/lit/, I ask you, why do authors always feel the need to insert cucks in their works?
I just got done finished reading thetorrents of springby turgenev, and right before the end of the last chapter a wittol makes his appearance.
what I want to know is, why?
>>7483615
Literally all published writers are cucks.
They write as a result of cuckoldry, not in spite of it.
>>7483618
But why?
ancient authors are all insecure of getting cucked because in days of yore it happened all the time. now the fear persists because ppl continue reading old novels. look at movie of 2014: David Lipsky and Wallace in End of the Tour are both scared of eachother as possible cucks because they have read too many cuckbooks.
Why do people who read books as a hobby so pretentiously agitating? They have a list of "books I should read," whilst remembering little information about the books they've claimed to read. While the attitude itself isn't any different from hardcore hobbyists, it still displeases me how this phenomenon occurs. I like to read as well albeit seldomly. If you're going to have a conversation about the literature you've read without actually having any memory of particular passages, understood the moral of the story or simply didn't finish reading the book; why are you pretentiously acting like it's the single best hobby that everyone should participate?
>inb4 I hurt someone's feelings
>>7483463
>why do people who read books as a hobby so pretentiously agitating
you should read more, also, reading (or writing) isnt a hobby for a lot of people, it is living through the mind of humanity in print. it is communicating with our ancestors, communicating to our descendants,
honing, learning, seeking, finding, all of these wonderful things, and sometimes, just sometimes, someone comes into this wonderful world of literature and shits all over it with 50 shades of grey. it can be a bit jarring to find out that some people arent a part of this life, and frustrating. please try to be more understanding of those who live their lives in print.
>being this normal
bet you've seen star wars
>>7483463
also, please try to see that many of us are quite annoyed by the pretenders hiding in our midst, we call them plebs. the people who seem to wear books as badges.
LOVECRAFT:
Say, hypothetically, the Lovecraftian universe is our universe... In terms of the great old ones and the outer gods, which is most terrifying for you/humanity?
(I've post this question on /x/ too to see the difference in replies, should be an interesting read)
>>7483395
Humans.
Great Old Ones and the Outer Gods aren't evil in essence, just utterly alien. They could be compared to our predators like tigers and lions, who treat humans either as pests or meat.
Humans, on the other hand. The whole history of mankind is a testament to their terror, and when you think humans can't get any worse, they surprise you.
>>7483425
This post is SO FUCKING BAD
>>7483425
oh pls
What would be the best book to introduce someone to Ayn Rand? I only read The fountainhead, and a very butchered version for school, but I really liked what I did read, and would like to give something Ayn Rand as a present to my dad this christmas. Obviously I thought of the fountainhead, but since I haven't read anything else, maybe you could recommend something of hers that would be a better intro? Thanks!
Are you mad? Ayn Rand is shit, and I'm in the internet marketing business.
>>7483362
Why is she shit?
I don't necessarily agree on her postures, but the way she defends and presents egoism as well as the possible outcomes of it seems pretty well structured to me.
I'm a math and econ major, pleased to meet you.
Probablyshitting into a large bag and letting it ferment for about 2 weeks[/spoilers] and then [spoilers]swimming in it
In this thread we discuss the best editions and/or translations.
Example:
pic related.
1961 Modern Library version of Ulysses. Has some of the type corrections over the 1922 text, but none of the modified Gabler shit. Ulysses is incredibly debated but just using as an example.
What do you consider to be best editions of classic lit?
Take Brothers Karamazov. Best translation? Best printing? What about inclusion of footnotes/endnotes added by editor/translator?
>>7483251
garnett. best petersburg translation: elsworth. best translation of don quixote: tobias smollett
>>7483251
>translations.
>>7483267
pleb.
How is Nabokov able to craft worlds and characters better than any other writer?
>>7483226
simple, he isnt.
>>7483227
Who is better?
>>7483229
Joyce.
If you were to fill a kindle for an 80 year old woman what would you put in it?
Murder mystery? History?
Is there a goodreads for old people?
>>7483024
middlemarch n' shit.
Why not ask what she likes?
>>7483032
she'll say something vague if I call her up
I just don't want to drive all the way to the Ozarks to find out she wont read high fantasy
Is there anything better than buzzed reading?
I just discovered this and its great.
What are you reading/drinking /lit/?
