You aren't neglecting brain day, are you? What are you currently reading and/or what do you recommend everyone else to read? I've just started Sun and Steel by Yukio Mishima
>>77603308I have that on my bookshelf and haven't cracked it open yet. What do you think of it so far? I started pic related back in September and then got sidetracked with life, but it was good so far. My third Houellebecq book, and I'm thinking it's the best yet, but I can't really judge it til the end. I've got a few more on the shelf I want to get to after that, but it feels like winter just started, so I think it's soup and book season.
>You aren't neglecting brain day, are you?I kinda've been. I've been listening to politics in between sets rather than reading but I will sporadically read Nausea when I'm in the mood. I couldn't get into Sun and Steel, it felt like a long poetic motivational instagram post.
>>77603323I'm gonna have to sit on it when I'm done but it reminds me of Industrial Society and Its Future. Mishima reminds me of Kaczynski in how strong his views are.>>77603325Have you given audio books a try?
>>77603365I'm opposed to audio books. I want to read a book at my own pace with time to pause and reflect, and I don't want the reader's tone and pace to influence me. Reading should be contemplative. Then again, the people who first witnessed oral histories and legends being written into books thought it a tragedy and a crime against their descendants, so what do I know? I just prefer the reading process, I guess.
>>77603394I agree actually. Audio books change the experience entirely and it doesn't feel as intimate. When you read it's just you and the book but audio books add that extra layer that make it feel more like TV.
>>77603323>My third Houellebecq bookWhat was your first?
>>77603428Submission. It made me think and has changed how I see some things. After that, I read Whatever, which was also good, but really felt like it belonged in the 90's, so wasn't as relevant.
>>77603394>>77603413Counterpoint: what else am I doing on a drive to work? May as well be productive by listening to a book. Better than music or a slopcast. That being said, type of book matters. I can’t do philosophy in audiobook form. History and most fiction works just fine though.
>>77603308I take brain day mechanistically literally in my readin'.>Polyphenols' impact on selected biomarkers of brain aging in healthy middle-aged and elderly subjects: a review of clinical trials>https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/17/3770>Role of BDNF Signaling in the Neuroprotective and Memory-enhancing Effects of Flavonoids in Alzheimer's Disease>https://www.benthamdirect.com/content/journals/cnsnddt/10.2174/1871527323666230912090856t. more jacked thanks to (((myoblast assay))) reading than actual lifting, but I obviously do both decently.
>>77603442It's been a while since I've read a book that's changed how I saw things so I'll have to give that a shot and make it my next read.
>>77603446There's nothing wrong with audio books if you enjoy them. It's just my opinion that I don't like them. On my drive to work I usually just ride in silence.
I'm nearing finishing Blood Meridian and it's pretty damn good can recommend, though it took me a while to get used to the language (especially as anon-native speaker it was quite difficult at the start)
>>77603323Once youve read one Houellebecq youve read them all.Good reads nonetheless
I'm reading The Jewel Of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker but it's just not nearly as good as Dracula.
>>77603308On my runs I've been listening to Cradle by Will Wight. It's a lot of fun, I think it deserves an anime adaptation.
>>77603308I wanted to buy i have no mouth and i must scream but local gay ass libraries dont sell it. The only thing ive found are ebook versions but fuck paying and not owning.
>>77603308>currently readingSpengler's Decline of the West. I don't care if he's right about anything so it's a great book to read in bed before falling asleep.>recommendTo Live by Yu Hua, it's about a guy who gambles away his entire inheritance and lives with the shame, then gets caught by the red guards during the cultural revolution and suffers even more. I think a lot of /fit/izens should read it because overcoming shame is a very important thing for many people here. Also it's short so it's not a big investment.
>>77603365>Have you given audio books a try?Yes, but I wouldn't really call it reading. I like listening to them at work or when speed-reading a book.If you like Yukio Mishima then his Sea of Fertility tetralogy is really awesome, especially the first two books.
been a while since I read anything, dug out my old kindle earlier this year and have been reading infinite jest just to see what the fuss is about (it's alright? iunno), been at it for months and only about halfway through. just finished we own this city from justin fenton, as one of those "wire is the best show ever"-type of guy I simply had to read it.
