Is this actually poorly written, or is that just the thing where they try to bash him any way they can (small dick, missing testicle, secretly gay, etc.)
>>24944271Surely you mean Vance
>>24946958vance is a totally irrelevant fatass queer with a dothead beard who raises her children to worship vishnu. a dog wouldnt follow him but he thinks he can be president. no idea what blormpf was promised in exchange for picking him up but its probably more like when tucker interviewed fuentes, blormpf thought he spoke for millennials
>>24946958future american presidents are hegseth and rittenhouse. screencap this
>>24942860>>24945451>>24946866I just skimmed through it right now and it seems more like a rant than anything. He also seems close-minded, in the sense that he's figured out everything in life and condensed his worldview to a black and white model. It's much more evident in his history of Europe in the 1800's than it is with his hatred of the Jews. He just doesn't seem to understand his own history, or just understands it poorly.
>>24942860Rudolf Hess was his stenographer (most cosmopolitan of the inner circle, raised in Egypt, 5x languages). It likely owes much to Hess' editorial hand, or lack thereof as far as the conversational structure goes. The intended mass readership practically guaranteed something anodyne at best.
Mention here literature according to /lit/ suitable to matriculate as a real /x/-ian. Or if /x/ was /lit/ cohorts first.
>>24947770"For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."
>>24947776Sorry euro bros I have to agree with the Jews on this one, just no way the Messiah came and then was like, i'll return to make heaven on earth and then dipped out for 2,000+ years while horrors beyond all comprehension unfolded. Does this mean I'm jewish now?
>>24946516>single handedly inspires literally every single flavor of internet schizoid that would eventually culminate in the collapse of faith in intellectuals/ism in America in your path
>>24946516>if /x/ was /lit/ cohorts firstI don't know what you mean by this but /x/ predates /lit/ either way.
>>24947834As in /x/ interest in spirit but /lit/erarians, as opposed to the much lower castes that constitute the activity on that board. I could have been unclear.
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>>24935482This one gets very, very silly but there's a lot to like about it. Disheveled Lisa Bonet is the most beautiful human being of all time.
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>>24936803Yi Yi is definitely better than his other movies which are a bit too dull in my opinion. It really is like a novel, every scene is layered with all these motifs and subtext
>>24946950Bergman was a pseud. Failed intellectual. I do agree with your definition though, Tartovsky does fit, and the op I originally replied to seemingly has the most comprehensive list (which is 4 names long).
>>24946966to be fair, no one really talks about or cares about the book anymore
Anti-Oedipus.To summarise, Dolce & Gabbana discard Freuds Oedipalised interpretation of desire, suggesting instead a "positive" model inspired by Nietzsche.Probably will be one of the hardest things you'll read, and it also requires a lot of background knowledge. Regardless, it should be worth your time.If that sounds like too much, just stick with Nietzsche (Zarathustra especially covers desire nicely)
I’m reading AO with zero background knowledge. As intended.
>>24944457Go ahead and throw freud in the trash.>a master isn't human>a slave is human>once the epitome paradox is assimilated there is just an advanced animal with no identity.
>>24945464Who?
>>24944457Is Deleuze screaming/yawning in that pic?
>>24946586He's balding
>She was the daughter of a well-known theatrical manager, a willowy, wispy, fair-haired girl with colorless eyes and pathetic little pimples just above that kind of small nose which English lady novelists call "retroussée" (note the second "e" added for safety). I don't get it
>>24947835The second e makes it feminine. He's making fun of how shit authors like Agatha Christie pile on hamfisted Gallicisms so that you know how classy and smart they are.
>>24947849Did Nabokov really seethe at Christie too? I sure hope not. All his seething is so greatly disappointing.
>>24947875What do you expect? Everything about him from his opinions to his prose style screams prima donna.
I just finished reading Journey to the West for a book report. holy shit Chinese books are awesome. Does anyone have the china /lit/ recommendations?
>>24947674Of course not
ching chong bing bong.
>>24947522>>24947530Is it worth to learning some Mandarin for Chinese literature? Chinese history and literature is very rich and the language doesn't have any irregular verbs, conjugation, and genders.
>>24947747Learning enough mandarin/classical chinese to fully enjoy and understand the nuances of chinese literature as well as a native (or better than a translator) is basically impossible.
>>24947749you can still get to the ezra pound level of understanding, which is not bad
What erotic literature has /lit/ been enjoying as of late? I quite enjoyed this one until the abrupt non-ending
>>24944529The ending is definitely just a "fuck I have no way of ending this but also I can't just write 1200 pages of rambling sex scenes". I frankly respect it. Your first duty to your work is to get that shit out the door.
>>24945120>nuttingkek
>>24947272>All is a nuttingIt has to be a nom de plume.
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>>24947634Slop slop slop
Recent revert to Islam is this a good book ? Some brothers recommended it to me
Calling 'converts' 'reverts' is one of the most pathetic, self-satisfied and slimy things I have seen a religion do and it immediately puts me off.
>>24947783Islam's "fitra" dogma is as bad as evangelical Christians' claim that they're not "religion".**"religion is man reaching to God, Christianity is God reaching to man"
>>24947652Axtually both Islam and the Catholic Church is cool and did tons of violent things and were brutal which is nice. Mafia and nato death squads are cool, Taliban and the rashidun raiders are cool too
>>24947134Does every convert have to choose between sunni and Shia? what if I want to convert to the alawite sect?
