/lit/ - Literature

>>20907742
>you can read anything and get something out of it.

>>12598621
>its very hard to make money
>makes his money doing nothing at all

I want to read some books about stoicism, can you guys help me find out where to begin?

>>10806164
you won't be able to fill a (nonminuscule) bookshelf with brand new hardcover classics for less than $1.5k, and it would probably be much more than that. a few hundred dollars could potentially get you a decent secondhand collection but it will probably take a lot of waiting and effort

>>10663821
it's impossible to express the exact same abstract idea in two languages

even if an author oversees their translations (like kundera) or writes their translations themselves (like beckett), they can never have the same meaning as the original text

>have 30 bucks left from bday
>goes to BnN cos a few blocks away
>looks around for something in linguistics
>grab Course in General Linguistics by Saussure
i didnt know much about the guy, but a few friends recommended me to him.
>fucking 10/10 worker asks me if i need help
>kneesweakarmsareheavy.mp3
i wasnt even like sexually attracted to her, i already had a partner, her beauty just caught me off guard
>fucking book doesn't have a price on it, tag or otherwise
>i shyly mumble about checking the price
>i follow qt to register
>rings me up
i guess she didnt understand that i was only looking for the price; to her credit i wasnt very clear.
>its 35 bucks
mind you this book is only about 250+ pages
>we make extended eye contact
>shes so fucking adorable
>would feel guilty for declining transaction
>buy the book on impulse
>return next day for refund
>my kitten had chewed the spine
>no refund
now, i have an overpriced book that i resent and havent read.
its fucking weird too, cos im not the sort to balk like that in front of women. i guess since it was my first interaction with someone for 3 days, it came out really awkward

Most literary pet?

>>10576746
I kinda want to get back into scifi/fantasy books, but I have no fucking idea where to start. The last time was about 6 years ago
Any good things to get started? Preferably scifi

>>10436864
How did you feel about Stencil Sr. not actually been Stencil Jr.’s father? And Veronica maybe being his mother?
Personally I didn’t expect it at all and loved it