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>you will never be this talented
>>8079656
you are right
i don't even know how to make a screenshot that long :(
>>8079656
y'all's critical eye for good writing is dirt
couldn't make it past 'dogs'
when does the story start. when do i get a main character.
i might not be up to lits standards but the only chapter that was making remote "sense" was the chapter about buying marijuana and him failing to quit.
am i getting memed hard?
>>8079038
>he wants a story
>he wants a main character
stick to mass market paperbacks at the grocery store
>>8079038
Yes infinite jest is a meme. I shitposted about it here for years and then I actually read (300 pages of) it. Truly a meme.
>>8079042
i thought it was going to be one of those "every chapter different mc different plot same world" kinda deal.
but the prose/style/whatever seems to change every chapter and sometimes its very hard to read without cringing desu.
is this "art" the same way the cia paid andy warhol to make art?
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>8065920
>Fantasy
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/3v2oXAY.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg/
Flowchart: http://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg/
>Sci-Fi
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg/ / http://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg/
Talk about whatever you want
>>8078729
>Talk about whatever you want
Do you feel personally responsible for the furry fandom?
Wheel Of Time, yay or nay?
>>8078786
It's basically fine, but really long, generic, and got ended by Sanderson.
![45273DaniloKIS[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jr3FCSd.jpg "45273DaniloKIS[1].jpg")
Let's talk about them. Here's one I really like. What are your favorites?
His short stories are GOAT
>>8075651
They really are great! I've read Rani Jadi and it's really good and unique.
>>8075651
Btw, have you read Borislav Pekić? I'd like to pick up some of his novels, he seems really good.
What am I in for?
>>8075271
Conisder Phlebas by Iain M. Banks.
it's a bit shaky in places, but it shapes up really well. the other Culture books paint a picture of a future that i would really like to live in, which is more than you can say for most SF today.
when you've finished this, go read Player of Games.
An adventure. Banks said he'd like to have seen it filmed, and wouldn't even mind if they messed the story up as long as they got the action scenes right.
Alsothere is a cannibalism sceneso be ready for that.
What's your excuse for not being a proponent of psychological egoism?
I've had sex
>>8073159
>lying on the internet
>>8073159
with stirner
"I woke up at 7,ate a big bowl of cereal,got dressed then went to work"
>>8071580
"I woke up at 7:00 am, ate a big bowl of cereal, got dressed, then went to work."
Now guess.
I woke up at a big bowl of cereal, ate a work, got 7 then went to dressed.
>>8071580
Woke up, ate cereal, got dressed, went to work."
How come high school lit class made me want to burn books? Why are there no good required lit highschool books?
>>8065678
Quality of the books reflect the quality of the people
>>8065678
lmao my HS lit class is dope I get to choose whatever books I like I chose Joyce and Kafka and my teacher thinks im a prodigy
Books I had to read in highschool
Catcher and the Rye
Moby Dick
Old Man and the Sea
Ulysses
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Various poems by Poe
Mocking Bird
Odyssey
Great Gatsby
Each and everyone made me hate literature so much that I've never read a non-textbook after that.
Tell me /lit/; after being raped by shitty books could I ever enjoy reading a book again?
What does /lit/ think about Guattari?
His works are really difficult to read but really rewarding. I think he was better than Delueze.
Anyone have any ideas on Schizoanalysis?
Did you read Anti-Oedipus already?
I personally had a better time with Lacan (and Zizek) and Jung than that book -- don't torture yourself
>I really like him, what are your thoughts, he's better than deleuze, thoughts on schizoanalysis
> I really like earth, its better than mars, what are your thoughts on the ocean?
>>8056854
I've slugged my way through most of A-O. Still working on it from time to time. I just finished Chaosmosis, which I think is amazing.
What Lacan do you recommend? I've worked through some of Ecris. I literally can't bring myself to read Zizek. Every time I pick up one of his books I just end up thinking "Ug, this again?"
Thoughts on The Witcher series by Andrjez Sapkowski?
>>>/v/
you have to go back
I listen to fantasy and sci-fi books on my commute to work and daily walks. I really liked the Last Wish. Blood of Elves I'm not done with, but it's decent.
Never played any Witcher games, and I know audiobooks are probably heretical on this board, but honestly I tend to prefer listening to books instead of music sometimes. Especially when you're sitting in traffic. I still read too, but usually higher-brow stuff or nonfiction.
>>8083398
I don't play video games.
Besides that's a retarded opinion, the books came before the games and were wildly successful in Poland before anyone even thought of translating them.
You could send most posters here to >>>/tv/ by that logic.
