/lit/ - Literature

>>22397003
If you're going to read, read philosophy. If not philosophy, read poetry and literary fiction. If not those, read the best most erudite and celebrated genre fiction. If not those, don't bother reading unless it's to learn some skill only a textbook is optimized to teach you, or some information that a monograph is devoted to teaching you. I don't know how anyone can read anything that's not philosophy, other monographs, other textbooks, poetry, literary fiction, or really erudite and celebrated genre fiction. Why the FUCK would you read anything else. Are you people really consoomers of that level? Just go watch movies or watch shows or play videogames at that point. They're objectively a better use of your time than reading some shitty genre fiction from the bookstore, because they do all the worldbuilding you like but also stimulate your senses and can even do so in ways that are creatively more interesting than genre fiction schlock can do with only text. NOTE that I said: the exception with genre fiction (that rises above movies/shows/games) is when it's very erudite and respectable stuff. Like you can read Verne, Wells, Tolkien, Lovecraft, Eco, etc. But if you're reading some no-name shitty author that spams the bookstore with 50 books set in their fantasy or sci-fi conworld who doesn't expand your brain or soul, you need to re-examine your priorities in life. Seriously. Just because it's text doesn't mean you are entitled to camouflaging with the REAL /lit/erati. Music is also a better use of your time than fucking bottom of the barrel genre fic.