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I just read this and loved it, what next?
coffee or suicide
>>7577159
Anhero, or continue reading his other works. I would suggest reading "The Rebel" or "The Plague"
>>7577159
Your learners permit
anyone know of good instagram book accounts? all ive seen so far is hugbox materialistic crap. really dont care for following the 100,000th harry potter instagram. it mght be a longhot but does any one here know of accounts worth following?
>>7577105
>using instagram
>>7577158
>using image based social platforms
anon....
What could possibly be put on instagram that is both relevant to books and interesting on any level
What is the greatest nonfiction adventure book. Be it mountain climbing, disasters at sea, exploration etc.
into thin air is great
>>7577050
The Heart of the World by Ian Baker
>American dude lives in Nepal for a number of years bro-ing it up with the Dalai Lama, meditating and translating ancient Buddhist scriptures
>comes across a scroll describing a secret entrance to Shangri-la hidden behind a gigantic waterfall in some gorge
>legends about a giant waterfall had abounded in the region for years but were dismissed as local legends by 18th century british explorers, the same legends that inspired Lost Horizon
>dude spends years preparing for the search itself by going on meditation retreats and by making expeditions to sacred areas he was told by high-up monks he would need to visit before he would be able to find the waterfall
> finally mounts an expedition to find the waterfall and spends weeks hiking through near-impenetrable jungle, steep mountainous terrain, intense storms, floods, bugs, animals etc
>finally discovers a 100+ foot waterfall in a remote gorge roughly where the legends say it was located, narrowly beating a Chinese expedition searching for the same waterfall and making world news
pretty cool tbhf
>>7577100
Did he find Shangri-la hidden behind it?
I've started reading IJ and I want to know what are some good critics of DFW and their titles. I'm looking for a few answers, explanations or essays on IJ, because I'm dumb and not used to reading PoMo. Thank you in advance.
>>7576910
>wanting to be spoonfed
>not at least attempting to come up with any answers of your own and form your own opinion on the work
Infinite Jest might not be for you.
>>7576939
I was considering David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest by Stephen Burn, but I'm open to other suggestions as well.
>>7576949Orin's dad made the Entertainment and PGOAT got a face full of acid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNWE17GqibI
Do you agree?
>>7576777
No that's really pretentious
>>7576805
reported
>>7576843
Reported
What are good places to post and get literary criticism?
The sites I know:
Writers Cafe
Critique Circle
Scribophile
FictionPress
>inb4 lit LCT
They're shit. We all know that.
>>7576748
bump
>>7576748
>Scribophile
trash
just get an editor nigga
>>7576748
Why would you post your work anywhere publicly? Including here?
You guys know that when it's on the internet, it's considered published, right?
Discuss Graham Greene's 'The Quiet American'.
>>7576736
"No"
This board isn't for genre fiction senpai
Not really sure if I should post this on /g/ or /lit/, but...
For those of you who write, what type of laptop do you own and prefer? I'm looking for a decent laptop with a nice keyboard, though I'm also open to buying a keyboard if there's a comfy one to type on. I'm really use to flat keyboards (I usually type on an old macbook pro my dad use to own), but I'm willing to try anything that you all might think is better. Other than that, I don't care for anything else. I would use it mostly for typing, along with web surfing and watching videos. It would be nice if it had decent memory for starting up programs, or expandable memory. Any recommendations from you all will be appreciated.
Pic unrelated
For marathon typing you will want a standing desk with a mechanical keyboard anged down (spacebar the highest point)
If you insist upon sitting like a WALL-E subposthuman whale then just get a Levono ThinkPad
>>7576661
Any mechanical keyboard you would personally recommend?
>>7576661
>he fell for the mechanical keyboard meme
Are there any published philosophers born as part of the Millennial generation?
Pic not at all related
What exactly are you looking for? I know personally some people that obtained their PhDs post-2000 that have articles published if that counts. But I don't think you're looking for stuff relating to super specific issues in modal logic and whatnot.
>>7576651
I'm looking for philosophical thoughts that take into account the realities of the modern access to information
>poor impulse control
>no work ethic
>no attention span
>no memory of facts since they can easily be looked up
>desire for new material possessions due to constant exposure to ads for them
>craving for attention being able to be fulfilled in disgusting ways like camwhoring instead of inspiring proper self-advancement
>extremely polar gender roles plus ^^^ craving for attention resulting in gender dysmorphia
>cumulative stress reaction (ptsd for kids with affluenza)
Etc etc etc obviously I know these things don't apply to everyone but they are fairly new and intriguing issues for humans to deal with
>>7576676
Don't think I can help you there m8, sorry. I hang around people working on logic more than anything.
Try searching around philpapers.org. You can organize your search by topic and publication date.
Does any of you know of any torrents or sites or whatever is free of charge that one can use to read books in French? I'm particularly looking for Romanian books in French if it's possible, thank you all anyway! I'm asking here because I don't know where else to ask, sorry all!
pic related, I've been looking for it all over.
>>7576634
It's pretty limited and all over the place desu. You'll get results from the main french torrent sites through google, and a few general file-sharing sites carry them as well.
You can try
>http://toutbox.fr
, otherwise just use libgen.
>public 'intellectuals'
>>7576622
>>he doesn't know Camilo José Cela
>Gtfo pleb
>private 'intellectuals'
RIP /lit/. Literature, as we know it, is done. It's over, baby.
At least we can put the question of what we're calling the new movement to bed, I guess? It's definitely Metamodernism now and not New Sincerity or whatever other name. So we got that goin' for us. Which is nice.
Have a look:
https://vimeo.com/128745653
http://metabook.com/
>>7576408
Stop caring about stupid shit, you dumb faggot
>>7576408
>It's definitely Metamodernism now and not New Sincerity
But the most popular and hyped book series of contemporary literature in recent memory is all about New Sincerity and New Sentimentalism.
Anyone here in an MFA program? Should I be trying to get into one if I want to be a writer? Which are the good ones?
If you want to write trite YA shit that you stole from your students, sure.
>>7576304
If you're poor, consider doing it just for the opportunity to get funded. If you're rich, there's a lot better stuff you could do with your money and time, but maybe some connections could come out of it? My favorite professor taught in MFAs for a long time and says that he wouldn't ever push an undergrad to get one unless it made a lot of financial sense and they had a ton of ambition. I really can't ever see paying for one, but it's more worthwhile if you can get funding.
I think teaching at MFA workshops is a far cry from attending them. Loads of wonderful authors have taught at MFAs, but most of those writers don't have an MFA themselves.
Is there any good book that wasn't written by a skeleton?
This was written by a sentient gas cloud.
Worthless shitposting. You're worthless, OP.
>>7576260
Do you mean skinny or dead? Cos I figure you never trust a fat writer or one with a hot wife like you never trust a skinny chef.
Posthumous writers are best, better still if they never published in their lifetime.
Is it shit?
Well?
No it's quite good, tense, cool and saddening.
>>7576294
Does it get any better after the first few chapters? It's shit so far.
