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Anonymous
2016-02-04 19:59:56 Post No.7660672
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:59:56 Post No. 7660672 [Report] [View this topic]

What are the best DFW novels that aren't IJ ?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 20:03:04 Post No.7660683
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>>7660672

There are only two DFW novels that aren't IJ.

Anonymous 2016-02-04 20:03:48 Post No.7660687
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 20:03:48 Post No.7660687 [Report]

Just read oblivion and his essays. Rest is trash. IJ should be edited to about 300 pages.

Anonymous 2016-02-04 20:06:38 Post No.7660701
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>>7660687
>IJ should be edited to about 300 pages
Well memed XD

Anonymous
2016-02-04 18:28:55 Post No.7660386
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 18:28:55 Post No. 7660386 [Report] [View this topic]

>mfw i finally begin to browse 4chan for the prose

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:22:09 Post No.7660544
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:22:09 Post No.7660544 [Report]

>>7660386

sometimes I think about winning those lotto tickets and buying me some

https://clyp.it/2ff22f1w

Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:29:50 Post No.7660565
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:29:50 Post No.7660565 [Report]

>not browsing 4chan for the characters
>implying there's an MC as nuanced as Anonymous

Anonymous 2016-02-04 21:10:52 Post No.7660932
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>>7660565
>tfw this is the MC who writes this

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No idea how to write 2016-02-03 19:05:49 Post No.7656856
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No idea how to write Anonymous 2016-02-03 19:05:49 Post No. 7656856 [Report] [View this topic]

I've confessed to my family that I want to be an author but I've got no idea how to write.

Please help.

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Anonymous 2016-02-03 19:07:23 Post No.7656860
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Anonymous 2016-02-03 19:07:23 Post No.7656860 [Report]

Confess to your family that you're an idiot who's more concerned with your idea of what an "author" is than what it actually means.

Anonymous 2016-02-03 19:13:56 Post No.7656877
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Anonymous 2016-02-03 19:13:56 Post No.7656877 [Report]

You read.

Anonymous 2016-02-03 19:15:17 Post No.7656880
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>>7656856
i don't get it.
why do you want to be an author if you've never written before? you know that's like, the job right? how do you even know that you'll like it?

I write 4 hours a day. minimum. and i'm still nowhere.

Anonymous
My Twisted World by Elliot Rodger 2016-02-04 18:12:58 Post No.7660346
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My Twisted World by Elliot Rodger Anonymous 2016-02-04 18:12:58 Post No. 7660346 [Report] [View this topic]

Has anyone else read Elliot Rodger's manifesto?

Honestly, I thought it was a fun read. It is interesting to have a direct portal into the mind of a psychopath.

Many laugh-out-loud moments. I laughed when I read of his self-prescribed "superior memory" in the second paragraph, but it quickly becomes apparent that his memory really is quite extraordinary, or he's just lying, or my own memory is terrible.

Stefan Molyneux insinuates that he was neglected as a child and poorly raised, thrust into new environments without preparation, and generally ignored. Was Elliot's life really that bad? is Stefan projecting?

How much of it was truthful?

Why did he decide to let his step-mother and brother live?

http://abclocal.go.com/three/kabc/kabc/My-Twisted-World.pdf

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 18:24:55 Post No.7660376
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He wasn't a psychopath, just a deluded, unempathic loser who externalised his anger.

Anonymous 2016-02-04 18:30:05 Post No.7660389
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>>7660346
Idk but based Stefan is always correct

Anonymous 2016-02-04 18:30:53 Post No.7660392
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>>7660346
It was pretty nihilistic but it had a wicked sense of humor

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2016-02-04 16:29:09 Post No.7660050
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 16:29:09 Post No. 7660050 [Report] [View this topic]

Hey /lit/

I'm in English class right now, doing some stupid group project where we have to write a story using elements of Gothic fiction.

Obviously I have no idea of giving any actual effort, so let's see what things I can put in to make our story true cancer. Dubs decides a line/character/concept that I add.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 16:37:01 Post No.7660069
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 16:37:01 Post No.7660069 [Report]

Fuggenstein

Anonymous 2016-02-04 16:37:14 Post No.7660070
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 16:37:14 Post No.7660070 [Report]

>>7660050
Do you enjoy putting in zero effort? Woo them

Anonymous 2016-02-04 16:41:52 Post No.7660082
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>>7660070
This is a class that I was required to take and the semester ends in May. Of course I don't care.

