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So, Moby Dick represented God right?
Nah, mate
Nah Ahab was fighting racism
Why do you think the whale is white?
So Rust was shooting at a whale?
Post the best sentence ever written
the best sentence ever written
the best sentence ever written
Life is.
What is some of the best literature that deals with sexual frustration and the despicable hold that something as primitive as lust can hold such an incredible sway over one's head and actions.
Literature that deals with the notion of sex and it's position in the interplay of relations between men and women. Did anyone write anything on sexual frustration and how its extreme could fuck with someone's head?
>>7765789
The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra
You have read all of Houellebecq (and Elliot Rodger), I suppose?
Is that actually the bible?
Can /lit/ enlighten me on what his best works are? I'm obviously going to start with The Art of The Deal, but I'm interested to hear what the consensus is on the rest of his oevure?
Was considering reading The Art of The Comeback next. Feel like it would help me get a better sense of his mindset and plan to try and revive the United States
>>7766968
Why does he think America isn't great anymore?
>>7766968
Better off with this
Ayy lmao edition
Recommendations:
>Fantasy
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/4chanlit/images/a/a8/1307836551252.jpg
(For the Computer illiterate) http://i.imgur.com/igBYngL
(4 the Plebs) http://imgur.com/oPLOaVO
http://imgur.com/hasKZsT
>Sci-Fi
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/4chanlit/images/a/a6/Scifilit.jpg
(For the Computer illiterate) http://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc
http://imgur.com/r55ODlL
http://imgur.com/A96mTQX
>What are you reading right now?
>What's your favorite alien civilization?
>What are your favorite non-sentient alien creatures?
>Which aliens would you fug?
>What are you reading right now?
Dune
>What's your favorite alien civilization?
I quite like these Freman guys
>What are your favorite non-sentient alien creatures?
Alzabo
>Which aliens would you fug?
none
>>7751365
You should have uploaded that anon's chart in the thread and put (vagina shit) next to it under fantasy
>>7751365
>What are you reading right now?
The Death of Ivan Il'ic. No scifi/fantasy. Plan to read first book of Dying Earth, second book of Book the New Sun and first of Earthsea in the future. Fifth Head of Cerberus too.
>Which aliens would you fug?
Mother Kos.
Old one at 300.
Post one and reply to one edition.
A man finds himself in a room, he wasn’t here before but he is now. He doesn’t know why he’s now. He isn’t thinking about much at all, he doesn’t know language or the concept, he has never worn shoes or lain in bed. He can scarcely be called a human in mind or manner by our standards but, he undoubtedly is. Even with his lack of any experiences or stimuli the gears and cogs are moving slowly, like any machine; Metal bending warming and expanding, oil slowly dripping, lubricating like molasses in a confectionery or as alcohol does with one's modesty.
Colors appeared then shapes then hues, from the shapes came patterns followed by figures. A box, plate, stick, button, tree, and leaf. The figures taunted him for some reason or another but none in particular. An understanding being with experiences in which the relate current situations to could not grasp the magnitude of such an unfettered mind’s anger. The unfettered mind is left to cling to anything and it chose madness and fury. His veins popped, quarks and leptons hissing and crackling with the power of a being that knows no limitations.
He fell back to concoct new worlds,
Fell out in throbbing swirls,
He fell ‘till the world stopped,
Fell off this world.
>>7736565
I am going to post a post a pastebin of my most recent short story. I feel like I am getting better with each one I complete but for some reason they always seem to end around the 2000 word mark, I can't figure out how to say more or how to convey an emotion/feeling in more than one sentence when I feel like I've already gotten the message across.
I'm going to stick around in this thread and critique most of what gets posted so I would really appreciate a comprehensive critique if anyone has the time.
http://pastebin.com/z0TabAT9
>>7736565
I will pick out a few sentences/phrases which may have been written intentionally in the way that they have been but to me they feel out of place with the rest of the tone set by your writing.
>He isn’t thinking about much at all, he doesn’t know language or the concept.
He's not thinking, he has no language and no understanding of the concept
>He can scarcely be called a human in mind or manner by our standards
He can scarcely be called human by any standard
The reason I mention these two is because they seem very conversational compared to the rest of the text that follows which is an objective, academic sort of description and it doesn't start it off on a good note IMO.
In the first paragraph you're writing in present tense and then you shift to past tense.
>The figures taunted him for some reason or another but none in particular
>for some reason or another but none in particular
Feels like an unnecessary addition, doesn't really add much. Personifies the shapes and patterns for only one second and there's no purpose in doing so.
>An understanding being with experiences in which the relate current situations to could not grasp the magnitude of such an unfettered mind’s anger.
I might be stupid but this made 0 sense to me, try reading this and pretend you didn't write it and are only seeing it for the first time.
I would say that as a whole whatever message/purpose there is to this piece, it has failed to deliver. I'm unsure of what I'm reading and the lack of careful constriction in the actual text indicates that I'm not just missing it, it's just not there.
Can I become a good writer if I don't have an English degree. I'm doing a PhD in artificial intelligence and I have some ideas that I haven't seen explored in any form of art. Is it even worthwhile to think about writing a sci-fi book, or is there no hope of coming up with anything decent unless I dedicate my life to literature?
