/lit/ - Literature

>>16120604
Should I buy a Kindle
Books about skateboarding

Is it crucial that i read the books of nicomachean ethics in order? or can i pick and chose the ones im the most interested in first? I have read the 2 first books, and the part about voluntary action is really fucking boring so id like to move on to something else

>>16120623
No
Books as in fiction where the characters skate? or do you want books that teach you how to skate? Its better to just trial and error it, with the occasional youtube guide, or get lucky and have some nice stoner help you out with tricks
.t used to skate 8 years ago

Ok I couldn't get my thread sizzling so i'll ask here.

>Simulation & Simulacra
>Focault's Pendulum
>Flatline Constructs: Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction
>CCRU 1997-2003
>Cypherpunks

Interested in the dissolution of symbological meaning in the age of global information

best order to read Plato?

Where to start with Joyce, Foster Wallace and Pynchn?
Also, what should i have in mind when reading them and what should i read before attempting to read their respective masterpieces? (i'll read them chronologically).
Some articles or maybe books on the subject would be greatly appreciated
reposting from the last thread

>>16120682
what are you even asking?

>>16120869
I want recommendations for literature that explores the pursuit of occultism in the information age, without just reading hermetic literature from 300 years ago

What am I in for?

>>16120604
what should I read before reading Spengler?
>inb4 the greex

>>16120764
chronological
>>16120808
chronologically

I have an opportunity to get one book. Which book will benefit the most from being read in physical form? So far I'm thinking of getting Infinite Jest because apparently there are a lot of footnotes and they don't work well in my ancient kindle and Pale fire because one of the anons said it's similar.
Any other books I should consider?

>>16121439
Nicomachean ethics or something else depending on how familiar you are with philosophy

>>16121439
I'm a fan of having one big book for rainy days or in case civilization collapses and I need lots of reading material, like the Norton Shakespeare, Plato's dialogues, or the Bible

>>16120604
HOW do I become anime?

What should I read beforehand to understand Baudrillard? Someone said "Marx"; is 'Das Kapital' enough?

Demi-related: does /lit/ know anything about master's degrees? Do you have one?

A bachelor's no longer gets you into the upper middle class apparently.

I have a couple of books I want to read on me but don’t know which one to start first. I’ve got

No Longer Human
Journey to The End of The Night
Hot Water Music
The Old Man and The Sea
Confessions of a Mask
The Outsider

What should I read?

>>16121637
Barthes
>>16121695
Given your 6 options, I would roll a dice. Once you get the result, you'll either feel like rolling again or actually reading the book. Begin reading once you hit the result that doesn't make you want to roll again.

>>16121761
That’s good advice. Thanks.

>>16121636
suicide

why do I feel the need to read after c00ming to anime teenagers?

What Shakespeare plays are ACTUALLY worth reading ...?

>>16122322
Julius Caesar

just used a philosophy introduction chart and got trolled hard.

what is the best philosophy introduction chart?

>>16122500
Read that in high school, but heard it's the worst of his tragedies

>>16120604
books about meditation

Books similar to HyperNormalisation?

>>16122581
meditations?

>>16121176
well, I did my best only to be ignored. Guess I'll have to make a new thread now.

Why should I bother reading fiction?

>>16122715
Because it's fun and interesting and makes you smarter.

>>16121176
Plato - Eutyphro

>>16122715
if you have to ask and you're over the age of 14, just leave

Best books on studying aside from How To Read A Book and A Mind For Numbers? Really loved both honestly.

anyone know where i can find (online) ellman's biography of joyce

Ive been thinking about reading Lolita because of all the praise its getting, but i was wondering if the book «glorifies» pedophilia? I wouldnt enjoy reading it if it presents something as evil as pedophilia in a good light. Thanks for replies, and for not spoiling the plot for me or other anons :)

>>16123059
The Art of Memory by Yates

>>16121176
Nothing. Part of why Spengler is so widely known is that anybody can read him and have the full ride. Everybody from philosophers to laypeople read him and argued over him. He's an eccentric dilettante (in the good sense) and widely read. Basic knowledge of history and philosophy might help but really it's more like a whirlwind tour of several civilizations. Maybe Schorske's Vienna? Or Mann's Reflections.

