just about to start moby dick
is it essential to read the extract/introduction
its quite long and i just need simple yes or no so i can either start from there or go straight into it
Is the intro by the author?
If not, read after.
>>7328475
I'd suggest not.
It has some spoilers, spoilers that become obvious, but still spoilers.
>>7328478
>context is irrelevant
people like you need to die
Has anyone read this yet? What are your opinions on it?
>>7328427
Don't post here again
Jesus OP, you almost made me choke on my cereal.
>In short, Twilight Company is far better than [...] a piece of videogame tie-in merchandise has any right to be.
Who is the GG allin of literature?
and also 'who is the X of literature' general I guess
probably Bukoski
Carlton Mellick III. both are talentless "shock" artists that most people have never heard of.
>>7328408
burroughs
I haven't read a book in 6 years. What book should I read that'll make me want to pick up another one immediately afterwards rather than another 6 years from now?
READ THE FUCKING STICKY AND FUCK OFF dessu
lol pleb
>>7328219
I did and they don't have any recommendations for people who haven't read a book in 6 years but who want to start reading good books regularly. Perhaps you can add one for me right now?
Any books resembling this soundtrack?
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qGzKlVWBFg8
Bu Mmm p
>>7328147
shadow of the wind by zafon. thank me later.
>>7328801
Thanks
/lit/
I'll preface this by saying that I'm fully aware of how melodramatic this might sound. I want to be more eloquent than to simply say 'life is shit and hard'. I fully understand if you think little of how I choose to write this soppy story.
I'm 21, nearing 22 and have had chronic depression of a varying severity since I was 14.
The gift of a normal life was taken before it was offered, and I find it impossible to relate to most people my age. In the past two years I have finally developed confidence and the ability to genuinely respect my own opinion of myself.
But It doesn't get any easier, I feel so weary, so weak. I simply cannot find reason and meaning with which to justify continued existence.
Can you suggest any literature that discusses this problem? I know it is not remotely unique. I need to see what wiser people have proposed, but I don't know where to begin.
>not looking for a hugbox, brutal honesty is welcome
>>7328073
Btw, I have stated some things particularly simplistically to the point of seeming fatuous. How can you capture years in a sentence? Try not to get caught up.
>>7328081
The power of now by eckhart tolle
>>7328102
Thank you, I'll give it a look.
Brothers K, Master and Margarita, Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost...what's some other top tier Christian literature?
>>7328021
Pascal, be it Lettres provinciales or Pensées (pensées is more focused on actual religion, but is just a collection of papers found after he died)
>>7328387
Thanks!
>>7328021
>Master and Margarita
I got the impression that it was anti-christian, or am I mistaken?
Are there any satanist works actually worth reading?
unlike pic
>>7328011
No. I haven't actually delved into Satanic literature at all, though I think it's reasonable to assume that it isn't very good.
>>7328011
depends on what you mean when you say satanist
beelzebub's tales to his grandson by gurdjieff
>>7328011
Have you ever researched black/white magic?
Recommend me a book that won't take 8 years and a college degree to finish, /lit/
I just need a book to keep me busy when i'm high
A stranger in a strange land.
The Bible.
>>7327977
F I N N E G A N S W A K E
It's been awhile since we've had one of these.
Yet you had to go and spoil it.
This is not going well, someone salvage it.
I've recently realised that I don't have much of an affect on others
people like me well enough and enjoy my company, but they don't think of me outside of when I'm actually there
similarly women have found me attractive but they've never truly loved me or left a lasting impression on them
this is really weighing heavy on me
what are some books that explore this feeling?
>>7327916
this isn't literature. fuck off pussy.
Being an ineffectual pussy you mean?
>>7327917
I sincerely want a book that conveys this
Why is post apoc so entertaining? Is it because of being freed of grand societal narrative? Death of ideology? Post post post post scarcity? Survival mechanics? Roaming neo-societal constructs? Decadent beauty?
What's your apocalypse, what's the best you've read and what kind would you write? I'm partial to irreverence of nature found in Blood Meridian.
BM isn't postapoc.
Usually I find post apoc boring as fuck
>>7327857
It is in spirit
>>7327857
What do you think all those forsaken towns signify? Stupido.
I don't see enough Italian literature in here.
Who's your 10/10?
>pic absolute uncontroversial 10/10
Best translation of The Decameron?
>>7327815
If you don't mind the abominable book cover, Rebhorn's version is actually pretty good imo
>>7327798
Of course a pleb would rate Pirandello a 10/10
Which Yukio Mishima book should I read first?
quads and steel
Confessions of a quad
the sound of quads
It's my birthday /lit/.
What's the most patrician way to spend your birthday?
In solitude.
>>7327605
Naked.
>>7327605
get wasted (alone)