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about to start reading this. is it as good as i've heard?
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Its really good. Only problem is Patrick is the same as GRRM when it comes to getting books finished.
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>>8207073
only one way to figure it out, newfriend
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there's a general for this, shill.
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Was she really worthy of all the acclaim she got from the establishment or was she just a charity case?
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>>8207025
She's great. You're the charity case.
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Morrison > Hurston > Angelou > Walker tbqh
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>>8207070
and they're all shit
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Just finished pic related.
I think it may be my new favorite book (non ironically)
When I finished it I felt relief for a brief moment and then found myself flicking to my bookmarked favorite passages.
What did you feel once you finished it?
How do I process it?
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It's been sitting on my bookshelf for a couple weeks now. I am too intimidated by its size to actually start it.
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that you should kill yourself
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>>8207026
I read it on and off for about 8 months, with other books interluding sporadic intense reads. Made for an interesting experience of it.
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So what's his best work?
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The Jew of Malta
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Cardenio
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>>8206981
Are those bacons or cheetos on his coat?
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The /lit/ compilation torrent hasn't been updated in six years.
What should we add to it?
https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5656970/_lit__books
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>>8206955
The Fault In Our Stars
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upload some surreal mind fucks.
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>>8207454
How about "Looking for Alaska"?
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>Shadow had done three years in prison. He was big enough, and looked don’t-fuck-with-me enough that his biggest problem was killing time. So he kept himself in shape, and taught himself coin tricks, and thought a lot about how much he loved his wife.
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sandman was the only good thing gaiman ever wrote
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hey, that prettygood!
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>>8206973
neverwhere was good too
Is it bad that I preferred The Aeneid to The Odyssey or The Iliad?
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>>8206917
One does not simply "prefer" beluga caviar to champagne; one appreciates each for what they have to offer, and ideally uses what they've learned to contribute to our shared project - western civilisation.
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>>8206927
nah fuck civilisation.
I just like seeing how the Romans put a twist on Greek lit, and I think it's got much more interesting focuses IE on duty, the individual, personal sacrifice etc.
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>>8206917
Virgil is fanfic.
>enter Dostoievski
>choose Crime & Punishment
>finish it
>feelsgoodman.gif.jpg
what do now? where to go in Dosto
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>>8206833
Why are you asking us?
You should tell your 8th grade English teacher since she's the one you're going to be writing the book report for. She can guide you with what to read next. Maybe the Diary of Anne Frank?
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Los hermanos Karamazov
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the idiot
brothers karamazovdemons
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Does any one here own a Kobo e-reader?
Where can I find a decent English dictionary for it?
The native dictionary is horrible, it never has the words I'm looking for. What's the point of it?
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>>8206832
Sorry, I have a kindle paperwhite with the Oxford English Dictionary built in.
Good luck with your chinese shit. I'm sure if saved you a few dollars a year ago.
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>>8206837
I literally saved 100$ buying the Kobo Glo HD instead of the Kindle paper white.
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>>8206839
>Literally saved $100
They're the same price.
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The bible is one manifold therefore God exists.
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I will kill you faggot.
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Amen
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Satire is the lowest form of comedy.
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should I actually read the first "book"? I mean I've just finished the
>Turjan of Miir
and I was like "eh ok, meh"
does it get better? is it just made up random things?
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>>8206778
Any other "Dying Earth" authors to read besides Jack Vance and William Hope Hodgson? Gene Wolfe was pretty cool too.
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>>8206796
Martin.
Not even shitting on you,
>Dying of the Light
it's really good imho
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>>8206800
I like some of his short stories quite a bit, Meathouse Men and The Ice Dragon are top tier as is Sand Kings along with Dunk and Egg, people just seem to dislike him due to how popular ASOIAF is. I really hope he pumps out some more dying Earth stuff in the future.
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>being emotionally affected by a book
>being intellectually stimulated by a book
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>frogposting
kill yourself
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wait, so do you just leave the book suck you off and then kick it out or something? seems empty to me.
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>>8206769
>being edgy on the internet
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Poetry thread
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>>8206698
There once was a faggot named OP
He used to like sucking COCK
Until one day
His father found OUT
And then he sucked his cock TOO
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>>8206704
That didn't even rhyme??? Anon are you even trying
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>>8206707
>poetry has to rhyme
found the faggot
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What's more important to become a successful writer?
>reading and researching a lot
>writing a lot and learning from yourself
>studying writing theory
>????
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The first two, as well as observing people and events.
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>>8206663
Writing well
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you have to both read and write a lot. i mean a lot.
>studying writing theory
tripe.
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Fuck this book ;_;
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>>8206624
Can you post in spoiler specifically why fuck this book? I remember it was a good novel, nothing spectacular, but a pretty story written well enough, but I'm particularly biased because the person who made me read it was my first girlfriend who was killed a couple of years after this, and about a year after we broke up.
Oddly enough, I can't remember much of the book now.
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>>8206649
Oh well sorry to hear anon.
I particularly liked it because I have an interest in Spain around the time of the civil war and this is a really well-written coming of age story with dozens of sub-plots and interesting characters with the Franco regime as the backdrop. As a kissless NEET the romantic parts got to me hard. Maybe I'm exaggerating cause I have not read that many novels
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>>8206661
Spanish anon here, i haven't read this book yet maybe i'll give it a try.
How much does it go into detail about the social and political situation of the time?