Does /b/ read?
Currently reading War and Peace, just finished Moby Dick.
What is /b/ reading now?
bump
The Picture of Dorian Gray
I read goosebumps
>>698449883
Currently reading World War Z, bretty gud so far
If you ever want to get in the mood to an hero, read The Crossing.
>>698449883
A song of ice and fire for my 5th time.
Is the book better than the movie?
Bump
About 10 pages into Infinite Jest.
>>698449883
This ivory leg propels me!
This thread has just inspired me to read this copy of Old man and the Sea I found with my grandpa's writing dating it 1954.
>>698449883
I just finished Flowers for Algernon
>>698452379
Spoilers, he doesn't catch the fish and dies.
Ok /b/, I've got some time and I want to read a Joyce book, but he seems like a colossal douche-prick. Can anyone recommend a Joyce book that was actually enjoyable to read?
Man, I wish I could read again. I used to read so much as a child and enjoyed it so fucking much. But now in my 20's I can't pick up a book without becoming bored out of my mind in 5 minutes, TV and the internet have spoiled me :(
>>698449883
Just finished the 6th Witcher book, waiting for the translation of the 7th
Good read.
i was think about reading years of rice and salt has anyone read it
>>698452651
I know this feel. Start reading on opiates, it's wicked.
>>698450589
This
im going through steven king
32 books down
millions to go
>the stand
A real gripping page turner, the twist at the end still has me thinking.
>>698452925
>>the stand
The story of man vs. book.
American Psycho. Much more fucked up than the movie
Man, I remember reading Captain Underpants and fucking loving it. Harry Potter too, I loved that shit. Then I did the Dan Brown thing. Now it's just the internet. Instead of reading before bed I'm doing this on /b/.
Only fantasy.
>>698452925
Stephen King is a writer who loves the idea of making a novel a feat of endurance.
He uses 20 words and a flashback when 4 or 5 would do and ends up making every single novel incredibly dense
I'm reading King too, so far I read The Long Walk and Thinner. In the middle of Salem's Lot right now, it's pretty gay tbh.
This book was one of my favorites as a teen. I honestly wonder why people don't mention Hubbard as one of the sci-fi greats, he's got a real convincing narrative in these books.
>>698452744
"The war on stupid people"
What kind of article is that?
Ship of Theseus. JJ Abrams teamed up with a novelist to make this book. It's more 3 distinct stories integrated into one book. There's two people conversing in the margins, the actual book, and then the story of the author. It's quite an interesting read I highly recommend.
>>698449883
I am reading Adrian Goldsworthy's bio of Augustus.
Just started Animal Farm
>>698454401
Spoilers: Napoleon and the other pigs are big dicks, the horse dies, Snowball is driven away, and then at the end the pigs are just the same as people. It's an allegory.
>>698449883
War and Peace is the most tedious piece of literature I've ever had the displeasure of reading.
Three hundred page blocks of some whiney 14 year old russian noble crying over her 21 year old boyfriend who's off to war.
Who. Gives. A. Fuck. Save yourself the pain. Read the Wheel of Time series. Be entertained.
My first hardcore porn read. A girl gets on the wrong side of a barbed sheath on a cock. Gets brutal. Nasty faps all around.
>>698454592
It's about communism
Just reread this for a class. Absolute garbage. Dense and heavy handed prose with a cast of unlikeable characters with no catharsis besides Gatsby (the only semi-likable character) being shot to death. What's worse is that the narrator is so distant and dull that they literally forget their own birthday. Fitzgerald was a hack, he was the one who should have shot himself, not Hemingway.
>>698454819
Yeah it's pretty slow right now idk if I'll get through it
I might drop it for crime and punishment
>>698455069
Do you... know what an allegory is?
al·le·go·ry
ˈaləˌɡôrē/
noun
noun: allegory; plural noun: allegories
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
I thought you all would be able to assume that when I said it's an allegory, that it has a deeper meaning. And based on the time frame it was written and the political sentiments of the time and Orwell, that it's an allegory to communism.
