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How many different variations of
(Hereafter thereafter hereinbefore thereinbefore) type words are there?
I saw a pist where someone had a paragraph of permutations of this type of word i desperately want to find it.
Pic unrelated.
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/trans1.html
Looking for something like this?
Is it worth reading?
It supplements what seems to be missing from standard Christianity nicely.
>>8235281
Please elaborate.
>>8235280
not really
Hill's death has me wondering: who're the poet's who will carry verse into the future?
Name tour favorite poet(s) who have been published in the 21st century?
Roger Farr
Evelyn Lau
Christian Bok
Ray Hsu
Is ancient literature books worth a read nowadays?
Would I look smart or a pretentious douche?
how about medieval?
>>8235194
>Is ancient literature books worth a read nowadays?
yes.
>Would I look smart or a pretentious douche?
no one cares enough tomake a decision.
>how about medieval?
all romances are trash. chaucer, dante, and the eddas are good.
>>8235206
>all romances are trash
Fuck you
Lets settle this once and for all.Is subvocalization bad or removing it might hurt your imagination.
>>8235189
bump
>>8235189
"L-E-T-S. S-E-T-T-L-E. T-H-I-S. O-N-C-E. A-N-D. F-O-R. A-L-L."
"Lets settle this once and for all."
"I-S. S-U-B-V-O-C-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N. B-A-D. O-R. R-E-M-O-V-I-N-G. I-T. M-I-G-H-T. H-U-R-T. Y-O-U-R. I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N."
"Is subvocalization bad or removing it might hurt your imagination."
*thinks for a second*
I think you should never subvocalize, OP. Subvocalization is for plebs.
>>8235451
WHAT?
You think people who subvocalize read like that?
damn...
Are there any other worthwhile literary works in Hebrew other than the Tanach?
>>8235169
How To Control The Goys by Isaiah McShekelestien
the Talmud?
Tehilim in case you haven't...
I wouldn't recommend reading the Talmud if you're not Jewish(Israeli Jew speaking)
im still irreversibly disappointed by the Series of Unfortunate Events
>>8235015
So do they alldie on the boat?
I felt I was too old to read it before the last two books came out and never ended up finishing it
>>8235015
You're supposed to be, the whole point of the series was that things don't usually resolve happily with all your questions answered.There is some more stuff in All The Wrong Questions tho
Jesus Christ, the Greeks are so fucking boring. What's the point of reading them? They don't teach anything relevant.
>They don't teach anything relevant.
yeah they do
>>8234940
kemosabe, in order to master that which is relevant, you must first master the irrelevant
Relevant to what?
pic related is all the books that I've been given/bought/stolen that I haven't read, which should I read first /lit/?
>>8234932
kokoro
then the witty intro and some rumi alongside it if you feel like taking breaks
>>8234939
Why kokoro anon? my friend told me it was about a college student trying to seduce a distinguished older man.
>>8234932
Read Abe first, his stories are rather quick reads and immensely satisfying to read
The box man has a good premise, too
I am making a chart of the next top 100 books that are not on last years
I have a decent list already but if you didn't post the books you think should be included then you can mention them in this thread
infinite jest
This is last years chart
>>8234792
didn't we just have a thread about this a few days ago. what happened to that
“Think Thousand times before taking a decision But - After taking decison never turn back even if you get Thousand difficulties!!”
pic unrelated
and
“Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.” ―
"Whatever."
“For the rest of the earth’s organisms, existence is relatively uncomplicated. Their lives are about three things: survival, reproduction, death—and nothing else. But we know too much to content ourselves with surviving, reproducing, dying—and nothing else. We know we are alive and know we will die. We also know we will suffer during our lives before suffering—slowly or quickly—as we draw near to death. This is the knowledge we “enjoy” as the most intelligent organisms to gush from the womb of nature. And being so, we feel shortchanged if there is nothing else...
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>>8234604
cringe
we all agree that he's a piece of shit, right?
the alchemist is a meme
also his horny version of christianity was sort of lol
>>8234409
Why don't you emulate him and make mad money?
Who is the youngest writer to have ever written a masterpiece in the field of literature?
>>8234334
pic related obv
Weininger and Keats also contenders
>>8234334
;_;
He wrote a lot of books so far so it's ok.
>was all about sincerity and the dangers of irony
>most popular author on 4chan
Explain this.
>>8234272
DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
>>8234272
He wrote one essay and said something in an interview. That's it. If you think his whole ouvre was about "sincerety good; irony bad," you're a moran. Also he was a phony asshole IRL.
Do you actually think people here watch shows like k-on or listen to Jeff Mangum sing "I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIST" ironically?only 175 days until Christmas!