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dear /lit/, 2016-02-04 04:46:42 Post No.7658704
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dear /lit/, Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:46:42 Post No. 7658704 [Report] [View this topic]

is this translation ok?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:51:38 Post No.7658717
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:51:38 Post No.7658717 [Report]

not even close; mandelbaum's translation is horrendous and completely distorts the authors intentions

Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:53:25 Post No.7658725
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:53:25 Post No.7658725 [Report]

>translations

Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:55:57 Post No.7658732
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:55:57 Post No.7658732 [Report]

>>7658717
who would you suggest

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2016-02-04 02:45:06 Post No.7658332
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 02:45:06 Post No. 7658332 [Report] [View this topic]

r8 Martin Shkreli's bookshelf senpai

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 02:46:37 Post No.7658336
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 02:46:37 Post No.7658336 [Report]

>Ayn Rand cliffnotes

Anonymous 2016-02-04 02:48:53 Post No.7658342
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>>7658332
What a meme lord. Do you think he browses /lit/

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>>7658332
>Pop Science
>Science Fiction
>Undergraduate Study Guides
>Wine For Dummies
Turbo Pleb

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:04:22 Post No. 7658006 [Report] [View this topic]

I have to write a 5 page marxist perspective paper on Oliver Twist

>inb4 underage

I'm 18, seniorfag

Pls help, I have 40 in the class right now. It's not even AP english, my teacher is just completely out of touch with reality.

I've completed one page, and I'm fucking out of ideas.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:09:07 Post No.7658017
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>>7658006
Wow, that's some genuinely terrible writing. Have fun with that 40, bud: you sure earned it.

Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:10:49 Post No.7658023
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>>7658006
here an idea, maybe read some marx instead of bitching here

its fucking high school m8. if the relationship between marx' philosophies and oliver twist wasnt obvious, they wouldnt have you do it

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>fell for the /sci/ "english is a pushover maymay."
>took AP Literature senior year
>didn't graduate
>college that I was looking forward to dropped me like a hot potato

Fuck my life up tbqh familia

Anonymous
Who's the most empathetic character you've read? 2016-02-03 15:55:54 Post No.7656231
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Who's the most empathetic character you've read? Anonymous 2016-02-03 15:55:54 Post No. 7656231 [Report] [View this topic]

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Anonymous 2016-02-03 15:56:38 Post No.7656236
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Anonymous 2016-02-03 15:56:38 Post No.7656236 [Report]

Prince Myshkin

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Anonymous 2016-02-03 15:59:09 Post No.7656247 [Report]

>>7656231
Jean ValJean

Anonymous 2016-02-03 16:03:28 Post No.7656267
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>>7656236
My thoughts exactly

Anonymous
2016-02-04 19:53:06 Post No.7660639
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:53:06 Post No. 7660639 [Report] [View this topic]

Was it autism?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:56:10 Post No.7660652
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>>7660639

Going to say none and done on this stillbirth of a thread.

Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:56:26 Post No.7660653
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:56:26 Post No.7660653 [Report]

Partly

Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:57:50 Post No.7660661
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:57:50 Post No.7660661 [Report]

is it autistic to be British?
yes, yes it is

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:27:01 Post No. 7660559 [Report] [View this topic]

what are some books that will make me love myself more and depend on others less?
i want to truly enjoy loneliness.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:28:04 Post No.7660563
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:28:04 Post No.7660563 [Report]

Don't even need to read. Go get some groceries and you'll be given what you wish.

Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:35:42 Post No.7660589
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>>7660559

Siddhartha

Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:48:38 Post No.7660630
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 19:48:38 Post No.7660630 [Report]

Daodejing and stoics for temperance. Book of Disquiet to reconcile loneliness into solitude.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:28:07 Post No. 7659913 [Report] [View this topic]

I am thinking about starting to read some political books. I might order something from amazon. Anyone know if this is a good one? I like her ideas, but I'm not certain if she is a good writer.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:29:19 Post No.7659916
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:29:19 Post No.7659916 [Report]

Why don't you ask >>>/pol/?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 15:29:24 Post No.7659918 [Report]

>Sarah Palin

Christ. Start with something written by an academic. Harvard Press selections is the best place to start.

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>>7659913

bad bait

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:27:12 Post No. 7658631 [Report] [View this topic]

now that the dust has settled, is it any good?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:28:31 Post No.7658640
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>>7658631
Yes. It's a good book. It has good ideas that corporations and leftists try to hide so they can control others.

Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:33:00 Post No.7658659
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 04:33:00 Post No.7658659 [Report]

XD

Anonymous 2016-02-04 13:35:31 Post No.7659704
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 13:35:31 Post No.7659704 [Report]

Bumping I'm curious about this as well

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 03:05:23 Post No. 7658391 [Report] [View this topic]

Is the second part of Dracula the worst half of a novel ever?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 03:42:03 Post No.7658485
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 03:42:03 Post No.7658485 [Report]

>yes

Anonymous 2016-02-04 03:43:15 Post No.7658487
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 03:43:15 Post No.7658487 [Report]

Is the second part of Nostromo the best half of a novel ever?

Anonymous 2016-02-04 03:54:10 Post No.7658514
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 03:54:10 Post No.7658514 [Report]

>oh man i bet this book is great and all of these characters are gunna be great but i seriously can't finish
Glad to know I didn't miss out much by quitting

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 00:25:01 Post No. 7657885 [Report] [View this topic]

Books universally beloved by /lit/

No meme books please

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 00:26:03 Post No.7657888
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 00:26:03 Post No.7657888 [Report]

I bet none of you poeple have actually read that book fuck you.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 00:26:40 Post No.7657891 [Report]

>>7657885

>says no meme books
>posts meme book

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>>7657885
how good is it? how badly do i need to read it?

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