/lit/ - Literature

Which 5 thinkers would you want to see have a roundtable discussion?

>>16249009
You must become an acolyte of Ted and the monke gang (peak oil, linkola, etc) or else you Will help bring forth whatever the merchants and liberals Jack off to

>can read a 200 page novel in 90 minutes
>200 pages of a textbook takes me weeks

>>14431681
I can give you a paragraph from the book itself:

>"Dissolution, Noise and Fear. Below-decks, reduced to nerves, given into the emprise of Forces invisible yet possessing great Weight and Speed, which contend in some Phantom realm they have had the bad luck to blunder into, the Astronomers abide, willing themselves blank yet active. Casualties begin to appear in the Sick Bay, the wounds inconceivable, from Oak-Splinter and Chain and Shrapnel, and as Blood creeps like Evening to Dominion over all Surfaces, so grows the East of giving in to Panic Fear. It takes an effort to act philosophickal, or even to find ways to be useful,-- but a moment's re-focusing proves enough to show them each how at least to keep out of the way, and presently to save steps for the loblolly boy, or run messages to and from other parts of the ship."

Why do I fall in love with every girl that shows me the least bit of attention?

Why did you waste your life? What are the philosophical justifications for wasting your life? What books help you cope with a wasted life?

What books would fix a friendless, ugly, social outcast, jobless, skilless virgin? Who is in his mid 20s?

When 'it' hits the bullseye dead-center, 'it' is called creativity.
When 'it' hits the edge of the target, 'it' is called eccentricity.
When 'it' misses the target altogether, 'it' is called insanity.
The target is the Overton window,
But what is 'it'?