/lit/ - Literature

I can't get through their prose without killing brain cells

>>12264568

>magical realist novel

"Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has Great Expectations."

-Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Page 107, Dover Thrift Editions

>>10930713

Holy shit you ted fags are so fucking dumb to believe there is some way we can get to some "everyone's a philosopher king thinking glorious thoughts unto themselves, unaffected by petty society" heaven on earth. Ted rails against muh system without spending five minutes to realize that people are pack animals and society will always happen no matter how we organize (or don't) ourselves. We're on fucking /lit/ and no one has brought up counterpoint books like lord of the flies or animal farm. That quote is full of such biased vitriol based on errors that are BY DESIGN built into our current system. A democratic republic recognizes 1) we're tribalistic animals and 2) people are often greedy and/or stupid. It allows for self-correcting within the system itself via legal means: judicial, the press, art, punditry, etc. That can be abused, but no shit anything can, which is why the system works if there's a constant discussion going on. Ted jumped beyond discussion into ideological ranting and literally trying to blow shit up. Nigger just start your own magazine or run for office and be charismatic, but nah, I want to bring down the whole system. Cool, other systems will just pop right up, or it'll be pre-historic anarchy, which is oh-so-fun.

>>10358268

Came in here to post this.

>>10227017

>Wes "Twee" Anderson

I've got an idea for a tech/social media related website/company/app and I'm wondering if there's any books I can read that might be helpful.

I'm looking to absorb as much info as I possibly can, relating to every single aspect in regards to Silicon Valley type of companies, whether it be general knowledge of this space, or even specific information regarding certain websites & how they came to be/how they make money, like like YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, etc..

>>9814723
silence of the lambs was a quantum leap in quality over red dragon, which was a solid, intermittently inspired thriller/horror/crime novel.

hannibal was readable, particularly in the context of jonesing for another hit o' dat sotl magic. but it was sub-red dragon quality-wise, if memory serves, though it certainly worked very hard at delivering up iconic scenes, and did have its moments. but it kind of made me give up on thos. harris. he shot his wad with sotl.

>for a crime novel
See pic related.

>>6474645

Yet a-fucking-nother world war two book.

What a triumph of the imagination. Real ambitious.

>>6383534

>post-apocalyptic

>The main character is an intellectual-

>>5909049
>the-downfall-of-all-white-countries

>>5768691
W, DF. Dislike him. Superfluous, smelly neet, wears bandanas non ironically. Will be forgotten. Trite.

>>5443199
>dissing Virgil

m8

>>5384160
>baseless, uneducated assertions abound

>>5337489
>>5337479
>>5337469
>>5337425

well done you pair of faggots you have derailed the thread >>>/x/