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Is fear and loathing in las Vegas supposed to be so inchohessive? 2016-06-08 17:53:23 Post No.8140446
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Is fear and loathing in las Vegas supposed to be so inchohessive?
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2016-06-08 17:53:23
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I'm like 30 pages in. I torrented the book so I was wondering if the book is supposed to be so inchohesive or it is an issue with the torrent I downloaded.
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Are you talking about the lizard scene?
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>>8140446
>reads dude drugs lmao: the book
>expects coherence
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What do you mean by incohesive, anon?
The book, like most of Hunter's works, is pretty straightforward.
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ITT: We post books that we should have read a long long time ago. 2016-06-08 17:38:28 Post No.8140392
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ITT: We post books that we should have read a long long time ago.
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Mine: Pic related.
GO /lit/ GO!!
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>>8140392
There's a GOAT movie by that book.
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>>8140396
Really anon? I'll check it out.
>Thanks.
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>>8140400
It's in Russian tho.
Just read/watch (almost) everything related to Bulgakov.
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Hook me up with some good post apocalyptic fiction /lit/. Include titles accessible by free pdf, but don't hesitate to include others if they are in fact quality. Appreciate the help.
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Thanks
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1984 (obviously) - George Orwell
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Metro 2033 - Dmitry Glukhovsky (not had chance to read the sequels, Metro 2034 and Metro 2035)
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison
Junji Ito's Uzamaki and Gyo books become disturbingly dystopian meets grotesque body horror.
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>>8140340
wouldnt call 1984 post apoc desu, more dystopian.
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>>8140381
>the clocks were striking thirteen
the doomsday clocks
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hi /lit/
how would you describe a person (that is at least trying) to be independent from culture
does soch term/word exist?
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>>8140145
Yes, an uncucked conservative
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>>8140148
>conservative
>independent from culture
kek
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>>8140148
then what is he trying to conserve you idiot?
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Coming of age stuff that doesn't suck? Read this recently, and although it was somewhat relate-able as a 20-something-year-old, Murakami seemed scattered brained and unable to make any significant points.
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Why does there have to be a "point"? It's a beautiful novel about tenderness, unhappiness and regret.
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>scattered brained
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>reading hacks
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Recommend literature from languages that don't get mentioned around here very often. Languages like Finnish, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Thai, Hindi, etc.
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Dutch: Harry Mulisch, De ontdekking van de hemel
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Dutch: Willem Frederik Hermans, Nooit meer slapen
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>>8140133
>Nooit meer slapen
I won't. I promise.
Just give us some good recommendations.
>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
>it's a book
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>and he's a writer, not an artist
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if you ever meme again i'll fuck you up
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Shouldn't it be A Novel About the Writer as a Young Man
or Young Guy, to make it less dry?
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Okay, /lit/, just finished pic related.
My quick thoughts:
>Decent characterization of Kelvin and Snaut
>Great world building that seemed jarringly out of place for a novel of this short length
>Philosophical ideas were introduced as surface level claims and then never substantiated with further in-depth analysis
>Intentional ambiguous prose came off as an annoyance and failed to create the childlike wonder I can only assume Lem was going for
>Far too many detours of convoluted imaginary scientific terminologies, names and histories
>Ironically inconclusive ending
Overall, it was an underwhelming read tbqh. What do you guys think?
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>>8139896
I thought it was meh also. the actions of the other scientists were so retarded.
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i thought it was a philosophical mindfuck
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>>8139907
I was intrigued by his philosophical claims, but disappointed to find that they really went nowhere.
Sometimes being left with more questions than answers is a good thing but, in this case, it failed to make an impact.
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what if I told you about the dragontails, what would you expect from such a tale?
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a philosophical mindfuck
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>>8139879
you'd b right
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>>8139874
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUfxnDAAxHI
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Hello lit I'm looking for non sci-fi or cyberpunk books that have the same philosophical aspects of movies like End of Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, serial experiments Lain and Blade Runner. I prefer if it was beautifully written, I'm not just looking to read something for the sake of reading something, I really want to enjoy it. I really like the sorts of books that can change your life and stay in your memory for a long time, ever.
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looking for a philosophical mindfuck?
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>>8139878
I'm not quite sure how to answer that.
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that game is free on gog today
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What do you think of Jack McDevitt?
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I've only read A Talent for War, which was a passably good adventure mystery in an SF milieu. The resolution of the mystery was disappointing, though.
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>>8139945
Yeah, I remember that.
I thought thenew enginewas cool, and I saw how he was leading up to it, but there could've been a few more details.
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I was thinking of picking up these bad boys.
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>>8139709
Keep thinking.
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>>8139709
thanks for letting us know
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>>8139709
Come back when you get some taste buddy.
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Can we have a thread of recent purchases?
(Pic related.)
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Not gonna bother taking a photo, but on the weekend I bought The Portable Jack Kerouac and Buddhist Texts Through the Ages.
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The Waves
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Butcher's Crossing
Pale Fire
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Little House in the Big Woods
All used, only costing a few cents.
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>>8139735
ACTUALLY, The Waves and Pale Fire are new, because those books were important to me.
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Does anyone know anything similar to the book of disquiet by Fernando pessoa?
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>>8139683
Les Chants de Maldoror
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>>8139683
Read his poetry
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bump. Really, what else has this sort of absolutely genius writing style? It doesn't have to be like this, but I am just looking for something that's this genius.
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How it is even possible to reconcile reading while working full time job?
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>he isn't NEET
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>>8139647
I work 2 jobs, ~65 hours a week in total, and still I find plentiful time for reading (mostly a few hours a day after I wake up.)
Of course I have no friends nor family, but it's certainly possible. Internet usage has to go way down though.
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Working full-time ishell. I leave my room at 7:30 and get home at 6:30. That leaves me like 4 - 5 hours to eat, defecate, wash dishes, perform house chores and then read etc. But in that time I am just restless and exhausted and get like 10 pages read before feeling sleepy. I wish I had put more thought into what I wanted to be when I was 18, or at least tried to get a job in the literature world rather than some irrelevant mundane shit that makes me depressed every single day.