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Is book reading effay?

Pic related: what im reading now

what are you reading?

>> No.7413787

im reading fa obviously... wtf

>> No.7413790

yeah OP

reading books will make you /fa/, regardless of how shitty you dress

>>>/lit/

>> No.7413800

shit troll yo

should've picked something better

saged

>> No.7413857

>>7413779
If you had posted something from a highscool reading list like The Great Gatsby or 1984 is would have been good bait.

People would attack it for being too entry-level (rightly so) and people would defend it for being good anyway (also right).

But Dan Brown?

It's just to fucking obvious man. No one here will defend that shit, and no one will bother to shit on it either... because it's just so goddamn lowbrow that there wouldn't even be a point.

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I've always been interested, but had no formal education about the subject, so this seemed like a good overview to start.

>> No.7413881

>>7413857
i like dan brown, his books are not as bad as people say it is

>> No.7413876

dan brown is probably the biggest retard ever

>> No.7413896

>>7413876
why? explain yourself

>> No.7413930

im reading atlas shrugged right now, and it'sso fucking long. i just want to be done with it

>> No.7413928

What are some good books to learn about fashion and/or architecture?

>> No.7413934

/lit/ is /fa/ yes
just finished crime & punishment
now reading 'the real north korea', a book written by a russian who lived in NK and studied their history and everything and tells the ins and outs of their country

>> No.7413933

>>7413928

There's a LOT to learn in terms of fashion. There's textiles, there's costume history, there's critical theory, etc. What are you most interested in?

>> No.7413935

>>7413933
>What are you most interested in?
sick fits, and the history of gothninja

>> No.7413938

>>7413935
ill save u some time. history of gothninja: it doesn't exist.

>> No.7413948

>>7413935

Then just browsing fashion forums is probably more interesting. Rick and Yohji have had monographs made, but they're more coffee table books and don't give you that much of a narrative, though "My Dear Bomb" is the closest thing that exists for Yohji. There are also several overviews of modern Japanese fashion like Akiko Fukai's "Future Beauty". There are also larger-context historical costume books, too.

>> No.7413951

im reding moby dick
shit's so gay yo

>> No.7413952

>>7413948
cool i'll look into that

I was totally joking about the history of gothninja thing but I fear you might have taken that part seriously

>> No.7413957

>>7413951
made me lol

>> No.7413961

>>7413951
you are my wife

>> No.7413965

>>7413930
what does /lit/ say about atlas shrugged btw? just curious, and i have no interest in visiting there.

i don't even like books, i just have a long commute every day so i started reading them.

>> No.7413968

rn i'm readin the little town where time stood still by hrabal, and delillos point omega.

>> No.7413974

>>7413965
im lit and its shit objectivism isnt real

>> No.7413972
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>> No.7413981

>>7413965
as a book overall, in my opinion, it's not very good. it's a 300 page story packed into 1200 pages. but it is an interesting statement and perspective and I enjoyed reading it when I did. I have no idea what lit says about it, but i wouldn't take anything 4chan collectively agreed on seriously anyway.

>> No.7413982

>>7413864
How much did you pay for something you could have learned mostly through wikipedia?

>> No.7413990

>>7413981
right, i was just wondering. i don't hate it but like you said it gets real drawn out and boring at times.

>>7413974
ok gotcha

>> No.7413992

>>7413974
amazing review thanks would read again

>> No.7413991

>>>/lit/ you fucking degenerate

also dan brown is pleb

>> No.7413997

>>7413933
I'm down for some critical theory and fundementals

>> No.7414000

>>7413881
you just have shit taste

>> No.7414005

>>7413982
wikipedia is essentially a collection of quotes and references. reading textbooks or journals and discussing the subject, interacting with real world examples, with other people is much better. who would have thought, right?

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>>7413992
>>7413992
thx ere is more guide

>> No.7414012

>>7413997

For semantics, Roland Barthes literally wrote the book on fashion and language for "The Fashion System". There's also lots of great critical theory and commentary from writers like Ingrid Loschek, Valerie Steele, Joanne Entwistle, and other academics.

>> No.7414041

>>7414006
where is fitzgerald and hemingway?

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>>7414006
>mfw satan tier
>mfw pleb in class says its his favorite book and completely misunderstands it
>mfw hearing him talk about it

>> No.7414054

>>7414006
y is dfw so high up

i'm sure he's good but there are a lot of cool peepz under him

did i sleep on him

>> No.7414059

>reading books

lmao pebbles gb2 xx century

>> No.7414061

>>7413896
sure

i find his writing, stupid people literature, its like, TLC almost. It's written badly, and it's not accurate. I just don't like him

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>>7414056
what the shit that is not my image

>> No.7414078

>>7414000
then just fucking explain why he sucks? is it because you heard someone else on the internet say so?

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>>7414041
nobody reads fitzgerald out of high school
hemmmmmmmingway is ok but people dont like it be 2 manly 4 me
>>7414054
dfw aka the grandfather of new sincerity is there because he is the greatest man to ever live
>>7414056
yeah its a good book if ur under 18 but overall i'ts unrealistic

>> No.7414088

>>7413896
i was stuck at someone's house w/ no internet or tv once and they handed me the lost symbol

i read the entire thing and i felt like i just read the book equivalent of watching "whatever was on tv" for 3 hrs

just my opinion

>>7414080
oooh

thats a funny quentin pic

>> No.7414090

>>7414061
I cant blame you if you just dont like him, thats your opinion but all the facts, arts and historical references in his books are real and true. That said, sometimes when reading his books i do feel like some of it is a bit cheesy

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>>7414088
yeah its funny he still posts on lit but everybody ignores him, asme with sunhawk

they also dont like to group things in tiers but here we are...

