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>>7731812
i did that with pinecone. never again.

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I did.

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>>7731813
>>7731824
not what i'm talking about my nig nogs

with his first book like you would any writer

Yes yes yes

Start with Revolt Against the Modern World

Start with the Greeks.

Steven King tier

>>7731487
okay. why?

>>7731487
no reasons?

anyone?

>>7731454
just for the dank memes.

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>>7731454

I just have a natural taste for the avant garde, but I'm learning even the simplest things can be incredibly profound.

He's mediocre at best

>>7731220

This.

I can't imagine how boring going it would be to go in depth analyzing some very shallow and boring pieces of literature.

YAWN


No thank you.

>>7731213
Cervantes was better.

>>7731020
Considering its just a ranking of authors' obscurity, it's not that bad. And the bottom is good for finding experimental writing.

>>7731020
No its shit meme

>>7731020
It's ranking how hard they are to understand. Regardless of whether you like a certain author or their work is part of the canon, it ranks how easy it is to read.

>>7730992
how is the halo series? i read the first one. breddy good, i thought. much better than starship troopers, really.

>>7730992
Only good thing there is Trump

I've been meaning to get into the Song of Ice and Fire series. Tell me how it goes.

nah

>>7730720
Burton translation, totally fappable

>>7730720
I've always liked it, but that's mostly because of nostalgia. It's up to you, really, but I'd say yes.

Don't know crap about translations, though.

>>7730571
You can have your own thoughts while reading to improve your prose. Reading doesn't do much for your creativity, it just influences your prose, and hopefully, it improves it.

>>7730627
What this anon said, really. Reading a fuckton will generally improve your own prose, but I can see people becoming too derivative of previous works in the process. My prose is much better for having read as much as I have, but I can't say I'm a good "writer". Ideas are few and far in between.

As you read, you realize that your ideas are not your own at all. At least, you are not the first one to have them. This may make you lose motivation, realizing that you are not a special snowflake, but it can also do the opposite: motivate you do delve deeper into those writers that you feel a connection with. In short: be influenced. No masterpiece stands on its own.

Why don't you read it and find out?

If by the 'migrant crisis' you mean the recent influx of Syrians into Europe as a result of their civil war, then Submission preceded that by a few years. It does however deal with the increasing diversification of westernized societies, particularly with respect to the increasing Islamification of France. It makes some interesting predictions about what might happen (albeit slightly over-the-top and satirical) and particularly about why it might happen. I didn't read it as being anti-Muslim at all - from what I understand Houellebecq is essentially playing devil's advocate and saying that liberal western individualism will be responsible for its own downfall, and that Islam will fill the spiritual void in Europe. It's a challenge to atheists to justify their (lack of faith) when it only makes society more miserable, and a challenge to Christians who have seen their faith become increasingly worthless.

That's just my opinion though, I could be wrong. As the other anon says, you should read it. It's a fairly light read and an enjoyable one.

>>7730569
>>7730852
It's basically retardation.
>Migrant crisis

Is the CIA acting like a dick again?

>>7730525
not academia, mass lit*

>>7730526
Bitch I know what I said.

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>>7730525
Listen, papi, being a good writer is mucho mas than just having a knowledge of historia. Sometimes, you need to spice it up with some literary jalapeño. Even if your story don't make no sense or it's based off of bad informacion, you can steel be successfool.

Great book. It lends a compelling narrative on the most important philosopher of the last century. One of my personal favorites.

>>7730508
Yes. Great book.

I enjoyed it a lot, when it was over I felt lonely without Wittgenstein.

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>>7729723
mundane

Thought /lit/ was crazy about Kierkegaard?

I thought Absurdism is Atheist version of Kierkigard.

>>7729352
Sartre was a phenomenologist and existence philosopher.
Kierkegaard was more in what people called the existentialist movement.

Sartre writes from Husserl (but also from Kant and Hegel, like Kierkegaard), which is the big difference.

Existentialism transcends "athiest/theist" divide as we normally use these words.

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>>7727086
>4.2k pages
What would this book give me that W&P, AK and The Brothers Karamazov doesn't?

>>7727086
Yes. Twice. Once on my own, then once for school.