Why do you guys dislike self-help?
>>8303459
>muh bourgeois ideology
>>8303459
Some books are alright. Most of them say the same shit, and they were written only to help the author earn some shikels.
>>8303461
first post best post
So I read this book a few years ago, and didn't understand the point of the ending. Then I read it again a few days ago, and finished it, and I still didn't understand the ending. What was Philip K. Dick trying to say with this book, and what did the ending mean? Also, what did Rachael Rosen exactly do by going to bed with Rick, and why did she kill his goat?
>being confused by scifi genre fic
Wew
>>8303431
what if I told you the answer is fucking obvious and has to do with the entire theme of the "book?"
>>8303431
bump
Why didn't you guys tell me that this book is this good? I am amazed.
oh, I see why now.
Well, do yourself a favor and read it, it is short and really nice.
>>8303799
you could try, like, idk, telling us why it's good
if I just read something because an anon told me "it's good" I'd never read anything actually good
you're part of the problem
>>8303918
>you could try, like, idk
>you're part of the problem
go back to tumblr you passive aggressive cunt
>tfw /lit/ tells you to start with the Greeks
>tfw you read the history, philosophy, religion, poetry, myth, and drama of Ancient Greece
>tfw you discover that the ancient mysteries all center around mysticism, magical thinking, and mind-altering chemicals
Does "starting with the Greeks" lead kids to drugs?
>>8303298
fuck, i'd like to have that drawn girl fart into my nostrils
>>8303298
>tfw no porn of Greek gods
The only drug you need is Eros.
Movie vs Book
>>8303254
Movie
Satantango pushes the boundary of what a "moving picture" is while also being beautiful and emotionally moving (no pun intended)
Watch Straub-Huillet's films. Perfect dialectics of text and image.
I loved the book I haven't committed myself to actually watching the movie yet.
I just finished reading Knowledge of Hell by António Lobo Antunes. You should read it aswell. Do it. For me.
>>8303229
as you wish.
>>8303292
You won't be disappointed.
>>8303292
>portuguese
lol no
>paying tens of thousands of dollars to be taught how to read
Why do retards go to university for the humanities?
Most people know how to read by fucking preschool.
>>8303154
If you're talking about undergrad, two years of that is liberal arts courses anyway. It has nothing to do with what major you pick.
If you're talking about grad school, you only do it if you're paid to go.
>>8303154
>everyone is an American
Literally end yourself, Americentric piece of shit
>>8303158
Hey stop that, this is for emotionally charged hatred of certain university programs for people who have never attended university.
If you aren't going to fan the flames please leave.
Would you assume I'm a pleb if this is my favorite book?
>>8303151
My favorite book too, desu
>>8303151
I'd assume that anyone who has a 'favorite book' is a pleb.
Has nothing to do with TGG
Only if that is one of the only books you've read, which is generally the case for people who cite TGG as their fave.
All of my book ideas sound like they should be young adult shit. Should I just embrace it at this point and try to become the next John Greene?
>>8303126
nope
>>8303127
/thread
>>8303126
yes honestly. fuck it. get famous for YA. YA authors make shit loads of money. get money then you get time. then you can NEET around and write for a while.
Tell me what you feel
Anxious
>>8303199
And why
>>8303208
I'm going to get attacked by a nigger
Slyyyyyyynnnxxxxx
Comfy book
I'm actually about to start it tonight
>>8303218
Genre: post apocalyptic
Synopsis: read it on good reads
Themes: government control
Very very good book
What does /lit/ think of these books?
>>8303098
looks like SJW shit to meim redpilled btw
Open Veins is great. It's also the only decent book that uruguay has ever produced.
>writing
>being an irl tripfag
Leave the writing to the pros guys
it's not tripfaging if you don't try to publish IDIOT
>>8303057
well yeah, if you are just writing as a personal avvocation that's alright. I am talking about the droves of assholes on this board trying to "make it". If they had real talent they wouldn't have this anxiety.
>>8303114
if I had anxiety I wouldn't be drunk asshole
Should I just dive right into 1Q84 or start something else first?
>>8303025
Either Kafka or Norwegian, depending on if you want a surreal psychological journey or a depressive story about college students.
Also check out Wind-up Bird and his short story collections.
>>8303025
The garbage. You can either buy a copy of one of his "books" and then throw it in there or skip the middleman and throw a commiserate amount of dollar bills directly into the trash. If you pirate books, simply estimate how much time it would take you to read one of his "books" and then multiply those hours by your hourly wage and then throw that calculated amount into the garbage.
Alternatively, kill yourself for valuing the limited time you have on this Earth so little enough to read that garbage.
start with 'almost transparent blue'
Anyone else not read Greek philosophy because it's too common sense? I feel like everything Aristotle or Plato says is either stuff that I've came up with myself through the years or already instilled in me through a basic education.
>>8302866
>mfw reading Aristotle's golden means discussion
>guarenteed replies
>>8302866
why would she wear a fucking gown to the cow field btw?