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>Murakami book that lefts mysteries unresolved
no shit sherlock, It's your first Murakami?

>>7529490
No, why don't you read what I wrote. I said, "I expected lose ends and that's fine". My main problem was not really with lose ends. Lose ends implies something has been established and not completely resolved. Rather my problem was with what was not established. Aspects of Tsukurus character and what he ended up being in the end.

>>7529457
>-Awful fucking similes (They clicking of her heels was like a reliable blacksmith in the morning--or some shit. Laughable).

thats an analogy you fucking normal faggot

Murakami

David Foster Wallace essays

If you liked the Big Sleep, I'd recommend

The Maltese Falcon
Double Indemnity
The Grifters


If you're into sci-fi:

Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts
The Story of Your Life and Other Stories by Ted Chiang
Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Flow My Tears the Policeman Said by PKD

I like to read non-fiction between heavy stuff. I'm reading A Savage War of Peace right now, a history of the Algerian/French war in the 50s. Pretty cool stuff and it's a nice break. The Battle of Algiers was hardcore, fahm.

That was so bad it triggered my tinnitus.

This makes me irrationally angry

Easy. In order to be as awesome as Nietzsche you only need to have three characteristics:

1.) Be intelligent.
2.) Be nihilistic.
3.) Have a wicked sense of humor.

Follow these steps and you'll get there in no time!

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>>7529288
No one man may ever fill me with awe

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but nietzsche was a delusional loser

>>7529179
Neutral Milk Hotel is the Dave Mathews Band of music.

>>7529224
haha that was funny

>>7529224
I enjoyed this.

Reading it now. Absolutely love it

i did not enjoy it, wasn't even slightly moved by it and found the structure a bit overbearing
everyone i've ever spoken to about it loves it though

I think I want to read it again several times

The End of Eternity
The Time Ships, if it wasn't for that ending
The robot series isnt strictly speaking good but damn if they aren't comfy

>>7528932
Rendezvous with Rama. It's about exploring and there's (almost) no conflict, it's just really comfy.

>>7528932
Nivin Known Space stuff is soooo comfy

Extant?

>>7528817

OR OTHERWISE.

>>7528884
Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 — 895 AD; first six tetralogies, designated B.

>>7528755
why the people in /lit/ is so tech retarded? i never understood this.

kobo

>>7528772
Which model ?

I can only give you one advice, if you know the native language of the book, read it in the language it was written, ALLWAYS.

>>7528735
How do you know hes the greatest if youve never read him ^_^

The norwegian language has changed a lot through times, and Hamsuns language might feel a little hard to read in Norwegian, especially compared to the modern norwegian today, it has a certain danish feel to it. But I really recommend readibg it in the original, its worth the effort. He is the first author I read where I felt norwegian literature can be truly great and beautiful. Read Markens Grode after Sult.

Skip it and begin with the greeks.

Nah jump right in, read the intro after if you're interested

>>7528508
the blurb kinda implies the intro is more focused on the history of the work rather than the contents so i'll just read it afterwards, thanks

Wtf no

>>7528226
No. Although, sometimes, when I read if I see the word "love" "sad" dreams" or "suicide" I keep my eyes on that words and my mind goes around that words and stop the reading process. It's annoying.

Books make good companions, friendo. You should start reading better books, or at least work your way up, if you're reading books above your reading level.

When I shit the bed, got depression, had my GPA drop to 1.8, lost most of my career options, realized I'm quite emotionally vulnerable, found a qt underage gf who was more depressed than I was, watched her spiral into suicidal tendencies and eventually get incarcerated in the mental ward and subjected to electroshock "therapy", losing most of her memories of me, and had to work my way back up from that

It's hard to empathize with other people's difficulties in life if you have never experienced your own

>mathematics and computer science students
>clever
You're the funny one.

>>7527964
i.e. "when did life finally defeat you and strip you of your pride?"

just wait for the movie

>>7527668
>>7527698

you can download movie already

I was talking to my dad about it yesterday and he said it wasn't that great.

Thank fuck you can hide threads.

>>7527565
That is the face of a man who has literally never seen sunlight.

I don't even know what prose is.