/lit/ - Literature

>mine are

The Bible
The Qur'An
Quotations of Chairman Mao
Mein Kampf
Il Principe
The Republic
Twilight
The Green Mile
Crime and Punishment
The Stranger

Way to waste your time

MY COUNTRY DOESN'T HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY.

FUCK YEAH.

>>1089332
fancy that:
Your formal government has been disbanded and the SACEUR of NATO has taken over legislative, judicative and executive powers over your motherland, anon. he just indicted all littards of high treason and convicted them to death

The Karamazovs
the Twilight Saga
War and Peace
Life and Fate
The Tin Drum
Lord of the Rings
The Foundation Trilogy
The Dune Saga
Each Douglas Adams
Each Terry Pratchett

I don't have 10 books which I haven't read yet picked out. I can't predict what I haven't read yet, but would like to, otherwise I'd be reading said books right now.

1.Crime and Punishment
2.Atlas Shrugged
3.The Bible
4.Meditations
5.Hamlet
6.The Dune Saga
7.The Foundation Trilogy
8.Chekhov short stories
9.The Art of War
10.War and Peace

easy. The ten longest, most difficult to read books in the entire world. Preferably in languages that I don't speak, however as I suppose I have to read them, to help me translate I would have a translation dictionary from a similar language. This way, I live for as long as possble.

I'm sorry, I'm retarded.

>>1089377
you can also just read books very slowly.

The Stranger ten times in a row. By then I'd be ready.

>>1089316
>EACH MAY CHOSE 10 BOOKS
>chooses a saga and a series along with 8 other books

>>1089407
you know those prints, you know, like "the collected works of x"

if i have must-read books, i would have read them already!

>>1089407

LOTR was ALWAYS considered to be one book by Tolkien. It's even set up that way; it had to be split into three books for publishing reasons (too long, duh).

Harry Potter, no. Separate books.

>>1089362
terrible

>>1089442
Let's say one novel, not one book, especially as he clearly divides it into six books internally.

My first ten novels, when I write them

>>1089446

No - clever: death would come as a sweet release

>>>/mu/12516546
mu is alot more active than you!

1) The Brothers Karamazov
2) Ulysses
3) Finnegan's Wake
4) Perdido Street Station
5) 100 Years of Solitude
6) Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
7) Lord of the Flies
8) Man's Search for Meaning
9) The Stranger (so I could learn not to care about my execution)
10) The Tao Te Ching

>>1089446
They all sounded shit boring to me, so I never read any of it. When I'm about to die I figure I can't really be entertained, I'll be too anxious for that. So I might as well read these books. Right?

>>1089316

if you read those bi your last days, you will surely go to chocolate haven

haven´t you learned anything about escaping death by literature?

1001 nights, please

hypothetically, it works.
screw reality

>>1089893
This was just my idea too. My second choice would've been "The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion", yes, all 14500+ pages of it.

>>1089899
I been wanting to read that shit anyway.

1)Secrets Of Lock Picking
2)Modern High-security Locks: How To Open Them
3)How To Open Locks With Improvised Tools
4)Zips, Pipes, And Pens: Arsenal Of Improvised Weapons
5)I Am a Cat
6)Disguised Weapons: The Law Enforcemnt Guide To Covert Guns, Knives, And Other Weapons
7)The Dirty Dozen: 12 Nasty Fighting Techniques For Any Self-Defense Situation
8)Real World Self-defense: A Guide To Staying Alive In Dangerous Times
8)Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics: A Rational Approach to Tunnelling
10)U.S. Army First Aid Manual

>>1089899
drooling over it right now. it's not on amazon - where do i get it!?
>>1089947
lol'd

>>1089971
http://amzn.com/0847822842

>>1089947
lol

>>1089947
I am a cat made me cry

>>1089989
every time i buy books i look at it but i always seem to put it back for some reason. whats it like?

>>1090001
There's no plot, it's a cat observing his master
social commentary etc
but it's written in a very engaging and amusing style, even if the translation is clunky sometimes.
I very much enjoyed it, despite the aforementioned bawling.

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8. The Tales of Beedle the Bard
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
10. Quidditch Through the Ages

>>1089927
it isn't the full text, alas

>>1089989
why? was it the ending?

>>1090073
yes
It was unexpected, heartbreaking, senseless and insignificant
BAWWWWW

>>1090081
Too good you didn't read the introduction first then.
I was out of my mind when the stupid translator spoiled the ending for me. I stopped reading intros after that, though I occasionally, very very carefully, skim through translation notes in case they seem useful.

(double posting, same guy as >>1090123)
The ending did come as a shock though, even though I knew the cat was going to die. I didn't expect it to be such a meaningless and stupid death. Still in the tradition of Soseki's works, I expected the master to die first, then the cat would decide life was not worth living like that, and eventually throw himself off a cliff or something.

I don't live in a horrible, pathetic failed nation that practices murder.

>>1090143
>implying murder isn't justifiable
Canada is a pretty good country, but the problem is it's excessive liberality. For instance, criminals can off get away with all sorts of illegal activity and get really light sentences.

Man is an animal like any other. We kill pigs, we kill sheep. In moderation, it is acceptable

>>1090147
I disagree, no one deserves to die.

http://listverse.com/2009/06/06/top-10-longest-novels-in-the-english-language/
These. Want to prolong it as long as possible, no?

>>1090153
But does everyone deserve to live? You can argue either way

>>1090123
>>1090128
Who thinks that giving away plot like that would be a good idea?
I remember at one point something was described as being in apple pie order and it completely threw me. I assume it was not the original description but really inappropriate translation.

>>1090168
Our government doesn't kill people because it's better to let all criminals live than to kill one innocent.

If we had a perfect means of determining guilt or innocence, there might be room for debate; capital punishment might be justified for some crimes. But we don't. And as long as we don't, we can't take the risk of killing an innocent.

So, the execution happens after the reading list is complete?

The Voynich Manuscript. As soon as a suitable translation comes out.

>mfw

>>1090200
this is how i feel. if we could know for a fact that John Doekill had murdered several people, I'd have no problem killing him, but we can't know that for a fact. Our justice system, and every justice system, is infallible.

>Our justice system, and every justice system, is infallible.
>infallible

>>1091411

hahahahahahahaha

Anonymous 08/31/10(Tue)16:07 No.1090051
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8. The Tales of Beedle the Bard
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
10. Quidditch Through the Ages
fucking legit list :D

Aztec - Gary Jenninga
The Ninja - Eric Van Lustbader
Shibumi - Trevanian
The Summer of Katya - Trevanian
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo - Steig Larsson
Black Heart - Eric Van Lustbader
Out - Natsuo Kirino
The Ring of Five Dragons - Eric Van Lustbader
All She was Worth - Miyuki Miyabe
A Shadow on the Glass - Ian Irvine