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Previous >>24083241 I went to the local bookstore and tried to find an older translation of the Odyssey and couldn't find one. They only stocked the Wilson "translation" aka rewriting of the greatest poem ever written to fit modern Marxist ideology. And we are not allowed to say anything. They are not just complaining about the "dead white men", they are going back and changing what they said, so even if we go to the Canon, we cannot escape their heinous ideology. This is just the start, soon this will happen to the Bible. >literally the greatest and most influential novelist of all time
>almost completely forgotten in the 21st century
How did this happen? What could possibly account for it? "McThulu's" edition
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Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0iTXK-juU I'm surprised how popular Melville is on this board for how racist and homophobic you guys are. >I [Professor Kilby] was invited to dinner with some of the faculty at Christ Church and afterwards one member asked me if The Silmarillion had any sex, in the modern sense, in it. Next day I mentioned this to Tolkien and, to my surprise, he said he had written a couple of sex stories, though he did not volunteer to show them to me.
Where the fuck are they? Imagine being a philosophy professor trying to make them stop with appeals to their empathy expecting logical reasoning and using lectures quoting post modernist literature or quotes from the greeks or germanic illuminism
this why you lose you are one punch away from shutting up forever, I'll literally punch you if you disagree with me go on disagree with me 
Any books that explains why Western governments are run by Incompetent, spiteful, complacent HR women? How did this ever come about?
Pic related is Jacqui Smith
>British politician, broadcaster and life peer who has been serving as Minister of State for Skills and Government spokesperson for Equalities since 2024.[1][2] A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Redditch from 1997 to 2010. Smith previously served as Home Secretary under Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2009 and was the first woman to hold the position.
>Smith became the first female Home Secretary. She resigned as Home Secretary in June 2009 following her involvement in the parliamentary expenses scandal in which she had falsely claimed that a room in her sister's house was her main home;[3] she was also the subject of controversy after it emerged that her husband had used taxpayer money to purchase pornographic videos. Smith, one of the highest profile figures involved in the scandal, then lost her seat as MP for Redditch in the 2010 general election. Between leaving the House of Commons and rejoining the government in 2024, she remained in public life as a political pundit and took up roles in various other sectors, such as health and media. myr edition
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All Classical languages are welcome. What the fuck happened to Stormlight archive? This was unironically the worst book I've read in the last decade Reading is a feminine activity but writing is a masculine activity. Therefore being /lit/ makes one androgynous. Post & critique poems, either OC or by some known poet.
The previous thread died too fast. Any books on how young men who were raised by single mothers could reverse the destructive effects of this upringing? As you may well know, men who were raised by single mothers are proportionally more likely to develop mental illness. I would be interested to know if Freud, Jung or any modern psychologist examines this phenomenon. When did you realize he was right about everything? Remember a few years ago when people on here were saying that Mexico City was going to become the new literary hub for artistic expats? Whatever happened to that? His ideo of will being a door to the noumenal world is rendered obsolete now that we know human emotions and desire are caused by brain chemistry and not some metaphysical will immanent in everything. And their sole purpose is to force us to reproduce to avoid entropy.
Nietzsche was right in the end Post a review. Others guess the book. Any novels where the main character is a fish? Is Jordan Peterson a fraud? Well history has certainly taken quite an interesting turn since this book hasn’t it Hello /lit/
Let's write a story, one sentence at a time Where is the great Heideggerian novel? 
>actually read some of pic related
>Hitler straight up eviscerates all of the contemporary nazi talking points about how nazis were totally peaceful and dindu uffin bro and they just wanted to reunite with their old territories
>Hitler literally outright states that a return to Germany's former prewar territory is a crime in its insufficiency
>Hitler literally outright states that Germany needs to aggressively expand in Europe to acquire a more favourable ratio of land area to population for the German state like the US and China and the Soviets etc.
>Hitler literally outright states that he believes Germany should abandon diplomacy and trade and build their economy explicitly on territorial conquest
>Hitler Literally outright states that he thinks Germany needs to first and foremost conquer Eastern Europe specifically
>Hitler literally outright states that Poland Is the gateway between Germany and the east that will need to be conquered first in order for war to be made between Russia and Germany
what the FUCK did Hitler mean by this? Why did he like hanging out with Glanton so much? Were they pals? We haven't had a stack thread in a hot minute. Post those stacks!!
