what does /lit/ think about it?
masterpiece
Great fun. A bit dated in the VR sequences, otherwise it's fantastic.
>>7840314
If anything, the VR sequences are too far ahead.
ITT: We post GOAT leadershipcore books.
Is The Prince some kind of meme?
I found it pretty basic.
>Donald Trump: I have the genes for success
>>7840192
>The Fart Deal: Oh Trumpet
Has anyone here ever read The Incal? According to wikipedia it has a "claim" to being one of the best comic books ever
jodorowsky is a horrible film maker and this is not a comic board you retard.
>>7839960
L-E-L
Jodo too senpai for you
>>7839930
If you like and get deeper aspects of Alan Moore, you'll like the Incal.
If you like art, philosophy, psychology, creativity and/or mysticism you will also like the Incal.
Bummed that I just missed out on owning the extra large hardcover.
Flannery O'Connor discussion thread.
>>7839672
The frog posters will vent their usual bile, but she's a wonderful author
What have you read?
>>7839672
P R O B L E M A T I C
>Worse, she actively goaded another friend, deeply committed to the civil rights movement, with racist jokes. Not only did O'Connor tell the jokes, she apparently relished them, saving them up and spinning them out in a series of letters that have never been published. That she was (at times grudgingly) in favor of equality herself doesn't lessen the blow of this disclosure.
>>7839693
All of her short stories, Wise Blood and I'm almost done with The Violent Bear It Away. Love how she plays with symbolic meanings and how excessive she is when it comes to her plots and characters.
What's the most autistic book?
How to win friends and influence people
my [____] to be [____]
>>7839637
The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra, The Legend of the 10 elemental masters
What do you think of Nabokov's Pnin?
I feel it's often overlooked, because it might not be as 'shocking' as Lolita (which probably isn't much of a shocker nowadays anyway).
I recently read some of his essays, short stories and books and feel this might be the most nuanced one of them, especially how the narration changes and how the narrator actually transforms from a neutral, omniscient one into an active character of the book
To me it was underwhelming. It was charming in ways and it was OK as a character study but I enjoyed Lolita considerably more.
It's put me on the fence as to whether or not I'll pick up Pale Fire any time soon.
>>7839445
I might have enjoyed it more, because I actually wrote a uni paper about it and Lolita less, because it suffered that cruel fate of overexposition.
I didn't read Pale Fire yet, sounds interesting, but Ada is probably the go-to book for me, although it's a bit of an academic choice
Haha :D Pnin!
Is it safe to say that Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad and Odessey is best, definitive, patrician, and /lit/ approved?
I haven't seen much support for it on here, people say it's a "pretty poem but not Homer".
>>7839311
Uh, have you not heard of Henry Alford?
Just wish I could find more than just his translation of Volume 1
>>7839317
>"pretty poem but not Homer"
Then what according to you is Homer?
>inb4 Fagles
Please no.
Who's got good books on China? I wanted to read Rebiya Kadaar's "Dragon Fighter" but I can't find online copies. I'm looking for anything historically/culturally/philosophical.
>>7839175
Books about china? What time period? I read wild swans last year. It was an excellent read.
>>7839179
Doesn't matter. I'm travelling there this summer and I want to get more acquainted with the country.
>>7839175
Kissinger's "On China" is pretty insightful for the political situation and contemporary influences on it
In the aftermath of the explosions in Brussels i would like to read a belgian book as a act of solidarity .
Any recommendations ?
I'd guess the Koran is the most widely read book in Belgium based on passing through there.
>>7838919
Tintin
>>7838923
Do you have a clue what respect is ?
What is your opinion of William Shakespeare?
He didn't exist, and the people who wrote his plays plagiarized them
>>7838708
he only invented the human.
>shakespeare
>2016
>not reading pynchon
Is it true? Is it true that there's some repressed alarm buzzing in the back of our heads constantly telling us that something is horribly wrong, and encouraging us to just break out of social constraints and destroy societal structures? This feeling that something is fucked up on an almost existential level, and were all just avoiding mentioning it? I thought it was just me originally, but this book seems to describe this sensation and I'm wondering if this is a common feeling for westerners.
Alienation
I'm alone
Im alone
I see the Library of America has good prices for hardbacks and a nice collection too. How's the quality? Is it worth it?
personally i find the cover design of all those to be absolutely bloodless and deserving of immolation.
The paper is a bit thin, but the bindings, typesetting, and editing are all solid. The selection of works for each volume is spot-on as well, so you can be assured you're getting a good overview on an author's most important works. I wouldn't necessarily want my whole library to be them, but I'd say they're generally worth it, especially considering you can get anywhere from 3-8 works for the price of one volume.
Hat did /lit/ think of this book?
>>7838402
Great fuel for fire
>>7838402
>Hat did /lit/ think
fedora obviously
>>7838416
platinum kek
>that moment when you realize that your reading backlog is longer than your life
>that moment when you realize your recent crap log is longer than your wife's
>>7838282
lowbrow humor for nonintellectuals. you're poisoning the gene pool. off yourself.
>poopoo tumor for doggosexxuals. yer pissinin gene's pool, faff yusef
What is your opinion of deluxe publishers like Folio Society, Easton Press, etc. Just found out about this today. Do people actually buy these? I mean they look really nice but god damn they are expensive.
>>7838233
If I could, I would, but probably regret it right away...
I own a bunch of Easton Press and love them. Great aesthetic, almost always great font size, useful footnotes a lot of the time, and they hold up. I've got a lot of Franklin Library books too which are nice but not quite the same quality. If you shop around on ebay you can get either for pretty good prices, as opposed to the $65-500 Easton wants on their site.
>>7838233
>$295 AUD
Holy fuck, why does it cost so much? It's only two fucking books.