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Post photo, receive book rec
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>>24673871
>petroleum straws
actually straws are paper now (caused by woke)
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>>24673728
negative space
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>>24673881
Literally noone celebrates this
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/lit/+/trv/ Two great boards one great thread.

In all reality, what should I read while /trv/ling? I've got a 40 day trip coming up. So far I've got "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "As I Lay Dying". I need maybe one more book. What should it be? Picrel is where I'll be for 10 days.
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>>24673866
>on the no-fly list
Please explain how this came to be, brother.
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>>24673827
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Get some John Muir and Wendell Berry
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>>24673856
Post book cover

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Are Descartes' and Spinoza's metaphysics still worth reading? It seems like they were turned obsolete by Leibniz and Kant
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>>24674877
Foundationally? Yes, but spinoza writes like a dick. Practically? Read the philosophy wiki and it'll be enough.

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Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs)
https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb

>Archive:
https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg

>Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg

>Previous:
>>24659332

>Thread Question:
Do you own any special editions of books? Which are your favourites and what would get you to purchase one?
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>>24674757
>mass markets
I think the publisher discontinued those. They ended up as an awkward middle ground between digital (affordable) and hardback (collectable). I think they do trade paperback reprints though
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>>24674688
Not SFF but The War at the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa
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>>24674779
I've got six books in one format and you're telling me I can't have the seventh in the same? Yet another reason to hate Ruocchio and his shenanigans
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Fantasy books for this feeling?
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>>24674873
Malazan

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Finally going to tackle Moby Dick soon. Just asking if there's any edition I should be aiming for? e.g if I should try get one with annotations, or just whatever cheapass penguin one.

Also general thread about editions and translations I guess?
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>>24674497
Having to fix your config files every time you Pacman -Syu does not make you an interesting person.
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>>24674508
Qué ?
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>>24674587
Me refiero a la gente rara de Arch Linux (pingüino). Ya sabes, los que sin ironía publican la pasta de Stallman GNU/Linux y te dicen lo mucho mejor que es que Windows
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>>24674614
I'd like to interject
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>>24674461
Half real commentary, half shitpost. The biggest weakness is how much of it remains unannotated, maybe some day /lit/ will give it a second edition and fill the gaps

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What is the best piece of literature written by a homosexual or dealing with homosexual/homoerotic themes? Recommend something with real literary merit. So far I've read Confessions of a Mask, Forbidden Colours, and Brideshead Revisited and thoroughly enjoyed them..
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>>24674726
NEED
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>>24674726
Thomas Mann's A Death In Venice is what you're looking for. That and Christopher Isherwood. also Gary Indiana but it'll make you sputter a bunch of memewords from /pol/ so don't bother
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>>24674726
In Search of Lost Time by Proust. Proust himself was also a homo.
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>>24674726
Faggots by Larry Kramer

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Literatura en español - Edición Méjico.

¿Cuál creen que sea el mejor novelista mejicano? Y, ¿el mejor cuentista? ¿El mejor poeta?
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>>24674215


HAS LEÍDO ALGUNA OBRA EDITADA POR «CÁTEDRA»?
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>>24674215
Por lo general están a cargo de profesores universitarios y académicos españoles.
Algunos vienen con introducción general, historia de la obra e historia material del texto, y cosas así. Otros vienen con estudios más originales y propios del académico a cargo.
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>>24666468
Porque mexicanos no tienen verdaderos metafisicos?
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>>24674552


QUÉ CARAJOS ES UN «METAFÍSICO»?
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>>24674552
Carlos Castaneda

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Who are your top three favorite philosophers?
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Schopbros...why do we always get BTFO by more intelligent anons who are idealists? We have to do better defending Schop instead of just posting AZ quotes...
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>>24672873
>he took philosophy as far as it can go.
What about Wittgenstein who showed the limit of Philosophy itself?
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>>24670410
Nietzsche, Whitehead, Heidegger
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The only philosopher that matters is yourself. If you have not reached this conclusion yet, your journey is still incomplete.
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>>24673860
r-real...>>24670432

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Pic related, when it comes to the christianity he is without a doubt the biggest midwit there is. Ehrman is, at best, expert in lower criticism. He serves a milquetoast factoid soup to the "I love science" crowd of video essay junkies. His work is the "safe horny" of biblical criticism.
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>>24674661
It's so cute when chuds try to be intellectuals. They talk a big game about the classics and scholarship and knowledge, how they're conservative because they know their history or whatever, and then they actually start reading academic work and immediately sperg out about how it's all woke pozzed libtard bullshit because it disproves them lmao. They start saying retarded shit like this
>>24674743
>I don't really think of liberal Christians, as Christians.
>Real Christians believe in stuff like traditional authorship
with a straight face. Genuinely don't realize how fucking retarded they sound.
>everyone who agrees with my fringe fundiefag interpretation of textual criticism is a REAL christian
>everyone who disagrees with me is a FAKE CHRISTIAN so THERE
>no I will not read people who disagree with me I've already decided they're wrong because... because... they're not REAL christians
>the entire field disagrees with me? that's because... because... uh... they're not REAL christians so THERE
The funniest fucking part is that you genuinely think you sound very knowledgeable and intelligent. Go ahead, post a link to a pdf by Cleetus McCocksucker from Alabama Higher Bible Institute that proves the Gospels were written by direct eyewitnesses kek
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>>24668057
>Quoting a gay freemason to make your point
This is like quoting Yuval Noah Harari
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>>24674794
Dilate.
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>>24674261
If Shakespeare is the Moses, if Melville and Dickens are the David and Solomon, and if Joyce, Pynchon and McCarthy are the Mark, Matthew and Luke of literature, then DFW is John.
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>>24674822
>ctrl-f "trans," "tranny," "transgender"
>0 results
>obsessed

