Post the book or books you’re currently reading
ITT: Book you currently reading
Christopher Murphy
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Brayden Richardson
the same but vintage edition, I also just got my everyman copy of brave new world so imma read that
Anthony Davis
This, this edition. 100 pages in currently.
Cooper Moore
Finally got around to reading it,got a meme edition
200 pages in and its amazing,info dumps aren't as boring as everyone said they were
Dominic Baker
good so far
Ryder Sanchez
I read a bit of the actual Metamorphoses, but there are a bunch of small random myths that don't really amount to anything. I'd rather have a fewer number but fleshed out.
Liam Bailey
How are you like farewell?
Xavier Cruz
Cameron Watson
German translation of gogols "dead souls"
did i fucked up, by picking the german translation over the english one?
Ryder Harris
Luke Evans
Just started it. It’s hilarious
Ethan Reyes
a legit genius. read "notes from the underground" a couple years ago. fuck 2+2=4
Justin Clark
Brayden Sanchez
Of you speak English and don’t speak German, then you definitely fucked up
Gavin Gray
Haven't read since high school. Better than I remember, probably because I'm a better reader.
Jack Baker
David Jenkins
70 pages in, I like it so far
Ethan Lee
I found it in one of those 'community library' boxes. Take a book; leave a book set up
Gonna have to cut and rebind it soon
Jose Bell
well I'm a native german speaker and just feel less of a connection with the mc, when inread a book in english.
I did it with dostoevskis, orwell, huxley, bradbury and mishimas works. Thats why I'm asking, because I really like the book and would consider picking it up in english if the translation from russian is much better
Jonathan Cooper
Picked this up last night while looking for a light read during my work commute. I'm about 160 pages in and will probably finish the rest tonight.
I'm not sure what I think of it yet. The prose is clean but I'm not invested in the work's thematic overtures.
I've been wanting to check this out. How far in are you, thoughts?
This was the story that sold me on Tanizaki's prose for the rest of my life. I haven't read the translation but I hope it does the work justice.
At first didn't fully recognize the translated title but later on I realized why they chose it after a little thinking. The Japanese title is a wonderfully subtle phrase adopted from classical poetry that really suits the heart of the novel, but at the same time it's one of those things that gets lost in translation.
Jose Gray
Jesus fuck user
Zachary Edwards
me too. i'm getting boners left, right and center from it tho. don't know how to feel about that.
Kevin Moore
1/4 in and it's a lot of fun
Asher Harris
Crime and Punishment
The more I read the more I love it.
It’s making me ill, but I love it.
Brody Wood
Almost done. That book can fuck with your brain
James Bennett
Just finished Crime and Punishment myself a few minutes ago. Fantastic book. Raskolnikov kind of reminds me of how anons here talk about the Underground Man, do the books have similar focus or nah?
Julian Moore
The Name of the Rose. William's interactions with Jorge are hilarious
Christopher Rogers
Did it start to hit around the 200 page mark for you too? I thought it was good up to then but after that point I started to see the real genius behind it. Maybe I’m just slow on the uptake.
Gabriel Harris
It started hitting when Raskolnikov and Porfiry discussed Raskolnikov’s article about killin in the papers. So roughly halfway in, after that, there are so many great moments and twists, it’s unbelievable.
Of course it also helps that I’m mor relaxed while reading it. First few days I forced myself to read X number of pages because it’s actually for an assignment.
Ayden Rogers
currently falling for the starting with the greeks meme, this book is actually kind of dull, for about 80 percent of it Akhilleus is nothing but a pouty bitch who gets all his friends killed
Hudson Miller
Notre-Dame des Fleurs - Jean Genet
Caleb Watson
God bless America
Logan Morgan
Leo Nelson
is this translated by the same ted hughes that made TWO (2) women killed themselves because he was not gonna dick them anymore?
Connor Flores
finally got around to it
Evan Wood
Grayson Collins
Rereading My Sweet Orange Tree by José Mauro de Vasconcelos and Rum Diary.
Gavin White
John Allen
the "no hands" part almost killed me
Michael Long
for me that book was torture up until the last bit
it's also the book that swore me off epilogue's forever (WE GET IT you don't have to wrap everything in a fucking bow)
Ryder Wilson
This and Notes from the underground.
I'd recommend this book if you like morally fucked up shit like loli sex, teenage prostitution, or killing someone for telling you you can't get it up.
Parker Bell
Holy fuck I'm retarded
Jaxson Campbell
Jonathan Carter
>loli sex, teenage prostitution, or killing someone for telling you you can't get it up
Shit it's been sitting on my shelf for 4 years why haven't I read this sooner?
Logan Carter
Had a quite a few laughs so far.
Jonathan Wright
Parker Phillips
Started reading that after finishing Infinite Jest since Pynchon was such a big influence on Wallace. Only like 20 pages in but it hasn't hooked me yet.
