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No just read

No, read Harold Bloom instead.

Try "How to Read a Book" instead

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Get schooled, faggot

>>7560642
>Majoring in philosophy.
kek

>>7560680
Not looking to make a fortune. Just planning to work in ESL in gookland like my other friends. They're doing pretty well for themselves, and having a great time.

Who is this semen demon?

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Book must have good teeth

>>7560545
Op here, have no idea posted it here to have some visibility

Watch Inside Out to find out. It's an excellent film and it deserves to win best picture.

>>7560509
Already seen it, what are some good books with the same theme as my OP?

I do hope so, It would mean that a lot of happiness in coming my way soon.

>>7560430
Brief History of Seven Killings is amazing.

>>7560430
I really enjoyed this years mainstream hit (pic related) though not all did
Certainly not my favourite but I can't think of many others right now

>>7560430
Soumission

>>7560039
If you don't understand why, you'll never be a successful writer.

The publishing industry is a cabal. Cline knew someone, the publisher markets it through 'reviews', and word spreads.

It panders and isn't demanding in anyway. It's just wish-fulfillment.

You gotta know your audience brah

Lord Jim and the Secret Sharer. He wrote a play that's sort of interesting.

You know, you can literally just google "Joseph Conrad oeuvre" and get a list of stuff he wrote.

>>7559730
Youth
+
TYPHOON

>>7559739
It's nice to hear what people enjoyed most/why, I have a lot of his books already.

>>7559695
Slaughterhouse Five then GR.

>>7559695
Slaughterhouse 5 is great.

Catch-23 not so much.

i actually liked closing time, but if you're looking for catch-22 electric boogaloo you'll be disappointed. it's a weird, flawed, bitter book about an old guy remembering how fun shit used to be with a couple of good ideas

something happened was the best other heller novel

neither of them are like catch-22

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>>7559115
Is San Francisco a /lit/ city?

Requesting Toronto, specially Downtown
Furthermore is Toronto a /lit/ city?

For San Diego, I can only recommend Adam's Avenue Books (I suspect somebody here has gone there before, for reasons) and DG Wills, down Torrey Pines from UCSD. The university bookstores, btw, are good sources for scholarly readings, especially at the end of the quarter when everyone's desperate to unload their used books. Aside from that, UCSD has a respectably-sized and affordable book sale on Library Walk at the beginning and end of the school year. For anyone looking for a good Spanish-language selection, it's pretty dry north, but Tijuana is only a stone-throw away, and you need only get as far south as the Plaza de Rosario to find some good book stands (romantically frequented by the chubby prostitutes on display (the less said about these, the better) in the alleys and avenues).

>>7559115
I've never stayed in Frisco long enough to get a feel for it's urban literacy, although I am curious in case I ever end up staying for longer than an hour.

Mexico city
>send help please

Make a point or fuck off.

>>7559066
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>>7559036
F....K.....In...The Coffee

>>7558982
>what do all famous writers have in common?
a fixed sum of talent (x), accessibility (y), and luck (z). x+y+z=100

you are born with talent

you can learn accessibility

no one has a handle on luck

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>>7558982
>what does it take to be a successful writer? (A writer who can live off the money they make from their book(s))

Naturally want to create the kind of book that the market wants.

The skill needed to make a marketable novel is attainable by any average person who is willing to put in the work, which boils down to writing a lot and getting useful critique. This is pretty easy, as long as you have the work ethic.

The only major obstacle is for writers who insist on writing unmarketable works, or writers who would prefer to write something unmarketable but force themselves to conform.

>>7559012
i'd also like to point out that "successful" and "famous" writers are different. Success implies popularity and money where fame implies lasting appeal due to high-quality writing

>Stephen Pleb
>good

you should expect to go back to reddit

Bought it for like 0.99 , it's not like it was a huge investment

Yes.

No.

A ceaseless empire bangs some little amoebas.

The poster known only as "Anonymous"

Giacomo Leopardi

If you haven't read Zibaldone you are literally a pleb.

>>7558513
Worth it in translation?

It's Fitzgerald

>>7558495
It's not Fitzgerald.

It's Mandelbaum