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Worth the time reading? It looks interesting but at the same time demanding
Is /lit/ slowly becoming /tv/ with DFW, Pincone, and Zizek instead of TDKR, Star Wars, and interracial porn?
Best ways to kill yourself?
What are the best representatives of "look I'm not claiming gassing Jews was good but mostly the Third Reich was about saving Germany/Europe from Bolshevism and you'd all be commies right now if it wasn't for that" apologetics? Ideally literary
I know Junger is kind of ambiguous in his allegiances, and I know Schmitt never denazified, also about Gehlen. Does anyone know any others, especially representations in literature?
Anyone here read new books? As in, of living authors and came out in the 21st century.
Anything that you think is really good? Any standout authors?
>>7716251
Nah, it's accessible as long as English isn't your third language or something. It's not theoretically dense or anything like that?
It might be a bit hard if you aren't already somewhat familiar with late Roman history. Some kind of skeletal framework might be helpful, even just reading the Wikipedia article first and keeping a chart of emperors/timeframes. But even that isn't really necessary.
>>7716265
Thanks. English is my second language, I guess I am going to be fine,
>>7716255
Gun, temple.
>>7716234
Because the brain's primary objective is survival. That simple.
>>7716312
It's really beautiful prose but it's not Joycean or anything. You should still be fine.
Enjoy. It's a great book. Try to think of it as a tour of antiquity with your stuffy English gentleman friend rather than a monograph and it's a lot more fun. Gibbon is like a fucking encyclopaedia.
How to get gf?
>>7716378
Oh also, protip: Get a FOOTNOTED version, and try to get the current (Penguin) edition with updated footnotes. Bury did the 1900~ one that's available online.
They are discursive footnotes, and they are lengthy and frequent. Don't be caught jumping back to endnotes every 3 seconds.
>>7716381
are u sure u really want one? i used to think i was being thwarted in my search for gf, but then i realized i actually don't like being close to other ppl like that
>>7716378
>>7716388
Thank you very much my friend. Picture related is the one you're talking about I presume? I was planning to get the everyman's version but as it seems footnotes are also necessary.
>>7716442
Yes it does. It's not optional. The brain doesn't allow you to rationalise killing yourself unless you're incredibly depressed.
>>7716234
its not cognitive dissonance
you could just as easily say - if life is pointless then why commit suicide?
either way it doesnt matter
in fact committing suicide implies that your life does have some sort of meaning if youre putting in the effort to remove it
>>7716227
Anyone have the high def version of this?
>>7716475
But the brain's of living things fundamentally serve themselves and their preservation. It's like asking why an animal in the wild doesn't just rationalise killing itself if it has no religion/God; the point is the basic faculties of the brains of all living things are hard-wired to maintain survival, and overrule anything else.
>>7716234
I'm not one but it's as simple as they just don't want to.
Why is the NY Times now calling the San Bernadino shooter a "terrorist"? For weeks after the attack they called it "workplace violence", now today when Obama says we have to break the encryption on iOS in order to keep us safe the NY Times now says it was "one of the worst attacks on American soil since 9/11". What happened? How did it go from workplace violence to the worst terror attack since 9/11?
>>7716505
I'd say it's far easier for a religious person killing themselves in the name of God to rationalise that behaviour than it is for an atheist to. I guess if you're non religious, you believe this universe is all you have and so you've got no choice but to make the best of it, there's not second chance.
Has anyone read Thinking, Fast and Slow? What can I learn from it?
>>7716234
A meaningless life isn't necessarily a worthless life. In other words, if one's life is devoid of meaning that doesn't imply it is not worth livng.
>>7716517
>implying every non religious person believes this universe and life is the only one that exists
>>7716381
Learn how to socialize better
>>7716535
Okay well I'm excluding agnosticism from that, should have been clearer.
Other Cormac McCarthy books worth checking out?
Loved Blood Meridian, thought NCFOM was lackluster.
>>7716517
Please refrain from posting until you've read enough into this subject. Thank you.
>>7716556
How about you get off your lazy ass and do some reading?
