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What are some good books about mommy issues?
Molloy
Franny and Zooey
Bright Lights, Big City
your diary tbqh
So I just read this and it's tedious as fuck. why is it so widely regarded even though it's vastly inferior to the likes of 1984 or We? Did I just miss out by not reading it in High School?
>reading Hackbury
>>8188110
it's like 5 fucking pages of baby's first dystopia, just read it.
I like it because I like Bradbury's purposeful naivety. it's cozy and endearing, but don't expect it to tell you anything you don't already know. Like a grampa.
you're definitely a faggot if you drop it.
It was one of the first books, and probably the first significant book, to take on the idea of book censorship as a topic.
Hemingway Faulkner and Steinbeck are my top 3. Am I a pleb?
>all americans
>hemingway
>steinbeck
im gonna go with yes
Obviously, but she still has a nice butt.
What a waste of water. This is why we need men's rights.
What does /lit/ think about William Gibson?
technically unremarkable
sort of good at being visionary
johnny mnemonic is a clever idea
his essay about singapore was spot on
pretty cool dude all around
>>8188040
the cyberpunk turned out to be different than he imagined
>>8188057
Was he claiming to be writing an accurate portrayal of the future in the first place?
Let's talk about our futures, /lit/. I'm an English undergrad, trying to decide what to do after I graduate. The only real avenues that are open and hold some interest to me are grad school, law school, and the peace corps. I'm afraid all three could ruin my life, but whatever. What do you think? And as part of a larger discussion, what are you /lit/izens thinking about doing/are doing?
i don't think about it too seriously.
after i graduate i'll probably do a cooking apprenticeship for a year then go to graduate school somewhere in the US. i'm not really interested in hoarding a lot of money, i just want a roof and money for books and booze.
Maybe I'll be a mailman or a trucker
>>8187947
I'm still in grad school, doing part time work from home jobs like online TA-ing, proofreading, etc.
To be honest I'd be pretty content doing this for the rest of my life, switching up TA-ing with online adjunctship, probably. I love the comfort of working from home and having no fixed schedule. I still make ~$30k a year and barely work 20 hours a week, so it's definitely livable. It also makes raising children much more feasible, since it's pretty flexible stuff.
Most importantly...
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Are headed towards an Orwellian type dystopian future or a Huxley type?
>headed towards
We're already living in a hybrid of the two
>>8187934
We are living in neither exactly. We will continue to live in neither. We are living in something that doesn't have to have parallels in speculative fiction.
>>8188049
This, and it's only getting worse. Next US president is going to be a huge turning point.
>Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
What did he mean by this?
>>8187829
He had to make an important life decision
Pink or stink.
He meant a boring, facile allegory in one of his most overrated poems
What is your favorite SFF book with a mystery as its focal point?
Recommendations
>Fantasy
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg/
Flowchart: http://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg/
>Sci-Fi
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg/ / http://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg/
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Looking for something similar to Throne of Bones or the Witcher
>>8187788
Maybe Elric?
Has anyone read any of Elizabeth Moons stuff? Looking for a sci fi/fantasy series to read this summer.
anyone read this?
What did you think/would you like to discuss it?
For a Nobel Prize winner I was underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong- the story is good, just a tired concept. The "virus sweeps across humanity and we resort to animal-like behavior" shtick has been done time and time again. It's been a few years since I've read it, but I still recall myself wondering what all the hype was about. Mind you, this is often listed as one of the best novels in recent history.
>>8187300
i dont think that was the point at all. in fact i think saramago was famously suspicious of people who tried to infer a grand, larger meaning like "humanity is base and animal" or something like that. the book resists simplification despite the simple, fable-like narrative. people are neither good or bad (it sounds like a platitude the way i say it here...), but rather, events simply unfold as is. you can easily find significance and meaning in individual actions, but the way saramago portrayed the world...
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My favourite novel
Rejection thread!!
How many of the works has been rejected?
Still sending it out?
Don't be shy /lit/ - knowing exactly where the works doesn't belong is part of the process.
I have never been rejected.
>How many of the works has been rejected?
I don't like to talk about it.
>>8186483
is it because you've never sent the works out?
What are some of the greatest works to come out of the east?
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is probably the greatest historical piece of fiction ever.
>>8186386
"Imma Eat That Booty Like Fried Rice" by Ching Chang Ping Pong
I just finished reading this, thoughts?
>>8186130
no you didn't
>>8186131
did too
you read a (bad (more than usual)) self help book. grats.
>tfw too poor to buy books
>>8185740
Use a library. Just because /lit/ are fascinated with bookshelves does not mean you should have to spend money on books.
Spengler didn't own a single book when he wrote Decline of The West and he managed just fine.
>>8185740
Same. Before anyone asks why don't I go to a library:
>go to library
>want to get library card
>have to give them two phone numbers
>"You can pick a friend's number, or your girlfriend's number."
>mumble something about having to leave quickly and run out trying not to cry
You live in the age of Internet, it's fucking full of books for free, are you really this retarded
What is your favorite work of poetry?
>>8185081
my diary desu senpai
10 Crack Commandments by Smalls, Biggie
PRUFROCK
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What are motifs that crop up in your writing?
One for me is the sound of water. Waves crashing, fuzzy rain, a long and solemn shower, y'know, those kinds of things. Something about it is just so evocative to me.
>>8184400
>Formless, yet capable of any form.
Water is patrician.
Is your setting someplace wet?
I end up with a lot of religious motifs in mine, due to being raised in a strict Catholic household. I enjoy writing characters who challenge authority too.
>>8184427
And beyond that, water is just such a central experience in everyone's lives. We all know what water sounds like (assuming we aren't deaf) by intuition. It's eminently understandable.
>>8184440
I grew up on the West Coast so my default setting is beachside town. The beach is just such a lovely place...
