LorenzoApophis
LorenzoApophis t1_j4xzaz9 wrote
Reply to comment by atla in What is the point of spoiling the plot of a book in its preface?? by DontNotNotReadThis
Least condescending r/books comment
LorenzoApophis t1_j1jped0 wrote
Reply to comment by MightyKrakyn in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
I concede, fair
LorenzoApophis t1_j1j5ss9 wrote
Reply to comment by Warm-Enthusiasm-9534 in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
Your objection to someone feeling that the world is terrible is to describe how the world has always been terrible?
LorenzoApophis t1_j1j5em0 wrote
Reply to comment by RobleViejo in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
I'm talking about people saying stuff like "I'm not sure who got you convinced of this crap but get it out of your head." Obviously, the books you read did, and of course not every book is going to be right, but if you want to argue against one, you need something much more persuasive than the current top comment's "It's just a phase."
LorenzoApophis t1_j1j3nsu wrote
Reply to comment by Safkhet in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
Then read Schopenhauer, Ligotti and The Uninhabitable Earth.
LorenzoApophis t1_j1j3jze wrote
Reply to This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
Pretty incredible to see everyone here, in a subreddit about books, trying to persuade OP that reading has rotted their brain or something rather than addressing any of the concerns they've raised. The vehemence of this response really demonstrates how profound these issues are - in a place where people are supposed to discuss things they've learned from literature, the most important issues imaginable, like the possible end of society or human life, are still forbidden to acknowledge.
LorenzoApophis t1_j1j2gh7 wrote
Reply to comment by mathturd in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
Well, we did hunt a lot of things to extinction.
LorenzoApophis t1_j1j1vco wrote
Reply to comment by MightyKrakyn in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
Have you considered that maybe it's been recorded for thousands of years because it's been there for thousands of years? I mean, how can you recommend all these old works and dismiss the observations of old writers at the same time?
LorenzoApophis t1_iu115k6 wrote
Reply to What are some books that you found interesting to read, but were also very confronting? by ssunnysidesup
After the First Death by Robert Cormier
LorenzoApophis t1_j4xzleh wrote
Reply to comment by Jack-Campin in What is the point of spoiling the plot of a book in its preface?? by DontNotNotReadThis
lol. Authors do in fact write stories meant to be received in a particular order and with maximum dramatic potential and impact.