Go back to high school newfag
>>698455387
I'd say do it. I made it two thirds of the way through. Past yet another 300 page block of the russian bitch. Back to Pierre at the war... and I couldn't be bothered. She killed me inside. I couldn't read the good parts no matter how much I may have wanted to. She just ruins half of the book. In large chunks. It's painful. Don't do it. Move on. Save yourself! So that you don't rant like this to someone in the future who's thinking of reading it! It doesn't get better!
>>698453968
Scientologist confirmed.
>>698455387
Ugh, not much better. If you want a good classic that actually is pretty engaging, go with something by Verne or Swift.
>>698455622
If I'm ever on opiates again I'll give it another try but I guess I'll take your word for it
>>698455565
I was agreeing with you.
Fuck, are you an asshole.
>>698449883
The Brothers Karamazov
>>698452808
don't you just nod off on opiates, didn't know you could do something as complex as reading
>>698454219
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-war-on-stupid-people/485618/
pretty interesting
>>698455820
I was on them for 3 months after traumatic surgery
It depends really, yeah they make you sleepy when you want to sleep but if you want to function they make boring things seem pleasant
>>698455820
You think you're reading, but you're actually just dreaming what the book is like. That's why it's so cool and trippy.
House of Leaves.
What a bunch of craziness.
>>698452635
No, no one can.
>>698455748
I've saved your soul. My work here is done. Godspeed, fellow anon.
>>698455787
>Fuck, are you an asshole.
I think you meant:
>Fuck, you are an asshole.
>Fuck, are you an asshole?
>Fuck, you're an asshole?
>Fuck, aren't you an asshole?
>I belong in high school
>>698452193
meme
>>698456184
it's "a", not "an" you moron
>>698456184
I bet you have a lot of friends
>>698456184
I don't know.... I can read that as an exaggeration on the "are".
Kind of like, "Boy, are you gay or what!" It's a statement. Not a question. As you just sucked off the 1986 Dallas cowboys behind a bus at the local gas station. There's no question about it.
But I'm just rambling. Your comment is perfectly legit.
This was the book my mom threw at me, bitching that I need to finish that final project or I flunk 10th grade lit. Any good?
And more importantly, is there a movie?
>>698456336
it's an because asshole starts with a vowel.
>>698456479
>>698456479
Sucks. Naked middle school boys on space. Huxley likes little boys.
>>698449883
The Pale Horseman - Bernard Cornwell.
>>698456462
>>698456362
>>698456336
Feeding trolls, ooh, I wonder if they're going to get full any time soon!
>>698456479
most retarded book ever. author is an obnoxious pretentious fuck who thinks he's too good to indulge in any vices and the entire thing is one giant rant about how people getting laid and doing drugs is soooo bad
>tfw huxley is just a 20th century supreme gentleman
>>698456572
it doesn't count if it's a proper noun
>>698449883
>does anyone on /b/ read
no faggot
>>698456572
My asshole either starts with a crack, or my taint. Depending on which way you go.
Could also be my colon. But it's not likely you'll coming at it from that angle.
>>698456734
M'lady
>>698449883
I'm reading 1985 at the moment. Literally only because I couldn't get my hands on 1984 at the library. Its not bad though.
>>698456682
Thats enders game dipshit
Reading this for a few days now
>>698456824
autism must be a pretty big issue for you
>>698456872
it starts with the sphincter.
>>698456926
shit book written by a neoludite
>>698452925
don't do the dark tower series. fucking ending.
>>698456824
It's not a proper noun... As "asshole" isn't his name. It's what he is.
You don't say, "There goes a Harry". You say, "There goes Harry".
Just like you would say, "There goes a hairy asshole". Or, "There goes an asshole named Harry."
I hope I've helped.
>>698449883
The Road is probably one of my favorite books, but I'm reading my college calculus textbook, since that's starting in not very much time and I barely remember basic addition right now.
>>698457098
it's "an autism" you tard
An insane Marquis locked in the Bastile sneaked paper into prison to write the most offensive novel ever written.
Fucking metal
Reading a Conrad collection, just finished The Secret Sharer
>>698457156
no u
>>698457213
"An autistic child" is more accurate.