No, stop asking stupid shit. How would you know what to write and how without having someone with tons of experience in that field teach you at college? The only author who didn't have a degree in literature was Homer, but he didn't even exist
That tan line. My rock gets cock hard every time.
>>7757889
Nobody will read you. Do it for yourself in your spare time, if you enjoy it, isn't that all that matters?
Is there any way to get a jstor account other than paying for it?
If you suck the right cocks...
Use sci-hub.io
So for example, if you want to open
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2872097
you add .sci-hub.io after the .org
http://www.jstor.org.sci-hub.io/stable/2872097
>>7753398
O____________O
The Oxford University Press is having a %60 off sale on books for leap day. What good hardcovers are there to get?
I literally can't express how much better my life has been since I attended Oxford. I went to a state school and gradually became the stereotypical moody, withdrawn sensitive type who both despises the quality of his immediate culture and feels a weird pride for having been raised in a sort of anti-intellectual and brutal environment. I was all set to take my Russell Group humanities BA and spend my life working as an anonymous, insecure wageslave forever thankful of being offered a job and forever too insecure to pursue my creative ambitions. The chip on my shoulder had become something of a wedge, and I felt too out of place regardless of my environment, too resentful and bitter to even attempt to make it in the artistic world. Then I finally applied for Oxford and got in to study an English MA, with reassurance that should I work hard enough a career in academia or within one of Oxford's affiliated companies would be almost guaranteed. I turned up as apprehensive as usual, and the first few days were spent regretting my decision and desperately feigning a cultured personality. But then I realized that the people there were just interesting and that the snobbery and exclusivity I had anticipated was just a myth borne out of my working class upbringing. I've since graduated, having spend the year dining in grand halls with groups of interesting people, dating several girls (one of whom, a petite Russian whose family traces back to the aristocracy, is now my fiancee). I work four days a week at a publishing company and earn £38k a year. I regularly meet up with friends from my college and visit Oxford for nights out and for meetings with my professors. The Martin Eden-esque novel I have been writing for two years has been selected for publication at a major British publishing house and, honestly, I could not have imagined a few years ago how great life could be. I come on /lit/ and see how pathetic you all are and just shake my head and chuckle. If I saw you guys on the street I would of course throw you a penny or discuss Bukowski or whatever "realist" writers you enjoy, but ultimately I would be able to tell within ten seconds if you're an Oxbridge grad and would dismiss you as a potential source of good company if you are not. I never thought I'd know what it was like to be objectively better than somebody else, for the value of my existence to be superior to the value of a stranger's, but now I do and I've never been happier. People are awed by power and prestige. All I need to do is mention the university I attended (if only for a year) and they immediately begin to hunch and look at their feet because they know they are in the presence of greatness.
>>7757078
looks like she's shoving her finger into her urethra.
>>7757095
>looks like
From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Lyngstad translation.
"He had a powerful chest, well fleshed out, no one could be less astral; he ate his food like a man and it did him good, hence he was seldom thrown off balance."
What the fuck does "astral" mean in this context? I know it refers to the stars and shit. Does it mean that he never has his head in the clouds? Why would it be surrounded by this talk about Isak's physical state, rather than his simple mind?
>>7748168
Semen demon? Source?
stoya over acts so much
its fucking irritating
>>7748175
I'd rather have over acting than a fucking flat banal anal session.
Was he right? http://www.scaruffi.com/writers/wallace.html
>>7757306
No. Scaruffi is one of the biggest hacks of our age.
>>7757321
Elaborate, please.
>>7757306
He should stick to music
ITT we post our favorite short stories.
>>7748424
Dream of a Ridiculous Man
>>7748424
El sur, Borges
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
I'm curious. I think most anons here know at least two languages and when I say know, I'm talking a good reading level, enough to read literature.
What languages do you speak? Mother tongue? How did you learn your languages and how are you learning now?
>>7756039
Also a lot them are faking it, or had to learn English, because their country (incl Europoorans) sucks.
Don't worry about learning another language. It's one thing to be a stupid obnoxious tourist, another to be educated and not complacent about being monolingual.
I can only read in three. Been working on chinese and latin for a long time, not much success.
>>7756056
monoglot pleb detected
>>7756039
German from high school, native english
Bookshelf thread, /lit/zens!
Post your bookshelves, reading places and inspos. Also, brag and critic others with memes.
I'll start. 1/5.
>wordsworoth joyce
>spanish memes
>fedora-tier penguins
don't bother with the other 4 OP you already lost. should probably just delete your thread now desu this is pretty embarrassing
1/3
Colleges with the best english departments/curriculums?
>>7750658
St. John's College is a private liberal arts college known for its distinctive curriculum centered on reading and discussing the Great Books of Western Civilization.Go to a state school on the cheap, do an honors curriculum, get letters from distinguished professors, do your MA/MFA at someplace funded
hello is this where I order my caramel latte with extra foam?
>>7750658
the internet is the only way you can learn about the humanities without getting assaulted by cultural marxism. University is just a plot to get you indebted and indoctrinated
