/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.702391]

>Think of myself as fairly intellectual and well read.
>Buy Ulysses by James Joyce
>Try to read it
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[Anonymous No.702393]

>Think of myself as fairly intellectual and well read.
>Buy Ulysses by James Joyce
>Realise it's a troll, continue being a intellectual.

[Anonymous No.702394]

>Think of myself as fairly intellectual and well read.
>Buy Ulysses by James Joyce
>Try to read it
>Feels good man

[Anonymous No.702397]

>>702393
implying that OP is a troll, or James Joyce is a troll? both are very likely

[Anonymous No.702396]

>>702393

>Think of myself as fairly intellectual and well read
>All I really do it point out people's grammar mistakes
>a intellectual

[Anonymous No.702403]

Hey, so is Howl's Moving Castle (the book) any good?

The film in OP's picture is wonderful, but I was wondering if the book is worth a read.

[Anonymous No.702405]

>>702403

There's a book?

[Anonymous No.702406]

>>702403

[Anonymous No.702407]

>Think of myself as fairly ineffectual and well read.
>Buy Ulysses by James Joyce
>Put on shelf
>Leave for 10 years to mature

[Anonymous No.702408]

>>702405
Mmhmm, the book came first.

http://www.amazon.com/Howls-Moving-Castle-Diana-Wynne/dp/0061478784/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&a
mp;qid=1274620975&sr=8-2

[Anonymous No.702411]

>Think of myself as fairly intellectual and well read
>Doesn't read classics for the sake of reading classics
>Read only books that interest me
Feels good.

[Anonymous No.702412]

>>702411
>implying classics can't be interesting for being classics

[Anonymous No.702414]

I bought this yesterday, but I'm not going to read it for quite some time. When I read, I'm always distracted (usually read when on bus etc.)

[Anonymous No.702415]

>>702411
Part of being well read is reading the classics.

[Anonymous No.702413]

>>702412

it wasn't really implying that man..

[Anonymous No.702417]

>>702415
I'd rather enjoy myself than say I am well read.

[Anonymous No.702419]

>>702413
>Implying greentext implying has to be actually be implying to imply something

[Anonymous No.702422]

>read this thread
>move away from keyboard
>read ayn rand
>generally enjoy it
>feels god man

[Anonymous No.702424]

>Implying greentext implying has to be actually be implying to imply something

[Anonymous No.702426]

>>702422
Hahaha oh wow, I just did the same thing. Whatcha readin', anon? I've got the Fountainhead after finishing Atlas Shrugged a week or so ago.

[Anonymous No.702428]

>>702391
Your problem was attempting to read Ulysses sober, and caring about the meaning.

Personally I never read Joyce if I can see straight, and he only gets good after the second vomit.

[Anonymous No.702431]

>implying that op is not a faggot
>.....
>laugh out loud

[Anonymous No.702437]

>>702426
The fountainhead. I sort of like it. But don't really grasp why its a classic. It isn't on the same level like Joseph Hellers witty novel Catch-22 or Harry Mulisch's The Discovery Of Heaven. But still a good book.
>Implying reading harry mulisch's the discovery of heaven in an other language than dutch is actually recommended. While its not.

[Anonymous No.702443]

What is difficult about it? (I'm planning on reading it myself soon)

[Anonymous No.702448]

there are a lot of references to other works, mainly the ilias. If you haven't read those books you're going to miss a lot of the books meaning. That book is meant to read slowly while having 20 dictonairies and reference books by your side. Or just being a librarian.

[Anonymous No.702452]

>>702448
OP here. I tried reading very slowly, looking up anything out of place that seemed like an allusion. The effect the book has on you is "how the fuck is this guy that good at writing?" or "what is this i dont even" depending on how successful you are at using references

[Anonymous No.702453]

>>702448
Well that sucks. I knew it had a lot of literary references but didn't know they were vital to the meaning. Also, by ilias do you mean the Iliad?

[Anonymous No.702457]

>>702437
Yeah, I'm about halfway through with the Fountainhead. There are a few things I'd change in a heartbeat, but it's still good enough for me to keep going!

[Anonymous No.702458]

iliad is the american name. Ilias the dutch name.
In old greek the book was called Ἰλιάς. Which is open for more then one translation. I choose the dutch one because I find it closer to the original name and because i'm dutch.

[Anonymous No.702460]

>>702458
That's fair enough, I wasn't aware of the discrepancy.

[Anonymous No.702461]

>>702453
no he means the illias

that's what it's called

[Anonymous No.702462]

>>702424

>implying reading this implies various implications such as the one posted herein.

[Anonymous No.702464]

>>702458
I have a Dutch version that says ilios.

You people are silly.

[Anonymous No.702466]

funny how most of the posts in /lit/ are best read out loud in a smug tone. this post included

[Anonymous No.702467]

>>702453
Stupid Grammar nazi is stupid.

[Anonymous No.702469]

>>702462

[Anonymous No.702470]

>>702464
Meerdere vertalingen zijn mogelijk. Ilias is in nederland tegenwoordig de meest gebruikte.

[Anonymous No.702472]

>>702467
>implying I didn't just think that ilias was a typo as 's' is beside 'd', and wasn't aware of the alternative translation.

>>702464
Ilios sounds better than Ilias, perhaps even better than Iliad.

[Anonymous No.702481]

>>702472
>implying a whole word definition and spelling is based around on source. And therefore it is possible for that one source to make a typo and a whole country would go with it. Were not the germans or something.

[Anonymous No.702510]

>>702462

[Anonymous No.702554]

The English language is superior so it's the Illiad

>deal with it

[Anonymous No.702558]

>>702391
>Buy Ulysses by James Joyce

Feels bad brah.

[Anonymous No.702582]

So is the damn book (Ulysses) worth reading or not?