>>7716234
this isn't called the "stupid questions" thread
>>7716522
Content is great but the book itself is unnecessarily long. You learn how biased human thought process can be and the possible reasons for that from an evolutionary stand point. The author explains everything in details, including the experiments that led to the conclusions. You could probably get a book with similar content but without the tedious experiment talks
>>7716388
What about the Modern Library edition? Is it good?
Where to start with pre-medieval norse literature? The Sagas of the Icelanders?
>>7716598
We're all the sons of allah you retard.
>>7716256
Why do you want to do that?
What are the best graduate programs for creative writing? Is it even worth going for creative writing or should I just go for an English degree then get my CW masters?
>>7716262
I really liked this one, but the title makes it seem like fedora-tipping (it's not)
the premise is that god secretly comes to earth as a human and is killed. no resurrection. dead. people eventually figure out that the person was god and now there's no more god. what now? the world reacts. /lit/fags should love it because everyone turns to either evolutionary psych or philosophy (po-mo, in this case) to derive meaning. so /sci/ vs /lit/ with no christposting.
>>7716256
i want to read this too post me some good
>>7716697
YEAH, ASSHOLE, IT'S A NOVEL. IT'S FICTION.
>>7716697
He obviously made himself mortal on purpose, you religious nutjob.
>>7716262
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
It's one of my favorite books
Are there any socialist realist novels worth reading? Not just for historical value, I mean.
>>7716712
so don't read it then.
next you're going to tell me James Bond could never have done all the shit he did, either. completely illogical, almost like a made-up story or something.
gold star, anon. I see my error and I'm going to go to church now and repent, is that acceptable to you? religious normie invasion has killed 4chan over the last 5 years.
>>7716227
Question 1
The original Greek writings of Plato: did they have punctuation? If not, how people knew when to stop? I also heard that the words were all written together, with no separation between them, but I doubt that. For example, this speech:
>When Socrates had done speaking, the company applauded, and Aristophanes was beginning to say something in answer to the allusion which Socrates had made to his own speech, when suddenly there was a great knocking at the door of the house, as of revellers, and the sound of a flute-girl was heard. Agathon told the attendants to go and see who were the intruders. "If they are friends of ours," he said, "invite them in, but if not, say that the drinking is over." A little while afterwards they heard the voice of Alcibiades resounding in the court; he was in a great state of intoxication and kept roaring and shouting "Where is Agathon? Lead me to Agathon," and at length, supported by the flute-girl and some of his attendants, he found his way to them. "Hail, friends," he said, appearing-at the door crown, with a massive garland of ivy and violets, his head flowing with ribands. "Will you have a very drunken man as a companion of your revels? Or shall I crown Agathon, which was my intention in coming, and go away? For I was unable to come yesterday, and therefore I am here to-day, carrying on my head these ribands, that taking them from my own head, I may crown the head of this fairest and wisest of men, as I may be allowed to call him. Will you laugh at me because I am drunk? Yet I know very well that I am speaking the truth, although you may laugh. But first tell me; if I come in shall we have the understanding of which I spoke? Will you drink with me or not?"
If we translated the original Greek without any editing and additions, how would it look like?
Question 2
We know that Iambic Pentameter has 10 beats in its metric system. What’s the longest verse (with more beats, with more metric space) verse ever used in a significant body of poetry in western art? Is it the metric of Homer?
>>7716234
>>7716234
Read the Myth of Sysiphus anon. It will answer all your questions.
>>7716508
because only Muslims with beards and Bazookas fit under the description of terrorism. Atleast thats what backward americans think.
Infact, by literal definition, the shooting is an act of terrorism, but why its being labeled as so now is the confusing part
>>7716598
No aethiest iv met ever thinks that far ahead into their purpose of life if nothing exists after death.
They simply have the "in the now" mind set. They act and talk based on the situation infront of them. Enjoying the present before they cease existence.
How do I stop talking about myself in social situations.
I always refer to myself, I always bring the conversation back to me, and I almost never care about what the other person is talking about. Whats strange is that iv never noticed any narcissistic tendencies besides what iv mentioned above...unless narcissism exceeds aesthetics, because I dont care for my looks.