Justin Perez
Gravity's Rainbow and The Spirit of Science Fiction
Ryder Ross
does this board read the same 100 books?
Jaxon Ward
We've got lists for a reason.
Connor Lee
Really liking it so far.
John Brown
one hundred years of solitude sucks. the first 100 pages are decent.
and then it sucks.
Jeremiah Cruz
Jaxon Gray
POST PICTURES OF YOUR HANDS OR AT LEAST WITH MORE PROMINENT HANDS HOLDING THE BOOK.
Aiden Morgan
Fuck off
Nathaniel Barnes
The Island of Dr Moreau. Just started it as part of the H.G Wells collection. I enjoyed War Of The Worlds and The Time Machine. The First Men In The Moon dragged on but had a nice twist at the end.
I have Bram Stokers Dracula and the entire collection of Sherlock Holmes to go through after this. I've been enjoying older books and comparing the writing style of older authors compared to modern authors. Modern writing has become much more "simplified". The onus on the reader to have a large vocabulary is not as common anymore
Liam Ramirez
>swore me off epilogue's
read C&P a month ago and same, basically skimmed the last few pages
I wonder if it was a convention that was expected in the times of serialized publication.
The epilogue to Heart of Darkness, when protag is back in england, felt the same boring and useless denouement.
Logan Walker
I know this isn't sffg but reading this right now on a friends recommendation
very enjoyable for genre fiction
the Poet's Tale has some great assessments on poetry and the use of language in general.
Colton Smith
About 200 pages in. Never read Pynchon before.
Still don't know how I feel about it, the Stencil chapters are really overwhelming at times.
Benjamin Lewis
I just finished reading it, and it was better than War and Peace's epilogue. It was an excellent novel, though I don't agree with some of the message like how Raskolnikov has to repent at the end.
Aaron Edwards
The Magus. It’s seriously good. Surprised it’s rarely discussed here
Adam Clark
I really love this so far, probably end up being my second favourite from Eco, behind Foucault's pendulum.
What should I read next? I'm torn between The Illuminatus! Triolgy and The Crying of Lot 42.
Kayden Cook
Yeah he is pretty underrated here, but some of his work is extremely, for lack of a better word, "British".
Evan Sanders
>What should I read next?
If you haven't already read Baudolino and Name of the Rose. Crying of Lot is also great.
Mason Allen
Reading this on Yea Forums's recommendation. Great so far.
Jayden Perez
I'm already through with Baudolino and Name of the Rose (both were great). So lot 49 it is.
Brayden Hughes
if you ever read pan by hamsun, make sure to read the epilogue
Thomas Bailey
Tyler Edwards
Levi Turner
have you read Faust? I'm planning on taking German so I can read it and Nietzsche in German, I was wondering how the prose compares for you in German as opposed to English
Jace Morales
Yeah the Iliad was a slog for me up until Patroclus dies and Achilles fights the river. I couldn't care less about "X was gouged by spear" times 100, but I really liked the fight between him and Hector. I was touched by how human Hector came across as when he ran from Achilles; after all, who could face a god? Knowing that his wife and family, along with the rest of Troy, are raped and sold into slavery after adds some emotional weight to it too. The Odyssey is much more entertaining of a read, and the ending is great (there's a bumfight scene which is genuinely hilarious)
Hunter Baker
Dominic Lewis
yes and coincidentally I'm also interested in Plath
Connor Brooks
Marx is a pretty good writer desu
Alexander Mitchell
Make sure you look at a number of Iliad translations until you find one you enjoy
Cameron Bennett
I'm an ebook pleb
Andrew Wilson
...
Lucas Cooper
A virtual mea culpa of sins against american citizens. He admits he, and his kind, are the problem.
James Reyes
i'm reading that too - is good, very long
Christopher Howard
Jose Morris
This. So awful. I think it's supposed to be a modern day Lolita except the prose is shit and it offers very little in the way of deep insights.
Benjamin Sullivan
Just read Blood Meridian and Child Of God, needed something easy and light hearted. It's alright.
Asher Nelson
I don't understand well but I don't speak 70 languages so I can only get 1/3 words. I don't think I'll ever finish it.
Ulysses was hard but this is next level.
Carter Parker
Oscar Wilde writes in such sweet undertones.love the low-key horror element
Carson Collins
Asher Torres
Stoner and Call of the Wild by Jack London
Too lazy to take a picture
Colton Howard
Ryder Reyes
>Marx is a pretty good writer desu
LOL fuck off queero
Gavin Ortiz
Still on the intro.
This is something people often overlook. His writing style gets a bit more florid in part three, if I remember correctly.
Eventually I'd like to write some "Das Kapital" slashfic where a coat fucks six yards of linen.
Matthew Bell
Just started, and already impressed
Jayden Morgan
Grimscribe is even better than Songs.