>>698455642
not the one you replied to. the series has nothing to do with the shitshed that scientology is. it has it's share of norwelian feels.
>>698457244
offensive? i thought it was light core pornography
>>698457350
"You're an autistic child" is even more accurate
>>698453806
Yep
>>698457525
*your
>>698452925
>>698453960
Reading King's 'bazaar of bad dreams'. Collection of short stories and they're really really good
>>698457453
For its time, offensive.
>>698453968
Funny I never even thought of reading his novels because of all the Scientology stuff.. Will check this out
>>698457525
Depends on who you're saying it to.
>>698457561
No, in this case it would be "Your autistic child needs a slap, because he's retarded".
tuesdays with morrie nigggggaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>>698452925
My nigga. I read the stand in 6th grade. Great book. I'm currently reading dr sleep.
>>698457213
>>698457156
>>698457098
>>698456872
>>698456824
>>698456572
>>698456462
>>698456362
>>698456336
Wow, fucking around and picking on a random dude devolved into this shit.
I am god
>>698449883
Pretender by CJ Cherryh, book 8 of the series
>>698457655
nah, incest scat has always been soft core
>>698455387
Try Anna Karanina instead it's bloody brilliant and very relevant
>>698457453
de Sade called it "the most offensive work of all time", he set out to make the most offensive book, didn't say he succeeded.
Just a pretty interesting backstory for porn
>>698457744
You are not.
Also, it would be "I am God". As the god in question is God.
If you had said, "I am a god" it would be fine. But you did not.
Please do better in the future.
I'm reading Lolita, in Russian, so I only understand about 70% of it.
>>698457902
Spoilers:
Anna gets hit by a train
>>698452062
yes
>>698457968
You assume wrong brother, for my name is God. I wasn't making an assertion of my divinity, just stating my first name.
>>698458032
Spoilers: that's 60% of Russian Literature and film
>>698457958
if that was his attempt at the most offensive book, a brief look at my internet history would kill him
>>698457213
>how many autisms do you have?
>just an autism
>>698458137
You fail again, Sergey. For if it was your name, it would have a capital "G". But it did not. Therefor you need to go back to grade three and take it up the butt with a ruler of no less than three yards length.
Fuck that movie, fuck Sting.
This book is fantastic.
>>698458234
I will personally murder you.
>>698458234
Go back to your slumber party little girl.
>>698456479
I like the concept- a dystopian future where everyone takes pills to crush they feels. But Huxley is not a very good writer in my opinion. And uses the word pneumatic way too much
The Pale King - David Foster Wallace.
He was in the process of writing it when he killed himself. Mainly centered around a character who is transferring within the IRS, and all the drudgery that the job entails.
Not his best work IMHO, but still pretty decent for what is essentially a draft novel.
I'm going to be reading 1984 by George Orwell, heard it's really good and draws parallels to modern society.
Rereading this.It's really good. Way better than fear and loathing. A great book for /b/. Kinda pricey tho
>>698458207
Are you kidding? He'd just go on a 13 day long fap. de Sade was a kinky fucker, the first great kinky fucker. He's like the Walt Disney of BDSM. He'd love our world.
>>698456926
Haha
>>698458317
Is pretty good book, can't stand the middle eastern feel I get from it though
>>698450589
Loved the film, after reading about the differences I think I would like the book better.
>>698449883
No your not. Nobody reads those. You get the $1 edition, open it at the coffee shop and try to look intriguing, intelligent.
Buuut... you don't.
>>698457179
Agre the road is def in my top 50 all time
>>698458378
That's just your pneumatic opinion. I think that Huxley has a really pneumatic approach to writing.
>>698458500
you know not what you speak of innocent child
>>698458349
That is what Edward intended to do as well, until he found out that he was attracted to Bella in more than just a primal way.
>>698458371
That was yesterday.
>>698458565
Did someone put a bomb in the middle of the book on you?
Did an AK47 pop out and shoot you mid read?
Did it yell, ALLLAAAAHHHHH?
>>698452379
Great read.
>>698452635
Even listening to Ulysses was unbearable, I can't imagine involving my eyes in that boring shit
>>698458658
I prefer hydraulics.
