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Looking for books online? Check here: Guide to #bookz https://www.geocities.ws/prissy_90/Media/Texts/BookzHelp19kb.htm Recommended Literature https://lit.trainroll.xyz/wiki/Recommended_ReadingNo titleGod is dead and we have killed Him, but can we bring Him back to life?Saint Thomas AquinasWhat do you think of this lil nigga? I've been looking to get into Thomism, any tips? Should I read anyone first besides the greeks?No titleBehold: the one and only philosopher legitimately not worth readingNo titleDo you guys strictly read every page in the book like me or do you skip what you're not interested in? I force myself through some boring pages or entire chapters I'm not interested in.
old: >>24297012No titlehow do people manage to read 50+ books in a year wtfNo titleDo you have a little sister who prevents you from making a fool of yourself by marrying some whore, will take care of you when you go insane and are dying, and preserves your work and promotes your name as a great philosopher after your death despite not agreeing with all your ideas? If you do, get ready for her to be maligned after her death by Jews trying to "rehabilitate" you.RiddlesPost original riddles that other anons can solve. Here's mine:
>Neglected by the sycophants, yet favored by the choosy >I'm difficult to hear, but you have to learn to use me >Wise men respect me >Fools won't accept me >I often find that simple-minded guessing men collect me >I'm always there in absence >But never there in presence >Alone within the answers >But never in the questions
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But good Lord, the degree to which our history has been outright censored, warped, and people held psychological captive by these fucking religions makes me want to pull my hair out.
Like, did you know that the Latin alphabet is a Semitic derived alphabet? The Phoenicians at Tyre and Byblos created a Semitic alphabet which the Greeks and Latins adopted, which changed from right to left to left to right and changed as people's own handwriting styles warped the letters. If you look at the Ancient Tuscan alphabet, you can literally see how the English alphabet derives from the Phoenician alphabet.
Why don't most people know this? Because the idea that Canaanite pagans helped lay the foundations of our culture goes against what "Der Berble" says, which is that we were all Monotheists worshiping Yahweh until we lost our way and degenerated with the Jews preserving civilization, until Western Europeans finally became civilized by the Jews.
You can't teach people about the alphabet because that means revealing that the modern Hebrew alphabet was invented in 150 BC, and that contradicts the idea that the Jews are some ancient primordial unchanging bastion of civilization that were there from the beginning.
I also can't stand how Christianity is an empty husk used to peddle dumbed down slave cattle versions of political ideologies. Like you might think the Nazis are evil, but they had logical arguments for their evil actions. Christian Anti-Semitism is so fucking retarded - blood libel, "We Wuz the Real Jews, Jews are Khazarian Edomites", "The Jews killed GOD!!!!! OMG!!! THEIR KIN IS CURSED", and to see how the entire religion shifted from being Jew worshippers into schizophrenic mental illness versions of Anti-Semitism shows its a religion that has no moral consistency at all.
So what value does Christianity provide? Absolutely god damn nothing but human social regression.No titleSo what's the best intro into arthurian literature? From what I can tell, most of the modern image of King Arthur was consolidated in Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur, but I've heard that book is boring as shit. Should I just bite the bullet or would I be better off going back earlier and reading the works of de Troyes and his peers or going for a more modern take like White's?Understanding LoveIn your opinion, which philosopher, scientist, moralist, or religious teacher in human history offers us the best explanation what "love" is?Books recommended by Neil DeGrasse TysonThe Principia: >"The man was connected to the universe in ways that I've never seen another human being connect."
The Origin of Species: >"To learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth."
The Wealth of Nations: >"To learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself."
The Art of War: >"To learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art."
The Bible: >"To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself."
The Almagest: >"The crowning achievement of a geocentric universe. Of course, the whole concept was wrong, but it was interestingly wrong."
Age of Reason: >"To learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world."
The Great Gatsby: >"I can’t do that. I’m sorry. I’ll never be a novelist."
The Prince: >"To learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it."
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: >"If this book does not become required reading for us all, we may well see modern civilization unravel before our eyes."
Gulliver's Tales: >"To learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos."