>>77603681Because McCarthy doesn't use commas or quotation marks it's a hard read for native speakers. Couldn't imagine reading it with English being my second language.
i monitor current world event via 4chan, online forums and reddit by day, lift weights by night when the gym is empty and it's safe to go there
>>77603308Reading is so fucking game. These huge fucking niggers in the NFL most certainly can’t read. They don’t even know what number’s on their back. And what the fuck do they need it for, they’re millionaires.I used to read as a kid and that shit RUINED my eyesight. I remember it happening but too young to understand it at the time.FUCK READING.I won’t let my kids read.Verification not needed for this based post.
>>77604319Good thing your kids can't read, that way they'll never be able to read your horrendous opinions online.
>>77603365I save audiobooks exclusively for fiction, and usually only when it has perfect voice actors, which is almost never, The last kingdom book series had an amazing voice actor for books 1-4
>>77603308Reading Genesis now. Also Child of God by McCarthy
>>77604607GOPHER WOODONLY IN FLORIDAW T F
>>77604660Quite a gem, this part
>>77603308I've been reading American Psycho for the last days.Since I haven't gotten proper sleep recently it has given me quite a mood, really edgy and manic. At least I haven't started listing off every piece of clothes I'm wearing and how much it cost yet.
>>77603805>Spengler's Decline of the West. I don't care if he's right about anything so it's a great book to read in bed before falling asleep.Read this too. It's like Orwell's 1984 (and Animal Farm) -- a relatively easy and entertaining read on its own, but what elevates it to masterpiece is how perfectly they saw what was going to happen. Both the big picture and the details.
>>77603308Listening to Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor during cardio sessions, love it thus far and the British narrator is superb, my only gripe is the fact that it's kinda hard to follow all the details of regiments, brigades, corps, etc. engaging in battles at x and y because there are no maps, but I'm watching the Stalingrad week by week videos by Indy so it does help, the book goes into very expansive detail about individual stories and events happening which as a whole form the whole picture of how gruesome and brutal the battle was, my brain visualising it all helps cement it's visceral feeling, also what are some good apps or sites for audibooks that aren't audible?
>>77603394>Reading should be contemplative.most pretentious shit i've read
>>77603781dude its like 3 pages
>>77603308about to start Demons. was thinking of starting some Tolstoy this year instead, but it's the last big work of Dostoy that i haven't yet read so i figured i'd finish him and move on to Tolstoy next
>>77604815It's 7 pages actually
>>77603781>>77604815It's also free online if you Google it. It's worth the read and take like 10 minutes.
>>77603308Thoughts on library?
>>77604999people like you give phone posters a bad name
>>77604999Good selection but you should put some of the more fragile books in a safer place. Wish I had a copy of Mein Kampf. Saw one for $20 at a used book store but didn't go for it
>>77605012The problem is that the photo rotated 90 degree during upload for some dumb reason. >>77605070I went to a discount bookstore once years ago, many popular books for under $10Mein was $40
>>77605355 Nothing by rockwell? Nothing by von moses? Shit collection cuh.
>>77605357von Mises*
>>77603308I'm a strong scientist that can smell crime. I need to get a new job though. Don't even wear a labcoat in the field.
>>77603805>Decline of the WestBased, I'm about to go and pick up Man and TechnicsWill be my first Spengler
I'm in the middle of a Ken Wilber book. I learned the essentials of AQAL about a decade ago and now I'm just brushing up, reading various parts of his collected works and so on. It super addictive, I love it! Also I started reading Mind Children by Hans Moravec. I'm into robots, and I also listened to a Terence McKenna talk where he said he'd once asked the mushroom spirits "mirror mirror on the wall, who's the weirdest of them all?" and she replied "Hans Moravec! Hans Moravec is the weirdest of them all". High praise from the Bard.
These threads are always the most cookie cutter, generic wannabe tough guy shit. Wow, you read Cormac McCarthy and Yukio Mishima? I remember 10 years ago when everyone thought was cool. You should read The Brothers Karamzov, Storm and Steel, Meditations, and The Iliad bro, they're kind of obscure and niche though, not sure if you've heard of those. You do know that seeking attention and validation for everything you do instead of just enjoying them is something that WOMEN and FAGS do, right?
>>77605822It's ironic that instead of having this thought and keeping it to yourself, you decided to write it down, do the captcha, and post it to get validation like a woman.
>>77603308Unironically I've just started Confessions of a Mask, by Mishima too
>>77603308>quit drinking brain fluid>sleep for 36 continuous hours
the only books I like to read are YA shit for children. why would I read gay boring shit like philosophy or "classics" that insist upon themselves
>>77606043Are you excited for the newest Red Rising book?
