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Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:09:53 2010 No.786899 [Reply] [Original]

I want to level up my literary intellect.

What do?

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>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:11:53 2010 No.786911 Grind some books. I'd recommend starting with some low level highschool books before moving up to some mid 20's college lit. Beware of the final boss: Gravity's Rainbow.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:11:53 2010 No.786912 1. obtain library card 2. go nuts

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:12:53 2010 No.786920 >>786911 *Final boss: Ulysses . fixed for ya.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:14:53 2010 No.786930 recommendations?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:16:53 2010 No.786933 >>786920 Nah Ulysses is the miniboss gear check in the Cavern of Over Interpretation before Gravity's Rainbow.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:22:53 2010 No.786963 File: 87 KB, 469x428, Trollface_HD.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Use sparknotes to power level.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:23:53 2010 No.786966 Final Boss: the hidden meaning of Gamer Girl.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:25:53 2010 No.786976 >>786933 A true literary reader would read the Odyssey before Ulysses, and both before GR In fact, GR is great, but it is not essential to a literary intellect.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:27:40 2010 No.786980 File: 103 KB, 2894x1018, peniswas.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Stage one: The Penis Was. http://www.mediafire.com/?tujmhmzmudy

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:27:53 2010 No.786979 I'm suddenly inspired to make a RPG where all the enemies are different books starting out with like level 1 Little Engine that Could and ending in Ayn Rand as the final boss.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:27:53 2010 No.786982 >>786979 Why the fuck would Ayn Rand be the final boss?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:27:53 2010 No.786984 >>786976 The Odyssey is a level 25 Dungeon boss in the Temple of Classics.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:28:53 2010 No.786986 >>786982 Because the boss of all RPGs is some evil being.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:30:53 2010 No.786992 Kafka's level could be a survival situation where you can never win but only delay the inevitable. But when you eventually die, you discover that's what you had to do to advance anyway.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:31:53 2010 No.786999 >>786986 >Ayn Rand >evil whiny 16 year old socialist spotted

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 13:36:53 2010 No.787016 Finnegans Wake's like the Sleeper of literature. You know, that thing that the developers put there as a background thing for future expansions and that you're not supposed to even try beating.