>>16122556
I've heard it's controversial how to classify Caesar. It's one of my favorites so I recommend it. Why rely on other people's opinions? Why limit yourself to only reading some of the writings of one of the greatest writers who ever lived? Just read them. If you like frilly whimsical stuff read his whimsy plays and comedies. If you are more of an English lit major read the serious major plays like Hamlet and Tempest. If you are young dumb and full of cum read his histories, starting with Caesar very possibly.

Do you guys read while feeling frustrated? I kinda have some free time after uni and all of the homework and I almost always frustrated after so I waste my time mindlessly scrolling and only read when I "feel like it" (during commute in the morning or at weekends)

I hate my hometown, books for this feeling?

>>16123233
Ibsen, Brand

>>16123209
One of the best skills or tricks I learned is that I can "jolt" my mental state to be different by changing my physical state. Take a cold shower or work out for a little while, or both, to get the adrenaline flowing and then get rid of it. Then try reading once you feel like you've done some good work and earned it. Add some rituals like making a nice coffee or tea, caffeinated or decaf, to convince your body and mind that you are shifting into a different mode.

I also read while pacing or walking (if it's a safe area), or read outside, if I can.

It's equally true in the opposite direction. You can want to read and technically have energy and focus, but get into a slump and spend 4 hours time wasting. I can get into a slump from something as simple as sitting in my favorite chair and browsing 4chan.

Plain old discipline is good too. Don't visualize yourself as the sum total of what you are "feeling like" at any given moment. "Feel like" you don't want to read, then read anyway. That's a muscle you have to exercise. After a while you can almost see it in your mind, all the desire and "inclination" to do one thing, and then your own will saying "nope" to it and doing the opposite.

>>16123287
thank you for the answer and advices, definitely will try

What is the best English translation of Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil?

Books against sociology?

>>16123180

can I post links here?

https://b-ok.org/book/2351943/3b87e8

>>16123372
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ward_Gouldner

>>16123372

You want to throw an entire field of study out the window because some American guy complained about not having enough of his party representation in academic departments?

Sociology isn't even an American invention. It's German. Show some respect.

>>16120604
Do people on this board share poetry?

>>16123462
I was in no way trying to "throw away" sociology as a field of study. It just seems to me that there is an obvious bias towards leftist politics. From my understanding Sociology was supposed to be a hard science; how can that be true when all I see is an indoctrination class for marxist ideas? All I'm looking for is a critique against it.

>>16123543

I don't know how to begin to answer this.

Just take it easy, dude. Disengage a little from the kulturkampf and find some friends and a gril. Go for a walk in the woods, contemplate the sunset, take a swim in the ocean, play some tabletop games. You obviously don't know what sociology is and you barely know what are mad about.

Unless you are going to study social sciences at uni, this shit will only get you frustrated.

Who should I read if I want to write philosophy?

>>16122520
Just read some early Plato and early Moderns (Descartes, Locke, Hume, etc).

>>16122520
you didn't get trolled. that's how philosophy is.

>>16122520
What chart?

>>16123543
Read Weber for some actual sociology. Quite the opposite, it was never supposed to be a hard science but it wasn't supposed to be the shitshow that it is now either.

>>16123195
It doesn't glorify pedophilia

>>16123372
Hegel contra Sociology but Social Science as Sorcery may be what you are looking for

>>16124122
thanks for actually answering

>>16124054
if you are this dumb you wont be writing philosophy

>>16124173
well what did i do wrong? who would you recc?

>>16124191
read every philosopher

>>16124199
ok thank you. i will read various significant philosophers.

>>16124191
If you cant even manage to figure out basic philosophy yourself, you wont make any new advancements in the philosophical world. Hell, you should probably stay away from the entire thing.

