/lit/ - Literature

>>15998236
Fitting that you took the photo with a potato that you found lying around the kitchen.

>>15998236
can someone post the bourdain copypasta.

>>15996357
Can’t believe Ted Hughes had Anglo genes no homo

>>15996357

>>15996357
based tim pat coogan book

>>15996357
I'm working on the Bard myself. Hung around theater kids too much in HS to take him seriously until recently.

>>15998236
I'm not usually for the TV personalities, but he seemed like a cool guy. Even if you are joking.

>>15998302
CS Lewis' fiction is a waste of time. De gustibus, I guess.

>>15998820
This is a mixed bag. The Arabian Nights are pulpy, vulgar garbage, Lovecraft is a bore and that the Aeneid is popular baffles me. Homer and Tolkien are wonderful, and Gilgamesh is captivating, if suspicious. Wonderland was a big deal to me when I was younger, but watch out for those stupid B&N hardcovers; the acrylic decorating the cover WILL come off on your hands with any moisture/sweat.

I think this thread will be stillborn, but I'll post mine anyway.

>>15999266
>CS Lewis' fiction is a waste of time. De gustibus, I guess.It hits a niche for me. I'm a sucker for the combination of Christianity and sci-fi and to my knowledge there's not a lot of it out there. So far I'm not disliking it but I have heard CS Lewis can lack subtly. Have you read it yourself? Curious why you don't recommend it.

Old pic, up to 30 now
Barely read anything last year with work and life until Covid-chan put me out of a job

Stacking more than 3 books is gay

>>15999266
Lyndon killed JFK.

>>15996357
why not the Ciaran Carson translation of the Tain, anon?

>>15999458

How's the Ambrose book? I picked up 2 of his yesterday and wondering I should add more to my /stacks/.

>>16001429
It was alright. He’s good, I’m just not a huge fan of his style
Which two?

>>16001937

D-Day and Band of Brothers. Unfortunately, the latter has the TV-show-cover. I've been building up my collection of WWII lit and related stuff. Lots of war history as I find it at thrift shops and antique shops.

Hoping to find a decent copy of Mein Kampf soon.

>>16000745
I agree in the case of these threads, not in general.

If I, for instance, am studying a topic I might have a stack of 10 books, none of which will be read all the way through. But these threads are mismatched, random walk fictions, and I'd eat my hat if more than a quarter of posters ever make it through their halfstack.

Separate post - why NRSV? The Dead Sea Scrolls are all fake, and aren't they the driving purpose behind the 'New' versions?

>>16000814
good stuff

>>16003158
>The Dead Sea Scrolls are all fake
u wot m8

>>16003415
Thanks

>>15999266
>that the Aeneid is popular baffles me
It isn't popular, precisely because it requires a course in mythology, ancient literature, and Roman history to truly appreciate it, and even then no English translation can come close to approximating the subtlety of the Latin. If it ever gets mentioned it's usually a snide dismissal of it as "Homeric fanfiction."

>>15998820
Not a stack, dumbass.

I have a rather large stack this time around.
I bought a bunch during quarantine, and they've been trickling in the past month or so, I've read about half in this stack so far.

r8b8h8

>>15999266
>caro on lbj
Based

>>16000814
>MacCuloch

>>16006282
>Clarice Lispector

You must be a woman.

Big stack, plus a bag full of books not pictured.

>>16001954
Ambrose is good for quick reads but his writing is simply not very good. Band of Brothers is a fun story though.

>>15999266
>>16006302
About a hundred pages from finishing The Path to Power. Caro did an immense amount of research but a few of his historiographical methods irk me and after 700 pages of reading his writing style is getting tiring. I have a friend who listened to the audio book and said his style was excellent in that format, but I can't say for sure.

>>16006430
no
don't insult me, girls don't read

>>16006436
Nigga, post a small stack, no one can read the titles.

>>16006436

How are Weitz and Applebaum? They're on my list (particularly Red Famine). I really don't like Jews, but on the USSR, I feel they might be good.

>>16006469
Open it and zoom in

>>16006470
Haven't read Weitz but it was on the syllabus for one of my favorite classes in college and I've seen it highly recommended in a few places. Probably gonna read Age of Reagan then get to it.

Applebaum is very solid. Gulag is a much more comprehensive work than Red Famine in that she really gets into the weeds on numbers, details of life in the prisons and camps, and all sorts of administrative aspects. Red Famine isn't exactly a response to Holodomor denial, but at times it definitely feels like she is preoccupied with establishing the historicity of specifically anti-Ukrainian policies (though she denies the idea that the Holodomor was an entirely politically constructed famine). I can't really recall what she says about Jews in either of them.

>>16006551
>Applebaum is very solid. Gulag is a much more comprehensive work than Red Famine in that she really gets into the weeds on numbers, details of life in the prisons and camps, and all sorts of administrative aspects. Red Famine isn't exactly a response to Holodomor denial, but at times it definitely feels like she is preoccupied with establishing the historicity of specifically anti-Ukrainian policies (though she denies the idea that the Holodomor was an entirely politically constructed famine). I can't really recall what she says about Jews in either of them.

Not that she says anything about Jews strictly, but she is a Jew herself. Either way, it sounds fairly good. If I find a copy, I'd like to dig into it. There is not enough literature on the topic, imo.

