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Who here hype?

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What books have similar atmosphere to True Detective (season 1)?

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Do you think Hermione would have been better off with Harry like JK Rowling intended? Was Ron really too incompatible and misogynistic for someone as gracious as her? Was the fan pandering at the expense of good storytelling?

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What's a cooler version of Harry Potter?

HP was a children's book and had a simplistic system of magic

I want something hip and fun that explores magic but doesn't go full fantasy tier wizardry, and still has modern tropes.
Key here is: nice magic system, cool characters, YA ish, hip and not for children

Pic related is the aesthetic Im looking for

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Which type are you?

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Who is literature's ultimate final boss?
In my opinion:

>T.S. Eliot
or
>James Joyce

any one else?

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If there was one philosopher one should study the entire body of work, which would it be?

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>walk into B&N with large sizes hot coffee, just bought it
>smile at the security guard as I walk in, he smiles back
>in the fiction section, back of the store
>dozens of copies of a new book are lined up on the floor, spine in so i can't see what book it is
>bend over to pick one up
>as I bend over my coffee spills all over about a dozen of the books, basically ruining them, I estimate $250-$300 in damages
>I look up for a security camera to make sure they didn't get my face but when I see one I freeze and stare at it for 10 seconds like a fucking deer in the headlights
>I place my coffee cup on a shelf and casually walk out
>I hear an employee in the back of the store yell "jesus fucking christ!"
>security guard smiles at me as I leave, I smile back
>tfw the coffee cup i left had my easily searchable unique first name and last initial on it

another time:
>walk into B&N bathroom
>record pic related

another time:
>walk into B&N
>copies of some Hidden Figures movie-based books are on sale, front of the store
>i pick one up, turn it around, hock a giant loogie on the back cover, and put it on the top of the stack display, so it's the first one someone picks up
>walk out

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http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/2738/

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people who actually read books: do you care about getting them dirty?

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What's the sweetest line or story or book that a woman has written about her love to a man, in your opinion?

The sort of thing you wish someone would write about you.

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Hey guys!

I published a book on Amazon called:

"Book of Chill"

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Chill-Chill-Laugh-kind-ebook/dp/B073MLX7QF/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1500811820&sr=1-1&keywords=book+of+chill+mikael

It's mostly about being happy being yourself, no matter what.

I was wondering how I can market this type of book? Any forums? I tried some subreddits, but no response.

If you guys are interested, you can download it here for free:

https://www.docdroid.net/kmZiUC3/book-of-chill.pdf

Thanks for all the help!

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>your city
>best bookstores there

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Nietzsche once claimed that when it comes to philosophical talent, India is first, and England is last (worst). He also claimed that Europe has not yet reached the level of spirituality that India had reached thousands of years ago.

/lit/ likes to talk about the Bible a lot, it's become almost a meme, we all seem to agree Bible is a source of wisdom.

But comparing the ancient Indian Indo-European civilization with the Jewish one, to see the spiritual level they were at.

Deuteronomy was written in 7th century BC (according to scholars). It has stuff like:

>You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. However, of those that chew the cud or that have a split hoof completely divided you may not eat the camel, the rabbit, or the coney.

A veritable pearl of wisdom.

TWO CENTURIES before that in the 9th century BC, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad had already been composed. Sample from the text:

>"That (Brahman) is infinite, and this (universe) is infinite. the infinite proceeds from the infinite.
>(Then) taking the infinitude of the infinite (universe), it remains as the infinite (Brahman) alone."

One text deals with stuff like what you can eat and where you can put your penis, the absolute retardation probably due to excessive exposure to sun of the desert man can be felt on every page of the Bible.

On the other hand, the Indian text of the time show a philosophical depth of a Kant or a Hegel. Schopenhauer said that the re-discovery of the Upanishads by Europe is comparable to the rediscovery of ancient Greek materials in the Renaissance. He said it's by far the most profound material he's ever read.

Question: Why do we still waste so much time & energy with Desert Trilogy when our own, Indo-European heritage, is so much more richer and profound?