>>16124221
but i'm really interested in it. in truth i already have a bunch a philosophy books, and have read a few like Plato and Descartes. I was wondering /lit/'s advice because they may recc a specific work or author who talks about writing philosophy. For instance, I read Schopenhauer's Art Of Literature which I think was relevant. Anything else like that?

why does this board hate bojack so much

>>16124497
>>/tv/

>>16124054
You should read as much and as deeply as it takes for you to know how, why, where, and when some philosopher is completely wrong to the point that you are so mad you have to spend half your life working on BTFOing him even though no one will care

>>16124536
I have felt this way on a few occasions, but have yet to fully act on it. I'm going to do what your post recommends. Thank you, anon.

books that deal with suicide (not norwegian wood)

>>16123205
Thanks, mate. Exactly what I was looking for.

>>16120623
No, but get an ereader if you're a poorfag or care about space. Personally I recommend a Kobo Clara HD, if six inches is enough for you.
>My question
Do you guys listen to music while you read? If so, how does it not distract you?

Is it better to read hopscotch in linear order or the jumping around way first?

>>16125238
>jumping around
this

Is this the board to talk about selling books? I'm not trying to sell you guys books I just want to figure out how to do it.

>>16125682
I believe you can list them on Amazon and maybe even through Abebooks somehow? Then you just wait for someone to buy it

I had a friend who did this, he said you may have to wait a long time but every so often you will get a notification that someone wants your old university copy of whatever the fuck and you just box it and ship it

You can also take them to a used bookstore but you'll get ripped off big time, they hustle you like mad and try to buy all your shit in bulk for $20 so they can resell each one for $10

>>16124583
I don't know any good ones but take care of yourself anon. Don't get isolated with fatalistic bad thoughts that encircle you. Go break them up somehow and rethink everything on a new day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxGRhd_iWuE

>>16125771
I mean books I write myself.

>>16123195
It doesn't glorify pedophilia, but you have to keep in mind the narrador is a pedophile who writing his statement for his trial. He always seeks sympathy and tries to justify his behaviour. It's up to you to not get misled by him.
I finished reading Lolita two days ago and I liked it and recommend it, but in the beginning the pedophile stuff bothered me a bit.

>>16120604
WHAT SHOULD I READ BEFORE READING SCHOPENHAUER

>>16126015
Kant's first Critique, specifically the section Transcendental Aesthetic (50 pages).

>>16126079
thank you, and I'm sorry for yelling.
is there anything I should read before Kant? I'm familiar with the Greeks.

>>16126015
Kant and others may be too hard so try Cassirer instead if you need to

>>16126148
A general familiarity with all of the early modern philosophers would be very helpful, since Kant is trying to solve the problem those philosophers were grappling with. Though, I'd suggest spending more time on Locke (specifically his idea of primary/secondary qualities in Book 2 of his essay) and Hume's first Enquiry.

1. Do I need any background to understand Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle, if so what books are necessary to read before?
2. Why do people dislike The catcher in the rye?

How's Vonnegut's "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater"?

>>16125905
Thanks, i dont think id get misled by him no, just checking that there wasnt some hidden agenda of shorts

>>16124114

I used to read a lot but now I'm stuck in an eternal loop of rather watching shitty shows on Netflix instead of opening up a book. I need some recommendations on comfy and preferably accessible lit to break the cycle.

>>16127237
brave new world

>>16127237
- Memory of my melancholy whores
- Chronicle of a death foretold
- Story of a Shipwrecked sailor
all by the same author and under 100 pages

Recommend good Pirate books please. I'm obsessed with pirates lately.

>>16127332
i pirate all my books.

>>16127332
Baron in the Trees have some pirates in it.

Infinite Jest is so funny i think i'm going insane. Is this normal?

best translation of kafka's metamorphosis. i heard hoffman was good for the humour but "cockroach" puts me off...

Is Gadamer worth reading?

how can reading in english improve my writing in my native language? should i take a break from english books when writing?

>>16128570
Yes

>>16129067
It will help you in general as all reading of good books does but if you want to improve your prose or verse in your native tongue then you need to read a lot in your native tongue
>>16129399
I'm also interested, would you mind elaborating why he's good?

