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One of the most brilliant minds of our generation, or just another pretty face?
>>7973373
hehehehe epin!1 XDD
>>7973373
Someone needs to send this thing to iDubbbz.
>a ways to go
i could care less about this thread.
You done that on accident, right?
Should I read Beowulf first?
>>7973335
It's probably not necessary but you can literally finish Beowulf in a night. Plus it's a fun read. Would recommend the Heaney translation
what do you think? are you so stupid you can't answer this question yourself
>>7973335
How about you read it, then read Beowulf and then read it again and compare the experience? Then tell us.
I could use some help with my first blog,
http://nextlevelscifi.kinja.com/star-trek-in-second-life-a-not-so-friendly-away-missi-1773512253?rev=1461803301110#
It's the first time I've tried to write an article
>>7973236
Kill yourself
Watch run-on sentences and verb tenses.
>>7973236
Space! The final frontier. On the 8th of September, 1966, Gene Roddenberry launched the first television episode to feature the continuing missions of the Starship Enterprise. Though the initial series only ran for three seasons (the third having to be petitioned by fans), what was created was historical television that spawned many shows that would follow in its footsteps.
In this show writer Gene Roddenberry constructed a fantastic future in which technology allowed humanity to create a near perfect utopia where exploring "strange new worlds" is the priority. A number of fans have taken to recreate this setting in a virtual world called “Second Life”, a game created by studio Linden Labs. Upon learning about this I was thrilled to go explore what these fans had created, however making an account and exploring this "strange new world" turned out to be a rather stressful and disappointing experience.
My first destination was Federation 12th Fleet. I explored the sets briefly, however I didn’t discover much worthwhile there. Apart from the fact there were no real people, I couldn’t get a single person on sim to speak with me. After several minutes of exploration with my free Tricorder from the Star Trek Museum, a Mr. ‘John T Hartman’ approached and informed me that since I was "only one day old" I needed to leave. I attempted to communicate with him via voice chat, to inform him I was working on a Sci-Fi blog, but to no avail. He simply yelled at me and outright accused me of being there with the sole purpose of causing trouble (however you do that in a video game?). Before apologizing for trespassing on what I assumed was a public group I was immediately kicked and banned from ever returning... oh well... much sadness... I decided to just go find somebody who wasn’t a special snowflake.
After my rather disappointing first contact, I decided to explore the sim with the second most amount of ‘traffic’: Solaris Station. I found that it didn’t look very much like Star Trek, and had nobody there except a member from another group. Finally! Successful first contact, I spoke with this individual for several minutes and received warnings for having visited several other sims (12th Fleet included), but was soon invited to visit an unfinished sim called “Starfleet Alpha”. I had a wonderful talk with several people, however it was around this time I decided Second Life wasn’t for me!
>tfw you write a long argument
>wait ages for replies that never come
>smugly add another tally to the 'arguments won' board
I laff'd
>finishing a 1000 page book
Is the Lydia Davis translation as good as people say it is? Or should I just get Montcrieff for Swann's Way?
I think the general consensus is that Davis is better than Moncrieff for Swann's Way, but since she only translated the first volume you probably want to read Moncrieff if you're going to tackle all of Proust to avoid switching translators.
>>7973097
I have both, and I gotta say: I like the Montcrieff translation a lot better.
>>7973135
Same goes for me. I'd say the Davis translation is a bit easier to read and has helpful footnotes. But the Moncrieff version has more character and nostalgic flair to it.
What are some good books that make good arguments against philosophies like nihilism and anti-natalism?
Anti-natalism is objective truth. The only certainties in life are that you will die and that reproducing is a sin.
>against nihilism
The Holy Bible.
Grendel
teleology vs. nihilism
Help me out here, guys. I'm completely stumped. I read this about a year or two ago and assumed it was a critique of the tendency to make genre fiction (or fiction in general) edgy and grimdark because that's "realistic".
I found I didn't quite understand where Le Guin was going with it, so to speak. Was she saying she eschewed the edginess - that she had walked away? Refusing to let her work fall into laziness etc? But I didn't really care.
