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And I was sitting in night, in my vehicle. Go to drive.. Guess what...
My tire blows out. At a church and I try driving it off 2 times. (Not working because the axel and turning of this vehicle is'nt.)
So I'm about to call someone on my phone, but I decide fuck it. At this church where I have broken down in this dream. What does this mean
If I were to look at the dream entirely metaphorically I would say that you have an urge to religious experience hidden in your unconscious. It could be suggesting that the mode of thinking which you've relied upon is not as potent as you originally thought and the only place to "repair" this vehicle (your world-view, beliefs, your philosophies, conscious decisions) is through supplementing it with regard for you own feeling, intuitions, and not your pure thinking.
How do to this? I'm not a psychoanalyst so you'd probably end up a raving lunatic if you followed any of my suggestions.
Don't go thanking me and all
nice blog
Go to /x/
I am interested in writing a short story, please leave below some prompts or ideas.
Premise: OP commits suicide.
Premise: OP's first surprise gloryhole
Premise: OP's first foray with a futa.
>So it goes
>What did he mean by this?
Please discuss
It's a printing error.
It's supposed to be, "Sew, it goes".
In other words, if you do the proper work, significant events will eventually happen.
Shit happens. People die. Get over it.
If you wanted to start a real discussion about Slaughterhouse-Five, you led with the shittiest question imaginable.
... character descriptions?
my favorite writer does not write about subjects, only objects
>>8242642
name fucker
>>8242642
Same thing.
Is there /lil/related apparel you would actually wear?
i regularly wear my thomas pynchon world tour 1973 t-shirt
>>8242627
my heart on my sleeve desu, because I'm not afraid to feel something.
>>8242627
sometimes i wear nothingwhen i have my hand on my penisfor hours
I'm looking to get into medieval lit. What's the best English translation of the Decameron? What are some other essential works from the Middle Ages?
the bible
In English: Canterbury Tales or Confessio Amantis (the latter has had less posterity; both overlap more or less with the Decameron as for the stories), Piers Plowman, Gawain
>>8242665
Should I try to read The Canterbury Tales in the original vernacular or seek out a modern translation?
tfw Nabokov got away with being a blatantly massive paedophile
>Lolita
>child
>>8242593
He had a fulfilling life I think.
Yes, and Dostoevsky literally murdered a pawnbroker and Thomas Pynchon can dowse V2s with his boners.
What are some other sites you guys go on for literature based discussion/news/etc.??
It's quite clear that this is one of the best online boards/forums for immediate discussion based around literature, but half, or more than half, of the posts are filled with trolls, bait, or people trying to seem edgy by purposely not liking good books because they're well known. (mostly this last one).
This whole 'meme' book thing seems to make people afraid to actually say they like a book, which is retarded. And when people bash books like Fahrenheit 451 (and other classics) for no reason, it ruins shit. Not liking it is fine, but say what you don't like instead of just hating like a fucking high school faggot.
I too am a fag for writing this, but books are my passion and its annoying to see a bunch of try hards shit posting to seem cool on an anonymous board. For the people who contribute, appreciated.
Also, any of you guys have your own blogs?
>>8242574
This is it senpaiThe content is shittier during the summer but it's pretty shit all year
/r/literature
>>8242574
>Also, any of you guys have your own blogs?
lol kys
Who had the better idea in regards to the root of human action? Was it Freud (will to pleasure), Nietzsche/Adler (will to power), Frankl (will to meaning), or Schopenhauer (will to life)? Why do you think so? If you would like to bring up someone other than these, feel free to say so, but include a decent description of their ideas.
>Inb4 will to memes
>Inb4 will to my diary desuIf you think that I got something wrong please explain why you think so.
Things can have many causes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIGh9g6fA&list=PL848F2368C90DDC3D
>>8242531
>>8242535These are not answers
How much time does it take you to read on average to read a page?
It takes me around 1 minute and a half.
Google it nigga
Me on the right.
considering word count on pages varies a lot, i would say it depends
Hi /lit/, I'm a long time lurker, first time shitposter.