Everything here with the exception of the Gene Wolfe I received or bought myself for Christmas. Finished Bloodlands already and currently reading Lords of Chaos (I'm also reading Shadow & Claw but haven't touched it for a few weeks, I'm kinda bored of it t b h). Any books that come close to the nostalgic, urban hauntology evoked by these albums? >takes the first job he can find and simply wastes his life in it and even convinces himself over time that there were no positive alternatives to a sort of miserable comfort
What was his problem? Kafka and Milena or Pessoa and Ofelia? His life must be cozy.
>churn out tons of random slop
>get endless praise and money
>apparently doesn't need much sleep and never gets sick
And traditional publishing is so broken there will never be another new big-name author in fantasy, so his career is secure for the rest of his life. What are some good introductory texts on Hinduism for a Western audience? Almost all the literature about Dharmic religions focuses on Buddhism.
I dont really have any pic related to India or Hinduism, but pic somewhat related i guess Bec by Darren Shan is the fourth book in The Demonata series released but it is the first chronologically, set in Ireland around 1600 years ago.
Lets continue as we follow the adventures of our titular heroine Bec.
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>>24070921 Zoomers identify much more strongly with pictures of cats than millenials did. For the millenial the cat image was mostly an exterior object, usually a cause for amusement, but for the zoomer the cat is mostly an avatar of their feelings and disposition.
Zoomers have entered the cat. Or perhaps sought refuge therein. But from what do they flee? Much to consider Time to read Pessoa and think about existence. Best biographies (not anthologies of short biographies) of men of antiquity? I feel like Faulkner has such a huge issue with consistency. I hated The Sound and the Fury but loved Absalom, Absalom! He's among the only great authors that I have such a divisive reaction to each of his works. Most great authors I tend to either be in love with or just apathetic towards. Rarely do I hate. And I do hate half Faulkner just as much as I love half of Faulkner. >Nemo claims the South Pole for himself, an achievement nobody will ever know.
It was at this moment I understood I was reading a great book. 
So, WTF? Should I just fire up the old LLM and have it churn out thousands of pages of this shit for profitable publishing? I mean, jeez... can we talk about, uh, womens' literature? While we're at it, we all know that Ursula Kroeber Le Guin must've written some steamy smut for her personal consumption, never intending it for publication... but it *must* exist somewhere -- who has it?! POST IT ITT! T_T
>moving on...
Is pic related why there are zero reports of women being raped by Sasquatch (but not zero reported Sasquatch rapes)?
>asking for a friend who says she's afraid of getting raped by sasquatch (but then gives me that look as she breathily repeats the phrase before closing her eyes, biting her lip and shivering as she quietly coos).
For that matter, does getting swole, gruffly grunting and wearing a gorilla costume guarantee free sex on demand? Is there some cunning basketball player who does this regularly, but his "victims" never report his crimes (but tell their friends about recently having this "crazy hot dream omg")?
>t. thinkin' bout churnin' out some smut for sale to these dumb cunts lol screencap this post and look for my books next year
But, seriously, please tell us about your experiences in commercially writing smut for women. Just how the fuck did he do it? There are two groups of people who claim to dislike Tolstoy. Those who haven't read him. And those that were filtered by War & Peace. Anyone who puts in the effort finds a new favorite author. i can only think of miyamoto musashi..sun tzu and clausewitz Why is Kukai recommended on this reading guide If it was mandatory to read the bible do you think that would create more atheists or more believers? He should have just obeyed the law. Post any good history books.
The World Crisis - Winston Churchill
>Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following decades.
