What's the deal with Stephen King being so edgy with how he ends his short stories?
Can't sell cold hotcakes my lad
>>7632525
it stops being interesting or thrilling after the first 2 stories.
>>7632514
its grand formula writing. considering how many he pumps out id be surprised if he's one author and not mills and boons style. I can appreciate it for this. but every book is the same story.
>le creepy monster
>le creepy monster isnt what you expected
>monster dies
>or does it?
>...to be continued
>tfw I'm too busy to read
>>7632493
but not too busy to post?
>>7632493
>he isn't NEET
But apparently not too busy to shitpost on a Bangladesh Money-Laundering Social Network
Can somebody fill me in on the background between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland at the time?
>>7632258
basically irish cathoics were shit tier niggers who didnt bathe and played in pools of mud and their own shit.
protestants were the colonial english or irish race traitors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Roman_Catholicism_in_Ireland
>>7632258
Pretty much English were protestants (there were Irish protestants such as Bram Stoker) and the Irish were Catholics. Their hatred of each other stemmed because of their difference of religion (who the head of each church was), but also because of the ethnicity of each religion's followers. I recommend reading the wiki page or watching a documentary on the troubles or just on the history of Ireland in general to get a better idea on Joyce.
>>7632276
no the religion is not important. it's the power structures that surrounded the religion. protestantism is to catholicism is what existentialism is to christianity. basically the merchant class started to be a thing and money was suddenly important. so suddenly the whole of europes merchants start going, uh, fuck you, im not obligated to do shit for the king, I have money and he should pay me for my services, invisible hand of the market ect. protestants were pro-merchant. catholics were pro-monestary/feudal system way back when. so measures had to be introduced to weaken the catholics by making them dirt poor and into literal niggers. taking their land away, heavy taxation, banning them from public institutions and education. this made them all crazy dirty niggers. and if you ever meet an alcoholic irishman, you will understand that they are basically complete niggers and why that is.
>decide to take phil 101 for the credits even though I could run circles around the typical pleb
>reading list is Hume, william James, and Descartes
Who else /101patrician/ here?
My Phil101 professor recommended Sam Harris to us
I just walked into the boxing class for twelve year olds and I pretty much left nobody alive.
Who else /destroysbeginners/ here?
>This is you
When I took 101 I was commended for "graduate level work" and showered with A's. feels good to be patrician
Does anyone wanna help me make a big chart of reading for the three big political theories? I've added what I presume to be the absolute basics and necessary groundwork, but haven't even touched on the different schools of thought within each. I feel like fiction should also have a place.
I'm doing this because I don't know that much about what these ideologies actually entail, and I want to get a bigger perspective on political thought. I'm sure others on /lit/ could benefit from it, too.
>Fascism
Republic - Plato
Leviathan - Hobbes
The Decline of the West - Spengler
The Doctrine of Fascism - Mussolini
My Autobiography - Mussolini
Mein Kampf - Hitler
The Myth of the 20th Century - Rosenberg
The Greater Britain - Mosley
>Communism
The Social Contract - Rosseau
The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism - Lenin
The Communist Manifesto - Marx, Engels
Capital - Marx
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific - Engels
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism - Lenin
What is to be done? - Lenin
The Foundations of Leninism - Stalin
>Liberalism
Two Treatises - Locke
Candide - Voltaire
The Rights of Man - Paine
The Wealth of Nations - Smith
On Liberty - J.S. Mill
Utilitarianism - J.S. Mill
Principles of Political Economy - J.S. Mill
Democracy in America - de Tocqueville
If I left something out or put something that you think shouldn't be there, let me know. I haven't read but three or four of these books. Also I'm aware that these lists need subcategories. I don't really know where to start with those, but I figured some of you would.
>Fascism
>Republic - Plato
DROPPED LIKE IT'S HOT
what the fuck is that list
>Fascism
>Republic - Plato
There's no way you actually read it, not all the way through at least.
Anyone else tired of this recent minimalist trend in short fiction? Cookie cutter white characters named Jack and Amy and Ryan trying to sound all deep and somber with monotone dialogue and one-word answers (ooh, character 1 said something important and character 2 replied with just "OK." Ooh, the narrator randomly described a thematically resonant childhood memory of character 2 right before the closing paragraph, probably more samey shit like about that time there father took them to the lake, truly, I am in the presence of a master)
Where my maximalist niggas at? Crazy ass high flying prose packed with tons of allusions and hopping all over the place. Something like Ulysses for the 21st century. Beautiful stream of consciousness interspersed with mundane scenes something to get you to see the beauty in everything. Not more new Yorker shit. Please.
