/lit/ - Literature

Star Wars: X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble

so deep

>>4399533

epic trolle xD

>>4399537
>he doesn't read Star Wars expanded universe novels

look at this fucking uneducated pleb

animal farm i would say

>>4399545
EU has nothing on black library masterpieces

>>4399529
inb4 flame war, from lurking I've seen 4chan absolutely hates her, but Ayn Rand - The fountainhead really spoke to me.

a song of ice and fire

>>4399561

>>4399529
How it really is? There isn't one proper way of viewing the world, there are many many ways. There is no right and wrong there are just different view points. In saying this, I can't think of books that are you're asking but for the cultured question, I'd suggest reading books set in interesting times or different countries. Electric kool-aid acid test, shantaram and the great shark hunt are great.

>>4399529
>>4399529

On tie with the tread

Is The Stranger and The Fall worth a read ?

>>4399568
The Stranger is an amazing babbys first serious literature. If you're looking for something that has apperent depth that is easy accessable, read it.

>>4399566
>There is no right and wrong there are just different view points.

Do us all a favor and kill yourself.

>>4399573
The Fall ?

How about The Plague and The First man ?
I recently just saw them in one of the Literature shops in London and was thinking of picking them all up

I'm defiantly getting The Myth of Sisyphus though

Any opinions about Swan Song?

>>4399575
It's funny this is the auto-reaction when someone actually is objective and not bullshiting.

>>4399578
Just get em all, they are thin as hell and well written, so you'll work through them in no time, after which you'll be able to form your own opinion. As I said, The Stranger is really easy on Newcomers, as is The Plague, while Sisyphus is a pretty basic introduction to Absurdism.

Cant say much about The First Man and The Fall though. There are people who could give you a far better run down on those works and their merit, but they are busy feeling superior.

>>4399585
Okay Thanks Anon I'll buy them all

Seems like the best thing too do

>>4399585
>>4399578
This is why I come to Lit

>>4399582
>objective

Your opinion explicitly states that there is no such thing as objective truth. If you think a "viewpoint" can be neither right nor wrong then it's meaningless to have one, or to try to find one, or even to ask questions.

You represent the rejection of reality and the death of philosophy. Again, kill yourself.

>>4399575
Well, well... I'm not the anon you're originally quoting but I'll give my two cents into this discussion. I'm sure the Original Poster himself to would gain some insight.

Firstly, right and wrong. What is right, and what is wrong are subjective. If in one country it is respectable to look in someones eyes when you talk and in another it isn't. Then which one is correct? Either looking into, away, or both?

If it's both, and I will argue this point if needed, then there means for somethings there are no universal rights and wrongs.

If someone is looking for, like OP, a outlook on life and how it works then they must ask themselves. In what area, in what time, and from who's perspective. Will a white man in the south in the 1800's treat a black and white man the same; Or a woman and a man? Probably not.

The universal truth to the world is that there is no universal truth to the world. And truths can change over time. If you want to understand how people individually act. Study Psychology. If you want to understand how people in groups act, small and large. Then study Sociology. And if you want to learn about what people should do then study Philosophy.

>>4399529
>I've read 1984 and it was mind blowing.
Really?
It's good but nothing special by today's standards.

>>4399598
>basing your philosophy on the conflation of reality and perception
>without realizing it

See me after class.

Russian Literature.

>>4399529
Assuming you arent trolling, >>4399658 isnt far off.

Read Resurrection.

>>4399595
That wasnt me anon, that was a different anon weighng in on what you and i said. Why are you so bitter?

>>4399529
Virginia Woolf - The Waves

>>4399595
I might as well right back to what you said because you took the time to write it. What i meant was we all have individual viewpoints and they're right to the individual but that same viewpoint may or is wrong to another anon. Maybe thats what the op meant but i got the impression he meant a universal truth of everything. I dont represent those things at all.

>>4399529
anything my ayn rand or milton

The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi genuinely changed my understanding of humanity. It is such an objective discussion, backed up by great skill in articulation. Personally I feel everyone should read it.