Teatro stories are his peak and one of the best books I've read by burgers.
Michael Evans
Thanks for the recommendation! Also, burgers?
Kevin Rodriguez
Geografie van goed en kwaad - Andreas Kinneging
How is it?
Daniel Reed
Angel James
It's very good. Almost finished with it.
Carson Allen
good to see that you started with the right book
so many dumbasses just jump into GR
Zachary Lewis
I am also reading A Farewell To Arms. I like it but I can't push myself to finish it.
Alexander Williams
the ending is well worth it m8
Isaiah Cruz
Stories about Siberia exile in Tsarist times.
Zachary Powell
Not sexual at all
Carson Martin
Aristotle's On Rhetoric
Is it ok to read it, Yea Forums?
Kevin Thomas
Houellebecq writes pretty good Science Fiction
Kayden James
All 3 books are like 1000 pages total, just finished book two
It's not worth it, lads. I'll finish, but it's not worth it.
Lincoln James
You can always audiobook it
Henry Butler
He means Americans.
Parker Bennett
Being Poor Sucks: The Novel
Oliver Robinson
about 1/3 of the way through, really good so far
Jason Myers
Justin Scott
Noice
Justin Cook
Henryk Sienkiewicz-Quo Vadis
Luis Gomez
You bought the worst edition off Book Depo, congrats, partly because of the spurious 45% off discount
Thomas White
you are not alone, friend
Kevin Evans
Halfway through this massive tome from Pringles Man. Would recommend -- more accessible than BotNS, would be a good place to jump in with Wolfe. Also a good way for isekai queermos to up their game a bit.
Josiah Barnes
Favorite book there.
Love these editions, I've got one for Don Quixote.
My dad got me this for Christmas and I just started reading it, about a 100 pages in. Anyone ever read it before? I think it's really nicely written but sometimes the actual explanations of the philosophies of people seems kinda iffy.
Cameron Foster
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Matthew Cook
dem bookmarks
Ian Rivera
I read a little bit of it, I think he trashed Plato on the whole "he likes poets but it's something of a poet himself" thing, but Durant's style of writing is very good
Blake Lewis
It's excellent.
Luke Martin
Feels moderately-well executed. Not bad. Not brilliant. Maybe I'm just in a jaded phase.
Tyler Ross
Different user here, I just finished it yesterday and the ending was "dramatic" sure, but somehow felt off. I don't know why.
I think I expected less milking it from Hemingway.
David Roberts
It's not his best book anyway.
Chase Young
Jose Smith
Nostromo
Jose Thompson
What an awful cover
Camden Thomas
It's actually better than the first one which surprised me since I was originally only planning to read the first one as it seemed the most interesting.
Angel Hernandez
GK Chesterton - Club of Queer Trades. He's my nigga
Juan Barnes
Christian Foster
I find the first was better written and more interesting. But at the time I read the first I didn't know about the author's questionable integrity so it may have colored my reading
Gabriel Brooks
>questionable integrity
What are you referring to? I liked the first one too, but I found the beginning and end ~100 pages much weaker than the middle parts.
I'm only 200 pages into Homo Deus so my opinion on it is not final.
Anthony Edwards
Didn't wanna make a new thread for this stupid question but can someone gimme a quick easy couple of books to read? Stuff that's like 200 pages and reads easy because it's good.
Isaiah Powell
That's such a crappy cover.
Jayden Bailey
Couldnt find a cheap german translation, so I just got the english one. I hope that wont fuck me over.
I am currently reading Conrads whole bibliography, together with a biography. Got this work, Secret Agent and some short stories infront of me. Almayers Folly was the worst of his works I read til now.
Kevin Rogers
The books were written and funded to promote political agendas first and science second.
Alexander Morris
being that i haven't the foggiest as to why this ended up on my list i'm going to assume i drunkenly added it after seeing it mentioned here. thanks, it's great
Kayden Howard
the polemic is 11/10 but the recommendations for said insurrection are strictly boilerplate
Jack Martin
has slothrop gone after the harmonica yet?
Jaxson Barnes
the trick is to read it out loud in an affected irish accent, ideally in a group
Kayden Taylor
Hopefully you're reading it to learn how to fight against this synagogue of Satan.
Cooper Cox
Frankenstein
Lucas Morris
my man
i breezed through it in a week last summer. infinitely better than the book
Jason Butler
Which political agenda? Just by reading them my impression is they seem to be equally harsh on all modern political trends, especially liberalism.
Jaxson Lewis
It’s Oblomov time
Eli Gonzalez
It's a brazilian translation, so I don't need to explain any further
Jeremiah Nelson
Are you going to read it while laying in bed?
Dominic Evans
wrong
Adam Rivera
Currently reading Heart of Darkness and it's kind of a slow burn but I've been enjoying it so far.
Really looking forward to reading pic related next though.
