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>>8232815
tu puta madre

>>8232820

does that say "you bitch mother"? i dont know spanish

>>8232815
>that cracked me up and I thought you guys would enjoy it. But what does it mean about Bloom's bifurcated Y-shaped piss? is it saying he masturbated earlier and the dried semen made him piss two streams or what? i'm lost there
Yeah, something like that sounds right. Good job.

If I don't see finishing the book as rewarding then I stop.

If you want to know whether you should, I would suggest you try to finish it out. There's a reason you picked it up in the first place and you never know how it will turn out.

If you want my experience, basically what
>>8232812
said.

To be more specific on how I determine if I think it will be "rewarding":

It depends. How "important" it is in terms of "canon" or influence on later works/writers? How much do I dislike it and why? How many other things am I reading at the time (if there's a couple others, I'll end up spending more time on those and just won't get back to it). Why did I choose to read that (is it part of a certain era or movement or on a particular topic I'm reading a lot of at the time? A work by an author who I've read and enjoyed other works? Was it recommended by someone?)? Etc.

In general, I try to finish everything I start but sometimes I just don't, especially if it's not related to other things I'm reading.

Most recently I was really forcing myself to get through Johnny Got His Gun, but kept going only because it was recommended by someone who I had developed a pretty close relationship with and it seemed important to her. As it turned out, the book went fron something I was hating for the first 95 pages or so to a work that is easily among my favorites of what I've read in at least the last several months.

>>8232778
For some reason, I just could not get through the beginning of atlas shrugged.

I would stop after the first couple pages and leave the book for a time, only to have to start over.

Finally I said fuck it and just read, and read, and it turned out to be one of the best I have ever read

are you high?

>>8232655
They're definitely tripping on something. Probably stronger than weed. Or it's their first time on pot.

dude have you ever thought about how, like, we're just the universe just experiencing itself?

Le nips

the 1998 or the 1962?

the 1998 was just uninspired trash. the 1962 was not very good as an adaptation and probably one of the lower quality kubricks. the thing about kubrick is that he was not interested in the original material, but used them as jumping off points to explore what he wanted to instead of what the author did. sometimes this overlapped, but for the most part it did not. kubrick's lolita wanted to be all about the comedy, but the whole thing falls short without the pathos and the conspicuousness of form in the original, which really has no equivalent in film. what i mean is well-written prose is pronounced and in Lolita's it's meant to be even more so, well-crafted film technique is invisible, even if you try hard to innovate.

>>8232664
>the 1998 was just uninspired trash.
nah. much better than the '62 at least. fundamentally it was lolita still. the pathos was there. the eroticism too. the humour never made it through.
jeremy irons was a good humbert humbert.
it was like a review [long].

>>8232634
short version: there isw only one LOLITA and that's the book

kubrick version is god damn awful as 85% of his movies

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Me

>>8232473

JUST

inb4 Ibsen & Hegel

>>8232414
No, please do not read this book.

>>8232414
Yes, is perfect. Do it.

Expect to be wowed by his understanding of tech and the modern era
It's a pretty good book, just a little bit worse than Vineland

>>8232345
$2 digital, $6 print.

My last book made me $25,000, plus another 5,000 if it sells more than a certain number of copies

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2.99 on Amazon. I'm formatting a paperback as we speak

>>8232304
They make porn now

>>8232324
Really?

>>8232304
I don't watch it, I paid to attend their literal school

James Salter

>>8232293
Henry Miller

>>8232299
He is fairly recognised here, isnt he? Dont come here that often

ive heard he is good and i think i've watched movies based on his plays but i haven't read him no

my favorite plays are waiting for godot (pleb yeah whatever), antony and cleopatra, krapp's last tape, the balcony and life of galileo. also psychosis 4:48, but is that even a play.

>>8232236
>movies based on his plays
Got any recommendations?

I've only read A Doll's House, but it was amazing and got me into more serious literature.

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No.

Look at the books your superiors have displayed and inquire about those. You'll likely find someone who can take you under their wing. That's when you can learn their weaknesses and plan your next steps as a usurper

>>8232160
Go to /biz/ wiki

I've read Naked Lunch, the Soft Machine and the Western Lands trilogy (?) in the original language and I'm Italian. Not the easiest thing but you can absolutely do it. I'd suggest reading some other author before him but if you're asking I'm fairly sure you already did, so go right ahead and jump into his works. Take your time, learn through the context, listen to the sound/musicality of the words, if you're stuck don't be afraid to go online and look for help and just have fun. He's a great author in that respect. I'd also suggest you read Hunter Thompson in the original, absolute blast.

I think Interzone, Exterminator!, and The Burroughs File would be easiest.
The Cat Inside and My Education are also fairly straightforward.
Naked Lunch probably wouldn't be too hard.
Red Night trilogy would be about as easy as Naked Lunch.
The Wild Boys would be a touch harder than that.
Nova Trilogy would probably be the most difficult.

In general, his earliest stuff is easy, late stuff is easy, middle is hard.

>>8232395
Yeah, seconding this. Red Night trilogy would probably be his easiest "experimental" text.

Always wondered why his late stuff was put so far down that literature iceberg chart thingie, I mean, it's almost obnoxiously straightforward for his standards.

thats too wide a question anon. it can be useful to the troubled man as a cathartic experience, or to the common man to identify his secret self without the need of actualizing it in antisocial forms, as simple entertainment... or who knows what else.

>>8232095
Obtaining Patrician points. Everything else is bullshit.

>>8232095
*whom

>>8232058

>asking for dosto for your bday
new to reading pleb confirmed
>bitching to strangers on the internet about gifts people give you
ungrateful cunt confirmed

/justteenagethings/

What kind of pleb asks for Dostoevsky lol

Thanks, wasn't something I necessarily expected to read but it'll be nice to form an educated opinion on the series, instead of just spouting bullshit based on memes and the average reader. Let's go have a couple beers, on me.