Hello /lit/, my loves.
I was thinking we might talk about mythology literature. For example, I credit Edith Hamilton's Mythology (which I bought for a quarter at a yard sale as a child) with making me love literature.
Tonight I'm reading "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves, though I'm much more interested in his White Goddess.
What about you, anon? Any love for mythology and folklore?
Oh come now, /lit/, are we really going to abandon a fresh topic in exchange for five Bukowski threads?
Please?
White Goddess is fucking weird
If you want a good intro to it, get his Greek Myths and read the weirder femdom parts of his exegesis. Speaking as a femdomfag, reading WG is immediately like "oh hello Graves, I see you also like femdom." Something weeeeird was going on there.
Check out Bachofen as well if you're interested in that sort of thing
Am I stupid if I have a somewhat casual interest in philosophy and literature but I still pursue other arts like music and cinema? I like to read but I can't do it all the time and I much prefer listening to and analyzing music or films.
Pic unrelated
>>7668708
>Am I stupid if I have a somewhat casual interest in philosophy and literature but I still pursue other arts like music and cinema?
get off of 4chan senpai its gonna rot your brain
>>7668726
what do you mean?
Also I've been here for about 5 years at this point so I think I'm past the point of no return m8
>>7668708
Yes, you're stupid. Every mature and intelligent man should have an interest in every single important human development in the world, and you don't get to play favourites with each area.
Let's discuss this, pic related.
who is going to post their work?
I have an adblocker f4m
>>7668718
But would you use a site for free publishing(which could possible steal your intellectual property)
So no one actually writes here?
Good to know
I'm curious about something. Do you folks in /lit/ often dvelve into books like pic related?
There is a surprisingly decent amount of occultists here I think but they kind of come out haphazardly
what do you mean esoteric books or encyclopedias of things? or encyclopedias of esoteric things?
>>7668431
Is OP's pic a good introduction if I want to learn more about demonology?
Sup /lit/, I'm in the mood for reading something buddhist.
I was looking for something contemporary and simple, but not too washed out. Have any of you read Dalai Lama's books? What about Dzongsar Rinpoche? Any other good literature by monks?
There are so many and the titles are just so vague I don't know where to start.
I'm initiated in buddhism though, so literature that would dwelve more deeply into the precepts and the history of buddhism would be nice.
Otherwise, general buddhist literature thread, talk about your favourite sutras and so on.
>>7668329
I've been enjoying a collection of scriptures called the Buddha and his Dhamma. You can find it online pretty easily.
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones is an amazing collection if you're interested in the Zen aspect of Buddhism.
I've read one of Dalai Lama's books and was not very impressed. It struck me as one of those spiritual self-help books that middle aged women read.
The Dhammapada is essential obviously, and actually a good read at that. The Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra are fantastic as well.
>>7668329
Taranatha is the key source of Indian Buddhist history from within Buddhism itself and is the historical authority within Tibetan Buddhism. I have not read much of this text but I am more or less aware of it and its general importance to Buddhist history.
I find the essays published by Bhikkhu Bodhi on the access to insight website to be quite insightful as his writings are a good balance between being philosophically engaging without abandoning the fundamental religious message that Buddhism seeks to convey....
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Are there any "essential classics" that you feel no interest in reading? Something you always see on lists or in threads, but feel no desire to ever pick up a copy?
Lord of the Rings
I will never read 1984 or Brave New World. Just a super boring topic to me. Also any Vonnegut/Pynchon.
>>7672410
You might also be bored by Darkness at Noon but it's much more important than Orwell/Huxley and deserves to be their place
>Grandparents over for dinner
>Me and Granddad always talk about the books we're reading; he usually reads historical fiction
>"What are you reading right now, anon?"
>Pynchon, Delillo, etc. No one in my family knows or cares about post-modern fiction
>Grandad says he just finished a small book, "Tai-Pei", since my aunt has been teaching over in China
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>>7668267
Badass grandpa
your face was a book cover?>>7668267
>>7668267
I've always regarded asians as more callous than other races
Gormenghast. What to expect? Atmospheric? Creepy? Worth reading?
This is pulp for the people put off by the poverty of the language used by Stephanie Meyer.
>>7668225
I don't understand?
nothing BUT atmosphere
the series is good, but it's not in any hurry to go anywhere
Boy in Darkness is great though
>tfw slogging through a shitty book that a cute girl recommended you while trying to come up with convincing lies about why I liked the book
god dammit, i fucked up the pronouns. you know what i mean.
I just had this experience with a /lit/ recommendation. I imagine it was a woman at least, because its quality was offensive.
>>7671957
What book did they recommend?
Just read this and I have some questions
>is this babies first sci Fi?
>should I read the other books?
>were/are you able to separate the authors opinions on homosexuals from his work?
>did you like the book
>>7668131
>is this babies first sci Fi?
yeah it's as good a place to start as any
>>should I read the other books?
they get progressively worse as he slips his weird mormon ideas into the story but if you're into that kind of thing and you didn't like everything that made the original good then go ahead.
>>were/are you able to separate the authors opinions on homosexuals from his work?
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why the fuck does it have all those jew stars at the top? who the fuck would read some shit like that?
>>7668133
did you seriously bump your own shit after 2 minutes?
saaaaaaaaaagggggggggeeeeeeeee
Why has the archive been down for so long? Will it ever be back?I need it to parrot some information for my uni papers
Do cats not like syrup?
>>7668049
>parrot some information for my uni papers
Nice.
Btw, by archive you mean warosu?
If you google 4chan lit archive or something probably there will be one site or other with a backup.
>tfw all the pomf links posted last month are dead because pomf had an issue
>tfw didn't grab the torrents in time
what are you trying to communicate through your writing
tfw no qt like girl in op's pic.
>>7667910
That jet fuel can't melt dank memes. I've already self-published several books on the topic.
Who is this demon of the semen?
Any books that help you prepare for a life of virginity? I'm short, deformed, can't walk properly and have a 3 inch penis.
hire a sex worker lmao
>>7671079
>>/gif/
>>7671088
Maybe I will, but companionship will never be attained unfortunately.
Holy shit, this book was fucking awesome.
I thought it was just some nice kid's book about dogs, but it actually had great prose and very well developed themes.
This should be added to all the /lit/ starter kits ASAP.
Fuck off with your dog book shit
>>7667914
Confirmed for not even reading the book.
>>7667907
Great fuckin book. The perspective actually felt like an animal's, and somehow I completely identified with it. Primal as fuck/10
What's /lit/'s opinion on books being converted to film? Is this for plebs only, does it sometimes open a new window into the enjoyment of the work, or other?
(For those who say "hurr durr movies r 4 dumb ppl"- Keep in mind that the top 3 rated movies on IMDb are from BOOKS, Shawshank Redemption, Godfather 1 and 2. And the fourth is from a Comic book.)
Honestly, I think you have to be stupid to say that the Godfather 1&2, Shawshank Redemption and Nolan's The Dark Knight were bad interpretations of a literary work.
>Pic...
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Good books can't be converted to film
>>7667894
It's pretty much the only way the masses will read a book, is if a movie adaption is coming out and there's hype around it. It's also probably the only way to make a real living as a writer anymore.