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Are Medieval Philosophers underrated, or its just me? I dont see Medieval Philosophy and Literature being discussed very much, compared with the Greeks and Late XIXth- Early XXth centuries.
Also, thread about Medieval lit. Any recommendations?
Try again on the weekend
Depends on where you're studying.
For med lit, read Chaucer in original language.
>>8246826
Why?
Arent there Medieval /lit/ charts to post?
Did you laught whith this shit? I just read it and was not funny
Never post here again.
>implying the part where the sinners swim through the lava like dolphins and when trying to rest on the shore, get pushed back in by imps with spears, wasn't absolutely hilarious
>>8246123
Whoa the sticky moves Whoa
could you imagine wasting 7 years of your life on THIS
Pynchons my fav writer for sure because my fav thing in books is goofs, gags, jokes and rambunctious behavior, and his books are full to the brim of it. Every novel is like one of those novelty snake cans, you open the book & POP you get a face fulla snakes and you fall back cackling. The mad mind, the crack genius, to do it! and then you think hmmm whats he gonna do next, this trickster, and you pick the book back up and BZZZZZZZZZZ you get a shock and Hahahahahah you've been pranked again by the old pynchmeister, that card. "Did that Pynch?" he says, laughing...
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>>8246121
>7 years
No, because the only people who actually bother to read anything written by Pynchon are pseudfags who aren't actually casual readers, which is why it is commonly heard that it takes 7 years to read a book such as the one you listed.
>>8246133
pynchon took 7 years to write you fucking dumb moron
Write what's on your mind, and no memes, please
this is either the most brilliant or most idiotic work in the history of art but I can't decide which.
The cat
Just Sat
On the mat
>>8246134
most brilliant, but likely not for the reasons you think
Let's try to write Chuck Palahniuk stories.
A guy sticks a hot dog up his butt. He thinks he pooped it out, but 10 years later, he realizes it's still there, so he poops it out and eats it for some reason. Then to make it even better he cuts off his dick.
>>8245998
I don't get it
>>8245998
Lol not bad.
>A kid likes drinking Dr. Pepper up his butt because he likes the sugar rush
>One day he accidentally drinks too much into his butt and gets diabetes
>He goes to see a dr. to get medication to treat his diabetes
>The doctor's name is Diet Dr. Pepper
>The doctor assrapes the kid until his colon turns to jello, which is later revealed to be...
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A man catches his foreskin in his fly. Ouch. Another man tells him to burn down a zipper factory so he does. Twist: they are the same man.
Missing 411 series by David Paulides
I'm looking for feedback from any /lit/ites that have read these books. I am considering buying the hard copy collectors edition of the series.
Appreciated
>>8245940
My wife got into them for a bit. I haven't read them, but she said that Paulides misrepresents information a lot and that the books get really repetitive.
>>8245979
Thanks! I can imagine they would get repetitive wit the entire premise of the series being a case study of people gone missing.
In regards to him misrepresenting information. I have heard this a few times and I find it interesting. Any chance you could be more specific?
>>8245999
He often leaves out information that lends itself to a more plausible and less "mysterious" explanation. In some cases the causes for disappearances are obvious but he leaves them out.
Let's brainstorm an outrageous plot that forms into a several thousand page novel. I'll start: An actor is found dead in Bangkok apparently from auto-erotic asphyxiation. His ex wives claim he may have been murdered.
>>8245927
Soon they find links to a group of cultural marxists intent on breeding out whiteness (the dead actor was white)
So the wife writes to Sherlock Holmes to solve the case, but the letter ends up reaching Santa instead.
>>8246255
Santa, confused and believing the letter to be a gift wish list from one of the actor's ex wife begging him for a replacement husband, creates a living toy replica of her ex husband and mails it to her.
Pray tell a word for a person's little phrase they like to repeat, bonus points for if it connotes instruction.
None of these will do
> maxim
>idiom
>precept
>aphorism
I'm looking for a word which means an idiosyncratic phrase used by a particular person which has overtones of being instructive.
>>8245872
catchphrase
mantra
the word is dictum mate
What's popular right now?
What's good right now?
>>8245838
Game of Thrones
>>8245863
Is a novel series that fully describes long greasy shits using a large portion of one of the novels appropriate for youngsters?
And I thought GoT was the name for the /tv/ adaptation of the novel series by J.J. Abrams.
>>8245869
>dat image
I giggled.
shit just got real
>>8245765
You shouldn't read women
>>8245778
yo shut the fuck up you fucking faggot
>>8245765
I've been tempted to get it but I got scared when I saw the guys on Buried Book Club get defeated by it. Please check back in and let us know what you think as you go. I'm sure I'll give it a go eventually but I'm curious to see what you'll think.
>tfw i want to make it as a writter
>tfw im not black
>>8245759
white males truly are oppressed
We must smash the system
>mfw jewish
>mfw I can shit out a shitty 100 page novel and make millions
TRULY CHOSEN BY G-D
>>8245792
Franz Kafka would like a word with you Mehmet.
Forgive the MS Paint map. It's a decent template for me at the moment.
But anyway, I have a fantasy/adventure novel in mind. No humans exist in this universe, and magic pervades everything. Gemstones allow for the utilisation and refining of inherent magical talents, which almost every living creature possesses.
Basically I just want to see if the language I'm using fits the theme of the story. I'm trying to focus on world-building and lore in the first sections, so forgive the apparent lack of plot.
Criticism that is not simply "this...
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UGrNrLKGu6-7FKKMGMZV5qqHBFQJLraTbl5vdO79luU/edit?usp=sharing
>>8245724
It's an okay idea if you set a target audience of around 6-13 and make the prose very simple and easy to read.
>>8245738
Perhaps I'm ignorant when it comes to publishing a novel, but I don't plan on trying to appeal to a set audience. If you can comprehend the book, you're old enough to enjoy it, no?
I ain't black, just sepia toned.
>>8245694
niggers
I hate this old faggot and his melted cheese retard monster face
>kekophonious deliberation.
Bookdepository has this on sale for 7.70 and I'm tempted to pick it up because I'm interested in learning more about Ancient Rome. Before I buy it, though, I'm wondering are there are better books about the era that are more along the lines of 'popular history.'
>>8245693
I can't really help because I don't like pop history, but with that said, why are you uninterested in a more serious approach? What are you hoping to get out of a book on the subject?
Fun book. A bit simplistic and presumptuous it's almost a dramatisation, but Holland is a decent historian and rarely misleading or inaccurate.
Read it if you want the "story" of the republic and if it's to your liking then go for a serious history.
>>8245844
It's just that I'm more in the mood for a story and learning something in the process is just a plus. I'm not looking to be some authority on Ancient Rome; rather just know more about it.
Was he black?
>>8245684
Only on the Dreadnought
>>8245684
She clearly transcended humanity.
>>8245684
David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest.
