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3 questions /lit/

is there a "rotten tomatoes'' for books?
do you guys have a wiki like /co/ and /v/?
if not, do you have list of book recommendations?

I mostly like sci-fi & fantasy... but I like try different stuff too... so yeah

>> No.726515

lurk more faggot

>> No.726518

goodreads
no
yes, but there are a lot and none are really agreed upon

>> No.726534

>do you guys have a wiki like /co/ and /v/?
There are 5 fucking people here, what the fuck do you think

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1.

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2.

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Probably the last one I'll post.

also, >>726518 and goodreads seems like a legit site.

>> No.726558

Goodreads is legit. I've been a member for over a year. It's great for finding reviews from people who actually read regularly. Though some of them can be pretentious.

>> No.726562

bump

>> No.726583

>>726548
Are there any more of these? If so please post some more!

>> No.726585

>>726538
this list really needs some work...

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french

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dumping some more bullshit

japanse

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nippel und koks

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This is getting boring.

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>>726615
>>726610
>>726606
It's beautiful

>> No.726716

What no more?

>> No.727127

Thx to everyone who dumped their pics!

>> No.727131

thanks

>> No.727146

Guy from the last 6 pics here, I have philosophy pics too - but that wasn't requested I guess.

>> No.727171

>>727146
Dump goddammit! Also, has anyone read ALL of these books? I honestly think that they could last a life time.. all eight pics

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>>727171
mkay

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>>727180

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>>727187
fucking floodfilter

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>>727190
thingamajig

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>>727191
The last one.

>> No.727199

thanks again any others?? Also, someone should archive this, all the /lit/ threads on 4chanarchive are retarded.

>> No.727207

/r/ a pic for German books

But I could make one up too, I guess. Just way too lazy.

>> No.727210

>>727187

>Eriugena missing
>Buridan missing
>where the hell is Albertus Magnus

/lit/ I'm disappoint.

>> No.727238

When the hell did /v/ have a wiki? I can understand /co/ having one, since they tend to be so tight and community-centric compared to the rest of the boards, but /v/?

>> No.727232

>>727210
I think all of the philosophy-pics I posted where made by a (at least self-proclaimed) philosophy phd. I have no idea of philosophy myself.

>> No.727239

>>726538

Tragic list. Missing Gormenghast and Little, Big and The Aegypt Cycle.

>> No.727410

bump

>> No.727561

There is no Rotten Tomatoes for books because literary criticism is a dead art. There are only customer reviews.

>> No.727567

OP probably those online library collection websites, places like librarything

>> No.727575

>>727561
as though professional critics of any media form were ever more than bitter, failed artists

>> No.727598

>go to Amazon
>read reviews for a book
>"THIS IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR A KINDLE BOOK"

Fucking Amazon. I want both a review of the book, without spoilers, and some time spent on the book itself (does the binding fall apart, does the ink smudge, etc).

>> No.727641

>>727598

Often comments on the binding are useful, on account of differing editions. For instance those dreadful, overpriced print-on-demand jobs.

What makes me apoplectic are the one-star seller reviews. Yes, we want to hear about how the book smells like cigarette smoke, or how the book hasn't arrived yet, and that you'll never buy from this place again.

>> No.727645

>>727575

Most authors also write criticism, you shouldn't be such a sillyhead

>> No.727661

>>727645
that makes them professional authors, not professional critics.
dont be such an illiterate-head

>> No.727716

>>727661

Professional critics are (or should be) journalists and essayists with a literary preoccupation. Subsequently they probably know what they're writing about in relation to the author, history, literature, etc..

But when I made the original comment, it was mainly in relation to the newspapers themselves, and their evaporating column space. Not to mention practices such as outsourcing material which might have originated halfway across the world, and more for the critic's name than the review/essay itself. Rather than the critic being in direct and continuous employment by the newspaper.

>> No.727740

bump

>> No.727803

>>726513
First suggestions is "Dune" by Frank Herbert, along with the rest of the series is a great read. Sci-Fi-Fantasy.

Second is the "Sword of Truth" series which is a fantasy.

Third is a fantasy war series "The Malazan Book of the Fallen".

>> No.727828

>>727803
I hate to tell you but the Sword of Truth series is shit.

>> No.727847

>>727828
It may not be the best, but it is also not the worst(TWILIGHT). I was just suggesting Fantasy and Sci-fi series.

>> No.727866

Thank you, /lit/.

>> No.727864

>>727828
But I will have to agree, the ending was a bit disappointing, as if the author ran out of steam and could not think of a proper ending.

>> No.727873

read gormenghast

>> No.727884

>>727828
It's fine, If you skip half of it. So many of the books were padding, or just outright shit.
If you only read
Wizard's first rule
Stone of tears
Faith of the fallen
and the ending trilogy (phantom chainfire confessor)
It's pretty good. And don't worry about missing anything important, The author fills you in about anything that's really vital. the only other book in the series worth a damn is soul of the fire, but it's kinda iffy. you can include it if you want, but meh.

>> No.727888

>>727873
I want to but I can't find a torrent. I saw the movie that PBS or something made, and it was really interesting. and the library near me doesn't have it. >:(

>> No.727898

>>727888
inter-library loan if you can.

>> No.727920

>>726606
Someone is trolling /lit/. Brezhnev? The Protocols of the Elders of Zion? Blavatsky? Suvorov? This is all certified trash.

>> No.727922

>>727898
I'm in maine. No library in the state has it apparently. the library's search engine is all "gormanwhat? Mervyn who?"

>> No.727927

>>727922
Wow, really? Awful.

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>>727922
That is awful.

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>>727922

I feel your pain.

>> No.728056

>>727920
Kike detected. We're on to you faggot...

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Spanish

>> No.728077

>>726538
So... is there a part 1/2 of this list?

>> No.728097

>>727922
Ask a librarian to purchase the book or fill out a request at the library. They like to acquire books that people want to read; they won't know you want it if you don't let them know.

>> No.728103

any read Eco's books on beauty or ugliness?

>> No.728117

>>728056
go to /b/. shoo!

>> No.728146

bump for moar pics