Just wondering if you could give me a list of required reading before I read Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
<---Don't want to end up like memeface.
Thanks.
selfbump.
Seriously asking for advice here, guys. Just need somewhere to start.
You can read it by itself and it'll still be enjoyable, but to understand all his references, it is a start with the Greeks.
>Heraclitus
>Plato
>Diogenes
>Aristotle
>Aristophanes (The Clouds)
those will get you started, but you might want to consider getting a history of philosophy like Durant. Sophie's World is a good alternative if you're coming from only reading YA.Your other choice at this point is to carry on with his influences and read Schopenhauer and Spinoza. (Note: he argues against a lot of Plato and Aristotle, and some of the others, especially since he sees modern Christianity to follow the path Plato>Kant>Schopenhauer)
Then, you have to read most all of Nietzsche before ASZ.
/lit/s a slow board you don't need to bump.
>tl;dr- it's fun to read even if you don't understand it, but you're gonna have to work to understand it
Ok, thanks. I tried reading it ages ago and the only reading I've done in philosophy is a bit of Socrates and Descartes for a intro to philosophy class i took a couple of years ago. Thanks.
Anyone know of some good Ancient Roman-esque fantasy? Not historical fiction, but like a whole new world and shit (think Codex Alera).
I've gotten wind of one book called Throne of Bones but going by the author's other works he comes across as like some amalgamation of /v/, /pol/, and /tv/ (has an unironic book called "Cuckservative") and while the guy's free to have his own political views, I'd rather not have that shit shoved everywhere into my fantasy reads. If I wanted to read books about IRL politics, I would buy a book about IRL politics.
Maybe Glen Cook's Dread Empire? (haven't read it)
If you don't mind historical fantasy there's quite a lot of it with the Greeks, like Gemmell's Parmenion or Troy novels, or Wolfe's Latro series
>>8242239
Hey idiot, Vox' whole idea is to ger away from real life politics in his fiction. He is anti-SJW which means race, gender, sexual preference, religion, etc. are not the core of his work. The story is.
He is exqctly what you are looking for.
>>8242395
This. Vox is a goddamn hero fighting for the light in a dark world. So make sure you buy the hardcover off Amazon. Don't cheap out on the ebook. He deserves the money.
recent purchase thread.
you guys aren't buying enough books.
how will you show off to all your friends?
RAAAAAATTTTEEE EMMMMM
vanity/10
>>8242207
6.5/10
>>8242220
I slightly feel this way about it, but I too stock up on books when I have the opportunity, used ones and such. Keeping a fat collection of unread books makes me feel like a wannabe intellectual, so it actually keeps me motivated to read through them and understand them so if anyone asks about the literature in my abode I can avoid looking like a pseud.
>>8242207
Can't take a picture right now, but I got
>Works of Love
>Cloud Atlas
>Some Neitszsche stuff
>Heart of Darkness
>Tropic of Cancer
Any tips on transitioning from poetry to prose?
I want to write short stories, but I'm having a weirdly hard time.
>>8242168
Ask Joyce, he somehow managed to do it and write incredible, poetry-like prose.
Dealing with something perhaps similar, OP. Could you elaborate on your problems?
Two different beasts.
poetry is mainly rhythm
prose, if you're talking about novels, etc, is mostly characters.
so, you change your focus from rhythms to focusing on characters.
So what are the odds Martin has been writing TWOW as long as he has because he's basically been rewriting the entire latter third of the series?
It's been assumed for a while now that he told the GOT showrunners everything about his plans for the series. However, Martin may have realized at some point that the show was going to catch and pass him, so all his tricky twists and all his clever surprises would be unveiled. And Martin, as we all know, lives off those things. He's fundamentally a TV writer at heart; his bread and butter is plot twists, shock deaths, and surprise endings.
I'll bet he decided he couldn't fucking handle ending the series with his original plan now that the show was going to spoil it, so he tore it all up and is taking everything in a new direction. I'd bet my life on it.
>>8242163
Who cares honestly
>>8242163
This board doesn't give a shit about that fackfut wack highter.
I hate his lips
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