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Experiencing a pretty deep depression.
Any books that helped you out in a similar situation?
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>>7886452
The Moral Discourses of Epictetus
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>>7886452
You need the Dharma.
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>>7886452
mary shelley's frankenstein may seem like a strange choice but there is a lot of hope in it, and it looks at the human race from an interesting perspective
hope you're okay bro x
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Is it true that all great writers eventually kill themselves? Think it's related somehow?
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>>7889314
Only in a manner of speaking. Joyce died from health complications that may or may not have been related to his boozing. Or probably just being poor.
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>>7889314
No. Name one writer on the same level as Joyce or Gaddis that killed themself.
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>>7889322
David
Foster
Wallace
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>ITT: Good books written by women which are actually good and not by Ayn Rand
I'll start with pic related
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alissa nutting - tampa
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i thought this was really good. i keep meaning to read more of hers
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Hey 4chan,
A few months ago I posted about the upcoming adaptation of the New Sun series into 2 feature length movies. I dont think anyone actually cared except to say 'dont do it' but for anyone interested the film is in production. And if you maybe have a teeny bit of a sense of humor youll appreciate the music that will be in the theatrical trailer.
Ill be here for your questions comments fanboyism
Song:
https://youtu.be/Res91Bv0ptk
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>>7881832
Any real sources except Taylor Swift you can offer?
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>>7881832
Also I have supremely low expectations.
Best thing to come out of it could be more widespread acknowledgement of Wolfe, but it's implausible, assuming this isn't some next level bait.
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>>7881835
Not really no there is a pretty comprehensive NDA i mean i have no problem telling you the plot but if i prove it i am in a legal bind, ya dig? Ill try and think of something.
Each book is approx. 45 min shadow, claw, lictor the last one is going to be "Part II"
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ITT summarize books with a Spongebob quote
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>>7877141
Lolita.
ARE YOU READY KID
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>>7877184
Kek
Classic claude mahoney ladies and gents
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I'm ugly
and i'm proud
Metamorphosis
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>Last book you read
>Book you're currently reading
>Next book you plan to read
Prove that you actually read books and don't just browse the internet all day, /lit/
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>Last
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
>Current
Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
>Next
Dunno yet. Still eyeing a few things in my backlog. Maybe The Magic Mountain.
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Yes, because naming three books would totally prove that objectively and of course I, Anonymous, desperately need to prove to you, Anonymous, that I read books.
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>>7888194
You probably still use Digg.
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>tfw you read enough about academic literature to know that there are thousands of masterpieces in all languages that aren't discussed on /lit/ or on the internet apart from some obscure literary forums
>tfw you're too pleb to prove it
>tfw people think /lit/ is patrician
who shares this feel?
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>>7887929
lets see. what masterpieces?
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no need to post such banality on this board
just think these thoughts in your head and don't tell anyone else
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>>7887929
>tfw people think /lit/ is patrician
no one thinks this
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oh my
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he's just smelly jelly
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He's right, you know. The hagiography around DFW is fucking awful. It's one of the main reasons I absolutely despise Franzen.
Also, American Psycho is better and more literary than anything Wallace ever wrote.
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>>7885893
no it's not
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>I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies
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>Bad Opening Lines Anonymous 04/04/16(Mon)18:03:19 No.7885828â–¶
>I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies
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>>7885828
>in media res
Disgusting.
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>>7885838
>googling infinity
So I've been reading books on the train to work all year so far. On a whim, I picked up Kafka on the Shore, positively loved it, although the ending was less than stellar.
I immediately picked up Wind Up Bird Chronicle, liked that even better, although the last 1/3 of the book, until the very last chapters was such a cluster of unnecessary additional characters and links, in my opinion. Still really enjoyed it.
Then I read 1Q84. I just finished today. I can hardly fathom how empty it felt. Extreme, constant repetition, illogical character choices, This is CAT TOWN that is CAT TOWN everywhere is CAT TOWN. Killed best character for literally literally literally no reason. Then provided zero closure on any plot point, which I understand is intentional, but it is not a good feeling after reading 1200 pages.
I'm not sure how /lit/ considers Murakami on the meme scale, but boy howdy did this one make me feel absolutely nothing, except for Ushikawa. Any differing opinions? Opinions on which, if any, of his books to read next? Regardless of opinion, I'm up to read at least two more, if not everything he's got, depending on how those go.
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>>7885184
Don't read Norwegian Wood, it's even worse
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>>7885184
I enjoyed some of the way he spun sentences, but overall Murakami is a meme pleb writer. There are real books out there.
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>>7885193
This. The worst part is that now my brain linked the beatles song to that shitty book.
>tons of references to western culture
>explicit lesbian sex for no reason between a 12 year old and a mature woman
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Why do people call him the 'American Tolkien'? His writing is much more vulgar and low-brow than Tolkien's prose.
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if you honestly can't figure it out you probably need to read a bit more before posting again
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>>7885113
because this is faggot marketing-speak
but also because america is so shit; the bar is very low
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PR
How old were you when you started becoming /lit/ and actually read books?
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5 months ago. I'm 24. Never read anything besides school books since I was born
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I started reading seriously at 16
I started browsing /lit/ at 18started browsing /b/ at 12
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15. I met this crazy well-read kid, and he was only 17. He'd already read Ulysses twice. I thought I was pretty smart, but he made me feel inadequate. I had read tons of fiction as a kid, but by puberty I'd given it up. I threw myself back into it and started reading "serious literature." Now I'm 26, and I've read a fair amount, but I still haven't read Ulysses. The other kid went to Harvard, majored in English and French, and is now doing I don't know what.
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Who are the great /manly/-core authors? Who understands what being a man in the modern world is like, without being cuckolded by the shame imposed upon them by political correctness and feminism? Which authors are most likely to be read by men and least likely to be properly understood or appreciated by women? Who gets the usual knee-jerk accusations of misogyny just because they don't write or behave like women? Which authors of past ages should inspire men?
I'm thinking:
John Updike
John Cheever
Raymond Chandler
Thomas Pynchon
Herman Melville
David Mamet
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I hope picture isn't related
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Tennessee Williams
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What are your personal philosophical beliefs?
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>>7881205
I'm a post-pan-nihilist.
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OP is a lazy shitposting faggot.
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>>7881213
deep
Anonymous
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>>7873942
Good stuff op, you might like this one too
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>the Ego and his Own
>Militant anti-Fascism
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>>7873942
wew lad I'm glad you shared your recent "purchases" with us on this American Ideology Trading Forum.