Hudson Cook
Have you seen the film Apocalypse Now?
Evan Johnson
Yeah, I have. That's why I picked up the book in the first place. I wanted to see the inspiration for it, as well as the differences between the two.
Jose Torres
Brayden Sanders
If you haven't seen the making-of documentary Hearts of Darkness, I highly recommend it. It's pretty much as good as the film itself.
Henry Nelson
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll have to check it out.
Grayson Ortiz
Ryder Cook
It was made by Francis Ford Coppola's wife, who filmed a whole bunch behind the scenes both before and during the process of making the movie. Francis lost his fucking mind during the production and I don't blame him. It was an absolute nightmare making that movie. On top of being a riveting doc, it adds a whole new level of enjoyment to going back and watching Apocalypse Now.
Oliver Rivera
How are you enjoying it so far?
Daniel Rodriguez
>asking a question like this without a provocative picture
you're never gonna get replies that way user.
anyways, you should check out novellas, perhaps look at lit chart thread or the lit wikia
Nathan Williams
Invisible Cities
Easton Sanders
Getting back into fiction. Pretty corny but still moving. Beautiful prose in my opinion.
Jace Murphy
read this afterwards
Bentley Parker
Farewell to Arms is a perfect summation of his overall style where there’s a point you start to wonder why the fuck he’s going on so long about something before he rips you a new one. Try to push through, I found the end very worth it.
Michael Long
LOVE Alice Munro. If I should ever have to pick one all time favorite writer it would have to be her.
Daniel Sanders
Just started the Divine Comedy, took three cantos to really get started but I'm enjoying it so far.
Great story, Orwell's journalism is top tier. Curious about this one, what's the gist of it? I have read Heidegger extensively but never his lectures on other philosophers
Camden Johnson
favorite book, good choice
Kevin King
is that my hand?
Joseph Diaz
Any P.G. Wodehouse books
Dylan Ross
Thanks for the memes Yea Forums
Enjoy it while it lasts, it's the best written book I've ever read
Caleb Ramirez
The Count of Monte Cristo, one of my all time favorites.
Justin Rogers
Pretty good so far. It’s kind of like reading a weird dream journal.
Jonathan Myers
I don't read much but I've been trying to get into the habit. The only books I've read out of school are "House of leaves" which I loved and "The pale" king which was hot garbage. I'm on chapter 3 and I love it so far.
Michael Torres
I think I like the Rum Diary the most out of HSTs books. There is something about it, but its been so long since Ive read it. May give it another go.
Ayden Brown
Hegel's Aesthetics
S. Benhabib Situating the Self
Haven't read spirit.
Lincoln Gutierrez
God this book was so good. Thinking about reading it again as a side book but I don't think I'll enjoy it as much.
Nicholas Reyes
finished now on this.
Leo Ramirez
you'll continue loving it. East of Eden is phenomenal.
Asher Moore
He's way too optimistic about America and if alive today would be a /pol/ user and Hitler fan.
Bentley Perez
Forgot the book
Brandon Lopez
This shit is so fuckin good.
Gabriel Lopez
nice try troll
Luke Miller
Not the version i own but thats what i read.
Ryan Johnson
Not this user, but I am at similiar page in the same edition and that harmonica scene was pretty funny.
Colton Edwards
hi zoomer
Brody Murphy
How is that trolling
Jeremiah Ortiz
Based Popper
Zachary Diaz
I wish mine had that cover. Franz Lizst was so handsome.
~no homo
Aiden Price
For me, it's Camus' The Rebel
Currently up to The Poets' Rebellion, interesting to see the similarities between classic rebellious ideals
Liam Brooks
Isaiah Jones
>Nut hamslut
Nathaniel Murphy
that would be Paa gjengrodde Stier
Dylan Reyes
Its weird but I like it even tho its not his best.
Daniel Jackson
>story of the eye
>notes from the underground
Next is lolita or demons. Maybe demons.
Nicholas Davis
Last 1/3 sucks
Jose Brooks
Truly enjoy his work. Need to check dat conspiracy nonfic book soon since ive heard good things
Justin Johnson
Benjamin Gray
How so? I thought it was a good resolution, perhaps a bit long.
Elijah Sanchez
Pensées
Jack Walker
good choice op this is my favorite
Daniel Phillips
Similar; but not at all the same. Dostoyevsky is amazing at identifying and writing about varying world views. Underground Man does not face the problems Raskolnikov does; nor do they feel or think the same. They have very similar traits, but the overall moral of the two books is very different. Crime & Punishment follows closely to Christianity (Dostoyevsky was highly religious) and the main character is an example of someone who rejects all pieties of christianity and traditional morals. Underground Man is hard to describe precisely; but i’m sure you relate to him as much as i do and know his character well.
Bentley Gonzalez
"The name of the Rose"
Read the introduction and prologue so far before bed, so i don't know what to make of it still
Nolan Bennett
Good book and underrated Roth.
