that matter, you can actually read.
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>>8588119
I know same reaction. Sucked.
Gass was really a rather mediocre mind in the end. RIP
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What ever happened Gassposter? I admired his dedication.
What book can I read to give myself aspergers?
I need it for reasons.
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>I need it for reasons
U already have aspergers, anonchik
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>>8588095
You like anime
You already have it
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>>8588095
Higurashi is /lit/
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Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie 2016-10-06 00:58:26 Post No.8588019
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Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
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Hi /lit/
Does any of you know where to get the "peter and Wendy" book that was published in 1911 and "the little white bird" (1902) ? I would love to read the pre and original story of Peter Pan, and would love to get the 1st edition.
Must be able to ship to Norway
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https://archive.org/details/peterwendymargar00barr
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/barrie/jm/little-white-bird/index.html
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>>8588040
I don't want the e-book, I want the hard cover books, soory should have said that, my bad
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>>8588135
ok, thanks
i have seen whith bird out for 100-1000 norwegian kroner bur peter and wendy is ote for 1500-10000 nok