/lit/ - Literature

>>16101940
I-IT'S THOMAS AQUINAS' SHORTER S-SUMA, SIR. ITS AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF THE MULTI-VOLUME SET BY SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS HIMSELF

>>16101940
Petersburg by Andrei Bely, it's what you get when you mix symbolism, political instability, and daddy issues.

I'M READING TERRA NOSTRA SIR.
IT'S A LONG BOOK ABOUT HISPANIC CIVILIZATION SIR
IT'S A LITTLE TOO LONG

>>16101940
The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford Sir. Wait— AHHHH

I can't read Gunnery Sarnt

>>16101940
SIR I'M READING LOLITA BY VLADDY NABOKOV SIR - IT´S ABOUT A BASED PSEUD GETTING SOME CUNNY, SIR!

>>16101940
PETERSBURG BY ANDREI BELY, SIR. IT'S AN AVANT-GARDE BOOK SET IN THE MIDST OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF 1905, SIR. IT'S A MASTERFUL EXAMPLE OF SYMBOLISM AND HAVE INTERESTING CONCEPTS ABOUT PARRICIDE AND REVOLUTION, SIR!!

SIR, I DRINK TOO MUCH TO READ ANYMORE SIR!

SIR I'M READING 48 LAWS OF POWER SIR. IT'S okay SIR.

>>16102001
read under the volcano, then

>>16101940
Notes from ze Üntergrunden

>>16102001
>im drinking and not reading right now, because i cant sleep
tell us more anon

NINE STORIES AGAIN! I-I-I JUST WANTED TO RELAX!

>>16101940
I'm reading through my Latin textbook, Sir. I've been going through declensions for the past four hours just like you told me, Sir.

just finished Ethan Frome, so I'm reading nothing

>>16102037
how hard is it to learn and how are you going about it

>>16101948
>>16101955
>>16101979
>>16101982
>>16102001
>>16102011
YOU DO NOT CALL A NON-COMISSIONED OFFICER SIR YOU ABSOLUTE, DFW READING, PODCAST LISTENING PLEBES!
GET YOUR SORRY ASSES BACK TO THE GREEKS AND START ALL OVER AGAIN AND THANK GOD WE’VE GOT A NAVY!

>>16101940
Excuse me fren, if you value your life, you should check your tone with me.

>>16102082
sir.......yes...sir.....
..

>>16102082
WHAT DO WE CALL YOU THEN

>>16102052
>How hard is it to learn
It's hard, but some of the vocabulary will come easily since English borrows a lot of it. It's a language where you can't get away with not knowing the grammar rules inside and out. I use LLPSI and the Cambridge Latin Course as my textbooks and have apps on my phone for vocab memorization/flash cards for when I go out on walks or sit on the toilet.

>>16102113
dudemang

EMPIRE OF SILENCE
FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE DUNE

>>16102113
DO NOT SPEAK WITHOUT BEING SPOKEN TO MAGGOT

>>16102126
YOU WERE ADDRESSING US ALL
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP

>>16101940
CHRIST, THE ETERNAL TAO, SIR! IT SPEAKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JESUS IN VIEW OF DAOISM!
IT'S GOOD

AGAINST HIS-STORY, AGAINST LEVIATHAN. MAKES ME WANT TO REJECT MY ARMOR AND BURN CIVILIZATION TO THE GROUND

>>16101940
I'M READING THE MADNESS OF CROWDS SIR, ITS ABOUT HOW JEWS POISON EVERYTHING AROUND US SIR

>>16102180
THAT'S IT YOU SCRAWNY PIECE OF SHIT, GET OUT AND READ 100 PAGES

>>16101940
nietzsche reader

>>16102082
As a recruit you refer to all your superiors, even NCOs, as "sir". Only once you've earned the title do you refer to NCOs by their rank.

t. marin

IM TAKING A BREAK FROM READING THROUGH THE BIBLE SO I CAN PLAY ARK WITH MY CHINESE FRIEND AND COPE WITH THE FACT THAT IM GOING TO BE A WAGESLAVE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

>>16101940
SIR I'M READING 2000 PAGES OF DRAGON PORN BY ANON'S LITTLE BROTHER SIR

>>16101940
Winnie the Pooh fanfiction where all characters use FidoNet.

Amusing Ourselves to Death

All of it seems trivial since it was written 35 years ago.

>>16102983
WHAT KIND OF LITTLE SISSY LOSER PUTS DOWN THE BIBLE FOR A DYING CHINESE GAME. YOU BETTER GET BACK TO IT BEFORE I TAN YOUR HIDE, BOY

>>16101940
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: WHAT ARE YOU READING THERE, MAGGOT? GIVE ME A QUICK REVIEW AND SPEAK UP
Me: uh.. UH.. I'm READING 'AFTER GOD' BY BY PETER SLOTERDIJK, SIR!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: SLAUGHTER DYKES? NOW THAT'S A NAME I CAN GET BEHIND! NOW GIVE ME THE QRD!
er.. ah.. IT STARTS WITH A MEDITATION ON HOW GODS DIE BEFORE DISCUSSING HOW BEFORE DISCUSSING COSMIC NEGATIVITY AND GNOSTICISM SIR!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: AND IS IT ANY GOOD!?
Me: IT'S BLOODY BRILLIANT SIR!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: YOU'RE A FUCKING FAGGOT ANON!
Me: THANK YOU SIR!

