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>One of the greatest novels in the US canon
>Almost wasn't released.
>>8011959
>>8012667
Nice pick when it comes to Reilly, but Terry Gilliam has never made anything good
>>8012667
i think this could legit be turned into a good movie
Has anyone here read this? Is this considered garbage?
I imagine that any New York Times best selling author would be shit on. is that a safe assumption? Is /lit/ just not a fan of fiction or what.
>>8011860
I've read Angels and Demons, and I'm sure it's fairly similar.
Like most John Grisham-esque books it's perfectly enjoyable, but it's like bubble gum. You might kind of enjoy it when you're chewing on it, but ultimately it's unsatisfying and you barely remember it. I couldn't tell you about a single character in Angels and Demons and I've only finished it a month ago. The style of writing lends itself more to a TV show than a novel desu. There's nothing it gains...
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>>8011918
>40
>menopause
I don't think that's how it works. Maybe you've watched too much sex and the city.
>>8011921
Some people do start the menopause that early bro. I agree that it's not that common tho.
Typically it's the women that get paranoid about it and think they'll be barren by 30.
What should I know/read before attempting to read The Iliad and Odyssey?
I've read that you need to be familiar with greek mythology to read it. Also, all I've ever read have been shitty pop-fiction books. Is there anything I can do to increase my comprehension of them?
>>8011847
They're both easy as fuck, man. Just read them.
>>8011847
This: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215485.The_World_of_Odysseus
Read Greek: An Intensive Course and The Cambridge Guide to Homer.
ITT: Life changing books.
books that changed your perspective on life and made you a better version of yourself.
>>8011820
I don't know if I've become a better person, but my perspective has definitely changed since I've read this book.
>>8011820
the holy bible
Infinite Jest has made me stop wasting time on the internet. I'm actually only here because I'm waiting for my pc to deinstall some games (I also quit gaming) and then I'll leave. By the way, what do you think of my cat?
Request essay .pdfs from JSTOR and I will download them using my uni access and email them to your burner.
Nothing book-length unless you really need it.
Is it illegal to share these pdfs? Like uploading them somewhere?
>>8011859
it's (not)^p illegal with p odd
I'm going to bed. But you guys can post here and I'll fire emails off tomorrow.
you're a cool guy op
Is Stanford's English program good as compared to say, Yale or Columbia's? Does the predominance of STEMfags make the community significantly less helpful/enlightening to the path of a budding fiction writer?
>>8011779
Also, do any of you guys go here? If so, what are the students like, particularly the English students?
Yale is a joke tier school after all that SJW bullshit on their campus, the education is laughable, if you go to yale for english you will learn more about how shitty negress writers actually wrote shakespeare
>>8011804
That's what I kind of feared, seeing as how bloom hated teaching there so much.
I wrote a short story. What do I do with it? Can I submit it for editing somewhere? Get it published? No idea what I'm doing.
Edit it yourself. You can submit it to some sort of zine or anthology, even get paid for it depending on how good it is.
>>8011714
Where? Is there a list? Do I just Google? Don't want to get ripped off. Do I submit to multiple at once?
You could try submitting it to a contest.
A book about a never ending library? It's supposed to be a classic? Anybody know which book I'm referring to?
>>8011618
Wasn't it that one episode of Avatar?
Jorge Luis Borges' short story "The Library of Babel"
It's this good enough to become an elite writer?
Anyone can write. But to be noticed, you have to have original and creative ideas, and btw most of these are shunned by society
>>8011467
If you have to ask permission to be a writer, from idiots like us, with the implication that IQ is the determining factor in whether you can produce content, then no, you can't become an elite writer.
>>8011467
Is IQ even related to creativity or language? I know a few very intelligent people who are really bad at redacting.
The only good parts of this book are the descriptions of hell
>>8011386
one could say the same about Portrait of an Artist.
>>8011386
I might have taken you seriously if you had have said 'Satan's speeches' instead of 'the descriptions of hell.'
Are we seriously supposed to be rooting for God, cuz he's really boring compared to Satan who's a cool guy imo
yo /lit/ what are some books on social engineering. I hope to be as good as this man some day .
>>8011385
How to Win Friends and Influence People
go away pleb, you're not going to fucking read them and you know it
>>8011385
plato- the republic
>search for a book you love (best if read in high school) followed by "book trailer" or "class trailer"
>share your findings with 4chan's /lit/ board
>try not to be too hard on the creators
Catch-22 Book trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRwlNNbUnGk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSmqZYzxBN4
Wow, why the fuck is this a thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Z7uS_th-M
>>8011391
lmao
What does /lit/ think of this book?
>>8011339
I imagine lit both likes and dislikes this book due to varying reasons.
>>8011339
i have literally never heard of this book
Nice hard SF, cardboard characters
What does /lit/ think of DH Lawrence?
>>8011335
P good.
I like his poems about animals.
On paper, I ought to hate him. But I like his poems. In spite of being god damned free verse &c.
Which version is the best? Which English translation?
The original desu
>>8011305
The German one