Recently, the story/essay/whatever was mentioned in connection with an alleged child molestation epidemic in SF circles of the time. I thought it was BS and decided to google a few analyses to see what was going on. Turns out most analyses don't think it's any way a reflection on fiction. They seem to think it's a real-world political allegory.
I'm aware of the Henry James connection to utilitarianism, but can any kindly passer-by help me out here? What the hell is this actually about?
>>7973052
It's an essay in moral philosophy - viz., on the limitations of utilitarianism.
I don't know where you got 'edgy', 'grimdark' or 'realistic'. Try reading it again after taking a class in introductory ethics.
>>7973104
>I don't know where you got 'edgy', 'grimdark' or 'realistic'.
She says that modern audiences consider happiness 'archaic' and indicative of simple-mindedness. She hammers home repeatedly that despite their happiness, they aren't 'simple folk'. She then suggests that it is difficult for the reader to actually accept this, and then presents the scapegoat child, with the assurance that this will make the Omelasians far easier to picture, and to accept as both happy and complex, with rich inner lives etc.
As I said, I'm aware of its inspiration by William James (it's late) and his remarks on utilitarianism. But if this interpretation is correct then I fail to see it as interesting. It doesn't in any sense actually explore or consider the implied utilitarian system - it's just The Ones Who Didn't Subscribe To Specific Variants Of Utilitarianism. So what? Whereas it seems at least to be somewhat provocative, or suggestive of an actual thesis, if it's read as a critique of trends in fiction.
And don't bother replying until you've taken an introductory course in not being a cunt.
Hey bros. I need your help I need some help on founding a theme or writing essay topic about macbeth. I have to write sth, doesn't matter what, it could be a song, a letter, some poetry maybe but it has to be 800 words long and related Smith the story of Macbeth. Has someone an original idea?? Please
Thank you
Do a comparison between Aristotles De Poetica and formal elements of Macbeth: discovery, peripeteia, suffering etc. Should be very simple and mildly interesting to your teacher
>>7972984
Man, I miss how easy high school was. I just breezed through bullshit assignments like this without asking a Zimbabwean Feces Sculpting board for help.
>>7972984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iU9JF-DXds
listen to this. its fucking perfect.
has anybody read "Don't Touch This Book" by Jan van Helsing? i can't find any reviews that aren't really obscure blogs that don't really tell you much. this book apparently talks about an alternative view on history, and was banned in its own country. i can't find it anywhere for download in english. it also looks like the only way to buy it is through amazon. seems kind of weird that a book that is 10 years old doesn't have any relevant information about it on the internet. PLEASE HELP!!!
tl;dr
can't find anything substantial about this book or where to get it apart from amazon plz help.
basically all the reviews on Goodreads are people saying he made some interesting claims, but backed literally none of them up.... doesnt explain why it's banned though
>>7973040
thanks. i'll go to goodreads now to check that out.
>>7972868
Instead of getting this, just get Zinn's People's History
Saw the movie and hated it, should I assume that the book is shit too?
Or a better question: can I read it without thinking about Joaquin Phoenix grotesque face now?
>>7972865
Joaquin is my husbando, delete this
Book has much more stoner comedy. More psychedelic too.
>without thinking about Joaquin Phoenix
No.
Have you read any Pynchon?
Its a pretty ok book. Really groovy
I hate stuff like pic related too but just out of curiosity what program do I need to write something in the same style ?
MS Paint
Okay, but in order to prepare yourself for it you first have to drink lots of bleach.
ITT: Writers who you'd bang without question
>>7972862
t. De Beauvoir
I never understood this. Everyone says he was so good looking, I just can't see it. Maybe there's another picture that looks better.
>>7973717
Good looking as writers go at least.
You have 1 minute to explain why you have not read this: https://istifhane.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/beforethelaw.pdf
go.
I haven't been allowed.
>>7972829
b-but i did
(and i also saw the orson welles' movie with that intro)
>>7974576
Goddamn that movie was good. One of Welles best.
Post the shittiest books ever written
>He doesn't understand Salinger
>be op
>read the first chapter of a well regarded book
>fail to understand it
>use hyperbole to bait /lit/ into explaining it for you
