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What's his best? What's his worst?
How many fart jokes have been made at his expense?
>>8272863
I assume all of it is shit because he is fat and ugly and thus must be a man of weak character and spirit.
What does /lit/ think of this man?
Is he good? Is he le-meme'd yet?
The savior of contemporary adult fiction? Or just alright?
>>8272850
He was always just an attention-whoring memer. The publishing industry artificially created the hype behind him.
>>8272850
alright with glimps of brilliance
>>8272850
can you at least first use the archive next time?
Iliad
>Mopey Achilles
>A million names
>That book/chapter that's just a list of more names and places
>Which Ajax is which?
> No Trojan Horse
Odyssey
>Nuanced protagonist
>Mythical creatures and mystery
>Underworld Scene
>Intricate plot spanning time and place
>Hero's Journey
and yet, /lit/, why is it that I liked the Iliad more?
Because you didn't understand it.
>>8272830
>tfw I still imagine Odysseus as my high school english teacher
>>8272830
Because the Iliad appeals more the contemporary notion of the shunned, ostracized (anti-)hero. And you probably don't have a family so you have no idea what the yearning for home would feel like after a long absence.
For me personally, Iliad was far more appealing because of the topic of death and the human condition. It also yielded more insight in a society so distant from our own, not merely because of the shame society which is so different from our own guilt society. But also because of the inherent futility of life and how we try and give meaning to this brief time on earth that we have before we descend into obscurity.
Has anyone here read this?
>>8272815
yes
>>8272815
maybe
recommendations for philosophy books on the topic of happiness and the purpose of life?
im depressed af
>>8272800
The New Testament
Aristotle and Epictetus helped me with that, my man.
>>8272800
Siddhartha helped me.
Heidegger helped me.
I read a different translation of the Tao Te Ching every so often.
I read certain books in the Bible.
Anyone read it? Is it the magnum opus of English literature?
>caring about length o er substance
Fucking plebs.
>>8272725
Sounds fake
>>8272768
It's real.
Is it possible to make a living freelance writing?
If so, how can you start if you have no experience (not counting novels/screenplays you might've written)?
And what are the options? Content mills? Erotic fiction? Anything else?
>>8272700
Not really, no. It was a decade or three ago, but these days you're not going to get paid shit for writing under normal circumstances unless you already have years of experience.
>>8272772
>unless you already have years of experience.
not even this.
>>8272700
Depends on where you live. In some eastern european countries with a low cost of living, you could pull it off. Back when I was writing for content mills, I could get $5 or $6/hour if I put some effort in, and that is more than enough to get you through in, say, Slovakia or Hungary.
Defend it.
It lets non-white people seek public approval for texts that traditionally would be ignored by their peers, normalizing poetry production and diffusion.
It holds some merit in the sense that it encourages people to try to formulate their ideas and thoughts in a semi-empowering environment.
I hate most of slam poetry. Overrated and usually just hyped up shit (think 22 Jump Street). There are definitely some speakers whose 'poems' tend to hit very hard, and they have enough well-written verses to appeal to the minority and majority.
It seems more like a visual performance than one meant to have a huge amount of literary merit.I think it really all depends on the delivery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqu4ezLQEUA
>tfw we will never have the full account of the Trojan War as relayed by the Epic Cycle
How do I live with this feeling?
>tfw we will never have the original works of the cynics
>thw I will never have access to the varamchara marga tantra
>>8272666
By stop being a pussy and being happy with the brilliant works we have.
>>8272672
he was probably cold, you todger shrivels up when it's cold
Best lit from this cunt?
Mishima
Here's a famous light novel:
>I Joked About Wanting to Have Sex With My Sister But Now She Thinks I'm Serious and She Won't Stop Mentioning to Other People That There's Nothing Wrong with Incest Even Though They Never Mention Things Like That in Polite Conversation
>>8272659
Wasn't that the title of some video game or another?
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Anyone know of any books that'll make me funnier?
>>8272633
Captain Underpants
>>8272633
your/my diary
What about something that'd make me more interesting to be around?
Which is your favorite book and why?
How to Speak and Write Correctly,
Joseph Devlin
Adler's book is mostly about the mechanics of reading, while Bloom's is mostly about literary appreciation
>>8272600
>tfw can't do either
>tfw forever stupid
ITT: the film did it better than the book
pic related
>>8272228
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
American Psycho
Solaris
Fight Club
The Shining
>>8272238
if you go home iwth someoen who doenst have any buks
don fuggem :P
I didn't went to films, I went to the book store.
>Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism.
>His reputation is markedly different in Anglophone regions, where he has often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels are often reprinted.
>mfw the autistic butthurt patricians who spam the Harold Bloom quote about Harry Potter multiple times every single day are all Americans
>mfw the Europeans don't give a fuck and just enjoy whatever they think is good
>>8272178
20,000 leagues was pretty great though.
Bloom likes lots of so-called "genre fiction", you aspie, and I doubt he dislikes Verne.
>>whatever they think is good
oh boy get a load of this guy
>reading in public
>qt asks me what I'm reading
>Nigger of the Narcissus
>group of girls start making fun of infinite jest near me
reading john green on my Kindle Paperwhite (tm) and gett layed
>reading in public
>someone comes near to look at the book I am reading and he sneersThe Legend of the 10 Elemental Masters