How to Lie with Statistics: >"A cute little tiny book that tells you all the things who people who want to fool you into thinking something that’s true, that’s not, and how they manipulate statistics in order to accomplish this."why communists are against fascism ?if history develops in steps and they want to get to dictatorship of proleteriat before dissolving the state shouldnt it get through dictatorship of the burgeoise (fasism) first ? you cant skip steps as russia and china show. also socialism resembled fascism in real world kind ofNo titleA number of porcupines huddled together for warmth on a cold day in winter, but, as they began to prick one another with their quills, they were obliged to disperse. However, the cold drove them together again, when just the same thing happened. At last, after many turns of huddling and dispersing, they discovered that they would be best off by remaining at a little distance from one another. In the same way, the need of society drives the human porcupines together, only to be mutually repelled by the many prickly and disagreeable qualities of their nature. The moderate distance which they at last discover to be the only tolerable condition of intercourse is the code of politeness and fine manners, and those who transgress it are roughly told—in the English phrase—to keep their distance. By this arrangement, the mutual need of warmth is only very moderately satisfied, but then people do not get pricked. A man who has some heat in himself prefers to remain outside, where he will neither prick other people nor get pricked himself.Write your thoughtsCozy spring editionNo titleHow come even in the most anti-authoritarian of fantasy literature communities online, the concept of monarchy is still romanticized and cast in a positive or neutral light (usually for as long as it is still a "kingdom" and not an "empire")? Is the idea of kings, queens, princes, and princesses in mythology and fantasy too potent a cultural touchstone to shake off? Is it that much easier for worldbuilding and storytelling?Hypocrisy of DanteHe's literally the biggest fucking retard, How the fuck did he even get through the angel of humility when he was literally sucking his own dick in the book to the point the cum stopped coming out
Holy fuck his book is just a massive "i suck my dick"Why Were They All Antisemites?Why were so many great Western philosophers, thinkers, and literary men so damn antisemitic? Why were so many of the most brilliant, well-educated people in history so shallow and predictable in their critiques of this tribe? It blows my mind, honestly. >Goethe >Kant >Fichte >Feuerbach >Schopenhauer >Heidegger >Liszt >Wagner >Voltaire >Fourier >Dostoevsky >Turgenev >Tolstoy >Solzhenitsyn >Gibbon >Shelley >Hume >Shaw >Twain >Pound >Kerouac >Tesla And please don't just dismiss me as some sort of /pol/-tard or Nazi agitator. I'd like serious, considered responses to this question on the ubiquity of Judenhass in Western thought, not slurs or attacks on my character?No titlecan you into horror, anon? in what format, and what sub-genre do you write?/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General>Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs) https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb >Archive https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg >Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg
Previous Thread: >>24293177No titleAre monolinguals who read the classics poseurs?No titleWhat books best discuss NPC phenomena?you guys aightwe treat this place like shit, but honestly this board is the best literature discussion forum I've come across most of my friends barely read, and those who do only consume slop social media isn't any better. They won't pick up any of the classics except for the ocasional instagramable book - and all recommendations they give you are either some bland high-school level book or your average shitty pop release here, however, I feel like I'm among people who actually take pleasure in reading and challenging themselves through literature I've gotten great recs from this board, from the known classics to some slightly obscure ones I wouldn't have heard of otherwise not only that, you actually see discussion here, and even though it's a slow board, the level of conversation is not dwelling on the usual shitty media and retarded memes like on /tv/ and /mu/, for instance some guy just posted a print of a reddit thread discussing /lit/'s top 100 list, and you could see how butthurt and in denial they were about the fact that so many books considered "difficult" were in there, as if the list was made just for showing off it's like people can't see sincerity in reading actual literature but you guys do thank you for thatVocabulary SizePost 'em. https://my.vocabularysize.com/session/evstxxNo title>age >current book >your thoughts on itNo titleWhy does he say in Book of Law to read it only once? Is it to not have believers be too rigid when it comes to it? As in you only get one take on it, and that interpretation is what stays with you during future studies./clg/ - Classical Languages GeneralArcadian edition