Spent today reading Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil.
Highly recommended
>>698458688
>>698458317
just be careful of reading the entire universe of dune books. you can either look into it's far past and the start of the ideas in dune or look far into the future and the shitstorm that is chapterhouse.
Read this last semester for a project. Was actually kind of interesting to read.
>>698458025
Weird movie imo
>>698449883
try The Seawolf by Jack London. Exciting and intellectual. enjoy.
>>698456034
that book will chew you up and spit you out. fucking hilarious at parts though
Just got done with The Martian and now I'm going to start Aurora.
>>698459046
Y'know, I always liked that author's last name, it reminds me to go take one when I finish reading that garbage.
>>698449883
tl, dr
>>698459145
very
>>698458615
>implying everyone is as vapid as you are.
>>698449883
1984 is really interesting.
also read "fall of giants"
>>698459187
I'm sure your books are much better
God tier furry trash, if someone suspects you as being a furry, just say that this book inspired George RR Martin and they shut the fuck up.
>>698458615
>your not
yeah bud, you clearly don't read shit and just assume other people as as retarded as you are.
>>698458615
Suck a dick
>>698459186
I'd also like to add that now I can say that the movie version of The Martian isn't very good at all compared to the book.
Also it's Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson.
>>698458704
Basically
I could never invest myself in a book like Moby Dick, pic related is one of my favs though
>>698458186
In Soviet Russia, train ride YOU
>>698459387
They're not! You see, the difference is I don't pretend to be a good writer.
The Black Company
want to read Revan next. Might just get the audio book.
>>698459434
BURN IT! BURN IT TO THE GROUND! NOTHING BUT ASHES LEFT! SAVE YOURSELF!
Also, he's right. People do read these things of their own will and volition. This book in particular has a lot of unwarranted praise. Which is why I tried to read it.
And I have to say, back when it was written, it was probably true. But today? Oh, dear god, no. This book needs to be burned.
>>698449883
So this must be your required reading for high school engrish, huh?
>>698458317
I've heard that this book was inspired by a mushroom trip that Frank Herbert had while somehow being acquainted with Paul Stamets. Best scifi novel if you ask me though
A tragedy about a rodeo clown overcoming their meth addiction through shitty content.
>>698459651
It is my Everest
>>698452384
Kek, good book M8
>>698458317
Exactly, fuck the fucking heart plugs!
>>698459663
I wouldn't say that. Even if it is OP's engrish assignment.
I myself have considered reading this classic.
Just like I tried reading Homer's Odyssey. Until I realized every sixth phrase is a praise to the gods. Then I dropped it. Silly greeks.
Very informative.
>>698459910
You should try the Idiot
>>698459843
It will kill you inside. You're too weak and feeble. Don't try it. It will be the end of you.
You'll never read again afterwards. Trust me. I've been there. You can't go back.
>>698449883
25%
Might go back when I move to my dorm
Pretty much about how much humans suck and how civilization is bound to fail. Has some great alternative outlooks on those aspects nonetheless.
They gave us this in health class in 7th grade, it always stuck with me.
>>698449883
New Sandman Slim, just starting. Hope it's a good one.
Series is sweet
>>698459910
I like the Odyssey...
The Illiad is better though
>>698459910
Odyssey isn't bad if you get the explained/annotated study one where they bracket paragraphs and say what they are about sometimes. In the one I had in college, all of the "praise the gods" paragraphs were like this, so you can just skip the begging shit. It's better than the Illiad
>>698460021
Drugs will help me through it
Current book
>>698460012
Huh. That's actually a book, not a typo or a misguided insult.
Kinda sounds interesting too. From what little of the wiki page I read.
Thank you, kind anon.
But if it praises the gods every six lines, I'm going to find out where you live and shit on your doorknobs. Every six weeks. For six years.
>>698459536
Here's one for you to try.
Banana thread anyone?
>>698460338
>>698460338
>The Illiad
https://youtu.be/FtVBrXvmmJw
This is pretty descriptive if you like lost history shit. Plus my family is in it a few times. Take that you fucking indians!
