Best cyberpunk literature that isn't Dick, Gibson, or Stephenson?
>>7620167
I read Bruce Sterling's 'Distraction' a couple of years ago, thought it was pretty fucking good for genre lit.
>>7620167
Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, John Shirley, Greg Egan. And all the other guys in Mirrorshades.
>>7620167
Read some proto-cyberpunk like Preferred Risk by Frederik Pohl, or read Metatropolis for a view of cyberpunk from a 2010s perspective.
What is the best edition of Ulysses? I picked up the shitty blue Dover edition, huge mistake. Is there one the that has footnote or explanation and a good intro?
I'm personally trying to decide between the Alma Classics publication (1939 text) and the Oxford World Classics publication (1922 text). I'm wondering exactly how jarring or confounding the various errors actually are.
America: Vintage paperback, Modern library hardcover, Everyman's Library
UK: Penguin classics annotated
>>7619842
Why don't you go for Everyman's Library? I assure you won't regret.
Go ahead
Which philosopher is best, just from a literary standpoint? "Which philosopher has the most beautiful prose"?
Kierkegaard
>>7618904
He's not on the list, and is a faggot literarian anyways. He is only a philosopher to the extent that any other person on this list is a "philosopher", what a fucking faggot.
>>7618899
Plato
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What do you think about the graphic novel as a literary form?
What value can be derived from graphic novels of all sorts, from the more overtly literary--Bechdel's FUN HOME, or Satrapi's PERSEPOLIS, or Spiegelman's MAUS--to the more covertly literary, more pulpy--Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, or Moore's WATCHMEN or V FOR VENDETTA?
>>7621441
I feel like it's relevant here, too, no? If my question is about the graphic novel being a form of literature, sending me to /co/ kind of presupposes that it's not, doesn't it?
>>7621448
I waa messing with you. But what would you qualify as a graphic novel?
Any Singerites here? How was his newest book?
>>7621193
You are better off somewhere else, /lit/ is full of weightlifting, edgy Ron Swansons with a disdain for anything not concerned with flavour-of-the-month circlejerk.
Who /eatingmeatisliterallymorallyakintomurderandslavery/ here?
>>7621208
It simply means that murder and slavery are not inherently morally wrong.
Has your reading speed increased over the years? Has your comprehension suffered at the expense of your reading speed?
I'm 22 and starting university this semester at a decent school; I'm also majoring in English and I'm worried at how slowly I read. Just to give an example, I read about 9 nine pages of Dracula in about an hour (although I checked my phone, texted a few people, and did other things during the hour; it isn't a very accurate measure of my speed, but it is the most recent).
I've looked into ways of improving my speed but they all seem to encourage skimming, which I don't want to do. I want to maintain good comprehension and get as much as possible out of what I read.
>>7621153
Just keep reading and you'll naturally get better, mate. Nothing really to do other than that.
I recall someone pointing out that the Canadian publishing establishment by content requirements similar to the CRTC CanCon. Anyone know what it is?
> I recall someone pointing out that the Canadian publishing establishment
*is bound by
>>7621028
To publish anything in Canada you have to be native or a recent immigrant.
>>7621135
That's actually why I want to find the requirements. There is something related to minority quotas. It's an embarrassment and inherent tokenism.
Hoping maybe someone here can help me find a book I once started reading over 15 years ago and never finished. I don't remember the name of it nor do I remember a great amount of detail. What I do remember is it had red wizards and black, I believe they had to continuously study their spellbooks maybe to retain the knowledge of the spells because they faded quickly or something like that. I'm not sure if it's a single book or a series but if anyone happens to know what the book is with that little bit of explanation I could give I'd really appreciate it. I only read a few chapters so that's the best I can give yall to go on.
Dragonlance had red-robed wizards.
Three types:
Red, white and black.
>>7621041
Seconding - dragonlance had weird colored mages
>>7621041
That's the one,thank you so much I've been wanting to read it for years now but have never been able to find out what is was based off what little I could remember about it
Is this a good book?
One of my absolute favorites. The differences in writing styles between the different sections and how they all intertwine is so interesting to me. Letters from Zedelghem is probably my favorite part, along with Adam Ewing's diary. Read it.
