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TL;DR: What do you find interesting?

You /lit/inati are an interesting bunch. So, give me some interesting things to read about.

I'm currently effectively quarantined in my room in halls - infectious disease and all that shit - and will be for the next week or so. As such, I want interesting things to spend my time reading about - I don't want to waste this opportunity just watching Lost or some shit. Obviously books will be difficult, as I can't go to the library. Hence I'm thinking topics that I can start from wikipedia, and then move from there - I've access to a large number of academic journals through JSTOR and the like.

I'm currently planning to look into John Locke's political theory, creation myths and old-school gangster rap - more suggestions appreciated.

>> No.1769174

http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/literature.php

you could read through all of this if you're looking to improve your literary analysis skills

>> No.1769176

Pretty much anything is interesting,

>> No.1769172

Learning about the universe is always cool, or you could read on the history of the jetpack, which is also pretty interesting.

>> No.1769178

>>1769176
I like this answer.

>> No.1769188

If you like history I'd recommend wikipedias "Wars of the Roses" article.

>> No.1769190

This is interesting:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Last_and_First_Men.pdf

>> No.1769192

>>1769172
>history of the jetpack

Fuck yes I'm learning about this. The universe is pretty cool too, but I've already read into that a fair bit during various procrastination sessions.

>>1769174

I don't study English so this isn't so directly relevant - but I did love English Lit while still at secondary school, and I suppose this can only help my appreciation of the books I read.

>> No.1769287 [DELETED] 

>>1769176

I don't have quite enough time for "everything" though - probably a week at most.

>> No.1769295

Internet Archive, texts....http://www.archive.org/details/texts.. Also, look up UVB-76. Also, the uncyclopedia at
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

>> No.1769452

>>1769295

I'm looking for specific topics to research, not just directions to resources.

>> No.1769453

>>1769452
You, sir, are an inept faggot.

>> No.1769462

>>1769452
Then research UVB-76.
Or decipher this for me, willya?
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/SetsSearchExecXC.asp?srchtype=ITEM&curpage=7

>> No.1769470

i like computers - if you can, try your school's online library and borrow out the book "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" or else, read this book - http://www.fastchip.net/howcomputerswork/p1.html - "How computers work" - pdf: http://www.fastchip.net/howcomputerswork/bookbpdf.pdf

>> No.1769474

Biology, evolution, evolutionary psychology, human behavior etc...

>> No.1769690

>>1769453

Why? I know how to research things, I'm just asking for recommendations on topics that anon has found particularly interesting.

>> No.1769977

Try reading Ralph Waldo Emmerson's essay 'Nature' and Henry David Thoreau's 'Waldon'. Some pretty trippy shit and really gets you thinking about nature, truth and reality.

>> No.1770835

>>1769474

Any particular areas of them that you'd recommend? Pretty broad fields there.

>> No.1772206

That guy in the pic looks like ryder in San Andrea's...