>Volume I covers the origins and earliest days of the war from 1911-1914, as well as the longer history of the collapse of the Great Power system from the Franco Prussian war onwards. Churchill here explores the international tensions over the Balkan states that triggered the conflict as well as the arms race between the British and German navies.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22539911-the-world-crisis-volume-i
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Crisis
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59794
Previous Thread: >>23944679 Are #Bookstagram #BookTok or #BookTube better than /lit/? Dave Wolverton (pen name: Dave Farland) wrote >100 hours a week in his early career, penning countless novels, including a nine-volume fantasy epic called Runelords that hardly anyone read. He taught writing at BYU and personally developed the careers of Brandon Sanderson and Stephanie Meyer, and was responsible for J. K. Rowling's global success. What did he get for all his effort? Does anyone know his name? He is already forgotten. He worked so, so hard. And his reward for all that work was a fatal subdural hemorrhage from falling down a flight of stairs. He was writing the tenth and last volume of Runelords when he died, and it will never be released because, unlike with Robert Jordan, his work did not gain wide enough appeal for an author to bother finishing it. You lose, good day sir, here is your subdural hemorrhage*, cheerio.
*His little boy also got his head smashed in while on some excursion. Foreshadowing? ITT books that you've touched with your foot The ending of The Dark Tower series was good and I'm tired of pretending otherwise The most perfect literary work in history. All historical efforts to eliminate it ultimately proved futile. Its unfinished status only endears it to the refined mind.
I am especially fond of the final image of Augustine. What are you biggest RED FLAGS in books, anon? Post your favourite moments. For me it's Wotan's scene with Erda, various passages of which Adorno identified as resembling the mythological language of Zarathustra. And it is no surprise, as Nietzsche himself praised it as 'like no other poetry in the world'.
>Hinab denn, Erda! Urmütterfurcht!
>Ursorge! Hinab!
>Hinab, zu ew’gem Schlaf!
>Descend then, Erda, Great Mother of fear,
>Great Mother of Sorrow!
>Away, away to eternal sleep! Lovecraft was the classic image of a starving artist who died young and whose work became famous after his death. If he could be resurrected what do you think his reaction would be to learn that he went from a pulp-writer nobody with only a small group as his readers / pen pals and whose crowning achievement just before death was one of his stores making the cover of Astounding Stories — to an internationally-recognized phenom, foundational genius of a new genre and one of the very top of American literature writers? What are some examples where movie surpasses the book? Chris Langan is underrated. He has the highest IQ in America but his essay collection The Art of Knowing isn't widely read, 
I would like to read some love triangle or menage a trois romance or erotica, but I'd like your help, because whenever I look for any I only find two types:
1. Two men competing for one woman.
2. Isekai-style harem slop.
I would like some good books where one man is interested in, or receives interest from two women (possible more if it is done well, but I feel like the more women you add the less likely that becomes), but that isn't no-plot pornography. He can either end up with both, or just one, or even neither. I'm just interested in things all across the spectrum where this is explored.
It doesn't have to be a major plot point, in fact I would even like to hear about books where polygyny is only a minor point, like Gene Wolfe's Soldier of Sidon, though it would be good to field some answers where it is and isn't.
One final thing: does anyone know why romance with more than two people is tilted so strongly towards two men and one woman? I see it across all forms of media and I don't think it can even be a modern female reader interest thing because it occurs quite frequently in the classics too. CS Lewis was a prophet. Abolition of man + That hideous strength > 1984 and brave new world.
Huxley and Orwell were in on it, especially Huxley who is an extreme faggot. CS Lewis actually wanted the world to be a better place. It's my daughter's birthday soon and she has already read all the Harry Potter Artemis Fowl and Percy Jackson books
What's next /lit/? Thoughts on the stories?
And would more people read it if the authors posted dick pics with the physical edition for scale? I'm an Anglo who's been learning German since fall of last year. Does anyone have recommendations for wide-ranging German poetry anthologies, akin to Palgrave's Golden Treasury or Quiller-Couch's Oxford Book of English Verse? Ideally lyrically focused and essentially "canonical", for lack of a better word.
Ich freue mich auf eure Empfehlungen! 
