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I read game of thrones and then watched season 1 of the show, and I didn't expect it but the show is actually way better
>better pacing
>better character develop
>dosnt stop every 5 minutes to show what a character is eating
Should I even bother with the rest of the books?
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Try the audiobooks; the voice actor does a really good job. I think the books are better, especially as it goes on.
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>>8351426
Oh dear lord.....really? That aside, you would find, if you continue to read the books and watch the show, that Book 1 and Season 1 are nearly identical. And then the show continues to grow further and further apart from the books as they both progress. Books are better...show is shit.
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>>8351426
The fact is, Martin is not a good writer; don't misunderstand me, the european-medieval setting and the families' stories and History are great, but he just can't write it down properly.
The show, as long as follows the books, takes every great aspect of the setting and story without the crap of the writing style of Martin
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Greetings, /lit/. First time poster here. My favorite story is The South by Jorge Luis Borges. Can anyone recommend me literature similar to it?
Also, I would appreciate if you can give me book recommendations based on my favorite books. My favorite books are:
1. Blood Meridian
2. Ficciones
3. The Earth Abides
Also, what's your favorite book and why?
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>>8351416
>incest teasing redditors
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>>8351416
The one on the left is perfect, holy shit.
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Hi /lit/!
I'm looking to curb the sheer amount of shit in my house by getting a Kindle Paperwhite. I've got a couple of questions for people who've made the investment -
> Can I easily upload the random ebooks I've torrented over the years, or are Kindles locked to the Amazon store?
> How annoying/ obtrusive are the ads?
> Do you actually use it?
> Are there better eReaders at the same price point?
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>>8351409
>Can I easily upload the random ebooks I've torrented over the years, or are Kindles locked to the Amazon store?
Kindle has one function for this, and it's emailing the ebook as a document to your kindle.
You can use calibre for this, the send-to-kindle app, bookdrop with dropbox, etc
>> How annoying/ obtrusive are the ads?
There's no ads when you're reading. There's only ads in your home menu when you're browsing the selection. And they're ads in the form of book recommendations
>Do you actually use it?
Yes
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>>8351435
Also I'm talking about wireless uploading, obviously you can put them on your kindle easily through usb. I haven't encountered drm issues
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>>8351443
Oh ok cool, that's my main issue with it resolved then. How's the interface?
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What are some Right-Wing/Reactionary intellectuals and which of their works are important /lit/?
And before you start bitching, I already have a long-ass Left-Wing reading list,it was easy enough to assemble from modern uni curricula.
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Perhaps something by the Nouvelle Droite. I've been meaning to get my hands on some books by them
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>>8351385
Hobbes - Leviathan
Burke - whatever you feel like reading of his, there isn't much
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>>8351385
I take it you're not from the states if you're assembling your left wing reading list from uni curricula. In the US you can get an economics degree without having read a word of Marx. Unless you study anthropology or sociology here, you're not going to encounter much leftist literature at all. Keynes and Rawls are considered leftists in the US.
> Notes from Underground
> it's actually a novel
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> As You Like It
> it wasn't as I liked it
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> The Double
> costs the same as the regular
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> Infinite Jest
> it's finite
No snotty remarks. No highbrow peacocking. Just be straightforward and clear, /lit/. What is, in your opinion, the most beneficial result of reading?
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Makes me want to kill myself less.
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>>8351357
it's a fun, quiet leisure activity
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Introspection
Empathy
Picking up girls/conversation starter
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why the fuck haven't you read this yet
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Why the fuck do you morons need to make 10 Gaddis threads a day.
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>>8351341
the more we make the more people will read him. it's like some subconscious mind Fuckery shit.
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Why did Gaddis have to become a sub-meme in the first year i found out about him
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Stirnerites of /lit/ be honest, is your philosophy supposed to net you any advantages in the real world? Or is this more of a meme/circlejerk type of deal? I really don't see any practical value in his work but I admit I'm a pleb and I could just be looking in the wrong places.
Citing Stanford wiki
>This rejection of conventional forms of intellectual discussion is linked to Stirner's substantive views about language and rationality. His unusual style reflects a conviction that both language and rationality are human products which have come to constrain and oppress their creators. Stirner maintains that accepted meanings and traditional standards of argumentation are underpinned by a conception of truth as a privileged realm beyond individual control. As a result, individuals who accept this conception are abandoning a potential area of creative self-expression in favour of adopting a subordinate role as servants of truth. In stark contrast, Stirner insists that the only legitimate restriction on the form of our language, or on the structure of our arguments, is that they should serve our individual ends. It is the frequent failure of ordinary meanings and standard forms of argument to satisfy his interpretation of this criterion which underpins Stirner's remorselessly idiosyncratic style.
Sounds to me like the feller had a mental illness desu.
