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BOOK CLUB.

DISCUSS BOOKS.

SUGGEST BOOKS.

BOOKS.

>> No.1176128

Twilight.

>> No.1176130

>>1176128
We dont have shit category.

>> No.1176131

>>1176128
/thread

>> No.1176138

>>1176130
You should make one.

>> No.1176142

>>1176130

Judging from the books I've seen y'all read, I figured you only had Shit and High School categories.

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>> No.1176154

you better not choose books i really want to read this week courage wolf...

>> No.1176176

>>1176142
What do you read?

>> No.1176185

Lord of the Flies is a masterpiece.

>> No.1176189

>>1176176

Currently Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle, a study of 3 works important to the understanding of the geological concept of deep time, a Kierkegaard biography by Garff, and a collection of Krzhinovsky's short stories.

Next up are Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig, the Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya, and either a collection Jonathan Collier's short stories or a collection of Daphne du Maurier's short stories.

And the annual reading of The 50 Years Sword to some kids around Halloween me and some friends have done for her freshman high school class the last few years.

>> No.1176197

>>1176189

Krzhizhanovksy*

Fuck, that is a name. That is most definitely a name.

>> No.1176212

>>1176189
Are you a geoscience major?

>> No.1176219

>>1176212

Nah, just interested in the concept of deep time for whatever reason.

>> No.1176242

>>1176219
What is/was your major?

>> No.1176272

Law school has killed my love of reading. Now I just collapse on the couch and blankly watch TV. Seriously the other day I watched a full episode of The Big Bang Theory. The motherfucking Big Bang Theory.

Seriously, don't go to Law school.

>> No.1176304

>>1176272

But at least you get to live the rewarding, fulfilling life of a lawpfffthahahaha.

>> No.1176363

>>1176242

Working on my PhD in physics with a concentration in particle and plasma physics

>> No.1176381

>>1176272
haha pussy. I have no problem reading while in law school.

See, the key is not to read cases. Just skim the headnotes and flip through a couple minutes before class.

>> No.1176382

>>1176272
But you're studying to become a productive member of society!

>> No.1176385

>>1176381
seconding the "don't go to law school' advice though. When the highlight of your day is gossiping about gunners, life fucking sucks.

>> No.1176391

I just got halfway on Wuthering Heights, and would love to discuss it with anyone when I'm done. Since I just got done with the French history book, I'm probably finish it in two days. If anyone is interested, holla.

>> No.1176408

>>1176382
>Lawyer
>Productive member of society

Come on, I'm in Law school and I don't buy that. Everyone I've met there actually wanted to study History or Literature or whatever else but was sensible enough to know there's no money there.

>> No.1176415

>>1176272
hopefully you'll be one of the ones that don't need a psychiatrist afterwards.

>> No.1176429

>>1176408
he was being sarcastic im sure.

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1176440

I love talking about law school as much as anyone else but lets get back on track here.

>> No.1176442

WELL, YOU COULD BE A TAX LAWYER AND ARGUE THEY'RE FOR THE GOOD OF SOCIETY. ALMOST ALL OF THE CASES ARE ABOUT PEOPLE TAKING THE GOVERNMENT TO COURT FOR THINGS THEY THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO RIGHT TO TAX/ THE GOVERNMENT'S MISINTERPRETATIONS OF LEGISLATION.

A LOT OF THE TIME, THE PEOPLE WIN.

>> No.1176447

>>1176442
so glad i dont live in america :)

>> No.1176451

I'm just going to suggest a bunch of books I currently own.

NECKBEARD:
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (not science fiction, it is horror)
The Knight by Gene Wolf
Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
A Game of Throens by George RR Martin

Classics hipsterlol
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Moby Dick
Gravity's Rainbow
Any of the Sherlock Holmes novels would this better fit neckbeard?

Illiterate:
Anything by Harlan Ellison
Any of the Conans stories
Any of the Sherlock Holmes short stories

>> No.1176452

>>1176447
I'M AUSTRALIAN.

OUR TAX SYSTEM IS ARGUABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT IN THE WORLD, ADDED WITH OUR LARGER THAN AVERAGE TAX RATES, YOU CAN SEE WHY THIS IS NOT A RARITY OF OCCURRENCES.

>> No.1176470 [DELETED] 

Back to the first page FUCK YEAH.

>> No.1176469

>>1176442
too bad tax law is just about the LEAST interesting thing in the whole wide world.

>> No.1176471

>>1176408
yeah, you basically have 3 types of people in law school

1. lib arts majors with nothing better to do
2. people who actually want to be lawyers (generally people who watched The Practice and Boston Legal a little too often)
3. people who just want to hide out from the economy for 3 more years and didn't do well on the GMAT

>> No.1176484

Stop talking about god damn law school and suggest some books.

Preferably something I own.
>>1176451
<.<
>.>

>> No.1176491

>>1176451
>The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany

I've been wanting to read that one for awhile.

>> No.1176523

>>1176484
In that case, try Glen Cook's Black Company series.

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>> No.1176562

>>1176552
I would seriously LOVE to read that for genre (I have the quartet), but Courage Wolf doesn't want science fiction this week.

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>>1176562
hmm no scifi eh?

In that case, I highly recommend
http://www.amazon.com/Damn-Feels-Good-Be-Banker/dp/1401309682/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid
=1286071955&sr=1-1

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>> No.1176795

faggots suggest books

>> No.1176868

Page 0ing this motherfucker.

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>mfw nobody cares about Courage Wolf's book club

>> No.1177014

currently reading Storm of War, great depiction of the theatres of WW2

>> No.1177022

>>1177010
>implying Courage will ever come back to this thread
>implying he cares about suggestions

>> No.1177197

Not to be an ass, but quit law school got an MS in teaching English and an MBA. feelgoodbro.jpg

>> No.1177304

>>1176605
am i like the only person on /lit/ who has read this? Cause it is GOOD STUFF.

here's the preview trailer fro anyone interested. I swear it's not a rickroll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROlDmux7Tk4

>> No.1177376

>>1177304
>implying that trailer looks good

>> No.1177377

>>1177376
>implying it doesn't.

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This taste. Now what read?

>> No.1177398

>>1177391
1984?

Alternatively, move your dystopian visions of the future up a few decades and read:
Neuromancer
Revolt in 2100

>> No.1177401

>>1177398

I'm sorry, I just didn't enjoy 1984. I can't even rationalize my dislike for it; the writing just irritated me.

I do need to read Neuromancer though...

>> No.1177406

>>1177401
Brave New World is also pretty good.

>> No.1178116

a final bump.