>> No.7414096

>>7414088
hey cant blame you if you dont like him, i actually find his books to be really entertaining

>> No.7414102

>>7414096
i understand

i like things other ppl think are dumb too

>> No.7414105

>>7414078
have you read more than a few pages of one of his novels???

It's utter trash fast fiction.

The literary equivalent of McDonalds soft serve.

>> No.7414108

>>7413930
You are everything I hate. You are not edgy or refined for reading this shitty rant of a book.

>> No.7414114

what is the /lit/ equivalent of yung lean?

what is the /lit/ equivalent of Rick Owens?

what is the /lit/ equivalent to Death Grips?

>> No.7414116

>>7414102
gothninja? FAG

>> No.7414122

>>7414105
i've read all his books actually

>> No.7414133

>>7414116
i like big butts

>>7414105
when i read the one i read i felt it was like

>find clue
>go to place
>do stuff there
>find another clue
>go to next place
>repeat

I guess i just didn't like the style

>> No.7414137

>>7414133
misquote woopsie :^)

>> No.7414143

>>7414133
>i like big butts
wanna be BFF's?

>> No.7414152

>>7414006
it's not a great picture for anyone just starting though

if you hand a beginner Ulysses he will just decide that reading is not his cup of tea

actually I started trying to read Ulysses early on, and put it aside until I'd read a little bit more. it's a slow read if you're coming from not much more experience than high school and a first year of university.

Actually, I've yet to get back to it. I'm not entirely happy about that. But I'll get to it eventually. Maybe this summer.

My 16-year-old (then 15) brother went on a canoeing trip over the summer so I lent him my copy of Don Quixote, and he finished it; he said he enjoyed it. That was one of the first books I really liked. I'd recommend it to people who are genuinely interested in getting started with reading. It's relatively readable, and it's one of those things you need to be familiar with anyway.

Then again, I've heard people say it's a pain to read. Your mileage may vary.

I haven't read a whole lot, I'm sad to say. My favourite book, to this day, is probably The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow. It made me realize that I want to read a lot more. And to some extent, it changed my whole outlook on life.

Another book I was quite impressed by was Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. I marked my copy up so badly while doing an essay on it that I bought another copy. I thought it was very good.

I probably wouldn't want to talk about any of it on /lit/ though. I actually like books right now

>> No.7414157

>>7413928
Architecture books:
Delirious New York, S M L & XL, Toward an Architecture,Learning from Las Vegas, Yes Is More,The Function of Form, The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture, Thinking Architecture, Ornament and Crime, Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture,

there's a few to start you off

>> No.7414158

are there any good novels centered around samurai?

rurouni kenshin w/ words plz

>> No.7414165

>>7414143
yes

>>7414152
dude don quixote is literally my favorite book

>> No.7414192

>>7414152
thats why he is god tier u mongoloid
don quijote is really nice and has almost no literary background needed (aside from greek mythology, history of spain and errant-knights) but you can read it without really knowing all that

>> No.7414203

>>7414192
Being a tough read is why he's god tier?

Sounds like you work on a pretty fucked up tier system, if you really mean what you're saying.

>> No.7414210

>>7414203
its the same with clothes bro
one cant just go from aa to ricks
ull look like a clown

>> No.7414240

>>7414210
(lol)

>if its hard its good teehee

>> No.7414260

>>7413881
They really are

>> No.7414265

>>7414210
I'm not disputing that. I'm saying that being a tough read should not be "why he is god tier".

It reminds me of the same disturbing impulse that exists on /mu/ and other art boards: where "entry-level" becomes a mark against the work rather than something to be said in its praise.

Elitism has no place in art, though it seems to be a common vice among those who enjoy it.

>> No.7414334

>>7414108
He's edgy for reading a book? da ironing

>> No.7414349

>>7414006
>pleb tier
>Brett Easton Ellis

Overhyped as fuck, but not nearly as bad as Twilight/Hunger Games.

>> No.7414352

>>7414265
people are elitist about art because it's the easiest thing to be elitist about. you don't actually have to know anything to be an elitist of art because it's subjective. you just regurgitate.

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7414371

is vonnegut effay?

>> No.7414395

It would be a fucking shame if known of you have read Orlando, the bloomsbury group is the epitome of Avent Garde.

>> No.7414423

>>7414371
I enjoy him. I'm sure /lit/ hates him. lit hates anything anyone reads a lot.

>> No.7414434

>>7414371

no, he is pleb

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how /fa/ is the count of monte christo?

fav book of all time

>> No.7414513

I need a good overview on textiles. If anybody could toss a bunch of titles at me that'd be great. Also I'm just going to recommend this, pick up Harold Bloom's western, start reading and don't stop. Don't bother with /lit/ or any of the lists posted there.

>> No.7414522

>>7414108
lol ok. sounds like u read it already tho.

>> No.7414575

>>7414114
tao lin

pynchon

dfw

>> No.7414592

>>7413779

reading is good, but i have no fucking time to do it, fuck me, wish i can spead more time on reading

>> No.7414599

>>7414371
only if it's cat's cradle

>> No.7414600

>>7414575
Well done

>> No.7414605

>>7414395
been meaning to read that for a while, The Waves is pretty much my favourite book ever

>> No.7414613

>>7414599

breakfast of champions isn't /fa/ but it's a fun read

i haven't read slaughterhouse five yet and i feel like a vonnegut pleb (i am a vonnegut pleb)

>> No.7414635

best vonnegut is slaughterhouse five.

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>> No.7414742

>>7414736
mah nigga

>> No.7414752

>>7414736
T50YS is so much more confusing and harder to read.

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this is what i'm currently reading

am i /fa/??