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How do I bluepill myself on the society of the spectacle?
>>8238173
The what now son? Can you please speak English?
Come again?
>>8238173
Watch Game of Thrones, remark on how the characters are 'badass'
Looking for a book on the rise of cocaine/crack, preferably in NY.
My diary desu
>>8238037
Dark Alliance by Gary Webb. he literally wrote the book on crack. But it's all in LA, because that's where it was first marketed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Alliance
http://www.democracynow.org/2004/12/13/investigative_reporter_gary_webb_who_linked
http://www.laweekly.com/news/ex-la-times-writer-apologizes-for-tawdry-attacks-2614004
Freakonomics
what does /lit/ think about the Beats?
I can`t get a real understanding of them besides "counter-culture"
I just picked up On the Road and i`m going into it blind
>>8238025
what is there to think about beyond what is blindingly obvious about them.
kerouac, ginsberg, bukowski, and the others are exactly what you'd expect them to be
Can I write? Yeah!
We lack the motion to meme to the new beats
We lack the motion to meme to the new beats
It's here for us to admire if we can afford the beauty of it
Can afford the luxury of turning our pages
Adjust that thousand dollars smile and behold the creation of man
Great actions won't cover ugly words - good pic relateds won't save bad shitposts
We lack the motion to meme to the new beats. Yeah!
We lack... motion
When the day is over - Hey! - the doors are locked on us
Cultural capital buys the access - and we can't pay the cost
And how can we expect anyone to listen if we are using the same old voice?
We need new Joyce - new farts for the real people
We scan all the wrong poems
We enjoy all the wrong memes
We scan all the wrong poems
We're not reading
We scan all the wrong poems
We enjoy all the wrong memes
We scan all the wrong poems
We're not, we're not, we're not, we're not, we're not, we're not...
Reading
We scan - all the wrong poems
We enjoy - all the wrong memes
We scan - all the wrong poems
We scan - all the wrong poems
We enjoy - all the wrong memes
We scan - all the wrong poems
Here we go!
We scan all the wrong poems
We enjoy all the wrong memes
We scan all the wrong poems
We're not reading. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
The new beats! The new beats! The new beats! The new beats!
The new beats! The new beats! The new beats! The new beats!
The new beats! The new beats! The new beats! The new beats!
The new beats! The new beats! The new beats! The new beats!
Thank you.
Who here is familiar with the writings of Breece DJ Pancake?
If you're not familiar with him, he was a short story writer writer from West Virginia. He was good, really good. I've only been able to find 4 of his stories online (he was published in the Atlantic) and I was absolutely blown away each time. His characters, his imagery, his prose, i cannot honestly say there is a better post WWII short story writer.
Seriously, this guy is good. Bookmark a story, set aside an hour, and read one. His writing is short, concise and a little confusing with all the flashbacks.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1977/12/trilobites/376288/
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1978/08/in-the-dry/376290/
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/10/hollow/376308/
https://biblioklept.org/2012/12/24/read-the-honored-dead-a-story-by-breece-dj-pancake/
The last one is my favorite, but i recommend you read them all if you have the time.
Little more about him, while at the University of Virginia, he basically made himself out to be an uneducated hillbilly to everyone around him. He was extremely anti-social and an alcoholic. He died at 27 by suicide. I've heard that his death was somewhat mysterious, but i can't find anything on it. Does anyone know anything about it?
>>8237986
I've only ever read Trilobites, but I definitely was impressed with his writing.
>>8238032
Yeah.
The guy actually had a deal for a novel at the time of his death.
He could've written what could've been a great American novel had he lived longer.
I'd read him but I just can't take his name seriously
hey i/lit/erates.
I was wondering if there was such a thing as formulas for good stories?
I know about tropes, and I know characters are the most important thing not as much as the story itself but I know there are character types also.
how can I make interesting stories? interesting characters? I want to make a romance webcomic and I can make good looking art already. I just need to read about how to make good stories.
what do you recommend? especially for comedy/drama/romance stories
Look up The Golden Bough, Hero with a thousand faces, morphology of the fairytale and I don't know, pretty much any given guide to writing.
They're all useless though. If you try following formulas and guides, you'll just end up with formulaic shite. Just learn to write what you intuitively know is good.
conversations
The Art of Storytelling
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-art-of-storytelling-from-parents-to-professionals.html
>his son, Jackson Pynchon,
>Jackson Pynchon
Did he go too far?
>>8237936
Jackson was his wife's maiden name.
It's amazing that he's been able to hide his appearance for so long. Even in this current age of information and surveillance. I'm impressed by it.
>>8237980
It would be different if he were not in literature.
Greg Egan is another author who wants his face to stay unknown and he succeeded by asking nicely: http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/images/GregEgan.htm
He also has the best homepage
>when you finish a good book and you realize you're back in the real world
>>8237915
>when you smell straight man poo
>>8237983
inb4 angry marxists
Is Google right?
>>8237808
Maybe
>50% females
And who said women can't write?
>>8237863
Literally no one
>tfw when there is a shitty movie based on a great novel you read.
I dunno it sorta feels like the book is now somehow cheapened by the garbage hollywood movie. I'm looking at you Anna Karenina
>>8237793
Oh, hey. Sucks for you.
Delete your thread. It cheapens the board.
The last AK movie had its moments, admit it. Those lengthy shots were pretty fun, and the actors were good.
Anyway, nah, this doesn't happen to me. I simply suppress the bad adaptations.
>>8237797
>tripfag
Have any of you read the Book of the New Sun? What did you think of it?
I read it this year. I enjoyed Shadow of the Torturer the most. Overall, the series was an enjoyable read, though there were many words I had to look up along the way.
A favorite between the ages of 18 and 24, and thereafter.
I liked it a whole lot, so much so I went back and read all of it a second time. Its pretty impressive how subtle Gene was about dropping hints about future plot points.
What is the pic related of literature?
Some how-to manual from the 80s.
>>8237789
Why? Is it a how-to be moral and make friends?
at least post good indieshit
hey /lit/ writfag here. normally I'm a novelist by trade but recently I have gotten married to an artist and we want to make our own comic, how would one go about starting that? any tips in general?
>pic related
Murder-suicide.
Either way. Though, I imagine she will be the one shooting.
>>8237709
also i can bump with more art if anyone is interested
>>8237709
Suck his dick and dribble the cum onto a page. Then put speech bubbles next to the dried-up cumstains.
Call it postmodern.
Why does /lit/ never speak about Gogol? Is he not patrician?
dostoy and tolstoy are the only russians people read and even then war and le peace is the only of tolstoys.
All other russians do not exist, i repeat they don't exist.
le dead souls doesn't count considering it's just as memed as infinite jest on here.
I read that one thing with the nose and that was pretty cool I guess
>>8237672
He's patrician. The Nose is one of the greatest short stories ever written.
Should I read this?
Did you just make a fake penguin cover to post here?
>>8237676
well that's what it is to be /lit/
what the fuck is wrong with you OP
Literary Debate Thread:
Not an argument.
I won.