All Classical languages are welcome.No titleWhy didn’t he at least try to still go to work? Even if he got fired from his initial job, he could’ve gotten work as a critter for a theater production. Gregor’s biggest problem wasn’t his body, it was mindset.No titleWhat does he read? or rather what do unironic Neo-Nazis read?No titleThis shit is so good it made me feel retardted and depressed. But also hopeful: the fact that it was a bestseller means either everyone is a lot more intelligent than I thought or I am a lot dumber than I thought. Regardless I suck Eco's dick despite his snootynessNo titleWhy is /lit/ too retarded to understand this book?No titleWhich country has the best writers and thinkers?No titleThe greatest writer of all time. None stand above him.No titleAutist here, looking for a fiction for me to understand humans better. Could be non fiction too but i think fictions are better for what i want.charts and graphsI know little about writing, other than the act of writing itself. The rest of the business? Simply goes along with it, as a necessary evil. Simply to see how thing go, I picked out several projects, got some better AI covers going. On a web-reader site. One of my projects, is running away with all the views. This all makes me nothing, not even pocket change. Yet, it lets me see what people will click on and look at. Out of 679 views over two days, and the thing being clicked on so aggressively was the last put up. Its life is measured in hours until late tonight. over 500 views out of the 679 total. Over a time, I can see what generates interest, if not readership. Don't know if its the cover, or the premise. PIC RELATEDNo titleWho would win in an arm wrestle, Thor or Heracles? Thor is strong enough to lift Jörmungandr but Heracles held up the sky.No titleWhy don't we read their writers?No titleHow do I write a webnovel in the style of a webcomic? I want to live a cool experiences daydreaming through the stories of my characters, but I can't draw for good. I guess the next best thing is a webnovel. Even then, there is a lot of visual and body information that is trivially conveyed through a webcomic that is not often put in writing, either because it clutters the text or because it is hard to translate into text.Books that improve logicWhat should I read if I'm a smart person who feels my brain is slowly deteriorating everyday? I used to be sharp, now I feel like I'm at normie level and can't even think logically or with high verbal intelligence. Can any books help with this or am I doomed to devolve to midwittery?A Fascist for Our Postliterate Age>What Bowden gives in what I have read and seen, more than his celebrated learning and oratory, is a kind of shallow and memeable erudition. Reading him is like spending an hour with someone who has ADHD as they click through Wikipedia pages, interspersed with some fascist invective about the “moral syphilis” of liberalism or the “Jewish desire for power.” It’s the false erudition of the overconfident undergraduate, which must be a powerful stimulant in the otherwise barren pastures of the far right. Plus, there’s an edginess to it — he’s talking openly about figures like Evola and Savitri Devi alongside Oswald Mosley. Ultimately, he’s a grim symptom of a postliterate society. - John Merrick
Are there any new or upcoming book releases you're especially looking forward to reading?
>John Ferling’s Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War
>In April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of Yankees awaited them. Despite an order to disperse, shots rang out. Militiamen were killed. The British continued marching, only to find even greater trouble in Concord and all the way down the road back to Boston. The Revolutionary War had begun.
>Ferling highlights underestimated pivotal moments to reveal why the British should have put down the rebellion within a couple years of fighting. As European rivals France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic entered the fray, Britain's problems grew, but after seven long years, the war's outcome remained very much in doubt. Ferling assesses military and civilian leaders, the choices they faced, and the political, tactical, and strategic decisions they made as the war raged in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Asia, and on the high seas, affecting peoples and countries miles from American soil.
Previous Thread: >>24254479No titleWhy has this region of the world not produced any notable philosophy?No titleIs it really true that one has to read the Organon to understand the rest of the Aristotelian corpus?No titleCan you explain in a non-sexist way why women usually don't read philosophy?No title>book has multiple forewardsWhat is your favourite novel?And why?No titleword on the street is Knopf’s advance for Rayne Fisher-Quan’s hotly anticipated essay collection, COMPLEX FEMALE CHARACTER, was well within the $500k range… jfcCurrent readsWhat books are you reading right now?ChessWhat does /lit/ think of this and why it's not mentioned anywhere, not even in the charts?
Haven't read it, just curious.No title>cyborgs are better than humans and nietzsche said whoever best shall win so we should side with cyborgs it's fucking unbelievable to me that to say this basic idea he had to write hundreds of pages of nonsense bullshit about the capital being sentient and future building the past and other bullshit.
it's not even a convincing idea. why should I side with what's better and not myself? what a travesty.No title>write something >read what I've just written >find out it's the most retarded shit ever writtenHow to Shill Books and Be RetardedSo this one's next, huh? Flashman wasn't enough? Fuck this gay board. Let's talk about it.Marx was right about everythingBourgeois economists and ideologues never really tried to debunk him, they simply ignored him. Almost all of the arguments against Marx are answered by actually reading him.No titleHow the fuck do people read Bataille and not go insane? Dude takes Nietzsche, Sade, and mysticism, throws them in a blender, and comes out with pure, undiluted transgression. The Accursed Share is basically capitalism.exe crashing, and Inner Experience feels like getting mindfucked by a schizophrenic priest.
