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So I just finished the first book. It was beautifully written and everything I had hoped for when seeing discussions of it on here but I was wondering how much is up to interpretation/ deeper meaning with some of the text. Did any of you go back and read it another time or look up the old words/ made up words spoken through out? One thing I have to criticize about is how the plot unfolded. It just seemed like one thing happened right after the next with very little focus. Was that intentional in making it seem like an almost biblical journey of seeming randomness but will undoubtedly get Severian where he needs to be?
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>>8587959
>look up the old words/ made up words
>not learning latin and greek before mounting the Wolfe
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>>8588053
You serious?
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>>8588596
No he's memeing like anyone who advocates learning Latin or Koine Greek
What is your rarest/most prized book?
Mine is Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus
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"Anon's Journel" - My diary desu from when I was 11-12 years old. It's buried under all this crap in my files but I'll try to find it and post excerpts.
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>>8587949
>Uncle reamed us
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Isn't the idea of a spook, itself a spook?
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DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE
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>>8587914
I don't know, Schubert. But you don't have much time, so try to finish that symphony before syphilis fucks your shit up beyond repair.
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daily reminder string quintet in c >>>>>any of late beethoven quartets
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I recently read "The Book" by Alan Watts and thought it was neat. Without involving politics about the fanatics of his that exist, what is your opinion of Watts
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>>8587880
He was a cucker of men
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>>8587892
id sleep with her
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>>8587880
I think he's a great entertainer, but his ideas could be dangerous to sensitive minds. He might instigate babby's first existential crisis, which could be positive or negative depending on your perspective.
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What are the most beautiful novels in English? 2016-10-06 00:01:10 Post No.8587863
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What are the most beautiful novels in English?
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Novels that are very graceful and pleasant. Sort of like Swann's Way but that aren't French.
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the leopard
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George Eliott
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>>8587863
Jennifer Weiner and Jody Picoult
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What is the biggest book about the smallest story ever?
Example: 1000 pages book about a one hour conversation?
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>>8587814
Supposedly there's a Finnish book where it takes 60 pages for the main characrter to walk to the mantelpiece.
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Supposedly there's an Azerbaijani book where it takes 1200 pages for the author to write the first letter
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>>8587814
Maybe The Fermata by Nicholson Baker, which has sections (or the whole book maybe) in which time is standing still
Any books where the protagonist falls in love with a woman he doesn't know and stubbornly pursues her in spite of that?
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Lolita
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El Túnel
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>>8587813
>woman
I want to get into Dick.
I don't really want to go through the effort of tracking down dozens of dirty paperbacks.
Is there a comprehensive set out there?
A flowchart maybe?
All the best stuff, none of the shit in one swoop?
I saw there were Library of America sets; is this the best, most comprehensive there is?
Thanks in advance.
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>>8587781
In /lit/, dick get into you
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>>8587781
kageshi.com/rooms/penis/ is pretty comprehensive.
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>>8587795
>>8587944
And now that we've memed ya, here's an actual chart
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Can you please just admit that this is /lit/? Just let go of your ego for a second.
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Yes, this is the board /lit/.
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>>8587722
I agree, this board is /lit/: the board.
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LMAO WTF AM I READING
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This is the way, step inside.
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REALLY DOE LIKE REALLY DOE
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>>8587689
the henny's for the sluts
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Why can't blacks write anything worthwhile?
>inb4 Harlem Renaissance
thats a black revisionist meme that needs to die
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living in mud huts for literally the entire span of your existence isn't very conducive to literature
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>>8587645
Agreed, the Harlem Renaissance is a product of white largess, like all black literature.
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>implying I would put worthless authors on my list
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Has this country produced any noteworthy literature post-ancient era?
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Elias Canetti
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>>8587517
That guy is Bulgarian
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Cavafi m8
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I didn't even know there was a sequel. Is it worth a read?
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I know who I want to take me home.
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>>8587512
Thanks.
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>>8587512
You don't have to go home.
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Letter of Intent for WWI Study Tour. 2016-10-05 21:54:18 Post No.8587439
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Letter of Intent for WWI Study Tour.
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>Applying for campus study tour this spring. Focus is WWI
>Letter of intent to convince them I'm worth taking (20 others are interested/applying, only 12 can go)
Dear Members of the Selection Committee:
My name is (Disclosed), and I'm very enthusiastic in regards to the opportunity to participate in the study tour provided by (Disclosed)'s Department of History this spring. I believe that as someone as interested in war-time history as myself, and the passion for travel, that I would make an ideal candidate for the program.
I've been passionate about seeing the world since I was young, and it has always been apart of my soul. Researching my family's strong Germanic roots have inspired my desire to travel outside of the United States, primarily Western Europe. My family never traveled internationally when I was young, which is what strengthened my thirst for adventure today. I took it upon myself in these past few years to travel on my own, and experience as much as I can from the world around me. So far, each experience has been an eye-opening one, and I'd love to have this experience under my belt as well. The world has so much to offer that so many few are able to take full advantage of and fully appreciate.
Since a young age, the concept of war was always curious to me. What makes one fight for their country? Politics? Patriotism? To protect one's family and values? For many years I've been absorbing as much as I can through documentaries, books, novels, seminars, and other forms of media. I've collected war-time armaments from the first and second great wars. To hold a piece of history is a chilling secrecy; what kind of person produced this item back home, who carried it into battle, or who might have died by it is a story lost to time. However, to be able to see it without the filter of a camera lens or a television screen is something I've only dreamed of.
The opportunity to take part in this study tour would expand my mind more than anything that I've experienced before.
>What can I add to this?
>What should I add to beef up the last paragraph? I know I need to add more, but how do perfect this closer?
>Would it read easier if I swapped the second and third paragraph?
>Any help in general?
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>and it has always been apart of my soul
>apart
>a part
Also,
>Since a young age, the concept of war was always curious to me
It sounds odd, I'd try something like
>Since a young age, war had sparked a certain curiosity that hardly anything else could attain
Also,
>What kind of person produced this item... who might have died to its story lost with time.
^ this should end with a question mark
Good luck, OP. I think you might have a good shot.
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>>8587627
>>Since a young age, war had sparked a certain curiosity that hardly anything else could attain
I dunno. How about
>Since a young age, there was a deep emptiness inside of me, that no amount of masturbating to anime and incest piss orgies, or breaking into homes to steal women's underwear could fill. I know now that this emptiness is my longing for the horrors of WWI.
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Why are britcucks so bad at literature?
>greatest philosopher was actually Scottish
>greatest English writer wasn't even British, was an Irish Catholic
>WIlde was half-Irish and hated Br*tish society
>Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare wasn't even a good Englishman since he was a Catholic
Explain yourself perfidious albion.
>*nglos, not even once
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>>8587431
raskolnikov pls go
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They still have Milton and Chesterton.
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I love shitting all over them, too, but this bait is so bad it seems to be ironically made by a Brit.