/out/ Reading

>>881691
Inb4 people sperg out and start posting FM 21-76 and The SAS Survival Handbook.

I just finished The Road; it was pretty good but Jesus fuck, Cormac Mcarthy has no understanding of punctuation.

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Free on-line in pdf. Getting tired of telling you loders.

>>881691

I read Blood Meridian (again) during my last weekend trip. Something about it feels appropriate.

>>881759
That book is nuts

i've worked through the longmire and joe pickett series while i've been out hiking. Nothing too heavy just a nice light read while i kick back

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>>881691
I hiked/camped the Incan trail in Peru last year. It was pretty awesome reading this book and learning the history of the area in the midst of all the places in the book.

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When you're in the hot desert

Game of Thrones -- No joke, the books are very entertaining, I couldn't put them down. TV series, not so much.
Sherlock Holmes -- Excellent series. The books by Doyle are amazing, and there's tons of fan-fic or re-writes by other authors.
WarCraft lore -- The first few books have decent plot. The latter are just Gary Sue stories of Rhonin, and quite frankly stupid as fuck.
Books by William Gibson -- Very cyberpunk in nature, start with Necromancer and move your way up.

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Almost anything by Cormac McCarthy is a good read while /out/.

Pic related was the first time I took a book /out/ when I was 15 and I've associated McCarthy with the woods ever since.

>>882436
>>881759
forgot to link to your post

>>881691
the harry potter series are always good time wasters when youre trying to just read and sleep. really easy reading, long books, pretty large series

Just want to interject in this thread real quick. Please DO NOT knock the popular series that are being listed in this thread because it might be too "mainstream". They're popular for a reason; they're better than some lesser known titles which may end up being posted.

Please, just give it a shot. Read a few chapters. If it doesn't float your boat then drop it like a sack of puppies in water. Just don't dismiss a title because it has some light in the public eye.

Enjoy your reading folks.

>>882460
The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, John Green books, and general self insert YA garbage is exceedingly popular.
And its all shit. By every metric, its complete shit. Not because its mainstream, but because its shit. It became mainstream because it was shit, because people are shit.
Of course, the most popular books of all time, like the iliad or bible are fantastic, so dont assume im calling them shit because they are mainstream. They are just simply shit, and anybody who thinks differently is a fucking retard. Theres no possible way you could defend such desecration of the written word.

>>882494
jesus dude, what pissed you off

>>881719

That's Corncob's writing style. Check out Blood Meridian and Suttree.

>>882517

He's right though. That garbage cannot compare to works of art like The Iliad or Moby Dick. The fact that people read them and not actual, good classic books amazes me.

>>881691
Terry Pratchett isn't all that great for /out/ but I found The Fifth Elephant strangely comfy to read while winter camping last year.

>captcha
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Jack London is great,
Steinbeck is awesome (travels with Charley is a fav, also cannery row)
Farley Mowat for easy/quick reading (dogsong)
My #1 go-to is Stephen King. His short stories are very good

Although McCandless gets a little hate from people who considered themselves serious outdoorsmen, I really enjoyed Into The Wild. It's about more than a naive kid starving to death in Alaska, it's a very good examination of the human drive for the edges of society, and thrill seeking in general.

I just re-read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep last night, holy hell that one makes me sad for the destructive nature of mankind. The loss of animals and destruction of environment is a tough future to contemplate.

>>882561
Have you actually read moby dick? It's just Melville masterbating over how much he likes whaling for pages and pages. The best writing in the book was the short part before he even went aboard forcing Melville to not write about whaling for a few pages.

>>882494
Not read the other two, but i thought Harry Potter was decent enough. Just like not every meal you eat has to be Michelin-starred haute cuisine, sometimes you just want to read something that's entertaining. Not undiluted word porn, not life-changing genre-busting genius brought to life on paper. Sometimes you just want Good Enough: chart music, or McDonalds, or Harry Fucking Potter.

Don't knock it.

>>882714

Yes. Are you not aware of what those pages were trying to symbolise? I'm legitimately curious and not trying to "hold it over your head" or anything. A lot of people don't get it until it's explained to them.