Is he actually onto something, or just coomer philosophy for people who think suffering is deep?ChinaDoes anyone have a similar chart but for PRC?No titleThe more I get into psychoanalysis the more I realize how dark its conclusions are. It's all about people being always more savage than they think or be aware of, and the remedy is to be the most decent you can to your abilities, which is usually not much, or at least hard to achieve.I'm digitizing Harold Bloom's How to Read and WhyNothing major, just wanted to get more /lit/ and remembered this book from one of those meme charts way back. Was surprised that the only ebook version available is unreadable autoconvert crap.
There is a pdf online that's perfectly fine...but pdf. So I'm formatting the whole thing and will probably put it on libgen when I'm done.
Anyway this is the first time I'm ever editing or making an ebook, but so far it's just basic html. I'm using <p> instead of <br> for line breaks because I have much simpler control over all the various indents. Anybody here write their own epubs, any tips? I'm just using the calibre editor, tried sigil but the UI looks ugly.No title>Got into writing >Can't actually write about anything because everything that I want to write would require a visual medium more than literary one >Can't change POVs
Writing fucking sucks. I wish I got into drawing instead. Now, I don't know what to do.No title>the greatest writer of all time is brazilian how does that make you feel, /lit/?lit recommendations?ignore the manga
got a bunch of classic lit recently and I've been loving them, think my favorite thus far has either been Moby Dick or Blood Meridian (haven't finished Don Quixote yet)
after I'm done with Don Quixote, I'll be completely out of books to read, so I was wondering what would be good for me based on what I've liked so far, and some more niche stuff would be well appreciated
also been wanting to get into philosophy so any good texts would be well appreciated/tradCath/ general>Laetare Sunday edition Welcome to Traditional Catholic General. Post favourite Catholic works, thoughts on doctrine, or anything tied to the one true Church, her philosophy, or her history.
Favourite saint's biography or Catholic-themed work? Let’s hear it.
Struggling with a theological question? Share your thoughts, and maybe some high IQ anon can answer (or at least has a relevant papal encyclical to drop).
Latin Mass enthusiasm, pre-Vatican II liturgical gems, or reflections on the one true Church of Catholic spirituality? Bring it here.
Liturgical Resources >https://extraordinaryform.org/ >"The Hours of the Divine Office in English and Latin" (a.k.a. the breviary) from 1961; this can be found on archive.org
Remember: this is not fedora bloodsports general. Nor is it the place for tired heresies like universalism.
previous >>24277989No titleAny mexican funny books? Real fart humor type shit.No titleIs this goofy-ass nigga ever going to publish again? I feel like the moment is ripe for one last novel.No title>it's time to board your flight anon
What book are you taking?No titleITT /lit/ writes a book one post at a timeNo titleITT: Writers better than William Shakespeare
Even faggot Anglo writers are welcome.No title>Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva was, as far as we can tell, the very opposite of Anna. Dostoevsky's daughter, Aimee, has only the vilest things to say about her [Aimee Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, a Study (London, 1921)]:she was calculating, unloving, and unfaithful. According to Aimee, Maria slept with her lover on the eve of her marriage to Dostoevsky, and after marriage she inflicted upon him the cruelty of disclosing all the vile things she had done in secret. Aimee is grossly inaccurate about many elementary facts and her accoun t must be taken as part fancy and part bile. Yet some of what she says must be true. There is enough in the letters Dostoevsky wrote to Baron Vrangel about Maria in 1856 to indicate that she had been playing with his emotions and inflicting needless suffering on him. Dostoevsky met her in Semipalatinsk after he was re leased from prison at Omsk in I 854 and fell in love with her while she was still married to a civil servant, with whom Dostoevsky got along very well . In May 1855 Maria's husband got a job in Kuznevtsk and died shortly afterward. From about March of 1856 to December 1856 Dostoevsky wrote letter after letter to Maria filled with all the torments of love and passion. He wrote to Vrangel, "I can't think of anything else. If I could only see her, hear her. I am unhappy and half-crazy with love." He told Vrangel in almost every letter that he was out of his mind with love, that he could not possibly live without her, and that he would commit suicide if he lost her.
