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14889994 No.14889994 [Reply] [Original]

>Skips acknowledgements, preface, note from author, and introduction

>> No.14890013

>>14889994
>CEO of Basement*
leave your parents alone dude

>> No.14890026

What about the epistle dedicatory?

>> No.14890049
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>>14889994
I think reading an author's note is acceptable. Having acknowledgements in the front of a book is a good indicator of possible academic pedantry.

Reading non-authorial prefatory material is simply intellectual cuckoldry.

>> No.14890099

>>14890013
But we're quarantined in our houses right now.

>> No.14890201

>>14889994
Based on what?

>> No.14890229

I began a book where pynchon did an intro and that faggot spoils it. Never again

>> No.14890277

>>14890229
1984?

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14890289

>>14889994
>skips the entire book

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>>14889994
>not ripping them out of the book and burning them
ISHYGDDT

>> No.14891225

>>14890049
>Reading non-authorial prefatory material is simply intellectual cuckoldry
I love Rorty's preface to Pale Fire.

>> No.14891355

>>14890229
It appears to be a requirement that when writing an introduction you spoil the plot. Actually the requirement is using your opportunity to get your name on the same book as an actual author to display your pseud cred, and pretending like the plot is no big deal between us chums who've read the book is a major part of that.

>> No.14891425

Any introduction or preface not written by the author can be skipped, and should be if it's your first time reading the book.
Nobody reads acknowledgements.
I don't mind reading a note from the author if it's short.

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14891430

>translator's preface

uh.. lol.. you didnt write this one dude, dont think ill be listening to your ass.

>> No.14891893

You guys are retarded, just don't buy critical editions

>> No.14891906

i read it out of discipline

>> No.14891910
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>>14890289
>skips entire book and only reads the conclusion

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14892004

>only reads the first letter of every word

>> No.14892008

>>14892004
>o r t f l o e w
What did he mean by this?

>> No.14892012

>>14892008
>wdhmbt
wdhmbt

>> No.14892041

>>14892008
>>14892012
i m t r o t f 3 w

>> No.14892046

>>14889994

>To my loving wife, whom I owe all joy in life

"Pfft, faggot."

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14892048

>mfw I tried this for Pale Fire

>> No.14892097

I teach high school kids and the amount of them who pick up an assigned book and start by reading the introduction, then give up 3 pages in because its too boring is astounding. Most of them do this. I always have to tell them that that's not actually part of the book. I guess it's an honest enough mistake but it confounds me that they can't figure that out on their own.

>> No.14893348

>introduction is just the translator trashing previous translations of the book
Based Nabby

>> No.14893366

>pages are numbered in roman numerals
>skip them

>> No.14893413

>>14889994
based

>> No.14893465

>>14892097
What general area do you teach in, my old ap lang teacher had infinite jest and a bunch of other shit on his shelf and I've always wondered whether or not he was on /lit/

>> No.14893477

>>14889994
Are you saying some people actually bother reading this shit?

>> No.14893569

>>14889994
How do I be like you?