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The great purge of plebs edition

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 16:32:05 Post No.8515550
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I haven't read any science fiction or fantasy in a month, aside 50 pages of some Moorcock schlock.
Will considering the following for reads, vote goys
Gormenghast (book two) by Peake
The Once And Future King White
Peace by Wolfe
Worm Oruboros by Eddison
Will listen to other cool recs

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>>8515534
This is the only book containing male pregnancy that I can think of.

Anonymous 2016-09-16 17:26:48 Post No.8515762
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Ok the last thread was ok, although shitted up a bit towards the end. The thread before that was a disaster though. Let's try and stay on track this time lads.

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 16:25:56 Post No. 8515524 [Report] [View this topic]

Does /lit/ know which books have translated to audio book format well? I am about to start an hour long commute and i want to make the time useful by listening to audio books. I assume some books translate better to spoken form than others and i need help finding out which ones.
Any suggestions?

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 16:31:57 Post No.8515548
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>>8515524
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu3abYACZF4
Here. Kek all the way home!

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>>8515524
Mark Twains short stories are good on audio book
Its like listening to your granddad telling you stories "bout when he was a youngster"

Anonymous 2016-09-16 16:47:03 Post No.8515593
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>>8515524
I can't stand George RR Martin's writing style, but the audiobooks for ASOIAF made it bearable.

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books I should read before dying 2016-09-16 16:20:30 Post No.8515508
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books I should read before dying Anonymous 2016-09-16 16:20:30 Post No. 8515508 [Report] [View this topic]

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>>8515508
~~nobody~~

Anonymous 2016-09-16 16:27:18 Post No.8515528
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>>8515508
You should read Faulkner's As I Lay Dying as you lay dying.

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what's about

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 15:47:03 Post No. 8515432 [Report] [View this topic]

Has anyone read this book?

Is it good?

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 15:49:43 Post No.8515437
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Anonymous 2016-09-16 15:49:43 Post No.8515437 [Report]

Wasn't it ghostwritten, like the others?

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>>8515437
think so

doesnt detract from the fact its a good book

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>>8515432

I made a bet with a friend that I'd buy it and read it if he becomes president.

So I'm probably going to be reading it in November. Hopes it's not too long.

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2016-09-16 15:44:50 Post No.8515426
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Anonymous 2016-09-16 15:44:50 Post No. 8515426 [Report] [View this topic]

What are some good books to learn about fascism?

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 20:52:26 Post No.8516469
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Anonymous 2016-09-16 20:52:26 Post No.8516469 [Report]

Start with the romans

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>>8515426
Platos Republic

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>>8515426
Infographics and YouTube videos

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 15:42:59 Post No. 8515422 [Report] [View this topic]

>"I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not interested in anything in between." - Rihanna

What should literature express?

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 15:44:03 Post No.8515424
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>>8515422
everything it sets out to express along with the whole of its author

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>>8515424
>everything it sets out to express

How could you even know?

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>>8515429
it doesn't matter if you know
this is a goalpost not a checklist

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 15:09:53 Post No. 8515333 [Report] [View this topic]

How do you go from this...

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...to this

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>>8515336
to this

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to this

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What's the fiction literature version of My Bloody Valentine? 2016-09-16 15:02:08 Post No.8515307
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What's the fiction literature version of My Bloody Valentine? Anonymous 2016-09-16 15:02:08 Post No. 8515307 [Report] [View this topic]

I'd like to read a novel like Loveless or Isn't Anything.

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 16:50:08 Post No.8515604
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Anonymous 2016-09-16 16:50:08 Post No.8515604 [Report]

Nadja maybe, or Ulysses or anything surreal and over-stimulating.

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>this thread

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Lolita

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:19:45 Post No. 8515161 [Report] [View this topic]

Who are the notable female and/or black and/or trans philosophers?

I'm not trying to start a /pol/ thread, I assume there must be some, and I'd like to read them and decide their legitimacy on my own.

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:20:39 Post No.8515164
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Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:20:39 Post No.8515164 [Report]

>>>/his/

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>>8515161
there aren't any actually notable ones
there are some relatively well-known female philosophers, and maybe a few black ones, but none that are actually great

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>>8515161
Cornel West is the only one I can think of.

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:16:29 Post No. 8515145 [Report] [View this topic]

Has anyone here translated a book?

Is it a useful practice for learning a language?

I've been thinking about translating some French novels using my Bescherelle and a french dictionary. Obviously the translation won't be of great quality, but shouldn't improve my vocabulary, and teach me how to better form sentences?

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:31:19 Post No.8515211
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Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:31:19 Post No.8515211 [Report]

it should

that being said, translation is a very hard work (if done moderately well) for mostly low pay

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>>8515145
I asked that to my highschool teacher (I thought of translating 1984 to my language, as I read it), but my teacher strongly opposed it. I don't think translation would be a good practice. It would surely improve your usage of that language, but it is a great hassle. You can use that time more effectively to practice the language.

Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:55:31 Post No.8515286
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>>8515145
I don't think you'd be asking if you knew how long it takes - I'm talking normal translation work here, even, not translation of a language you don't know yet. Much worse, as you'll imagine. Advise against it.

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:09:11 Post No. 8515112 [Report] [View this topic]

Getting into Kierkegaard. I read some introductory material, but none of his actual writings. What should I read? Mainly reading to learn about existentialism.

Pic unrelated

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 14:13:52 Post No.8515131
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DUDE
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>>8515112
Chronological order starting with his earliest work by date of writing, same as you would for any other philosopher

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>>8515112

Read Kierkegaards 'spiritual writings' first to understand his mindset a little more.

https://smile.amazon.com/Spiritual-Writings-Translation-Selection-Harperperennial/dp/0061875996/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474040582&sr=8-1&keywords=kierkegaard+spiritual+writings

Then Either/Or

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 13:40:12 Post No. 8515044 [Report] [View this topic]

How long does it take you to read a book? I'm not talking about science books or guides or dictionaries but literature.

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 13:41:49 Post No.8515051
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Anonymous 2016-09-16 13:41:49 Post No.8515051 [Report]

as long as I want it to take

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 13:44:15 Post No.8515056 [Report]

i read the last book in 3 days because it was catchy but at most a few weeks, any longer i will have to start again

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Anonymous 2016-09-16 13:45:28 Post No.8515059 [Report]

1 week = 14 hours for 200 pages. I'm not even kidding.

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