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William H Gass
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William Gaddis
who's is the better author? and why haven't you read them yet. how is America so damned talented.
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who's what?
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haven't read much by either, but i am a big fan of this photgraph, so Gass wins out.
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>>8383994
What's his problem?
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BOOKS ARE DUMBED DOWN FOR MURRIKANS 2016-08-10 15:20:55 Post No.8382058
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BOOKS ARE DUMBED DOWN FOR MURRIKANS
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/10/cloud-atlas-astonishingly-different-in-us-and-uk-editions-study-finds
> In the UK text, for example, Mitchell writes at one point that: “Historians still unborn will appreciate your cooperation in the future, Sonmi ~451. We archivists thank you in the present. […] Once we’re finished, the orison will be archived at the Ministry of Testaments. […] Your version of the truth is what matters.”
>In the US edition, the lines are: “On behalf of my ministry, thank you for agreeing to this final interview. Please remember, this isn’t an interrogation, or a trial. Your version of the truth is the only one that matters.”
I can say that I only read British translations of books, not American.
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burgers on suicide watch
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>>8382058
>Historians still unborn will appreciate your cooperation in the future, Sonmi ~451. We archivists thank you in the present. […] Once we’re finished, the orison will be archived at the Ministry of Testaments.
What's wrong with wanting your books in English, without all these made-up fantasy words?
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>cuck Atlas
No care
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What should I read to learn more about Islam?
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>not reading for prosody
uwot8
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>>8382045
the Koran in Arabic
the last summer of reason
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>>8382045
/int/ threads whenever there's a bombing in Europe
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how much money should I use as my bookmark for J R? should I use one of my stocks or bonds?
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A fake 20 dollar bill
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>>8382038
I use an Iranian 1000 Rials note
>(0.000025 British Pound)
kek
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>>8382038
A four dollar bill or a worthless penny stock.
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What is the best erotic literature that has some actual substance and that does not ressemble a shopping list of sex? i.e. that it has a good plot, good prose and nice descriptions, instead of just running from one sex scene to the other.
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Fanny Hill
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I'm led to believe Salammbo is like this
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>>8381992
Venus in Furs
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What's a good book to read when you're unbearably unintelligent and you know it? I'm just so painfully average in my intelligence, but I wish that I was more intelligent so badly.
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>>8381988
Eh, fuck it bruh. We all dumb as hell yo.
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but yeah, read of human bondage.
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>>8381988
Just try the essentials. Lolita is a bit heavy, and by heavy i mean you need some basic knowledge of french and a slightly above average vocabulary. It's a good, fast read though. Give it 30 pages, it gets pretty good.
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If he's so smart then why did he completely misunderstand Darwinian natural selection?
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>>8381842
Many do.
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>>8381848
A class of 7 year olds can grasp it, but this idiot can't. lmao
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>>8381852
lmao glad u get it in ur modern times where it has been taught for over a century lol
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What is the best love story in literature?
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me n u
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>>8381806
Romeo and Juliet
Alternatively: the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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>>8381806
Roger and Jessica
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This would be a much better poem if it ended at canto 56.
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This would be a much better thread if your genome ended at chromosome 46.
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>>8381877
Weak.
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That silly rhymester? Give me Byron.Holy shit Karl Ove ripped the fuck out of A Portrait didn't he
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Environmental philosophy? 2016-08-10 12:08:34 Post No.8381675
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Just reading this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/opinion/against-sustainability.html
Let's discuss environmental philosophy and share books.
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>>8381675
Take the redpill, cuck.
It's all part of the Jewish plan to breed out whiteness, through emasculation, i.e. caring about nature, women, nonwhites, etc
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>>8381684
I think you need to take your redpills.
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>>8381684
I care about nature but not in the conventional way tho.
For example, sometimes biomass can be better as biodiversity. I also prefer resilient nature over fragile nature.
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As an experienced Murakami reader, will I be able to read and understand pic related without reading it's prequels? This is the only book I currently have available in "The Rat" series.
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>>8381665
It's murakami lol. Real intellectuals read postmodernist genius Thomas Pynchon
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>>8381669
I did not ask what "real intellectuals" were reading.
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>>8381665
Yes, you can.
Also, you can get the two previous books in one nice collection now.
>https://www.amazon.com/Wind-Pinball-Novels-Vintage-International/dp/0804170142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470831017&sr=8-1&keywords=hear+the+wind+sing
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Prove to me that this isn't an avant-garde exploration of a directionless narrative, driven by deliberately self-inserted characters and a genuine expression of romantic underlust obfuscated by passionate sporting and ritualistic black magic?
tl;dr this book was a joke and people who said that it was bad fell for it
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>bulbous salutation
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This will probably be remembered well in 30 years or so in the future. Moz is politically left but off message so therefore a pariah hence exaggerated reviews. His autobiography was kino
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>>8381602
whatever it is, it's written like rotten garbage.
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how does life-affirmation work?
suppose i'm jealous of a successful younger guy. either i reluctantly affirm his success and feel guilty about my reaction or:
i affirm my emotion and hate an innocent person which seems to be the way of resentment.
is one of the choices more life-affirming or is there a hidden 3rd option nietzsche would have chosen?
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Exactly, every time i take a shit I have to observe and find beauty in it in order to affirm all life. Nietzscheien ethics and poo fetish are inextricably intertwined
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>>8381579
youre jealous so you have to become himlike
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Kill him and take his place.
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Good job, /lit/, you baited me into reading this.
Now the real question is: are all of Robert's books garbage?
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Welcome to the club of good taste!
Apart from your garbage I've only read two others: The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, and Stranger In A Strange Land.
Both are similarly preachy, both are garbage too.
I swear every time Heinlein had an idea about how society should be run he got all excited about it, and then wrote a trashy SF novel expunging his idea so he wouldn't have to come up with any downsides, too excited about his idea.
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>>8381540
It's jetpack shit. Do you really need to ask?
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>I'm all helter skelter, I'm on that Faust
damn
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>My cum hatch in you
>Struck books of match in you
>Subwoofer I’m dry humping
>‘Lectrify me, I’m fucking
>Apparitions fire
>We desire agony exposure
>Ground flesh in heat
>Human flesh wreath can’t go nowhere
>Too iron to rant, I lift my hammer
>Drives us red, bottomless pit rising
>Out and through my hammer, like the dead
Wow Hemingway, that was unexpected
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Good thread.
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Faust is a shit work for pseuds and ugly Germans desperate to have a "culture". This is why it's never talked about here.