-Stirner insists that there should be no restrictions on language and arguments than those that serve our individual ends... how does this work in practice? What do you do when someone disagrees with you? Talk gibberish (or as the wiki puts it "remorselessly idiosyncratic style")? But that doesn't work. In real life you play by the conventional rules of language or you get btfo by people versed in argumentation and rhetoric because this "style" if you will pervades society and thus puts you on the losing side in any constellation that involves more people than yourself. So in the end your absolutist self-serving style of communication actually will not benefit you as much as if you argued like a lowly "servant of truth".
-Accepting truth as beyond individual control lowers creative self-expression... is that not what people call knowing better than to act like a dumbass? What truths are there to be found that are within your control and how would you go about finding them? Is this something you can practically accomplish, is this something you would want to do or are we talking theory here?
Cheers
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Playing by the rules of language and being ideologically subservient to those rules are not the same thing. You can play by the rules to your own benefit while still realising the rules are arbitrary. It's just like the law. You don't steal because it has repercussions under the law, but that doesn't mean you therefore also believe stealing is wrong. You can use ideas and be used by ideas. Language should serve us rather than the other way around.
But you should really read Stirner himself rather than some secondary literature, I haven't found any summaries of him to adequately represent him. Read the Ego and Its Own followed by Stirner's Critics. The first one is his main work and the second one is an explanatory work he wrote in response to some reaction to The Ego that clarifies a lot.
As for the practical value he has for me personally, I find him to be empowering and come back to him every once in a while reminds me to
'b myself' rather than conform to external standards to my own detriment. There's a lot more to him than that philosophically, but that's the most important part about his work to me. He helps me not to be enslaved to other people's shitty memes so to say.
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>>8351329
>practical value
spooky
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>>8351530
>The Bible is a fairy tale
Blasphemy
>Gender Pay Gap
Misogyny
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Which writers best articulate their distaste for life?
Who are the best anti-life writers?
Picture related.
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>>8351301
That's a terrible and factually wrong assessment of Lovecraft, I don't know what Becq was thinking.
Not to say that the guy had a naive love of life (he naturally arrived at the conclusion that not existing is better than existing), but his xenophobia had nothing to do with WOW THESE PEOPLE ARE DANCING AHHH HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY DO THIS. Also all of his friends were "amused by life", but it curiously didn't make him hate them, and on at least one occasion he helped a person who was either depressed or falling into depression ("cheer up!" is the literal expression he used in one of the letters).
Now for your question, I'd say Ligotti is pretty good at it.
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>>8351301
Schopenhauer
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>Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don't believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other.
Too based for this world.
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ITT: We spoil books for plebs that haven't read the classics.
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Stoner dies
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I was in the SomethingAwful thread where they first started doing gifs like that
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everyone dies in the recognitions except wyatt and otto
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What does /lit/ think of The White Man's Burden?
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It's tough but most people outside 4chan wouldn't understand.
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The Kipling Opinion test is a litmus test for plebbery. When asked his opinion on Kipling, the testee will typically give one of four answers:
>-1: He was an imperialist racist fucking white male!
>0: Who?
>1: You know, I don't think his work should be permanently marred by his racism and imperialism. He was a product of his time.
>∞: I like Kipling.
At level 0, the testee is graded "Total Fucking Pleb," and it is recommended that he read The Jungle Book. At level 1, the testee is graded "Pleb," advised to read more, and asked not to speak in tautologies. At level ∞, "Patrician," fruitful conversation can commence at the leisure of the tester and testee.
At level -1, "Terminal Pleb," the damage is deemed irreparable, and a new conversation partner must be sought immediately before the tester is charged with attempted rape.
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>>8351269
>indentured servant memes
>le I'm totally not scum cuz I ain't a nigger
Stay woke white boy
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Finally finished this beast.
feelsgood.jpg
Where do I go from here?
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>>8351207
jacques lacan
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nowhere, you're done now.
Congratulations OP
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>>8351207
we make charts specifically to render these threads redundant. and yet here we are.
In this thread we discuss who the best translators are for (feel free to add anyone who you need a translation on):
>Socrates
>Plato
>Seneca
>Goethe
>Descartes
>Kant
>Nietzsche
>Kafka
>Dostoevsky
>Tolstoy
>any other Russians with no Maude permitted
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>>8351184
bump
commentaire d'origine
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>>8351184
>Dostoevsky
Avsey where possible.
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>>8351184
>Socrates
u wot m8?
How's that novel coming along, /lit/?
Any publishers given you feedback yet?
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>>8351169
It's ok. Haven't submitted yet.
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>>8351181
What's it about, anon
Tell us more
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>>8351186
A man goes about his travels while battling between duty and want in a way that mirrors the seven deadly sins and ends with him accepting a hedonistic lifestyle is the best one.
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What are the best books for understanding the sub conscious mind?
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Subconscious is a spook
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Jung
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>>8351141
The concept of a 'spook' is a spook