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>>7828606
you should read it and let the rest of us know

unless you're a self indulgent teenager there aren't any "good" mishima books, anon.

now scram.

>>7828647
But thats what /lit/ says about any book.

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>>7828496
I forgot to say, 'seveneves' is just as good

Why do you read so much stupid shit when infinitely better books exist?

>>7828522
>infinitely better books exist?
Could you please name a few, mister?

>Leftist perspective
Benhabib, _Critique, Norm and Utopia. A Study of the Foundations of Critical Theory_

>Rightist but still respectably academic perspective
Gottfried, _The Strange Death of Marxism: The European Left in the New Millennium_

>Far-right neo-Nazi screed, and/or respectably academic depending on your perspective, interesting either way
MacDonald, _Culture of Critique_

>>7828323
I would start with Jameson, Marxism and Form. then go back and read those he covers.

I think if you make a thread on /pol/, a bot dumps a HUGE amount of information in several posts about the Frankfurt school.

>>7828270
Nietzsche is really great.

>tfw you will never be the Ubermensch

>>7828270
>this guy BTFO'd Christcuckery, inspired the religion of Thelema, was the main inspiration of Evola and also the root of all postmodern philosophy, including feminist theory.
>He inspired both Anarchists like Emma Goldman and Fascists like Benito Mussolini, reactionaries like Evola and progressives like Foucalt.

You realize that none of these are good things, right?

>>7828291
>inspiring Mussolini and Evola not a good thing
Both were respectable, interesting people in their own rights. Mussolini did some bad shit, but even he wasn't proud of most of it.

Evola literally did nothing wrong.

>>7828234
Please go please go away nobody wants you here

>>7828331
/lit/ talks about Tolkien all the time

>>7828234

I personally like it very much but it objectively lacks a coherent narrative, it's like a series of "episodes" hastily put together by Christopher.

his name is too complicated to spell

>>7828228
This desu.

not enough of a meme, also translated poetry and general lack of awareness of anything outside the european traditioin

The end of suffering.

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>not meditating while listening to the audiobook
Plebs. When will they learn?

>>7828192
A whole lot of shit you'll probably misunderstand. Not trying to call you a filthy pleb or something, but the Tao Te Ching is one of those works with at least as many interpretations as experts. It relies on a whole lot of specific terminology native to Chinese philosophical thought that someone who is just diving into won't even have a conception of. Its approach is also completely different from most Western texts. Try getting a version a with at least a bunch of annotations, or just read a textbook about the Tao Te Ching before going into it. That sounds like an assload of work but the Tao Te Ching, like most ancient Chinese texts, is opaque and requires a detailed study to properly appreciate.

I enjoyed it. I thought it was funny and depressing.
A lot like my diary desu. If only my diary was funny.

NOT beckett's most notable work read his prose REEEEEEE

>>7828121
Post-modern babble written in two afternoons. As necessary for your reading as cacti in a diet.

Why are you still drawing lines about "high" and "low" istead of evaluating each work on its merits?

>>7828110
That's if you are lucky enough to find a story, a plot, or something to make you continue reading beyond the author's own self-satisfaction.

I read Hunger, by Knut Hamsun a couple of months ago, and there was nothing except the character's madness that made the book entertaining.

Literary fiction is the only genre where the author needn't research anything: his own self-reliance and hubris are enough to make his own sail swell, and swell those of the readers who feel smug enough reading such fiction.

It's bourgeois. Therefore it's hip, and cool, and Patrician. This posing is killing the world.

>>7828117
Merit is a spook.

he was not the devil, same way Moby Dick wasn't god

>>7828104
Are you sure?

>>7828090

Clancy Brown will never play the judge

>>7828030
Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Do it faggot.

anyone have any theories about why lit got so shit in the last year or two? did all the smart ppl go to reddit or something? or is it just because universities are in session and once it's summer the grad students will come back and save us from this boring parade of resentful neetshit

>>7828035
why?

Poorly written power fantasy of a "nerd" where one's prowess is measured by how well they can quote WarGames. But you already knew that you cheeky darky.

>>7827855
It's still shit, just like the last 50 times you asked

DUDE NOSTALGIA LMAO

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You're going to get memed on by most of /lit/ for bringing up genre fiction. Figured I'd warn you.
We have a Sci Fi general, with recommendation images for both Sci Fi and fantasy. I suggest you head over there for future reference.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Greg Egan's novels. Diaspora and Quarantine are heavy on the mathematics while also being an entertaining ride. Past that, I recommend Mike Brotherton's Star Dragon, The Last and First Men, the Perry Rhodan series, and Peter Watts' entire bibliography, the majority of which are free on his site.
Happy reading, amigo.

Like >>7827840 said the sf/fantasy general is probably a good place to look.

Id also recommend Peter Watts books, you can read and download" Blindsight" here http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm completely free.
Its a book I really like and has an interesting way to deal with first contact.

If you want a more space opera like book you could look into ian banks books. They are mostly self contained but you might want to start with "player of games" or "consider phlebas"

Of course if you enjoyed foundation so far continuing seem like a good idea.

>>7827833
the bible

Read more, write more, speak more.

>>7827814
Leave /lit/.

>>7827814
Don't lay there you could crush your internal organs.

>>7827786
anyone?

>>7827786
Start with the greeks

go finish off ACOK.