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Can someone summarize the main arguments the book puts forth in the book? I haven't read it.
niggers act like they do because wheat doesn't grow in africa not because they are genetically pre disposed to be chimpouts.
muh animals that can't be tamed
Geographic and environmental factors have a very important influence on history.
ITT we write our suicide notes
c'est fini
Record scratch copypasta.
why, my peenus weanus of course :)
hahah! :D
it's my weeeeeeeeenus peanus! :) haha
What is my suicide note? my answer is, of course, my peanus weenus :D
hahaha!
Recommend me some books that are similar to Twin Peaks or Silent Hill 2 etc. I'm in the mood for comfy american small town mysteries with supernatural/paranormal nuances.
>>8214423
Just check out Stephen King. He's the McDonald's of literature and does a lot of this stuff.
>>8214441
Yeah he was the first author in my mind. But I don't quite know which of his books fits my desires. And as you said, he is the mcdonalds of literature, so... Maybe something other than King?
/lit/ inspiration thread. This is a thread for authors looking for inspiration. Just come talk about interesting ideas, interesting scenery, interesting plots, and if you feel like it, share it so maybe some other anon will help turn whatever you came up with into something even better. Let's just have fun with it. Please keep the shitposting to a minimum.
I feel like I should get the ball rolling, but I have to warn you it's pretty shit.
Prompt idea: A man starts losing a limb each day for unknown reasons and after consulting with a doctor finds out that whatever was happening was irreversible. He lives out the rest of his days the best he can while waking up with less and less of himself than he began with.
>tfw your thread gets no replies
I have this folder full of images that inspire me but it's pretty esoteric...
Hello, anons.
Here it is the first edition of the /lit/ Guide to Aesthetics. Made this to help anons interested in this field of Philosophy (and Art in general) but that don't know a good point to start reading about it. The guide follows:
- 2 introductory encyclopedia articles to get you acquainted with Aesthetics history, issues and terminology.
- A list of anthologies and companions that deals more deeply into everything presented before in the articles
- A list of 4 Art History books, because you don't study Aesthetics without knowing something...
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Guide to Aesthetics
Step 1: Lift
thanks op :)
>>8214384
Someone should do what /x/ did and compile a huge folder of PDFs/Epubs on mega.nz
I get it /lit/. The world is mostly filled with shallow stupid children of all ages races and backgrounds. Almost nobody has even the slightest idea what they're talking about, or even a frame of reference for how it would sound if they did have any idea what they were talking about. I don't claim to have answers to life's questions, but I have a broadened enough perspective on most topics to see how little most people have to say that's at all worth listening to. The only time I ever even feel like i'm speaking to peers is when I'm talking to people...
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>>8214361
Just to clarify, my one friend is not pic related.
>>8214361
danger and play is what women are and want [they want play = safe danger] and men want women, but only because women are the ultimate danger and play thing. This is nice, but you can reach a life beyond this.
once you understand that men are not meant to be as good hedonist as women, you first acknowledge the superiority of women at the hedonistic life (which is just called life by men and women) and you see the misery of hedonism, either the direct hedonism of the woman, or the nihilistic fantasy of the delayed...
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>>8214372
kay
What are some good books about modern America?
the constitution
The Dubliners
Pastoralia by George Saunders.
I like reading but the problem is it takes me so fucking long to finish anything. I'm slowly getting quicker the more I read but Jesus it's taking forever. Any tips on getting quicker faster?
Try reading in the morning when there are fewer distractions in your mind. That helps me focus, and less distraction = faster, smoother reading. If you can't read in the morning for whatever reason, you could also try meditating for a bit beforehand.
>>8214190
Slow is Smooth. Smooth is Fast.
>>8214209
>in the morning when there are fewer distractions in your mind
>tfw wake up and minds already raging at >her
What does /lit/ think of Stephen King/Richard's The Long Walk
>inb4 baby's first stephen king
>actually it was but w/e
I was talking about it with a friend last night and I ended up re-reading the whole thing at work today. I found it much more concise and to the point than many of his other works while still touching on the same themes. There are some very fleshed out characters who manage to create the macabre atmosphere and do the world building with dialogue and soliloquy alone.
I love...
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>>inb4 baby's first stephen king
What?
