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What are some good lit based films?
Pic related
Inherent Vice is as good an approximation of a rich prose-sylist novel that we're gonna get.
Novels that are able to work as stories through translating their concrete imagery from language to film work better, something like Mouchette or One Flew. Even the best directors have trouble making films from novels beloved for their stylish prose, especially modern ones: see Kubrick's adaptation of Lolita.
>>8095656
Thanks, gotta say I hated the film Inherent Vice. Seen Lolita. Will check out Mouchette.
>>8095606
Kubrick
How do you cope with knowing that your only literary contribution to the world is posting on /lit/?
my goal in life isnt to make a 'literary contribution'. lit is entertaining and 'blows off steam' after school/work.
>>8095584
Hey, just because you give up like a pussy doesn't mean we will. The only way you can fail is if you give up or die.
>>8095584
Eh no I write and share my works with those around me and my community circles, I may not ever get published but I have sincerely touched people with my works and that means something to me.
Let's talk submissions, acceptance letters, rejection letters, etc.
Have submitted a few pieces of flash fiction, a few short stories. I started with no pay stuff, but then decided pay markets.
Did you receive form rejection letters, personally written rejections? What did your acceptance letters look like?
Mostly interested in short story submissions, but also curious for you novel writers who submitted to publishers or agents.
So far I've got two rejection form letters from Clarkesworld. The last one literally took less than 12 hours to get back.
I have an english sonnet submitted to Phobos magazine right now, no response yet, also a horror story I submitted to Apex Magazine.
Still a couple of flash fiction pieces out in the void to no pay markets that are going on 4 months.
To others: what do you put when they ask you for a bio? I really don't want to reveal anything about myself, other than maybe my name, age, and the city I live in.
Here's an example of a form rejection letter from clarkesworld.
Dear Anon,
Thank you for the opportunity to read "Cockroach Vapor" Unfortunately, your story isn't quite what we're looking for right now.
In the past, we've provided detailed feedback on our rejections, but I'm afraid that due to time considerations, we're no longer able to offer that service. I appreciate your interest in Clarkesworld Magazine and hope that you'll keep us in mind in the future.
Take care,
Neil Clarke
Publisher/Editor
Clarkesworld...
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What was her fucking problem?
>>8095532
I feel Animorphs is really under memed. Did you feel really said when they fucked up David? I did, also it never explains if R kills him or not, plus whenever they mentioned him in any other book my heart always dropped out my chest.
TFW?
>>8095583
sad*
I very suddenly want some executive at HBO to have a stroke and sign off on an Animorphs series that's every bit as dark as the books.
Whats the most you have even spent on a book? Or the most expensive book you have ever received as a gift?
I clock in at 90 dollars or so. A friend managed to track down an out of print collection of short stories called 'The Azathoth Cycle' and gave it to me as a Christmas present
She was the best.
What about you, /lit/?
>>8095529
Do textbooks count?
I spent $90 on a math book once. I think that's the most.
I pirate all the super-expensive piece of shit ones that my university requires for courses.
if you count college textbooks then like 400 bucks once
if you only mean literature, then I think I capped out at 40. I got that pretty Frank Miller cover of Gravity's Rainbow.
>tfw when I take full advantage of my university library
>>8095529
Excepting textbooks, maybe Katai Tayama's The Quilt and Other Stories for $35.
New Rule: you're not allowed to say something is "kafkaesque" if you've never read anything written by Kafka.
>>8095480
you shouldnt be allowed to say something is "kafkaesque" ever, regardless of you reading kafka previously or not
>>8095480
How Kafkaesque.
nobody on /lit/ unironically uses the phrase 'kafkaesque'
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Opinions on this?
>>8095465
It's a rather """short""" work
>if you catch my drift
>>8095465
why don't you read it and tell us your opinion first you lazy sod
>>8095473
Im doing it, so far it's pretty good.
Recommend me some Chilean Literature.
Tacotaco
Gravity's Infinito Taco by Tómas Fostero Pablo Pincheono
>>8095448
Roberto Bolaño, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral son los primeros escritores que se me ocurren
Recomiendo especialmente a Bolaño.
Es uno de mis escritores favoritos.
Empieza con Los Detectives Salvajes, o con cualquiera de sus libros de relatos, son maravillosos.
Did Internet bring anything good to quality of books? Is the all pervading connectedness good for writers?
>>8095382
>reading books written in the last twenty years
wew
>>8095390
Pynchon is still outstanding
>>8095382
>connectedness
I don't feel all that connected desu
>The only thing that really counts in a man is his get-up-and-go. If he's got get-up-and-go he's a real man, and those are the kind of men we need here on Uta-jima. Family and money are all secondary.
w-what did he mean by this
>>8095336
it means youre not a man
>>8095336
I didn't really like "Sound of Waves".
A bit too pat/saccharine/cutesy. Of all the full-length stuff I've read by him, it felt the least like Kimitake-kun.>tfw no weeb gf
>>8095628
>gf
nu-male
I've got about 4 inches of hot, hard get-up-and-go and I'm not wasting it on some female.
Hi /lit/
Can I get in legal trouble if I submitted a story to a competition and won first prize but under a false name and identity?
They are asking for a photograph and short bio and I'm panicking a lot, but I could use the money also.
>>8095244
uh, no
>>8095244
Mate have you ever heard of pseudonyms, are you memeing or did you really win a contest?
>>8095244
Was it a minority/woman only contest or something?
Worst they can do is just give the prize to the next in line, don't worry.
Looking for recommendations for a Murakami fan.
With few exceptions I've found myself reading only Murakami novels for the past couple years (I'm an incredibly slow reader). Now that I'm reaching the bottom of the barrel, I'm looking for other magical realism novels that can help fill the void.
I fear that I'll never find another author that moves me quite like Murakami.
>>8095212
cuckholding.com
blacked.com
hotwife.com
>>8095212
>murakami
>fan
This isn't the place for you friendo
>>8095212
>reading non-whites
please leave immediately, cuck
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>>8095195
Oh, forgot.
31 pages, but the pages should be short enough.
>>8095195
4/10 prose
0/10 plot - that was the most bland and uneventful scene I've ever read (the first one). Didn't make it to the second.
>>8095207
>reading for plot
>tfw you long for death's sweet embrace but your disgusting animal body isn't ready yet
Are there any books /lit/ can recommend on this topic?
>>8095028
mind is a myth by u.g. krishamurti will help you stop taking memes too seriously.
why would you kill yourself over memes?
Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnameable
by Beckett
I stopped really liking Nirvana after middle school but I maintained that Cobain had patrician tastes and it was my gateway into slightly more substantial pop music, Cobain apparently read the books or so I read in some footnote of an article and the details of his death have some interesting parallels with those in said books. Molloy's wandering through the forest, Cobain's perpetual kidney problems, etc.
>>8095034
What is the meme in this case?
Is it okay to just read Ecclesiastes and not the rest of the bible? I am of course talking about a secular reading of it as a piece of literature.
No!
Well Ecclesiastes is good for secular reading, but Romans is just as good.
Romans 5:1-5 basically talks about how suffering leads to endurance, character, hope and hope does not disappoint us. How we rejoice therefore in our sufferings. It can get pretty philosophical.
You don't need to read most of the OT. NT is pretty important though.
>>8095006
Niggra most of the bible might as well have been written by a Neolithic autist, just read Ecclesiastes and dump that trash