How do I become passive and give people the idea that I care. I dont want more friends nor do I want to appeal to anyone. Its just that I appreciate the art of socialization, and I want to feel like the person infront of me feels.
Please help
>>7716904
act like you care
socializing is an art of manipulation
put your bateman face on and lie
>>7716252
yes
>>7716904
You probably didn't get enough attention as a child. Cry it out and you wont feel the compulsion so much.
>>7716934
I lie all the time, and it feels shallow... almost lackluster in terms of momentary satisfaction. People socialize all the time for either relief or personal benifits invloving ego ect. Is it possible to enjoy conversation without winning in a sense?
>>7716962
yes, people talk about the weather in elevators because it involves an ego act, winning in a sense. do you have autism?
>>7716934
>>7716943
Ill put it like this. I dont about your grades in school, yet I feel obligated to ask. I dont care for your health or studies, yet I feel obligated to ask. Iv learned that its social etiquette, but its bland and distasteful. I guess if im going to talk about things that I dont care for, ill talk about myself.
Sorry if what im trying to get at is hard to comprehend.
I'm a pleb and started reading this. I read like the first 40 pages.
What's the point? Is it just random bullshit that went through the authors head? Should I stop reading?
>>7716991
Why do you write like a retard?
>>7717114
Never fucking post here again until you've done some good reading.
Thoughts on "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"?
Drink from the well of your self and begin again
Charles Bukowski quote does anyone knows if he said it at an interview or in one off his books? Thanks
>>7716381
>wanting a gf
Don't do that. Your idea of relationship is going to be heavily romanticized anyway.
>>7717711
Can you elaborate on your post? What is wrong with wanting a gf? Don't you like getting your dick wet?
>>7717316
Never fucking respond to me again unless you're contributing to the thread.
>>7716712
>>7716697
I think you win the biggest autist award congratulations
If I'm writing fiction, and it's set in the far future, and a character discovers a manuscript of a Joyce poem, can I include that without citing Joyce? Or do I need a footnote or something? assuming I make it clear with context that I didn't write the poem and it is by him.
>>7717722
Not that guy but relationships aren't all they're cracked up to be: if you're desperate for a relationship and you rush into things, it's dreadful. If you try to prolong a relationship that doesn't work, it's dreadful. If you try to make a one night stand a relationship, it's dreadful. If you try and go into a relationship thinking it's all roses, it's dreadful.
When you wear rose-tinted glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.
>>7717722
You won't have a gf long if all you expect is sex. Also sex is fun but the relationship really begins once the sex slows down. You won't be fucking each other every night five years in.
If my mother is a sock, then who is my wife?
>>7716489
That's all I have
>>7716552
The Road
>>7718055
Your dog.
>>7718007
You don't need one unless you're incorporating footnotes into other parts of the work. Tip: dont use footnotes or endnotes, dfw killed that technique.
>>7717686
not as good as Drown.
not a waste of time either, but it didn't blow me away like seemingly everyone else. The bits set in the DR under Trujilo I enjoyed most. this is oddly the same as I felt about The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, the bits set in China where the soldier survives the Russian invasion was the only parts that I liked. I don't really like murakami, though. Diaz I still like, I'll read him again.
I must've read Drown like 50 times, though. maybe it was the fact that Oscar was such a dork is what simultaneously repulsed me and earned the praise from dorks who felt vindicated to be included by such a "cool" author?
does someone has a page where I can find the archive of /lit/?
Warosu it's not working
>>7718136
Is this a meme list? because it has some genuinely good books in it, but I'm probably a pleb
>>7716367
A gun to the temple won't necessarily kill you, but it could take out your eyesight.
>>7718596
What is the optimal place to shoot yourself at the head for instant death?
>>7718611
Behind the ear
Just finished this and want to read more by Chris Kraus. Which one of her books would you recommend next?
Would any of /lit/ pretend to channel a spirit entity that "knew" the secrets of the universe on national television, if you knew you would get rich off it?
>>7718620
Wouldn't that be pretty risky, too? There's not much back there. Seems like just in front of and above the ear is the safest bet
>>7718644
I don't know, I'll have to try it out first.
