My New Year's resolution is to properly start with the greeks.
What's yours /lit/?
not to shill so much.
party more
start learning to dance (in a normal way not some faggy thing like ballroom dancing)
>>7525851
to stay NEET and read all day
What is /lit/'s opinion on this work? I regard it as my most enjoyable novel.
did you write it?
>>7525806
By my i refer to my collection of novels, please.
>>7525804
I'm in the middle of it right now.
I can't stop laughing, I was not expecting it to be so funny or am I missing something?
How does scientism not lead to existential depression?
>>7525675
Because you have your reddit friends there by your side to cheer you up.
>>7525683
/thread
>>7525675
Because you're always grinding through some online RPG.
My NY Resolution is to stop subvocalizing (except by choice)
How can this be best accomplished?
a shock collar
>>7525671
fuck, I read this in Zizek's voice and imagined a massive sniff right before the "except by choice" part.
Anyway, I want to do the same thing but have no idea how to start
>>7525711
Wait, how do you subvocalize things if you've never heard the authors voice?
Who is reading this post right now in your brain?
How does this make you feel, /lit/?
relieved that there are at least 11 people in the world who are dumber than me
a real pageturner
>>7525554
irrationally angry.
Hey /lit/, I couldn't find a specific image focused on Odysseus Weeps, but I can't find any relevant or substantial information on it. Could someone here, tell me a little bit about it or direct me to a link about it? Also if you've read it, what was your experience with it? Thanks guys.
>>7525522*But I hope Dubs's list suffices. I can't seem to find...
>>7525822
Please don't bump without content, it is quite rude, friend.
>>7525522
This list is weird as fuck. What's going on. Where did it come from.
Just bought this. Did I do good? Also, what are some other stories/authors/books that are similar to Lovecraft's ayy lmao cosmic horror?
>Did I do good
Yes, you are the best
>>7525495
>similar to Lovecraft's ayy lmao cosmic horror?
clark ashton smith
ligotti
How's UNT and UT Dallas for /lit/erature studies?
Had a high school teacher whose alumni was UNT. He was completely disinterested in anything experimental (think Pynchon and DFW), liked things that were more accessible. Kind of a one-track mindset towards art. Though that probably doesn't say anything about the program.
>>7525354
Don't go there bro. Any real uni will just laugh at that recommendation/resume. Go to Oklahoma if you stay in 903.
Also UT Dallas is extremely math and science oriented. While they do have a humanities department, it's quite small. most students are majoring in STEM subjects. I'm not sure about the quality of the program, but you might not find very many peers interested in eclectic lit, or literature at all.
>Whatever you do, avoid A&M like the plague unless you want to meet HW Bush's disciples
What was that writers name who resembles Jake Gyllenhaal?
why were they such dicks to gjc?
>>7525281
keep the republic alive.
>>7525281
F for Caesar.
F
Why is this never mentioned among the other classics? Shit's pretty hilarious, a lot more entertaining than I thought.
>>7524888
because it's way more patrician than anyone here can handle
Because there are a lot of books in the world, and some are more popular than others.
>>7524888
I think literary critics already hold it in very high regard as an important piece of literature, but I guess it hasn't found its way to most average readers' bookshelves because it's old, weird and french.
I just finished this tome and holy shit. Fuck all the pseudo-intellectual cucks on the board who think fantasy can't be literature. This book is art.
I agree with you to an extent op. Name of the Wind has pretty good prose for fantasy, and the gary-stu deconstruction is interesting but the next book in the series is a total let down, it's all over the place and his love interest is just down right frustrating as hell as well as his "i'm a good boy but not really attitude" all the way through.
>>7524857
it's a generic "coming of age heroes tale" that has about as much literary merit as the new Star Wars film or LotR fan fiction
Even Gene Wolfe, with all his pseudo-Proustrian fanfare is more worthy of the "literary genre fiction" title than this;to call it "art" is an insult to actual artists.
You're like a dog with a particularly good chew toy: by all means, enjoy yourself and be comforted by the fact that it's a particularly good chew toy, just don't expect anyone to be impressed by your dead eyed mastications.
>>7524857
WHAT LITERATURE DO YOU SPEAK OF FRIEND? AH YES, the book where evil nameless bad dude kills the main character's parents which creates a kind of magic link between them and the protagonist has a tough life as an orphan but he has really strong magical powers and ends up at a magical academy where he makes some goofy but trustworthy friends, and some slytherin enemies (and the snape like wizard teacher who doesn't like him), and he is fucking phenomenal at everything he tries. and by the way did you know he is a golden lute player who is one of the best players fucking ever and charms the local denizens. he can cross class lines no problem, magical academy, inn ruffians, magical blacksmiths, everyone who is good loves him. oh and in the next book he becomes a ninja, and a sex master. at some point he also becomes a master of political intrigue. the character's own flaw is being such a fucking white knighting faggot that he chases after the same dumb bitch forever always right out of his reach as a sort of cliffhanger of enticement for fatty neckbeards like rothfuss and grrm to rub their tiny penises, mostly buried by their voluminous blubber. SUCH LITERATURE
how many of you write? where do you use to write?
I have a little notebook where I used to write but I'm often too lazy to take it. any good websites for it?
also I think you can use the thread to share yours, if you want to
I have interesting thoughts I'd like to transcribe on paper, but I find my thoughts flowing through a piece of technology with more grace than in a notebook. With my hand, my thoughts seem clunky and disjointed. Is there any way around this or should I stick to my phone?
>>7524866
I think it's just a matter or preference. I want to try something online because all I could ever do was on paper. We are kind of opposites in this. So you just write on your phone on some app like notes?
>>7524872
I keep a journal in this.
Hey /lit/ I'm trying to figure out what the best belief system is for me and why I should follow it, the two beliefs are Zen Buddhism and Orthadox Christianity. Can anyone explain which is better and if there are any books that I should read on the two beliefs?
>I can't think for myself so I need to have someone think for me on thinking for myself
>>7524559
Mix em together and create your own religion.
>>7524559
Seek fearlessly after the truth, bro
I know the alt lit crowd takes a lot of drugs. Have any of them fried their brain yet? I'm talking unable to form coherent sentences and not really being a full person any more, the way Hunter S. Thompson was in his later years.
>>7524468
Me I guess. I only smoke up every once in awhile now but every time I do it leaves me feeling a little less of a functional self aware human being
>>7524468
>alt lit
Unless you're writing in emojis or Wing Dings there's no such thing, you sheep
>>7524468
is anyone remotely associated with the label a "full person"?
Recently was gifted some books of haiku that I've been really enjoying. What are some of your favorite haiku? Written any recently? Feel free to post or discuss other short poetry.
passing through the world
indeed this is just
a shelter from the shower
- Iio Sogi
This is a little something I wrote the other day:
even the dust
hangs like stars--
the morning sunlight
I thought to pick the flower of forgetting
for myself, but I found it
already growing in his heart
>>7524370
Damn. Nice
white billowing sails
lean the ear of their tall mast
to the waters words
