give me your honest opinion about him and his work lit.
>>8334778
imho you can't appreciate his work before you stuffed your shoe into the cuntshelf of an oversexed milf or were robbed at gunpoint by a teenage poet-prostitute.
>>8334789
lmao I think the same
I was actually inside a syphillitic prostitute, wearing her asshole as a ring, while I read Tropic of Cancer. I think it just felt better
Does Joyce still hold the record for most expensive sale of his original works?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3877209.stm
>>8334636
nowhere near
jk rowling sold one of the original copies of beedle the bard for two million pounds a few years ago
Who here has read Prometheus Rising?
Who has done the exercises at the end of each chapter?
Lots of people.
Nobody.
>>8334516
/thread I guess...
>>8334516
this.
there was this one exercise where you had to scout for money on de ground or some shit, actually found 10 euros, good shit.
I think there is a certain intellectual cowardice about the refusal to read contemporary literature. Those who exclusively read the classics only concern themselves with questions of understanding.
>what does this mean?
>how does this relate to that?
>what was the author trying to say?
That is all well and good but when it comes to how you personally experience the work, the classics reader defers to the test of time. He doesn't ask himself if he thinks the novel is good, he doesn't ask himself if he thinks the prose is well written, he may not even ask himself if he likes it, because he decided the answer to all those questions before he opened the book.
When you read recent publications, there is no authoritative voice to guarantee the value of what you're reading, and so it requires a far greater degree of introspection. If we read to learn more about ourselves then you do yourself a great disservice by ignoring contemporary literature.
You should really read whatever seems interesting to yourself. If that's fucking Harry Potter or Infinite Jest, does it really matter?
>>8334479
You could also just read lesser known / lesser recognized older novels though.
>>8334479
faggot
How do I get through this. I'm halfway in and the spirit has left me.
Middlemarch general I guess, share your experiences
>>8334458
It's not for you, kid
Go back to your anime
Are there any good YouTube channels about literature?
who is she?
>>8334468
A total pleb and moron whose only redeeming value is that she was cute two years ago. It's not actually a literature channel, so I won't link it here unless you insist.
>>8334471
i do insist
how many passions can one realistically have and explore the their full potential in one lifetime?
to their*
all of them
fifteen, although some scientists argue it's 16.
Anyone knows more about this kinds of lecture? i remember seeing some good books about improvised mines, and survival stuff in war time, etc. in the deep web, don't know how to get them back, anyone interested?
You can literally just read US Army manuals that are all publicly available.
>>8334199
thanks, im looking them up already.
>>8334199
>US Army manuals
>manuals by the "throw 2 million soldiers, rockets and drones at a problem and hope for the best" people
lmao no thanks
Why are university graduates in America unable to think and reason? I've run into this many times, people with degrees that cost their parents something like $250.000 not being able to construct a non-trivial argument or critically evaluate sources of information. One would expect that if your degree teaches you one thing it's exactly this.
>>8334190
Degrees are for connections and are more of a rite of passage than an actual proof of intellect or even interest.
>>8334190
It's cultural Marxism, fellow frogposting redpilled friend.
They are being brainwashed by the liberal institution that is higher education into thinking with their feels rather than with logic and rationality.
Did you ever wonder how women - the emotional inferior sex - do so well in college? Because it caters to women and ostracizes masculine thinking.
Men are being turned into numale cuck feminists or they have to abandon higher education all together because of the 'muh feels' liberal ideology that serves to breed out whiteness.
Bildnung isn't a thing in America and people only get a degree so they can get a job/so they can have The American College Experience (TM) where they just fuck around and join a frat and party.
hey /lit/
i have a reading group with a few friends and evola is on the list for this week. want to pick a short extract from Revolt Against the Modern World or Ride the Tiger, only problem is none of us have read the books.
What would be a good chapter or extract to pick that gives a small glimpse of what Evola's on about?
Is Evola worth it for his non political works?
>>8334188
He has none political works?
>>8334203
ye he has some shit on magic
There's a thin line between genius and madman; and William Gass truly fondles both.
Maybe next time OP
>>8334167
Yeah. He looks like a fondler all right.
Haven't been here since 2013.
What happened to the 'Ride the Tiger' enlightenment threads?
What were those damn booklists that supposedly made you see with your third eye?
>what is time
>>8334129
1. it's melted into the background of the board, like stirner. everybody who needs to be aware of it is aware
2. the lists with things like "internet dreams" (by kagemozu daishi) made by pater duplicat? i see one posted once every few months
memes move along, what do you expect?
>>8334129
I think you mean you haven't been on /pol/ in awhile. Those books are all shit and not /lit/.
When you jump in bed is it an A Fest ?
http://www.mindvalley.com/blog/vishen-lakhiani/happens-make-love-part-job-description-five-days/
Points of contact connect ?
http://www.mindvalley.com/culture/love-week
...unique in that we use Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in our interior design...
https://youtu.be/C2kq4L28syw
...Halls of Awesomeness...
...When smart people come together, they multiply each other’s potential...
Hey 4chan, I'd like to know which poet is in your opinion the best one of all time
tupac shakur
Matsuo Bashou
His hokku are pure and coherent, free from the airs and graces of most poetry.
Which line of prose is superior?
1
>I'm being more than kind to the guard captains here. Besides, we're mercenaries hired by the Order. I'm not obliged to show respect to you.
2
>A guard captain in these rain-sodden hinterlands ought not expect chivalry. We are in the employ of the Order, not of it. Our pay does not cover trite courtesies to the likes of you.
The former, because it wasn't plagiarized from the War of the Lions.
>>8333946
they both suck desu
no context no answer
The first one sounds alright but it's the sort of language a Wildean dandy would use. I don't know if that fits the character speaking.
The second one is more griseled and ye olde but it doesn't flow, you should separate mouthful words like rain-sodden and hinterlands