/lit/ - Literature

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It's amazing how often this happens

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I have not yet tackled War and Peace though I hear it is fantastic.

When I was 10 I picked up a copy of War and Peace because I heard that was the perfect novel. Needless to say, at 10 I didn't understand shit and getting past the soiree part proved tedious. I'm 22 now and I still haven't brought myself to power through the soiree part though I have probably read several, more "boring" in a sense of the word, accounts of russian high class. Some day, maybe soon, I'll motivate myself to.

>>1151919

I've got it! Your favorite novel is xenocide!

>>1151919

I've got it! You're favorite novel is xenocide!

>>1151898

Jesus Christ what a horrible novel.

I'm thoroughly convinced that only time in history that vampires were ever awesome was in the mtg zendikar block.

>>1151727

Twilight?

>>1151596

meh, can't beat him so might as well say this

I love reading in coffee houses so everyone can see what a cultured and pretentious prick I am.

I wear sunglasses in doors and when I go to parties I bring a book because I know that all the boors attending will just bore me with their outstanding lack of culture.

Growing up in High School, I sat alone at lunch with a 19th century novel and would hate it when one of my friends, or someone attempting to be my friend would sit next to me and try to strike up a conversation. It got so bad that I made a sign saying "Please do not talk to me" to strike down any attempts to bring me into the social fray.

Philistines, philistines the lot of you!

Fine, you want a modern book I enjoyed? Memoirs of a Geisha?

Still too pretentious?

Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead

I am also a fan of the Pendergast series

Perhaps I am taking your opinion of me too much too heart, perhaps this is just the nature of 4chan for someone who loves Dostoevsky to be called pretentious, someone who loves manga to be called weaboo, or someone who loves Neutral Milk Hotel to be called hipster, that it people don't like things because they sincerely like them; they only enjoy it to further their identity. I always thought /lit/ was above that.

>>1151473

my mistake, "put the book down"

>>1151442

pre·ten·tious/priˈtenCHəs/
Adjective: Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

I am not attempting to impress you. I could not but the book down once I got into it. Every single character is beautifully characterized and wonderfully flawed. So many morals are presented subtly, and not so subtly, and yet far from feeling like a disjointed philosophical discusssion it blends quite well into, in my opinion, an engrossing story.

I am not pretentious, I just really enjoyed the book.

Mine would be The Brothers Karamazov. No, I am not pretentious, I just found it surprisingly well done. Ivan's discussion with satan is my favorite scene out of every book that I have ever read.

>>1150353

Try again please.

Newfags are a cancer; they're killing 4chan.

>>1126671

If you can put aside any initial gripes with the narration style the stranger is amazing.

>>1126644

Camus is tough to read. The messages he is trying to convey aren't as obvious as they are in Dostoevsky.

Holy shit, and we've also got duke nukem forever coming out soon. Retards are thinking the world is going to end in two years. This really does feel like 1998.

But seriously, everyone playing starcraft, everyone listening to The Aeroplane over the sea. Did I do some sort of weird time travel back to 1998

I LOOOOVE YOU JESUS CHRIST!

JESUS CHRIST I LOOOVE YOU YES I DOOOO!

I've never heard a single bad thing said about Brothers Karamazov

The whore wouldn't accept his money

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