I feel like there is at least one big hint as to the nature of America and how things changed in every chapter but this one struck me as kind of a bombshell:"A man with an electric bullhorn who alternately praised Garraty and advertised his own candidacy to represent the second district; a woman with a big crow in a small cage which she hugged jealously to her giant bosom; a human pyramid made out of college boys in University of New Hampshire sweatshirts; a hollowcheeked man with no teeth in an Uncle Sam suit wearing a sign which said: WE GAVE AWAY THE PANAMA...
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>>8214055
I hadn't read it previously since I was in grade school.
Hi /lit/,
I've been going to a lacanian analyst for about 6 years now. I understand /lit/ has a strong resistance against Lacan and psychanalysis as a whole, as I also had prior to the analysis, mainly out of ignorance in face of how complicated it can get. I've read things on Lacan and Freud but I'm not an expert or a psychologist . Still, I think I can perhaps help if any of you have any doubts about general notions of psychanalysis, specially when it comes to the clinic.
Ask me anything.
>>8213994
What was the reason you started going?
What were your problems going in?
Did they (begin to) resolve? If so, how did this progress (from your phenomenological perspective)
>>8213994
>mainly out of ignorance in face of how complicated it can get
Says a lot about a field, that this is the only defense ever brought up against it being called bullshit
>27 volumes
The absolute madman
Is it at least any good?
The third volume is coming out soon. It's interesting but definitely low-quality Danielewski writing. I'd say it's corny for /lit/ standards but overall pretty quick reading. My favorite thing about it is the online community. It's cool to see people working together to translate all the different languages and speculate about what stuff means. It's available as an ebook if that sways you at all.
>>8215287
Actually it came out already.
I'm still on #2.
https://www.pynchon.net/articles/10.7766/orbit.v1.1.33/
I just found out from an article that the first American edition of Pynchon's V. was later corrected by Pynchon in time for the British edition and subsequent editions, but many american reprints continued to use the uncorrected version by simple negligence. Does anyone have a list of editions and publishers that have the corrected final version? This would come pretty handy since I'm considering buying a physical copy of this one after having read it in digital format a few years ago.
Also book...
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Pynchons my fav writer for sure because my fav thing in books is goofs, gags, jokes and rambunctious behavior, and his books are full to the brim of it. Every novel is like one of those novelty snake cans, you open the book & POP you get a face fulla snakes and you fall back cackling. The mad mind, the crack genius, to do it! and then you think hmmm whats he gonna do next, this trickster, and you pick the book back up and BZZZZZZZZZZ you get a shock and Hahahahahah you've been pranked again by the old pynchmeister, that card. "Did that Pynch?" he says, laughing...
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>>8214818
thanks for the bump, asshole.
I know that was pasta, but I have to say I really enjoy Pynchon's prose. The story, tricks, puns and jokes are great but I wouldn't trudge through hours of boring prose to find those gems. I actually enjoy every line of his prose. It may be a little bit dense (not to much) but it's so rich and colorful
anyway, back to topic:
corrected vs. uncorrected editions of V.? Anyone?
How does /lit/ feel about warhammer 40k novels? I've never read one but I'd like to start, what are some of the better entries?
>>8213800
Shiterature.
Eisenhorn,Gaunts Ghost
they are absolute shit. A boring slog through repetitive dialogue and endlessly dreary fight scenes in which no one does anything even remotely out of the ordinary.
Some of the IG and other cannon works are "inspired" (plagerized) by classical works, but you are probably much better off just reading those, as they only constitute a brief reference or short story in and of themselves, while the rest is homo-erotic drudgery.
>1 year into /lit/
>start talking in a more refined vernacular
>father and sister think I'm crazy
>bring up references to the greeks every time we talk
>give them advice in the form of greek myths
>scold them when I see they are not properly following the categorical imperative
>reject watching tv with them, I'm over that already
>avoid...
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>>8213759
kek
>refined
>posting in English
wew
If Hunter S. Thompson was alive today, who would he support in the presidential race? Would the freak party endorse Trump?
He loved guns and it didn't ever seem like he had a bleeding heart for illegals or minorities in general, I don't think it would be too much of an outlandish assumption.
He might run against Trump on the platform he'd change the USA's name to Mexico just to get Trump to leave.
>>8213678
What? Dr. Gonzo exists
HST also hated the U.S. government. He was basically an anarchist bohemian.
