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/lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc. If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/. If you want to discuss politics, go to /pol/. Philosophical discussion can go on either /lit/ or /his/, but ideally those discussions of philosophy that take place on /lit/ should be based around specific philosophical works to which posters can refer.

Check the wiki, the catalog, and the archive before asking for advice or recommendations, and please refrain from starting new threads for questions that can be answered by a search engine.

/lit/ is a slow board! Please take the time to read what others have written, and try to make thoughtful, well-written posts of your own. Bump replies are not necessary.

Looking for books online? Check here:
Guide to #bookz
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Recommended Literature
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading

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What children novels have much deeper meanings, like Alice's adventures in wonderland?
When did you pick up on them?

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Have you ever read a book so bad that you considered destroying it afterwards?
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>>8464997
Implying Anne Frank?
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>>8467723
Just the title next time thanks. 1/10
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>>8464640

A Separate Peace. I actually burned it.
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Ulysses. Incomprehensible claptrap by design. It is pure, unadulterated garbage, deserving none of the praise it gets. I would burn it if the copy was mine; thank God that I didn't waste any money on that abomination.
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Winds of Worrisome Delays Edition

Will it ever be weleased? Will GRRM ever deliver the conclusion of the series?


Recommendations:
>Fantasy
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg/
Flowchart: http://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg/

>Sci-Fi
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg/ http://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg/


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>>8472756
finally, a smart man in this pointless chain
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>>8472673

>aging up the characters to the point where arya should be a hot assasin lady

I think GRRM originally meant to create a time gap in the series sometime after the Red Wedding and then resume the series from 5-10 years in the future, where Arya is now a implacable assassin bent on revenge. Then the series' sales went through the roof and he or his publisher changed his mind.
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>>8472329
I don't think GRRM ever had a firm ending nailed down besides a few specifics (like Jon's heritage being central to both political and magical storylines). He's said in interviews that his process is more "organic" and he writes first and organizes second. Plus if you read his original query letters about these books his original vision for them doesn't at all resemble what we have now, so who knows how much his vision of the story has changed since book 1 was published.
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Why is the Wheel of Time so fucking slow? I really like the story and character but I just can't get gripped to it because of the pace.
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What are Jack Vance's best works? I'm reading through Dying Earth right now and I'm absolutely in love with his prose and the tone of the stories that is melancholic and playful at the same time.

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What are some good books about buddhism that aren't new age bullshit for middle aged women? Is Nhat Hanh good?
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>>8473268
Primary texts?

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>first day of philosophy class
>professor pronounces "Neichze" as "neat-say"
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>>8472653

No it's not.

Are you american?
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>>8473185
did you even need to ask?
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>>8473185
if it's Austrian german, it would rhyme with Van Cough, except the last sound would be more of a ch, but not quite.
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>>8473213
>Austrian German
???? Why would this be relevant?
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>>8473213
>Van Gogh
>Van
It's Dutch you plebeian. Like Ludvig Van Beethoven.

ITT: Books you hate that everyone else loves
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>>8472790
lmao look at this fucking pleb faggot chickenshit edgelord bitch
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>>8472792
You mean delaney?
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>>8472729
t. Bruce Dickinson
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>>8472729
Why is stranger in a strange land bad?
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Proofs that catholicism is the ultimate cuck religion:

1) Hilaire Belloc wanted to cuck robots from their own hands:

>The world is full of double beds
>And most delightful maidenheads,
>Which being so, there’s no excuse
>For sodomy of self-abuse.

2) Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu cucked the terminally ill from their painkillers.

What are we reading, /lit/?
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>>8462419
Started reading this two days ago, desu.

Bretty good, but the characters seem a little stiff.
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Just finished this.
First volume was great. The creation of the world, and gods, as well as their stories, and reign was amazing.
Middle volume made me stop reading for 2 weeks. Everything was still great to the moment when Emperor Jimmu dies. Then you need to go through, what is basically, a genealogical tree. You will probably lose any idea what's happening. Or maybe it's just me, and the fault was my Polish translation where the names are translated to their literary sense, which gave me a headache.
Lower volume is ok. Basically just the stories about emperors, not much of gods, and a lot of singing.