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Made it to page 43 in like 2 weeks of reading, how am I doing? Just finished reading like 4 pages and already ready for a break. Something wrong, innit?
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>>24673475
>started it when I got home after work on Friday and did little but read all weekend.
I need to develop this endurance, I could get through so many philosophy books so quickly to start discussing them or even rereading if I could read like this, since theyre generally short but dense in meaning.
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>>24671674
it's just rehashed William Burroughs for the Kurt Cobain generation.
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>>24671674
they say if something is written at a level 15IQ points above or below your own, you will have a hard time staying engaged. in this case i would say it is most likely above you. he was a very smart person. that's ok. there are a lot of other books out there for you.
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>>24673507
Just keep reading and keep challenging yourself with what you read, you will get there.
>>24673789
>t. the retarded generation
If it is a rehash of anything it is a rehash of Gaddis but even that is a stretch, almost a rebuttal of The Recognition but not really.
>>24673797
Sticking to your level is the best way to stay stupid, it is complacency. Most of the issues people have with literature is simply not understanding the tools and techniques of literature, which anyone of average intelligence can grasp if they put in the time. Your "they system" is poorly developed.
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gaudy

What's the most controversial book you've actually read?
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>>24671916
The Holy Bible. The Thirty Years War killed 2.8 times as much of the German population as both World Wars combined. The Huguenot War in France killed 14 times as many as the devastating First World War. The First Crusade killed an astounding 66-80% of the belligerents on the winning side (by contrast, most soldiers on the Eastern Front survived the war) and depopulated the affected regions.

The Koran is a close second.
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>>24673577
read this word - quibble
>>24674563
type text in notepad printf to pdf screen snap into paint
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>turner diaries
you aren't impressing anyone faggot. grow up
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>>24674595
safe edgy
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>>24674824
better safe edgy than retard edgy

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ITT we discuss the details & literary merits of various history books.
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>>24673910
another soviet book from a historian who has an opposite view
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Forgit the image
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>The period from September 1939 to early 1942 was crucial for Soviet foreign policy and coincided with the early stages of the Second World War, including the Great Patriotic War. In Stalin’s Great Game, Michael Jabara Carley unpacks the complexities of Soviet diplomacy during this time, addressing key issues such as the Soviet-Finnish Winter War, Soviet views on the fall of France and the Battle of Britain, efforts to remain neutral in Europe, Soviet relations with both Britain and Nazi Germany, and the formation of the Grand Alliance against the Axis powers.
>Drawing on extensive research from multilingual archives in France, Britain, the United States, and the USSR, Carley offers a comprehensive narrative that explores Soviet intelligence activities, especially of the “Cambridge Five” spy ring and Nazi Germany’s preparations for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. The book also re-evaluates historiographical debates on Stalin’s interpretation of Soviet intelligence and Hitler’s intentions towards the USSR. The third volume in Carley’s trilogy on the origins and early conduct of the Second World War, Stalin’s Great Game provides a fresh re-examination of key events and interpretations by both Western and Soviet historians, introducing new ideas and perspectives on this critical period.
third book is also out
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>>24673620
Looks interesting
>>24673929
never mind
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>>24673620
>As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods.
>French leaders, favoring a multi-front strategy, believed the Allies could maintain pressure on several fronts around the periphery of the German, Austrian, and Ottoman empires and eventually break the enemy's defenses. But France did not have sufficient resources to push the Germans back from the Western Front and attack elsewhere. The offensives they launched proved costly, and their tactical and operational methods ranged from remarkably effective to disastrously ineffective.
>Using extensive archival research, Doughty explains why France pursued a multi-front strategy and why it launched numerous operations as part of that strategy. He also casts new light on France's efforts to develop successful weapons and methods and the attempts to use them in operations.

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Is this mold or can foxing also come as little black dots?
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I don‘t know
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Could be mould, could also be book eating insects, unlikely to be foxing
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>>24674632
If it is mold would it be dangerous to read? Been sitting on the shelf for a while and doesn't seem to be spreading
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>>24674776
No, if it's sporing you're going to be in danger from it sitting on a shelf as much as reading it. You should brush it off anyways if it is mould, and if you're feeling extra spicy, you can wear a mask while doing it
I think it's just as likely to be a bookworm damage situation though
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>>24674819
Thanks anon, I can be a little paranoid sometimes, fitting as it's a Pynchon novel

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When did you grow out of postmodernism?
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Is catch 22 really considered postmodern I'm a retard and I'm not even sure what postmodernism is
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>>24672863
You should read Melancholy of Resistance. It is a Pomo book from Hungary influenced by Pythagoras (perfect transcendental music as tied to Being) and Heraclitus (beauty existing within the discord of the world).
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>>24672800
Usually when books make no sense I don't even bother with them
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>>24674681
it doesn't mean anything. it's a word the weak yell when they feel threatened.
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>>24672800
Never, but I'm a bigger modernism guy.

What did I think of it?
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>>24673788
https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/all-his-life-harold-bloom-dreamed-in-yiddish/
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>>24673924
This is so incredibly vapid, it's hard to imagine these people have no self awareness. Imagine the exact same article but it's a German talking about the German language.
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>>24674224
A puff piece is vapid? Shocking.
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>>24672121
But what about Khazar milkers?
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This book exposes how fragile and vulnerable is the state of Israel, mainly because it is relying on biblical myths to construct Zionist ideology and Jewish identity, rather than on actual history proven by archeological and biological research.


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