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Who /raceagainsttheclock/ here?
>tfw writing a novel set in the future
>tfw many of my ideas are now being validated by science / tech to the point where they may seem banal
It SUCKS being a visionary.
Why don't you come up with more outlandish ideas then?
>>7715186
If that's the case you can't be much of a visionary.
Do some speed and rattle off a shitty detective plot that tangentially explores all your philosophical insights and technological predictions.
Have your Mum read it fer spelling mistakes then send it off for publishing and start work on the next immediately.
So /lit/, is it a children's novel?
>>7715051
like all children's works that have stood the test of time, it is a work aimed at children that can be read and appreciated by kids and adults alike
>>7715209
Basically this.
I also felt it was more adult oriented with some of its themes. I'd read it at any age at any stage of my life, it makes me happy
Watership Down is a pleasure to read, simple as that. Adams didn't go for an experimental novel, his choice of subject is simple in nature and never overcomplexified; therefore its immersive beauty can be appreciated by a wide range of ages.
It would be a mdediocre novel if not for the rooted theme of rabbit behavior.
Did it make you happy /lit/?
>>7717299
i am certain that this propaganda is circulated in the east to prevent the peasants from revolting
>>7717308
Just like abrahamic religions in the rest of the world. Opiate of the masses, slave morality etc. you get it
>>7717332
except those don't actively discourage creation
Is this ironic literature?
>>7717286
>snowballfucking
Is there a name for compound words made out of an adjective and a verb?
e.g.
>Far-seeing, loud-thundering Zeus
>>7716691
adjective verb or adverb for short
>>7717046
They're modifying "Zeus", so they're obviously adjectives not adverbs. But there has to be a special name for this particular type.
>>7716691
Deverbal adjective where the original verb has an adverbial modifier
How important is a realistic plot to you?
pictured is a poet who talks about the modern day world
>>7716102
what is a "realistic plot"?
>tfw beautiful successful, magnificent gentleman but still no qt, /lit/, mentally ill attentionwhore gf
>>7716102
Not as important as a plausible one
Hey /lit/ I wanna start reading modern books like from the 90's and up so could you guys recommend something like Dead Souls, 100 Years of solitude, and Slaughterhouse 5
>>7714854
start with the greeks
>>7714854
INFINITE JEST
>>7714854
read this last week, was pretty good, you might like if you like barthelme.
Hello guys.
I need some help.I'm pretty desperate.
I'd like to get into reading, but the catch is, I've never read a book (only some children's books when I was younger).
Some recent events in my life have made me realize that I won't be able to rely on others to support me my entire life.
Today I bought a library card, but I didn't know wich book I should get started with, and as my social anxiety is that big I didn't ask anyone in there for help.
So. Here I am asking you guys for help. Since anonymity helps.
Sorry for any...
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Read the sticky fgt.
>>7713503
It'd help if we knew more about you.
Tell me which 3 of the tarot that might describe you and I'll suggest something.
G'luck in advance on your way to reading.
>>7713507
I did, but I don't find the answer that I'm looking for there
Without trying to sound too masturbatory or circlejerky, what 'percentile' would someone who reads, say, 50 books a year (a little under 1 a week) fall under? We could even broaden the scope, say 30+ books (I know that only 30/year might be seen as pleb here, but whatever), point being, someone that's regularly reading a lot.
Presuming these titles are primarily literature of course.
Just how many people actually read? I literally only know one other person in person who reads more than just genre shit.
>>7710987
About 2%, if the books are actually hard, <1%.
>>7710987
You should probably go out and meet other people
>>7710990
If it helps, I read about 70 books a year, mostly non-fiction.
What's the /lit/ equivalent of gachimuchi?
your dads autobiography
I am to write a 20-30 page thesis on "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark (Shakespeare, Hamlet)", and I was wondering if there was a certain viewpoint of critique I should represent that isn't usually done but might function. People usually opt in for the historical aspects of the play and cite material that deals with medieval history of Europe, that's pretty boring imho.
I know the play to a T almost, due to reading it even before high school, and the topic I'm supposed to cover seems pretty lackluster.
>>7716890
not related, but one of my favorite sayings in hamlet is this:
Not a whit. We defy augury. There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all. Since no man of aught he leaves knows, what is ’t to leave betimes? Let be.
i wrote my first 30 page paper on this back in a TN boarding school. let me see if i can dig up my old notes, i'm sure i have something on your quotation
>>7716890
Do Lacanian post-colonialism.
>>7716910
That would be of immense help.
>try to visit /lit/
>type "l" into the address bar
>auto corrects to the leagueoflegends subreddit
>try to read
>get bored and visit 4chan instead
this happens every time I try to read a book.
>not playing the superior version
>>7716716
>playing a dead game
Any advice for an individual who fell out of writing and is finding it impossibly difficult and overbearing to get back into it? Just trying to ease back in /lit/
piss really hard
volley piss up in the air while folding yourself so it lands in your own asshole
>>7716686
Look at this joker
Like I haven't tried that yet faggot
Don't try. There's no law that says everybody has to be a writer. It's harder than it looks. Its better to move on that to be just another no talent hack.
Hey, guy on /lit/ who recommended this, thanks!
This was fucking great times.
>ITT: good /lit/ recs, thank an anon
>>7716499
>it's called "The Long Ships" in English
wew
>>7716557
what's a more accurate title? the 'red orm' one?
>>7716499
Silence by Endo was a great rec, even if the reason it has popped up is because it's a new Scorsese movie.
Thanks Anon!
Have you read Genji monogatari? Would you recommend reading it?
>>7716455
No and can't say. I like the picture.
Endless descriptions of people blushing, hiding their faces behind fans, giving letters to servants and waiting for replies...I read a little enough to get the style, but its super repetitive and the description of courtly manners didn't interest me.
>>7716524
You aren't required to post in every thread.
