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What's your favorite piece of work by Salinger?

And, if you have the time, why is favorite piece of work by Salinger your favorite?

What I've found strange about these books is that there's neither a decline or incline in Salinger's writing, the quality of it. Where typically writers become better as they age, it seems like in the earliest of these books Salinger's writing is as meaningful and technically impressive as the latest of these books; however, I haven't finished Raise high the Roof Beam, so maybe I'll prove my own idea untrue.

Are there some writers that speak of Western religion the same way he speaks of Eastern religion?

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Most books are longer than necessary.

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I tried to pick a book the other day but I really couldn't make my mind up,
it seems I'm just unable to "judge" books.

Maybe the problem is that I'm always looking for something so specific I can't just open my mind up for a book that doesn't fit 100% my requirements.

For example I was looking for a book about travels and the wilderness, and I came across this book,
seemed kinda nice but I was afraid it would have been too "simple" so I didn't pick it.

I think if I had a social circle related to books I'd have less trouble finding new reads.

Tldr: I don't know what to read.
Either something on the lines of twin peaks maybe, or alan wake if you're familiar with videogames,
or anything you think a pleb might be interested in.

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I've been writing a book for years, bit every time I try I lose passion or something gets in the way and I end up talking huge breaks. During these breaks I always rethink parts of the book and change shit and now I can't bring myself to write because I know I'll just change it later. Anyone have this problem?

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I saw it in about 2012, I think it was fairly new. Judging from the front cover, it was set in San Francisco, in the modern times. Possible short story collection. The cover was blue and orange, with a girl looking out over the city.

I know this is vague, but does anyone remember it? I was just thinking of it, and maybe I'll buy it soon. Saw it a few years ago, as I said.

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How is it possible that a man who wrote a few genuinely great scifi novels makes nearly entirely crap? He has to be one of the most inconsistent writers I've ever read. Even in the books that aren't Enders Game or Speaker for the Dead that are entertaining they themselves are massively hit and miss, having some subplots that bore me to sleep while others that are genuinely interesting. It's like he doesn't even understand why people like his work.

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I couldnt find a request thread, so I guess Ill make this and see if it works.

I used to read up to 10 books a week from the ages of 8-14. and today I have vague memories of some that were really good and I think my daughter may like.

One was Worry warts, it was a really good story, with an amazing theme to it. I just found it/got reminded of it through a thread on here.

But I have some others I just cant remember the names to. I only remember a few "scenes" of them so Ill list them now.

I think it may be a Jennings or Gleitzman title, but it was about a boy whos father owned a fish and chip shop in england (possibly), and next door some people opened up a hamburger shop, the "scene" i remember is where the father goes to the hamburger shop and tries to casually make conversation trying to survey this new competition, the father casually asks if hamburger shop owner dose fish and chips, answer is no, hamburger shop asks if father dose hamburgers, answer is no, tension instantly drops from memory and a friendship ensues.

Another is about a group of kids who live in a town with a vacant lot in it. They decide to build a fort and end up making quite an amazing one from scrap and gathered resources. it has a fire pole too from memory. but then the town wants to build somthing and want to knock it down and the kids stand up and antics ensue with them trying to stop it being demolished.

Another is about 3(?) kids who become lost on a family holiday or are abandoned, they come across a rubbish dump where many other children have come and live there building shantys out of iron, they look for scrap to get money I think and scrape by a living, one "scene" i remember is a child gets injured in an landslide of rubbish when a truck comes and dumps more rubbish. another scene is a bunch of teens/young adults on motorbikes/buggys come along and cause trouble, wrecking the shantys or beating some of them up?

and finally a book about some children whos father goes away to work as a door to door salesman(?), in the basement there are a large amount of pills, vitamins or somthing of the like, the children make a jam (pretty sure its purple) and add the pills to it which have amazing effects on people getting energy and everyone wants more untill one day the pills run out. a particular "scene" is where the grumpy woman next door, who i recall is called Miss Eva, is spotted by the kids soon after eating some jam vigorosly mowing her own lawn. also the boy in the story who dislikes her very much makes up a song "I hate you mis eva, I really dooo"

I may remember the others later, but hopefully someone can help?

Thanks in advance, it is much appreciated.

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Did she deserve the Nobel Prize or she only won because she's an African American female writer? Beloved was decent and Song of Solomon is pretty good, but neither were great imo.

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What dictionary should I 'cop?'

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ITT: the best representation of God.

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Hey lit whats the meaning of this line

"When cracks begin to show, dont paper over everything we know"

Its from a lyric to a song "They way we are by Jessie Ware"

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Wanna read some metaphysics, any suggestions?

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Math noob/filhty autodictat here, would like an elementary doubt cleared please

Can I say that all real numbers that can be represented as the length of the one of the sides of a 2D object are not transcendental numbers?

Can I say that all real numbers that cannot be represented as the length of one of the sides of a 2D object are transcendental?

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When someone tells me he couldn't understand Holden Caulfield's perspective, I am either sure he is lying or some kind of socially inept mongoloid.