Let me expose to you the circle:
1) Students go to litt class
2) They read That easy book, because a litt class has no prerequisite and must be available for all kind of readers, slow and fast
3) Many parents don't buy books to their children past kiddy bedtime stories or they pretend their personal libraries are a sacred thing that kiddy mustn't do harm to
4) Students will read easy book
5) Some will drop reading altogether as a hobby, because they automatically connect book = test = grade = chore, hence book = chore
6) Most of these kiddies will keep on reading, but will stay stuck at the same level, hence the YA novels market
7) Few of these readers will go beyond that and even fewer will approach non-fiction.
TL;DR: To make money,
cather to the majority.
:')
post the last cozy empty fiction you read. Pic related: edgiest title i've seen in ages
>>7630977
A local book club I sometimes visit is reading "All the Light..." next month. Was it good, anon? Or should I skip it?
Working myself up for this one.
I need to write a book of my own- so I figured I would need to read a few books first
What books would you recommend? I aim to only read good ones, and preferably ones that aren't simply informative
I don't count anything I've read as a child, so I would consider that the only book I've read was an amalgamation that included an analysis and the translated Art of War by Sunzi (had it in my room)
Currently reading the first Dragonlance book since its the only other one I own
>>7630660
Start with the greeks and go chronologically from there.
>>7630695
Correction. Don't start with the greeks. Start with Harry Potter and work your way up, champ.
:^)
I'm going to slightly hijack this thread, but it seems like an issue which might be relevant to OP (or maybe not, he could be proud and self assured)
I'm sort of working on my own book in my own lazy, self destructive, flailing way. I've shared parts with anonymous people on the internet who had no reason to lie, and I've gotten almost entirely good feedback. So my question is how do I allow myself to respect my own writing? Should I even try to do that? On some level I do, but I also feel like a pretentious piece of shit for those reasons. It's not as if I can declare myself a good writer. That's the end of my ramblings.
>tfw you're a begginer writer
>tfw you realize you could make a webpage for free and upload writings there
>tfw you could have people from all over the world reading your shit (for free though)
>tfw all that reach and free publicity
>tfw you realize you live in a golden age for writers
no more gatekeeper BS.
why aren't you making your own personal website?
>>7630806
because it would be shit like yours
>>7630839
>what is practice?
you know SAO was from a website, right?
because i don't want to flood the Internet with more mediocre writing
Post your reading place: rate others. This is mine.
/soc/-tier shite my friend
I liked to read lying on the park till I got robbed for the third time. I seriously hate living in a third world country.
>>7629852
Do you not carry a weapon?
/lit/ needs its own literary journal. Let's make one. Any ideas for a name?
This went so well last time we tried it
>>7624855
Maybe heat or ideology or the April reader
>>7624855
"A Supposedly Failing Literary Journal That I Will Never Get Published In Again"
Would you guys please recommend some German literature for someone who is learning the language (A2)? Danke sehr
Walter Moers is great fun and relatively "YA-y", but gets more mature with each book
If they're too hard for your level, try Christine Nöstlinger, anything by her is good
>>7623497
Kafka's short stories
No love for Riddley Walker, /lit/?
more like ridley wanker am i right lads
One of my favourite books. I'm planning on getting a line from it as a tattoo.
I read part of Hoban's most recent work and it was a bit disappointing. I suppose it would have to be.
>>7632378
>planning on getting a line from it as a tattoo.
Why? I honestly want to know why you would want to do this.
Does anyone else cringe when seeing people read in public with the cover on proud display? DESU, I'm not even cringing at their behaviour, I'm cringing at the thought that I read and reading is perceived to be something that proves intellectual abilities and the thought that I may be a phoney by reading books. Even though I have the personal philosophy that reading fiction should only be for enjoyment, not for intellectual content.
How do you determine if someone's proudly displaying the cover of their book?
how many times do you think those little white girls got spitroasted by those black dudes
GUYS, LET'S MAKE THIS THREAD ON /LIT/ INTO A DISCUSSION ON INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS
is this good?
>>7632110
Take the 'quality literature test'
Question 1
>is the book written by a women?
>if no, continue to question 2
Question 2
>is the book written by a non-white?
>if no, proceed to question 3
Question 3
>is the book taught in high school?
>if no, proceed to question 4
Question 4
>do girls, people on reddit, or facebook-'normies' like it?
>if no, proceed to question 5
Question 5
>is it a meme on 4chan's /lit/ board?
>if yes, then it's quality literature for REAL men
>>7632127
so it loses at 4?
>>7632132
There you go
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