/rlg/ Reformed Literature General
>"I would rather be ruled by a Turkish dog than by the Pope." -- Martin Luther
Confessional Documents:
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646): https://www.reformed.org/documents/westminster-confession-of-faith/
Westminster Shorter Catechism: https://www.reformed.org/documents/westminster-shorter-catechism/
Westminster Larger Catechism: https://www.reformed.org/documents/westminster-larger-catechism/
Heidelberg Catechism: https://www.reformed.org/documents/heidelberg-catechism/
1689 Baptist Confession of Faith: https://www.1689.com/
Theologians/Works of Note:
John Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion
Martin Luther: Ninety-Five Theses, Freedom of a Christian, Simple Way to Pray
John Knox: The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
Charles Spurgeon: The Treasury of David
J. Gresham Machen: Christianity and Liberalism
Cornelius Van Til: The Defense of the Faith
John Owen: The Mortification of Sin, Duties of Christian Fellowship
Jonathan Edwards: Freedom of the Will, Religious Affections
John Bunyan: The Pilgrim's Progress
Richard Baxter: The Saints' Rest
Thomas Watson: The Doctrine of Repentance
A.W. Pink: The Sovereignty of God, A Guide to Fervent Prayer
Matthew Henry: The Method of Prayer, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
R.C. Sproul: The Holiness of God, Knowing Scripture
Nathanael Vincent: The Cure to Distractions upon Attending to God
Resources:
Ligonier Ministries: https://www.ligonier.org/
Reformed Theological Seminary: https://rts.edu/
Monergism: https://www.monergism.com/
Banner of Truth: https://banneroftruth.org
The Reformed Forum: https://www.thereformedforum.com/
Denominations:
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC): https://www.opc.org/
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA): https://www.reformedpresbyterian.org/
Free Presbyterian Church of North America (FPCNA): https://fpcna.org/
Presbyterian Church in America (PCA): https://www.pcaweb.org/
Heritage Reformed Congregations (HRC): https://heritagereformed.com/
Netherlands Reformed Congregations: https://www.netherlandsreformed.org/
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America (ARBCA): https://www.gfcde.com/arbca What are good books for Zoroastrianism and Pre-Zoroastrian persian/iranian religion?
I dont mind if its somewhat academic, but im also not an historian so i'd like for it to be somewhat accessible. >my favorite book of all time is Tao Te Ching by Laozi
What type of person do you imagine? Thoughts and opinions on the Asian Saga, is it worth the read? What to read to gain a medieval mindset? Recently had to end a friendship because a kid I was hanging out with turned out to be homo. He didn’t even look or seem gay, looked like a young Christopher Walken, but he was sitting next to me on the couch while I was talking with him about Tolstoy, he got a visible erection which he quickly tried to hide by crossing his legs. Every straight male I know who is into serious literature like Melville and Shakespeare is old as fuck. And women, don’t even get me started on them.
How can I meet non-homo and non-old bros who are passionate about literature? >Revenge is good, actually is this guy just trying to figure out what we can know about Being despite the straitjacket Kant put on him? is he like some kind of "well what if we think about thinking? what if thinking can give its own foundation? what if that had the power to envelop everything?" kind of guy? because I don't know how else Hegel is supposed ot make sense unless he's forming some kind of "last resort" strategy to a philosophical theory of everything. its very difficult to see what he's trying to do and/or/compared with where he is actually situated on the philosophical landscape. 
Consumption today is forced and institutionalized—not as a right or pleasure, but as a civic duty. The Puritan viewed himself as a business meant to thrive for the greater glory of God. His personal qualities and character, which he dedicated his life to developing, were seen as capital to be managed prudently, without speculation or waste.
In contrast, the modern consumer sees himself as someone who must enjoy life, a business of pleasure and satisfaction, with the duty to be happy, in love, flattering/flattered, seductive/seduced, engaged, euphoric, and dynamic. This reflects the principle of maximizing existence by multiplying contacts and relationships, intensively using consumer goods, and systematically exploiting all potential benefits. The consumer does not question whether to escape this compulsion. The new individual spends less time on production through work and increasingly focuses on the production and continuous innovation of their needs and well-being. They must ensure they constantly mobilize all their possibilities and consumptive capacities.
"Try Jesus," says an American slogan. Everything must be tried: the consumer is driven by the fear of missing out on some kind of pleasure. You never know if a particular experience or contact—Christmas in the Canary Islands, eel with whiskey, the Prado, LSD, or Japanese-style lovemaking—might offer a unique sensation.
