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Why did last thread get deleted /lit/?
>>8258839
there are plenty of shitty threads but when they are about books (this one was) they hardly get deleted
>>8258834
>>8258839
I don't understand why lit is so adverse to discussing multiple forms of literature or philosophy. I thought lit was supposed to be the board that promotes discussion on literature. Why are so many people so emotionally attached to their political superstitions? Why do most of the people on 4chan feel so threatened when anything that enters their echo chamber doesn't ring true to their beliefs?
I thought yall niggahs read Plato so you should...
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>she finished her first draft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKEiEYf3T54
fuck I can't tell if this is more depressing or motivational
id still tap that. hope she has a dik tho
I don't know what this is and I don't care, OP.
>>8257976
How many writers are actually making a living?
52k (median income) a year must be feasible after 3-5 years of writing no?
I'm talking men here.
Women will make money writing no matter what.
Hilo de crítica en español. Sólo textos y críticas, otras preguntas (sobre editoriales, autores...) se pueden hacer en otros hilos.
huevos
Algún autor decente español contemporaneo?
No deberias limitar el thread a solo textos y crítica, que estupidez. Pocos son los que comparten algo, menos los que dan crítica constructiva y menos aún los que ponen algo bueno.
Y como OP siempre es puto, ahí les va una pregunta: qué opinan de La tregua, de Benedetti? Empecé a leerla por curiosidad y me sorprendió lo melancólico del tono y la prosa. Hace mucho tiempo que no sentía esos feels al leer algo.
>>8252516
He escuchado buenas cosas de Enrique Vila-Matas de gente cuya opinión estimo.
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Who is it who knows there is no ego?
The knowing
>>8267635
>who
Owls are wise animals as they constantly ask who, but have no notion of a cartesian thinking substance. Perhaps it is not one who knows that there is no ego, but many, united in the knowledge that resonates between them as they fight for their time share of the body, giving the illusion of a united single unique ego.
Nothing nothing does everything everything-jumps something_somethingfawns daisy daisies... .. . #themasterofnoonearound
How long would it realistically take to read every published book written in the English language since 1900
I am considering dedicating a certain amount of years to this
HAH!
HAH!
Good luck idiot!
You couldn't read all the English language books published last year in the rest of your life.
Number of books are increasing exponantially just like the world is advancing. If you could read 100 faster I bet you wouldn't be able to read all of them.
What book does /lit/ think had the biggest impact on future story telling?
>>8267281
>book
Fuck me, never mind. As far as storytelling goes, Homer's epics. After that, Paradise Lost.
>>8267281
Tbh I'll get hate for this, but LOTR
Pretty much all fantasy following Tolkein has been influenced by him in some way.
Probably Don Quixote or Moby Dick
Are there any books out there that can help me learn analyze literature? If so, recommend me some /lit/
learn to analyze literature better*
yeah but you need a youtube video to teach you how to read it
>>8267229
Derrida's Of Grammatology
http://www.refinery29.com/2016/07/116003/marvel-black-iron-man-writer
>But the reality is, no matter how talented, creative, or imaginative Bendis is, he won't be able to accurately tell the story of a young, gifted, and Black character without the help of Black writers.
>Can he portray the awkwardness Riri feels when the Old Boys Club of white male superheroes evilly laughs at the idea that she thinks she can take over the world? Can he dream up a realistic Kendrick Lamar-fueled playlist that she'll blast inside her new-and-improved Iron Man suit? (I personally need to hear "Alright" just to begin a normal day, so if I were a 15-year-old superhero, I'd need the turn-up tunes on deck.) Yes, this is an imaginary world, and yes, these are all small details — but authenticity is what makes a story not just entertaining, but relatable.
I know this article is about comics, which are retard-tier, but does the idea that a writer shouldn't portray characters of other ethnicities (how about genders? Ages?) because they can't present them "authentically?" What is authentic, anyway? Does that mean fitting the character into a certain stereotype? This person mentions Kendrick Lamar music; MUST a black character listen to rap music? What's the dividing line between a black author making a character authentic and a white author making them stereotyped?