>>698460387
You'd think that. But do you really think you can handle a crying russian noble for what is effectively a short novel, every few hundreds pages, for a few hundred pages?
It will wear on you by the fourth block. You will never progress, even if you manage to get that far. Even the "good" parts are shit until later in the book. And by good, I mean not her. Because dear holy shit, she sucks all the life out of that book.
But if you're already turning to drugs, you're probably already dead inside. Just be sure to mention that this book put you over the edge in the suicide note.
>>698460394
Yeah I liked it
Nothing about gods
/b/ros, I have some troubles with reading. I just can't be constant with it. Any advices?
Found this at a yard sale, currently on my nightstand. No regrets.
>>698449883
Is Moby dick worth the read?
>>698460677
Gotcha
>>698460782
Here's a good starter book for you
>>698460677
Crying russian noble? Some communism should fix that
>>698460861
Is that a book about jerking it for the lord?
Anyone read Zen and the article of motorcycle maintenance? I'm about 150+ Pha in and don't see what the fuss is all about. Nihilism abound with elements of Walden but still not that fucking interesting too biopic in book form a la man funds himself and is afraid of what he sees ....
>>698460861
all i can think of is pornography for christians
what is it?
>>698460872
Nah, it's just a man on a boat, making everyone else on the boat suffer while he tries to kill shamu for fucking him up.
pic related
![1-20130729_193706-001[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1NW6fz1.jpg "1-20130729_193706-001[1].jpg")
y'all motherfuckers need more Terry Pratchett.
>>698460782
set aside 10 minutes a day, leave your phone in the other room, or sit in your garden. Read for 10 minutes, keep reading if you want.
Also find something you're interested in, don't just read the first book you can find.
>>698460970
yeah, it was written by a satanist in the 1950's lol
it's technically not porn, in the same way 50 shades of grey isn't, it has a "plot"
obviously, massive campaign to ban it from school libraries and shit, for the most part they succeeded
>>698460782
Same problem here. Read im small chunks, like 20 -40 minute sessions, between obligations and tasks. Bring the book with you everywhere to stay with it.
>>698461038
>>698460970
Are you kidding? I cannot spoil the surprises. Let me just say there is oozing a plenty. You can get it for 6 on amazon. Just do your self a favor and read it. It's pretty short too.
>>698460782
why? why are you forcing yourself to do a hobby you don't enjoy? is it to just give off a certain persona? that's pathetically pretentious
>>698460872
Get the short version that's like 600 pages
The allegories in the book are evident in so much modern and premodern literature and film
The obsession of captain Ahab and the allegory of the white whale
There are slow parts and stuff you can skip too, like there will be a chapter of when they kill a whale then there will be like 20 pages describing the dead whale and how they get the oil out of it
The storyline seems to be interrupted constantly by Melville's anecdotes on the whaling trade
I loved it but I guess it's not for everyone
>>698461103
I'll add a little to this. Pick something out you love. Maybe start with comics as many people find them entertaining. Hell if I could find good comics I still would.
>>698461053
Split your lungs with blood and thunder!
I live on terrible romance novels, this is the book equivalent of The Room.
>>698461361
For me, it's something I've enjoyed in the past. It CAN be very entertaining and enjoyable.
Just finding a book that doesn't make me want to gouge my eyes out is kinda difficult.
>>698454819
You are bad and should feel bad. War and Peace is excellent. I admit that it was slow to start, but when a book is 1400 pages it is understandable, I suppose. It is so detailed it is ridiculous. I feel like I could have led Napoleons army now.
>>698460365
>>698458893
I'd say it's all good, as long as you draw the line at any shit written by his son. That said I did feel it went downhill after god emperor
>>698461654
>I feel like I could have led Napoleons army now
Moby dick did this to me except with whaling
I want to go to whaling now
>>698461453
I enjoy reading, I just get side tracked and forget like with lots of things in my life. I have to manage my attention deficit.
>>698460338
My fav part
Two prince meet in the middle of battle. Start talking about their fathers. Turned out the princes fathers ate dinner and gave each other gifts. Soooo they decide not to fight eachother and decide to trade eachothers chest plates and helmets. Hug eachother goodbye. THe two then part ways, in the middle of battle,to kill other princes...
