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How the fuck is it possible for one guy to write so much? I've gone through a few of his short story collections, nonfiction, the first few hundred pages of his tome "The Dying Grass", and I'm just overwhelmed by this guy's span of interests.
It seems unreal he could visit so many places and just be capable of forming the sentences he does. Yeah, some of them are superfluously pretty, but there's always something interesting and unique going on in them. That level of creative energy is astounding.
Thoughts on him?
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Someone here once called him DFW-lite and that bothered me so much as I was attempting to read Europe Central that I had to put it down and haven't gone back to it since
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>>9642882
I find DFW unreadable and think Vollmann is some kind of god
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>>9642866
well for one he got the fuck out of the house at a super early age. grabbed a pen, camera and a notebook and got right into life. he's probably lived more than all of us combined. pretty sure he almost died once or twice too.
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Does anyone here read Japanese Light Novels? How did you start? Are there any in English?
I'm a total newb and have never read one and have no idea where to begin.
Some guidance would be appreciated.
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I liked Durarara and you can get a few titles in english from Yen On
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>>9642860
Small market, but it is profound enough to look into, i purchase very few light novels but currently looking into The Devil Is A Part Timer! and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
The Japanese light novels that were profound enough for me to buy in native language was Kokoro Connect and Full Metal Panic!, and soon it might be Amagi Brilliant Park I consider buying as well(same auther as FMP)
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>mfw he spent 150,000 dollars on an education he coulda got for 6 bucks in late fees at the Boh-sten public library!
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>>9642844
Why would Stephen Harper say that?
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>>9642910
Because he didn't waste his money on a meme degree and he's a big Matt Damon fan
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>>9642953
>masters in economics
>not a meme degree
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When will she take her rightful place as Chief Modernist?
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>2k17
>literary world still isn't HD ready
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Helen in Egypt is too op for English lit meta
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>>9644134
Her shorter (earlier) poems were the best
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What's a writer you'd recommend to a drug addict? I want some literature that has something to do not with the aspect of the addiction itself but with the alienation that comes with it.
Dostoievski, Nabokov, Saramago, Pessoa and Milton are some writers I really enjoy.
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De Quincey and Baudelaire, for starters.
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>>9642713
You're being overly romantic about your alienation.
Just git gud.
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Hunter S. Thompson and William Burroughs
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Book covers that are better than the book. 2017-06-16 03:57:49 Post No.9642691
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Book covers that are better than the book.
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I haven't read 2666, but I know it's about murders and such. Can someone explain to me why the cover has all these satyrs and magicians?
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Summarize your book/project into a short thesis.
>In no other period of history have the conscious living been so fully aware of their mortality, impact, strength and existence, yet so ready to abandon themselves for the seemingly limitless wonder and eternity of the archive that is the digital world. If we are to ever be brought to our knees and subdued like beasts and livestock, the cause will certainly be our ability to say so little with so much. Vanity and our ability to balance it with curiosity and knowledge, will carry us deep into the universe, so long as we remember to look both up and down.
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It is the nature of intelligent civilizations to destroy themselves, that is the answer to the Fermi Paradox. Our solar system is oddly structured, with a garden world between two post-catastrophe worlds, in a sense: Venus demonstrating the devastating effects of unregulated C02 emissions and other harmful atmospheric agents, while Mars demonstrates the world with virtually no atmosphere or magnetosphere to speak of, which happens to be a likely result of nuclear fallout.
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>>9642706
That's actually a fun way to look at our Solar System. Besides grimdark, are there any books that deal with the last/final species? Glad you're writing, anon.
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>>9642714
I couldn't let your thesis go unanswered.
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ITT: Famous works of literature that are known to be ghostwritten
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my diary desu
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>>9642651
pic-unrelated
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>>9642651
[citation needed]
She transcribed what she had seen in a dream.
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>Wallace himself has said that the book can be viewed as a dialogue between Wittgenstein and Derrida.
What do I need to read of Wittgenstein and Derrida in order to understand what DFW was trying to do with The Broom of the System?
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Can you find the source where he said that?
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>>9642645
probably that charlie rose interview from the early 90s but i'll be damned if i'm going to watch that dweeb prattle on for an hour about pseud shit to find out if my memory serves correctly
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hes fulla shit it's a wacky pomo wank about how many names david can drop in 300fun-filledpages
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What should I name my protagonist? this is a tragedy and the protagonist is a senator.
Here's what I got so far:
1) Harry Moss
2) Harry Mossburg
2.5) Harry Mossbarger
3) Henry Muff
4) Harvey Muffin
5)Herman Melville
6) Howard Mildew
7) Howie Mandell
8) Héctor Moldball
9) Héctor Molden
10) Molden Cauliflower
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curtis yarvin
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hemnon feleus
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Go with Henry Moss.
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What's your favorite fictional name from literature?
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Stephen Dedalus or Amory Blaine
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Master Necro Mega-Damage Rapeface
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Sidi bin Sidi bin Sidi, The Wearer of the Two Hats, Light of the Horizon, Supreme Commander and President for Life of All the Peoples of Lolómé, also known as "Seedy Sidi"
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have to write an essay on a book i didn't read. anyone willing to help a guy out? 500 words by tomorrow morning.
pic related its the book i didn't read.
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>>9642499
Only if you PROMISE to read it later
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>>9642499
That's my favorite play actually.
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>>9643030
go home /pol/
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Post your calibre library
Rate mine
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>>9642487
Borges and Killing Pablo were both great
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>>9642511
I looked Autobiography of a corpse for reviews
>inspires both a hugely popular circus act and a new refutation of Kant
How was it?
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>>9642573
i dunno none of these books have been read yet, they are the ones on my kindle.
Currently reading Madness and Civilization.
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going to college in a few months 2017-06-16 02:41:14 Post No.9642407
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going to college in a few months
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I'm reading through Infinite Jest right now. What other books/writers will make me seem cultured and sophisticated to cool college kids (particularly the ladies)?
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College students don't read
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People will think you're cultured just for reading outside of class in college as long as you aren't reading YA shit. Also in my experience most people read different things.
I read infinite jest and Im in college. Nobody talks about it unless they are making a joke. Great book, dont get me wrong, but dont read it just because you think itll advance you socially.
Marukami is popular on my campus, but Ive yet to read any of his books. I dont know, maybe Keruoac will create some conversation starters.
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why don't you focus on bettering yourself to make the world a better place in stead of worrying about your image
Are there any styles of cover better than this? It's simple, but still pretty and elegant with some light decorations like the bands, or similar small epithets. Nice colors are common, like a dark burgundy, burnt sienna, or navy blue.
In addition they look much better together on a shelf when compared to more "shouty" covers. What's this style of cover called?
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the cover doesn't sell.
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I really like Bible style covered books. Where it's just plain black and it says the title in gold. I firmly believe that Bible design is one of the many reasons Christianity became so popular
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>>9642391
my favorite material for book covers is the black imitation leather of bibles.
it combines the best of hardcover and the best of paperback. Very resistant while being ideal for reading in the subway/bus/train/waiting room.