>I look at paintings to feel emotions!>I listen to music to feel emotions!>I read books to feel emotions!Only brainlets do this.
>>25426115I hate relativists too. Sucks that sometimes objective truth is complicated enough for them to just feign ignorance and pick the parts they like.
>>25423867get drunk to feel emotions
>>25426115I do the same but the other way around :->Mostly because the emotional immaturity of the absolute triggers me. Grow up and learn that holding contradicting positions is the closest we get to experience truth and beauty
women and faggots have a sort of kinship around the feeling that their sexuality is repressed by society. Women are actually terribly afraid of being labeled as whores, and gays have the usual fear of being lynched for liking cock. The funny part is that one of the ways they decide to just say fuck it all is just to whore themselves out as much as they can as a sort of rebelious act
>>25427040>um actually believing in destructive monstrous contradictions is good because the only thing that matters is me and mine, i am a servant of evil who tries to destroy the idea of truth2+2=4 GO FUCK YOURSELF
Is it slop?
>>254260692035 is easily the best what the fuck are you talking about
>>25422501I was gonna read it, i did my standart screening on the author, i found out he was israeli and immediatly blacklisted from my reading list, to answer your question, yes it is subversive diarrhea
>>25426784Metro exodus moggs
Its one of the rare books ive ever read. Was prolly like 17 at the time. Enjoyed it, but the sequels are a bit meh
ive read it when i was like 13-14 and enjoyed it but at that time my media literacy was zero so idk if i would like it now
America, i hereby charge thee witha guilty sloth, & thou may'nt plead the 5th.Answer me then, citizens, once-grand;all the world was happy in your hand,and then -- no, I will not speak of it.Ah let me, while the jambus-throne I sit,live in a seely world awhile still.Much misery can a little glitter kill.I am at war, almost alone, yet Iturn my eyes now up to the august sky, and there I see great things, a dash enorm,a sudden golden chevauchée, a stormupon their keeps & secret places: Lo;it's so, yet where the bolt will slip, who knows?
spirits clipt, we lope about his feete:he throws the finest musted corn at us;we'are free to fly, yet kept by his sweet teat.discursing hotte of what he bids discuss,dancing to the stampes his hooves percuss;dripping there our hot wet sweatte and skeete,we are all rolling, on his partibuss. bring wine, beer, coke, high tea, he'll stompe the glasse,bring exotique ampules; grow this masse'til, smasht, the shim'ring heape o'erpass the grasse,adding reverb to his cloven beate,a washboard when he scuffs; and for his heateand ours, please bring things coole: dry iceis his faved food, his only still-felt spice.
brim-full cups we (careless) dash & tippeto spill -- we will fill more, we're at the fount. on our dashed glass and drink his hooves ne'er slip:firm is his grip upon the earth his mount.how many days i've served him, i've no countte. once he took mee (and me alone) about the hip:now by his key my clock is ever wount.where my soft spot is he gently kist, pleasured with his breath, a fiery mist, and bit, sunk deeo, and now i half exist,half dreame: all in me is steame: my slippeof skin is thinly worn, and with his whipis cut all o'er; it is a maske i wear, i feele, and hee (in me) is under there.
it's been so long since i have been inside.days of easie wand'ring, raving nights;the grass it is so luscious, green & widein full-formed sunne: then dim the lights;a swart upon the vale descends the heightsand wee, phrensied blinde, goe on a slidewhich ends with dreaming sleepe: for all our mightswe can't recall the last of steppes we danced -- it's gone, or only knowne againe entrancedthen gone, againe; yet, we'are enhanced,for if wette mem'ry cannot be reliedupon, there are no faults to inly chide,and, for that they always seem new things,we marvel (morns) at all our severall wedding rings.
>>25427470>text falling below the linesThis happens when you read and write at the same time. What are your reading other than your notebook anonymousle? A computer screen, perchance???
