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Anonymous Thu May 16 06:05:19 2019 No.13125078 [Reply] [Original]

Okay, /lit/, tourist here.

I have never read a book unironically in my life (let alone ironically). The lengthiest piece text I have read is probably some copypasta in /x/. I have finally decided to educate myself. Where do I even start? Is there any saving?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:06:50 2019 No.13125081 Infinite Jest

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:07:11 2019 No.13125082 Start with the greeks my man

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:08:05 2019 No.13125086 Ulysses

Anonymous Thu May 16 06:13:34 2019 No.13125095
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Different anon here. Doing a PhD in pure math. What are some books that I can read after a day of exhausting parsing and working through highly involved textbooks? I want to read something before I go to bed but high level books are a bit too much.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:14:38 2019 No.13125099 >>13125078 Mediocre books like John Green or Robert Galbraith. Then move up to James Joyce or Thomas Pynchon.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:14:51 2019 No.13125101 >>13125095 Gone Girl

Anonymous Thu May 16 06:17:43 2019 No.13125111

>>13125101
>>13125095
I forgot to add, but specifically I want books that are of /lit/ value, not just the equivalent of A-list movie-tier books (I'm sure you have a name for those here), doesn't necessarily need to be non-fiction, but preferably. No meme replies please.

Anonymous Thu May 16 06:19:14 2019 No.13125118

>>13125078
If there was an answer for everyone, it could be used for everyone, and no one would ask that question.

There is stereotype that modern literature requires forcing yourself to think, and classical works just flow into your mind. It is wrong, try to think at all times.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:19:18 2019 No.13125119 >>13125082 This OP. Specifically Mythology by Hamilton -> The Iliad And Odyssey by Homer -> The Histories by Herodotus -> The Presocratics -> Plato -> Aristotle

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:19:59 2019 No.13125121 >>13125111 Blood Meridian

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:20:43 2019 No.13125123 >>13125078 Don Quixote.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:21:02 2019 No.13125127 >>13125121 I'll take a look, thanks

Anonymous Thu May 16 06:22:29 2019 No.13125133
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See pic related. A Mind For Numbers is really quick but should've been quicker. It's advice is solid though. How To Read A Book sounds comical but it's just basic advice for learning and remembering books.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:35:44 2019 No.13125155 >>13125095 >>13125078 Ballard Just read ballard

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:38:59 2019 No.13125160 >>13125111 Dubliners, by Joyce.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:41:35 2019 No.13125168 >>13125095 Submission houllebecq

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:43:00 2019 No.13125174 >>13125078 Read this article and then choose something from the bibliography to read: https://plato.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/encyclopedia/random

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:44:09 2019 No.13125179 >>13125174 Where do I even start with Plato? Do I need to read everything? Do I read chronologically? Or what order?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:45:17 2019 No.13125182 >>13125095 Hemmmingway

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:47:44 2019 No.13125188 >>13125078 Don't listen to the fags here. Read Vonnegut. Nobody ACTUALLY read the Philos 101 fagtexts in this thread

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:49:32 2019 No.13125191 >>13125188 wew

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:49:57 2019 No.13125194 >>13125179 Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito are the key dialogues you want to read (in that order). Then you probably want to read Meno, Phaedo, maybe Symposium, and finally the Republic.

Anonymous Thu May 16 06:53:44 2019 No.13125199

>>13125182
reminds me of the time I read "In our time", which is a collection of short stories by him, with an illegitimate copy on my kindle, while I was on an airplane, but I didn't know anything about the book, thought it was a novel. I was extremely confused since it seemed like an extremely complex story that seemed very vaguely connected.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:54:15 2019 No.13125203 >>13125194 thank you, capped

Anonymous Thu May 16 06:57:06 2019 No.13125217

>>13125078
Just pick any book you think could be interesting. If you don't find it interesting after a while, pick another book. Use pleasant and even easy books if you like to build a habit of reading and accustom yourself to being focused on one thing for longer and longer periods of time.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 06:59:07 2019 No.13125220 >>13125217 Are there chemicals that one can easily acquire in the UK that help with concentration? Right now I can't even go to the toilet to pee without pulling my phone out

>>	Anonymous Thu May 16 07:10:50 2019 No.13125245 >>13125220 I don't know, I don't use any. Try discarding habits that are deleterious to attention span.

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