Thoughts on Flann O'Brien?
He's dead
>>>/his/
>>7315405
Epic meme me
Too scientific for us >>>/sci/
Did you actually started with the Greeks? If so, how would one approach them.
Would you say they're value lies in their historical and literary value or their actually masterpieces?
>>7315279
Pardon me if I sound needy, but what translation would you recommend?
I know English and Spanish if that counts.
>>7315279
nigga, no one is going to go to /his/, because that board is complete shit
just tell the guy to read the presocratics, then go to Plato, then Aristotle, then the Stoics, then Epicurus and finally get into romans if you like them
read the wiki page for presocratics and read the article of each one of them, then read the apology of socrates before anything about plato, afterwards its your choice basically.
>>7315299
Check out Enheduanna then, she was the first known poet: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6266881-princess-priestess-poet
Also if you have enough motivation I recommend taking a look at another translation because Stephen Mitchell, although talented, takes a lot of liberties. It would be good to have another reference. Well, you can just go on to the greeks if you feel like it but perhaps reading some texts on the possible influence of the epic of Gilgamesh on the greeks would be interesting too.
Hello, /lit/.
A god just cornered every single red neck, close minded, stubborn piece of shit in one single place. Everyone who cannot graps anything beyond what they already know is in this place.
You have been chosen by this deity to help those people, they will only be able to leave once they read 3 books of your choice.
Your goals are:
1. Make them able to see other opinions and points of view
2. Make them able to understand and analyse concepts
3. Make them capable of understanding other people's emotions.
I apologize for any grammatical errors, english is not my first language.
TL;DR: all red necks of the world will have to read 3 books of your choice, which books do you choose?
>>7315198
This doesn't prove anything about your kek board
>>7315185
back2/his/m8
>>7315185
What a foolish deity to assign me to the job.
Music: an Appreciation, by Roger Kamien
What to Listen For In Music, by Aaron Copland
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by Luo Guanzhong
>no matter how hard I try, no one will ever read my books
>just like everyone else, I will die unknown
>thousands of hours of hard work and a life of sacrifice, for nothing
>just spent two weeks crafting a poem
>it's still shit
>wanted to be the greatest writer when I was 16
>I'm 30 and still accomplished nothing
>he writes because he wants to preserve a legacy, not because he has anything interesting or worthwhile to say
Well there's your problem.
Which philosophers consider you to be most literary and therefore still allowed in this board?
Will only continental philosophy remain on /lit/?
>>7315051
Personally I'd consider all philosophers with written work acceptable to discuss on /lit/.
The 2 guys spamming the threads with
>muh /his/
are a bunch of faggots ruining the board.
/lit/ has been my home for a long time and restricting the conversation on things which are clearly related to literature is purely retarded.
Thats why boards die.
I don't want /lit/ to be another board in the ashes.
>>7315051
Wittgenstein
Hm?! W-what is this book?!
It seems to be some sort of textbook, but on what subject? It doesn’t seem to be about math, history or science. Is it perhaps about astrology? No… but it does seem to concern stars.
Within its pages I find text detailing an enormous hole that exists far, far off in the depths of the skies above. It is described as being able to absorb anything and everything, from gigantic beasts to monstrous boulders, even mountains, continents and other stars! It sucks up all kinds of matter with ease. To me, a man who considers all the holes in the world his lovers, to learn of a hole of that dimension… how I would relish the chance to engage it! A hole that sucks in everything would be the perfect challenge for Octa, the man who loves every hole! To pursue that passion I would gladly travel to the ends of the earth and even venture into the heavens!
I must train even more devotedly for that day. To start with, I’ll engage in some special pleasures tonight with Lady Three. Exhausting every technique, I’ll bring her holes unparalleled enjoyment!
As they say, a journey of a thousand joys begins with the first step.
checked and topkek
moorcock pls go
>>7315000
>As they say, a journey of a thousand joys begins with the first step.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" - Laozi
>get interested in self publishing at amazon
>surprised by how simple and easy it is
>decide to check the indie best sellers
The first thing I saw was "Pretty when you cry: A dark love story" The cover was a guy with a hipster beard kissing a woman.
I scrolled through dozens of pages, and all I saw was shitty hipster books made by edgy teenagers.
Why all self-publishing tools are full of this bullshit? I don't want my work to be seen in the middle of all this shit.
I wish they charged at least 5$, so there wouldn't be so many shitty "novels"
>>7314906
>Why all self-publishing tools are full of this bullshit?
>I want people to read my shitty story, but for some reason Penguin, Harper Perrenial, and other big publishers rejected me. Whatever shall I do to get my shitty book out there?
>>7314919
I never tried to publish anything, anywhere son. I was hoping Amazon could be my first one.
>>7314906
Self-publishing is an amazing tool if you know how to use it. Plopping your stuff on there with a 0.99c pricetag as an unknown and with minimal editing is a great way to never get read.
It's been 32 days since all of this started, and now it's finally coming to an end. To think that all this started just because some anon said that the 2014 list was outdated.