Jeremiah Carter
Grayson Sanders
Can someone help me out? A poster on Yea Forums was recomending me an author who spoke about culture, film and entertainment called either Baulrand
Baulrid
Ballrind
Ballrand
i don't fucking know and I lost the tab i had open, please help!
Adrian Gonzalez
I've been reading Plato's The Republic for 5 months now, not much else.
Luke Adams
It was Jean Baudrillard, all good guys.
Caleb Reed
David Thomas
David Collins
>for 5 months now
Is it that long? I don't remember it of so much length. Maybe you should drop it?
Eli Hall
Anna karenina, about 75% done
James Stewart
It's aight
Ryder Sullivan
Melville's shorter fiction. My favourites so far are Bartleby and Cock a doodle do
Angel Myers
Nice choice. I wouldn't mind having a physical copy of that one. What other writings are included in that edition?
Brandon Taylor
Oliver Jackson
When Nietzsche wept
Jordan Myers
Michael Jones
Hey, I was just about to order this...? Read it before the movie, you know. Liked it a lot. Will I like it again after having watched the movie, like, seven times...?
Xavier Wood
harari is a gay jew
Colton Morales
The movie was great.
William Smith
Why doesn’t anyone on here read contemporary books
Adam Williams
Lee by Tito Perdue
I'm honestly surprised less people on Yea Forums talk about this guy. He's said some pretty questionable things politically, but his capturing of the anti-modern reactionary view of the late 20th century (and by extension a window into the 21st century) is incredible.
Lee is at once a violent narcissist, a hopeless brute, a hallucinatory slave to his desires, and someone who makes a strong case against the passive "programming" of personality and meaning rather than slow painful cultivation of it. It's a pretty short read, but I've loved every minute of it so far and am fairly bummed most of his other work concerning Leland Pefley is out of print and damn near impossible to find.
Also, sorry for the blurry image. I can't find a higher resolution copy and am feeling a bit too lazy to walk to my car and take a picture of the book.
Jayden Garcia
(((Joseph Heller)))
Thomas Jenkins
Fagles.
Carson Williams
(((Philip Roth)))
Liam Smith
>481 KB
Christcuckery.
Mason Johnson
(((Rosenberg)))
Matthew Rogers
(((Karl Popper)))
Luke Morgan
(((Daniel Kahneman)))
(((Silverstein)))
(((Bible)))
(((Haidt)))
Jordan Peterson (shabbos)
Thomas King
(((Irvin D. Yalom)))
Wyatt Jenkins
A Farewell to Arms, same as you.
Jeremiah Williams
I was massively underwhelmed by this book, especially after the insane hyping that this board gives it. There's a few gooduns like the opening story, but most of it is "lol life's pointless, and there's spooky geometry lol, I hate being alive lol"
Like a really shite horror fanfic of Labyrinths by Borges.
Ryan Allen
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
A bit of a lesser known work but I'm loving it so far, has anyone else read it?
Aaron Davis
William Johnson
My brother gave me thinking fast and slow lastonth said it was a great read, is it worth it? Thinking about picking it up after I'm done with my current read
Charles Edwards
Reading Bleeding Edge right now as my first Pynchon, am I doing it wrong? Liking the ride so far despite having no idea what the hell is the bigger picture this book is trying to tell at all.
Leo Nelson
Joshua Hernandez
Bump'erino, Al Pacino
Cameron Jenkins
why bump an active thread?
Leo Edwards
Back to
Aaron Morris
Only Dostoevsky book i couldn't put down, apart from notes from underground which i read in a day.
Joseph Cox
notes from underground made me wanna kill myself
i read it twice
John Gray
Almost done with this mad lad. He led an interesting life and met some heavy hitters (Brecht, Isaac Babel) but he was also a bit of a crackpot with his theory of crowds.
Trying to decide what to read next Augustus by Williams or Julian by Vidal.
Definitely in a Romeabu mood though.
Anthony Bailey
Just in case. Been too long in Yea Forums already.
Ryder Ward
Wish it talked more about NA natives more. Still pretty a interesting read otherwise.
Camden Sanchez
Almost finished. This book is fucking wild, might be one of my all time favorite reads
Sebastian Hughes
I just started the sun also rises not sure how I feel about it, what other Hemingway books are essential
Easton Gomez
nice to hear
purchased a copy a few months ago
Angel King
Exceptional taste.
Wyatt Cooper
Liam Nguyen
Aaron Taylor
*slurps your toes*
Thomas Turner
It's a good read, it has a lot of information on cognitive thinking issues. Considering that we aren't exactly rational beings and such.
I flipped through it quite a bit and read the chapters that caught my attention, but I don't think it's the greatest book or anything. Quite good though.