This is no longer about desire, taste, or specific preferences but about a generalized curiosity transformed into a diffuse restlessness. This is the "fun-morality" or the imperative to amuse oneself and thoroughly explore all possibilities—the imperative to enjoy, reward oneself, and get into the right mood. Is the thesis of the book correct? Do they exist as widespread as he says? Do you consider yourself to have a bullshit job? How did this guy ever get published, he's awful what is the most beautiful line or lines of writing you have ever felt
any stretch of writing that pulls you into that other place where it seems heaven itself is waiting just outside the particular fixture of words brought forth Reccs for self-help audiobooks/programs from the 60s-80s? Preferably by a smooth talking snake oil salesman. Who is your favorite literary character of all time? take the reading out loud pill
>silent reading: fast but lossy
>reading out loud: full retention >the national hero of France is cuckolded by an Arab which causes him to have a mental breakdown, strip completely naked, and go on an incel killing spree against peasants and their livestock
you can NOT make this shit up Essentially the beginning of autofiction. Also incel core
But ultimately I found him to be an insufferable fakecel faggot who typifies the corniness of French intellectual types
Have any of you zoomers even heard of this? He won the Nobel prize for literature for his songs, so what’s his best song/poem? What would he have written if he'd lived to see WWII? 
Finished. While going through discussions online, I’ve noticed a recurring claim that Humbert Humbert is trying to justify his actions (through his prose) or make the reader believe that what he did to Dolores was somehow acceptable, or that she liked it. I don't see this.
Throughout the novel, Humbert appears to be honest about his actions. When recalling his conversations with Dolores, he doesn't shy away from mentioning that many of them ended with her calling him a "dirty old pervert." He doesn’t conceal the times she explicitly called his actions rape, nor does he hide his own acknowledgment that he robbed her of a normal childhood. Near the end of the novel, Humbert even admits that a miserable family life would have been far better for her than the life he imposed upon her.
I see them argue that Humbert is writing with the intention of persuading a jury, which is why he allegedly tries to justify his actions. But this doesn’t make sense to me. Why would Humbert openly write about and admit to not only killing Quilty, but also to everything he did to Dolores, as well as his involvement in Charlotte's death?
Whenever I come across this, the response is always something along the lines of 'muh unreliable narrator!'
am I retarded or are they retarded or all of the above >''Just read Capital''
>Read a few chapters
>Barely get it
Could this be due to the translation? I find the language unclear a lot of times. English is my second language, and I can't read German unfortunately. Would it be a better idea to attempt a read in my native language, or should I just go over it again a couple of times? I read The Poetics of Space last year and liked that so I decided to give this one a try. He gives a sort of half phenomenological half poetic description of a candle's flame mostly but also flames in general (and lamps). It went really well with this mid-winter night. I just bought a bunch of books! Now that the dust has settled... was he right? This is just the beginning, and it's glorious.
If you don't think the death of traditional publishing is a good thing, you are ignorant of what is happening in traditional publishing. 
Solipsism, etymologically from the latin meaning 'only oneself', is an apparently unresolvable problem in contemporary philosophy. But this, as we know, is only because the philosophers of today refuse to venture beyond the threshold of the normie standpoint. If, as esoteric Kantianism does, they would dare to speculate into the regions beyonds the confines of normie realism, into the realms of 'superipsism', then here they could actually make some progress.
The exoteric Kantians claimed Kant to have proved the existence of a supersensible world, but, their pretentions notwithstanding, all they proved was the existence of a unique idea, the idea of the non-ideal, das Ding an sich. However, as I have shown, this idea, although unique as being the highest abstraction, was nonetheless, like all other content of experience, an object of thought. And further, it did nothing to resolve the issue of the existence of intelligences beyond my own. For this reason Jacobi was right to call this exoteric Kantianism a solipsism-- but beyond the letter of this external understanding laid a deeper wisdom.
When the chasm that separated man and reality was bridged by the sublimation of the exoteric distinctions, the conditions of the transcendental unity of apperception were found not merely for the unity of the self-conscious individual man, but rather for all unity of conscious intelligence in general; and the rationality of the world was found not to be merely belonging to our preculiar mode of apprehending this world, but essential to the cosmos itself.