Yes.
>>7620866
Of course not. Why are you here?
Has anyone read pic related?
Will war ever end? Why/why not?
gee i wonder who wrote this
>>7620782
Don't you ever fucking come into my thread talking shit like that.
*unsheathes katana*
nah, too many niggers and kikes in this world 2 b honest lad
Hi guys, I am writing a paper and I struggle to grasp the subject.
There should be 3 things Foucault had to say on the topic. His first problem was that there was no actual evidence that any repression ever took place. My question here is if that is why is it believed to be a direct result of attempts of bourgeoisie, and capitalism in general. It seems like a perfect way to do, why should there even be a discourse? Could it his actions be taken as a way of expressing himself and some strange attempt no normalise the world?
I am completely lost, any help is appreciated thank you
https://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/genderandsex/modules/foucaultrepressive.html
>>7620689
can you rephrase your questions? he doesnt state that no repression took place; he agrees that there were a lot of prohibitions and silences placed upon sexuality, but at the same time many different political, social, scientific, etc. institutions created new discourses on sexuality. for example, open discussion of sex became increasingly taboo, roughly after the council of trent - however, later in the 19th century, to give one example of one of those ''new discourses''i mentioned, you have psychiatry creating new sexual identities, endlessly recording testimonies about sexual experiences, and so on, producing scientific knowledge.
i dont really follow the rest of your post. he says its too simplistic to attribute the development of attitudes towards sexuality to capitalism, although he's definitely not dismissive of its effects (and the relation of capitalism to sexuality/biopolitics is hard to uncover in foucault's work, in my opinion, because he nuances the relationship continually in other works, notably his late 70s lectures)
>>7620776
Thank you for your answer, the exact question is in the picture.
>>7621343
do your homework kid
hint: IT'S LITERALLY ON THE FIRST PAGE
I hope I am posting this in the right board; it seems befitting of /lit/ to have a discussion of language and it's study; be you a beginner or fluent- this is the place to talk if you are trying to or have succeeded in adopting a second language other than your native tongue. Please don't be shy to share any and all stories!
I'm a 23 y/o student and native of New Zealand, and I am only just starting out with French myself; my original intention being to use it in the efforts of hitting on my beautiful Parisian lecturer...but as I have come to understand at least the basic culture of speaking French, my appreciation for it has definitely widened; the structure of the sentences, the art of the liaison (which I still suck at)...the romance of it all has me completely seduced.
It's just me and a notebook and Rosetta Stone atm; she's alright but it's hard to retain what you have learnt. I try to watch French films and telly and generally immerse myself in it in all aspects when I'm not studying but was thinking of actually picking up some French books too...thinking the simple way Camus writes would be perfect so trying to find some french online retailers right now.
Anyway sorry if my writing seems self-important; I feel I need to bring my A-game to this board, which is good desu. How about you guys; studying english, or something else?
I'm thinking about learning Russian. My first step would be to take a twelve week class over the summer at my university.
It seems really fucking hard, but I feel like it would be worth it for all the literature alone (plus I bet there are a ton of government jobs for Russian speakers).
I would advise against Rosetta Stone. Take a class or get a tutor. Rosetta Stone will teach you some basic vocab, that's it. I hope you pirated it, that shit is overpriced.
Italian, got a C2 level in English when I was 19. Learned it out of necessity, nothing I wanted to read or watch or play was translated. Now I read and write almost exclusively in English, and I've never been outed as an ESL speaker anywhere online so I'm at least decent I'd say. It's either that or anglophones are complete, utter idiots. I'm leaning for the former.
Advice to anybody wanting to master a language, go in a place where it's routinely spoken. You'll get better fast, I swear.
I just finished this and I don't understand the ending. Who gives a shit if the guy wrote it using the I Ching?
She realized that they are inside a novel, there is a future existence controlling their every move and they are in a parallel universe (possibly of many others).
>>7619960
So then what does any of the other shit have to do with anything?
>>7619966
It's a Phillip K. Dick book, what the fuck do you expect. Most of everything he wrote ends abruptly in some psychedelic cop-out. (Not that I don't love it anyway)
