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Book Thread Nanonymous No.11007 [D][U][F][S][L][A][C] >>11009 >>13739
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Hi nanons! Whatcha reading lately?
I'm a bit starved of literature as of late, and am curious about the reading habits of inherently highly intellectual nanons.

You could also mention your favorites and just generally discuss literature.

I am currently reading "The Sky My Kingdom by Hanna Reitch". It's a pretty comy autobiography of the first women fighter pilot.... who happened to fight for the 3rd Reich of Germany. It's a pretty stellar example of how meritocracy produces )))strong((( women whereas feminism produces (((strong))) women. It's nice that I can read a this book by a national socialist around normies too since politics aren't very prolific in the book. At least, so I've been told by others who've read it, understood through reading the summary, and am currently verifying with how far I am in the book.

Nanonymous No.11008 [D] >>11009 >>11013

>look at dis stwank indipinkidink whamenz
>it's okay when da nahtzeez do it
there is almost never an excuse for women to be in the military, end of story. Women should stay in the kitchen.
looks like white people were cucks even during the 1930s.

Nanonymous No.11009 [D] >>11010 >>13081 >>13082 >>13083 >>13084

>>11007
I'm trying to get into 19th-20th century Japanese literature, not really sure where to begin though, somebody has recommendations?
>>11008
And so begins the thread derailment...

Nanonymous No.11010 [D][U][F]
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>>11009
I don't have any japanese books specifically. The only japan-related thing in my pdfs collection is this.

Nanonymous No.11011 [D][U][F] >>11024 >>11031
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The only book you need

Nanonymous No.11012 [D][U][F] >>11032 >>11035 >>11051 >>12104 >>12282 >>13739 >>13751 >>14237
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I heavnt been reading lately as much i would like and as i used to. When i did it was mostly historical WWII topics, some SCI FI and all the Jeremy Clarksons books (i think i read all of them). Right now, and maybe som1 can recomend something, im looking for something along the lines of "1984" and "Brave new world". Got any good titles that can supplement those two?

Nanonymous No.11013 [D][U][F] >>11030
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>>11008
>there is almost never an excuse for women to be in the military, end of story
I agree. I never mentioned anything about liking her participation in the military. It's just that her prowess """"""against all odds""""" is historical proof of merit being more meaningful in the pursuit of women's equality than legislation. I'm not saying I like this pursuit in the form of natural ability in merit or through spawning women's (((rights))) legislation. Just that the story of Hanna Reitch serves as tautologous proof of the destructive properties of feminism.

Nanonymous No.11024 [D]

>>11011
Nice palindrome,
faggot

Nanonymous No.11030 [D] >>13371

>>11013
The very fact that women, who never ever previously were allowed near a battlefield nor they ever wanted to, are being forced by the State to become faux-men and die where the men already failed is telling enough.

I remember Evola roasting both fascists and natsocs for being too modern too degenerate to succeed, but haven't got my hands on Fascism Viewed from the Right yet.

Nanonymous No.11031 [D][U][F] >>11034
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>>11011
put that away. youll hurt yourself

Nanonymous No.11032 [D] >>13590 >>14238

>>11012
Try "We" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel)
It was probably inspiration for "1984".

Nanonymous No.11034 [D] >>11035

>>11031
The catholic church is the enemy of Christianity.

Nanonymous No.11035 [D] >>11051

>>11034
just like every and any state
>>11012
bible, flaubert, london, mill

Nanonymous No.11048 [D][U][F] >>11050
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Sumerian swindle is an interesting book although a bit too long and at times too boring for my taste.It involves history and basic economics describing the creation of loans and interests.It's fun to read if you know how to skip pages.

Nanonymous No.11050 [D]

>>11048
This is a very good book that needs a good editor to cut away 3/4 of it. The writer is a good historian, perhaps, but a terrible self-editor. It can be condensed fourth-fold with no loss of meaning at all.

Nanonymous No.11051 [D]

>>11012
>>11035
kafka, nabokov, both zweigs, t. & k. mann, peter weiss, rand, solzhenitsyn, werfel, hašek, h. murakami

Nanonymous No.12104 [D]

>>11012
The Lunatic Republic by Compton Mackenzie

Nanonymous No.12252 [D]

Anyone knows where I can get covers of books from elsewhere than (((amazon)))(I've never been there, honestly) and some site where I can check to what languages books of my interest were translated? I want to do some charts and this is my main struggle, especially the second, as probably not all books translated to english are sold on amazon or in print.

Nanonymous No.12275 [D][U][F]
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Dont forget where you came from niggers. You are all just fish to me.