Brayden Edwards
yeah she's great, this is my second collection (previously read dear life)
started this tonight, read the first section and it was really enjoyable and i cannot fucking wait to read more
Kayden Allen
Gotta love Robert Graves
Zachary Baker
This desu, call me pleb. I am the solar anus.
Brayden Reed
At first I thought it fucking sucked now I think it just kind of sucks.
William Green
>he doesn't know the entire Yea Forums is /pol/
go back to r*ddit newfriend
>Pic related, what I currently read
Robert Evans
I took about a month and a half long break from reading to focus on my job situation, but now I’m back in the game baby.
Currently :
Alhazen - The Optics
John Von Neumann & Oskar Morgenstern- Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Ptolemy - The Almagest
Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy In America
Aristotle - On Interpretation
After:
Alhazen - Completion of the Conics (second read through)
Joseph Schumpeter - Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
Alhazen - On The Configuration of the Universe
Jeremy Bentham - Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Aristotle - Prior Analytics
Jacob Jackson
what exactly are you reading these texts for? What do you hope to understand?
Isaac Watson
that's a lot of oven dodger Yea Forums
Gavin Moore
I’m learning a lot more about contemporary mathematics, Game Theory, and just mathematical philosophy and reason from the first two.
I’m interested in economics as well as political philosophy. I’m interested in exchange and the meaning of the different factors. These help with those.
I’m also vaguely interested in Astrophysics, so Ptolemy helps with that, as well as the experience with synthetical geometry. At this point in my quest for knowledge I know more than most about the historical development of mathematics.
Nicholas Parker
Do you find that you forget a lot of granular details once you move subjects/topics/books?
I've found this happening to me and thus take notes so that I can fire up the ol' network again with a glance, but also am fearful that this can corrupt future and fresh interpretations, thus I am now thinking about having 2 texts of each book, perhaps 3, one with initial, the next with secondary, and a third for blank slate interpretations.
Blake Morales
Remembering details is a subject that I feel should be talked about more on Yea Forums but is not. It’s the most important thing to reading non-fiction.
I find that Adler’s suggestions of summarization in the back of the book help. Every book has a blank page for this reason, I usually find a summarization of the book is fairly easy. It’s not possible to remember everything from a book, but I do find it easier to focus on specific details in my mind and remind myself the details throughout the day. I’ll also frequently turn back and look over portions of the book I’ve already read.
I try to do syntopical reading: I’ll relate what I’m reading to other things I’ve read and try to make logical connections on a certain issue.
This one is cool: I like finding mistakes. One way I know that I’m really reading well and on top of the text is when I start to be able to find mistakes in the text. If it’s a mathematical work, I KNOW that I am doing a good job. If I find myself being critical of the methodology of explaining things typically that means a bad translation because even mathematicians 1000s of years ago are unbelievably smarter than most people walking around today.
My recent book read was Book V of Alhazen’s Optics l. It’s riddled with errors, and I have annotations all over. Sometimes I only make notes when correcting mistakes.
Sometimes I make notes to try to help understand things. Sometimes both. For Aristotle’s Metaphysics, I believe, due to translation of his own logic, he has made multiple errors throughout the book. I still believe that was one of the greatest books I’ve ever read, and I honestly believe it to be a must read for anyone even vaguely interested in philosophy OR theology.
Mull things over throughout the day. I remember being so immersed in Ptolemy I could pull a diagram from his book and discover things about it throughout the day as I thought about it. After thinking about a diagram for a week, I realized one of the diagrams in The Optics was wrong: it was mistranslated so it had to be reversed. I’m still glad I caught that one.
If you’re mostly interested in philosophy: don’t worry, I’m a philosopher at heart. I always think about the methodology of things when they read them and even the sociological implications of certain scientific teachings on their knowledge. Contextual analysis is key, I’m basically a philosopher scientist. I severely analyze philosophical texts. Sometimes I think I’m too autistic about it, which is how I caught Aristotle’s errors. But I’m not alone: many believe him to be wrong in certain portions. It’s why the translations are fought over so fiercely. So you can what I’m doing with philosophy, astrology, physics, economics, what have you. Just please for the love of god, read NON-FICTION, not FICTION. Plato was right about the corruptability of the soul and fiction does not do your soul good.
Tyler Turner
Hmm, I've thought the opposite. That fiction holds a special relationship with the soul for some, namely leisure. In essence I think you are differing from someone in a quotidian way and are trying to impose your own. Funnily enough, this is pointed out in Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence, a semi-ficiton, semi-autobiography. He explains that as a society we have placed dialectic (and by analogy, non-fiction) over rhetoric (fiction). Thus, we are paying for it with our experience because we are ultimately experiential creatures who experience romantic (Dionysian reality) and classical (Apollonian reality) represented by rhetoric and dialectic respectfully. A balance.
I take this view myself and question that, relatively, non-fiction may hold the same relationship with some that fiction does with others and as long as you are fulfilling that leisurely dynamic with an open mind you are ok.
