Why do certain boards have such an emphasis on being seen as intelligent or have their taste match/be approved by their peers on the same board?
It results in a lot of pandering and shit posting, why not enjoy books for books sake? Why shit on what edition is and not just direct them to what you think is a better edition and why?
>>7893078
It's because a lot of the people on 4chan are insecure depressed introverts who have little to show for themselves and are deeply unhappy with who they are.
because /lit/ is full of middlebrows lmao
>>7893078
>being seen as
I think a lot of people are living with a focus on shaping how they are seen instead of how they are.
Does TV contribute to this approach to life? Do things like facebook contribute to this? Is it just the general social millyou? I don't know I have to read McLuhan first and think about it more.
As I see it though this does limit conversation a lot. People see this attitude and then self censor.
The underachievers said it best though: Fear and ego are the enemy.
They had a book based on this?
Huh, learn something new every day.
huh thanks for this worthless thread. upvote!
>>7892805
>>7892805
Don't bother it's boring. I guess it's a trilogy but I'm not going to bother reading them until they are brought to my next gen consoles or turned into an anime.
What does it say about the state of modern fantasy, if these guys are considered the best in the business?
>>7892798
>'best'
>famous
>g. martin
My sides!
Who gives a shit? Its fantasy. Its for dorks.
Hi /lit/, i'd like your opinion.
Can you consider a book you haven't finished yet a favourite or does being a favourite require that you've read the book multiple times. I'm asking because i bought Zettel's Traum a few months ago, i'm not finished with it but so far i've found the book so enjoyable and interesting that i would say it#s among myy favourites.
What do you think?
pic related
Finish it you faggot.
>>7892800
still then, are multiple readings required for it to be a favourite or can it be a favourite after one read?
>>7892800
calm down
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/827.Most_Difficult_Novels
How does this make you feel, /lit/?
Not much
I already knew that you can't take goodreads seriously regarding anything
>Catch-22 on #20
What?
What's even hard about it
why do you keep making this thread you retard
Are there some good ressources that help with the republic?
Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy
>>7892728
Yes, there are thankfully plenty.
To start with, here's a .rar I posted up on MEGA that contains lots of commentaries, essays, translations, and other resources for the Republic specifically. (The file's about 180 mb, just to warn.)
https://mega.nz/#!KU5lDJoA!Ol1zX1V-I5fhAQ4F5dAALmhgYcqMmZq3q_4A230akgA
There's an excellent lecture available by Leo Strauss on the Republic, and it focuses on a lot of details you'd otherwise completely miss.
https://leostrausscenter.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/Republic1957.pdf
Here are a few posts from a very good blog commenting on passages from the Republic. The first is part of a small series, the second is a stand alone.
http://www.ashokkarra.com/2007/03/on-polemarchus-commentary-on-the-republic-of-plato-331d-336a-part-1/
http://www.ashokkarra.com/2011/08/notes-on-statues-or-sculpture-in-platos-republic/
>>7893130
Further, all of the issues of the political philosophy journal Interpretation are available online, and the essays on the Republic in it are excellent. (Just search for "Republic" on the page to find the relevant issues.)
http://www.interpretationjournal.com/backissues.php
St. John's College also has a pretty good journal collecting the essays and lectures of their professors and associates called the St. John's Review. There are only a few issues that deal with the Republic, so I'll link to them all, but the first issue I link to is devoted entirely to the Republic, and contains a brilliant study of it by Eva Brann that is necessary reading for the student of the Republic.
http://www.sjc.edu/files/4413/9657/8568/sjc_review_vol39_no1-2_1989-1990.pdf
http://www.sjc.edu/files/6413/9657/8694/sjc_review_vol37_no1_1986.pdf
http://www.sjc.edu/files/9113/9657/8291/sjc_review_vol43_no2_1996.pdf
Where should I start with this ugly fuck?
>>7892701
just don't
Working the shaft.
The Elementary Particles.
I picked this up The Deadhouse Gates a while back and I love it just as much as the first book so far. I am so interested in how everything eventually turns out and I can't stop reading. I've read the reviews and I had some troubles with The Gardens but it is actually quite clear if you give the book enough attention while reading.
What does /lit/ think about Malazan?
Mediocre fantasy. They get better as the series goes along.
>>7892655
>mediocre
B-but it's better than GoT r-right?
I loved it. It dragged a bit in places as I got towards the end and was desperate for resolutions to some plots.