Nanonymous No.12277 [D] >>12281

there were a lot of angels and mermaids recently. earth is vast and sprawling not a small ball, and extends into the oceanic cosmic expanse and heavenly expanse also. likely there are still a lot of angels elsewhere, yet still cosmically local. a lot of people are fish people though, by choice or ancestry or both. it is great to get in touch with that and nurture it as desired

Nanonymous No.12281 [D]

>>12277
You could benefit from actually reading the book, but since you are too drunk, i suggest you find a tall building and become an angel.

Nanonymous No.12282 [D][U][F] >>13081
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>>11012
The obvious suggestion would be Fahrenheit 451

Nanonymous No.12283 [D][U][F]
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This one's a bit of a classic too

Nanonymous No.13081 [D][U][F] >>13092
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>>11009
Start with the modern/contemporary known ones, easy to read. Kenzaburo oe, haruki/ryu murakami, kobo abe, yukio mishima, maybe dazai and kawabata.
Soseki and akutagawa are appealing to channers in general too.
>>12282
Don't read that shit book, waste of time, 1966 truffaut film is better.

Nanonymous No.13082 [D][U][F] >>13092
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>>11009

Nanonymous No.13083 [D][U][F] >>13092
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>>11009

Nanonymous No.13084 [D][U][F] >>13092
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>>11009

Nanonymous No.13090 [D] >>13091
C Programming: A Modern Approach (Second Edition) by K.N. King

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>>13090
>>>/ar/3

Nanonymous No.13092 [D] >>13094
>>13081
>>13082
>>13083
>>13084
Thanks nanon, will try some of those.

Nanonymous No.13094 [D]
>>13092
I can, kind of, recommend The Face of Anothe by Abe, Sanshirō by Soseki, In the Miso Soup by R. Murakami, A Personal Matter by Oe, Kappa, Hell Screen and Rashōmon by Akutagawa, Snow Country by Kawabata, Confessions of a Mask by Mishima. They are the most translated.

Nanonymous No.13315 [D] >>13318 >>13339
I wish to begin reading philosophy. Not because of the reputation, but because I'm deeply interested in it. I can understand Schopenhauer, Nietzsche. But when I want to "start with the Greeks" I started with reading a book explaining Greek mythology and then I tried reading the Iliad. I do not understand a single paragraph of the Iliad.

English is my first language. I am a ophthalmologist. I like to think I have a high reading level. Is a non-historian/non-philosopher reading the Iliad akin to a historian/philosopher reading a calculus textbook?

In other words, give me a babies' guide to having an existential crisis.

Nanonymous No.13316 [D] >>13337 >>13586
i dont even know what her face looks like and i have fallen in love. wtf
i come back to this picture every few days

Nanonymous No.13318 [D][U][F] >>13337 >>13339
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>>13315
>I can understand Schopenhauer, Nietzsche
<I can't understand Plato, Homer
Just read Jaspers and Heidegger fam.

Nanonymous No.13337 [D][U][F] >>13339 >>13586
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>>13318
>I do not understand a single paragraph of the Iliad.
You might look for an annotated edition. I don't have one to recommend, unfortunately.
>English is my first language.
Yes, English! Not Ionic/Homeric Greek. So it may be beneficial to try another translation. I read Fagles' translation back in the 90s, and it was unpleasant. I've heard good things about Richmond Lattimore's 1951 translation. A second-hand copy could probably be had for a pittance. A little later on, I converted to Christianity and undertook a study of New Testament Greek, which was a bit helpful in delving into some Homeric Greek, and I actually translated some (very little) of the Iliad from the original. If you want a radical suggestion, you could actually try studying Homeric Greek. Doing so and going over the original text word by word, line by line, could help put you in touch with the original.
>I am a ophthalmologist.
But not a philologist. Yes, yes, I get what you're insinuating. "Nigga, I dig around in ppls peepers fo' dat skrilla, I be galaxy brained." And I'm sure you are. But people have different aptitudes, and it's certainly possible that you'll know more about optics and medicine than a specialist in ancient Greek ever could hope to, and that a specialist in ancient Greek will understand more about the Iliad than you ever will. Not necessarily. But if that's the case, there's no shame in it.
>I like to think I have a high reading level. Is a non-historian/non-philosopher reading the Iliad akin to a historian/philosopher reading a calculus textbook?
Nah. It's funny that you think it takes a historian or philosopher to understand the Iliad, anyway. It's a work of literature, not philosophy. Yes, it is illuminating in terms of the post-Bronze Age Greek worldview, yes, Plato refers to it repeatedly. Yes, it is very helpful for context. But if philosophy is your aim, the Iliad is probably not the best place to start, anyway. Though it's also not a work of philosophy, Hesiod's Works and Days is arguably a better starting place anyway, as he wrote around the same time as Homer and deals with his subject matter in a more philosophical manner.
>>13316
Get over it, bitch. She--assuming she's even a she, as you never can tell these days--is a bag of shit and gas and blood. In spite of her oh-so-edgy boots and fishnets, she's undoubtedly conventional as fuck, and would gladly repeat to you whatever slogan she most recently read on Deviantart or Instagram or her social media platform of choice as some deep thought. You see a strange young woman, and you want to put your seed in her. That's not love, that's a quarter of a million years of biology telling you FUCK HER FUCK HER FUCK HER PUT A BABY IN HER FUCK HER FUCK HER FUCK HER. Wake the fuck up, man.

