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What are you reading right now /lit/?

As for me:
Pensées et Anecdotes - Salvador Dalí
Psicomagia - Alejandro Jodorowsky

>> No.2349542

Nieztsche. Have been constantly reading him since June. Read Ecce Homo 3 times, Genealogy 3 times, Beyond Good and Evil 3 times, Twilight of the Idols 2 times, Antichrist 1 time, reading the Gay Science for the 2nd time.

Besides that I started Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence but I'm not sure if I will finish it.

The last book I finished was Freud, Adler, and Jung by Walter Kaufmann

>> No.2349545

>>2349542
>Nieztsche
i'm pretty sure you meant to type "Niezstache"

>> No.2349547

>>2349545
You just have to love that stache.

>> No.2349562

>>2349545
No, but I am growing one. My mustache has a natural curl to it.

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>Dalí
>Nietzsche
>moustaches
this is now a thread about 'staches

>> No.2349576

been reading "you might be a zombie, and other bad news"
editors of cracked.com-its not a bad book accually, there is lots of history in it.

>> No.2349577

>>2349562
>2012
>Growing a mustache.

You, sir, are awesome. Ever tried to enter one of those beard and mustache contests? I bet you could win some interesting prizes and trophies.

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>>2349572
Hell yeah.

>> No.2349585

>>2349577
I had to shave it a month ago because of the army, which I'm currently on break from. I have until March to grow it out, but they will probably make me shave it when I get back. At the moment it's no where near long enough for me to enter any sort of competition, and the curl isn't very noticeable and it gets longer.

Nicknames complete strangers have given me because of my mustache include but are not limited to:
"hey you look like that Nietzsche guy whose book your reading"
Stalin
Luigi
Johnny Depp
Jack Sparrow
Frenchy

>> No.2349588

>>2349585
*until it gets longer

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This, thanks to \lit\s constant mention. Pleasantly surprised!

>> No.2349606

moby dick

>> No.2349621

Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us

http://www.amazon.com/Annoying-Science-What-Bugs-Us/dp/0470638699/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327427
630&sr=8-1

It is interesting but a bit too light on the science with too many anecdotes. This, of course, just increases the reading speed, so I will be done with it soon.

>> No.2349635

Roughly 1/3 through "Crime and Punishment" at the moment. I can't put it down.

>> No.2349638

Leaves of Grass, a few poems a day, savoring every word.
For Whom the Bell Tolls

>> No.2350598

>>2349532
11/22/63 by King
Arguably by Hitch

>> No.2350603

Dali was weird as fuck.

>> No.2350618

You're reading some mental masturbation right there, OP.

As for me, I'm reading Les Miserables.

>> No.2350677

Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

and a shit ton of e.e. cummings poetry

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>>2349542
What do you think about his work so far?

>>2349635
Back on high school I was assigned to read that book. It was good but didn't caught my attention at all, was hell reading it by force and because I had to... I haven't read Dostoyevski ever since...
I think I should give russians another chance however. I'm really wanting to check out Notes of the Underground

>>2350618
It is indeed a perfect mental swing.
There is Jodorowsky's Panic Theatre and his surreal cult movies, and Dalí´s giantic ego... the book is about him talking about his magnificent mind and thowing shit at other dudes.

Do you think Les Miserables is superior to Notre-Dame de Paris (that is if you have read it)? how are you liking Victor Hugo?

>> No.2350768

Divided Consciousness - Ernest Hilgard
Embassytown - China Mieville
Thinking in Systems - Donella H. Meadows

>> No.2351275

Goethe's Faust

>> No.2351285

Narcissus and Goldmund - Hermann Hesse

>> No.2351638

>>2350679
His writing is beautiful, which I realize is a strange complement to give a philosopher. Especially in Ecce Homo. He is extremely clever, has a great sense of humor, is extremely honest, ALWAYS to the point, and has many things to say. He was a brilliant psychologist. But you must read the Walter Kaufmann translations if you want to read him.

>> No.2351660

>>2349542
wow and you think you're in a position to give advice..

>> No.2351671
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Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre

This book is seriously making me more cynical by each page.

Cover of the book in this image is coincidentally by Dali, The Triangular Hour.

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The Ego and Its own. For the second time.

Deal with it.

>> No.2351689

Currently reading about six books. I have a bad problem of getting distracted by another book half way through the book I'm reading.
>Rum Diary - Hunter S.
>On The Road - Jack Kerouac
>Hell's Angels - Hunter S.
>Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis
>Kingdom of Fear - Hunter S.
>A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

>> No.2351693

>>2350679
>Back on high school I was assigned to read that book. It was good but didn't caught my attention at all, was hell reading it by force and because I had to... I haven't read Dostoyevski ever since...

School can ruin any book. I hated The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, Animal Farm, and others at school, but years later, when I returned to them of my own volition, found that they were some of the best books I'd ever read. Personally, I'm finding C&P pretty smooth sailing, it's just like a really, really good crime thriller, with added emphasis on the Dostoevskian introspection.