>>25429792it happens when my lines get too too long long long.if you can't use your eyes, maybe stick to jerking your miniature dong. god DAMN you fuckers are so fucking pathetic. probly sitting there saying travis kelce isn't all that athletic. i'm done on this subject. consider this proof:sad haters like you aren't fit to lick my half-wiped poof. how's that for nasty? no ai is that much of a bastard.wait for the live, son, i'll fuck your cope up,and if you aint heard it's coming, scroll your lazy eyes up.that is, if you can read anymore at all -- phoneshit makes your eyes shrinke like olde balls.i suspect that's the problem, but maybe you never had them at all. did you ever ever think you'd grow up to be so so small, pissing and shitting yourself like this? keep going. you'll fall.
>omg I love literature too anon. Clarice Lispector, Virginia Woolf, Donna Tart, Anais Nin, Sylvia Plath, Sally Rooney, the list goes on.How do you respond to such a foid?
>>25424846thats good, i should also ask her that, let me write that down. what else you got?
>Personally I enjoy the works of Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Foucault and Camus
I read exclusively history so I have absolutely nothing in common with any female readers.
>>25424642Reminds me of the final issues of invincible, awful artwork
>>25422964>Ooh, I like classics and wanted to get into Plath orTart. Which one should I read and why? My favorite books are X,Y,Z.>>25422986"Who are you talking to?" *expression of disgust*>>25426650>What's your favorite food description in ASOIAF?
It's a great play, and it's influence is everywhere. Do you like it?
It's the first Shakespeare play I ever loved. Also yeah the original House of Cards is massively inspired by it. In fact the last role Ian Richardson played right before they recorded the show was Richard iii. I don't know how similar the American version is.
>pell-mell
>>25428473Dunno, I haven't read the first two yet.
>>25428473Very good and quotable.
>>25428473Laurence Olivier's performance as Richard lives in my head rent-free
frens, /lit/, everyone-else, let's talk about some FUN books we've been reading, or have read recently.Just a simple discussion thread.It's been a goal of mine to read everything that interests me on this chart. So far>Leaves of Grass >Los Bros Karamazov>marcovaldo>montaigne>magic mountain>walden>van gogh's lettersMagic Mountain was really fun, just finished the book last week. Especially Naptha and Settembrini's discussions were peak comedy gold. Why did Naptha do it bros? Peeperkorn was based.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25424140For me it's Wodehouse and and Tom Sharpe.
>>25424131Jackie ChanFUUUUUUCK!
>>25424131Always liked this chart, bloomers always win. I found this book "Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants" which might align
>>25424131The Stranger
finished the iliad today and i gotta say i didnt anticipate how FUN this book would be. i thought it would be semi interesting book that im reading because "its a classic" but the amount of action and actually interesting characters was something that i absolutely did not expect. im guessing that i will like the oddysey even more but i want to take a break from poetry, atleast for now.
he comes off to me as good critic of modernity and neoliberal order but does he actually present some interesting ideas or is it just another generic capitalist critique? and if he is worth reading which books of his are the most outstanding?
>>25429211More a generalist critique than anything else (Weber essentially covered most of his points in protestant work ethic), but still worth reading as his books are quite slim and do not take much time to get through. To the extent he has anything unique to his criticism it's the parts that are a defense/apologistics for leisure and idleness, but honestly it's nothing earth shattering. Psychopolitics and Burnout Society are the two clearest entry points.
>>25429211His critiques just boil down to more Foucauldian anxiety about minute restrictions on freedom to do what one wills and yet another defense of mindless hedonistic pleasure. It is beyond me how people think there is anything original in what he does. I suppose people do not read Foucault and Russell anymore.
What mass market stuff do you guys enjoy? Surely you don't exclusively read classics or highly literary stuff all the time.
>>25428192>>25428197I should start it soon desu. I wish there were more writers like her. She has a very unique voice. I also think she could probably do well as a horror author it she ever felt so inclined.
>>25428215A Flynn horror novel would be cause for celebration.
How is this guy? I see his books at goodwill a lot and the back blurbs usually sound like good dumb fun
>>25408606Stephen king, umberto eco, elementary particles, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
>>25422409all fiction is technically a fantasy
So, what else should I read to satisfy my autism about boats and sailors especially?I’ve read, of course, Treasure Island, Master & Commander, the Mutiny on the Bounty trilogy, The Terror, and a great nonfiction book called Jack Tar: Life in Nelson’s Navy. I couldn’t get into Captain Blood or Horacio Hornblower.