>allahUsing allah instead of God is tacky and suggests another entity than God>>24947648>if you wanna revert to Islam don't follow Islamic rulesthe current state
I willingly didnt return my library books after the library near me is suddenly going through unexpected renovations and its been sitting on my shelf for close to a year since i was too lazy to drive across town to another library.I was planning on returning the books when the library opens again in a couple months but at this point i'm tempted to just keep em since I've just been buying my books instead for the first time in my life instead of using the library and i'm liking my growing collection.The library books are the illiad, the odyssey, the aeneid and mythology.I wanted to have this certain set of books anyways and at this point i dont wanna pay for it.Is this wrong of me ? Who else is gonna read these old books in my crappy bumfuck town in the middle of nowhere?they probably have multiple copies anyways.
>>24945935/threadsimple as
>>24946054I have to go return some library books
>>24945935>DO WANT TO LIVE IN A LOW TRUST COMMUNITY?Your community is minority white, that's already gone. All that's left now is gatekeeping knowledge from the brown horde by stealing library books.
>>24945852I stole like 5 Hitler books from my school library, didn't even read them but they add to the chudcore vibe of my room
>>24945852I have the very last extant copy of a book that I lost at home on break after taking it from the uni library.I have since found it, they have since held my transcripts hostage and billed me for it.They will not be getting it back. It was never digitized. The book dies with me. None of you will ever read it.
Noooooooooooooo Bronte sisters don't drink that water!!!!!!!
What books are you wishing for, or that you know you will be receiving? I know I've got a first edition of Dangerous Visions coming in the mail. Also share your Amazon wish lists in hopes some kind anon will buy you something: https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2PL5T1DWG8ZHR
>>24947250Melville's Moby Dick, Orwell's 1984, Eco's The Name of the Rose, Joyce's Dubliners, or anything by Dostoevsky. Alternatively, Herbert's Dune Messiah, Erikson's Gardens of the Moon, Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company, or Wolfe's Shadow & Claw. Tried to give my secret Santa a list to work with, because I know, working at a bookstore, that getting hit with the "I don't read and I'm here looking for a gift for someone and all I know is they like fantasy and classics, can you help me out?" is a pain for everybody involved.Dangerous Visions 1st ed. is a beaut, and seems really interesting. Have you read it before, or would this be your first time?
>>24947463>Have you read it before, or would this be your first time?First time. I mostly got it (I asked my mum for it) for the Philip K. Dick story, and my love for Harlan Ellison.
>>24947250Possibly:>Derek Parfit - Reasons And Persons>Niall Ferguson - The Square And The Tower>Niall Ferguson - Virtual History >Adrian Goldsworthy - Philip And Alexander >Adrian Goldsworthy - Pax Romana>Henry Sidgwick - Practical Ethics>John Man - Conquering The North>Kwame Anthony Appiah - The Honor Code >Claude Lecouteux - The Book Of Grimoires >David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years>Italo Calvino - Invisible Cities >Dino Buzzati - Stronghold (aka The Tartar Steppe)
Is Thomas Pynchon schizophrenic?I've always heard that PKD is a schizo but I think PKD's were more like manic psychotic breaks than full-blown schizophrenia.Pynchon was in his late 20s when he wrote V. and the Crying of Lot 49 and in mid-30s when he wrote Gravity's Rainbow. He's led the life of a total recluse since. Makes me think he started experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia in his 20s, as is usual, and then it progressed and he went into hiding.After GR he wouldn't release another book (Vineland) for almost 20 yearsPic related
>>24946197Because you already received substantive replies and failed to engage with them. To continue soliciting replies to a question you aren't really interested in is pointless. All you want to do is push a misinformed amateur diagnosis
It was a different time. There was similar literature floating around, like the Illuminatus! trilogy
slopmas shitchon
>>24946208>man is disgusted by modern industrial society and fights back against it>”dude he was just a schizo lol don’t look into it”Psychiatry is a meme and you’re a retard for pushing those memes a truth
What is the oldest book you've read that really disturbed youI just finished reading Matthew Lewis' The Monk and was surprised by how brutal it still is after over two centuries
>>24939399The witch of Ravensworth
>>24946542How Is She Insufferable?
Has anyone read any of pic related?Who is the true heir of Ligotti?I ask because I have read all of his short stories, and I still yearning for his brand of horror.
>>24946642Just FYI, all of the stories in Matt Cardin's Dark Awakenings were republished in To Rouse Leviathan.Also, an expanded edition of The Secret of Ventriloquism came out.
Well I finished up Loop and I guess the original Ring trilogy. That might be an all time swerve in fiction, probably the best case of fiction within fiction I've read. I got the remaining other two books on my table, can't wait to see what else is in store, though I'm not sure how you follow up that ending.
This book changed my life for the better
>>24946749It's one thing to say she comes firstIt's another to make her come first.
>>24946749Written by a self admitted premature ejaculator with no motion. Naturally, he concludes that women can't orgasm from their pussies.
>>24946749I shant
>>24947468Caring about a woman's feelings is gay
>>24947641Obviously a guy who would write a book like this doesn't have what it takes