If you like Notes from Underground -- which I suspect you will; everyone does -- I'd suggest giving C&P another shot.

>> No.2351703

>>2351660
What do you mean?

>> No.2351706

>>2351703
He's an antisemite and a Nietzsche hater.

>> No.2351708

>>2349542
>The last book I finished was Freud, Adler, and Jung by Walter Kaufmann

What impression did you get concerning the amount of Nietzscheanism in Adlers psychology?

>> No.2351711

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Coyote Was Going There - Jarold Ramsey

>> No.2351713

Kathrin Koslicki, "The Structure of Objects"
Runciman, "The Lost Capital of Byzantium"
Gene Wolfe, "The Shadow of the Torturer"

>> No.2351717

>>2349542
I've only read Beyond Good and Evil, and I really just read it very lightly. How do you recommend reading his works? That is, in what sequence.

>> No.2351719

>>2351717
Read it again and not so lightly.

>> No.2351721

>>2351717

Read from "The Gay Science" through "Ecce Homo" and in that order. That's Nietzsche's mature philosophy, and the most interesting part of the corpus. "The Birth of Tragedy" is a fun read, even if wholly disregarded by classicists today.

>> No.2351724

>>2351706
Who is?
>>2351717
I don't think I'm really qualified to give you some sort of "definitive order to read the books in™", but I can tell you the order I read them in, which worked out just fine for me,if that helps.

Nietzsche: Philosopher Pyschologist Antichrist by Walter Kaufmann ---> Beyond G&E -----> Genealogy -----> Ecce Homo ------> Twilight ------> Antichrist ------> Gay Science

That doesnt include rereading. It was more like I read one, then the next, then back to the first, then back to the second, etc.

>>2351708
Kaufmann makes the case that Adler's philosophy is only superficially related to Nietzsche's, and from my reading of Nietzsche, and the impression I get of Adler (I've never read any of his books, I will admit) I would agree.

>> No.2351728

>>2351724
Even that might be unfair, actually. It's more like he is superficially related to some parts of Nietzsche's philosophy, but has no relation to the whole.

Basically, don't conflate Nietzsche and Adler.

>> No.2351733

>>2351724
>>2351728

Thank you, that confirms my suspicions.

>>2351717

I'm not yonder semite, but I've read most of Nietzsche's published work. If I may give some advice:

Reread Beyond Good and Evil. Then do as Gemistos said and read from The Gay Science to Ecce Homo. I'm in doubt about Zarathustra however, that might best be read after the others because it such a different type of work and is more understandable if you're familiar with his other work.

After that you might read his earlier work, his book against Wagner and the Will to Power (first read how this work came into being and take it with a grain of salt) or perhaps his unpublished notes in general.

If at this point you think of him as a godlike being, you should read a good biography and some of his personal correspondence to very quickly make him human, all too human again. You might also get your hands on some of his music, if you're interested in such a thing.

I find his Manfred-Meditation strangely beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd_v1otG1dc

>> No.2352019

>>2351693
I probably will. I seriously think I should give that russian another chance. It isn't his fault that school made his work so tedious.

>>2351671
How fun! I just got Nausea about three days ago and plan to read it after Dalí. My version however, doesn´t have such a beautiful cover.

>>2351638
Well jew, I´m not well versed on nietzschean philosophy, I just know the basic statements and have jonly read his attacks on other philosophers (Which was incredibly fun). I´m pretty sure however, that Nietzsche wrote some poetry, if you wish to check that out later.

>> No.2352033

yesterday I finished A Confederacy of Dunces for the second time sometime after dinner, then picked up Tropic Of Cancer and read all night, finished it at about 4 am.
thinking either to re-read Section 4 of 2666, something I've read before of Pynchon or DFW, or possibly something new like the Mishima book I've had on my shelf now for ages

>> No.2352058

>>2352033
>sometime after dinner picked up Tropic Of Cancer and read all night, finished it at about 4 am.

that must have been quite a wank.

>> No.2352070

>>2352058
is that a reference to a certain Peep Show episode?

anyway, no wanking was done. too busy laughing and trying to get my head around some of the more shambling metaphors Miller strung together.

>> No.2352110

Taking a break from Paradise Lost to read House Of the Dead.

>> No.2352122

Dr Copernicus - John Banville

Great writer, great book. I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't read Banville before.

>> No.2352132

"The Sound and the Fury" by Faulkner.

>> No.2352162

>>2349635

C&P is a decent introduction to Dostoyevsky. Make sure to read House Of the Dead once you're done. It's excellent so far.

>> No.2352634

Orwell's Animal Farm

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>>2349532
T.S. Eliot~The Complete Poems & Plays
Major Works~Ludwig Wittgenstein
Trying to compare the two.

Sixty Stories~Donald Barthelme

>> No.2352655

Jack London's Iron Heel