This cosmos, as in itself a production of universal thought-acts (called the categories by Kant), necessarily contains them in all its parts, including the finite unities of conscious intelligence within it, and which as unities of conscious intelligence must also use the categories in all their thinking.
In effect, when (you) look out into the world, you are looking at a finite portion of the infinite experience of a unity of apperception encompassing the entire cosmos in its unity. In this greater sense, solipsism is true, because the cosmos is this infinite self, not (you), not (me), but, an 'I' rather that contains (you) and contains (me), which nonetheless (and this is of great significance) is analoguous to humans in its rational essence. >age
>location
>current read if people desire different and opposing things?
>"Soc. And no one can deny that all percipient beings desire and hunt after good, and are eager to catch and have the good about them, and care not for the attainment of anything which its not accompanied by good."
I don't get it... Did the expriest accept or embrace Holden or whatever? It’s been a while since I read it but I remember him telling the kid that he was the only one who never accepted him, but I remember the expriest being the one who hated him the most.
With if anything Toadvine being the second, the Kid just seemed to go along with anything. Also, what on earth is Lyle, exactly?
Also, what on earth is the point of the chapter about the worker’s comp claim denial … is it just, “capitalism is le bad”?
Also, was it Poor Tony that stole that one woman’s synthetic heart? What should we know before we try to do this? Let's say we write our own stories, and the character may or may not be exactly ourselves, or heavily inspired by our identities. Obviously, characters should face struggles, but much could we get away with one being like us before readers might notice and just be disinterested in the protagonist altogether? Does this really bother that many people? From my understanding, the term self-insert refers to the author inserting a character into pre-existing fictional works, not their own. This did not enhance my appreciation or understanding of LotR or The Hobbit. In fact, many things that used to seem simple and clear are now vague and overly complicated. books about twink death and hairline recession What's some good secondary literature on Schelling? What does /lit/ think of Blood Meridian? Is /lit/ familiar with the great works of Edouard Musbodijk? 
Realms and Cosmology Edition
Welcome to /wbg/, the official thread for the discussion and development of fictional worlds and settings.
Here is where you can share the details of your created worlds such as lore, factions, magic systems, ecosystems and more. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art, either created by you or used as inspiration for your work. Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback!
FAQ:
>What is worldbuilding?
Worldbuilding is the process of creating entire fictional worlds from scratch, all while considering the logistics of these worlds to make them as believable as possible. Worldbuilding asks questions about the setting of a world, and then answers them, often in great detail. Most people use it as a means of creating a setting or the scenery for a story.
>"Isn't there a Worldbuilding general in >>>/tg/ already?"
Yes, there is. However, that general is focused on the creation of fictional worlds for the intended purpose of playing TTRPG campaigns. Here you can discuss worldbuilding projects that are not meant to be used for a roleplaying setting, but for novels, videogames, or any other kind of creative project.
>"Can I discuss the setting of my campaign here, though?"
If you want to, but it would probably be better to discuss it on >>>/tg/ . We don't allow the discussion of TTRPG mechanics, however. If you want to discuss stats or which D&D edition is best, this is not the place.
>"Can I talk about an existing fictional setting that is not mine?"
Yes, of course you can!
>"Does worldbuilding need to be about fantasy and elves?"
Worldbuilding, as already stated above, and contrary to what many believe, does not inherently imply blatantly copying Tolkien. In fact, there are many science-fiction setting out there, and even entire alternative history settings which do not possess supernatural elements at all. Any kind of science fiction book has an implied setting at least, which involves a certain degree of worldbuilding put into it.
Previous Thread >>23945402 Which of these two author would you have a beer with? Anons, I have a sci-fi novel I'd like to publish in serialized format. Do you guys know of any magazines or journals that still publish serialized full-length works? What do you guys think of Damon Galgut? Should struggling authors get free money? What would you say is the literary equivalent of this sandwich? Which is the better work of pessimism? Recommend me a book for a 36 year old man that has had the last decade of his work become essentially meaningless, and every day he finds less and less hope. When does this get good? I'm not interested in 30 year old Holden Caufield. I've just read through my old journals for the new year. Helps you to see how your desires have (or haven't) come to fruition, how you've changed and the growth you've made!