>>882865
Stephen King is the self-admitted big mac and fries of literature. If you are an adult who reads Harry Potter you are a woman and a faggot

>>881691
I never have time to read while out, always tons of stuff to do. I guess I could read by flashlight in the tent at night but I usually just chill by the fire and then when I head in for the night I go straight to sleep.

>>881719
Cormac McCarthy has his own version of punctuation. Like that other guy said, read Blood Meridian, read Suttree, get enlightened.
>>881759
I live in the woods and I reread Blood Meridian yearly at a minimum. So good and yes, very appropriate.

My Dad gave me Blood Meridian on our last camping trip.
Also love rereading Hatchet and Brian's Winter. Loved Gary Paulsen since I was a kid.

I love reading Vonnegut always. He might not be the most /out/ author but i find that reading anything when you are out in the woods is especially enjoyable.

Cat's Cradle is my favorite, but I haven't read then all yet.

>>881691
>i just read the Silmarillion (boy was that a thick piece of toast to ingest)

Now read it again.

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I'll post some recommendations from my kindle. Most of these come from other /out books threads so I downloaded before kat died. I haven't read them yet though.

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>>885743

>>885098
He's also written some pretty comfy /out books.

The Stand
It
The Gunslinger
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

>>885693
I'm really not fond of his voice at all but I understand why people like him. Italo Calvino is sort of similar but I refer him vastly, the Our Ancestors "trilogy" is pretty /out/. Particularly 'The Baron in the Trees'

>>885716
yeah i plan to, there is so much i lost while trying to memorize all the charecters and scenes

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This. It's hard to get into because of the dialect, but worth it. Having a weird broken language helps you get into the mindset of a primitive way of existing. It's atmospheric as fuck too.

>That dog. I wunnert what the name of him myt be. Which I dont mean name like my name is Riddley or formers myt call a pair of oxen Jet & Fire. I knowit he dint have no name the other dogs callt him by nor I wunt try to put no name to him no moren Iwd take it on me to name the litening or the sea. I thot his name myt be a fraction of the nite or the numbers of the black wind or the hisper of the rain.

The broken empire trilogy first. Then the red queens war

>>882421
The first time I ever read Dune was while I was hiking the Mojave with some friends. One of the most immersive books I have ever read and easily the best sci-fi book I have ever read

>>882460
>don't be a bunch of faggy hipsters who put down anything popular because you think you will look cool
>>882494
>popular books are objectively shit
I hate you. How can you call a book objectively shit? The whole point of literature and arts is subjectivity, trying to call a book "objectively X" is like calling a scientific paper "just someone's opinion". kys faggot

also Harry Potter is fucking genius and we will be lucky to see another series of books that are comparable to Harry Potter in the next century

>>886275
Harry Potter is mildly clever archetypal writing for kids. It is inventive to a degree but it's by no means great or anything revolutionary. If you are an adult and dedicate your time to reading books written specifically for people 12 years old you are a failed tumblr-tier retard who probably still uses "adult" coloring books. You realize there are full fledged adults who spend dozens and dozens of hours re-reading these shit childrens books, nevermind watching the movies ad nauseum who consider themselves worldly readers? I hope you are a girl anon, if you have a cock this is absolutely pathetic.

http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/09/24/dumbing_down_american_readers/

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>>881691
Candide is a great read. It's all type 2 fun, and world travel.

I would love to read a song of ice and fire while out, but i just cant be bothered to take those fat books out with me. Its really a shame, they can feel pretty comfy while out

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Currently reading this one while hiking in the same place the author did, it's pretty cool

>>888635
just get a kindle paperwhite. it lasts forever on one charge, is pretty darn light, super thin, and holds a library of books.

>>885752
I have read it over 10 times. Each time something new appears.

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best /out/ book ever hands down.

Its true story about a dude with no resources who manages to build a yacht out of wood he finds on the beach, and other crap that's just lying around. Then he sails the boat all over the south pacific, the whole book is perfectly tailored to the /out/ brand of escapism

>>888702
This.

Paperwhite lasts for ages on a charge, you can use it in literally every light condition, and it stores thousands of books.

Plus its extremely light weight.

Any good books about Alaska?

