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Do you think book readers are smarter than other hobbyists on average because they read books or do they read books because they're smart?
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>Do you think
nuh
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>>8358731
>book readers
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I don't think you'd become more intelligent in the literal sense. It makes you use reason instead.
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What is the difference between nothing and something? is it possible to describe nothing?
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>>8358721
yeah it's a lack of something you fuck
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You must think you're pretty smart
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>>8358721
get a life dumb homo.
Apologize.
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>>8358664
Sorry for being not sorry.
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John Green ruined literature and /lit/ at the same time.
I'm apologizing.
This man is a legend. He has produced more threads around him than actual literature.
At this point we need a containment board just for these slide threads.
We'll call it /chr - Cheerios/. Dick pics will be welcomed.
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>>8358664
You apologize. The only way to kill a meme is to stop perpetuating it.
Whether or not you like him, I think we've all had enough of this.
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Are there any good books that feature solitude as central themes ? I've found it difficult to become interested in any literature lately due to all of the characters being in significantly less depressing situations than myself.
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>>8358610
100 years of solitude
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>>8358630
Is it actually about solitude, though ? Titles can be misleading.
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>>8358610
walden, but that shit is gay
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i need to download some suicide manuals like the complete manual of suicide or peaceful pill handbook just curiosity ok, pls help
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>>8358476
the holy bible
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>>8358476
My diary
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Call the national suicide hotline
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Post your bookmark
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I read chapters
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>>8358466
I figure if I can't remember where I left off I'm not doing a good enough job of reading
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ITT post your philosophical ramblings/woke thoughts.
People always need an excuse to do anything, no matter how innocent it may be; and even if none exist, they will make one. You can justify anything if you use the right words, it's all about finding which ones to say. That's the challenging part, the reason why we aren't all out commiting atrocities against all of humanity. All the little sins that don't matter as much, they don't bear as much weight, which is why we find ourselves guilty of them so so often.
Coming down after smoking weed and guess i needed to let some demons out.
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>>8358425
STAY WOKE F A M XD
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what if the color I see as red is the color you see as blue
what if you see fat girls as skinny, but because you were raised to like skinny girls, you like fats girls
it's like everything is Shallow Hal, but for everything
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i went to the cementery today, i have to go with my camera, i truly have seen it all today
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pinecone if your here right now, give us a sign.
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>>8358383
don't, Mr. Pinecone, it's a trap.
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>>8358383
stop with these threads please jesus fuck.
I am not Pynchon. I am actually just Stephen King, and I like coming here and checking up on you kids when I am not writing my new novel.
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just finished this, when does it get good?
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>>8358261
*when did
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>>8358261
it's "Gravities Rainbow"
you read the wrong book
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>>8358261
I just marathoned the first 20 pages, do I like it?
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I'm looking for well written literature that involves the ocean as a major part of the novel. Really any large bodies of water will work. I've already read(and loved) Moby Dick.
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>>8358210
Breath by Tim Winton is quite fantastic
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>>8358210
You should read Moby Dick, it's pretty good.
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What do you guys think about the concept that authorial intent doesn't matter at all in literary analysis?Personally, I think it's bullshit and it's often used for dumb interpretations.
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Its just a way for people to legitimize their headcanon.
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>according to literary critics, literary critics should have higher status than authors.
Lol ok
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>>8358205
This. I've seen it often used by Tumblr-tier "this character is totally gay!" folks.
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What do you think about George Orwell's 1984 v.s. the current ideas of most liberals? What similarities can you make between the two? How accurate did you think George's prediction of the future was?
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>implying conservatives care about freedom
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>>8358175
Sorry if I didn't clarify lol. I know not all conservatives or liberals are the same. When I refer to conservatives I am referring to those that actively speak out against the black lives matter movement, or sjw feminazis. XD I mean pretty much anyone against Clinton could qualify cause she's the epitome of sjw feminazi, blm retard cuntbag
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>BLM
>sjw feminazis
>XD
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lmao who the fuck is talking?!?!
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why does /lit/ go through these meme of the month fads
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>>8358149
better than meme of the decade fadsbig guy for youdeath grips
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>>8358167
How about death trips?
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Hi /lit/. What are some of your favorite books you read as a kid?
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Unfortunate Events
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these books were 10/10, like a more childish hitchiker's guide to the galaxy with elements of metafiction and a comic book style
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We read the first one of these in English class and I read the rest of them. Pretty fun reads.
There is a scene in I think the climax of the first book that I've seen multiple movies rip off, not sure if it originated in this book or another, but it'swhere a tripod picks up a character who then throws a grenade into its "mouth" or hole or whatever.
The exact same thing happens in a War of the Worlds adaptation and in 10 Cloverfield Lane. Maybe it originated in the War of the Worlds novel?
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There is something i really want to talk about, but the last time i made this thread, it received three replies. So, if you participate in discussion, i will give you an an invite to Aaaaarg.fail.
Who here has read the literary essay The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes? He lays down the argument that it is beneficial for an author (or artist) to not include any information about his/her life to the general public. This is because these works then exist in a vacuum. We cannot attach anything from it to a concrete event in the artist's life because we know nothing about the artist's life. Therefore, we are then able to more openly and honestly interpret the work.
Now i'm going to talk Shakespeare of whom we know nearly nothing (assuming he was not Marlowe in a wig or Adrian IV's great grandson). He is considered, by most, subjectivity, i know, to be the most skilled writer in the English Language. I do not attest that claim. However, he is also renowned as a great writer because of his existential themes and characterization. And, as i said, we know little of Shakespeare besides where and when his life existed. Imagine if we could discern his political, religious, and moral views all from his wikipedia page before we ever read a word of him. At the very least we could say that the spectrum of interpretation and by extension inspiration would be moderately, if not significantly, reduced. Imagine if we could trace the inspiration for King Lear back to personal story of his elderly father (or perhaps just a personal acquaintance) who was betrayed by their son or daughter. His works would lose their sublime, almost ethereal quality they carry today. It's not that people are simply placing Shakespeare at the top of pyramid without any thought. It's the fact that his works stand alone, not supported by a biography, a personality, or even an trustworthy image that allows us the freedom of interpretation to place him there.
Consider Hemingway. Academics and skeptics have a tendency to study his biography and character more than his works. His mother dressed him up as a child, and he compensated by being overly masculine in nearly all parts of his life. But imagine if he was as mysterious to us as Shakespeare is today. He still wouldn't be on Shakespeare's level, of course, but perhaps people would interpret what he wrote a little more creatively, a little more openly because they have no idea what kind of person the author was.
We can trace Bloomsday back to when Nora Barnacle gave Joyce a handjob for the first time. Edward Munch's the Scream is traced back to the eruption of Krakatoa. All these people simplified, their life's work, their hours of study and practice and struggle, dumbed down to a few notable life events. Should we know an author's life story before we read a word from them? Are we losing something in our search to uncover the individual?
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Everything any one person makes is entirely based on that person's lived experiences
To deny your audience any factoids is to leave analysis of your works forever empty and void of any real substance
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>To deny your audience any factoids is to leave analysis of your works forever empty and void of any real substance.
What is "real substance"? Words? Experiences? Why can't an artist's, knowledge, their wisdom, be transcended into a more coherent format through their art form? What is specifically lost when nothing more than the work itself is consumed. All emotions, all knowledge, can be transformed into a work of art.
Facts don't have to matter. Reading a book or viewing a painting can hold a tangible meaning or "substance" within themselves.
Also, give an email in the name space for an invite if you're interested. The website has thousands of fiction and non fiction works in epub and pdf format you can download or free.
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Read Mao II by Don DeLillo