Nanonymous No.13339 [D][U][F] >>13586
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>>13337
Shit. The first part of this was supposed to be a response to >>13315 not >>13318. That's what I get for posting while in the midst of an alcohol binge. Sorry.

Nanonymous No.13371 [D]
>>11030
>too modern too degenerate
Not just that, but lacking in spiritual motivation and reasoning; far too materialistic. As far as I understand, Evola viewed National Socialism and Fascism as good only insofar as they could serve as stepping stones to a spiritually traditional monarchy.
>Fasscism Viewed from the Right
It's on the Library of Trantor if you want an epub.
http://xfmro77i3lixucja.onion/book/5obv-vnuFykfTdQr

Nanonymous No.13586 [D] >>13587
>>13337
>>13339
I appreciate the excellent advice. I liked your response to >>13316 . I enjoy the voice in your writing. I wish I knew more people like you in real life.

What do you read? How can I meet people like you? How can I have similar mentality and thought process to yours?

Nanonymous No.13587 [D]
>>13586
This kind of contemptible shitposting insults even my iq 68 peabrain.

Nanonymous No.13588 [D]
You guys should read "The International Jew"

Nanonymous No.13589 [D]
I am currently reading Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun. It is set in the future, but after a regression in society, so that it has a star wars-esque mix of high technology and low technology. Philosophically it contains mixes of reactionary politics and religious themes. I'm still only halfway through it, so It's still an enigma to me, and I've heard of people rereading it over and over, so finishing it might not help. There are a lot of details I know already that I missed because I didn't know to look for them. Also the appendix at the back with it's glossary would have been very helpful beforehand, I had been assuming a watch was four hours, like on a ship.

Nanonymous No.13590 [D]
>>11032
I also read "We" but, seeing the automated shithole we're speeding towards, it's light reading by modern standards. Don't see it popping up often in recommended reading infographics (maybe for good reason), so I'd suggest Bulgakov's "The Fatal Eggs" to other nanons. As for me, I'm reading "Notes From the Underground". Eerie parallels between the protagonist and NEET life.

Nanonymous No.13712 [D] >>13724
>I read Fagles' translation back in the 90s, and it was unpleasant.
What did you dislike about it? I've read his translation of the Odyssey and am currently reading the Illiad. I don't have any others to compare it to, but it seems good - the lines are weighty and impactful when they need to be, and the high-minded and wistful reflections on the gods, fate, etc. contrast nicely with the down to earth violence and gore of the fighting scenes. It seems like a good job overall.

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>>13712
>What did you dislike about it?
I don't remember. I read it almost a quarter of a century ago. I just remember that I didn't like it at the time.
>it seems good - the lines are weighty and impactful when they need to be, and the high-minded and wistful reflections on the gods, fate, etc. contrast nicely with the down to earth violence and gore of the fighting scenes. It seems like a good job overall.
Overwhelmingly, the credit for that belongs to Homer. I think Fagles, were he still alive, would agree.

Nanonymous No.13725 [D]
Books are for niggers
Fuck off retards

Nanonymous No.13734 [D]
Really? I thought niggers couldn't read.

Nanonymous No.13739 [D] >>13754
>>11007
I currently read some mundane historic novels writen by Cornwell while rereading Neuromancer on the side, because it is summer and I like to read light stuff from time to time for amusement.
>>11012
Her countenance seems pretty idle imo. Gives her eyes a soulless expression. Or I just over-interpret the uniform.

Btw: Has anyone a copy of Bronze Age Mindset as epub or pdf? I'm prone to by the paperback but don't like to share my money with a most probable crypto gay without taking a previous look.