>>882494
This, Hunger Games was so poorly written, it's no wonder only women and fags who are incapable of reading Joyce enjoy the series

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>>881691
Absolutely required reading for blue water sailing.

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Reading while outdoors destroys all the purpose of being outdoors to begin with; reading is about escapism, you only read when you feel unconsciously dissatisfied with your surroundings.
You you feel the need to take part in surrogate activities while outdoors then it means you're not really enjoying it. But then again, each has its own purpose when going outdoors and most people here seem to do it just to show off or to be edgy while some rare few still come here to share tips on how to make a living off it and try to actually break free from this slavery.
I wish you normies would just fuck off or grow some balls.

>>890582
I brought mine on the JMT and it lasted the whole time, 20 days, no problem. Just be sure to keep that bitch on airplane mode, and it can last a month.

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A modern Utopia is a good read, as well as Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, and On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

>>893235
So when i'm out backpacking 20 miles a day, set up camp, eat, wash, and sit down at the end of the day for a nice read by the campfire i'm somehow destroying the purpose of the outdoors? Reading and writing while /out/ is a tradition, it has nothing to do with escapism.

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Read this when backpacking through East Africa. Very interesting and provided a solid groundwork to understanding contemporary politics in the countries I visited. Would recommend to anyone interested in the continent.

>>893240
>tradition
Whose tradition is it besides a couple of rich Europeans who didn't have to bother hunting game and went outdoors for the sole purpose of being a special snowflake? Just because dead people did it that doesn't make it less stupid.

>>893245
>Just a couple of rich Europeans
You mean the ones capable of reading?

So basically whenever you go /out/ you hunt all your food, cook using traditional methods, and all that shit, right? It's not only illegal most places to do that, but also cutting down trees to create shelter and do most bushcraft essentials. Backpacking doesn't require the kind of outdoor skills you are talking about, and there are few places to exercise those skills left in the Western world.

>>881691
the razor's edge! it's one of my favourite books and there are some pretty /out/ parts on it. you will enjoy it i assure you!

>>887224
wise anon!

>>893243
You hiked through East Africa? Can we get some info on that? Are you White? Black? Asian? What was your path? How long of a trip was it?

>>893235

this guy's read his kaczynski.

i see where you're coming from but as the other anon notes, a lot of those skills you can't even practice unless you're on your own land. you can hunt small game like rabbits and squirrels, pick some plants, and build fires, but creating your own shelter and living entirely off the land is pretty darn hard unless you're A) truly in the middle of nowhere or B) on your own huge swath of private land; and you'd better know exactly what you're doing in those cases 'cause if you screw up no one will be there to save you with a big mac.

i also don't agree reading destroys the spirit, not unless you're going for true hunter-gatherer lifestyle with no cultural artifacts from civilization. even kaczynski admits there's plenty of great stuff in culture; he just argues it doesn't outweigh the inevitable slavery technology slowly pushes on us. i respect your decision if that's how you go /out/ though; undoubtedly it is a more "pure" experience and if that gets your rocks off more power to ya.

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>>893243

White Australian but grew up in Tanzania. Speak the local language so makes things easier.

Started in Zanzibar on the coast and went inland to Lake Victoria. Visited the spot where Stanley met Livingstone at Lake Tanganyika. Went north to Kenya briefly before returning to Tanzania. Got around in a shitty old Suzuki vitara with a leaky radiator, as well as local busses. Pic taken out the window of said Suzuki while driving through tarangire national park.

Next trip will involve all Swahili-speaking countries. Will probably go with a few aussie mates and brother.

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>>893394
I own about 50 acres with a small river within it so whenever I feel overly free I go out for a swim/bath, that makes me fulfilled and I think anyone who would rather sit and read than do that is not in their right minds (aka too poisoned by society already). If I'm not doing that I'm either walking my dog or running around with it.
I raise some sheep so I don't have to rely on game, I just used that example to try and make the other anon think but I do kill some small miserable creatures once in a while. My country has strict hunting laws (not like I care) and my area too little game so unfortunately I wouldn't be able to go full hunter-gatherer.
I agree with uncle Ted on that, some "culture" but all culture acts like magnet, just as all other surrogate activities do. They're dangerous to human integrity so I avoid them at all costs.