>>7716234
Out can still have a good time with your protons even if no one is watching and judging you. How to Christians not feell like hypocrites all the time? Or do you see it as more of an identity, like 'white' or 'American' and not a set of rules? Not trying to be a dick, actually curious.
>>7716234
Can't think if an atheist book that encapsulates a feeling. Don't feel dissonance because I don't buy the assumption that living can only be enjoyed if one assumes there is a God. If fact, that POV is startling bc , literally never considered that a prerequisite for pleasure or happiness
>>7717701
It is from the poem "Mind and Heart"
>>7716262
I like Zadie Smith. She is not popular on /lit/ though,
>>7716442
Not anon, but you aren't asking by hex right q, then. An athiest chooses to live in this world, because creatures choisecto live. Why do Christians mourne? Why do they fear death? If the Kubgdim if Heaven awaits, shouldn't you welcone danger? Should you be happy to die? Shouldn't every disease irvillness be the potential to be with God?
>>7716475
Have you ever been alive anon? Have you ever seen other living people? Have you ever seen the self preservation instinct acted out in behavior?
>>7716493
But anon is a Christian and doesn't see people as part of nature. We are 'God's image'.
>>7716227
does this actually exist?
>>7717711
so what, i just die alone?
>>7717114
Read Young Torless and Five Women first (they're better), then forget about that for a few years.
>>7717686
Liked it. But I'm a Marvelfag.
>>7718793
?
hell ya fagits about to get comfy and listen to a freshly downloaded audiobook of discipline and punish, u jelly?
>>7716234
But what would be the point of killing yourself in that scenario? Why is death preferable to life if it's all just a bunch of particles doing shit? Life doesn't need to be magical and mysterious in order to not want to kill yourself.
>>7719294
ok this nietzsche-lite bullshit is boring me to death, back to wealth of nations
I need help for reading.
I start a book (this time it's "Portrait of the artist as a young man") and just don't get around to just sit and read it, I feel I get distracted too much, I can't retake the lecture again tomorrow and just can't read quickly enough, do you guys have any tips for a guy who really wants to read correctly (for studying and as a hobby) but isn't disciplined enough to do it?
I wanted to get around and buy an eReader and just can't choose.
I got recommended both the amazon kindle and the kobo touch.
Do you guys have any of those? Which is better for reading and easier to get ebooks online?
>>7719409
someone post the avid reader
If I were to self-publish a piece of genre fiction, would it be a good idea to use a pseudonym? I don't want somebody I knew in high school coming up to me and saying "Hey anon, I googled your name and saw you wrote a fantasy book. Wow, you're a fag! Hey everyone, look at this fag!"
And I bet they wouldn't even buy a copy either.
I use the word "and" a bit too much in my writings. What's the best way to avoid this?
Here's some examples from my creative writing class:
>His tail wagged and his mouth dropped open in a smile
>I grabbed the remote and flung it as far away from me as I could
Thats pretty much normal but if you want try writing a short page without using and.
Am I automatically stupid if I'm bad at math?
Is it ok to have two versions of the same book in your shelf or should I hide the other?
I'm going to reread Ulysses but the copy I have is so fucking unconfortable (too small and thick).
Why is the Stranger considered a great book?
>>7719482
What if I want to be one of those people that make a living selling erotic fiction about dinosaurs on Amazon?
Hypothetically, I mean
How is Zizek a communist?
How come there were so many amazing European Jewish writers and thinkers before the Holocaust, but today Israel has no intellectual tradition?
How do I Flannery O'Connor?
Are her novels any good?
Aside from her and Faulkner and McCarthy, what are some other southern Gothics i should check?
>>7719409
read things you enjoy, eliminate distractions
>>7719460
I am no writer or expert but it seems to me you could eliminate the and, replacing with a comma and verb. ex "I grabbed the remote, flinging it as far.."
>>7719476
no. read Mathematics for the Non-Mathematician by Kline
>>7719479
yes? what the fuck? Ulysses, with all of its varying printings, is justifiable no matter how autistic you are
>>7719487
prose, characters and plot, themes, historical and literary context
>>7719502
Short stories first, then Wise Blood.
