/lit/ - Literature

>>16100377
>>16077274

Yes, I do

OF FUCKING COURSE.

>>16100377
Depends on the book. If I'm trying to learn physics I don't care about the history of Isaac Newton. I just want to see the formulas and the application.

>not reading the introduction after you finish the book

>>16100405
Is that you? You make my dick so fucking hard.

>>16100422
unironically who?

Should you read them?

>>16100377
Yes I do. I also read the foreword and any legacy introductions to previous versions of the text. After I finish, I reread the introduction. If you have a problem with this, meet me in the parking lot of Barnes & Noble and we will settle things.

>>16100377
I only read the dedication and move on to the next book.

>>16100412
caveman

>>16101094
Cavemen were the smartest humans ever because they survived situations that would eviscerate you in an instant.

>>16100377
No

>>16100405
Source?

>>16100377
Yes, I do.
>>16100398
Cringe translation reader.

She’s well known. I believe she was scared offline a long time now.

>>16101269
Is the whole OD death thing fake? I think so

>>16100377
Sometimes they're very good and provide a lot of context. If it's introduction for a fiction novel I'll usually read it after I finish, though

>>16100377
I read it at the end and only if I think there's something in there context wise that I'm worried I missed out on.

Depends. If i'm reading something about math or programming then I skip it. If it's fiction I do the same. I only look thru the introduction if i'm reading the classics or philosophy.

>>16101269
she dead, RIP :(

>>16101919
https://www.last.fm/user/grubage
uh so

>>16100377
I like the additional context.

>introduction has major plot spoilers

>>16103043
>reading for the plot

>>16100377
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY WEEB THREAD LATELY?

>>16103087
I have returned from my 6 month hiatus to anime post again.

>>16101247

>>16103142
i just hope you kill yourself

>>16103182
O know you missed me

>>16100395
newfag actually thinks this was a question.

>>16100418
>>16101730
>>16101786
>>16103043

Introductions should be put at the *end* of a book, not the beginning.

* Spoiler problem averted

* You get to experience the book without preconceptions

* You can decide to read the introduction or not, depending how much you liked the book

If (when) (if) I finish my Dante I will put my long, ranting introduction (in which I fulminate against the modern world) at the END. To put it at the beginning would be presumptuous. It's a bit like credits in a movie. You can have a few important names at the beginning, but the really long credits listing everything and everyone must go at the end, so the audience can decide for themselves if they want to sit through them.

>>16100377
Yes, in fact I do including the preface.

i read it all

>>16103269
I bet you do, gay boy

>>16103301
???

>>16100377
>t. doesn't read
fuck off animeposter

>>16103356
anime website

>>16103710
cool, now tell me where i can go for an anonymous imageboard without weebs

>>16103169
You can only improve artistic abilities when you don't have to worry about staying alive.

>>16103251
Yes you specifically we missed. Tell the other animefags to take a hiatus

>>16104007
awww, you're too sweet. I'll have a chat with them but i can't promise anything.

>save the introduction for last because I know it has spoilers
>finish the book
>read the introduction
>oh that's interesting, that's what inspired the author
>oh that's interesting, that's his writing process
>oh that's interesting...
>wait, this introduction has gone completely off the rails
>are you speculating? You're not even talking about themes from the novel.
>what the fuck are you even on about now?
>holy shit there are 10 more pages of this crap?

>>16100377
Test

>>16101269
she is dead. maybe stop posting her picture.

>>16104185
you need to go back

>>16103833
Reddit is probably more of your liking, normalfag

>>16100377
I do but it usually annoys me becuase it’s full of spoilers and assumes you already read the book

>>16100377
>read introduction
>pacing and prose is abhorrent
>get to chapter one
>prose reads like silk

>tfw 50 pages introduction
why is this allowed

>>16104742
the penguin das kapital has a 200+ page introduction by ernest mandel. It's practically its own book, as if crapital isn't long enough as it is

>>16104263
So anonymous did harass her till she quit the internet.
Hang your head in shame. Why anyone would self identify with a pack of anonymous...

>>16100377
I pretty much always do:
If the introduction is short, it's not a big deal to read.
If the introduction is long, it must be important.
If the introduction is medium, it won't take that long to read, and will probably have enough important info to make it worth reading.

>>16100450
Beware: Dailymail link

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3510958/How-viral-fame-killed-father-left-foster-care-friendless-Girl-meme-bullying-4chan-members-age-11-reveals-horrific-toll-Internet-family-six-years-later.html

>>16106250
>if it's long, it must be important

>t. hasn't read infinite jest

>>16104839
>self identify
No desire to self identify dipshit

>>16104361
I'm one of the best posters this board has ever had. It's you who have to go back
>>>/r/eddit