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let bob change ur perceptions of reality and what is right and wrong
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Sep 1, 2016 14:00
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FactsAreUseless posted:Likewise, Nabokov's Pale Fire. There's a ton of good shorter works by authors known for their larger novels. id also recommend his sci fi short story.. the name escapes me, its in nabokovs dozen. heres a stand out simile: he compares plugging a new lightbulb into a light socket to the sudden hatching of a dragons egg in ones hand.
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Sep 1, 2016 14:01
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idiot
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Sep 1, 2016 14:01
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If you really have a lot of time on your hands, try In Search of Lost Time, the exhaustive and brilliant fictional memoir of class and romance in late 19th century France
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Sep 1, 2016 14:01
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l'amore by kay parker trust me
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Sep 1, 2016 14:02
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Orkin Mang posted:idiot sorry that u've been drinking the ketchup but maybe let some of these other people make up their own minds
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Sep 1, 2016 14:02
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social vegan posted:sorry that u've been drinking the ketchup but maybe let some of these other people make up their own minds wherefore ur knowledge of the counsels of my heart. in anycase, ketchup or as the chinese call is catsup is delicious in inverse proportion to the deliciousness of the more esoteric condiments
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Sep 1, 2016 14:04
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Um The Power of One is a book about boxing that I've been told is very good and inspiring. AFAIK there's no wizards or aliens in it.
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Sep 1, 2016 14:04
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Applewhite posted:Um The Power of One is a book about boxing that I've been told is very good and inspiring. AFAIK there's no wizards or aliens in it. i thought it was a book about the pitiless devastating power of the one god
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Sep 1, 2016 14:06
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Captain Yossarian posted:I've been re-reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (probably go through the whole series again) and also House of Leaves- both highly recommended by me haha what are you 12 years old lmao
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Sep 1, 2016 14:10
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No genre fic-- "Have you read these mystery or horror novels yet huh have you"
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Sep 1, 2016 14:12
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RideTheSpiral posted:haha what are you 12 years old lmao way to shame daddio
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Sep 1, 2016 14:13
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A good short story collection is Space Marines: The Omnibus. I think it's out of print, but it's worth tracking down a copy
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Sep 1, 2016 14:26
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Guy Goodbody posted:A good short story collection is Space Marines: The Omnibus. I think it's out of print, but it's worth tracking down a copy '...literary tour de force...' - London Review of Books
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Sep 1, 2016 14:28
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'Super intelligence' It's a non fiction about the problem ai engineers will run into when they develop human level AI and it's got an owl on it and owls are tits
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Sep 1, 2016 14:28
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Orkin Mang posted:way to shame daddio daddio was already ashamed
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Sep 1, 2016 14:30
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RideTheSpiral posted:'...literary tour de force...' - London Review of Books
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Sep 1, 2016 14:30
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FactsAreUseless posted:I know you think you're joking but it did actually win a National Book Award. what the
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Sep 1, 2016 14:32
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FactsAreUseless posted:I know you think you're joking but it did actually win a National Book Award. From which nation?
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Sep 1, 2016 14:32
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Guy Goodbody posted:From which nation? They're a pretty big deal.
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Sep 1, 2016 14:34
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Sethex posted:'Super intelligence' How much of a technical background do you need to understand it?
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Sep 1, 2016 14:36
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FactsAreUseless posted:http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2016.html it doesnt even have an author 
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Sep 1, 2016 14:37
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OP, read The Crow Road by Iain Banks. That or Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut.
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Sep 1, 2016 14:43
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The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby P Foote. About 80000000 pages of pretty engaging history The Fall by Camus. Cool book about how a man perceives himself. Short & funny.
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Sep 1, 2016 14:43
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The Hobbit and the Maltese Falcon are examples of books that take hold of your attention and pull you through them, a rare thing in the internet age. Huck Finn is good as well but it helps if you've read Tom Sawyer beforehand.
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Sep 1, 2016 14:45
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RideTheSpiral posted:haha what are you 12 years old lmao Turn on your monitor 
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Sep 1, 2016 14:45
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RideTheSpiral posted:it doesnt even have an author
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Sep 1, 2016 14:51
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You might enjoy Bertrand Russell's "A Short History of Western Philosophy". Apart from being informative, it is also consistently hilarious. On the one hand, he was one of the greatest logicians of his time with a profound knowledge of philosophy and science, while on the other he never failed to observe the ridiculous. For example, when he talked about how a society founded on Pythagorean principles ultimately collapsed, he comented how this may be due to the population's "hankering for beans". (Pythagoreans were a cross between logicians and classical cultists with their own rites of initiations and taboos, such as the eating of beans). There are also a few sick burns on philosophers he doesn't like, such as Hegel. I recommend this particular book because you mentioned how you would like short fiction. While not fiction, you can essentially read the chapters on individual philosophers or schools of thought as seperate entities, just as you would do with short stories in an anthology. There are a number of chapters in which I thought Russell was unfair (specifically when it came to Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche), but overall it is the best overview of pre-20th century philosophy I know of. It is immensely entertaining, the language is beautiful and it gives you an idea how in the end, any assesments of philosophy or reality in general has to be highly subjective. Ultimately, you not only learn about philosophy, but you also get an insight into the working of a brilliant and unique mind with a fantastic sense of humor.
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Sep 1, 2016 15:03
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 But No Elephants is a curious novella on class warfare and racism
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Sep 1, 2016 15:11
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Please read Jesus' Son as it's one of the best short story collections of all time
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Sep 1, 2016 15:14
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the shroud of turin
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Sep 1, 2016 15:15
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Applewhite posted:Um The Power of One is a book about boxing that I've been told is very good and inspiring. AFAIK there's no wizards or aliens in it. I had to read that once and it was horrible (mostly because no wizards or aliens)
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Sep 1, 2016 15:16
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Thomas Pynchon is also cool as hell. Gravitys Rainbow is as good and weird as its reputation suggests, but his newer offerings are quality pieces of lit as well. Def check out Bleeding Edge if you haven't already
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Sep 1, 2016 15:16
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I find the bible to be very interesting because of the wizards and aliens
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Sep 1, 2016 15:16
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dad gay. so what posted:I find the bible to be very interesting because of the wizards and aliens endor makes an apperance which is weird bc rotj blows
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Sep 1, 2016 15:17
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also the main character is god
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Sep 1, 2016 15:17
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The plays of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Checkov whixh end with somebody shooting theyself
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Sep 1, 2016 15:18
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my alcoholism is based in the historical fact that jesus transformed whatever he could into stanky booze
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Sep 1, 2016 15:18
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Orkin Mang posted:my alcoholism is based in the historical fact that jesus transformed whatever he could into stanky booze I spent 7 hours in the ER yesterday due to alcoholism and possibly jesus
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