Other southern gothic, maybe browse the Library of Southern Literature.
>>7716234
if that's true then why should you die? doesn't matter one way or the other. Also, you have atheism confused with nihilism
>>7716255
Bomb strapped to your chest, preferably in a crowd of your foes
>>7718611
inside your mouth, aimed at your spinal column. Preferably with a shotgun.
I'm writing a magical girl story about a girl that lives on an island with space elevator that provides energy to the entire planet.
I seem to keep getting trapped between making it ultra-realistic and practical, when I just want the set up to be practical. Everytime I think I have a practical set up, I hit another set back and have to change it again.
How far should I be willing to go with handwaving of "it just works"?
>>7719545
Be vague
>>7719507
Kafka, Proust, Gustav Meyer
Yawn. That was easy.
>>7719549
this
so many writers get away with descriptions that are ambiguous
>>7719564
That's just the thing, a picture of the elevator is going to be featured in the story.
I'm looking to get into poetry
Something with Hemingway and the such
What is a good book to start off with?
>>7719588
start with the greeks
>>7719584
why do you need a picture of an elevator though.
you should be able to describe one.
the only time pictures should be in a book is to show maps for fantasy imo
>>7719599
Any book suggestions? Like a collection of their poems? And anyone in particular?
>>7716227
can someone recommend me a book (or more) featuring cheeky children? its my fav trope. like kids who are too smart for their own good and talk back all the time
everything I've written in the past 2-3 weeks has been absolute shit. Changing characters didn't, work, switching to another story didn't work, and I'm beginning to think that I've lost my skill.
What do I do? should I keep at it or take a break for a few weeks?
>>7719664
do something to clear your head
>>7719669
such as?
>>7719676
a shower for a change
>>7719819
I've showered every day and it's still coming out shitty.
I think the issue is probably psychological. I take crit to heart and I made the mistake of posting my work here. I think it kind of shook me up and made it hard to write comfortably.
Maybe I should just take a break for a few weeks and come back after doing some thinking and some reading.
Oh, and not posting my stuff here will definitely help
>>7719664
go for walks
cold showers
meditate
caffeine
Read almost everything by Yasunari Kawabata (everything I can download because I'm poor)
Hungry for more.
What should I read next?
Who is that Japanese writer who basically wrote his last few books about his coming suicide?
His name came up when David Bowie died.
>>7719925
Mishima?
Is house of leaves any good? People on /x/ recommended it.
>>7719965
>/x/
I wouldn't listen to anything those psychopats say
>>7719965
X be like fukn retarded
>>7719939
Yes him! Where should I start with him?
>>7719965
the fuck is /wg/
why would wallpapers be for smart people
>>7716783
punctuation did not exist in ancient times, and modern edition are made by philologist who add punctuation in base of the context
>>7719922
don quixote
How much planning should I put into this silly little novel I am writing? And how much of the novel should just be stuff I come up with one the fly?
Is it just me or is the modern canon mainly American? There's Faulkner and DFW and Thomas Pynchon and Cormac McCarthy. For the UK, for instance, I can only think of Joyce.
>>7720417
Correction, Joyce isn't even UK, right?
>>7716234
Try The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus.It's entry level and your post makes me think you came here straight from /b/
Question about Hamlet. I just found out my version doesn't have certain lines, specifically
"I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space"
Is there a complete version that people read or something?
>>7719965
>/tv/ is lower than /mu/
No
>>7720436
Maybe it's an abridged edition.
>>7720436
>infinite space
I call dibs on this as title for my Infinite Jest sequel
>>7720470
it says edited so maybe thats it. I just hope I didn't miss much.
How do I live in the global capitalist system without being ground into dust?
How can I do my part in bringing it down, little by little?
>>7716558
What do you even mean?
I don't really understand what epistemology is. When I look up the definition, it's basically like "the philosophy of knowledge". What exactly does epistemology entail?
>>7718623
Can somebody at least narrow it down between Aliens & Anorexia and Torpor?
what's a good intro to phenemoneloenemlogy
>>7720554
Greeks.
Is there a word or phrase that for becoming what you hate? Kind or like a don't become a monster when facing monsters but shorter?