>>77605357Put me on then. I focus on esoteric and theological knowledge.
>>77606151Not that anon but could you recommend some esoteric knowledge books.
fit and lit?
>>77606275I recomend Rudolf Steiner's lectures and writings too
>>77604828Demons starts really slow but don't be tempted to drop it, the second half is absolute top tier
>>77606374That was me. It was super slow and I dropped it.
>>77604999How is your copy of The Art Of War so thick? My copy is like a pamphlet.
>>77606354Steiner sucks compared to Manly Palmer
>>77606823>Manly Palmer>conman and grifter who never experienced any of the stuff he wrote about and stole other people's research
>currently readingPrey by Michael Crichton.>reccommendPirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
>>77603308I'm reading The Fall of Hyperion, it's really enjoyable although I'm starting to wonder whether it'll have a satisfying ending. I've heard that the two other books are much worse so I'm gonna move on to something else afterwards, probably Solaris if I'll still have an itch for sci-fi. I mostly read for pleasure but it's still better than doomscrolling for the ole noggin'
i don't like non-fiction desu
>>77606354Where are you in your spiritual journey? Do you still sin? Have you reached enlightenment? Is your goals and will aligned with God's?
>>77604319Bodied all those posers
>bought yet another translation of The Tale of GenjiBut I will definitely read it... why don't people believe me when I tell them it's good and explains everything about Japan
>>77606991>Where are you in your spiritual journey?Hating women phase
>>77607349So you've reached enlightenment
My recommendation is my own book, my theory of sexual arousal. 100% material, physiological, none of that pleasure, desire or instinct stuff.Check it out bros:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rau6Cd2_Tb90E0UPvTMrZ75wFnSBq7z_751Yca8PxpE/edit?usp=sharing
>>77607618Are you published?
Been reading a bunch of Louis L'amour books at work. They're nice for being able to pick up and put down at a moments notice. He's an excellent descriptive writer, none of it is too heavy or complicated but it doesnt come across as slop. Top 3 are >The Walking Drum (historical fiction in like 1100AD-one of my favorite books ever)>Hondo (cowboy adventure)>Last of The Breed (native American airforce nigga escaping the ruskies during cold war shenanigans)
>>77607618I read 5 pages of this and I want to ask, have you ever made a woman orgasm? It reads like non white chud-kino
>>77608218I published the copies required to receive an ISBN. I'm planning to sell the full book on Amazon much later, but these pages, with the theory itself, were always supposed to be free.>>77608248There is no such thing as a female orgasm. And what men experience is also not some special feeling, just a release of a huge amount of tension.My theory is not chudistic, on the contrary: it proves that women are not some wicked bitches in heat, not sluts. For women, sex is just sex, just an activity like any other: it doesn't cause any strong or special feelings. Sex is just sex, penis is just a stick, cum is just a liquid.This is why they engage in sex, any sex, so easily.And what do you mean "non-white"? Aw shucks, is it really noticeable that it was written by a foreigner? Well I'll be, yeehaw. Ah, who cares, it's a scientific paper and I have my own style,
>>77608786Self-published isn't published.
Been reading discworld and howard run of conan
>>77608786There is nothing about the scientific method present in your dumbass article
>>77608813I propose a theory, I present my arguments, I apply it and receive results. Anyone else can apply it themselves, can test it out. It's also about electricity in the human body, that's hard science.>>77608802Sense and Sensibility was self-published.
>>77603681>as anon-native speakersensible chuckle
>>77603308I read and watch comedy for the laugh benefits
>>77610038What comedy do you read beside 4chan?
Currently reading Jurassic ParkIm burned out with Non Fiction, was learning a lot but wasn't enjoying reading anymore. It's fun to imagine im training to fight dinosaurs though. I ask you gentlemen, how much could a T-rex squat?
>>77610519
>>77610519If I had to guess I'd say a natty T-Rex could squat 20k lbs atg
I can't stand audibooks, can't concentrate and most voices are shitCurrently reading:>MacIntyre's After VirtueSlowly, I don't like how he writes>Philosophy as a rite of rebirthDropped for some reason half way through, must continue, it's cool>Some others barely started so don't countI want to read Goethe's Faust and some poetry I have waiting but here I am, right? Was reading, if u can call it that, a comic too.
