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the concept of "chromatic" time?
...Nice Stems...
https://youtu.be/zSmOvYzSeaQ
god i miss those stupid goddamn threads
>>7735593
...I'm so open, I have a good time...
https://youtu.be/NMNgbISmF4I
Which one should I read and why
Not typically a C.S. Lewis fan, but The Great Divorce was alright. Considering this look likes it's for a high school assignment it's short and easy as fuck to read.
If I was going with the most interesting off the list, I really enjoyed War of the Worlds and Frankenstein. Nothing on there was awe inspiring for me.
make your own decisions you fucking dumb faggot
but objectively austen is the best writer on that list no matter how pleb manchildren here feel
A Tale of Two Cities is great. It's got Dickens' classic drama and elegance, but much more concise and action-packed than much of his work.
Being serious here, do you even need ANY kind of education to write a book?
It looks like some people get famous while butchering the language, then they praised for their new and "innovative" styles.
Being serious here, do you even need ANY kind of education to paint a painting?
It looks like some people get famous while butchering the form, then they praised for their new and "innovative" styles.
those are called memes, actual skill is still valued these days
there's a trend in some sects of contemporary visual arts of praising what's called 'outsider art,' that object from who has never received any formal education, esp. who hails from some 'foreign' (i.e. not often represented in the popular media of wealthy countries) land, i.e. the poor, or the poorest, of the world.
of course, that can't really be entirely replicated in literature, as it's incredibly easy to makeshift some canvas and paint almost anywhere on the globe from natural materials, but with the printed text, you obviously...
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Convince me that we don't need the semicolon and that the em dash is always sufficient.
variety.
cf. dickinson.
actually that might be the defining quality of the english language, its high redundancy, even for grammatical constructs or punctuation.
Nah.
semicolon is better for clauses that are somehow parallel or symmetrical; em dash is best for unequal clauses—like this.
I'm looking for language learning books
>>7735444
/int/'s guide has some really good shit
http://4chanint.wikia.com/wiki/The_Official_/int/_How_to_Learn_A_Foreign_Language_Guide_Wiki
>>7735444
Books that teach you a language or books that tell you how to learn a language by reading a different book?
>>7735452
Thank you
Book headcanons thread. No judgin'.
>>7735432
Eddie Willers from Atlas Shrugged is half-Mongolian, but white-passing.
>>>/tumblr/
actually wait, doesn't this violate the fanfiction rule?
Levin and Kitty are basically the same age when married. That age is 27.
$11.50 Canadian, how did i do?
The Proust was 1$ although it says 3$ on the cover, but idk if the translation is any good.. Couldn't pass up a deal like that though
>>7735396
ha gay
>>7735396
burn everything but proust, don quixote, and plato.
toss the morrison and mccarthy in the trash. the donquixote is a shit translation. rest are fine but the atwood would probably bore you.
What's the best edition of the complete works of Shakespeare I can get?
Right now I'm leaning towards the Arden Shakespeare edition since their individual plays are superb. How do other well-known editions like Norton or Pelican stack up?
Riverside. Riverside. Riverside. Always go Riverside. The serious literary critics (Bloom) use it. It contains every one of his plays with brief introductions and essays, and non-distracting footnotes. You can get a used copy for $30 or $40. Always go Riverside.
>>7735573
Thanks anon, I'll check Riverside out
I've been researching the same question, I've settled on Riverside or Norton. Leaning towards Riverside, although the essays in Norton are supposed to be good.
Ive read all of part one and am halfway through part two, does it get any better? Its such a tedious read, I can't believe that I've even gotten this far into it. Why is this considered to be one of the best books of all time?
>>7735343
it's garbage
you have to read the original scroll man it's not supposed to be in chapters like it's a novel
On the Road is the most unabashedly American novel ever written. If you want to know how modern American literature started then I would finish it.
If you don't want to be a pleb then you should put that down and readthe greeks
hey /lit/ i used to write random shit for people on fiverr and one of my first requests was sonic the hedgehog/metal gear solid fanfiction. here's what i wrote, thought you might get a kick out of it
“You know, they used to call this the playground of the world.”
Sonic finishes a chili dog and throws his excess napkins into the trash. “Looks like a junkyard to me.”
Sonic’s observation may be cynical, but it’s true. Years of neglect have left many of the attractions covered in burgundy rust. Garbage is strewn across the streets and many buildings...
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“Sweet mother of God…”
Snake arrives at his destination, but what he witnesses is no Metal Gear… it’s a grotesque bioweapon chained to the ground. It produces high-pitched screaming noises and tries desperately to escape by flailing its gnarled talons. Snake finds cover behind a wall and calls Sonic on his codec.
“Sonic, it’s Snake. I found X, but it’s entirely different from what I expected. I’m going to need your help on this one.”
Sonic arrives carrying two P90s he looted off the guards. “Kept you waiting, huh?”
Snake grins. “That’s...
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“Silver?” Sonic blurts out in disbelief.
“Sonic, I sensed you were in danger so I came here to help. You take care of X, I’ll seal the rift to Hell. Take these!”
Silver throws a sack of Chaos Emeralds toward Sonic, who then turns into Super Sonic.
“Snake,” says Sonic, “get out of here as fast as you can. I’ve got this.”
“I’m not leaving you behind!”
“You may be strong Snake but you’re no superhuman, nor are you well equipped. Take your gun and leave X to me.”
Snake swallows his pride and retreats as Sonic heads toward...
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>>7735326
Truly, a literary masterpiece.
http://exiledonline.com/david-foster-wallace-portrait-of-an-infinitely-limited-mind/
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please take your sketchy contrarian news sources back to facebook
In what ways do men and women in general differ in their literary preferences?
>>7735269
This assumes that men and women have any more than a vague sense of commonality across cultures in their interests.
Could you be more specific?
>>7735269
VS Naipaul, Norman Mailer, and Marlon James have all criticized the female taste in literature and writing abilities...banal is a word thrown about.
James: While she recognizes how much she was pandering to the white man, we writers of colour spend way too much time pandering to the white woman … astringent, observed, clipped, wallowing in its own middle-style prose and private ennui, porn for certain publications.
>>7735293
Of course, women of color do nothing but read about gender and race broke. Down from a woman's usually simplistic and typically Marxist view.
When are we making another /lit/ novel?
Never have, never will. Pastiche of memery isn't a novel.
>>7735279
hey I worked really hard on my David Foster Wallace fan fiction that was in A Boy Called Wolf and people said they liked it!
How does Nick lie in this book?
I know he doesnt say anything about myrtle and toms affair, and doesnt mention the crash? what else?
>>7735197
Crafty, but we ain't doing your homework for you kid
>>7735217
nigga pls
We've done it before, and we're doing it again.
Match a soundtrack (or just a single song) that you find fitting to a book. I'll start.
Pic related + soundtrack to Her (2013)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLURQ_xwn_OwnV3MaPR_cZtroXbHsimr2i
>not listneing to John Williams as you read John Williams
Shigu
>>7735100
When did /lit/ get to be this shit?
>>7735095
Anyway, for pic related, I'd say Charlie Parker's cover of "I've Got Rhythm".
>>7735145
>When did /lit/ get to be this shit?
When you came in, cocksucking nigger