>>16127929
The Borges translation

>>16128570
Yeah he's one of the best hermeneutic thinkers ever to live along with Dilthey Heidegger Ricoeur (and Schleiermacher). Tbf Dilthey and gadamer are not just some random philosophers among many (like Jaspers or Scheler eg), where you have to be specifically into what they are all about to get the most out of them. They are landmark thinkers for anyone interested in the hermeneutic paradigm underlying vast majority of humanities and philosophy since Kant.

Gadamer also shows the limits of the paradigm since he goes right to the edge of it.

However truth and method is somewhat oddly translated. If you know any german you will be aware pretty quick that it's translated awkwardly without naturalizing it to english idiom. This is a mild quirk, just be aware of it rather than assuming its because the text is ultra difficult and obscure.

are there any books that cover the philosophy of the internet in serial experiments Lain?

Specifically, I'm interested in books that delve into the show's underlying philosophy. think Ellul's 'The technological society' but focused specifically on the internet, instead of pop-science books like 'the shallows'. fiction is cool to if it covers the same topics and has the same tone as lain.

Why do I think that life is a Kafka novel?

>>16129707
Because the only books you've read are Kafka's novels.

Is this a good intro to economics?

>>16130119
It's neither an introduction, nor is it very good
His position isn't entirely detestable but his dishonest use of data is
Just read Mankiw with a skeptical outlook, macroeconomics is lesser metaphysics no matter which way you spin it

>>16130119
It's not meant to be

>>16130119
Be advised that >>16130135 is the typical mainstream propaganda response, to the point that he probably copied and pasted it from somewhere

>>16130181
elaborate please

>>16130119
Not a good intro, but if you have a basic understanding of econ already, it is worth reading.
>>16130181
Based. Another Mankiwfag BTFO'd.

Anons! I saw a new chart on the /lit/ wiki entitled "How to read a book". My autism now tells me that this chart which I had never seen before is a prerequisite to reading! I can read a book! I know my ABCs! I can pronouce most english syllables! I know the denotation of words! I know the connotation of words! I have the ability to understand sentences from their contexts!
I need validation, I can just skip that chart right?

>>16130208
Start with the greeks

>>16130208
Small kek. Accurately depicts the intellectual level of the average /lit/ poster.

What's his best play?

>>16130208
Cute post but no

I'm looking for books on these subjects - any recommendations?

1. Middle Ages - Industrial Ages history of England and/or France
2. Books about the Enlightenment period
3. Is pic related any good or is there something better?

Just how good is infinite jest and any tips on how to go about reading it?

>>16130460
>Middle Ages - Industrial Ages history of England and/or France
I'm not well versed in the topic, but maybe you'll like Marc Bloch's La société féodale
>Books about the Enlightenment period
Candide, ou l'optimisme, by Voltaire

>>16130242
The Clouds

>>16130636
Thanks!

>>16130460
try Hobsbawm if you are interested in a Marxist approach

>>16130491
>just how good is infinite jest
There is no way to answer that. I suggest you read reviews of the book and see if the themes interest you.

police novels from or set in scandinavian countries (Nordic Noir? I think.) recommendations?

>>16120604
Thank you for making this thread OP, /lit/ desperately needs this type of thread just how /sci/ has one. If this were a general, there's no reason for the /r9k/-tier bullshit "books for this feel" threads.

is there a place to upload casual writing (genrefiction etc) and get paid? doesn't matter how much. i just don't want to query for (enjoyable) trash that i write on the side of actual literature.

What are some books that would help me to understand China's current political and economic systems?

>>16130986
no worries brother. If you dont see one of these threads, be sure to make one

>>16131204
hey bro, can you make a picture of Harold Bloom the image of the next QTDDTOT? i don't mind if you don't want to.

>>16130986
This, thanks once again to OP for both having the good idea and putting in the hard work to stick with it

I am bumping this thread and also once or twice a day going to the catalog and bumping any obviously good /lit/-related threads above the sea of off topic crap.