>>893251
>You mean the ones capable of reading?

So everyone else is just disposable, right? All illiterate farm workers I've met were better people than townsfolk. Literacy says nothing about a person.

>So basically whenever you go /out/ you hunt all your food, cook using traditional methods, and all that shit, right?

Unfortunately I can't live off game, it's impossible in my area because it's almost nonexistent. I kill birds sometimes and eat them raw (don't tell anyone), I cook my sheep with fire I make.

>Backpacking doesn't require the kind of outdoor skills you are talking about

Backpacking while staying associated with modern slavery is cancer, I'm tired of seeing fucking hikers everywhere. If you like the outdoors, move there and stay there. If you think there's anything stopping you then you're delusional. I'm not trying to shame you, I'm just saying; DO IT and you won't regret it.

>and there are few places to exercise those skills left in the Western world.

Pic related. Total land vs. total population around the globe. Too few places, you say?

>>893514
>that makes me fulfilled and I think anyone who would rather sit and read than do that is not in their right minds

What's the difference between your situation and its opposite? (reading makes me fulfilled, who would rather move their body around in liquid than exercise the mind etc.).

>>893518
Reading a book is not the best form to exercise one's mind, friend. Not even close. You need to spend more time out if you think so.

>move their body around in liquid

That's one of the best feelings in the world, probably behind sex and eating a nice meal only. Certainly better than reading.

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>>893514
>that makes me fulfilled and i think anyone who would rather sit and read than do that is not in their right minds

Yeah okay buddy, you are better than everyone else because you swim instead of reading a book.

Congrats dipshit.

>>893524
Thanks, enjoy your video games too bro. The world's out there for you to experience it for real when you decide to go for it.

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>>881691


Always a good read innawoods

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>>885507
Love me some Gary Paulson. Remember reading them in 2nd or 3rd grade. So comfy.

I agree with most of these suggestions in this thread. I would add Rudyard Kipling as well. Some fantastic /out/ lit. You could also try /lit/ and start an /out//lit/ thread hah. I've seen a few and they'd have some more obscure suggestions.

Pic related is my all time fav /out/ book. Have at least 4 copies floating around my apartment, car, backpacks, etc. I have it with me at all times. If you haven't read Robert Service, I implore you to go buy a cheap version online of his collected works and get lost in that book.

>>893514
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So everyone else is just disposable, right? All illiterate farm workers I've met were better people than townsfolk. Literacy says nothing about a person.

Unfortunately, the sad reality is that just being a good person isn't enough. Literacy says a lot about a person, for example, their capacity to expand their consciousness by reading the thoughts of others.

Backpacking while staying associated with modern slavery is cancer, I'm tired of seeing fucking hikers everywhere. If you like the outdoors, move there and stay there. If you think there's anything stopping you then you're delusional. I'm not trying to shame you, I'm just saying; DO IT and you won't regret it.

I don't necessarily disagree with you here, but the fact of the matter is that it takes money to purchase land and resources that I am able to survive off of. Backpacking is a way to at least appreciate the outdoors for regular people who enjoy the city lifestyle
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>>893817

IDK how I managed to fuck up the formatting so badly....

>So everyone else is just disposable, right? All illiterate farm workers I've met were better people than townsfolk. Literacy says nothing about a person.

Unfortunately, the sad reality is that just being a good person isn't enough. Literacy says a lot about a person, for example, their capacity to expand their consciousness by reading the thoughts of others.

>Backpacking while staying associated with modern slavery is cancer, I'm tired of seeing fucking hikers everywhere. If you like the outdoors, move there and stay there. If you think there's anything stopping you then you're delusional. I'm not trying to shame you, I'm just saying; DO IT and you won't regret it.

I don't necessarily disagree with you here, but the fact of the matter is that it takes money to purchase land and resources that I am able to survive off of. Backpacking is a way to at least appreciate the outdoors for regular people who enjoy the city lifestyle
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>>893518
Reading is learning the outcome of someone else's exercised mind. Just because you are reading Immanuel Kant does not mean you are not exercising your mind as Kant did. Reading is and always has been a more sophisticated way of entertainment, you can become knowledgeable from it -- but you can also become knowledgeable from fishing or hiking.