Dostobros.... I don´t feel so good...No titleDo you prefer reading self-help or philosophical pessimism?Malazan Book of the FallenIs it worth giving this a go? I’ve heard lots of conflicting reviews, but I crave another fantasy series of the same depth and intensity of ASOIAF that isn’t cringe young adult nerd splurge…No title>hates indigenous people >loves jews why are spaniards like this?Being smarter than people around youAny books about being smarter than most of the people your surrounded by? Maybe something non-fiction that explains the phenomomon well Someone told me "The idiot" is something like this, the main character is like autistic and so smart that everyone thinks hes dumb and I might relate to it Its like my understanding of logic and basic knowledge is higher than many people I am around and it gets tiring to hang out with people that are just dumb as fuck when it comes to communicating things or getting shit done. I am not trying to say I am some sort of genius big brain, more saying that I am probabaly a bit above average brains and seems like so many people are dumb as shit So i would like some books or ideas to read that help me understand this moreWhat's it all for?>Death is what gives life meaning Doesn't the opposite sentiment also ring true? That death renders all vanity as in Ecclesiastes? I've read enough pessimism. It's shameful and unbecoming to abstain from joining in on this vain crusade against death. All life is really a losing campaign against decay, though there may be some dignity in putting up a fight instead of laying down to die. I have gazed into the abyss for far too long while others have danced happily along to this maddening waltz of futility. Where do I start reading more life-affirming philosophies?reading shakespeare an act a dayhello /lit/izens. im inviting you to join me on my journey to read all of shakespeares plays. i will be reading the plays i order of my copy of the complete works, one act per day. today is day 1, and i am starting with reading the first part of king henry the sixth. please feel free to read along, i will be sharing my thoughts and takeaways in this thread once i have done my reading for the day.No titlelong time ago I heard french are the worst fantasy book writers. I need to know why french can't into fantasy?Does anyone read genre anthologies?I want to get into one since I don't have time for novels. What's your favourite?No titleWhy do so many (unironic) neo-nazis tell me their favorite book is "How to Win Friends and Influence People" (Carnegie)
Is this some kind of insider joke?
Carnegie was literally Jewish...No titleHow well does it hold up in the current age of the internet?No titleFirst book was interesting, decent stakes and suspense, a new fantasy world that I'm completely unfamiliar with. Second book was decent too, had some parts that kinda dragged but ultimately the ending left me wanting more. Third book felt like a shonen manga, where the protagonists face progressively tougher foes and unlock greater potential thanks to the power of friendship or love or whatever. All this punctuated by extremely boring stretches of pointless exposition.
Now the fourth book, I'm about 100 pages in and I have to talk myself into sitting down to read it. Am I just burned out or does this series get a lot worse as time goes on?No titleITT: Phenominal literature from your early youth.LolitaIs the book normalfag approved? Can I state that it's my favorite or read it in public without being treated as if I am a pedophile? (That I may be, but that is not important.)No title/lit/ screencap thread?No titlebooks of philosophy should come with a math test so you can't open them and read inside you fail the maths. that would prevent you retards from spouting off nonsenseNo titleWe've all heard of Dionysian and Apollonian literature and motfis, but is there a good reference for literature/artistic style/psychoanalysis of the other Olympians as archetypes equal to Apollo or Dionysus? What would a Persephonic or Hadean story look like? Or one using Zeusan or Hermesian aesthetic ideas?No title>open book >first person present tense >close bookNo titleWhat went wrongNo titleWhy aren't you learning another language right now? Wouldn't you like to be able to read the russian classics in their original language? Or Kant in German? Or Proust in French? Or Italian literature? Or Japanese literature?
And etc.No titleOne of the deepest thinkers I've ever read. Holy shit.
