/lit/ - Literature

>>2510983
No.
Laughably no.

>>2171461
>if you count emigres
Well if you count them Tom Paine has to be there!

>>2171470
Is East of Edan really that good? ...I can jack that copy from work no one seems to want...

>>2171472
I haven't read it yet, but it is a story of America, and the whole age we are in the middle of. The metaphors abound.

>>1738884
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
~Thomas Paine

AGAIN!?

Last Read: _____________Rights of Man, Thomas Paine (10/10)
Currently Reading: ______________The Second Bill of Rights, Cass Sunstein (10/10)
Next to Read: _____________Haven't decided which of the next chapter in the revolution to read next. 1848 or Homage to Catalonia, or a break from the theme.

>>1540082
You can't fool me. That's a Frank Zappa quote!

Pic related

You people just hate birthday threads or somthin'?

>>1502144
Sincerely, I was planing on posting about Thomas Paine soon, on account of the mans birthday this Saturday.

Aside from reading his own works, a quick and exciting biography/American history book called Thomas Paine and the American Promise, by Harvey J Kaye, is an excellent starting point.