ITT: literary characters who would be really good at Pokemon GO
>Alexei Karamazov
>walks everywhere all the time
>first half of the book is just him walking all over the place
ITT: literary characters who would be really bad at Pokemon GO
>The Tempest
>Alonso, King of Naples
>gets owned by a storm
>stranded on an island
>ends up catching Krabby all day
What a bizarre idea for a thread.
I'm not going to give a response.
This is literally Characters who walked a lot: the thread.
Pretty much any character from the French philosophical movement.
Are any of the Star Wars novels actually worth reading?
I'm not expecting anything stellar but surely they can't all be trash?
>>8276279
>surely they can't all be trash
define "trash"
>surely they can't all be trash?
Why can't they?
I believe the consensus is that the Thrawn Trilogy is worth reading (in the sense it's a great story, not in the sense it's great literature), and the rest is steaming manure; but I'm no Jedi Master.
There is always the Thrawn trilogy, which made even fans start taking the books seriously simply because it tells a cool story. The X-Wing series is also great and has excellent characters. I don't think anyone will argue about how good either of those series are.
Besides them most of the stuff is middling and you'll hear people picking out favorites here and there. It's best to go by the authors really, since a lot of garbage fantasy writers get Star Wars contracts. The good ones are:
Timothy Zahn
Michael Stackpole (if you can put up with Mary Sues)
Aaron Allston
Troy Denning
"I am enlightened by my own intelligence"
What literary masterpiece is this quoted from?
a teenager from reddit
>>8276254
Aalewis, from reddit
"‘In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.’""
>>8276254
A meme that reddit actually got to prior to 4chan.
Bravo, reddit.
the person in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkPR4Rcf4ww) argues that for something to be considered "kafkaesque" it has to not only embody oppressive nightmare-ish qualities but it must also possess some element of irony in it.
that being said what is the element of irony in the metamorphosis? does one exist?
>>8276208
The irony is that the metamorphosis into a useless insect who directly causes the lives of the family to be worse than they would otherwise be is the cause of the entire family he had been providing for to themselves metamorphosise into far more independent and "better" human beings than they had been before the literal metamorphosis occurred.
>>8276208he already was a bug
>>8276208
>A bug with a funny voice trying to explain his family why he hadn't get up earlier
Why do libraries nowadays stoop so low as to now rent out video games? Should the library be purely entertainment-based or should it be a bastion for the great arts of the past? Something in between, or different entirely? And why has the popularity of reading books gone down as other media has sprung up? What's so alluring about playing a video game vs. reading a good, captivating book? What say you, /lit/?
>>8276202
because video games are instant entertainment
couldn't tell you how many times reading has pissed me off that I don't touch that book for awhile.
at least with video games especially halo
if the storyline gets boring i can hop online and play other people. no matter how shitty I am i'll get a match I can win.
>>8276202
Almost as bad as genre fiction 2bh
>>8276202
Libraries provide resources for their community. Yes, the original idea was for them to provide academic resources, but it's a reasonable thought to expand on that concept. People wanted genre fiction so libraries carried genre fiction. Then they wanted movies and now they want games. Especially now that most academic sources can easily be found online, there is little incentive for libraries to focus their physical collection on academics. I can't speak for all library systems obviously, but the New York Public Library has a pretty good collection of online databases. They continue to retain their status as the layman's research hall without issue.
Plus, it's not like libraries don't continue to carry literature. I live in the South Bronx and I can easily find a copy of nearly every book in the western canon (well the most accepted versions of the canon at least) at my local libraries. You can also usually request any works you can't find in their collections.
This is a nonissue.
Name one reason one shouldn't read this on an e-reader?pro tip: you can't
I don't own one. I don't feel the need to get one. I already own the book.
You can't abrasively read it in public and have people recognize the sky cover, ask you about or comment on the shear physical enormity of the book
>>8276211
I'm okay with that. I usually (if not always) read while lying down. The book is so big and heavy it makes my arms tired pretty fast.
GOML faggots
http://www.arealme.com/vocabulary-size-test/en/
>>8276193
>>8276193
pure ideology
>>8276212
>you are shakespeare
Do you want to read more than you do read?
How to read more everyday? Does it get better and easier? I get tired quick, it drains me.
It depends on what you're reading. A big misconception that most people on this board fall victim to is that you must read a 'canon' in order to be a 'reader.' Never quite understood this. I read about things that I find interesting and want to know more about. Try researching on Google about vague topics that you would like to know more about, or themes that are relevant to your past experience. Hopefully you will get a sense of the style you prefer, and will get less bored. Try reading some short stories first if you get intimidated by long narratives. For an arbitrary starting point that has a diverse collection of stories, I'd recommend Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace, or The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo. Honestly you need to find topics that you enjoy... reading is meant to be fun.
Unless it's philosophy; then you're going to have a boring ol' time. But that's the point.
hehe x)
I spend more time searching books to read and buying them than actually reading. Feels bad.
How to unlearn what Jesus taught me? Will close reading of Machiavelli suffice?
Why would you want to do that?
lol wut?
>>8276122
I feel it harms me. It takes Jesus to practice what Jesus preaches. I'm no Jesus.
>he introduces characters past the first third of the book
>>8276119
>he introduces characters
>he introduces characters on the second to last page of the book
Fuck you, Pinecone.
>all of the book's chapters revolve around introducing new characters
well that really took an unexpected turn near the end
I recently read this book too. That shit is bleak, even by O'Connor's standards.
>>8276125
If you have read her short stories you might have read some of the chapters. She adapted the novel from her short stories, I think
I just bought it and i'm feeling intimidated by its length.
>>8276098
that's what your mom said. to me.
it took me awhile because at first i would force myself at least 20 minutes a day for it, but once i got more free time i would crank out 50 or more pages with little effort.
>>8276098
reading is not a fucking difficult activity to do and if you can't commit to a task that can be tangibly confined to the palm of your hand you have bigger problems than /lit/ can help you with
that being said it took me about 1.5 weeks with ample free time
Quantum Age Star Talk ?
Trying to have a Conversation
...know your story like I do...
https://youtu.be/VuNIsY6JdUw
>music in their hearts
Heart our diamonds
Up in the Sky
How was Hyper Sphere and The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra written? Did people just submit random pages?
>>8276035
Good pasta
Hey I'd say it's time for a new one of these isn't it boys
What are your favorite books published in the last decade?
Oh, all of them.
>reading anything post 2000
2000(1)-2009(10) or 2007-2016?