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>>8461216
well to be fair, marxist havn't really contributed anything of any worth to literature or art

Can, The Nation of Ulysses, the list goes on

>>8461189
It is. I only want to delude myself of the painful misery that is my life.

Some people use drugs, or tv, or videogames. I use books. It's all the same. We all want to forget who we are.

>>8461196
>Some people use drugs, or tv, or videogames. I use books. It's all the same. We all want to forget who we are.
If this is your reasoning for reading great books you probably didn't read much, skimmed or just read "easy" books (genre fiction and YA)

>>8461189
What is important to you in life? Literature seldom offers you objective returns, just like music and movies. Stopping to listen to a full Mahler symphony is a waste of time just like reading Proust is. They won't offer you knowledge to make more money, to be more successful in your job, or get a qt gf or be popular, in this sense it is a waste of time, like all art is. They are enterprises that you do for yourself, not just mindless entertainment.
Its a medium that offers you the oportunity to question your values, makes you go beyond your confort zone, they may make you regret some choices in life, but they can also make you laugh, they may offer you beautys that you otherwise would never experiment, they can teach you how to see others beyong our vapid social filters, ways to connect with people that are no more and understand their time, their view, their lifes, rejoice in their experience and in their tells. Reading Paradise Lost, Lusíadas, Decameron or Moby Dick requires effort, but you will only know their worth if you pay attetion, if you give them your time, and if they can provide to me all those experiences I can't say they are a wate of time.

>>8461189
>ranking the bible #1

who even was the author and why do the chapters keep repeating themselves?

>>8461185
Acquire glaucoma

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>>8461185
>That's Nietzsche. Look at his beard. Doesn't he look absurdly wise?
>This is the beard of an old man, yet he is barely in his thirties.
>How can someone acquire is wisdom eyes?

>>8461185
Are you autistic?

>>8461158
Read Stirner and you'll get over that spook

>>8461158
What are you reading, anon?

You are me in the recent past OP. Buy Nicholas Nickleby and start reading it and then youll realise the stupidity of your feeling.

Stop listening to lit when they tell you that books will make you smarter. Theyre disposable pieces of entertainment that in many cases are vehicles for the self indulgent barely disguised memoirs of the author. Or written only for the money.

I've only read Germinal, and its just great, the way he describes the common people is superb and so full os honesty that makes you wonder how he knows so much of the human mind, the characters are so alive and belivable that this factor, by itself, justifies the time spent in this novel
Also the story is moving and probably will get you in some way or another

>>8461166
Any particular edition/translation you would recommend?

The only thing I read of Zola was something either against the determinism of Saint-Beuve or Hippolyte Taine or both (???) or possibly against Proust's refutation in Contre Saint-Beuve or possibly parallel to Proust and I have no fucking idea but it was pretty good!

>>8461117
But thats pretty patrician

Sparknotes seems to be aimed at 17-year-old girls, it feels dirty when I go there, I'm a 23-year-old hairy fat guy who studies philosophy.

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>>8461117
>Be me.
>Wrote plenty of quick greentexts for board I will not name.
>Whenever it came to original idea brain would shut down after a bit into the first chapter.
>Never really decided to do original book approach.
>Got high once and thought of doing a screenplay.
>Wrote a good deal of a 30 minute movie in 3 hours or so.
>Eventually came down, and couldn't continue.
>tfw
>Didn't want to become reliant on weed so stopped.
>mfw I still can't fully form a story after a year.
I'm pretty pathetic, how about you folks?

Your mum.

>>8461102
lol

seriously though James Joyce

>>8461088
I can name 50 or so.
I'll start with Flannery O'Connor, Gene Wolfe, James Joyce, Henry Miller, Philip. K. Dick and Virginia Woolf.

>>8461084
Good taste so I'll give you a friendly bump

>>8461084
It's a great album anon but the booklet is mostly historical fiction, dare I say fan-fiction, written by Dan for the sake of artistic background accompanying the album.

>>8461084
I'm 90% sure he just makes all this shit up, same with the Giles Corey book.

Highly intelligent people can hold wacky views. Intelligence is more about the process than the conclusion it ultimately reaches.

>- doubts evolution?
Yes. Why can't we doubt something?
>takes the bible or any other religious writing as literal truth?
Nope. At least not me.
>thinks equality and democracy are dooming western civilisation?
Nope. I do not care.
>unironically considers himself a social darwinist?
Nope. What the hell is that?

>he thinks equality and evolution are compatible

Secular Christians are hilarious. Read Nietzsche.

I speak 5 languages and Im pretty sure you can learn this on your own without paying for any classes.
Step 1: Learn vocabulary (singular and plural). Try to learn 5 pages everyday. This might seem alot at first. But after a while it will take less and less time to learn words. ALWAYS learn them both ways.
2: Once youve learned like 20 pages, start learning some verbs. Learn the present time first. And slowly build towards other times once youve learned the most important verbs.
3. Only start learning the grammar once youve learned the most important verbs and you know alot of words!
For this I would recommend you buy/download a book. As I dont really know what language you want to learn, I cant really give any solid advice that can work for all languages.

Once youve learned alot of vocabulary, you can conjugage some times and know the basics of the grammar start READING! Reading is one of the most effective ways to learn a language. Look words up you dont understand and keep reading. It might be a little tiresome at first, but youll improve alot faster this way.

This works well for Germanic/Latin languages, I have no idea if you could do this aswell for Asian languages btw.

>>8461277
> alot
> twice
Put that on your list.

I would disagree. I think vocabulary is secondary until a full grasp of grammar is had. I dislike also the modern way of learning phrases.

(Ancient languages amateur.)

>>8461033
Duolingo exists,m80

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>>8460996
Updated the map.
Here are some political states.

My main story is going to revolve around a battle for the throne of humanity.

the 5 viable heirs all have radically different political and social policies they want to enact and the Main character, a adventurer from the coastal colonies and a highly decorated Adventurer has to decide who will lead the nation.
Also elf Shananigans

>>8460996

maybe u should actually have an idea of a good story first before you get all autistic over the map.

> Also elf Shananigans

yeah wanna know I know your book idea sucks? because you're doing another Tolkien ripoff when that got old decades ago

That's not how deserts work and drop the cliche fantasy setting and do something creative. take a risk BITCH

>>8460987
Masturbating.

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I miss our cool tripfags

>>8461035
Is this real?

That's what happens in Dublin

That's what happens everywhere.

Early 1900s Dublin was a profoundly shit place.

It still is, but only on the north side. The south side is full of insufferably posh people however so the north is actually preferable.

t, lived there for 5 years

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>someone on /lit/ actually reads

>>8460880
Well you could try 'The Principles of Mathematics'. I'm reading it at the moment. Russel has a rather dry style but it's interesting nonetheless.

enjoy, or whatever you do while reading, analyticfuck

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Tao Lin

>>8460918
How?

>>8460868
John Green