Lots of great characters, short stories, and fantastic moments throughout the series. If you can empathise you'll get a lot out of these books.
I want to read books like the hagakure, any suggestions?
Read Mishima's commentary on Hagakure & also the Book of five Rings. Art of war if you haven't already. The Pillowbook maybe?
>>7892642
The Pillow Book doesn't have anything to do with the others.
>>7892642
Thanks
Question: how does one prepare for / conduct oneself in an interview for a top-shelf MFA / MA. Brit fag here so I'm thinking UEA, St Andrews or maybe Manchester. U.S advice welcome.
> What kind of questions will they ask?
> Will they be more interested in me as a reader or a writer?
> What should I expect?
>>7892578
Are they paying your fees?
If not you're literally being a cuckboy so people can take your money.
MFAs are shit in the UK outside of UEA, and even there all it consists of is meeting up with a bunch of posh people every Wednesday afternoon.
>>7892585
Well I'd see the advantage as being it would set me up for a career in teaching creative writing, especially the practical pedagogy pathway at St Andrews. I haven't applied yet but even if they did not pay my fees I'd say that would be offset by being equipped to pursue a career that was moderately comfy and bearable. I've worked as a copywriter and it's unbearable.
> doing it for the paper at the end not the learning
> although I'm sure I'd learn a bit
>>7892585
Also the Gov would pay my fees but I'd have to pay them back, student loan though so not too mean
Do you guys have any recs for someone who just picked up reading as a hobby? I just finished Shadow of the Torturer, I didn't really get that engaged with it, I'm reading The Hobbit right now and it's pretty. I want something that's going to challenge me though.
>>7892523
Brin's Uplift Saga
>>7892525
Looks interesting, I'll check it out. Thanks
Foucault's Pendulum
Wittgenstein's Mistress
Heisenberg's Pandora
Tesla's Hammer
Kripke's Symbol
Delueze's Mirror
>"Talese, who is one of the originators of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 70s, was asked at a conference on 2 April to name any female writers who inspired him. “I didn’t know any women writers that I loved,” he was reported to have said, sparking criticism from women in the audience."
>“Gay Talese couldn’t think of a single woman writer who inspires him or whose work he loves. That unfortunate man. Maybe he needs to read more widely. For a start.”
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/06/authors-respond-to-gay-talese-neil-gaiman-jodi-picoult
Do you think it's misogynistic if an 84-year-old white male writer can't name a single female writer he "loves"?
No. There is a very small number of great female writers. Neil Gaiman, Jodi Picoult and Tina Fey shouldn't be listened to, by the way.
And please don't come back to this board. Your thread is quite useless and the results will most certainly be unfruitful.
no. there are many great woman authors. but who cares if some old man doesnt "love" them. love means different things to sifferent people. also, he may have enjoyed some but they probably didnt "inspire" him.
yawn
Is there any other place like the London Review of Books where I can read actually interesting articles?
Read essays by the likes of TS Eliot, Ezra Pound and George Steiner instead.
>>7892459
Why are you interested in articles written by so-called ''professors'' and others who don't know anything at all of the subject they're talking about?
There's the New York Review of Books, but it seems to me to be full of worthless drivel.
If you want stuff about recent events you should either read Wikipedia or The Spectator.
60 years ago, C. Wright Mills published The Power Elite. In it, Mills talks of the powerless citizen, and how they are manipulated by elitist social powers – the corporate rich; Hollywood celebrities; the military powers that be; and politicians that use the mass-media to sway and dictate public perception. Furthermore, citizens will essentially try to assimilate to elitist ideologies and mannerisms, being shaped by the society in which they are surrounded, in order to attain status and a sense of social acceptance.
Thoughts on C. Wright Mills?
consideration of the book has become moderately more favorable over time. In 2006 G. William Domhoff wrote "Mills looks even better than he did 50 years ago."[5] Mills' biographer, John Summers, while admitting that The Power Elite was "vulnerable to the charge of conspiracy-mongering" declared that its historical value "seems assured."
Can the OP or any Anons recommend a modern equivalent to mr c wright mills. ?
>>7892471
who is it ?
an identifying name would be nice anon.
Has any one read pic related?
It's absolutely mind opening.
Also, general thread for all books and literrary content revolving around sodomy, wether between consensual adults or weak children and perverted old men.
>>7892373
>children cannot consent
nice personal opinion turned into a meme
>>7892382
please don't start to talk about politics and focus on books.
Have you read the book in the OP?
>>7892373
>It's absolutely mind opening.
:)