/lit/ - Literature

>>2659680
I fail to see any merit or purpose behind them.

Suicide notes are the most asinine things.

You should have gone in the following order:
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Dubliners (optional but recommended)
Ulysses
Finnegans Wake

>reading James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" at work on my break
>attractive enough young woman approaches and asks what I'm reading
>tell her
>she's never heard of it
>never heard of James Joyce
>says her favorite books are the Hunger Games trilogy and Harry Potter
>made light hearted comment about how I didn't much care for them
>change subject
>conversation follows
>go out for dinner that weekend
>have been dating for over a year
>she has since read many of the classics and renounced her love for the aforementioned books
It's that easy.

>>2653660
Luckily when they say it in the movie I can't hear it being misspelled.

>>2653644
I understand it well and fine, it just gets my goat any time I see it written (or abbreviated) or have to say it.

In Magician: Master, by Raymond E. Feist, I had that happen during the scene when Pug shits everywhere in the arena.
But you have to read the first one (Magician: Apprentice) first.

>>2653640
Alphabetically.

>>2653627
Actually five books, with two more coming.
The first one is A Game of Thrones. Whole series is called "A Song of Ice and Fire" (which I personally hate, because the correct way to phrase it would be Fire and Ice, but GRRM is just an asshole, I guess). Check tpb for the whole series.

>1. Do you think reading litterature is more productive than surfing the Internet/watching television?
It depends on what you watch/surf. If you're reading the news or something, instead of just on 4chan constantly, or watching a documentary or something educational and not, say, Family Guy, then it's give and take. I prefer to read than surfing the internet or watching television.
>2. Do you regreat surfing the Internet/watching television instead of reading?
Not particularly. I have enough self control that I can browse the Internet or watch television when I feel like it, and read when I feel like it. I spend as much time doing each activity as I like.

It's fun and fine. Interesting enough. I personally enjoy them, and if you like fantasy and don't read only to look intelligent, then go ahead.
Or don't.
But you probably will.

>NFL
>not MLB
shiggy diggy

"There is ample evidence that the incident was planned well in advance, with the heavy artillery used in the fighting moved secretly into position some days before."
Book: Tojo - The Last Banzai
Author: Courtney Browne

Show me potato salad.

I once saw a book (or series) that was the Sherlock Holmes books, only from the POV of Moriatry.
I can't for the life of me remember the title or the author, which sucks, because I really want to read it.

Agree with the others, 1 is the worst. If you can just push through it, you'll be pleased you did.
I still can't get over the name "Whiskeyjack" though.

I enjoy the speed at which posts are responded to, and the inconsistency therein.
I also enjoy the artwork-image aspect mentioned in the OP.

Just keep reading classics and such.
Try some Hemingway and Fitzgerald, maybe some Dickens.
Faulkner.
If you're a real nigga from the streets, go for Joyce.

Also, that picture is a really poor choice for starting a thread. Unless you're a troll, then good on you.
There's also some errors in the text in the picture, but I feel like if I point them out I'll just be called autistic.

>>2649087
inb4 edgy guy comes in and calls you a fag for being compassionate

I wouldn't advise purchasing them, but go ahead and read them. They're entertaining enough, and I love Greek mythology so it was a neat rendition of that.
The characters aren't awful, the writing style isn't terrible, and it's a neat concept. It's entertaining.

>>2647210
This. I love Herodotus.

ANYTHING. LITERALLY ANYTHING.
YOUR CELL PHONE
AN IPAD
KOBO THING
SONY EREADERS
YOUR IPOD
But I personally recommend the Nook.

>>2646153
I don't know what that means. "On the dole"?
I have a job and such. I don't create things and put them into the world, though.
So, I would say, yes, I am basically just a consumer.

>>2646138
I pay taxes and such things as that. Purchase things, help the economy, etc. etc.