>>7720436
>>7720470
>>7720524
It's the Second Quarto version I found out. Is the one everyone reads the Folio or something and are there any other important parts that are missing from it I should read?
>>7720593
nevermind, it turns out all the folio passages it was missing are in the appendixes
Does anyone here think about their early memories and childhood and become scared by how bad your emotional to things was?
I knew most of the time I wasn't happy but looking back I realise how my innocent brand of truth was systematically destroyed by the terrible damaged people in my life.
I've learned plenty but I feel I can never be happy without some resolution of the injustice, especially consider I cant get away from most of my immediate family.
More of a journal post than a question but fuck it
If, as Derrida says, there is no "outside the text", ie
>words on a page are not representations of transcendent spoken words
>written statements do not point to ideal and objective realities
>the existence of a story in printed form does not mean that the story will still exist if 100 years on all books telling that story are gone
Then does that mean that anything you say is fundamentally disconnected from reality, and hence that telling an untruth is the same as telling a truth? Philosophically speaking.
>>7720423
No, he's Irish and Ireland isn't a part of the UK, although Northern Ireland technically is. However, at the time when Joyce was writing, he would've been a member of the UK.
It's just by today's standards, you wouldn't consider him so. Kinda like how George Orwell is considered British despite being born in India.
>>7720417
How do you define canon? And how do you define modern? Bloom has plenty of representatives of South America and Europe in his canon from the 20th century.
>>7716489
>>7721313
By modern I'd say still alive or died only in the last decade. It just seemed to me that while Britain was the granddaddy of English literature its great works seem all to be in the past, while America gets the spotlight for 20th century and contemporary English language literature.
>>7721331
Not really. You're on American board filled with Americans who get their views form American media. America.
>>7721360
Good point. Thanks.
>>7716489
>>7721331
Yeah I dunno, as a Brit I don't really rate any British writers who are around right now. But JG Ballard and Beryl Bainbridge both died in the last 10 years and are worth a mention.
I feel like you were talking about novelists but if you'll include playwrights then Tom Stoppard is still kicking around being the best in the world.
Otherwise.... Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Julian Barnes are among the most lauded but frankly a bunch of twats without a single good book between them.
Zadie Smith and Hilary Mantel are both pretty okay, but I'd say they're storytellers rather than literary authors. Which is okay and all, but... yeah.
>>7721423
>storytellers rather than literary authors
pray, do tell the difference.
>>7721432
I knew someone would pull this shit. Are you serious or just being contrarian?
Whatever.
Wikipedia: 'Literary fiction, also known as serious fiction, is a term principally used for fictional works that hold literary merit, that is to say, they are works that offer deliberate social commentary, political criticism, or focus on the individual to explore some part of the human condition. Literary fiction is deliberately written in dialogue with existing works, created with the above aims in mind. Literary fiction is focused more on themes than on plot, and it is common for literary fiction to be taught and discussed in schools and universities.
Literary fiction is usually contrasted with paraliterary fiction (e.g., popular, commercial, or genre fiction). Some have described the difference between them in terms of analyzing reality (literary) rather than escaping reality (paraliterary). The contrasts between these two subsets of fiction is highly controversial among critics and scholars who study literature.'
Is it okay to be a pleb? Anyone else here a pleb and can relate?
I tried. I really tried to like "good" books, but most classics seem to bore me to death. I've stuck with C&P for around 180 pages now and it felt like a waste of time. I seem to have a lot more fun with pleb books like Murakami, Infinite Jest and general fantasy shit.
>>7719992
A sailor who fell from grace with the sea
Any way to filter YA and multi book series on goodreads? Every list is infested with them
>>7721725
are you trolling? some murakami and IJ isn't really 'pleb'
there's probably some non pleb fantasy shit out there too, just as long as you aren't wanking over how brilliant terry pratchett is or w/e
Why does Benny nail up all those condoms everywhere after catching Rachel talking to her car? What did he "understand" and why did he do it?
Why does it not seems like Rachel/Benny know each other at the employment agency?
>>7716552
Suttree
>>7721948
I have no interest in half of those books, so never.
