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has anyone here ever one a writing competition? what was it for, what did you win, what kind of contest was it?
In fifth grade our teacher asked us to write a short story for a citywide contest. The topic was "Going on a holiday in the future". Me and my best friend handed in some stories and we both won a prize. He got the first place, me second although he wrote a very generic story while mine was a bit more critical. He qualified to take part in a nationwide contest but my school asked me to write something together with him. Eventually we made the top 3 and got a winner's certificate, an invitation to meet the mayor and a free buffet. Pretty lame.
>>7881291
did ur mom go nuts over it
>>7881220
It was some annual state writing competition. The winners had their short story published in anthology together. And one story from the two categories were picked as the winner and given $1,000 I think. I didn't get the money.
This includes novels and more comfy B-Rate pulp works.
>>7881052
Book/movie horror is dead.
Comics are where it's at.
>>7881052
b-b-bump
>>7881052
As a fan of horror, I feel like this thread mirrors the market.
Maybe Joe Hill? He's better than his dad.
What are your favorite modern books? Written after 2010 pref
Pic not related at all
you mean contemporary
i've got one for you: the latest dictionary
>>7881045
LMAO
I myself have only read one book published in the time frame of 2010 - present, Sense of an Ending. It was okay.
Does /lit/ like Stephen Hawking's books?
>>7881022
>Sweephen Hawkings.mov
>>7881022
>Does /lit/ like Stephen Hawking's books?
he is too much of a pleb
He did a couple semi-important things. However he is not nearly as important as the media makes him out to be.
I wonder how much philosophy, including philosophy of science, Hawking has actually read. Or Richard "Region specific" Dawkins for that matter. I do agree, and so do quite a few contemporary philosophers, that philosophy uses its own mechanisms (what's left of cartesianism, phenomenological reduction, orientation towards art and politics, focus on language and/or logic, etc.) to avoid the difficult task of studying science (which became effectively far too complex for the philosopher polymath of times long gone). Still, interdisciplinarity is the way of the future so I see no reason why philosophers couldn't contribute by specializing themselves (into epistemologists, ontologists of various kinds, etc.) and leave behind the broad, all-encompasing views that link fundamental elements to political movements and the like. Or, perhaps, this may in fact allow the creation of new views that go beyond individual synthesizers, so that we would talk about arepublican view of Being rather than a hegeian one, as silly as thats might sound. instance.
This is what hawking believes in 2010, after his career in physics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-dependent_realism
Model-dependent realism is a view of scientific inquiry that focuses on the role of scientific models of phenomena.[1] It claims reality should be interpreted based upon these models, and where several models overlap in describing a particular subject, multiple, equally valid, realities exist. It claims that it is meaningless to talk about the "true reality" of a model as we can never be absolutely certain of anything. The only meaningful thing is the usefulness of the model.[2] The term "model-dependent realism" was coined by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow in their 2010 book, The Grand Design.[3]
Model-dependent realism asserts that all we can know about "reality" consists of networks of world pictures that explain observations by connecting them by rules to concepts defined in models. Will an ultimate theory of everything be found? Hawking/Mlodinow suggest it is unclear:
In the history of science we have discovered a sequence of better and better theories or models, from Plato to the classical theory of Newton to modern quantum theories. It is natural to ask: Will this sequence eventually reach an end point, an ultimate theory of the universe, that will include all forces and predict every observation we can make, or will we continue forever finding better theories, but never one that cannot be improved upon? We do not yet have a definitive answer to this question...[4]
—Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow, The Grand Design, p.8
Been seein' a rise in Goosebumps threads the past couple weeks.
Let's get a general foing for Stine's TRUE magnum opus!
I know I read a few in fourth grade, thinking I was cool for reading the more "mature" horror series (the lesser being Goosebumps).
But I don't really remember what happened in any of them or even how I felt about them. Guess they just didn't make an impact.
>>7880983
>thinking I was cool for reading the more "mature" horror series
Same senpaifam, I just read them at first to be cool but I actually ended up really liking them and read most of 'em.
>>7880923
I never even heard of this before. Too bad. I'm sure they might've been fun to read when I was like 10.
What is the best translation to Goethe's Faust? I have this one with me, but'd be willing to search for one that's better.
>>7880904
i read the one in your pic, i liked it
im aware that this isnt super helpful, but yeah.
I'm currently considering becoming an academic
would I get some interesting thoughts and life lessons out of Faust?
Kaufman abridges in Part II. Supposedly he's the best choice for Part I though.
What did Orwell mean by this?
He literally explains this in the book.
Good job anon.
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>>7880873
Liberals.
Hi guys I made a meme. rate my meme
>>7880562
>2006 meme font
End your life, please.
>>7880562
I've read Infinite Jest and I don't understand your joke
>>7880562
>you will never live in Montana
Just finished this. Funniest book i've read by far. What do you guys think of it?
Also, zach galifianakis would be a perfect cast for Ignatius
>>7880408
>zach galifianakis would be a perfect cast for Ignatius
He'll be fine
>zach galifianakis
Have you seen Baskets? By which I mean yes.
>>7880408
No attempted movie project for A Confederacy of Dunces has ever left the ground. Some say it's cursed.
What are your thoughts on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?
mediocre romantic pulp
good concept poor prose
>>7880550
can you suck a dick pls
What does /lit/ think of this book?
I thought it was alright.
Bought it today for three dollars so nothing.
>>7880147
Haven't read it yet but I have great expectations.
Read it in high school freshman year, read it four times since then. Great book.
Holy shit, this was probably the best thing I've ever read. Even without any religious significance it might have for me, it's just a really great poetic story.
The speeches express so much raw emotion and it tells so much about the human condition despite being such a short and simple story.
What's /lit/'s opinion on this religious literature? What's /lit/'s favorite religious literature.
WAGESLAVE IDEOLOGY desu
>>7880135
iI was 15 once too, you know.
>your lord and savior will never destroy your life just to settle a bet
feels good man
Book that describes friendship in a realistic way?
Pic related.
My diary desu neas long as the definition of realistic extends to realistically absent
>>7880007
What was his name, OP? How did he betray you?
>>7880007
Someone had a rough day. You hanging in there, bud?
>insofar
>And but so
>>7879896
>irregardless
>or lack thereof
Guess the book and leave a hint for another. Hard mode: use only one word as a hint.
I'll go first.
>jaunt
>hitherto
Tennis
Penis