I made my own versions of the infographic. Although I must say tha I know nothing about graphic design. So what I did is I uploaded all the files regarding the poll except the ones I'm posting now because I made them after I uploaded everything.
Here's the link:
https://mega.nz/#!t0tkjayL!Kffoi5-j2UWvL2XOpiDW4kFQsGJ9PKD48ERhqSwYHmI
Now you can do your own versions of the infographic and you'll probably do better than me.
It's been a lot of fun doing this for everyone and I love everyone of you.
If there are any questions, then I'll be lurking this thread. But when this thread dies then the Polling Anon will be no more.
>>7282863
Here's the previous thread that was made.
I love you with all my heart /lit/ and I hope that everyone of will lead a good life.
>>7314697
still bullshit and evidence of ballot stuffing that ij has 15 more votes than second place
Looks like /lit/'s all about dat novel
hi
can anyone recommend me good book's on kant's philosophy? a concise compilation of his main ideas? a good intro / companion to his works?
thank you
>>7314626
sorry you'll have to go to the /his/ board m8
>>7314636
I hope you contract AIDS and die weighing 43 pounds, you smug faggot.
>>7314636
Fuck off. Can the mods ban this shit? I liked Modern Library's Basis Writings of Nietzsche.
Wait, I'm confused
Can I still post about being a neo-Kantian, categorical imperative etc if I do it in reference to Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals?
Where should I post if I want to do close readings of philosophical texts?hopefully not with history majors
>>7314559
Do it here and ignore all the shitposters. If you don't engage with them, then your thread will survive.
>>7314559
/HIS/ /HIS/ /HIS/
This shitty board is dead
You can't talk about anything anymore
Hey /lit/, what's the best way to get into meditation?
After reading Siddhartha, I want to give it a shot.
by meditating. Look online for about 15 seconds and you'll find about 1 million beginner's guides and begin. It's really not that complicated.
>>7314531
1 - Sit down
2 - focus on your breathing
3 - DON'T GET UP
4 -subsume into The One
Damn that is one nice ass looking pond hes got there.
I wish I had a pond like that to meditate by.
What are the best short story collections? Who are the best short story writers?
>>7314516
Borges
Kafka
Salinger is way better than people give him credit
Fitzgerald was great at short stories too
>>7314516
Pic unrelated OP?
>>7314526
Pic very related.
November Goodreads thread. Post your account and find new friends.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2408134-sebastian
>>7314421
>401 books read in 2015
How? Please? I wish I had your super powers.
>>7314453
I was most of the year either in the hospital or at home on welfare-
>>7314421
Is having a goodreads account fun?
www.ideologylit.com
Ideology is accepting submissions for #001 Heat!
We have a US$50 prize for the best story that features the issue's theme of "Heat." We also accept rolling submissions for general prose and poetry.
>What is this?
Ideology is a new quarterly literary journal that publishes in January, April, July, and October. Check out our proof-of-concept issue, #000 Genesis: www.ideologylit.com/genesis
>How can I submit?
There are two ways to submit. You can e-mail us at [email protected] or you can use the anonymous submissions form on our website. We respond to all submissions.
>What's accepted?
All unpublished poetry and prose is accepted on a rolling basis.
Each issue also has a sort of "competition," centered around the theme. The best submissions that feature this theme will headline each issue. Submissions for "Heat" will close December 15th. You can read more about the guidelines on our website.
>What about the money?
The submission that is picked to headline the issue will receive a US$50 prize (most likely through PayPal).
>Is this the first literary journal from /lit/?
No. There's been others in the past, perhaps most notably TAR: The April Reader.
>How can I subscribe or receive updates?
You can sign-up for our newsletter through our website or by emailing [email protected]. You can also follow us on twitter, facebook, or Google + (links on our website)
>I'm not interested / stop spamming / this isn't /lit/-related
We're sorry to hear that. All threads on /lit/ will be started under this name, so please add that to your filter and you won't see us anymore.
>>7314381
question
do stories HAVE to be related to the topic to win the moolah?
>>7314499
>US$50 prize for the best story that features the issue's theme of "Heat."
This thread is off to a great start.
let's say hypothetically one were to take an unrelated, pre-written short story, and tack on as the final sentence: "David then set himself on fire and died screaming."
would that count?
I already posted this thread on /his/, but I wanna hear your recommendations, too.
I am really interested in old expeditions, preferably in the victorian era. Everything was so unknown back then, there were mysteries everywhere.
Sadly I don't really know much about famous explorers or expeditions, but I'd love to learn about it.
What are some of the best travel journals and adventure literature from the georgian/victorian/edwardian era (or any era, if it's interesting)? I wanna read about strange new cultures, archeological findings, jungle expeditions, seafaring, maybe hunting for animals/cryptids and so on...
Thinking about stuff by Jules Verne. I never read anything written by him, but I imagine it to be a tad too fantastique.
Thanks in advance for your recommendations!
>>7314350
>What are some of the best travel journals and adventure literature from the georgian/victorian/edwardian era?
![Urizen_Plate_9_William_Blake[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/TMXYYux.jpg "Urizen Plate 9 William Blake[1]")