Do you disagree with that?
Liam Miller
I think you hold an extremely subjectivized view of the world, at the end of this road is meaninglessness and apathy. You care far too much of what others think and you don’t understand what makes something inherently good.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you had a subjective view of good and evil instead of an objective view of those things
Isaiah Howard
Hmm, mind elaborating on why? I take your post as a little hostile, but perhaps that is in response to mine being inflated? Or maybe not. If mine was inflated, I apologize for any offense, I was attempting to provide you perspective on the necessity of fiction, not generalize or sum you up.
I hold good and evil as relationships that are mediated through your values. So in a way, part subjective in how they are applied, yet objective in the sense that people will feel these things inevitably. In essence, they are emotions in part, but I can understand a universality to them.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with your opinion that I hold foremost a subjective worldview, I'm just curious why that is bad if I also allow myself objectivity? I am also curious about your reasoning. Maybe I could learn a thing or two.
Christopher Martinez
Ah see but this is clearly disorienting your world view. You hold an incorrect stance. And that’s just it: certain philosophies are incorrect to me.
There is an objective evil, and then there is an objective good. And people would discover those themselves over time, if left by themselves or a few others on a desert island for years with no prior religious exposure.
Similarly, there is an objectively correct way to reason and an objectively incorrect way to reason.
Christian Clark
Read this exact edition, it was my first dosto and I thought it was decent (really like white nights, actually) although I didnt really understand the later stories until I had read brothers karamazov
Jayden Martin
>if left by themselves or a few others on a desert island for years with no prior religious exposure.
Do you believe this carries out across species? Across intelligent species? I assume you would say yes. Would this then mean that there is directionality in evolution?
To share, I think there are different possibilities for good and evil to arise relative to a subject or species, we happened to have a somewhat malleable one based on tribal tendencies. A belief system isn't evil, but an existential threat is. The morality that arises through isolation is in no way objective, it simply means that humans are harmonious. So the natural harmony is good, and intended discohesion is evil?
>Ah see but this is clearly disorienting your world view
My disorientation has no bearing on the weight of my beliefs, can someone feel the same way and not be disoriented? Is this arguing subjectively?
I might be misconstruing your argument, so I apologize if I am, I am attempting to engage it with skepticism.
Christian Murphy
I believe in artificial evolution. I don’t ascribe to natural evolution. I have read Darwin’s book and do not agree.
You seem to think good and evil are based on tribal tendencies, while I understand them to be like shapes: man discovered what an octagon was eventually, even though it was already there. Much like that, man eventually discovered what Good and Evil were.
Natural harmony will follow if all the good Principles of the universe are followed.
Colton Moore
It's not that long, I just don't read it much and juggle other books too.
Tyler Walker
Is this a formal theory of morality? I.e. platonic forms?
I've relegated good and evil to vestiges of evolution. I've no idea how they developed, but I think the nature of then are as said previously.
The principles idea is interesting, I think you may have me there, though I may be plural in that aspect. In a way, some form of a simultaneous plural and monism? I suppose that doesn't make sense.
>Artificial evolution
Interesting. What's this one? I believe evolution to have been unknowingly guided by culture which is a macrocosm of the family. But I haven't put much thought into this one.
Joshua Russell
pretty solid, got it as a present
Luke Richardson
Upon Gods creation of the universe, he created us along with Good and Evil. This should be enough for you in that direction. I personally believe your foray in that direction, if followed steadfastly, will lead to undefinable chaos.
Matthew Smith
>tfw couldnt find it anywhere so I'm reading a free pdf of it instead
Nolan Jones
What kind of God. Biblical God?
Andrew Barnes
That’s the correct God, yes. However many different religions describe different aspects of this same God. Much like how many different people come to a common notion of what is ‘good’
Jordan King
I know its more of a /his/ book rather than Yea Forums
Tyler Young
The Worst Journey in the World. The deadly account of the British 1911 expedition to reach the south pole. The Edwardian Brits were a ballsy bunch. The lunatics marched 70 miles through the Antartic winter in -75F degree weather to collect penguin eggs at one point and it was so fucking cold the author's teeth all died from the extreme cold.
Carter Baker
How do you view the perversion of this Good by cultures such as the Aztecs who sacrificed virgins, and did other horrible things?
Why did they not produce western good? Is it solely because they had not discovered it yet?
Nolan Campbell
Correct
Jayden Evans
Seems like a bad idea to read that many books at once.
Ian Myers
Discusses the ancient origins of psychiatry from Greek speculation on “insanity” to (at the time of writing) modern history of insane asylums
Gavin Smith
Matthew Ward
Im writing Last Exit to Brooklyn. Fucking brutal hardcore work. I love hubert selby jr
Dominic Morales
Relax, there's no need to get triggered over facts.
