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I'm kinda new to books I guess.. I have read a lot of H.P. Lovecraft and 1 WW2 book.

Can you guys recommend me some good stuff? I'm planning on reading some Dostoyevsky and I also like science fiction stuff

>> No.8652920
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8652920

Read the sticky.

>> No.8652923

>>8652920
Didn't pay enough attention to it, my bad

>> No.8652925

>>8652888
what are your interests.

>> No.8652931

>>8652888
Philip K. Dick and J.G Ballard for Sci-Fi
Also read the obligatory sci-fi classics, you can find a list online probably.

>> No.8652937

>>8652925
Well as I said, I read a lot of H.P. Lovecraft

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>>8652888
There's an entire general dedicated to science fiction
I'm not totally sure you would like dostoevsky's slow burning narration if you're a fan of SF though
Who Goes There by John W. Campbell is scifi horror with solid lovecraft undertones. The movie The Thing was based off of this book and its my personal favorite in the genre.
Hope this helps, though >>8652920 is right, resources can be found on the sticky so you don't have to make a thread every time you want something to read. Just lurk more and you might find suggestions come to you.
For future reference.

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8652981

Ohoh, I also have 8 Jules Verne books that I didn't read. Should I?

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8653069

Don't jump right in to Dostoyevski. That will fuck you so hard, you'll never want to read ever again.

>> No.8653086

>>8653069
Why would it fuck me up? I wanted to read Crime and Punishment first

>> No.8653128

>>8653086
Your feeble brain would get bored

>> No.8653148

>>8653086
>>8653128

Dosto isn't that hard, personally when i started reading if a book didn't challenge me i got bored.

Start with the underground man, or if you still want to start with russian literature, go for The Death of Ivan Illych by Tolstoy.

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>>8653069
>>8653128
wtf
I'm russian and the first book I've consciously read was Master and Margarita. I were asked to read it for literary lessons. Second was Crime and Punishment. It's still my favourite Dostoevsky and most likely one of my all-time besties

>> No.8653487

>>8652888
start from the very best, read Don Quixote

>> No.8653519

>>8652937
That's sick m8. You like dream realms stuff?

>> No.8653745

>>8653148
The Death of Ivan Illych got me into lit OP. Do it. It's a good start.

>> No.8653753

>>8653745
>>8652888
Forgot

>> No.8654286

>>8652981
Citeste si tu Asimov, lasa-l pe Jules Verne, mai ales in editia aia nasoala/pentru nostalgici. Sau Orson Scott Card (ignora ideile politice retarde, cartile sunt decente). Sau Frank Herbert, daca iti plac polologhii amestecate cu pseudo-misticism. Sau Stanislaw Lem. Sau Arkadi Strugatki. Sau Philip K. Dick, sau Robert Heinlein. Sau Ursula K. Le Guin Etc, etc, etc

>> No.8654297

>>8654286
Romanian?

>> No.8655776

>Lovecraft fans
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abH6Kkg8yqc

>> No.8656515

>>8654286
Whoa, mersi frate! Nu stiam ca sunt romani pe aici mai ales pe /lit/

>>8654297
yes its romanian

>> No.8658176

>>8652888
If you like Lovecraft try:
Jorge Luis Borges
Edgar Allan Poe's short stories
Clark Ashton Smith
Thomas Ligotti
Philip K Dick