>>16103324
Full Metal Kek Kek

>>16101940
Didn't even realise it was a gay book until after I bought it. I probably wouldn't have bought it had I known because I am homophobic.
I'm enjoying it though and will finish reading it although many of the passages make me very uncomfortable in that gross kind of way. You know the feeling you get when you see two guys kissing? Like that.

FOUNTAINHEAD BY AYN RAND SIR! IT'S ABOUT EDGY EGOMANIAC ARCHITECTS SIR!

>>16102001
Multitask you cunt.

>>16103063
Is there a good recent equivalent to this book that evaluates the arguments it made / similar postmodern thought on entertainment?

>>16103511
How do you get to the point of buying that specific book without realising what it's arguably famous for? It's Mishima.

>>16103529
That Howard he's a loose cannon but boy does he get results.

>>16103599
He just doesn't want strangers to question his masculinity.

>>16103599
I'm new to reading. Somehow this book was in my brain as a good book, possibly even from browsing this board, so when I saw it in the book store I just picked it up and bought it. Didn't even read the back. I usually go into the bookstore for one specific book and end up buying a couple just to make it harder for the cashier to get a read on me.

SIR I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF READING THE TENTH BOOK OF THE GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE SERIES SIR
IT IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE OTHERS BUT I MUST CONTINUE IF I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OWLS SIR

>>16103619
>>16103624
Ah, I see. Be careful you are not accidentally seeing buying another gross book called Forbidden Colours as well.

A collection of El Borak short stories by Robert E Howard. Pretty fun stuff. Like if Indiana Jones or Lawrence of Arabia were given the Conan flair.

>>16101940
A portrait of the artist as a young man. I'm in the very beginning where the writing style is almost "childish" and it seems very interesting. I like autobiographies so that's why I thought it was a nice idea to buy it. The last book I read before it, "confessions of a mask" (great book) was also an autobiography.

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN! IT PAINTS A VIVID IMAGE OF THE CONFUSING TIME OF CHILDHOOD AS SEEN BY A CHILD! LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING IT LATER TODAY SIR!

SIR IT’S ABOUT PIRATES AND CUTE LITTLE GIRLS

>>16101979
based

GIAMBATISTA VICO'S THE NEW SCIENSE S-SIR! I'VE HAD T-TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING IT SIR. THAT SAID, I'M EXCITED TO GET IT UNDER MY BELT AND MOVE FORWARD INTO THE WAKE, SIR!

SIR I'M READING THE FOURTH ARC OF "RE:ZERO" ON MY SMARTPHONE SIR. SIR IT'S NOT VERY WELL-WRITTEN BUT THE SUSPENSE AROUND THE CLIFFHANGERS IS STRONG ENOUGH TO EXACERBATE MY INSOMNIA SIR.

IT’S THE CATALOGUE OF SHIPS SERGEANT!

Pretty much greek shitposting.
based, redpilled and lol xd random.

>>16105413
>dat do b how it iz doe
God I fucking hate niggers

>>16105621
its a white guy...

>>16105659
just lurk forever and never post again

>>16101940
Gravity's Rainbow. The child sex scene got me hard because Pynchon wrote it so erotically. What is his endgame.

>>16105413
>Boohoo muh Valor, muh Israel
Soldiers are faggots

>>16105659
he's a nigger

>>16105413
>yalls
>tho
>literally enlisting
>expecting adoration

>>16101940
Just watched the movie for the first time. The first half was interesting but the second bored me to death. Why is this on such high pedestal? I don't get it.

>>16106263
Because EVERYBODY'S HEARD ABOUT THE BIRD. A B-B-B-BIRD BIRD BIRD--THE BIRD IS THE WORD --- A B-B-B-BIRD BIRD BIRD

>>16101940
Is that you David Foster Wallace, is this me?

>>16102082
>t. never went to boot camp

SEMIOTICS THE BASICS SIR
IVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE WHOLE SEMIOTICS THING IS KIND OF RETARDED BUT I'M TOO DEEP IN A VERY SHORT BOOK SO I KIND OF WANT TO FINISH IT

Pic related.

It's an anthology of troubadour poetry. It's quite good, and gives a deep context to every poem, as well as an overall explanation of the troubadour ''movement''. It also contains a wonderful 70 pages glossary of troubadour terms, which can work as a fine, short dictionary for the ''arte de trovar''.

The translations are literal, which helped me to read every single poem in the original - even though my Occitan is just a mixture of what I know of other romance languages, and my German is immensely limited, I was able to understand and enjoy everything. With the troubadours, we have la musique avant toute chose, so reading them in the original is a must.

My only criticism is that the author - an erudite Brazilian philologist - doesn't have the same tastes as me, but then again I suppose this isn't a serious criticism. I did feel, however, that some of his explanations were unnecessary, but this may be because I was already familiar with much troubadour poetry, so perhaps they would be useful for first-time readers.

I read an old edition from the 70's, but it seems that there are better editions available now, with illustrations and such.

If you are Brazilian, or even Portuguese, this is probably the best introduction to troubadour poetry. Needless to say, books containing all the actual poems - the old ''cancioneiros'' - of the troubadours are immensely expensive and hard to find, but this anthology can be found with ease at Estante Virtual (the main Brazilian website for used books).

>>16101940
THE ILIAD SIR
AND IF YOU DON'T THINK DIOMEDES IS THE BEST GREEK YOU CAN SUCK MY DICK SIR

>>16103555
Not him, but what would you expect to be different in a later rendition?

>>16106712
Blaming "libs" or "postmodernists" for everything

>>16106722
Are you implying that you are in the market for hot takes?