>>16130460
>1. Middle Ages - Industrial Ages history of England and/or France
Pirenne and Cipolla might be your best starting points, Braudel is a bit daunting and in my opinion Pirenne does everything he's doing but better and in much shorter form

>2. Books about the Enlightenment period
Isaiah Berlin's The Age of Enlightenment isn't perfect but a decent starting place, Jonathan Israel is more controversial

how do i take notes effectively? how do i remember what i've read?

>>16131273
why don't you do it yourself, you lazy cunt

>>16131513
because i'm a lazy cunt

>>16131317
Thanks!

>>16131273
Maybe anon, maybe

What’s the best books on socialism?

>>16131702
What do you mean by socialism?
a) from a philosophical teleological point of view
b) historiography of socialist countries or
c) criticisms of socialist theories about society and/or man.
d)other(?)
In any case for an intellectual introduction to marxism there is Main Currents of Marxism: Its Origins, Growth and Dissolution by Leszek Kołakowski which is respectable and accesible to almost anyone.

>>16131865
Seconding recommendation, amazing book. Read the chapter on utopian socialists around p 200 first.

>>16131508
The key to making notes is SUMMARISE. Just summarise the key points and give some page references so you can look up the pages for detail. No need to rewrite the whole book in your notes (a mistake I often make). You remember what you read by making notes and reviewing them.

good books on gratitude?

>>16131950
Be more specific, gratitude for what?

What are some good Southern Gothic/ Horror books?

What am I in for?

>>16120808
Only read Joyce but a good place to start is Dubliners
>>16121176
Hegel, Kant and Nietzsche

biology introduction chart?

>>16132580
better chances of getting one in
>>>sci

Books about being a father, both fiction and non? I've been reading "The Road" annually since my son was born. He just turned 3 and now that he's more aware I want to be on top of my game.

What order should I read Euripides in?

Is there any philosophy that revolves around eliminating emotion in order to better perceive the world? Or anything close/similar to that?

>>16133255
One could easily be mislead into thinking that this is true for stoicism but that wouldn't be accurate of the movement.
The closes thing i can recall is the philosophy of Spinoza, which is not an easy author by any means but it's one of the most rewarding.
There are some specific introductions and a few accesible ones are Deleuze' Practical Philosophy and A very short introduction to Spinoza by Roger Scruton.
After that you can read the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (you can actually read this before any introduction) and jump straight into the Ethics
The SEP article will help as well:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza/

are there books like initiation into hermetics by bardon written before the 1700's? are any of them better than that book?

Anyone know where I can find a zip file for the oxford dictionary that I can install on my kobo? The default dictionary sucks and I'm not sure where I would find the oxford dic

>>16130225
>>16130390
I started reading Prometheus Rising. I'm already at the part where he discusses the anal-territorial circuit
Sorry frens :^l

Is love retrievable? Asking for a friend.

>>16120883
fanged noumena. promise

>>16121636
VR Headset.

Will this board really get better once summer is over? Even my ten year old brother can go on this website with his iPhone.

>>16134739
no

>>16134739
When the next big thing comes after the internet and we're all old im sure it'll be good.

>>16121439
Check out collected works. You could get all of Shakespeare, Shelley, or Byron for that price. I personally would get a collected work of either poetry, an essayist, or something of the sort.

>>16132651
I would uironically dip into psychology and read 5-6 non-fiction and see what's reasonable. Also, highly recommend John Gatto's the underground history of American education if your son will be in any way involved in compulsory education.

What is Aeschylus' best work?

Is there an ancient Greek play that you love? I enjoy them, but none have left a lasting impact as of yet. I have read: Ion, Oedipus Rex, Lysistrata, Clouds. Bacchae is up next

I can’t remember what I read! How many times do I have to reread a book ?

>>16135147
>How many times do I have to reread a book ?
Three.

is there any book series of short history books about different subjects?

>>16135447
A Very Short Introduction series by Oxford.

