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ITT: God tier memoirs
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MY
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James Ellroy slams his critics 2016-06-06 16:17:25 Post No.8132379
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James Ellroy slams his critics
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"First paragraph of The Cold Six Thousand are as follows: 'They sent him to Dallas to kill a nigger pimp named Wendell Durfee. He wasn't sure he could do it.' If that offends you, fuck you, put the book down. If you think I'm a racist, fuck you, I will not justify myself and say 'I am not a racist' because anyone who would say something like that sounds like Richard Nixon saying 'I am not a crook."
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so what?
also>>>/pol/
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>>8132379
>I will not justify myself and say 'I am not a racist' because anyone who would say something like that sounds like Richard Nixon saying 'I am not a crook."
He's right, you know.
Now will he do a follow up on his career?
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>>8132379
who cares
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aspiringnorwegianauthorherejustotellyouguysihaveagreedofficiallywithmyparentstoliveinmygrandparentscabinforthenextyeariwillbemovinginatthebeginningofaugustanduntilthenilljustsaveasmuchmoneyasicanandseeifmyjobwillbeavailableinayearstimewhenireturntosocietyihonestlyhaventbeenthisexcitedsinceiwasakidivealreadyfoundsomecookbooksfrommychildhoodthatiintendtotakewithmewhichauthorscanyouthinkofwhohavedonesomethingsimilartome
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ouguyscaninsertspacesandcommasetcwhereyouwantto
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picrelatedwillbemyviewforthenextyearwinterisgoingtobesocoldbuticantwaituntilheavysnowfall
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>>8132320
>ouguyscaninsertspacesandcommasetcwhereyouwantto
O, u guys! Canin serts p ace sand. Com ma set, c w/ her, ey. O, u want to!
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when your book comes out will you package it inside a box filled with dirt?
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>>8132242
>omg women r such idiots!!! xDDD
>let's all find pictures on social media of things to get needlessly riled up about
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>"dirt"
I'll fill it with shit desu.
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>>8132242
For what purpose?
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What is your opinion on Wikipidea? 2016-06-06 15:03:48 Post No.8132141
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What is your opinion on Wikipidea?
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Do you read Wikipedia articles to get an overview when you're about to read something complex?
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I trust 40 random people writing an article for me as much as I trust 40 random people making me a sandwich.
That being said if you follow the citations is a great place to get sources for facts.
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Anyone who doesnt is a pretentious idiot
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>>8132141
controlled by cultural marxists intent to breed out whiteness
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Justice and mercy are incompatible.
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peanut butter and jelly with a cold glass of milk are a good combination
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRBOgtp0Hac
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marmite and toast are very compatible
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The Tunnel is such a depressing book. A perverted 90 year old man reflecting on how small his dick is and how much of a worthless piece of shit he is. Does he have anything more upbeat?
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>>8132045
On Being Blue is his best. Everyone knows this.
Academics can't into fiction.
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>>8132054
Holy shit shut up. No one cares about your dumb as fuck opinion.
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>>8132054
i think heart of the heart is his best
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Did Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy leave you unable to continue with life due to its brilliance?
Is it the best book series ever written by man?
Were you moved to tears by jokes about towels?
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>>8131940
it was the first book I enjoyed reading that felt like it was mine bc my parents thought it was dumb and my friends didn't read it/talk about it with me bc their parents let them play violent video games
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>>8131940
the breeze is nice when it's this high up isn't it?
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>>8131940
you have to remember that it was written in the late 70s. the radio series on which it was based was pretty radical at the time. truthfully some of the jokes haven't dated particularly well but i will always be a fan of the first three books in the series.
but that reddit post...
>In fact I haven't been able to put it down since I started the first book a week or two ago
wtf? it's not exactly a lengthy or difficult to read series
>the beauty of the fourth book
everyone i've known who has read them considers the fourth book to be the worst of the series
this is surely a troll isn't it?
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Can erotica be /lit/?
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No, sex is disgusting.
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>>8131901
It CAN be, but the only example I can think of is De Sade.
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Yes.
>>8131907
de Sade is not erotica.
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I'm fucked anon.
I have few hours left to hand in my diploma.
I have to translate a book fragment.
45% in
Dead End
I don't know what the fuck is going on in this scene. Literally can't read. There was no flat screens in 86' what did he mean?
>Arnold flipped a toggle. The air in the yard seemed to catch and hold, forming a flat screen, then a box that enclosed the grassy area. It rolled a bit, as if the vertical hold were out of synch, but Arnold adjusted it until it held steady.
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>>8131884
Just let it go friend, you'll live
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It's not a flatscreen it's a screen that is flat.
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Sounds like he's operating a device that changes the shape of the air. Like the atmosphere collapses into a flat plane, then expands into a box.
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What does /lit/ think of this and Céline in general ?
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>>8131840
I loved Journey.
Currently plowing through Death. Had to put it down after 300 pages straight. It's compelling to read further, but the amount of shit (both literal and the fucked up stuff that keeps happening to him and to which he sets himself up) is just too much to take at times.
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I ended up reading this because of Bukowski.
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>>8131840
Damn that looks way better than mine
Most of what Americans consider literary canon is overwrought pseudo-religious dogma, also it doesn't make money/earn respect/mass publicity anymore.
"On August 15, 2011, The New York Observer reported that Lin had sold his third novel, then titled Taipei, Taiwan, to Vintage.[1] Lin's agent, Bill Clegg, brokered the deal with editor Tim O'Connell based on "a 5000-word excerpt and a ~3-page outline", for "$50,000 with a $10,000 bonus if it earns out its advance."
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>>8131830
idk what it's like outside of america plz don't strawman
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>>8131830
Trying to see whether anything at all is in the canon when it was just written is retarded, canonical works reveal themselves over time
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>>8131863
good point, thanks, your opinion based argument change my mind because of how hard you believed it
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>"What Orwell failed to predict was that we'd buy the cameras ourselves, and that our biggest fear would be that nobody was watching."
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>>8131712
You're posting this in the wrong place, anonymous image boards have a culture surrounding around anonymity
Also you are a social network normal
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>>8131730
>anonymous image boards have a culture surrounding around anonymity
And you're saying that the quote is somehow opposed to that?
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>1984 was meant to be a "prediction"
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How many books do you read at the same time?
I'm cycling through 7 fiction, 2 short story collections and 2 non fiction books right now.
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generally just 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction, otherwise i won't finish any of them
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read one page of each book in my library in turn.
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too many at the same time
>shlock
Warrior:Riposte
The Stand
The Light Fantastic (not really shlock but you get the idea)
Elric:stealer of souls
Masters of Doom
>not shlock
Storm of steel
Lolita
Heart of Darkness
Claudius the God and his wife Messalina
Blood Meridian
What is the ultimate poolside companion to demonstrate ones patricianhood to the sunward facing normies
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>>8131545
infinite jest
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>>8131545
Lolita
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>>8131594
This, make sure you read it near a kiddy pool