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>>881691

>>882429
I can vouch for the first two. I read all the Sherlock series on trans-Atlantic plane trips and loved them. The Game of Thrones books are infinitely better than the TV show

>>893723
I used to read Hatchet series like every year for a few years when the winter season approached. It was like a ritual.

I miss those books, but i'll try reading Robert Service.

The Maine Woods and Wildwood Wisdom are bretty gud

>>893235
Why do you feel the need to tell blatant lies on the internet?

Reading does not interfere with appreciating the outdoors in anyway whatsoever. People read because they enjoy it, it implies nothing about their satisfaction with their surroundings. And to imply people go outdoors to be 'edgy' is just childish. They do it because its an activity they enjoy.

Spiteful people like you who assume the worst possible motivations in others for no reason should be ashamed of yourself.

Really anything. Voice recordings are fun too while out.

>>881719
The Road was written that way to evoke a sense of "it is after a nuclear holocaust, no one cares to speak properly anymore".

I found that the Fellowship of the Ring was a good read after a long FTX day.

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>>899398
Hemingway is literary smut for vapid sluts. As a patrician, I would not recommend this book unless you are either a homosexual or a woman.

>>893235

Almost every activity can be escapism, hiking can be escaping from concrete reality and submerging into nature and delving yourself into the beauty of it all to just forget about all the other stuff that's bothering you.

Also your implying reading is for plebs wtf man.

>>893235
>you only read when you feel unconsciously dissatisfied with your surroundings.
I'm the opposite though. If I feel dissatisifed with my surroundings I'm too anxious to concentrate on reading. If I feel relaxed like in nature, I can get into a book.

>>881719
You SH, both FM. Sorry. My autism just kicked in.

I like non fiction narratives.
Currently reading Attending Marvel's by James Simpson. It's about a scientific expedition to Patagonia in the 30s.

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I'm bit of a desert rat and I do most of my /out/ings in southern Utah. I almost always re-read Desert Solitaire by Ed Abbey. I think he describes my redrock deserts beautifully and he's a funny sumbitch.
I also love to read Tom Clancy while going solo /out/ . Helps take my mind off the goatmen and skinwalkers lurking just outside my tent.

>>901870
do you live in so ut

Agatha christie Poirot series

>>901875
Northern Utah but I travel to So Ut as often as I can. Moab is only about a 3 hour drive from where I live. Canyonlands Needles district is God-tier redrock country hiking in late fall.

>>893235
Reading isn't escapism. It's enriching an already fulfilling experience. You are satisfied with your life, but want to expand your mental horizon beyond reality. Not everyone is a depressed fuck like you, stop projecting.

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>>893514
Found the anarcho-primitivist! Enjoy your famine and preventable diseases.

I like reading Pepsi when /out/
>JK
PEPSI IS A NIGGER

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I like reading Pepsi when /out/
>JK
PEPSI IS A NEGROID

>>902665
Come up to Boise and lets go /out/ one day homie. Been to Utah a number of times over the past year and damn it really can be epic down in the southern part. Did some camping in Grand Escalante and Dixie National Forest in between some National Parks. Really amazing country and fun as fuck driving. Some pretty wild formations out there.

you know that movie The Edge? Anthony Hopkins' character is reading a book about surviving in the wild.

I want that kind of book, like a very basic good-to-know shit book that fits in a pocket

anyone got tips?

>>881719
McCarthy understands punctuation just fine. In fact, he understands it arguably more than most authors.

He avoids quotation marks in to not put the dialogue in a more important place than the narration. People tend to go right to the quotes, but the dialogue in his works is not always very important. It just serves as basic interaction, that the humans in the tale are no different than the world around them. It's humbling, or in the case of Blood Meridian, terrifying.

(yes, i'm a /lit/erature professor.)

>>907335
Just started Blood Meridien the other day. I feel like I'm having a fucking stroke trying to read it. I am enjoying it though and hopefully I'll get used to it.

>>882559
His lexicon hhnnngg

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Started to read Bruno Manser's diaries from the rain-forest.
>Swiss guy leaves civilization, goes jungle nomad with the Penang
>lives in the jungle as hunter gatherer for 6 years
>starts beef with the logging industry, organizes roadblocks and shit
>later he vanishes in the jungle, never to be found again
>10'000 fotos and hand drawn illustrations.