Dune and pic related here.
arizona iced tea and rum
>>7482899
Sounds interesting. What are you reading though?
drinking wild turkey honey... am in a bit of a somber mood, and haven't felt like reading lately unfortunately... I have a lot on my kindle, but feel no desire to read...
Currently doing Lolita, American Psycho, AntiFragile, my sleazy vince flynn book, and the book of disquiet....
meh meh to them all.
could try the brothers karamazov
Is it reasonable to try to become an English professor, or is the market for Lib Arts professors flooded?
depends on how good you are at writing publishable stuff and dependant on that how willing you are to relocate.
>>7482797
Why?
Just go teach at a rich white high school and make $120,000/year (those are 2002 numbers) and just put on documentaries all day.
That's what my high school teachers did. Just get tenure and work on your original work literally the rest of your life. Simple.
>>7482926
Wh-where? I went to a rich private school and know for a fact my teachers didn't make that much.
I'm pretty uneducated about economics.
I'd like to understand more about why certain economic plans do/don't/won't/will work. Something that lays out basics, and concepts. I'm not even familiar with the correct nomenclature. Please help.
Do you have any recs?
>>7482607
'Economics in one lesson' Henry Hazlitt
It's very simple but a bit biased towards the Austrian school of economics. Nevertheless is a helpful guide to general microeconomics and serves to premptively warn you about the various weaknesses of the Keynesian school.
After reading you can go off into Marxism or stay with more liberal economics.
If you do that then I suggest Milton Friedman's 'Capitalism and Freedom'. This will provide an intro into the Chicago School and so called 'neo-liberal' economics' of today. Further on, you can read up 'Human Action' by Ludwig Von Mises, but this is a heavy piece and I suggest reading Hayek's 'Road to Serfdom' first, (though this is by no means required, rather it serves to get you used to reading economics texts and to teach you the lingo).
>>7482639
i wonder if this worked for him. it certainly would if he lost 20lb, and even at his current weight it seems like he'd have an okay shot
Name a 'chick book' that you a consider worthwhile read.
>>7482557
There is no such thing.
The Color Purple
nietzsche
I am interested in reading philosophy, and want to start chronologically with the greeks and work my way to modern time. I am working based on this guide -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8_RRaZW5X3xwztjZ4p0XeRplqebYwpmuNNpaN_TkgM/edit
Aka starting with greek myth(Mythology - edith hamilton) -> homer -> herodotus -> pre socrates -> socrates -> plato -> aristotle, etc
Should I read a general philosophy book before I start? In the guide it says to read a philosophical history book but lists 5.
Also is it necessary to read the iliad/odyssey? And greek myth?
Thanks in advance
>>7482442
>falling for the chronological meme
Starting with the greeks is fine advice but wanting to read every single philosophical work in chronological order is a ridiculous idea. You don't gotta study Aristotle to understand, say, Descarte's Meditation, or Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus. Of course it's nice to know how past philosophers' influence whatever work you're reading, but doing a little research with, say Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, or just reading the introduction if it's a good edition should be sufficient.
>>7482471
yeah for sure a lot can be read independently.. descarte and camus and sartre are all pretty good, but if you want to read say nietzsche, in my optinion, this requires reading of socrates/plato/aristotle/descarte/kant and schopenhauer
and aristotle needs plato who needs socrates
kant you need hume, hume you should probably read locke and berkely...
>>7482442
I wanted to read this guide, but the formatting is so god-damned awful that I think I'm gonna pass...
>author is a rich "depressed" female feminist who idolizes Plath and cuts themselves
Name five authors like that
>>7482431
They're all irrelevant, thankfully. But you'll encounter them if you frequent parties in NYC or attend creative writing workshops.
>>7482431
They exist
What the FUCK happened? People have literally died of disappointed from this.
>>7482364
That's what you get when a writer whose main technique is "I'm just gonna make it up as I go along" tries to write an epic fantasy story.
>>7482364
stephen king is the literary form of tarantino anyway. your fault for getting your hopes up.
>>7482376
>the literary form of tarantino
>not palahniuk
lol
what the fuck
Last night I had a dream that I stole Anna Karenina from a no-name bookstore. What does this mean? I've been meaning to read it but it's basically on my backlog.
>>7482343
it means that anna karenina is a book that will only get you into trouble. dimestore romance drivel anyway. read something else, senpai
>>7482343
You want to cuck someone
>>7482343
Edyp syndrome as far as I can tell.
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