/lit/ - Literature

Thx for the OSTs, OP. Far better than just throwing on RainyMood.com... which gives me a headache after a while.

I'll be reading 'Their Finest Hour', and finally reading 'Catcher and the Rye' (I know... I know).

Also hoping to finish the second draft of a short story I've been labouring on.

>>1368770
Agreed.

We should all realize that studying anything in university is a general waste of time, that much of what we study can be self-taught, and the majority of our role models or favourite authors dropped out of school or despised going.

Yes, there are exceptions to that generalization. Hence 'majority'.

Regardless of whether you're studying philosophy or English Lit, what you ought to actually be studying is life. The rest is just regurgitation and failure to understand the underlying themes in everything you read - the attempts to understand our very existence.

>>1368742
Nice! Lots of sweet shit you've got.
Makes me want to start reading some Jap Lit.

Very jealous. I'm hoping to bring my collection down 100-200 books, as I don't read a lot of it... or I'll never pick them up after having already read them before.
Just obsessed with ideas and hate the idea of getting rid of books.

>>1368743
I'm not Jewish, nor is the majority of the information on my profile accurate or real.

I.e. My name isn't Eli. Pseudonym.

Eat it, slut.

>>1368669
FUCK GODARD
FUCK LYNCH

I took a class where we watched nothing but Godard.
HOLY FUCK I WANT MY TIME BACK

>>1368717
>implying you can perform philosophy
>also: Ayn Rand.

Btw, here's mine:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/EliYork

I'm just putting all my books in slowly right now... have 450-500 or so, lots of which need to be weeded out of my collection (I'm a book hog and have a few multiples, and way too many LotR/SW-based reference books, as well as some books I don't even like).

I've only just finished what I consider the 'rare/old' books, which took the most time since a few of them didn't have any entries... and I write out the table of contents for anthologies, so that I have a searchable database.

A bunch of nerdy kids were into these when I was growing up and I never got into them - what's the best one to start with?

>inb4 'the first one, dumbass'

Also!
The Hunger Games. Shit's cash.
My GF is addicted to them and I didn't know why, so when I needed something to read at the gym, I grabbed her copy... read 3-4 chapters on the bike. Pretty good.
Especially good for instilling the idea of a strong woman figure, rather than piss poor role models like Bella or the Mormonism of Twilight.

>>1368605
Perks of Being a Wallflower!

Also, anything by Francesca Lia Block.

I have the same issue... trying to instill some compassion/virtue/world understanding into my 13-year-old niece. Bought her some Lia Block and she seemed to like it.

Hopefully it'll get her away from Twilight/Kesha/Bieber/ughhhh. Sitting down and discussing what you're making her read helps, too.

Anyone here use LibraryThing?
Post your libraries.

>implying authors don't incorporate philosophy into their writing

kin·dle 1 (kndl)
v. kin·dled, kin·dling, kin·dles
v.tr.
1.
a. To build or fuel (a fire).
b. To set fire to; ignite.

You know what to do with it.

>>1368602
>"No one suggested the piracy of books. Just stuff in the public domain already." -->

>>1368448
>Not in public domain
>>1368415
>"*irc: http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Bookz
*irc.undenet.org#bookz"
>Not in public domain

>>1368602
>"Smell of a book? Wtf? Since when did /lit/ start venerating the form of the book rather than the content itself. As for good typography, it's the same... News for you: Serif fonts have been available digitally for a really long time now."
>Since real literature nerds care about the form and not just the words. Just as real writers have their own way of writing their works, often turning off the internet or getting far away from computers.
>Since those who care about the world they partake in (the world of books, literature, words, thought, etc.) understand what turning books into electronics can lead to. *coughFahreinheit451cough* (No, I'm not a conspiracy theorist.)
>People who respect books don't read them on a fucking e-reader made for capitalism, materialism, and consumer whores.
>The typography was in reference to the feeling. The feeling you get rubbing your fingers across the slightly embossed print.

>>1368406
Good used book stores, libraries, even Amazon or Chapters/Indigo.

>Can't afford to contribute to writers when they make about as much as a high school teacher.
>Likes to read books made of bits and bytes and not the smell of a real book or the feel of good typography.
>Presses a button to turn the fake pages.
>Fuckin' shit-for-brains.

>>1356034
I didn't say I don't have issues, I just said I don't need to work them out. ;)

>>1356019

I don't need to work out jack shit!

Next person to quote their favourite writer without realizing they're fucking insane can shut the fuck up!

Cuntmongler!

>>1355814
>>1355814

Asshole.
I just got distracted from my painful essay by going and making an OKCupid profile, at which point I began to answer a series of stupid questions to improve my ability to find a match.

Then I realized I have a girlfriend that I live with and I don't need this shit so I came back here to tell you to fuck off.

>>1355898
Lies.
Some pretentious faggot said it was 'too wordy' and 'slow' yesterday, I believe.

Seriously.
This book sums it up, helps you understand how to apply it to daily life, and makes it very accessible and relevant (while also being a very easy read).

Good intro.

>Thus one day you don't even need to go to 4chan anymore, because you stopped being pathetic.

Implying going to 4chan automatically makes you pathetic.
The best writers would chill on 4chan at 5am.

The rest are dinks.

You: Name a famous writer and you can add me to MSN.
Stranger: Barrack obama
You: ...

You: Name a Canadian writer.
Stranger: dunno
You: Seriously?
You: Fuck.
You: ASL?
Stranger: wanna chat with an american guy?
You: Does it make a difference what country you're from?
Stranger: dunno
You: You guys are so patriotic. It's sick.
Stranger: ur asl pls
You: 19/F/Canada
Stranger: so u want some foreign cock
You: Seriously. It's like you get the stars and stripes tattooed on your chest during birth
You: That's not really foreign, is it? American?
Stranger: haha
Stranger: wats in ur chest
You: I mean. Not what I think about for foreigners.
You: Breasts. Breasts that you don't get to see, because you couldn't name a Canadian writer.
You: And you probably can't name an American writer either.
Stranger: wat if i name a write canadian
You: What is a 'write Canadian'?
Stranger: wat
You: If you correctly name the most prominent female writer in Canadian literary circles, you can add me to MSN and I will show you my tits. If that means so fucking much to you.
Stranger: can u give me hints
You: She has a vagina
You: It's old
You: Because she's old
Stranger: haha
You: And she wrote The Handmaid's Tale
Stranger: any of her masterpieces
You: Don't take so long Googling
Stranger: patricia cornbell
You: How the hell did you fuck that up?

it's not a free book unless i can physically hold a copy in my hands to paw through or spit on if it sucks

and don't give me that kindle shit either. kindles are for WASPs.

i want the smell of book. and don't get me started on the smell of old books. mmmmm
i still get a newspaper delivered to my door not because it has good news (it's true that their news is like, three days behind the internet), but because i like to smell it.