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It seems like there are quite a few sci-fi novels that are critically accepted and seen as worth reading even among respectable people, but it doesn't seem like there are a lot of horror novels that are seen in this light. The most obvious one is Frankenstein and I think you could maybe call American Psycho horror. Is there any other /lit/ horror? Pic probably not related.
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>>9549257
bump to the max
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Literature is generally bad at achieving Horror as an aesthetic concept. It's difficult to impress upon a reader that sense of emotion in an isolated, non-sensory medium. Even acclaimed modern horror works (most of which are not horror) are best known through adaptation.
American Psycho is markedly not Horror. Bateman's actions intentionally lack consequence; its antithetical to horror. Frankenstein IS horror, but not very good horror.
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The Haunting Of Hill House. Jackson was one hell of a writer.
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>try to read a book
>after only a few paragraphs, realize I lost focus on what I was reading and didn't take it in
>reread what I just read
>don't understand the words/allegories
>look them up
>go on /lit/, shitpost about books I haven't read
>fantasize about being a writer
>try to write something, give up as soon as I open Word
>go back to reading
>after every page check the /lit/ threads to read new responses
>check my phone in the hope that someone has messaged me
>no one has
>after 2 hours I've read 15 pages
>realize I've forgotten it all
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>>9549019
Keep reading.
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>>9549019
Same
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>>9549019
>tried reading this post
>gave up halfway through
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anyone here reads latin american literature? like Vargas Llosa or Gabriel García Márquez?? 2017-05-24 11:44:08 Post No.9548966
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anyone here reads latin american literature? like Vargas Llosa or Gabriel García Márquez??
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yes, what do you wanna know?
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>>9548966
How about Borges, Carpentier and Pessoa?
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Yes, I read literature of my country often.
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Durdane Edition
Vintage Treasures: The Durdane Trilogy by Jack Vance
>https://www.blackgate.com/2015/09/12/vintage-treasures-the-durdane-trilogy-by-jack-vance/
Speculiction...: Review of The Durdane Chronicles by Jack Vance
>https://speculiction.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-durdane-chronicles-by-jack.html
Pointless Philosophical Asides: A Long Post About Jack Vance's Durdane
>https://philosophicalasides.blogspot.com/2009/11/long-post-about-jack-vances-durdane.html
Fantasy
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg
Flowchart:
>https://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg
Science Fiction
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/IBs9KE8.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg
NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
>https://i.imgur.com/IJxTQBL.jpg
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first for WEAPONS
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I've been buying a lot of paperbacks recently for summer reading. What books are everyone reading this summer/what ever season your country is in right now?
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third for wolfe-kun
Is this worth reading?
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Yes.
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No it's not. He has an irrational hatred for medieval philosophy and he makes a lot of mistakes with Nietzsche. He's also a literal cuck.
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The Anthony Kenny history is better.
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What does /lit/ think of Dave Rubin?
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>>9548381
cuck.
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I don't.
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shitty youtuber
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Reminder that this is the only epic fantasy series worth reading. Bayaz is the best and should win.
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>>9547935
>Bayaz is the best
I think you misunderstood the series
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>>9547935
Gurkish Empire 4 lyfe, add kebab to premises
but seriously, I'm listening to it through for the second time, and I push it on all my friends. I think it's the characters that set it above generic fantasy.
On a random note, I realized the second time around that the maker's tower is capable of time travel. And Yulwei and Tolumei were left locked up in there. I can picture those two forming an alliance against Bayaz and coming back with a vengeance.
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It's fun with good characters, sub par setting and some good ideas, very enjoyable.
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looking for the best translation of the iliad, please help me /lit/
pic unrelated
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Fagles for beginners.
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Pic is related though, that's Achilles in his true form mate
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>>9547809
Achilles was black
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I just finished this. What should I do next?
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fap
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>>9547601
Read Laws
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>>9547601
You should tell us about it, what knowledge did you gain from it?
>**puts big pool of water in your path**
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lmfao this shit going on r/4chan
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This isn't doing much for me, anon.
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>>9547238
hope you get lots of karma XXXXXD
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So I'm getting older, can't enjoy a lot of hobbies I grew up with.
So I figured I'd get into literature.
I know this is entry level, but what are some other novels I can ease myself into.
I have this and the Five Nights At Freddy's book too.
Yeah, I'm a pleb, like I said, I wanna get into literature.
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I recommend the labels on beer bottles and texts from your parents.
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>>9546722
Start with Aesop's Fables
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There's a Five Nights At Freddie's novel?
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If you were a father who had to pick out a book for your teenage boy to read, which would it be?
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Start him with the Greeks or else he'll end up a pseud
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Training and Maintaining Your Boipucci for Dummies
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I'll just go ahead and say On Women by Schopenhauer and Mein Kampf by Hitler so that someone else doesn't try and fill the thread up with bait
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What's the best translation of the I Ching?
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You should apply to be a janiter OP. Ahh, but you missed the cutoff. Sad!
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It depends on what you are looking for: accuracy in literal translation or transmission of meaning.
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Just get the John Blofeld one for the quick and dirty.
What are some good /lit/ tattoos?
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>yes
>YES
On your chest
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>>9545300
Tattoo your ass with cyanide
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'my diary desu'
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i am bored all the time and i am tired of living. nothing feels new or exciting. even reading which was one of my only joys has grown dry. all literature just seems like domestic drama devoid of adventure or excitement, devoted to discussing vague ideas like history or just kinda boring drama. is there any literature that would help me. i really liked the divine comedy cause new things happened in it all the time, i also really like greek theater and drama for the same reason.
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go for a run
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>>9544922
try video games