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Where does /lit/ like to publish their short stories? Do you prefer print or online?
>>8150982
>publish
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>>8150982
Why are tublrites so narcissistic they screencap their own worthless reaction to something?
>>8151030
But 4chan does the exact same..
I'm looking for an entire book that speaks such amazing philosophical language, I'll feel sobered and chilled while I read it, and walk away feeling like the universe is more vivid.
>>8150840
Metaphysics by Aristotle
Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson.
>>8150840
Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity by Gregory Bateson
You'll finish a section not knowing that such detailed and expansive thoughts were even possible, like reading some left over tome from an advanced alien race.
He describes the very process of thinking and how it recursively spirals into itself as you compare your knowlege base with new percepts, abduct the schema from your old knowlege and apply it to the new.
Talks about ecology, evolution, psychology, math, anthropology, cybernetics, philosophy, etc.
What does /lit/ think of Harry Potter?
I think it definitely deserves the title of /lit/core as it really gives the reader an understanding of how good a childrens book can be.
>>8150595
>I think it definitely deserves the title of /lit/core
No it doesn't. Get out.
>>8150595
Are you new here, anon?
Harry Potter is not even a good example of a good children's book.
>>8150616
name a better one
In a decadent society, does non-participation become a virtue?
Really makes you think...
>>8150353
Decadent through what means? Decadent through the means of self-pleasure, or through the means of benefiting all of society?
Requiring less resources is more sustainable and beneficial when compared to useless consumption and wasteful consumption.
how do people fill bookshelves like this. it's the entire canon on the wall i doubt anyones read that many books
>>8149706
t. pleb
>>8149706
books by the foot dot com
I see shelves like that as being the accumulation of like a decade of the life of a truly avid reader, and that's probably being generous.
best short story author of all time?
His editor maybe
Nabokov or Flannery O'Connor
>linguist
>philosopher
>cognitive scientist
>historian
>logician
>social critic
>political activist
Is Noam Chomsky the greatest polymath intellectual of modern times?
The way he drives his arguments from one point to another is so fluid and coherent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CKpCGjD8wg
What does Chomsky think will happen if The United States Navy pulled out of the South China Sea?
>>8149483
The same thing that would've happened if your dad had pulled out of your mom's vagina. Avoid a tragedy.
>old white guy
yawn
Hey /lit/ what are some mythological stories where the hero is judged on virtue alone and not strength/ intelligence etc. I'm putting in some tasks for the hero of my novel and I want to make reference to some of these. I'm mostly familiar with Greek heroes
>>8149033
Antigone? depending on your interpretation
>>8149039
I'm thinking more of specific tasks the hero performs, but thank you for reminding me of Antigone
>>8149033
>Hey /lit/ what are some mythological stories where the hero is judged on virtue alone and not strength/ intelligence etc.
aeneid
obedience to the gods i.e. virtue was literally the only positive trait of aeneas
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Recommendations
>Fantasy
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>Sci-Fi
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Todays Prompt
Whats your favorite SFF battle sequence/fight scene? And as a writer, how do you handle them in your own work?
>>8148905
Severian versus Alzabo
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser against the rat armyThe initial hours of the betrayal at Calth
Umm yeah I tend to forget them mostly.
>>8148905
>Whats your favorite SFF battle sequence/fight scene?
Don't know if it's definitively my favorite but the one that comes immediately to mind is the Battle of Dumai's Wells in the Wheel of Time. The gratuitous violence is just so satisfying after everything that has happened.
Authorship and Alcoholism always go together. Why is that?
confirmation bias. stop justifying your bad behavior
>>8148644
When did I ever suggest I was an alcoholic? I didn't.
>>8148646
we're all friends here anon. how much have you had to drink today?
What have you read this year? give reviews
>crippled america
8/10
>art of the deal
11/10
>Thing big
7/10
>think like a champion
8/10
>founding brothers
10/10 must read
>Hiroshima
6/10 too short and political towards the end
>secret history of the CIA
4/10 misleading title, unjustifiably long
>Freud...
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all memes aside, how was the art of the deal?
I'm very new to reading. Only really picked it up late 2015.
>lonesome dove
10/10, I really like the introspective nature of the book.
>of mice and men
4/10 I just read it today. Seemed boring to me.
>way of kings
8/10 really cool ending. Apart from kaladin the characters are boring and seem a bit one diemensianel.
>words of radiance
Strong 6/10
Slow paced. Shallan is annoying and thinks she's...
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>>8148467
Is this real?
Post simple questions which don't warrant their own thread here.
Pic unrelated.
i'll start -
What are some essential things I need to know to appreciate poetry?
What is the purpose of scanning poetry when reading it?
What's the way to learn how to identify hidden meanings and symbolism?
>>8147973
These aren't simple
>>8147973
>What are some essential things I need to know to appreciate poetry?
Meter, rhetorical techniques, rhythm, how to read the lines (when to pause and when not to)
Scanning is mostly for meter
What are some good erotic literary novels?
>>8147816
The Blood Oranges
>>8147816
tropic of cancer
>>8147816
The picture of Dorian Gray was pretty hot and steamy. Gay though.
Attention Christposters: I'd like some recommendation for Christian mystic texts. I'm interested in anything really, but I'd prefer non-fiction texts and whatever. I've heard of Meister Eckhart, St John of the Cross and others but have no idea where to start with their writings.
I'm not sure if it counts as mysticism but I was also thinking of picking up the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, does anyone rec that?
>>8147309
Simone Weil, essentially.
>>8147309
>Meister Eckhart
Excellent choice always.
> St John of the Cross
Magnificent, and it doubles as erotic poetry too.
I would add 2 other masterpieces: The cloud of unknowning by an anonymous middle ages' abbot; and The interior castle by St Theresa of Avila, both are instructional books, but this is relevant since mysticism is about experiencing it, not just reading about it.
best wishes m8
>Oh I heard about this Chomsky guy on /lit/
>They say he's a savage leftist intellectual
>I like to challenge my own views, let's watch it!
...
>beginning credits roll
>"Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as the most influential intellectual of our time."
>Wew, lad. Oh well, let's keep watching.
...
>reddit tier muh...
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>>8147187
he holds weight only as a linguist. don't take him seriously off of his field
I thought he was more known for his linguistics work.
Wow you're really dumb