Why didn't you guys tell me about Pessoa before?Talk about the last book you finishedI completely underestimated this book when I was told it was a hard read. Going in, I knew nothing but the basic plot of the book. Saying this book felt utterly hopeless would be an understatement. I could vividly imagine living in a state of pure darkness; An existence so completely numb and meaningless that death was a savior. The last chapter stuck around in my mind even after reading the last page, I couldn't name a more despairing, maddening story. Strongly recommend this if you want to read something that'll make you feel like shit afterwards. What have you been reading, /lit/?No title>Since the will is the thing itself, the intimate content, the essential of the world; and life, the visible world, the appearance, is its mirror; it follows that this world will accompany the will as inseparably as the shadow accompanies the body: where there is will there will be life, world. Therefore, to the Will to life, life is certain and, for as long as we are filled with the Will to life, we need not fear our existence, nor the sight of death. We certainly see the individual being born and perishing; however, the individual is only an appearance, he exists only for the knowledge belonging to the principle of reason, the principium individuatiorris: from the perspective of this knowledge, the individual gains his life as a gift, arises from nothing, and then suffers the loss of this gift through death, returning to nothingness. However, since we want to consider life philosophically, namely according to your ideas, we will note that neither the will, the thing itself in all appearances, nor the subject of knowledge, the spectator of all appearances, are affected in any way by birth and death. Birth and death belong exclusively to the appearance of the will, thus to life, which it is essential to expose in individuals that come into existence and disappear; these are fleeting appearances of that which, despite appearing in the form of time, in itself knows no time, but has to expose itself in exactly this way in order to objectify its essence itself. Therefore, birth and death belong equally to life and balance each other out as reciprocal conditions, or, if you prefer, as the basis of every appearance of life.No titlethoughts on Solenoid?/wbg/ Worldbuilding GeneralCosmic Horrors, Eldritch Monsters, and Lovecraftian Madness 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.
Last Thread: >>24243497No title>reading picrel >random footnote spoils Andrew's deathIs Lewis Carroll a pedo?So I've actually picked up Alice in Wonderland as an adult, because I've picked up on reading only after highschool and I must say, the more I read about Lewis Carroll, the more it looks like his most famous book is a bit on the lower end of liking kids the wrong way.No title>skip introduction >read book >go back and read introduction >I already knew all that from reading it myselfNo titleJust saw a Tumblr post making fun of this article. The only problem is that the article isn't wrong, Frankenstein's monster is a monster. It's not a victim, you have to be hypocritical to say it isn't. Frankenstein's monster doesn't just spend the book crying for being born, it gets angry at society for rejecting it and then kills 3 people. Welcome to the club buddy, get used to it like all incels have had to. Again though, he KILLS 3 people, who had nothing to do with his suffering, they were just related to Victor Frankenstein and instead of just killing Victor he kills them. That's the thing these retarded students and any liberal Tumbrite doesn't understand, either Frankenstein is the monster, or every single incel mass shooter in the past few years was more of a victim than any of the people they put a bullet in, and all women much like Victor Frankenstein are "the real monsters' for not dating incels. In fact I would go so far as to say that if you say Frankensteins monster was a victim, the NSDAP were victims and justified in killing 6 million jews. Frankensteins monster was a victim for these reasons. But as a liberal you have to be retarded to say that. It's one or the other but it can't be both, you're either excusing murder, or you're admitting Frankenstein's monster was not a victim as he used free will halfway to harm innocents. You're either renouncing liberalism or admitting he was a monster. Plain and simple./ekg/ - esoteric Kantianism general #3Discussing developments in the system of esoteric Kantianism.
I'm more of a fan of the bridge trilogy than I am of the Sprawl trilogy, and my favorite Gibson characters (Rez and Rei) come from book 2 of the bridge trilogy (Idoru). I love Neuromancer don't get me wrong but I think its absolutely flawed.No titleIs he based? (Julius Evola)No titleWhat's your favorite non-fiction book?No title>10 hours without /lit/ How many pages did you read?No titleseriously?The Master and MargaritaThoughts on this exquisite masterpiece? What is the best translation by the way?RejectionThe new book I mean
Has anyone read it?
