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> "You had a life. There were moments when you had a life. Yes, you don't remember it very well; but photographs prove it. This was probably during your adolescence, or a little after. How your appetite for life was big! Existence looked rich with possibility...
> Even more surprising, you had a childhood. Observe a child of 7, playing with his little soldiers on the carpet of the living room. Since the divorce, there is no father. He sees his mother infrequently, who occupies an important position in a cosmetics firm.
> Yet he plays with little soldiers, and the interest he has in his representations of the world and of war seem very real. He lacks a bit of affection already, it's sure, but how he looks interested in the world!
> You, too, were once interested in the world. It was long ago; I ask you to remember. The domain of order no longer satisfied you; you could no longer live in the domain of order, and you had to enter into the domain of the struggle. I ask you to go back to that precise moment. It was long ago, yes?
> Remember it: the water was cold, Now, you're far from the shore, oh yes! For a long time you believed in the existence of another shore, that is no longer the case. You continue to swim, however, and each movement brings you closer to drowning. You choke, your lungs burn. The water seems more and more cold and more and more bitter. You are no longer young. You will die now.
> But it's nothing. I am here. I won't let you fall. Continue your reading.
> Remember again, one more time, your entrance into the domain of the struggle.
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>>8258414
where is this from? Houellebecq?
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>>8258438
Probably "Extension du domaine de la lutte".
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just a fancy summary of blink-182's 'dammit' desu
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So what are in your opinion his top 3 novels?
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1. my
2. diary
3. desu
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1. The Mirror
2. Nostalghia
3. Andrei Rublev
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>>8258087
1. girls
2. white teeth
3. "the case for reparations"
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FUCK Ayn Rand.
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>triggered libtard
If you wanted to talk about books with other people like you, you would've gone to reddit or tumblr, but you ended up here.
Were you not a decent enough person to fit in with people who agree with you, and had to go to right-wing sites, just so you could excuse any insults as "reactionary trash".
Or are you simply a fool who has wandered over here, and fallen for some memes of people who never even read her work?
Those two seem to be the most common. Tell me why you came here of all places.
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>>8258069
man i might dislike objectivism as much as the next guy but what a stupid fucking topic for a thread.
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>>8258081
more like ayn bad lmao
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i bought a book and it smells like actual fucking feces
it smells like those poor kids at grade school always did who shit themselves and then wore the same clothes to school all week
what the fuck
how do i get rid of the smell
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what's the book?
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>>8258021
on the trail of the assassins - jim garrison
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>>8258002
>OP bought the penguin edition
We warned you
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What was a book with a really interesting premise that was in the end ruined by the poor story telling of the author.
Pic related.
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Tbh
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I think alot of "post-post-modern" stuff falls under this category. Talkin' about stuff like House of Leaves.
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>>8257879
The premise wasn't even that interesting. One guy being stuck on an uninhabited planet is pretty boring. If it was played straight instead of pandering to the reddit crowd, it would've never blown up the way it did and you still wouldn't like it.
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Are there any books that deal with people wanting to be famous to the point of self-destruction?
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I am destroying myself
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herostratus
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Haunt by Palahniuk
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>>8257504
I agree
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Yes.
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>>8257504
Zadie Smith is one of the hottest famous people alive.
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Has anyone here ever read Neuromancer?
https://7chan.org/pr/src/A_neuromancer.pdf
I found the .pdf but the .pdf has many less pages than the book on Amazon. How do I know this is the real deal?
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ive read it and have the book on my shelf. whats the last page or sentence say ill tell you if legit.
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I have it as well and I can let you know if this guy is lying. >>8257688
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Conceptually fascinating, verbally stilted at times. Would definitely read if you're interested in the cyberpunk genre, or artificial intelligence, that is if you're willing to skim past some clunky yet occasionally vibrant writing.
Atmospherically dark, a bit like Blade Runner.
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I keep seeing him in my dreams, /lit.