Are there any major differences between Don Quixote publications/translations? I'm not sure which one to buy - most likely gonna go with the Everyman's edition just because it's the only hardcover I can find, but it's like 3 times the price of a paperback. Is it any good? Or are there better translations out there?
>>16135147
>>16135237
Kek, unironically three.
>tfw you still can't remember two v. chapters
Maybe four?

Essays on Biology?

Just wanting someone to tell me to read L'Assommoir or Germinal first. I've already read a few other books in the series out of order so I'm not concerned about that, I'm just indecisive

>>16135833
Read Germinal first.
I have no idea what that is, the title just reminded me of a short story I read last night.

>>16120604
Do people who refuse to read books but employing the most popular soundbites (while namedropping them also) as premises while trying to reason in a more formal discussion should be taken seriously? Are people held accountable to read the books when they try to make conjecture in a discourse?
I'm kinda retarded but i know a guy who does this in my uni, dunno if i should take his words a bit more seriously, pls help.

>>16136102
>Do people who refuse to read books but employing the most popular soundbites (while namedropping them also) as premises while trying to reason in a more formal discussion should be taken seriously?
I mean books by philosophers, for context this guy usually brings Wittgenstein, Scruton, Kant and Hegel to a discussion.

>>16133255
If you are interested in the opposite of what you are asking you could read Hume.

Meditations PDF?

best order to read Plato?

>>16137091
what the fuck?
use google

>>16137108
Depends on what Plato are you interested in.
Got any idea? if not, start with the basics

Question on Aristotle's Ethics:
On 1117a4-6, his claim that courage arising from spiritedness may be most natural, and can be virtuous if the resulting actions are chosen/voluntary (deliberated upon, etc), but around 1107a, where he (partially) defines virtue, it seems to be in contrast to passions. Am I misreading what he means by each of the terms by conflating them with one another? Or misreading in some other way?

>>16137160
this could use it's own thread

>>16137160
And wherein lies the contradiction? He's saying courage arising from spiritedness can be virtous if the resulting actions are deliberated upon, that means, if the passions are kept in check by a higher function of the intellect reining in the passions. And he defines virtue in contrast to passion (with regards to actions, I'm going to have to assume). It seems about right to me.

>>16137190
Well, because, as he defines, it, virtue is a characteristic and not a passion or a capacity (1105b19-1106b6). Virtue is the characteristic of actions marked by voluntary choice and deliberation, as I'm understanding it. So my feeling is that I'm misunderstanding what he means by spiritedness, in this case. Or are you saying that the logical error I'm making is in believing that passions, as perhaps the drivers of action, can't take on the characteristic of virtuosity? He does mention in book 3 chapters one and two that actions resulting from spiritedness are voluntary, so that might be right.

>>16137288
I can't say myself exactly what is meant by "spiritedness" in the context of the work that you are discussing. Perhaps we need to look up the original Greek word that Aristotle used. Or else we need a more learned Anon to step in and answer your question.

>>16137108
Chronological if you are trying to read all of him but it will start out pretty tedious since you need to plow through several dialogues exclusively confirmed with refuting eristic

For a thorough serious reading that doesn't try to be comprehensive, still chronological, but hitting highlights instead. Try breaking it into segments like this:
>optional but recommended: a bite-sized anti-sophistic dialogue like Charmides as an intro
>at least one major anti-sophistic dialogue like Gorgias or Protagoras
>Meno because it's and early dialogue and short, snappy, and famous
>Symposium because it's famous and important although some on /lit/ somehow find it boring?
>the famous early-middle ones that cluster around Socrates' trial and death (Euthypro, Apology, Crito)
>famous early-mid incipiently metaphysical ones like Phaedo (has Socrates' actual death scene) and Phaedrus
>Republic since it's the big big middle dialogue and you'll be reasonably well prepared for it now
>more difficult late dialogues like Timaeus, Theaetetus, Parmenides, Laws (although all of the late ones are very important these are some of the most important)

For less serious reading, just the trial/death group (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo) and any of the major famous ones you want (Meno, Symposium, Republic, late metaphysical ones like Timaeus and Theaetetus e.g.).

