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The Sellout by Paul Beatty is v.good and you should go read it
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Wow... society said that book was good and it was. Incredibly hosed up. Time to only read new books because nobody's ever written reviews for them yet.
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Apr 22, 2016 09:24
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idk man I haven't had time to read any fiction written later than ~1500 in months
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Apr 22, 2016 10:55
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beergod posted:The Sellout by Paul Beatty is v.good and you should go read it Did you read that based on the recommendation given in this thread? I'm glad you found something you liked so much
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I can kind of get the appeal of spending a year or so only reading new books, only going to get to read a tiny fraction of all the books in existence so it's a interesting thing to do I suppose, but if someone is actively avoiding books that are classics for good reason then it's a bit sad really .
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Apr 22, 2016 11:26
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check out this pic of an obsessed man and his cone 
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Apr 22, 2016 12:46
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Nanomashoes posted:Wow... society said that book was good and it was. Incredibly hosed up. Time to only read new books because nobody's ever written reviews for them yet. U mad
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learnincurve posted:I can kind of get the appeal of spending a year or so only reading new books, only going to get to read a tiny fraction of all the books in existence so it's a interesting thing to do I suppose, but if someone is actively avoiding books that are classics for good reason then it's a bit sad really . Actively avoiding books based on when they were published is dumb, old books or new. No reason to limit yourself.
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learnincurve posted:I can kind of get the appeal of spending a year or so only reading new books, only going to get to read a tiny fraction of all the books in existence so it's a interesting thing to do I suppose, but if someone is actively avoiding books that are classics for good reason then it's a bit sad really . Its not actively avoiding books. Like you said, you only have enough room to read in your life, I just prioritize new fiction over old fiction. It's not like I walk past Dickens and hiss at it, I just realize there is a limit to how many books I will read in my lifetime and decided I would rather focus on the contemporary.
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Four-Twenty posted:check out this pic of an obsessed man and his cone he owns so hard
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Apr 22, 2016 16:04
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Quit Being a loving Child and Read Some Literature that your High School Teacher Didn't Make You Read
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Apr 22, 2016 17:24
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blue squares posted:Quit Being a loving Child and Read Some Literature that your High School Teacher Didn't Make You Read
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Apr 22, 2016 18:22
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They tried to make us read an abridged version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame in english class in school
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Apr 22, 2016 22:23
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Mel Mudkiper posted:U mad I'm sorry, I couldn't read your post because I would be affected by the opinions of previous posters who responded to you in this thread.
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Apr 22, 2016 23:01
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I just read Virginia Woolf's An Unwritten Novel and it was so drat good that I signed up for a Virginia Woolf class next semester
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Apr 22, 2016 23:14
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Earlier when I said about nothing good having been written in the UK for 200 years I almsot went back and edited it cos I suddenly remembered Virginia Woolf.
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Apr 22, 2016 23:20
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Mallamp what are your thoughts on VIRGINIA WOOLF
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Apr 22, 2016 23:22
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I'd prefer her if she were VIRGIN woolf -Mallamp, probably
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Nanomashoes posted:I'm sorry, I couldn't read your post because I would be affected by the opinions of previous posters who responded to you in this thread. drat bro looking back at Sodom over here
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Apr 22, 2016 23:45
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blue squares posted:I'd prefer her if she were VIRGIN woolf No good author has ever had sex.
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Apr 22, 2016 23:52
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Counter argument: Dickens was quite the player back in his day.
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Apr 22, 2016 23:54
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Milton had sex with at least two women because one of them was his daughter
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learnincurve posted:Counter argument: Dickens was quite the player back in his day. Dickens isn't good though
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CestMoi posted:No good author has ever had sex. William Gaddis had a reasonable and decent amount of sex.
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Apr 23, 2016 03:34
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God had sex with Mary and he wrote the bible.
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CestMoi posted:Earlier when I said about nothing good having been written in the UK for 200 years I almsot went back and edited it cos I suddenly remembered Virginia Woolf. hey, read wyndham lewis, he's cool, you'll probably like him since you like grumpy reactionaries iirc
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good writing doesn't exist, at most we can hope for a brief and ultimately dismaying glimpse into supernatural afforded to us when all of god's dices land with sixes up
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Apr 23, 2016 07:49
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there's plenty of good writing. for instance, obituaries where the deceased was run over by a train. or whatever letters can be mistakenly interpreted in the forms of drowned animal carcasses piling up in the bend of a creek.
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A human heart posted:hey, read wyndham lewis, he's cool, you'll probably like him since you like grumpy reactionaries iirc Oh yeah sorry I meant to repsond to htis when you said it earlier what is good by Wyndham Lewis, I like all reactionaries.
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CestMoi posted:Mallamp what are your thoughts on VIRGINIA WOOLF I like the waves
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Nanomashoes posted:God had sex with Mary and he wrote the bible. Only if you're a Mormon, though.
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But I also think Leonard Woolf is pretty cool guy eh gave Virginia Woolf room of her own and doesnt afraid of anythign
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Virginia Woolf don't need a man to give her anything
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blue squares posted:Virginia Woolf don't need a man to give her anything Swimming lessons might have helped
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I'm reading the last temptation of christ OP. is that real literature.
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Apr 23, 2016 20:42
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I bought a book called a Portrait of a Marriage of two of the bloomsbury group who hosed around yet still seemed pretty happy today, should get to reading that.
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I just picked up this book called Fight Club, really powerful stuff. Really makes you think about how we're all like, slaves to society and the system. Really eye-opening I have also heard good things about this House of Leaves book. Supposed to be mind-bending. Get this, the book has different colors.
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Mel are you owning me and is this book very bad or what.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Mel are you owning me and is this book very bad or what. Nah just being a random rear end in a top hat
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Mel has gone prodromal from thinking about dark souls 3 lore too much
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