For me I've mostly realized how boring my journals are. How is your journaling Anon? Do you put photos in like a scrapbook? Do you draw? What brand and pen do you use? Post photos if you will Currently around halfway through the return to France arc. Am I alone in thinking this part is incredibly dull in comparison to the rest of the book? Have you ever felt a connection with an author? Like through their works you know them so well or some other kind of relationship? I'm not gay, but for some reason Pynchon's intelligence is so attractive I would twink out for him or maybe power-bottom. What’s the most creative fantasy novel? So heaven is basically just like being hooked up to a pleasure machine? Or is Aquinas perhaps actually saying that the real heaven is the friends we didn't make along the way and the times we spent pointlessly writing worthless tracts and death is just oblivion but the real game is to help make the church a more powerful institution in the real world?
Is buddhism really the only serious religion in the world? >is a better version of the bible in you're path >Name is literally Odysseus
>Goes on an odyssey
Does anyone actually believe this shit? There was a time when well-spoken peons wrote the greatest books ever written. Today, literature is the domain of academics, and literary conversation, to whatever degree it still occurs outside of this board, can only exist as an appendage to the topics of race an gender, and sometimes economics.
Do anons know of any living writer, from any western nation, that is still writing about LIFE? Sometimes funny, sometimes makes you want to eat a pistol, occasionally wonderful, and almost always absurd LIFE?
And why do you think this has happened? Are the voices of the common thinkers doomed to silence by the shadow of monoculture and the mind corroding effects that AI will soon have on the human species?
It makes me sad to think about. But I still hope. And I still write. Should I do only Livy's first five books, or go further? Has anyone on this been board been filtered by the highly complex redwall series ? Bojack Horseman is my favorite tv show of all time.
What books would you recommend to me? Wordcelling through reading long books and producing long essays and books about books is no longer the path of serious intellectual inquiry.
Mathematical modelling, data gathering and analysis, statistics, mathematical proofs, experimentation, and academic papers are the means and output of smart people in the 21st century.
The lost library of Alexandria, lost scrolls, gigantic libraries, etc.: they all amount to nothing apart from boring debates about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
Biologists don't read Aristotle.
Mathematicians don't read Newton or Leibniz.
Physicists don't read Newton or Galileo.
Economists don't read Smith or Marx.
Even famous novelists don't read the canon. Reading for its own sake has become a very perverted subculture, like speed running video games. Anyone else summarizes non-fiction books with ChatGPT? Since most of these books are filled with padding anyway, it's a great way to extract the insights and the relevant info and move on to the next book. If something is really important you can also find out which part is it and just read the important parts of the book. I've been spending so much time reading book summaries using it. Probably too old to being saying this but he's literally me how come every girl I ever fucked had this book? is it good? What is the funniest play from antiquity? I would just like to know the most honest and best bios that I van buy regarding these 2.
I have Sadam Hussein By Nita Renfrew digital but nothing for the G.
Thanks. >The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you. you ever read a book you enjoyed so much you keep rereading passages and put down the book every few pages to reflect? How can I understand and appreciate The Renaissance period of Literature? Where do I even begin? Study Latin? What are some of your favorite Gothic horror/supernatural adventure stories? I'm looking for some more recently published (1940-2010) books with a gothic setting and themes of the unknown explored through monsters. Bonus points if they're set at any point in the Regency or Victorian eras. Additional bonus points if they're speculative. when im reading i say the words "full stop" in my mind when coming across a period. If I liked Wheel of Time, will I enjoy these? I've heard the fifth book is disappointing, so I'd rather not bother with the series if Sanderson can't stick the landing. how's that writing project coming /lit/? you are still working on it, aren't you? >Thus the will-to-live generally feasts on itself, and is in different forms its own nourishment, till finally the human race, because it subdues all the others, regards nature as manufactured for its own use. >Writes short stories about a stuffed bear who learns how to face hardships in life while fighting in the trenches during several bloody conflicts
>Publishes stories into several compilations on hardback copies for children
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