To be honest if you're going to do option #2 (serious but not comprehensive) you might as well just do comprehensive+chronological instead.

>>16120604
Any anons here have short story magazines or subscriptions to them? What kinds? Are they usually worth it, or is it like here, wading through shit to find diamonds? Kinda interested since I don't read nearly enough and most of my dads books are scifi, traced back to the days of Asimov, Bradbury, Anderson and Clarke. I have a small collection of classical works, but these go back even further in the past. Are /lit/ magazines a worthwhile way to get exposed to newer stuff that isn't just shilled by daylight robbers like B&N.

>>16136102
No, that is an appeal to authority. If you don't actually read them, you can't really use them in an argument because you don't actually know what they are saying. At least in full context. I can say that Dostoyevsky is in favor of killing off rich people because Raskolnikov does it in Crime and Punishment, but that would be a gross misrepresentation because it leaves out the other 600 some pages of the book, including the context and consequences of the murder.

They shoot horses, don't they?

>>16120647
>or do you want books that teach you how to skate? Its better to just trial and error it, with the occasional youtube guide, or get lucky and have some nice stoner help you out with tricks
Thanks anon

Do you think Eddy Money had big dick energy?
Two tickets to paradise makes me think so

>>16134816
I haven't read any psychology works before, good idea. Gatto's book also looks interesting, thank you.

Bump

>>16120604
El bumpo

>>16120604
if i have adhd and haven't read a book on my own since high school (25 now) what's a good book that can keep my attention? should i try short stories or go straight into novels? I really want to start reading more and I don't want to buy books just to buy them and have them collect dust but I do like physical copies.

>>16139882
Short stories might be a good way to establish the habit of reading daily. What kind of things do you want to read about?

Recommend me books, here’s my favorites. (Dunsany, Huysman, Balzac, ligotti, William Blake, Blackwood,Borges, Dante and kafka )

>>16139888
im not really sure. i still like watching coming of age movies a lot so maybe stories similar to that would be nice. i think reading about people like myself with adhd or other mental illnesses would be interesting too.

Is there a UFC tonight?

How to deal with eye soreness after reading for hours, i want to keep going

What does this nigga mean by formal/eminent reality and objective reality in his third meditation? from what I can tell objective reality is the reality of images that appear before the thinking mind, i.e. the idea of people, animals, angels, esc. and formal reality is the absolute reality of the thinking mind and all the elements that influence the formation of thought, i.e. God I guess?

any recommendation for a book on anxiety, particularly social anxiety? something based that explains concepts and teaches techniques for the autistically inclined
I tried looking on goodreads but there's too much normie shit aimed at women

>>16139908
Danilo Kis is kinda similar to Borges, try Encyclopedia of the Dead

Give me a good short story to read before sleep

>>16120604
What am I in for?

>also pin this

>>16140268
drink enough water, get enough sleep and don't touch your eyes.
also, go outside for at least 30 min before 10 am and after 3 pm (before 6pm, obviously).
also, do some exercises.
Stand up every 10 min and walk for 10 seconds
You may think this makes you unproductive but it's the opposite in the long run

>>16140494
from my pov i never overcame my social anxiety i just kinda forgot i had it when i started my job.
Not sure if it's a terrible but seeking help from a professional helps a lot and stopping the cringe/based mentality is actually better for you.
Also, read this book

>>16140532
Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

>>16140532
The Party by Chekhov

>>16140663
>>16140686
Thanks!

>>16120604
bump

Anyone have an edition of the LOTR books they prefer? I like the covers of pic related; they make me nostalgic

>>16120604
Books that'll make me go
>"badda bing"
>"badda boom"

>>16141445
Wow those are beautiful

I have the box set my mom's friend gave me which is ugly and cheap as hell and based on the movies, and I more recently found an old 80s box set with beautiful art, and I decided I'll keep the ones that were special to me and give the "better" ones to some kid some day

>>16140655
This. When you forget about it, it starts to fade away.

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>>16142011
Fag