>>7721948
i read 16 out of 20 and have no desire to read the rest, i'm 24
i read 14 or so by the time i was 18, and 2 more within the past couple of years.
what is the proper way to tell a legend?
In terms of dialogue, length, tone, depth of character, etc. what are the components of an optimal myth retelling?
>>7721903
>he thinks murakami and ij arent pleb
ahahahahaha
>>7716227
Ive never been to this board before but I have two types of books Im looking for.
The first is simple and maybe Google worthy - Unity and human consciousness melding together - people resisting it or it only happening on a small scale like a building full etc.I like this on a personal level more than a global scale.
The second is highly specific. I want to write a series in my life and one of the core elements will be long term war. I want books or stories that revolve around nations or groups teching against one another similar to real life.
>Cold war
>WWII Nazi/Russia tanks
>Rifle development/Gatling guns on Japanese Boshin war
>muskets in Sengoku Jidai
>extinction of heavy cavalry in europe
Thanks if you offer any books, I appreciate it a lot!
>>7722035
War and Peace, Tolstoy
>>7718026
nice metaphor synthesis
Which are some alternative eBook lending sites that are accepted if you want to join Bibliotik but cannot have Overdrive access?
I want to get into Logic. Who should i start with? Aristotle? Is logic especially hard? im pretty fucking stupid.
Where is the best place to get epub's? I'm having issues converting pdf's for the kindle.
>>7722216
http://toepub.com/
I just googled pdf to epub bc your post reminded me I needed one done. It seemed to work
>>7716649
why do you need a reason?
>>7722216
libgen
Invisible Cities or If on a Winters first, to get into Calvino?
>>7722317
they're pretty different. either works.
>>7718735
Thank you friend
>>7719965
White is /s4s/?
>>7722805
Where (sorry, smartphone)
How do Christians reconcile the "begat" sections of the Bible with evolutionist theory and the Big Bang?
>>7722317
either but if you want something simple and comfy and shorter go with Invisible Cities
What kind of lamp does /lit/ use for reading?
When I turn on my lamp the plastic that holds the light bulb starts to melt after a little while and I can't concentrate on my reading because I get dizzy from the fumes :(
I need a lamp that's bright, sturdy and stablealso I want it to look nice because I like that, but I don't know where to look
There isn't exactly a lamp store that I know of
>>7719496
He's vaguely Slavic
Where can I find informations about licensing works under anonymous name? I wanted to release something using CC BY-SA license but I think it's not feasible without a valid ID, or is it? mostly I wonder if anyone claiming to be the original anonymous authour would be able to alter the license to their liking.
>>7723764
Suggesting it's a metaphor, aka a more poetical way of stating "God initiated these processes to create the Earth and Man."
The sane ones, anyway.
>>>7723869
What is the probability of write a story for a plot that already exist without knowing about it? How to avoid such thing or is it quite normal to happen?
>>7724468
All stories have the same plot.
Where do I start with Kierkegaard? Are there any important prerequisites?
>>7716262
If I remember rightly Sebald's Austerlitz came out in 2001ish, and that's fantastic, though a little melancholy.
What is the page / word count in Invisible Cities by Calvino?
Goodreads and amazon say 160, however calibre says 83 pages with 26k words so I'm wondering if I got a suspect file.
good books about WW2 tanks and planes? thanks
>>7725728
calibre is right; it's a short book. physical copy has a lot of white space and the font is big
>>7726259
I see, thanks.
>>7716227
Best war and peace translation
>>7718636
How rich?
>>7726195
well, Catch 22 is the obvious rec. It's great, but maybe not what you want; it's akin to M*A*S*H in WW2 USAF (but better,) not like Band Of Brothers.
imperfect TV analogy, but you get what I'm saying.
What are some good books to do with time. Philosophy of time, narrative where a major part of the book has to do with time, anything to do with time really.
>>7726804
Slaughterhouse Five
>Listen:
>Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
Where do I start (and go) with Mario Vargas Llosa?
>>7718440
All top 100 polls from any board (ex: /tv/) will be end up with some good books on it and a lot of "board books" (or movies or games or what have you). This is because people know these works as they much of the board discussion is based on them.