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>>910426

I read text books, so I can study and do homework while I'm camping/hiking. Retention goes through the roof when I'm comfy and calm while out.

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>>910447
>doing homework while hiking

>>882429
Neuromancer is the title, shit for brains.
It defines cyberpunk.

>>893519
Reading is the essential mind exercise, you double faggot.

>>900178
fuck you and everyone who looks like you

>>907299
great you tube channel he has

>>912044
>>910447
made me cringe too. stop being so productive and responsible!

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>>881691
I HIGHLY recommend.
If nothing else read The Odyssey.
I have not read Beowulf yet but it was in the picture and it is my next read for when I'm out.

>>885747
>the gunslinger
Say what you will about his entire library of publications, but the dark tower series is one of the most amazing book series I have ever read and shows a level of mastery far above anything else he has done.

>>914060
Man, I tried them recently and just couldn't stand them. It's wierd, because it should be the kind of thing I love. I adore surreal fantasy and not-Western settings, and there were some elements that really fascinated me, but something about the way King writes just really irks me. He feels like a white dad trying to be dark and edgy with no depth or taste. I dunno, does it get better with book three? I read the first two and the beginning of the third before I abandoned it.

>>914065
The Dark Tower series started off good but it ended up as a shit fest. I read a lot but it was one of the few series that I could not finish.

>>914073
Even in the first couple I found myself saying 'God dammit King' out loud because some of his writing choices are so bad. Mind you, this was coming straight off rereading McCarthy's big three, Lovecraft and The Old Man and the Sea so I guess my palate was badly adjusted. Plus it had been hyped to hell and back for me.

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Crossboarder here. Been reading this. Couldn't ask for a more perfect atmosphere personally.

>>885098
What if, say, you really enjoyed them in childhood and wanted to glean some nostalgia from an important part of your youth?

Just saying there's a circumstance for everything.

>>893235
>you only read when you feel unconsciously dissatisfied with your surroundings
Speak for yourself.

I simply like to fill my day with many activities. Outside or inside it doesn't matter. Reading for an hour in the evening while outdoors doesn't detract from the rest of the time in the day I spend enjoying nature.

I just finished Michael Ondaatje's 'The English Patient.'
If you live anywhere near, or are interested in, the desert it's a very good read.
(The film, while very good, doesn't show Ondaatje's attention to the desert)

Also an excellent read if you're British, Canadian, Aussie, or Kiwi. Written before the PC era, it paints a much more accurate and balanced picture of Anglo colonialism than anything to come out in the last 20 years. (Ondaatje is a born Sri Lankan, schooled in London, and employed in Canada)

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>>914158
I watched some of the anime, I loved the aesthetic and atmosphere but it wasn't a super great show. Is the mango better? I'll probably read it either way.

>>914380
The only mango I know of is a magical girl spinoff. The light novel on the other hand is much better than the show as far as I'm concerned. It gives you more insight into what Kino is thinking and how she's feeling in regards to the things she encounters.

The things she sees are more fleshed out and better executed in the novels as well.

I'd give it a shot. It's very light reading so you won't be out too much time or effort if you end up disagreeing.

Just bought this.

Haven't gotten into yet but I'm gonna start when I go into some snow

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>>914384
Fuck

>>914382
Ah, my mistake. I've just read some of the first volume and I'm really enjoying it so far. Definitely better executed, gets across the atmosphere a lot better. It's a shame that the anime was so low budget, but it did have some good scenes and interesting art. The episode with the slavers trapped in the snow was really good. Thanks for the recommend either way.

>>914481
I loved that episode, it's probably my favorite. It almost set the bar too high with it's placement as episode 2.

I'm glad you're enjoying reading it.

>>914054
That's some shit translations you got there

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>>881691
No thanks, I'll just actually enjoy nature while I'm there. Also pic related

>>914957
u weak or smth?

little sissy

>>881691
Check out Stewart Edward White.

>>914959
I forgot this board glorifies a 50lb base weight and shills metal jugs for water

If you want shorter books, try the Hatchet series.