>hear about Thomas Ligotti on /lit/ >his Wikipedia page portrays him as Lovecraft mixed with Cioran, ten notches above Stephen King >his life story is humble and unpretentious >has rave reviews from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times Book Review, among others >think, "Wow, the guy must be good. Well-written genre fiction with depth, that's just what I'm looking for" Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Spoken word track with lyrics by Ligotti. The words crawl under your skin and stay there. Even without understanding the semantic meaning of what is being conveyed, they produce a powerful effect. Sign of a genius writer IMO.
I was wondering what the best writing application was. I'm mostly looking for a good UI and smooth writing and perhaps some nice little features , mainly a typo indicator as my keyboard is "vintage" and those tend to happen , so a heads up is always nice. perhaps a not-so clunky saving feature and a smooth running speed so it doesn't get fucked up when I'm going back and editing.
>>8094655 What does multiculturalism even mean? Multiple 'cultures' cannot coexist as equals within the modern state system while preserving their individual identity. Though it was the norm in premodern times before centralized state authority, see for example the conflicts associated with the rise of modern, ethnic statehood in Eastern Europe, post-colonial Africa and the Middle East. The /pol/ usage is often an euphemism for multiracialism.
>lend best bud leatherbound copy of Dante's Inferno >months pass >I don't usually ask for books back but this one is special >My dead dad gave it to me before leaving for Afghanistan >He would never return >"So, did you read the book?" >"Oh sure Anon, I forgot. I'll bring it to you next time we see each other." Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
So, I've been interested in Lovecraft's work for a while now, I've read some of his work and all, but I'd like a full immersion/knowledge experience. This has probably already been asked, but I don't frequent /lit/ often:
To get the fullest experience of Lovecraft's work, is there an order in which I should read tales of the Cthulhu Mythos? If yes, I'd appreciate if someone would just put in order the titles I should read.
Also heard there's the dream world and stuff, in which I could take a look if there's somewhat... Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>8094534 Oh neat, it gives me a direction where to go. Does it include everything about Cthulhu mythos like all the elder ones and shit? or it's just the general line?
Why is this board 90% people arguing about and discussing philosophy? I thought I could find some interesting books to read here, but instead i'm just shown people arguing about philosophy.
Is there anything in a creative work that “has” to be done? The favorite thing that analysts love to point out is that “Oh, the blue curtains have to mean something, they didn’t have to make them blue, but they choose to.
Maybe he just needed a color and the first one that popped to mind was blue.
Doesn't mean anything.It didn't "have" to be blue. Just was.
>>8094275 I love spooks, I'm redpilled. Tradition, honor, family, whiteness, anti-women, nationalism, and anti-semitism make my life meaningful and worthwhile.
So for a little while now I've been trying to understand Nick Land's philosophy and I think I have a good outline of it, can someone confirm or deny what what I think I've got?
So basically in Land's view modern history starts when capital is let loose on civilization and supersedes traditional society. Modern history is then defined by a struggle between capital and culture to gain dominance. The apparatus preventing capital from gaining traction is the Human Security System which is synonymous with Moldbug's Cathedral. The Cathedral attempts to create equality through various means and models such as social democracy and thereby hinder the advance of capital which strives on difference as well as human desire. In Land's view the effort of the Cathedral is futile as human equality violates the laws of GNON and those attempting it will be punished by nature. The triumph of capital will mark the end of history in a Hegelian sense with an inevitable technocommercial singularity whereby capital will discard its human hosts by means of self-automation. This will create a breakthrough in intelligence because it is no longer constrained by human monkey brains. So in Land's view we should not resist the forces of capital but instead embrace it and propel its growth through accelerationism by means of open markets and splintering sovereignty into collections of city states a la Singapore.
>>8094192 if plays count then quite a few because of having to learn lines.
general q: how much shakespeare do you reckon shakespearean actors with >50 years experience have memorised? i mean at judy dench/ ian mcellen level.
but yeah, >>8094209 apart from plays/poems/brief passages, memorising entire books is a bit autistic. i dont get how the greeks used to be able to recite literally the entirety of written works up to that point
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