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Which edition of Ulysses should i read?
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>>8278100
Just read the illiad and skip the pretentious nonsense
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This one.
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>>8278106
>illiad
What's best translation out there?
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Searching autobiographies of people that really changed troughout their lives. It doesn't matter if they changed from good to bad or from bad to good.
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>>8278099
The inspiration and the force to change from your A to your B should come from your guts, not from some guy who had really specific circumstances that pressed him to change from X to J
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Stanley 'Tookie' Williams: Redemption
Creator of the 'crips' gang, ex drug-addict and convicted murderer who bettered himself while on death row through self-education. Wrote several books and was nominated for a Nobel peace prize and Nobel Literature prize. Also met Winnie Mandela.
Changed his life for the better but still ended up being executed for his crimes after Arnold Schwarzenegger denied his last appeal.
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>>8278109
I'm the kind of guy who doubts really change is even possible so I need this shit.
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Can anybody tell me why I can't find an eBook of this anywhere? Legit or otherwise? What the FUCK?
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There are better things to ask for than why
>http://www102.zippyshare.com/v/dIB5ddfb/file.html
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>>8278087
I just found it in 10 seconds, you filthy casual.
Right. So for the first time I'll be tackling the Iliad soon and I'm at loss as to which translation to read. Which do you guys recommend?
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Fagels
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>>8278056
Fagels is great
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Thoughts on Uber Super Duper?
Working with Fan Clubs?
Attention economies
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>>8277966
Not just dubs what you came for?
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Why play 64 squares when color can show you 72 steps
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Do you stay current ?
Post em + any true 5 star books you have stumbled upon.
Also Goodreads general.
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24/45 books down for me
idk if you mean post profiles or just talk about gr...
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>>8278123
I gave two books four stars this year, The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant and Ava by Carole Maso
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E-Book recommendations?
I've been travelling a lot and can't bring as many books with me as I'd like.
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>>8277869
My current backlog, all pretty gettable via soulseek and mobilism and libgen
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>>8277869
Kobo > Kindle
Kobo Glow
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>>8277895
(Voyage/Oasis)-$>Kindle Paperwhite = Kobo Glow>Nook>Sony
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How do I deal with being stupid?
I make stupid decisions, hesitate and over-think then go on to give little attention where attention is needed. I boast and cling to whatever petty pride I can. Not to mention academically and socially.
I don't necessarily hate myself, I just wish I wasn't so stupid.
I feel such a degree of stupidity is hereditary and no amount of self-reflection and checking myself will help.
So should I admit defeat, and if so, how do I carry on gracefully stupid?
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>>8277715
trve lit person
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>>8277720
*punches your nosebone into your brain*
take that!
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>>8277715
I'm stupid too. I dunno if I could be smart if I tried because my education sucked and my parents didn't encourage me to read books or learn things growing up or anything like that, so I think my brain just grew up to be stupid. I have trouble with basic math problems, and don't know anything about how art or politics or science works.
I'm looking for anything good to read. Any genre I do not care just need suggestions.
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>>8277711
Did you like Froth? Been meaning to read it
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Is there a good book for when you just fucking resent your entire life and you resent all the people who you've ever talked to, and you wish you could just walk into an abyssal foggy graveyard and walk in peaceful tranquility forever?
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>>8277649
you may feel bad now, but your feels may pass one day
once you enter the portal I'm offering you, there's no turning back
if you choose not to look you choose the blue pill and you can remain living happily and normally with your life
if you choose to look however, you choose the redpill and you will see the true reality, regardless of how bad it is
so anon?
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>>8277664
uh, I'll take the red pill.
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my diary desu
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I just want a really weird book.
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>>8277534
Calvino, Shel Silverstein
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>>8277534
John Hawkes is your man. I don't think any of his books could be considered normal.
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The Roaches Have No King
The future of poetry:
https://youtu.be/g4Q1jZ-LOT0
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An honor student in the pre-school of resentment
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Where did modern poetry go so wrong?
At what point did poets give up on craft and instead concentrate on self-absorbed, narcissistic ejaculations.
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lol
The world is a big place OP
Ignore the trash
I just tried to start reading this. I had to put it aside after barely making it through the first chapter. The preface from the author says people will either love or hate it, and I can see why.
From the first chapter:
>He asked boldly.
>The woman smiled coldly.
>her features thin and unmemorable
>he muttered, under his breath, as if the words were not meant for anyone else's ears.
>The commander's eyes narrowed, gauging.
Show, don't tell, for fuck's sake. This book is quite literally someone transcribing their tabletop campaign. No wonder it took years to get off the ground. I'd rather read someone's description of their dream written thirty seconds after they woke up. At least that would have some substance.
The book starts with a "Dramatis Personae" that lists off a hundred and twenty-two characters, telling me who is who's lover and which assassin belongs to which clan. The first chapter opens with some turgid verse a la Lord of the Rings directly followed by faux oral history, both given actual chapter and verse numbers. I guess I have to give Erikson props for forcing his dreams and ambitions on people until someone caved and published this. If I've learned anything here it's that what my parents and teachers taught me is wrong and I should badger people until I get my way.
Someone here recommended this series. Why? Was it as a joke? Do you enjoy this? Can you explain why?
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The first novel is complete garbage, didn't read further.
It's an excrement of a dnd playing neckbeard who never went beyond fantasy and it shows.
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>>8277507
Are you sure someone didn't just recommend Steve Erickson (a cool author endorsed by Pynchon) and you got the names mixed up?
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There are no excuses. The first novel is trash. The second, third, and fourth novel are some of the best pieces of high fantasy you will ever read.
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I ordered a brand new book on amazon for 10 dollars with prime shipping and they sent me a rough used copy. Should I even bother sending it back for a refund? It's so much fucking work.
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Try complaining to them, not us.
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>>8277502
You don't really get the nature of the question.
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>>8277504
I do I just don't care about your life.
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Am I pretentious if I like and try to emulate the existentialist image, while also genuinely subscribing to it's school of thought?
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Nah that just means you're a sheeple with no originality
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I don't understand this retarded question. Are you saying you like to dress and think like Camus or something?
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>>8277483
This is actually the answer I was looking for. Thanks, time to kill myself.