Nanonymous No.13751 [D]
>>11012
Brave New World Revisited

Nanonymous No.13754 [D][U][F] >>13877
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>>13739
>Btw: Has anyone a copy of Bronze Age Mindset as epub or pdf?
Have you tried Library Genesis?

Nanonymous No.13877 [D]
>>13754
Found it, thanks mate.

Nanonymous No.14235 [D] >>14239
>>13724
>Overwhelmingly, the credit for that belongs to Homer.
Yes, I agree. But there is something to be said for rendering his style into a different language so well. Or maybe I'm just giving Fagles too much credit since I've only ever read his translation, and the only other version of the Illiad I have any exposure to is one done by a woman with small vocabulary and who injected her current year politics into the translation.

Which version do you prefer? I've never even heard of any others than Fagles'.

Nanonymous No.14237 [D] >>14238
>>11012
> im looking for something along the lines of "1984" and "Brave new world". Got any good titles that can supplement those two?
Try "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It can be considered as first part of the "XX century dystopian novels" triptich alongside "1984" and "Brave new world".

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>>11032
>>14237
Oh, it's already been recommended. Sorry.

Nanonymous No.14239 [D]
>>14235
>I've never even heard of any others than Fagles'.
Richmond Lattimore's translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey are well regarded.

Nanonymous No.14353 [D][U][F]
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Phillip K. Dick
Richard K. Morgan
Robert Heinlein
CTMU & Langan's shitposts
The Nag Hammadi
Hermes Trismegistus

Nanonymous No.14413 [D][U][F]
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A book full of Chechen accounts from first and second Chechen war. Interesting read about a small militant group fighting against better equipped super power.

Nanonymous No.14443 [D]
Reading Neuromancer for the first time. The world is everything how I imagined a Cyberpunk world to be, so comfy to read.

taedium vitae - without any pretense 3 years doin' nothin' No.15707 [D][U][F] >>17059
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Just readin' A. Zweig's Junge Frau von 1914. Quick thoughts:
Aprox. halfway through and it reads like a moll debased imitation of me self from few years earlier; abhorrent, unimaginative similies painting with brown, grey and concrete - he paints in many colours, but those just stay words, they enter mind just like the words they are -, meandering narrative 90% of time describing the few emotions characters feel or how they look in basic language, overall very fashionable, that means I like it and when he describes the emotions it's as if he describes the inner appearance of emotions within characters. But it reads perfectly; liquid morrow wringed from ironic sky.
Story is about me.

Anyways, I suffer from writer's block and finally decided, now that I live in meme world, to seriously start with something longer than ballade: novella. To warm-up myself for it, I want first of all to loosely translate few novellas. So the question is simple: what are some english-written novellas you would recommend for it, preferably with experimental structures and so on?

wondering what's couperus' most liquid book i love arnold No.15712 [D]
Just looking what is avaliable to order from schiller. If possible will get Passagenwerk. Will reread c&p again but I don't like dostoevsky much. From russians I like probably only turgenev and gogol and few random poets.

recommend aesthetics to get me on the legs

Nanonymous No.15947 [D][U][F]
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Finished Snowden's new book. It's basically a chronicle of his NSA/CIA career, his decision to release the documents, and some comments sprinkled in about mass surveillance/privacy. There's a bit at the start about his childhood and family lineage as well, although his suspiciously detailed accounts of when he was 6 made me think he was making some shit up. His intended audience seems to be normalfriends because he uses the typical dumbed down analogies when explaining anything technical. He doesn't really say anything about his time in Russia except he visited some museums with his girlfriend, he gives talks over the internet, and that Russian intelligence asked him if he wanted to hand over some state secrets when he arrived at the airport.

Some random interesting points he mentions in the book:
- his whole family has historically worked for the government
- emphasizes the role of 9/11 in the creation of the mass surveillance system
- a lot of intelligence jobs are contracted to private companies to get around limits the CIA/NSA/FBI has on the number of people they can hire. they have this weird system where even though you work as a contractor for a private company you still work directly for the CIA/NSA. I don't think I fully understood how this works
- mostly did sysadmin and consulting work
- copied the documents onto an SD card
- used "multiple layers of encryption algorithms using differing implementations" for storing the documents
- he drove around Hawaii leeching random unsecured wifi APs when he needed to email journalists
- briefly mentions his use of Tails and praises Tor
- one of the main purposes of embassies is espionage
- Van Eck phreaking
- reminisces of the good old days of the 90s internet
- suffers/suffered from epilepsy

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>>15707
>experimental
You've been infected by the shitfucking shitfuck back on pharmakon concert nigger, he vomitted 20 times in a single minute the "experimental" buzzword. Should have been drinkin' the milk longer fam.