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Over the weekend I have a chance to pick up those 2 released so far books from this series and I'm looking for opinions of it from you guys if someone has read them. Some school mates have recommended it to me as the next big fantasy and since I don't know much about this author, haven't read anything from him except from the last couple of Wheel of Time books which I know he was allowed to complete.

Is this Stormlight series any good to get into the long shot, I know he's planning 10 books for it in total so it will be a while before it finishes, I don't want another ASOIAF case, tho this author looks more respectable then GRRM when it comes to his work.

So let me know what do you think.

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Are you wasting your life if you sit around all the time reading?

Shouldn't you be going on your own adventures, meeting and interacting with real people?

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I'm seeing this guy being described as an intellectual everywhere all of a sudden. Is he worth reading?

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I've recently been introduced to Charles Bukowski via YouTube recommended and I've been watching all these interviews on him the past couple days. Part of me thinks this guy is a complete genius but then another half of me swears this guys full of shit. Thoughts?

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Anyone else here trying to make it?

I unironically want to be a great writer. I've written a lot and plan to write more. I've gotten a small handful of short stories published, but not in any major venues. Still trying to find an agent for my longer stuff. Does anyone else here aspire to beauty and grandeur?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BATPzXjmV_s

>I don't read novels. I prefer good literary criticism. That way you get both the novelists' ideas as well as the critics' thinking.
What are /lit/'s thoughts?

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hey /lit/ I just got this (the satanic bible) and I must say I'm pretty disappointed with it. It's got hardly any spells and none of them work. So what I want is advise on proper magic books (grimoire). Does anybody know of any like the Book of Abra Melin - ones where the spells actually WORK?

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>"It is a laborious madness and an impoverishing one, the madness of composing vast books - setting out in five hundred pages an idea that can be perfectly related orally in five minutes. The better way to go about it is to pretend that those books already exist, and offer a summary, a commentary on them"

Is novel writing a madness, when they are made redundant by the availability of concise summaries on Wikipedia and elsewhere? If we accept this, we would accept that the summary of Infinite Jest, to pull a random example, is superior to the full work; and that there are commentaries and reviews which exceed the merits of the original work.

And is the short story a superior form of literature anyway, because of its efficiency, economy, and accessibility, when it comes to an author crystallising an idea without the bloat of plot? For myself, I enjoyed Tolstoy's short fiction a long more than his doorstoppers, and this is the same with Dostoevsky. Anton Chekhov is a marvel.

Is there too much emphasis on long-form writing in literature?

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How/Where to get into poetry?

preferably some English stuff

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imsGbtuUrWY

She's back on youtube.

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This book is spiritual gold. If you are a Christian, or even have any passing interesrt in spirituality, you ought to read it. Here is an excerpt

>The second bonds of the spirit are imposed from the world and lie closer to the surface than the first. The world, with its concepts, principles and rules, in general with its entire system made into immutable law, lays a heavy, authoritarian hand on each of its offspring. As a result, no one dares even to think of rebelling against it or renouncing its power. Everyone venerates it and adheres to its rules with such timidity. A violation of these rules is considered as a criminal act. The world is not a person, but its spirit in some way stands firm on the earth, influences us, and holds us as if with bonds. It is evident that its power is psychological and imaginative, not real or physical. Consequently, one has only to dispel this imaginative power of the world, and the opportunity for abstaining from its charms becomes more likely for us. That is how salvific divine economy operates in us.

>It is with this purpose that it continually maintains two other sacred, divine worlds in the presence of the world and ourselves. Through them, divine economy constantly reiterates the emptiness of worldly life by calling it to our attention and allowing us to perceive it more keenly. The two divine worlds are visible nature and the divine Church. Experience shows how frequently the mind, obscured by worldly ways, becomes sober through contemplation of divine creation or by entering the Church. For example, a man standing at a window and looking at a tree in the winter came to his senses. Another man, after a disturbing conversation, and having sensed the sweetness of peace of mind in a church, abandoned his former ways and dedicated himself to the service of God.

More excerpts here: http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/salvation_theofan.htm

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Can we have a YA thread

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What are your favourite books *on* film, /lit/?

Pic related is mine. If you're at all interested in Ferrara (and you should be), give it a look.

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What is the best, most flexible language when it comes to writing and why is it Ruasian?

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Why don't nihilists kill themselves?