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...start reading non-fiction and poetry. This is a BIG STEP for me, so I'm sure you're all excited. I've got a few heavyweight titles to begin with, wadaya think? Walden, The Diary of a Young Girl, and Leaves of Grass. I honestly may hate them, but I want to give them a try. Will I live to regret it?

>> No.2283618

Non-fiction is a step down, OP. It's for people who can only enjoy a story is the author claims it's all troo ah promises guys it rili hapn k?! but are too dumb to actually study the subject.

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>>2283618

>> No.2283626

How am I supposed to live to regret it if no one posts in my threads?

>> No.2283636

Read history. As introduction, start with basic geology and geography, imo wikipedia would suffice. Learn the age and formation of earth, age and genesis of our species. Learn locations of countries, basic ethnicities of inhabitants. Then the fun can begin. Go with short synopses - university presses offer good positions - of each region (much better than going by periods) and try to cover the whole earth. Then you can move on to more detailed books on certain events/issues/people/periods. It can take you from few months to whole life. It might seem tedious but its achievable and grants immense self-confidence in one's ability to build a rational world view and understanding of contemporary development. Have fun.

>> No.2283638

>>2283623
>I'm too stupid to learn from actual scientific papers and too dull to enjoy pure fiction.
It's okay, "bro".

>> No.2283642

>>2283638
when you gradutate from high school you might learn that great deal of non-fiction books is a commercial development of academia's scientific papers. Written by, you know, academia people.

i am not your bro

>> No.2283646

>>2283638
>great deal of non-fiction books is a commercial development of academia's scientific papers. Written by, you know, academia people.
No, actual professionals have no time to write populistic memoires about their findings.

>i am not your bro
That's why I said "bro". When you graduate from high school, you'll learn the difference.

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>>2283646
2/10 for failed effort

>> No.2283655

How about making "get a job at last" your new year priority, Sunhawk?

Other than that, there's no great chasm between the fiction you've been reading up until now and the works you've mentioned in your original post. You'll see for yourself. Unless, of course, you're the type of reader for whom the story's being "true" makes a huge difference.

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>>2283655
He couldn't get hired by Waterstones. He's fucked.

Also: Stick it to this Tory Government Sunhawk. Eploit them. The more unemployed, the more it looks like they failed. I respect you for going into poverty as a statement against bourgeois political policy.

Keep it real.

>> No.2283763

Oh God, all these posts. I'm not sure what to make of them. I mean, are some of these people for real?

>> No.2283768

...Whatever the hell you think you're doing, stop it.

Also, Walden is such hypocrisy

>> No.2283774

>>2283768

It is?

>> No.2283812

>>2283636

This is a prety good sujestion if ur into history, OP. But basikaly, ther is not many areas wher one shud not just begin with Wikipedia. An alternativ is to reed stuf like Oxford University Press' "A very short introduction to ...". I red alot of those.

>> No.2283819

>>2283812

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>> No.2283823

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