>>25424733DICK SAND
>>25424643Two Years Before the Mast
>>25424643Captain Courageous by Kipling if you want something similar to Treasure Island.White-Jacket and Redburn by Melville, they aren't as dense nor deep as Moby Dick but that may be a pro or con.
>>25427801sounds uncomfortable
>>25424643Two years before tbe mast. But i bet you aren't "autistic" enough for it
Today is the day /lit/.I am finally getting back into reading...Life has been complicated ever since the lockdowns, and I haven't had the time to actually sit down and enjoy any books in years.I just pickedup some new books that I've never read before...Perhaps these books will spark my love for reading again.Thoughts? Also please recommend me books to read.
>>25425896fpbp
>>25425897I unironically liked The 48 Laws of Power. Felt like a bunch of little stories from history rather than self help. I'm sure his angle means that you shouldn't take those stories as fact, but it was still a fun read.
>>25429722Most self-help books feel like an arbitrary collection of feel-good anecdotes centering around a primary academic discipline (sociology, economics, psych, history), so uhhhhh
>>25429729I don't know, I don't generally read self help, someone just recommended me that book for the historical anecdotes so I read it and enjoyed it.
>>25429742Uhhhhhh
I've been reading Nietzsche, and I think I might be the Last Man. What should I do about this?
>>25429793Delete all the frogs
>>25429793why is that bad? the real last man wouldn't care that he is the last man. Nietzsche is just a schizo wailing into the void
>900 page novel following a group of childhood friends from 30 years ago to now as they battle a wisecracking demigod who periodically returns to kill victims after feasting on their fearNice to see Joe finally coming into his own as a writer
>>25429376I actually am enjoying King Sorrow. Only other book of his I read was Heart Shaped Box which I absolutely hated
>>25429380Yeah, Heart Shaped Box didn't really hold my attention either. But I have good feelings toward Joe Hill. I'm not sure why. I just have this unfounded feeling that he's so earnestly trying to establish himself as a stand-alone author, and not just the son of Stephen King.
>>25429394Well it's not working with this newest one lol. It's also packed with references to other King books. I'm wondering if he's intentionally doing an homage to Pops here
>>25429414Well, trying to retell a story isn't necessarily a bad thing.
>>25429394> he's so earnestly trying to establish himself as a stand-alone author, and not just the son of Stephen King.Is this a joke? Fucker is like a tribute band named Keven Sting.
Which 100 books would you recommend to a Japanese game developer?
>>25429661>can't into universities >literallykek
>>25429665No need to project. You might make it in someday if you work on it.
>>25429373Yeah and you can tell because the game's story is dogshit.
>>25429686I went to graduate school. You went to community college because your local uni rejected you.
>>25429711You can pretend all you want but since I'm going to a real university I know you're full of shit.
Would you have taken Louisa's offer?
>>25426653A feather mattress, a good woman who will pull her weight, and all the cornbread I can eat. Hell yes.
>>25426653Reading this now, and I want to fuck Lorena just to mess with Jake Spoon, that faggot.
>>25429147Women in Lonesome Dove ranked:1. LouisaThe ultimate low-maintenance woman. She has her own farm and can run it. All she wants is a man to help with a few of the heavier tasks and keep her feather mattress from going to waste.2. JaneyLike Louisa, she can pull her weight and more, but she has the added bonus of about three more fertile decades ahead of her. She deserves a better fate.3. Mary ColeA buxom widow who knows what's what. Pea Eye needs to get in there.4. LorenaYeah, so she's hot and all, but she's annoyingly stubborn and dense. She swoons over Jake Spoon who is worthless and treats all the decent men like shit.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25429467How is /lit/ any better than Tiktokers who read romantasyslop to masturbate to?
>>25429147He wouldn't care, he forgets who she is five minutes after she leaves his line of sight. When Gus tells him they saved her from Blue Duck's gang he has no idea who Gus is talking about.
ITT: Best Book Titles
>>25429363>Schnöselkek is this real
>>25429372nah, it was satiricalhttps://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2015/07/poverty-1970s-pelican-books.html?m=1
Neuromancer and 2666
>>25429361Boring>>25429363Lame>>25429365Actually interesting. Would read.>>25429514Dogshit