>>8267015
They go on about diversity but never have any Arabs, Persians, indians, native Americans or Asians. Not even a bloody aboriginal just blacks.
Only blacks and whites.
It's not fucking diverse
>>8267273
Confirmed for having never read capefag rags.
>>8267279
This
>>8267015
what is empathy?
Very little is life-like in fiction, which is why we call it fiction. A good character will be a good character regardless if they are anything like their creator. If authors can create authentic hard AIs and aliens as characters, then they can write characters of different backgrounds than their own. Of course an author that can relate to their creation personally will have a somewhat easier time writing them well. Yet a willingness to learn and to think hard on who the character really is,...
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Please tell me Pynchon can do better than V., please. I'm really worried this guy don't have it in him, I'm disappointed all the more after reading Gaddis. I know the guy was inspired by him, hence Inherent Vice's namesake, but come the fuck on, please tell me GR and M&D are mounds upon mounds better than V.!
>>8267005
What exactly did you not like about V.
I saw V for what it was which was a dumping ground for his short stories. I thought it was enjoyable.
Maybe you're a pretentious faggot who hates fun. In that case you still have the hope of enjoying GR a lot more
they are
Just marathoned the first chapter which I didn't understand because it talks about places in England (I live in the United States). When does this shit git gud?
>>8266949
>New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
>Nantucket, an island about 30 miles south of Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, USA.
I hope you're a troll.
>>8266949
there's a big battle in chapter 5 just hang in there
>>8266949
Is it really a marathon if it's one chapter? do people run short marathons? At what point does a run start becoming a marathon? Is there a specific distance?
What is your favorite short story book?
>my pick
>>8266774
Yeah, Oblivion is mine. I have to reread GWCH soon. It is probably my least favorite of everything he wrote (Both Flesh and Not is close though). I didn't hate it. And some stories were better than others. If you can get over his showboating (and to enjoy Wallace you kind of have to) Westward is awesome. It just didn't hit me as hard as his other stuff. Broom was less "profound" or whatever, but it was comfy and hilarious throughout.
I'm working as a summer camp counseler /lit/ because I'm a fucking degerate loser.
They require us to all perform a skit for our opening campfire.
Can /lit/ help me make a skit?
>>8266748
Perform the scene from Infinity Jest where they play the nuclear tennis game, no idea how easy it'd be.
that sounds torturous wtf. quit
just go up there and smoke weed out of infinite jest.
What are the top 3 must-read books to wake up?
>>8266690
My diary desu
>>8266690
try reading a magazine
I wrote a book. Part of it.
But the plot's done, the charachters live, everything's fine, but, and there's always a but, I think the story isn't THAT good to be published.
I can publish it, of course, but I don't really know if it's worthy.
>>8266639
I really believe in THAT plot, in my personal opinion it's magnificent, even if I tend to understimate myself due to my major depression, I think that the idea behind my main character* (see the typo in the previous post, english isn't my mothertongue btw) is very well constructed. In spite of this in a "book pre-reading" the audience didn't like him, but they apparently like my weak sloppy sockpuppet characters much more. And they thought the story has to be much more love-oriented. I thought I nailed...
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>>8266659
Do NOT listen to mediocre people.
Do NOT ask for mediocre people's opinion.
Do NOT hang with mediocre people: they're contagious.
(Take any great book and I guarantee you that 95% of them wouldn't like it one bit. They would prefer any train station romance or thriller or shit like that.)
>>8266659
Listen only to the opinion of people that you know to have talent. Only people that have written something really good. If they haven't, assume they're retarded.
If you don't know anyone like that, trust only your judgement.
What do you guys think of Conrad? Heart of Darkness is probably his most well known work, but in general.
I read The Nigger of the Narcissus a while ago. Very nice prose.
He's a very fine writer, and the fact that it was something he started later in life after so many careers is impressive. I have arguably his best works: Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Victory, and of course, Heart of Darkness
I read Heart of Darkness and thought it was extremely boring.
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