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Of course not, Sterling reached the high point of bitterness around 2006, after his Veridian movement failed completely. Gibson is writing alternate universe sf, Stephenson is writing straight space ship sf, and even Charles Stross threw in the towel because actual events killed his near future sf.

What we are heading for is Mad Max, and Cyberpunk is now a quaint, nostalgic dystopia, which is why it is current again. Meanwhile, all the old cyberpunks and futurists are all just watching the world burn on social media.

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>>9800763
Explain the mad Max thing

>>9800775
A desert planet with acidic oceans and islands of plastic?

Mutants and Petrol Nomad Gangs. All that pure unadulterated freedom is gonna be sweeee-itt, I'm tellin yous all.

Why would you want to?

>>9800581
For English Exam

>>9800737
What kind of an exam judges your writing style, rather than the quality of your prose?

All I read is 19th and 18th century works, and so I have the tendency, when I write papers in uni, to write very long sentences, filled with commas and semi colons. This is the style of writing I most enjoy reading, and thus it's the standard by which I judge my own writing, as I try to emulate it.

tolkien is shit, so yes

>>9800482
Whats with GRRM threads all of a sudden?

>>9800482
>5 masterpieces
Bait I know but I seriously doubt anyone believes this. They're alright but they'll be forgotten pretty soon after the show finishes up

>>9800300
Really depends on your age. If you're older than, e.g., twenty three then I would argue that you won't win anything by reading nineteenth century YA literature.

>>9800314
t. pleb

>>9800300
If you understand him you will be

I am interested in hearing lit on this matter.

I actually really liked it but morgues are in the basement because it is the coldest spot in a building

>>9800150
Have you read book 2 ? Worth continuing?

Examples?

>>9799907
You haven't gotten to the meat and potatoes yet, anon. Besides, you are not accurately comprehending it yet because it's only your first reading. Consider this, The Republic is open to endless speculation. Plato doesn't like to give bullet proof arguments, he likes to leave a little wiggle room to encourage discussion. Don't look at Socrates as the definite authority. Plato wants you to examine each argument and idea presented. And don't read The Republic for plot, anon.

>>9799945
This is the correct way to read Plato. It's a fun exercise to go through the various arguments and see if there are any weaknesses or false equivalencies, coming to your own conclusions through careful reasoning. The whole point of the book is to make you think for yourself.

"My god, what a delightful, shapely ear this woman has," I thought, as I raped her exquisite cunt.

Do you realize the illicit sensuous delight I get from picking your nose? There are so many subtle variations of sensation. My delicate, pointed-nailed fifth finger can catch under dry scabs and flakes of mucous in the nostril and draw them out to be looked at, crumbled between fingers, and flicked to the floor in minute crusts. God, what sexual satisfaction!

>>9799851
She left a hole in my heart. Bigger than her lies.

>>9799630
no because then there would be many more worthwhile female authors

>deriving spiritual sustenance from muh dik
i'm sceptical

>>9799637
/thread

>>9799630
>pic very related, you know he gave joyce and fitzgerald mustache rides
The imagery is disturbing yet intriguing.

>>9799493
>Is transgenderism ultimately rooted in platonic metaphysics?

no

>>9799493
it sounds more like a cartesian problematic to me. The transparency of the mind allows the transgender to see that their self is contained in mind stuff and that their body is separated from that mind stuff.

>>9799506
further we can state the transgender skepticism as: How can I be sure that I am really a male or female? A Kantian transgender question would be something like: What conditions make it possible for me to be able to tell that I am a male or female? Not really a good question or one that transgenders ask. I haven't read much Kripke but he'd probably know how to answer this question best.

>>9799480
Brian Jacques right? Loved his books when I was a kid, in my eyes a fairly overlooked children's author.

>>9800419
Yeah I just remembered him the other day.

>>9799480
that food

>"You can stop making those reading on public transport threads"
>makes a reading on public transport thread

>>9799369
nope

>>9799366
bugs... easy on the carrots ;)

get some vltchek, ganser's gladio book, martin lee's acid dreams, wilford's "the mighty wurlitzer"

>>9799227
who or what is vltchek, ganser, martin lee, and wilford?

IGNORE THIS REPETITIVE THREAD
>IGNORE THIS REPETITIVE THREAD
IGNORE THIS REPETITIVE THREAD
>IGNORE THIS REPETITIVE THREAD

>>9798935
You are retarded and definitely underage.
Fuck off

>>9798939
bonjour monsieur

>>9798935
just live your life

nope

Memes aside, what are the odds that he actually dies before finishing the series?

>>9798670
it's likely

Its just a recursive loop you idiot.

Reading in itself does not have any real impact on intellect. You can waste all your time reading trashy pulp novels and get not one whit wiser. Reading will generally improve your vocabulary though, even if all you read is genre fiction. So even if you know nothing of importance and are confused by all but the simplest of topics you can at least give the illusion of being educated by speaking eloquently.

>>9798633
>Reading in itself does not have any real impact on intellect.
This is measurably false though. Even just reading meaningless collections of words impacts brain development, particularly at a young age, and also helps resist degradation of memory functions in the elderly