So basically, the list ranges from 25-75% meme books depending on your opinion. You probably couldn't go wrong reading most of these as it will help you develop taste, but the way these polls work means that these actually aren't wholly representative of "/lit/ approved" works.
Thats why Infinite Jest is number one, because memes.
How did this board's quality drop so much in the last few months?
>>7727036
the redditors posting our chart, duh
it wasn't even a current chart
>>7727036
Remember that whenever something bad happens, it's a redditor's fault.
>>7727036
Crossposters.
/lit/ memes such as DFW have gained a lot of attention on other boards, like /tv/ for example, so people from there come over here and lower the quality of the posts
>>7716262
the rosie project was a fairly decent book
>>7716904
Meet better people and want to be a better person. Sorry I'm a fag.
>>7727246
It really wasn't. It was written with verve but it boils down to a shitty romance novel with a near-flawless protagonist. I regret the two hours or so I spent reading it.
An online friend o' mine published a book online about 3 years ago. Since then he's only sold 13 copies, 12 not counting his sister.
I'm scared to death this will happen to me as well. I partly believe his 20 word overcomplicated title drove people away from it, and the fact that it's plot was about the "last musicians" in some nazi like world which kinda sounds cliche.
I haven't read the book though so maybe it just sucks dick. That and it's priced at $12.
So, \lit\, do you think I'll fail even if my writing is decent?
>>7716227
I have pretty much lost my sense of humour and act very coldly towards people I don't know to the point where I have isolated myself from a girl I am very attracted towards. I think she may have been curious about me when we first noticed each other, but the last time I said "hi" to her she just stared past me and didn't respond. Felt so bad. If anyone is willing to read a spaghetti-tier greentext and offer some advice I'd appreciate it as /lit/ seems fairly balanced when it comes to dating and girls in general
>>7728226
>So, \lit\, do you think I'll fail even if my writing is decent?
financially, yes. Good writing ought to be fundamental artistic expression.
Then again you might have some luck if you work hard at churning out enough low quality pulp trash to get noticed. Even that's debatable though.
>>7727036
/lit/s always been shit. if your coming here for anything more than memes and shit posting you're doing it wrong
>>7728246
>Tfw I love writing and fighting
>Tfw I sound arrogant and greedy wanting to get rich by doing them
I-I just want to live a life where I can live off doing what I love and never have to worry about if I can provide for my future and current family.
Thanks for responsing either way anon. I'll still try my best
>>7716255
Gun, benzos and booze
Should I read any more of his after Journey to the End of the Night?
>>7719847
Take some xanax
How do I read faster?
>>7727036
Crossposters, /tv/ really
how do you license your novel under anonymous name or a pen name? I don't really want to get associated with the novel I want to publish for various reasons, I don't even wanna get paid I just want to prevent some random dude to claim the copyright over it out of nowhere, if I release it without any license (cc by-sa is the license I wanted to use).
Any suggestions?
>>7729586
>Any suggestions?
Yes.
>>7729586 (cont.)
to be clear: I want to find a way to keep the novel free for everyone, while using a pen name (or even staying anonymous if possible).
>>7728367
get better at reading
What's some good >Genre Fiction
I really enjoyed Wheel of Time, but I hear alot of people bash it. Am I really alone in liking it and wishing for more to some extent, like an epilogue?
>>7718136
>outdated
>>7729708
What are the main languages I should learn to read a decent chunk of Literature written in its original language?
>>7730016
(in no particular order)
German
Russian
Spanish
French
Latin
Ancient Greek
Italian, Arabic and weeb languages are possible candidates, but in my opinion of lesser importance.
>>7729637
hmm… that does not seem to be answered in the FAQ. guess you should contact them? last option in the "About" tab.
>>7729988
this is new to me
kek at the bottom right
>>7729988
This is garbage.
>>7730496
Why does /lit/ hate Tolkien?
I have finished One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Count of Monte Cristo. What should I read next? I have American Gods sitting on my desk but I'm looking for something a bit shorter.
>>7722808
fignewton pls go stay go
>>7724459
>>>/reddit/ holy fug
