Best paperback edition of Brave New World ever.
ok
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>foreward by christopher hitchens
i bet he says it's a utopia
How hard is middle English to learn? How much am I going to have to work to be able to read Chaucer in the original language?
Get an annotated edition and you'll be fine lad.
Chaucer is relatively easy. His writing is more direct and easy to follow than Shakespeare despite all the weird-ass spellings. If you've got annotations to explain the various archaisms that pop up, you should be good. The prologue is probably the hardest part but after a while you get used to the Middle English.
It's just the matter of annoyingly working out the phonetics til you get the word. It's not worth it at all, a conversion into modern spelling would render it literally identical minus all the annoyance.
Hey /lit/, I would like to read some books about the horrors of ageing. I have recently become hypersensitive to the passing of time, and would like something to depress me further. ;)
>>7594666
hey satan, Picture of Dorian Grey.
also, as a bonus, Against the Grain
>>7594673
Against the grain? All I can find are cookery books - or is this just some niche internet joke I'm not down with the kids enough to know about?
>>7594666
The Savage Detectives
On the Road
Just finished reading this. Is it good?
You tell us dipshit
Idk is it?
Which version of The Bible should I get?
kjv ;o)
King James
Vulgate
How the fuck does one get to be as brilliant a reader as Michael Silverblatt?
>>7594036
why is he a brilliant reader
> yfw you realize that Tommy Pinchin' doesn't exist, and is just another kooky name made up by the real author
this man is just an elaborate diversion put on by the real author to draw attention away from himself. If he exists at all, Pynchon is obviously paying him to take the appearance of a famous reclusive author, when in fact he is just your average, every-day recluse
Truly a genius
Thomas Pynchon is the literary equivalent of Robin Williams
post yfw you realise chompy 'tha pinch' pinecone is actually little stevie king from next door
'he was always such a nice boy' sez his neighbour
>>7594211
i've also heard this, through reputable sources, too.
Hey guys, I hope I'm posting according to /lit/ protocoll.
Lately I really would like to read some science fiction about robots AI and them taking over earth. Something on a bigger scale.
Any suggestions? What should I stay away from?
Fiction, science, research papers, everything is ok.
Asimov would be a good start
Dune prequels
>>7593940
I've yet to read it myself, but Superintelligence is definitely one of my must-reads within the next couple months. From what I understand, it's a philosophical/scientific look at the ramifications of AI in the real world. Would check it out, OP. (Or at least wait for the paperback in May)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ludwigwittgenstein/fantastic-ways-to-distinguish-between-sense-and-nonsense#.ibkQY1nqJv
wtf
>>7593499
Get out of here ya fucking clickbait dingus
>>7593499
Is it legal for them to cite a dead man as a contributor?
>>7593502
I didn't make the article. someone published the tractatus as a buzzfeed shitlist
Why is Infinite Jest seen as a masterpiece? Is it the writing? Is it the story? Is it the characters? Is it hype?
Seriously, can someone tell me what is so good about it? I haven't read it yet and am curious as to why it's so highly regarded.
>>7593454
Mostly the writing I assume.
>>7593454
>infinite jest
because its so FUNNY
keeps you laughing 1000 pages through :^)
>>7593454
I have not read Infinite Jest, but based on what I've heard about it:
It's the first really ambitious novel about the generation after the 1960s counterculture, and deals with topics specific to that generation (The Great Gatsby of our time).
It's an experimental (lol footnotes) novel that comes out in a time when Stephen King dominates the bestseller list, and sold surprisingly well.
Planning to begin with Nikolaj Gogol soon. What book should I start with?
Father Sergius or White Nights
With akaki
His short tales
find a compilation somewhere.
Questions for persons pursuing a PhD in English for Creative Writing or literature or any related English field.
1. How hard was getting into your respective program?
2. What are your job prospects like?
3. What tests did you need to take to get into those programs/how did you prepare?
4. Would you recommend anyone else do it?
Don't expect to get a job in English, but you could probably get on a Trainee Manager course with your degree
you cud probably get a job as an adjunct teaching english 101 at a bad college or maybe teach non-credit esl or something
Don't do a Humanities/Social Sciences PhD unless:
- you genuinely want to study it. Statistically you becoming a professor is basically impossible.
- you don't care about being poor. You will likely be an adjunct slave at best for many years, after years of gruelling miserable PhD research.
- you understand your PhD may not reflect your intellectual interests and may actually become an annoying burden that no one ever reads and wastes half a decade of your life.
- you don't care about having to travel a lot (based on which program you get into, and then later while looking for jobs)
- you are totally brilliant to the point that you already know beyond a doubt that you can hack it AND that you want to even bother hacking it for very little real reward
It's horrible on every level unless you are diehard passionate to the point of insanity, and the vast majority of people who think they are end up being wrong anyway.
Post 'em. Pic related is mine
Inb4 meme trilogy, Greeks etc
>>7593042
Pretty gay taste, never read any adventure novels ?
>>7593053
What do you mean by adventure novels? Star Wars EU?
What the fuck happened to the /lit/ philosophy project?
they all became genre-fags and decided it wasn't worth it. you can find them all floating around in the sci-fi general thread though. good luck, and remember, always start with the greeks.
Fuck it I'm in.
Is this a good way to start with the greeks? Please respond.
guys, what books had you have read to you as a child?
i'm searching for some to read to my son. he's only 5 so i'd have to wait a little bit until he's ready for longer and more elaborated stories,
so far i got "the secret garden" by burnett and "momo" by ende. but they are slightly questionable.
i mean, one is about an insane guy holding his even more insane wife hostage in the atticks. the other has this "our society is doomed, only grey people wherever you look" mentality that i don't particualrarily like.
what about stuff like "brothers lionhearth","Mio" or "the neverending story". "Narnia"?
Help /lit/!
http://www.mrbauld.com/bloomjr.html
Mr. Bloom is the god of /lit/
>>7592371
>http://www.mrbauld.com/bloomjr.html
thanks for the link! 'll look into it anon.
but from gazing over it he seems to be all over "the wind in the willow" which is exactly what i'm not looking for. those characters are appaling...
I remember the boxcar children series fondly as well.