Good read, if you're interested in Japanese mythology and history
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Catch 22. Pretty fucking funny so far
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>>8472587

>tfw a massive chunk of spanish works still arent translated

rip
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>>8472004
Thats what im reading!
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Memes aside, is he really that bad? I've never read him but I have to read "Drown" for my workshop this semester.
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>>8470957
I never said his writing was SJW, merely that one should avoid listening to Junot Diaz, the person.
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>>8470991
tbf do you go to an insufferable school
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>>8467771
>I don't believe in god, it's more cultural.

You are the textbook fucking definition of phony.
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>>8467757
>there are people this insecure
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>>8473177

What do you want from me? I wish I could believe, but I have no faith. It's like I was born with something missing. That which is crooked cannot be made straight. The Church does a lot of good, and we were happier and better off when belief was more common, I will always have more sympathy for Christians than for other atheists.

There's no need to lose your temper, not everyone fits into neat, easy categories.

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Didn't see one. If you want feedback, have the courtesy to give other's the same treatment too. Don't just wait. It could be as simple as a feeling.

But please, you'll post whatever regardless.
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>>8472423
I don't like the uncle's second opening line. I want it to a bit less rambolic but still chiding. I didn't mean to separate his speech without an action in between, that's an error on my part.
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>>8472435
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>>8472438
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Anon wondered why he didn't try writing more. One million bad words in everyone, he read from someone quoting someone else, the first guy responding to someone else on an anonymous shitposting forum. Why not write, write, write. Illusion of productivity. He'd never submit this, he thought. Good. He began wondering if/how often he'd write more, and what it'd be about. Words comin' out, they've gotta come out. Illusion of productivity. And expression. And talent. He thought about (((Harold Bloom)))'s criticism of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. "No discernable talent." What if the kike was trying to discredit Wallace's discovery of the Jewish scheme to sedate us all with crappy, uneducating, meaningless entertainment? What if. He paused, not knowing what to think of or write next. He was enjoying this, but it would have to end. What would he write about the next time he had this urge? He stopped writing. Didn't want to think about the passage of time or the meaninglessness of life any longer.
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>>8473250
Get those juices flowing anon.

no not like that

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Goodreads thread?

Mine: https://www.goodreads.com/julas

Looking for some friends to add. I still have a few hundred ratings to make, but it gets tiring remembering the books I've read.
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>>8473253
ARE YOU A GIRL
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>>8473259

It'd make life easier, but life's already good enough. No.

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what do you want in life?
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>>8473206
You're living a pipe dream and if you seriously invest money into this hairbrained scheme it's gonna hit you hard.
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>>8473219
if you say so
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The courage to ask out this girl that's way out of my league. And for her to say yes.
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>>8473241
Don't do it it's not worth it to risk it.
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>>8473252
Fuck off namefag

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I've never read a book before in my life and I want to start getting into them.

What are some good beginner-friendly books?
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>>8473079
Ender's Game, the Harry Potter series, the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings.

Most really popular modern books are generally fairly easy to read.
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>>8473079
>>7628174
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1984
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Faust
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>>8473085
Kek

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>this writer earns $100,000,000 per year

Has anyone read James Patterson novels? They're probably pleb as heck, but do they have the slightest merit?
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>>8472966
At least hes realistic.
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>>8472958
King made $15 million last year.

Patterson makes more as Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, John Grisham and E. L. James combined. Yet I never heard about him before yesterday.

>>8472959
Everyone can write trash to appeal to the masses, yet it won't sell as well. Why? There must be something with Patterson that the others can't touch.
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>>8472986
I think it's a combination of the fact that he started much earlier than a lot of other trash writers (i.e. long before the internet age) so he could establish himself in the genre, perseverance (also known as money), and somewhat competent (shit tier thriller) writing.
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>>8472918
>a legion of ghost writers
Goddamnit. Smart move I guess.
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>>8472966

It's because he isn't really a writer. He just pays others for their work and uses his name. He knows for a fact the real authors work as his slaves for next to nothing. If you want to be a real author you will be his slave. And believe him when he says that isn't a thing you want to be.


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