Nicholas Sanchez
Is that a collection, or only Call of Cthulhu?
Juan Jenkins
it's neat
Logan Brown
Collection, also has 17 other stories written by him
Leo Peterson
Brodie's report
Good but a bit too plain
Owen Stewart
Very nice.
I know Yea Forums has been invaded by /pol/acks, such as myself, for a long time already. On the other hand, I consider those posts are off-topic.
I ain't triggered. Just want a consistent thread. The upper paragraph is also for you.
Dylan Sanchez
Caleb Moore
Yes, brilliant novel. The sense of dread and hopelessness seeps from the pages to your gut. Few novels other than this and C&P can have such effect.
John Cruz
Should I keep reading it's kinda boring
Camden Barnes
I've been wanting to read the King Arthur stories lately. I'm looking to get Le Morte d'Arther vol. 1 and 2 but I'm curious about how they're broken up. Are they essentially a collection of short stories?
I feel like a brainlet because I essentially just want to read the original english text but I could never find a clear answer as to where to find them.
TL;DR what's the best way to read King Arthur's stories?
Levi Morales
Ryan Johnson
I was reading Women by Bukowski but I got tired of it,
Zachary Hughes
Reading along to the BBC radio play that's up on YouTube.
> country matters
Cameron Walker
Shady
Charles Peterson
You definitely should. It picks up by the end of the second part.
It's a great book. It changed my whole world-view in regards to knowledge.
Thomas Rivera
The Divine Comedy. About which I have a small question regarding a part of Inferno Canto III (pardon paraphrase):
"Good souls don't come this way... By the way, take heed of what Charon's speech implies about you."
Is this "You're only not getting got because you're alive" or "Take Charon being a dick as a good sign."?
Nolan Davis
I can't do that stuff man. All the other engineers I work with routinely reach language books (and let me stop right there and fully concede that they're better engineers than I am, likely because of tendencies like this). I just can't do it. I program all day, and when I get home I -have- to diversify my interests. I cobble as a hobby. I read pic related. I run marathons... but I just can't read MORE coding stuff on my off time.
Jace Lopez
Not that user, but which ones?
I'm a big fan of the Color out of Space and Rats in the Walls. Though really, going through all his early works like the White Ship and.... aw fuck the one with the author on the hill... seemed kinda meh until I got to the dream-quest for unknown kadath. That was the first one that really tied a bunch of his world together.
Also recommend reading some Robert Chambers to see some proto- Maddness / Cosmic Horror stuff with his King in Yellow stories.
Alexander Howard
Its very well done
Brandon Ortiz
Also reading Tragedy and Hope Carroll Quigley.
Joshua Bell
100 pages left, will finish them off before I go to sleep. A really cozy read, sometimes too supernatural/outlandish for my taste but still very good. Next up is probably Kafka's Castle
Jeremiah Johnson
Sorry for a late reply, besides A Confession there's also:
What is Religion and of What Does It's Essences Consist?
Religion and Morality
The Law of Love and the Law of Violence
Lincoln Cooper
Were you niggers pulling my leg when you recommended The Soft Machine? What the fuck even am I reading? 1/4 through and the whole thing has been like this. Dude gets high and runs around south america fucking brown gay boys with no punctuation. Fun as hell to try and read aloud though.
Asher Lewis
Are you reading it in nip?
I wasn't impressed with tanizaki. Naomi pissed me off and I got halfway through his short story collection without being taken in by anything. How's banana?
Liam Lee
Here you go, also just finished it. I know the guy wrote a ton of stuff but this was a satisfying collection, I liked how they all felt loosely connected. Colo(u)r out of Space was actually probably my favourite, personally found it the most disturbing. The Whisperer in Darkness was also really quite creepy. I also enjoyed The Rats in the Walls, since the Cat's name was pretty cool.
Also thanks for the recommendation, I will keep it in mind.
Easton Foster
but seriously it's like Yea Forums wrote a novel.
Evan Bennett
lmao haven't read this but I did read Naked Lunch and that was enough Burroughs for me. Pretty remarkable how good he is at writing the most fucking nasty degenerate shit imaginable. That book made me feel really gross and I felt like I needed to take a shower after every chapter.
Carson Thompson
Haven’t started yet, but will soon. Got it free with my girlfriends amazon prime.
Angel Nguyen
I'm a pervert so it kind of turns me on, even when they're all shitting their pants on drugs and having disease ridden orgies. Doesn't mean I actually want to read a novel's worth of the shit. Only part I liked so far has been with the detective.
My god the gay orgies just don't stop. If I hated someone I would send this book to their mother with a card saying it's from them.
Cooper Evans
Xavier Scott
just started it
Oliver Campbell
Oh I liked Nyarlathotep too. Good stuff.
Bentley Morgan
I love the imagery and the relentless awfulness but my god are there too many lazy metaphors and constant use of 'like a...' descriptives.