It has gained a lot of rave reviews but also some controversy because of the story about the incel feminist who turns into a misogynist seemed too sympathetic to incels.No titleStarting to understand why DFW killed himself over how the world is fueled by irony instead of sincerity Starting to feel the same wayThe Decline Of The WestThis is a Oswald Spengler discussion thread, his books ideas and legacy is all for discussionNo title>be me, old fisherman >haven't caught a decent fish in ages >decide to sail far out into the deep blue >hook a legendary marlin, the size of a small boat >epic battle ensues for days, muscle vs. fish >finally win, tie up marlin like a trophy >sharks attack and feast on my hard-earned prize >return home nearly empty, but spirit still unbroken >mfw pride is the only catch that matters
chatgpt did that. guess what, nerds- i FINALLY understand the plot of the old man and the sea now. this is how we need to teach this shit in schoolsNo titleexplain this to me right fucking nowNo titleNow that the April Tomfoolery is over, confess your /lit/erary sins, my brethren./grrm/ - George R. R. Martin General #59oberyn vs the mountain squash match edition
NNNNNNNOOOOO don't turn /lit/ posts into AI slop, don't let this happenI'm a Published Poet AMADo you guys need help learning how to get into poetry? Have you pride for getting at the meaning of a poem? Have you studied meter much? Do you know how to send poetry out? Do you understand why it's important not to waste your time and talent on self-publishing? Do you know the markets or the relevant journals?R Scott BakkerWhy is his fiction so pungent that it makes feminists (women and "male" feminists alike) break down into lamentations and horrified denial at the innate darkness of mankind and its propensity for violence? Why is there so much nativity from some, when it comes to the inherent nature of humanity?Help plsCould a wise /lit/ philosopher king give me a rundown on these topics, pretty pls? >Husserl’s phenomenology of internal timeconsciousness >Ricoeur’s conceptualisation of mimesis in narrative theory >Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of perceptionCelineIs he really the French version of James Joyce? He is fucking hilarious and always comes up with sardonic, pithy things. >Could it be that I was the only coward on earth, I wondered. The thought was terrifying. Lost in the midst of two million madmen, all of them heroes, at large and armed to the teeth! With or without helmets, without horses, on motor bicycles, screeching, in cars, whistling, sniping, plotting, flying, kneeling, digging, taking cover, wheeling, detonating, shut in on earth as in an asylum cell; intending to wreck everything in it, Germany, France, the whole world, every breathing thing; destroying, more ferocious than a pack of mad dogs and adoring their own madness (which no dog does), a hundred, a thousand times fiercer than a thousand dogs and so infinitely more vicious! What a mess we were in! Clearly it seemed to me that I had embarked on a crusade that was nothing short of an apocalypse. >Most people die at the last minute; others twenty years beforehand, some even earlier. They are the wretched of the earth.No titleWhat makes American Literature so cozy yet adventurey?Conrad threadRank his works >Nostromo >Lord Jim >Heart of Darkness >Typhoon >Secret Agent >Nigger of the Narcissus >Victory >Under Western Eyes21st-Century Ern Malley Hoax (I Fooled the Poetry World)I pulled a fast one on the poetry world. Honestly, I'm surprised no one else did it sooner. Turns out you can pretend to be artists from "attractive" backgrounds (Google "Adele Nwankwo" and see) and get just about anything published. All told, I fooled 30 poetry magazines with over 50 poems that were complete garbage -- just demonstrably poor in form, content, style, and more. Thought it might be worthwhile to pull a new-age Ern Malley Hoax and draw some attention to the piss-poor editorial practices currently in place, among other things. Check it out, lads. There's a pretty generous free preview on the Amazon website, and there's a free sample on the Pere Ube Press website:
Will post sample poems below.No titleStephen King, where should I start with his books?ITT: YA Novels You Actually LikeNo titleshould i choose fiction or philosophy for my first physical book ever?action and erotica, are thoroughly similaraction sells sex sells elements of each, get added to keep things interesting. in large doses? an all action movie, start to finish. its obviously a slop plot, the action carries it whole sale an all sex movie, start to finish, its obviously a slop plot, the sex carries it... wait for it... hole-sale, *kek* but seriously, they're both used and over-used, the exact same way..where do you read erotica? say, raunchy BDSMso. if someone had a few erotica projects in the bag, where is the best place to get them up at. asking for a friend. kek > bonus points, if I mixed real plot, with an over the top erotica. never intended to do much with them, now I'm like... why not put them somewhere. oops, I mean... where does my "friend" I'm asking for? Put them *chortle* suggestions?where is he?No titleAm retarded what's a metaphysics?
