/lit/ - Literature

why do modern liberal writers so negative?
>oh no the world is gonna end (but this time it's real!)
>late stage capitalism, global warming, war and famines, volcano etc.
jesus christ why are they so mentally weak? even afganis who never had a happy day in their lives are more optimistic

>>21615757
Well, pic related already did it for me

>>21591835
So pic rel is nothing? Nice self-own.

Newfag here(on /lit/). I've been lurking in this place, and saw this book get posted here a few times. Even being recommended for first time readers. My gf owns this book and I was thinking of borrowing it. But after looking at it's wikipedia page, and knowing it's written from a serious philosophical perspective, I'm wondering if it's too much for me. I've never read serious non-fiction before. Is it really for first time readers like me? I don't want to get humiliated in front of my gf when she asks about my opinion of it.

Thoughts? further reading?

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Never.

I'm currently reading "The Conspiracy against the Human Race" by Thomas Ligotti. btw. I'm almost finished with the book.
What I expected according to some reviews:
a disturbing, deeply depressing and pessimistic book
What I got:
Certainly no disturbing content, but something one usually should avoid - confirmation of my already established opinion about humanity and the burden of consciousness. Or to sum up what the author proposes as the preferable future of humanity (which I wholeheartedly agree to and also support):
voluntary self-extinction

Also the vocabulary was quite a bit beyond my grasp and had to look-up lots of words, first because I'm kinda inexperienced with philosophical books like these and second because english isn't my mother language. I usually don't have that much trouble understanding english text, but this was a bit too much for me

A few of my friends have recommended this book and after doing some skimming I decided to order it. Any anons here who have read it? Thoughts on it?

at what age did you grow out of anti-natalism?

I want to be emotionally and spiritually devastated.
What books provide the same feeling, preferably with more of a focus on on the soul draining system of wageslaving under capitalism.

Thoughts on pic related? Is it any good?

>ahhh consciousness im going insaaane

what's his point?

Thoughts on this book?

What version should I read? Penguin's or the old one? Which one has less hope?

what am i in for, does the author name the jew?

>>15915341
I HOPE ALL THE YOUNG FOLKS GO STRAIGHT TO HELL!

>>15606329
> I want to read something absolutely miserable and dark, something that will make me hate humanity
Not really Sci-fi or fantasy, but;
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti could be what you are after.

>>15447633
Thomas Ligotti

Is "The Conspiracy Against The Human Race" worth reading or just a stale meme?

Has anyone here read Thomas Ligotti’s The Conspiracy Against the Human Race? If so, what did you make of it? I was thinking about buying it but I was wondering if another anon had given it a go

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