>YA historical fiction
yay or nay?
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>>7683875
>YA ever
Just read actual literature.
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It's "yea", not "yay", you illiterate fuck. God, this board is full of morons.
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>>7685497
>implying you can't say yay to something
someone didn't have a childhood
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Religion is the opiate of the masses, but in this case opiates are the religion of the masses. What does /lit/ think about 'Brave New World'? I personally see the theme of the government administering Soma in this book very similar to pharmaceutical companies pushing opiates and Benzodiazapinez so frequently today. Any thoughts?
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>I personally see the theme of the government administering Soma in this book very similar to pharmaceutical companies pushing opiates and Benzodiazapinez so frequently today.
They're completely different
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I really loved that book. I remember somewhere in the hospital scene there was a line like "All the girls and boys got balloons and lollipops on death day." It was shit like that that made the book so great- morals and values are much more relative than most people know.
...And to answer your question, yeah.
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>>7682281
They are different, but how can you not see the paralles?
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any tips for music to listen to while writing?
pic unrelated
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bumping with interesting photographs
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>>7674239
don't bump threads here
fuck off
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I am searching a new book to read. I want to read a philosophy book.Do you have any recommendations?
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Timaeus
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Trying to start this but I'm having difficulty with the prologue
I don't know shit about baseball. Is it a big theme of the novel?
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>>7686144
Just learn. It's really not very complicated to know how baseball works.
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>>7686144
The prologue is the only part of the book that deals with the mechanics of baseball, so yes and no in that baseball is a recurring theme but you don't necessarily need to know baseball to *get* the rest of the novel.
That being said baseball is pretty easy to understand. Children play it.
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It doesn't matter much whether you understand the intro or not.
It's pretty boring, though, despite some people hailing it as great. I never understood that. Good book, though, lots of interesting bits in it.
Friendly reminder that had Lermontov not died so young he would have surpassed all other Russian writers and would be considered the best of the lot.
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eh. maybe. doubtful.
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One could say, he could have been a hero of his time.
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>“I am not capable of true friendship. One of the two friends is always the slave of the other, although, often, neither of the two admits this to himself.”
Who /slavemaster/ here?
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What's your opinion on this meme writer
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>>7685939
>meme writer
knock it the hell off
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>>7685979
Make meme
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Lideralee who
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was he a madman or a misunderstood genius?
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Misunderstood madman desu.
Every single person who claims to understand him is a fraud.
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He transcended the madman / genius dichotomy desu
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Alright /lit/ I've put it off long enough but I'm finally gonna dive into this Prussian fuckboy's work tonight and I need some advice. What's the correct order to read his work in and what's the quickest way to read them?
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>>7683556
you say things like fuckboy and you want to quickly read Kant, just give up now
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>>7683556
>quickly
if you wanna rush through a philosopher you shouldn't even read him you cunt
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>>7683556
>Judging someone based off a two sentence long post on a Balinese finger painting forum
I've read all the major enlightenment philosophers before him already. Maybe you could stop being a condescending fuck and be productive.
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Best translations for the Iliad and Odyssey?
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chapman desu
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>>7682887
What do you think it is about Chapman's translations that are valuable?
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>>7682874
self bumpity
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>A Radically Condensed History of Postindustrial Life
>When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed very hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone, staring straight ahead, with the very same twist to their faces.
>The man who'd introduced them didn't much like either of them, though he acted as if he did, anxious as he was to preserve good relations at all times. One never knew, after all, now did one now did one now did one.
Can someone explain the last line? What is the object of the 'knowing' that one never knew? I get that maybe the repetitions indicate each subject's separate knowing. Buy what do they now know?
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as if shit like that didn't happen in pre-industrial french salons, dfw is such a lightweight thinker, i would say he should kill himself if he didn't already
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one never knows why in hell everyone pretends to like everyone else when in their heart of hearts everyone hates everyone else, or is at least indifferent.
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allegory
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There are three people. Each are wondering the same thing independently and in isolation. If they all knew this they'd be closer, but they're not because they don't share their thoughts.
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What does /lit/ think of The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss? 2016-02-11 14:40:20 Post No.7685746
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What does /lit/ think of The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss?
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My personal opinion?
>Mary Sue main character with green eyes, fieryred hair and silver scars.
>Supporting characters are bland as fuck archetypes from some bad Anime.
>Bad world building, boring lore that does not affect the main story at all.
>Wish fulfillment. At some point Kvothe pwning noobs and having sex with sexy, supernatural girls gets embarrassing.
>Plot is boring and pointless as fuck.
And people say this is the greatest Fantasy of modern times. It's like Twilight but for reddit, desu.
Anyway, how do you think they'll manage to squeeze a Movie, a TV Series and a Game out of this crap all at the same time?
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>>7685746
There is a fantasy general.
Sage
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Help /lit/
There's a certain book I can remember as a child but I don't remember the name or anything. The illustrations were of these really creepy jamaican rat humanoids. They were sort of realistic looking with evil eyes and shit. Gave me nightmares. Pic related, it's a series with illustrations that also gave me nightmares.
Also, creepy children's book illustrations thread
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I read this to my 5 and 2 year old for halloween.
Now my 2 year old asks if there are ghosts in her room before bed. They liked the story about the mom with glass eyes and a wooden tail
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What are /lit/'s favorite self improvement books?
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The New Psycho-cybernetics
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>>7685048
The Power of Now
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why would I want to be affected
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Hey /lit/. Pls help me:
I just went back to college this past fall semester as an English major. Reading is the only thing in the world I'm good at. I like to think I write well too, but let's leave that alone.
I have good taste. I enjoy reading good literature. I like Melville, Joyce, Eliot, Yeats, Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, etc. Much of what's on my syllabi I have read already, and what material I haven't read is on my to-read list anyway.
But I don't see myself becoming a teacher and I'm coming to learn that I loathe academic work. I've to do a "research response poster" for a course (on Antony and Cleopatra) and it makes me feel terribly depressed. I don't like literary theory and I don't like research. To me reading is an end in itself.
The point is I'll graduate next winter semester if I keep at it -- but if I don't want to be a teacher or academic, is it worthwhile? Surely someone else has had similar troubles. I'm leaning hard toward returning to a shitty job and living shittily and just reading and writing with all my free time. I was happy then.
Should I drop out again or should I try to figure out how to enjoy literary analysis? Am I stupid?
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Seems like you're already in deep. Did it really take you think long to realize you don't like academic work or the options this degree will give you?
Anyway, it is nice to have a degree under your belt, regardless. It's better to have an English degree on your resume instead of having reading and writing on there as a hobby.
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that brushwork makes her skin look hairy.
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But I don't see myself becoming a teacher and I'm coming to learn that I loathe academic work. I've to do a "research response poster" for a course (on Antony and Cleopatra) and it makes me feel terribly depressed. I don't like literary theory and I don't like research. To me reading is an end in itself.
You sound like a lazy faggot, learn to take pride in what you do. If you can't even write a paper without getting depressed I don't think you're gonna make it in reel lyfe