>>698461654
The 14 year old russian bitch killed it for me.
If the book wasn't half filled with her crying over Pierre, I'd agree with you. Hell, if they cut her crying to half of what it was, I'd agree with you. But when you write 300 page blocks of crying russian teenager in love with a 21 year old bloke... it just ruins it.
>>698455387
It is slow to start but excellent overall. Better than Crime and Punishment, but both are good. Brothers Karamazov was also good. I'd say W+P > Karamazov > C+P.
>>698461625
Hell-o-ween by David Robbins. That's my all time fav. He wrote a few more horror books all good. I mostly read text books on technology.
>>698459434
>timestamping a book
>>698461959
The most traumatizing movie of my youth.
>>698461670
>>698462073
I liked the tv show
>>698449883
just finished mein kamph official nsdap edition
starting kybalon
NDT my nigga
>>698459525
Might actually give that one a go
Arigato nigger
>>698461959
>>698462087
>>698460872
>>698459651
Don't feel bad. I felt the same way about The "Great" Gatsby.
>Okay so...Morgan Freeman is driving this old white woman to the store
>dafuq is special about that?
>>698462073
Read the book. Much, much better than film.
>>698462230
>>698462073
the dead bunnies are soooo creepy
>>698457244
>implying Justine et les malheurs de la vertu isn't his true masterpiece
>>698462286
that's "Driving Ms. Gatsby" you retard
>>698462522
>implying any of his unhinged bullshit is worthy of being called masterpiece.
>>698462522
The 120 Days of Sodom would have been his true masterpiece, but he lost it when the Bastile was stormed. It was only found many years later tucked in the wall. He lamented that he never got to finish it. Even though it's mostly summaries, it's still his best, or at least would have been.
>>698449883
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings
>>698462604
Shows you how much attention I was paying, kek
>>698455257
Fucking hate this book
>>698455257
That's that shit! I couldn't follow it to save my life.
>>698456479
In high school it was alright.
Read it 5 yrs later and It was much better.
There are at least two orgy's in the book. So go read it.
Just read the stranger by albert camus.
Great book
>>698462968
At least the new movie was trippy enough to watch while high.
>>698463154
Camus? Really?
Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard is by far the best aburdist work to date. Camus is an over-hyped hack.
>>698462891
>>698462604
still sounds like a shitty book/movie, neither one was anything but unbearable
>>698453882
This. So much
Summed up my life in high school
>>698449883
I'm currently working my way through the July/August issue of F&SF, not the worst issue.
Book I'm on right now is called Caesar's Women, all about Caesar and how literal every woman in his life was a political tool to him.
>>698463451
They weren't.
Im reading plato the republic and st Augustine right now
>>698463426
I had to start somewhere. Ill read that next then thanks.
>>698463155
Thought the movie was terrible too. Director even made that shitty Romeo + Juliet movie
"Liberty or Death: The French Revolution" by Peter McPhee
>>698463778
Mkay. Mkay Sharon
They were bad
>>698464166
The swarm, by orson scott card.
Almost done with it. Pretty good scifi.
>>698464596
>>698464893
>>698465029
Currently reading Alan Dean Foster's The Damned Trilogy
>>698449883
Turner diaries, hunter and mein kampf
>>698449883
Reading mistborn series.
>>698465928
How is it? Is it worth giving it a read?
bamp
>>698466506
It's incredibly dense; the war doesn't even start until page 200-something. I had to read it for a class and am just finishing it up. I had to read an earlier history of the same war by a woman named C.V. Wedgewood. I recommend that one instead.
These were good, as are the Colonization series that come after it. Haven't finished them though
>>698449883
Bout to get some ambergris.
>"bitches love ambergris" -Queeffag
>>698449883
Finished the 4th book, but don't have the 5th.
i cri evrtiem
>>698455257
Completely agree with you 100%
Lolita
Just finished the first Canto of the Divine comedy
like 10 people here actually read as a hobby. i'd be fucking surprised if there were half of 90 losers who jerk off fart and burp to banana pictures and who actually read
