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what do you think big Daves suicide note said.
Was probably written in a hanging indent
I'm sure there's something sad and utterly banal about it.
>Peace in the middle east
>muh solipsism
Great thread OP
I mean, kinda, but not really. You should still put a shotgun to the roof of your mouth though.
>muh oversimplification of well argued philosophy
ITT writers you've shamelessly stolen from, whether it's in style or technique or in subject matter.
Every one I've downloaded from libgen
>>7916142
Good thing he's obscure enough that my professors don't pick up on how Gassy my prose is.
>>7916142
I suffer from the same brevity as Borges, so if you see any of my work, don't think it's me stealing.
I do try to dilute what influences I notice along the way, but take as much pride in them.
I've read about 25 books by Asimov, and I've read about 15 by Margaret Atwood. I prefer to read books by different authors, but some writers are great, you know?
i've read a fair bit of richard yates
When I saw this thread I thought of posting
>I have read five books by George R. R. Martin :^)
But then I had a change of heart. I'm sorry for being such a (potential) shitposter OP. Your thread deserves better.
>>7922747
I am a completionist with a genre bent so ... everything by Gene Wolfe, most of Lafferty's stuff, all of zelazny, all of theodore sturgeon, all of nabokov, most of dickens, philip k dick, bradbury, mishima, faulkner, mieville, melville, hawthorne, everything by keats, Emily dickinson, flannery oconnor, proust, most of pynchon, most of mcarthy, etc.
I have no idea why people praise this shit. There's too many fucking characters, the world is basic, and holy fuck is it boring. Are these bad or am I wrong?
>>7917473
theyre bad but not for the reasons you listed. would you rather get into a bathtub full of rotting dead rats or a sick persons snot?
You're wrong. The books are very good I just really super badly wish the next book would come out already!!
>>7917473
>storm of swords split into two
Wut
I made the Christianity thread the other day, and compiled all your comments in a word document along with saving the images.
Today I picked up a new Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha, along with Confessions of St Augustine. Mere Christianity was checked out for some reason (praise jesus)
How should I approach the bible? I have the same interest as you, from a literary standpoint and possible convert. I am interested in Christian logic and ethics, along with the "big questions"
please guide me
I mostly meant what order to read it in
>>7917045
>How should I approach the bible?
As a skeptic.
>>7917059
because you might accidentally believe some of it? Do you read Homer the same way
>myriad reasons
>haunting performance
>rate of speed
>speaks volumes
>semicolons
>>7915230
Your post is a tour de force
>>7915230
>>semicolons
usually the mark of a pseud, i am guilty
I''ll use dashes all day, though
>and but so
>problematic
>blind loquacious pruriency
>offwall entailed at such short notice the pftjschute of Finnegan
ὅδε ἐστὶ φίλος ἡμετέρος. τοῡ λογοι εἰσἱ σοφοἰ.
Epictetus? moar lyk epic titties lmao amirite?
>>7914283
Ανθρώπος νεπιος εσσι.
>>7914282
Yes, you're very clever. Please go away.
Do you find it hard to write characters who are not your gender?
>>7921841
Nah, my protagonists are usually women.
Most of the time I can change my characters gender and not need to revise anything, so no.
Yes, because honest representation would be labeled misogynist. Women don't represent themselves very well. Example: guy asks me and a younger girl if he should send a slightly older woman he just started talking to flowers. I say not until you get where you want to be or she will think you are desperate. Young girl says oh yeah that would be sweet, so he does. The woman starts ignoring him, perceiving the neediness in his character. Can't treat a casual woman that nicely at the start or she sees no challenge if you lack wealth or looks, and you can take that to the...
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What's your opinion on The Last Psychiatrist?
On that note, are there any other blogs worth reading?
It's garbage. Masturbatory bullshit for pseudointellectual 18 year olds who want to feel really intelligent because they get inundated with factoids and charts that are completely divorced from context.
He used to have some interesting stuff but his blog has definitely taken a huge nosedive. It's not much more than drivel now.
>>7914527
Butthurt narcissist detected.
>>7914613
>butthurt narcissist
funny you say that cause that's exactly what TLP is
https://kat.cr/loeb-classical-library-iii-432-520-still-incomplete-t10408736.html
Whole point of loeb is to have them in physical format though.
>>7913120
You know how much that collection would cost in physical format?
>>7913132
Ya I understand, i have one in my room and its tiny, for like $20.
I'll download this anyway to check out some of the novelty stuff, thanks m8
worst book you were to read for school/uni
this broke me.
>>7910544
Please do greentext.
As for my experience, nothing too horrorific. Probably Futureless Capitalism by Emanuele Severino, but honestly just because it was written in the inane, incomprehensible way most (Italian, at least) contemporary philosophers use. All hail philosophical fiction.