You said it was just Meme literature
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>>8257429
He never dies.
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>>8257429
I hate that picture so much. That's such a shit picture of the Judge.
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ITT cast the perfect judge
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Edition edition
What's your favorite edition or set of SFF books?
Previously: >>8246718
Recommendations:
>Fantasy
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg/
Flowchart: http://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg/
>Sci-Fi
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg/ http://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg/
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It's from Heinlein on invisible exposition, as in you don't have to explain how we are in the future and doors are circles that open like irises when you can just mention that the door dilated.
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>>8257339
Should I skip it or is it worth it?
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>>8257378
i liked it
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>Epigraph is in a different language than the language the book is written in and no translation is provided
Is there anything more pretentious thing someone can do?
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600 pages of rhyming phrases ending with the sound r, sorted by syllables and alphabetized (No. 111 2.7.93-10.20.96, 1997), everything he said for a week (Soliloquy, 2001), every move his body made during a thirteen-hour period (Fidget, 2000), a year of transcribed weather reports (The Weather, 2005) and one edition of The New York Times, September 1, 2000, transcribed as Day (2003).
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>>8257384
oh wow you aren't shitting me
what the fuck
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especially known for his minimalist poetry, famous examples of which include the one-word poem "lighght" and a one-letter poem comprising a four-legged version of the letter "m".
Why haven't you read my books yet, anon?
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i have, now go back into hiding
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Pynchons my fav writer for sure because my fav thing in books is goofs, gags, jokes and rambunctious behavior, and his books are full to the brim of it. Every novel is like one of those novelty snake cans, you open the book & POP you get a face fulla snakes and you fall back cackling. The mad mind, the crack genius, to do it! and then you think hmmm whats he gonna do next, this trickster, and you pick the book back up and BZZZZZZZZZZ you get a shock and Hahahahahah you've been pranked again by the old pynchmeister, that card. "Did that Pynch?" he says, laughing yukyukyukyuk. Watch him as he shoves a pair of plastic buck teeth right up into his mouth and displays em for you- left, right, center- "you like dese? Do i look handsome???" Pulls out a mirror. "Ah!" Hand to naughty mouth. And you're on your ass again laughing as he snaps his suspenders, exits stage right, and appears again hauling a huge golden gong.
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>>8257271
I'm working on V. you goblin looking fucker leave me alone
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Is there anything this man can't do?
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live
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Be sincere.
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Can you recommend something that focuses on cheating, either the act or the aftermath? Or being in love or lusting after/wanting someone that isn't your partner? Anything in that vein really.
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>>8256936
The Blood Oranges
Death Sleep & The Traveler
Travesty
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>>8256952
Thank you.
I'd be really Interested in anything from the point of view of 'the other guy', the person intruding on the relationship. This is pretty specific, I know.
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La Jalousie by Robbe-Grillet. It's mostly an exercise on pushing narrative technique forward for his time standards, but it focuses solely on a man that suspects he's getting cucked, and it's quite thrilling.
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>The incompetence of the American military
>Blind Japanese samurai and a Japanese otaku 2chan poster
>Stupid concepts like quislings and feral children
>Rich people now shovel poo and poor people now run society (cause all rich people are useless and never earned their way and all poor people aren't lazy and on welfare)
>Israel is best rael
>Is North Korea in a tunnel just hiding out or are they all zombies???????? It's like some kinda Schrodinger's cat of asians, so cool!
>"Muh dogs even though I hated them but now I attack people that do and now I'm in a special K9 unit durrrrrrr"
>DUDE I'M GUARDING RICH CELEBRITIES AND BILL MAHER AND ANNE COULTER ARE HAVING SEX ON THE BEACH LMAO
Can you believe there are people on /lit/ that defend this book?
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>there are people on reddit that defend this book
FTFY
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>>8256819
I was going to read this. Thanks for saving me the time, OP.
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>>8256819
>The incompetence of the American military
Ten years later and I'm still fucking salty