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>>7880227
tl;dr me on the Jews and their lies

>>7880227
Luther was a theologian, not a philosopher. He is a nonentity in philosophy.

>>7880239
But what he did changed the Western day-today world more dramatically then anything else. He's THE proto-modernist.

>>7880156
it's a meme.
or I think it's about the world being corrupt and if you're not corrupt then you won't fit in.

The only reason why it's considered literature is due to its popularity among the youth (back in the day) and the censorship controversies it inspired.

Other than that, the symbolism is blatantly obvious (books says it right in your face) and nor is it impressive by any literary standards.

>>7880163
>nor is it impressive by any literary standards.
you are right objectively. but it does touch peoples' hearts in this day, so it does appeal to the audience and is well-done in that respect.

>tfw I loved this book

yeah but she went to an elite women's college and she killed herself so that makes it good! like a female dfw

She cooked her head in an oven for you to appreciate your art, you ungrateful pleb.

Good post OP. Really insightful stuff

autistic in every sense possible

also uses pictures because the author can't illustrate their point like everyone else can desu

>>7879929
well its literally about an autist.. so yeah

depends, hetero or homo?

fucking vaginas is a noble pursuit, but fondling dicks is child's play

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>>7879898
Learn about the Phenomenology of Pussy.

>>7879903
vaginas, faces, asses and breasts is the current aim

>>7879876
I'm literally positive this is from a Shakespeare sonnet.

>>7879876
Is it possible for this man to write something that isn't a platitude?

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>>7879880
I found it

beta uprising book

>>7879873
Plenty.

I'm ardently reading it with the most ardent of ardours

>>7879840
Go commit crime somewhere else

librivox or audiobookbay

Why would you bother with an audiobook when you can just get an epub and turn the audio on?

>>7879679
sticky you niglet
#bookz
bookzz
gutenberg
libgen

>>7879685
oh shit i'm retarded

thnx bb

ever heard of a fuckin library? use ya head, kid.

Final boss of level 1 esoteric philosophy

Only read when you're ready to enter the spirit realm and begin battling Jews

It is advisable to know at least a little alchemy beforehand. Those Jews rush you right as you spawn.

>>7879469
He's a waste of time.

>>7879481
Return to reddit

>>7879481
u gotta leave

I enjoyed them a lot

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>>7879250
I was a moron and read Wallace to see what all the fuss was about, including the entirety of IJ and I have come to the conclusion that I largely am not a fan, particularly of his prose works and short stories. Despite thinking he is a big meme, I found some of the essays sober, coherent and actually kind of fun to read too. I'd say the ones he did in Consider the Lobster are probably his best.

Consider the Lobster is pretty insightful.

if you haven't read it yet, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again is probably his best.

All memeing aside, I truly wish he was still with us. We'll never have another Wallace, or a writer that can do what he does. All we have left to do is keep scrapping together what's left of him, reminding ourselves of the hole he's left us in.

My cousin went to that uni, she came back pregnant. lol

I think uni depends on what you're studying desu. My uni has a great English/Philosophy department, but our History and classics departments are a bit lacking.

Inb4 Oxford pasta

>>>/trash/

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/

If you plebs want to find out how slow you read.

>>7879142
I clicked finished as soon as the page loaded and I only got 6000 something
what an unbelievable shitpost
/lit/ isn't interested in you bragging about how fast you can click a button

Do you think you could find the quote near the end where they say something like "whiteness isn't about your appearance / the colour of your skin, it's about how civilized you are" or something?

I can never remember it.

Built it!
Desu Vult b/rothers!

>invade most of the world
>now they cried when they get invaded
suck it, losers.

it's post 1985 stephen king, so yea, it's shit

I just finished the audiobook, and it's the first Stephen King novel that I've actually 'read'...

Is it just me, or is there more truth to that Harry Potter copypasta than most people think?

Every time he dresses up plot contrivances as "the past harmonizes", and the characters are plain as shit, an earnest everyman and a well built blue eyed blonde virgin with an insatiable sexual appetite that has all of the good aspects of stereotypical 50s/60s female devotion and none of the bad ones. There's no great insight into Oswald, JFK, the historical customs...if there's any judgement, it's usually just "this is old thinking and sucks".

Even the stuff I liked, like the romance, was just your typical pulpy romance dressed up with vague thriller aspects. The structure is dumb as shit, King gets around the problem of not killing Oswald months before the assassination by blessing the lead character with a coma and amnesia for months. Then on the day of the assassination, he has to drive like 40 miles to Dallas with mere hours to go, just because he is a dumbass. It's so artificial.

Man, if this is what is passing for grade A lit these days...

>>7879109
It's a fine piece of fiction that will hold your attention and entertain you. The ending is a bit disappointing, but that is to be expected from Stephen King. It doesn't really contain any deep shit, but it has a good story and decent characters. I would recommend it for someone looking to pass some time.