Pimp is obvious; it's a the thrilling of biopic of Iceberg Slim that sums up the entire black experience into one book. But what about the other two?
it's newfags trying to force a meme. there is only one meme trilogy and it's the one we've always had
>>7486325
which is?
>>7486328
Endless Fun, Rocket's Banano, & Mrs. Yes
Not sure if posting in right place but what's a good/the best e-book reader, particularly if I just want to load in a whole metric fuckton of epubs?
I was thinking of getting the kobo aura hd.
Opinions? Anything I should keep in mind?
>>7486031
I have the same question OP, I think I'm just going to get a kindle cause they're like €70, I could hunt a cheaper one down online but by the time I convert my money and pay delivery charges etc ect.
>>7486031
I have a Trekstor Pyrus 2.
It's the best thing I've ever had.
>low price (i paid it about 80 euros)
>e-ink screen with no illumination if you read in solar light
>led illumination if you're reading in the dark
>reads epub
>reads PDFs and manages to change the size of the text and the layout
>battery lasts weeks
Truly amazing.
I have a paperwhite and really like it. It's fucked up that you have to pay extra to not have ads but I'm a fucking baller.
So I just finished the stranger and I'm not sure I'm really grasping it right. For instance, his utter indifference of life and everyone is pretty normal in my opinion, I've been feeling that way for years so what's the big deal? Am I missing something? To me it's just seems like a story about a man who ended up with some bad luck. Can someone enlighten me on it?
>>7485955
are you 15 by chance?
Camus is a gateway drug. Don't fall for that crosseyed commie Sartre. Albert "Bustin Em Under The Algerian Sun" Camus is really good though. I personally enjoy The Plague and The Trial more. If you like Camus I suggest checking out Kafka next.
>>7485979
No. I'm in my late 20s. I've been trying to get deeper into lit
>the author addresses the reader directly within the story
as long as it's not cloying and overdone, why not if it fits in with the tone of the rest of the work?
>>7486306
Are you addressing the reader?
>the author uses characters
What does /lit/ think of these readings of Joyce's Finnegans Wake? Certainly one of the more, erm, interesting renditions I've found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HgCjtd2iPU
I wonder if this reader will get the whole thing up or crap out like all the others so far on YT
>>7485816
Chapter 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF47v_9olEs
>>7485816
Chapter 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieeQTHNgEGs
I cringed at the you know what. Brave dude.
How bad are/what are the typos and errors present in the penguin classics deluxe edition of Gravity's Rainbow?
THERES ONE FUCKING SENTENCE CUT SHORT
STOP THIS MEME
IT'S A SENTENCE THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE ANYWYAS ITS A BUNCH OF DREAMSCAPE JABBERWOCKY
>Your task, in these dreams, is often to pens
vs
>Your task, in these dreams, is often to cross—under the trees, through the shadows—before something happens
>>7485803
this, and tbph I prefer the misprint
>>7485803
That's it, huh? Well meme'd, my friend.
Do you guys like Star Wars books?
Do you have any favorites?
How do you feel about all of the old books becoming non-canon?
Let's talk Star Wars outside of the movie hype.
>>7485789
>No, they're shit
>No, they're shit
>I don't care: they're shit.
>>7485789
not literature
star wars literally represents the moral decline of western civilisation
What books are you getting your relatives for Christmas?
Won't say which relatives. Also including books for friends:
1. Duma Key - Stephen King
2. The Secret Teachings of All Ages - Manly P. Hall
3. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin
4. Final Fantasy XI 10th Anniversary Memorial Book
5. Infinite Jest
6. Infinite Jest (for someone else)
7. Lost In The Funhouse - John Barth
None. I hate my relatives and the feeling is mostly mutual.
I'm not a goy so I don't do Christmas, but I'm buying a lot of books for myself because of all the sweet holiday deals going on.
Just finished this beautiful baby, can we have a discussion about it without descending into doubles?
What was your favorite chapter? I was surprised how much the "Girls" series made me wince, Ellis is a fantastically disgusting writer. He's a fantastic writer in general, IMO. One of my favorite motifs was how the detailed and literal accounts of torture, rape and murder were contrasted with the detailed descriptions of people's outfits and gadgets.
Anything else by Ellis that's worth checking out?
>>7485740
Killing the Queen's dog.
My favorite part
OP is either b8 or a child.
>mfw can we have a discussion about it without descending into doubles
the movie was better.
now fuck off
hey /lit/ my sister keeps bugging me to read this book. what am in for?
>>7485692
Some very good prose set against a pretty traditional narrative. Note, I've not read Cement Garden, but all of Mcewan's books are like that.
she wants to fuck
It's literally about brother sister incest. Why is she...?
Can we agree that this is the only YA series worth reading?
Shit was like Infinite Jest for kids.
>>7485657
The Infinite Jest for kids is Infinite Jest.
>>7485663
Oh SHIT nigga
>>7485663
ayyyy >>7485657 Yeah of all the literature I read throughout my youth this was the series that encouraged me to expand my horizons. Count Olaf quoting Philip Larkin just beforejust before his deathserved as the gateway. I can't say with total certainty that the most literate among us would love it as much.
So I want to give my friend's kids books for Christmas, /lit/. Last year I gave them pic related. I sort of look back to my childhood and the books I liked reading when I was their ages (7 and 9, now). But I thought I'd ask around for recommendations.
Personally, I was into the classic cannon. The Time Machine, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, Treasure Island, shit like that. People kept giving me crummy "age appropriate" pulp fiction, though, and I always hated it.
The Martian since you already started their metamorphosis into Redditors with Hitchhiker's
>>7485647
What? How do you figure? People have been reading Douglas Adams for, what, sixty years?
I mean, it's not Twilight.
Have you considered Kevin Crossley-Holland's Arthur trilogy? I figure if you think they're old enough for whores, alcohol, and existentialism, then they're probably old enough for bastard sons, sieges, and patricide.
Might be able to grab them on ThriftBooks for ten bucks plus shipping.
What is it you like about the style of a writer you love to read?
I like how McCarthy uses detailed description of character's seemingly mundane actions to set up the scene and tone. Then what sparse dialogue he has carries more weight even than Hemingway's iceberg. My favourite piece of his writing is the blacksmith scene in Child of God, it exemplifies it perfectly. You can see a great writer emerge in a handful of pages.
>>7485574
>mfw I will never be that goat
Why go on?
>>7485639
It's a prop, you dingus. Might as well want to be that jacket then.
>>7485671
>mfw I will never be that manure tank
>reading in public
>person asks me what am I reading
>Plague by Camus
>oh
>making a face like the not bad meme and pretending to recognise the book or the author
>I can see they havno no fucking clue whatsoever
Why do you care dude. Try carrying a conversation without being a sperg.
>reading in public
>guy asks me what im reading
>show him my copy of totalitarianism in the tundra
>he smirks cooly and a light whisper of a morning sunset growls across his lips
>cool he says and walks off
What a fuckin pleb i bet hes never even heard of it,
>>7485424
I don't fell the need to carry a conversation if they don't ask anything about the book, I'm not going to describe the book out of sudden
What's the difference between "?!" and "!?"?
>>7485376
!? is sequential ordered, domain of law
?! is asynchronous entropic, domain of chaos
It's punctuation, not grammar, dumbass.
>>7485376
?! is a dubious move, !? is an interesting move.