/lit/ - Literature

Can Hannah Arendt be the new Ayn Rand?

Are there any legitimate books on black magic?

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so /lit/ who is your favorite author
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/lit/ is the only board that uses this word. It could also be possible that this word didn't exist in the English lexicon before moot created /lit/, but this would be an educated guess.

Do books cause revolutions?

so lit in going on a 18 hour car ride on saturday and need some good audiobooks. which books translate onto tape the best?

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I remember reading about a book which has a demon in it that speaks to the reader, and supposedly as the reader is reading the book, the demon tries to convince him that he is being possessed. It sounded like a neat literary device, I was wondering if /lit/ knew about anything like that. I wish I'd written down the title.

okay /lit/ i have a paper due tomorrow on the holocaust

Who is most responsible in percentages out of 100%

1. Residents of concentration camps
2. Minor Nazi soldiers
3. Hitler
4. People who voted for Hitler
5. The Jews that didnt try to escape
6. Top SS officers
7. Non Jewish europeans who turned against their jewish friends cause they were scared of being imprisoned
8. Leaders of allied countries who didnt do shit
9. Churches that didnt do shit
10. God

Wait, what?

Orwell vs. Huxley.

Who was right, /v/?

The worm in the Christian apple isn’t a tendency toward excessive rigor or force; it’s a tendency toward excessive tolerance—a tolerance no longer understood as simply patient forbearance in the face of undoubted error or sin, but now misidentified with mere mushy-mindedness and a perverse refusal to admit that sin even exists. There are many factors at work here, of course, but clearly one important cause of this refusal is the fact that an increasing number of Christians are content to focus on the command to “judge not” (Matthew 7:1) while forgetting that “I came not to bring peace but a sword” (Matthew 10:34).

Great sigil or GREATEST sigil?

Hey c/lit/,

I have a project due tomorrow about Holden Caulfield from Lolz in the Rye; what are some books/movies he might like?

Is there anything modern written in blank verse worth reading (i.e. not some idiot's livejournal where he makes sonnets about his cats)? It was an awesome meter and deserves a resurgence.

Cellar door

I know no one on here actually reads. But would /lit/ be interested in reading my first attempt at dystopian/sci-fi?

So we have Jinni.com for movie/tv recommendations, last.fm for music...

Is there something similar for books?

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hey lit, how do i black out spoilers?

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Saw this on /r9k/

We record ourselves reading a random passage from one of our favourite books.

http://vocaroo.com/?media=vCoJUB4wUKzrSFho7

Ausfag reading Dune.

Hay /lit/,

I'm looking to get into philosophy a little bit more, specifically Schopenhauer. Should I begin with The World as Will and Representation, or should I have a stronger background in earlier philosophy before I try to tackle that? If it helps, I've read Plato's Republic, and some Aristotle and took an intro logic course as an elective a few years back, but that's it really. Can anyone point me in the right direction?