>>15996357
Ay, the big fella. A couple of big fellas what with Hughes in there as well, who stood 1.88m and broad to boot. Plato, too, in fact: his name meaning 'broad', as he was a big fella. Even Wordsworth, though only 5'10" had great thick limbs...

>>15998781
wasn't he mostly irish descent? and indeed >>16006617 .. quer fellers..
>>15998820
loving the tolkien, may very well join you on a mass re-read soon
>>15999051
thanks, fueling my IRB infatuations
>>16000745
don't care queer
how is the golden thread?
>>16001370
i read part of the Carson translation before and found it to be stiff, plus the kinsella adds the sorrounding tales before the main story

>>15996357
just spent $19 on these.

>>16006901
>Dracula
Mah nigga. Everyone sleeps on this book, but it's cozy as fuck.

>>16006436
I read The Power Broker some time ago, so I have a pretty good gauge of Caro's strengths and weaknesses. Great research, lots of liberal blind spots, and what you described. The last third of Power Broker ends up being a continuous chain of chapter / single sentence cliffhanger / new chapter / repeat... I'm hoping his style evolves a bit from there once he has the clout to write what he wants (TPB was cut by a few hundred pages). The content is rock solid, but you have to be 100% on to avoid stepping into hidden sinkholes that make you nod in agreement too readily.

>>16007012
I'd wanted a copy for quite a while.

>>16008148
Just ordered this edition. Cool nod to the original cover.

>>16006282
read berlin alexanderplatz its so good

>>16004736
>m-muh subtlety of Latin
Shut up man

Current reading and research.

>>16008282
Can you show any of the instruments you've made?

>>16008292
I no longer have any that I made, they have all gone off to other homes. I have just recently started to get back into it and am starting to collect supplies and do stock prep for some sort of guitar and a 13 course baroque lute. If this thread is still going come weekend and I have the motivation I will dig out some old pictures of instruments I made. Otherwise, you can watch /wwg/ (woodworking general) over on diy, OP pics will likely start being of my progress on instruments starting on the next thread or the one after that, with the occasional pic in the thread, but I generally do not post pictures other than OP post unless asked or my current work happens to be topical.

>>16008325
What music do you like anon? Any good folk or medieval music you recommend?

>>16006282
Nice, too bad they're almost all translations. How lazy do you have to be to not learn Spanish?

>>16008325
That's pretty sweet, though. Cool hobby. If I was a broad I would present my backside to you.

>>16006436
I am JEALOUS anon

>>16008208
Nice. I was hoping to find a vintage copy, but pic related will do. I just wanna read it already.

>>16008337
>xenofeminism and french pedos

never gonna make it

>>16008350
I am not much for medieval, but I like a great deal of music, that John Cage book on mushrooms is by John Cage avant garde composer, not just some mycologist with the same name. For folk, try Peter Bellamy - Oak Ash and Thorn, Kippling Poems done in a very traditional British Isles folk style, deffinetly has medieval influence, great album. Right now i am listening to the traditional music of our opressors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm-Nqir2YQM

The John Cage is pretty interesting, collection of 20 lithographic prints 22 1/2" x 30 each with stuff on both sides and a half page vellum of printed text and book of his writings on mushrooms, think it might have an essay or something by someone else, just got it the other day, pic related.

>>16008394
kek. The ladies have lost interest in my luthier skills ever since it ceased being my trade. They tend to be more interested in what I do with instruments than what I do to them.

>>15998236
RIGHT! AH, WELCOME HOME!
THE MOST AMAZING BURGAH: THE SECRET OF BUGAH
FIRST OF, SEASON IT!
>seasons 3 patties
GRILL, PIPING HOT!
>seasons 3 patties a little more
GRILL, PIPING HOT!
>seasons 3 patties again, just to make sure
ONCE YOU PUT BURGHA...
>puts patties in grill
PUT THAT LID DOWN!
>seasons 1 bun for his 3 patties
SOGGY BUNS
>opens lid
>puts bun in grill
>closes lid
GRILLED ONIONS!
>seasons 2 onions for his 3 patties
>opens lid
ONIONS ON, LID BACK DOWN!
>leaves lid open
>drops oil bottle and a pan
>cut
>there are now 4 extra buns for his 3 patties
WOW
Wait till that goes
>closes lid
>there are now 5 buns in the table
PIPING HOT!
>opens lid
MMMM!
>there are now 6 patties in the grill and 4 onions
CARAMELIZE THAT BUTTER!
>butters 3 patties
A BUGAH TO DIE FOR
>butters the same 3 patties
NOW, LIGHTLY SEASON THAT GRILL
>seasons patties FROM A DISTANCE
>seasons grill
SEASON, SEASON, SEASON
>closes lid
THE BUN, 3 BUNS, 3 BASES
>opens lid
>closes lid
NICE, BEAUTIFUL, RICH CHEDDAR CHEESE
>opens lid
>puts cheese in 3 patties
ON, ON, ON
>closes lid
MAYONNAISE OOZING AT THE SIDE
>assembles 3 burgers
give me an S: S
give me an A: A
give me an L: L
give me a T: T
SALT AND PEPPER ON THAT TOMATO
>seasons tomato
A TOUCH MORE MAYONNAISE
>opens lid
BEATIFUL, ON SHE GOES
>closes lid
ON, DOWN AND IN
ON, DOWN AND IN
ON, DOWN AND IN
>lets all extra ingredients burn to a crisp
>Stevie Wonder and Kanye come over
THAT IS A BURGAH TO DIE FOR