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itt: we post very short summaries of books we barely understand.
I'll start.
>The story of a man with crippling self awareness.
>Zverkov
>>7312258
>Nothing but rampant alcoholism for page after page
>The proposition of feces in my mouth
>Rockets on their way back down
The term esoteric first appeared in English in the 1660 History of Philosophy by Thomas Stanley, in his description of the mystery-school of Pythagoras. The Pythagoreans were divided into "exoteric" and "esoteric"
The concept of Western esotericism is a modern scholarly construct
Scholars established this category in the late 18th century after identifying "structural similarities" between "the ideas and world-views of a wide variety of thinkers and movements"
Western esotericism consists of "a vast spectrum of authors, trends, works of philosophy, religion, art, literature, and music"
How do you write sex scenes without turning your book in a porno novel?
>>7312231
make it gross or comedic
Downplay its intimacy. Most sex scenes in literary fiction paint sex as pointless, mundane, horrifying, or simply disappointing.
>>7312231
Literary sex is either non-satisfying or non-consensual. If you write positively about sex, it's porn.
what's the best gay literature?
>>7312202
Not literature
>>7312182
The Haunts of His Youth, by Jonathan Strong.
Most of the stories aren't "out" gay fiction but they're all gay fiction, so that's interesting.
Anyone got any recommendations for anarchist-themed literature? Pic related (though I'm not a huge sci-fi fan).
>>7312082
fuck off cancer
>>7312096
Tell me about it man. /his/ was a terrible idea
Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker
Why do people not like TS Eliot? He writes some of my favorite poetry. Every opinion I read about him on here though is somehow incendiary, but nobody ever explains it. Why he bad?
>>7311918
niggers don't bother to read him
some niggers are probably buttfrustrated due to his conversion
i love him
yic,
thaddeus
plenty of people here like him
he's easy to hate because most people here don't read, and he's a reader's poet.
His book of cats is good, but he's not high in OC.
Are they good, as far as genre fiction goes?
kys
my man
>>7311234
thanks family
First three are good if you like fantasy. They probably suck more if you've seen the television show.
What is the best literature on incest, specifically with supernatural or fantasy tropes? Writing a story that includes incestual siblings.
Volsunga saga.
Melvin Burgess did a kids' series reworking of it into the future called Bloodtide if you're looking at that market.
Is that Cupid a girl? Unusual
Catcher in the Rye is a good start. Some recommendations from an old thread on the same subject;
>Ada or Ardor
>Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
>The Cement Garden
>The Feet of Juan Bacnang
>Middlesex
>ASOIAF
>The Secret History
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My friends followed their dreams. They studied journalism, english and architecture while i went to engineering. Now their are all living meaningful lives, doing their art while i am lost and filled with regret.
A friend of mine said i could write science fiction. The problem is that i don't like science fiction. I like literature. I missed the opportunity to learn to do what i wanted. I was so sure i could become a good writer and i was really insecure about engineering, now i am never going to make it.
I just wanted to say to everybody here who wish to make...
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>>7310668
You gambled at life and lost. It happens. Off to the slaughterhouse then?
kill yourself
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky?
ΠΕΛΕΒИΗ
Tolstoy is a better, more heartfelt, more sincere writer than Dostoevsky ever was even at his best. Dostoevsky's novels are childish compared to Tolstoy's masterworks.
Tolstoy for short stories, The Duster for novels
I just made a book cover for my book. What do you think about it? I've deleted the title and my pen name because I don't want to this post look like an ad.
>>7309214
The triangle looks like it was done in MS Paint. You need to round out the edges
Its bold and geometric design makes it look like a manifesto.
Terrible. Generally graphic designers don't make good authors and vice versa.
What was the last interesting article you read /lit/?
For me it was this piece about Adam Lanza's father: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning
Came out last year, but only read it a while ago. Offers a good insight into Lanza's past without pushing for any contrived answers or reasons for his shooting.
But Sandy hook was a false flag???
>>7309019
Hey anon, thanks for the great article.
This article was published about a year ago. It's by GQ but a surprising good read.
http://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/15/roger-scruton-notes-on-nonsense-richard-dawkins-original-sin-islamism-and-more
>NaNo thread on /tg/
>NaNo thread on /v/
>NaNo thread on /r9k/
>No NaNo thread on /lit/
Gotta rectify that. What are we writing?
I will just write the same schizophrenic ass diarrhea w/ a loose narrative that I always wind up writing, but I guess now I will write it w/ greater frequency. my main character's name is Cola Guy.
So you need a lame arse month with a stupid acronym to write a book?
What I love about NaNo is all of these horrible Fantasy/Action/Teen writers who come out of the woodwork and prove how poor the competition really is.
You'll find vloggers who talk about writing 14,000 words per day. Let me tel you: If you are writing 14,000 words per day, you are not writing quality prose. You are simply spewing out brain-farts from the magical fantasy land in your head that you have created to escape reality. Invariably these kind of writers "wear" their writing, so to speak. They become too immersed and it shows in the finished product.
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What's a good, inspiring book for a young man with no direction or masculine role models in his life to read?
>>7308617
reddit.com/r/theredpill
I've read a few of their suggested readings, the relationship/women thing is whatever but aside from that their suggestions generally deal with getting your shit together and not being a faggot.
>>7308659
>The Red Pill: Discussion of sexual strategy in a culture increasingly lacking a positive identity for men.
Incel means involuntary celibate.
I take it that your idea of getting your shit together is fucking as many women as possible? You must be one of these modern faggots sweating over being Alpha and Beta.
Literally fuck off back to Reddit.
unplug your computer for a couple of weeks and never come back to this website
who's the best Shakespeare character ?it's obviously Iago you faggot
>>7308376
Feste.
>>7308376
Edgar...
purely because that's the sexiest actor I ever saw in a Shakespeare play.
>>7308376
Macbeth
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