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Which book will transform me from a cynical, lethargic, brain-dead idiot to some sort of amazing, happy, great, intelligent, calm guy?
>>8066535
loaded question.
Monster Energy drink
No book can do that. You have to do that to and for yourself.
Have you ever entered a writing contest before? How did it turn out for you?
Personally, I'd like to, but most of them charge fees, and I'd prefer not to pay money when I know I'm not going to win.
>>8066499
You should pay and not participate at all.
Yes. My writing is so good that I don't work, I just enter writing contests and live off of the winnings.
>>8066513
When will wagies ever learn?
I hardly ever drink, but I should try drinking something strong just to see if I can make it through Oscar Wilde's A Picture Of Dorian Grey.
Be honest OP, you just made this thread specifically so you could post that image.
>>8066502
no, I just have a big folder where all my files go, called my downloads folder. I was looking for an appropriate image, and that one stuck out to me. I really am considering having a drink so I can finish Oscar Wilde.
Funny story, my hard drive crashed about a month ago. That had some good pictures on it, but a lot of the pics on my hard drive are just cutesy yaoi stuff.
>>8066520
You can't finish the book sober?
Hey /lit/, let's discuss Hesse's Steppenwolf and it's metaphors. What do you think about it?
Also someone can explain me the role of sensual pleasures in it? This the thing I can't fathom.
It's teen tier spirituality. When you grow up you leave childish things behind.
>>8066416
this.
i cringed when i read it agaib
I've noticed that I enjoy reading shitposts on 4chan much more than your average book.
What books are like reading shitposts?
anything by the memester know as james joyce
Browsing the inanity of /lit/'s constant shitposting is a great way of relaxing one's mind after reading novels by intelligent minds.
american psycho
/lit/ how do i get myself to be motivated to read more?
you either do it or you don't. people have many interests in this world, and for some it is reading.
>>8066229
you start by asking less questions and reading more
>>8066295
thanks
>To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.
>>8066117
why is stalone not in jail?
>And I ordered a double-double, but they gave me the double-double-double-double.
>>8066127
TIMS SHOUTOUT
What is your favorite piece by Anthony "icycalm" Zyrmpas?
https://youtu.be/pkPEYPqwgLk?t=1085
Anthony "Alex "icycalm" Kierkegaard" Zyrmpas
I was at how many people in the favorite book/movie/tv/game thread picked indie games as their favorites. More people need to read our lord and savior.
Where to start with Icycalm?
What are the best portrayals of the devil in literature?
OP's pic related
Goethe's Faust (the first one at least) is of course one of the best versions
The "devil" in Grande Sertão Veredas is also great, but is totaly different approach
Milton
>inb4 bible
biblical devil is a snoozefest
Paradise Lost and Brothers Karamazov
Anything you guys can recommend from this guy?
>>8065939
I've heard The Man Who Was Thursday is good. I have it but haven't read it, so I can't say. Apparently the devil makes an appearance, from what I could gather from the shopkeep who recommended it to me, so there's that.
>>8065939
No.
>>8065965
thanks
Can we talk about this book? It is really one of the most beautiful novels ever written. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, it was found in a monastery in the 19th Century, and is about a wandering Christian looking to learn the secret of ceaseless prayer.
for those interested, here is a collection of FAQ's (for Catholics, atheists, Protestants, etc.) and a reading list for Orthodox Christianity: http://pastebin.com/bN1ujq2x
>For those of you who aren't familiar with it
Yeah, everyone knows about this book because it's in "Franny and Zooey".
Hi Constantine
Should I be embarrassed to read this in public? I feel like I need to read it at least once but I don't want my barista to think I'm a pleb.
>>8065832
Do you read books to impress the people around you or you read books to enjoy a good story and learn something? Why do you care if your Batista thinks you're a pleb?
You can't know if a book is shit or good unless you read it yourself so there is nothing wrong with reading a shit book instead of just following what other people said about a book
If you're reading in a coffeeshop then you've already surrendered authenticity as a person and joined the hipster normie hordes.
Also because it's entry level.
Also I bet you bought it from a bookstore in new condition because you felt like it was something you had to do.
Also I bet you display the cover while reading it.
You're so far down the inauthentic rabbit hole you may as well livestream yourself on YouTube as you do it
>>8065832
You should read this instead, its far better
So i`ve read Dracula (i know Bram Stoker is irish, but it`s kinda near, no offense), and got really into this classy old romance stories, with a bit of fiction and horror in it. I`ve read Sherlock too, but now i don`t know where to proceed. I don`t know if i`m ready for shakespeare yet, because english is not my mother language, and i don`t want to read it in my language. What do you guys suggest?
bait
>>8065790
i`m serious bro. Did i say something awful?
Read up on the British canon of gothic horror then.
Frankenstein
Melmoth the Wanderer
The Monk
Maybe Ann Radcliffe's novels and Castle of Otranto (boring imo)
Wuthering Heights
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Probably move onto something in the gothic mode like Conrad or Wide Sargasso Sea. I certainly enjoyed reading Conrad when I was trying to learn English. Really buffs your vocabulary.
Whats your opinion on using existing religions in creative writing? Like having angels fight Greek warriors or Valkyries fighting demons? Or even African gods interacting with Hindu and Christian deities?
>>8065767
>African gods interacting with Hindu
Dindu vs. Hindu
hahaha
>>8065767
I think using existing religions isn't the real problem here...
![the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde-2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/H55XAOY.jpg "the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde-2[1].jpg")
>"I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated."
>>8065620
Anything by Hemingway
You rang?
Heterosexuals do it better; for they get to know women in every sense.
>>8065627
>Schopenhauer
>heterosexual
