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I never read it but i think its about bugles right, thats whats on the cover

Couldn't you have just said it's about communication errors? I don't mean to be anti-intellectual but man,

>an epistemological critique of language. Namely how our means of communication is entirely mired in the socio-political landscape du jours
yikes. I ain't your prof sonny

>>7373872
Probably, but ironically enough if I'm not specific to the point of pretentiousness I fear I'll fall into the very trap the novel is trying to point out

>>7373709
Job, because it teaches you to shut the fuck up.

>>7373709
The gOD Delusion.

Ecclesiastes. Greatest collection of wisdom in all the Bible tbqh.

>>7373574
dyslexitude

>>7373581
But that's not a word

'Quite' and 'loose' are pronounced differently to 'quiet' and 'lose', though. These are just spelling errors.

It is a small mind that cries "fake!" upon encountering the difficult or the incomprehensible.

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If i write enough "WHAH! Everything that can go bad will go bad WHAH!" people will think I'm a savior of free speech.

>>7373359
/thread

>>7373363
>>>/r/books

Emulate your favorites until it happens on its own

Anyone?

>>7373243
how do i emulate this favorite guy

>>7373121
The Hobbit and Wizard of Oz

>>7373121
Stay in the containment thread. Also read the sticky.

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>>7373121

>>7373094
i hope this is b8
here's your reply

I highly doubt it, considering a lot of the classical and renaissance greats were fugly

Being attractive probably serves some writing styles better than others

is the so-called 'age of consent' a product of an oppressive ageist system that denies a child's basic right to erotic pleasure?

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>>7373078
I think so.

>>7373071
Well innocence surely is. But why would childhood not be "the real nature of a kid" -whatever that means-?

>Nobody ever talks about Beckett's literature on this board.
That's wrong.
>It's really fantastic
That's right.

>>7372922
The novellas are lovely, but his plays are wretched.

it gets talked about, but I agree

I fucking love reading Watt out loud, it almost feels like you're supposed to read it that way

why not a
eb.utyc
channel?

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2 guest so far just came and left...

you guys have to stick around to gather a group jeez.

I have a really awesome topic of conversation that is literary, philosophical, and problematic all at once.

"The hair wasn't working for me in the welding booth"

Jesus Christ that picture is unsettling

then the woman dies at the end, the protagonist feels sad, and it's remembered as an artistic masterpiece in its fetish category for years to come

>>7373056
Kek, it's true though

I'm looking for the best book on espionage and spies.

Anyone knows anything?

ITT: nonfiction recommendations.

>>7372653
Slightly related:
The Kekoo's Egg

It's about the first case of attempted cyber espionage in the US by German kids paid by the Soviets. It may not be up your alley if you're not that much into computers, there's a lot about the early Internet.

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Serial killer with a collapsing Soviet union as a backdrop. Brilliant. If you're into serial killers, this is one of the best.

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>novels

>>7372631
quality thread

>>7372635
>Quality threads.

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Where do you usually lurk? You aren't from /lit/ i presume?

God Illusion is an alright book. It's not popscience but it ain't exactly a philosophical treaty either. It provides a well executed set of counter-arguments, built up on an extensive bibliography of academic works and research. It's not really meant to elevate the reader to any sort of higher mindset.

/lit/ hates Dawkins because of the symbolism associated with the new atheism, wh the "fedora-man" meme ('meme' in Dawkins's sense) which is nothing but a huge spook. This whole subject is much more interesting in my opinion, since it really shows how easy it is to manipulate people, even those siting in holographic ivory tower of internet intelligentsia.

It's funny that those who think of themselves as being ahead of the flock of TV-watching 'sheep' and immune to being guided by there nose are usually the ones who fall for the most obvious of manipulations. Just show them a way to secure their own masculinity in an indirect way; for example by bashing an emasculated 'fedora tipping' atheist, and they will forget all principles of forming an informed worldview.

It's mostly the fault of Christians that lost their battle against atheism in the late 00s and could no longer manifest their faith on the internet, so they had to vent their frustration by using guerilla warfare ad hominems. Perhaps atheist are also to blame for kicking the dead horse a little bit too much...

Anyway - Dawkins is an ok writer. By no way is he an amazing author that will go down in history for centuries to come, but he went through the struggle of laying down the concrete blocks, that we now take for granted. More over, he never allowed to get SJW shit on his legacy, by repeatedly pointing out their bullshit, which shows that he has a certain beliefs and he is ready to fight for them; a trait that he deserves a lot of respect for, especially in today's academia.

Ummm... what did you want OP? right...
First read 'The Last Messiah' by that norwegian dude. Its really short, should take you less than an hour.
Read some Lovecraft. Start with 'At The Mountains of Madness'. If you want less fiction and more of a stream of consciousness kinda thing go for 'The conspiracy against the human race' Thomas Ligotti. Many people shit on him here, but i know some people that liked him.
If you are not scared by math you might want to give 'A Road to Reality' a try.

Personally I found "The Selfish Gene" much more depressing.

>>7372688
>>7372688
Thanks for the tips, ill look into that.
Actually read Mountains of Madness allready a couple years back.

>Where do you usually lurk
I lurk /lit/ now and then and got to know some really good books (and a lot of junk too) and i actually got into Dawkins because he got bashed on this board.
Hes got some good points, but what i really liked about the book is the picture it paints about our world. For example the small probability that someone is even born on a planet like ours. Really got me thinking, and now i need more stuff like that. Not necesarilly religous stuff. Ill probably look into Hawkings universe in a nutshell too.

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>>7372585
I don't see how your own life can seem insignificant to you. In fact it is much easier to argue that 99.9999% of the universe and 99% of what happens on the earth is in fact not significant to your life. Your life (and the things influencing it) is ultimately the only thing that matters. So what I want to say is: the perspective is a bit weird. Of course your life is insignificant to the universe, but the universe is not a sentient being; and your life might very well be significant to a lot of others (friends, family etc.). But I digress.

I think that you feel the most helpless and tiny when your own life is in the hand of others, i.e. your decisions cannot change your life (or you are in a loss-loss situation). If you want to read about this, you can start with Kafka (being powerless and seemingly unable to change their destiny is often a key feature of his characters). Other books are Journey to the End of the Night by Céline, which is about a dude who is kind of stuck in a low social class for his whole life or Homo Faber by Max Frisch which is about a guy getting constantly fucked by bad luck.

I know these are maybe not the kind of books you were explicitly asking for, but whatever, they are good regardless and maybe you'll enjoy them anyway.

>>7372688
>unironically using the term SJW

And yet you complain about "fedora-man" memes. Recs aren't too bullshitty though.
Here pic related is one of my fav fedora pics. I think it kind of ironically satirizes both fedora wearers and posters alike by Cranston's hyperbolic tipping. Don't you like it as well?

>>7372495
>I dont try to pack as much joy into a life of suffering as i can
>I think my false erudition and philosophy will matter in the least

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

>>7372516
This, but without the religious tone

>>7372495
>Hasn't read enough Continental philosophy to know that the fiction/non-fiction dichotomy is a lie.