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>tfw reading Sowell books at uni during lunch and mad liberals stare at me

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May I share something with you, /lit/? A vision... a vision I had in my sleep last nite, as distinguished from a dream which is mere a sort of cataloging of the day deanchored by the subconscious. In my vision, I was on the veranda of a vast estate, a palazzo of some fantastic proportion.
From the inside reddish lit marbles emanates some
I'd known that place... in fact been born and raised there THat was my first return, a reunion with the deepest wellsprings of my being

Wandering about I noticed happily that the house had been immaculately maintained.
There'd been added a number of additional rooms, but in a way that blended so seamlessly with the original construction, one would never detect any difference. Returning to the house's grand foyer there came a knock at the door: DFW was standing there. He was happy and carefree, clearly living a life of deep harmony and joy. We embraced, a warm and loving embrace, nothing withheld. We were, in that moment one quasi-homosexual couple. My vision ended and I awoke with a tremendous feeling of optimism and confidence about his/my writing.

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I want to get to know a character who is lonely. I have been feeling lately like I'm one of the loneliest people in the world. I feel like I can't ever really know people, I spend so much time alone and I feel like when I'm around people no one ever really gets to know me better, and I don't really ever get to know the people around me any better either. I feel like I'm missing out on so many things, because I don't have the ability to relate to other people on a personal level. Maybe just being around other people and relating things on a general level is what people do in general. I get the feeling that other people spend time in actual physical proximity to other human beings though, whereas I may talk to some people online, but I never really get that close to people online or people in real life. It's so lonely, feeling like there's no one out there in the world to really understand me, and my feelings seem to be nothing but painful nerve vibrations, hopelessly sending signals into the world, the mere act of which feels pointless.

I want to read a book that covers this part of the human condition.

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>Common Blackbird
LMAO! Why are americans so stupid?

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>tfw haven't passed my art history exam for the 3rd time because not giving a shit about paintings and too much time browsing /lit/
What to do, /lit/?

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I literally want to vomit.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1923820.Holy_Bible?ac=1&from_search=true
Some reviews to get you in:
>Badly edited, poor continuity and internal consistency. Authors seem to change between books. Plot is cliched and thin, with virtually no character development save for Judas Iscariot. The main characters of Jesus and Moses are entirely one dimensional messianic figures. The novel opens with Adam and Eve, and then ignores them for the next thousand pages or so. The built-in bookmark was a nice touch, but a little pretentious.
>I guess it's like how sometimes, the first example of a genre ends up not really fitting because it feels so unsophisticated and erratic. I know that it can take a long time to try to get these ideas down pat. Maybe someone will rewrite it someday and try to get it to make some sense. Then again, it wasn't that great in the first place.
>It does get a little preachy at times and I must admit to being quite bewildered at what God's *real* message is. There are contradictions in the rules handed down (gay sex is bad but love your brother, shrimp was not OK but now it is, etc.) and unraveling the books mysteries is going to be a not insignificant task for any reader.
>But alas, I believe in Science, not fiction.

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I'm writing a sci-fi novel and I'd like to know what to do when I finish it and try to publish it.

Should I just hand the publisher my novel? Or Do I have tor egister it in some form before doing it or else they'll steal it?

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What are people's thoughts on the P/V translation of this?

I've been reading it and it's a very accessible, gripping translation - though the gripping might just be because of the authors construction of the novel.
The footnotes included are helpful and promote a better understanding of the text, not only just telling what certain Russia-centric words and names mean, but giving insight into the significance to the satire Bulgakov was producing of Russian society at that time of history.

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Need more fantasy books to cram through my eye holes guys.
Just got back into reading 'bout a year and half ago and i've smashed out all the top authors.
Gi'us some recommendations.

P.S. Why are there legit only like five fantasy series with decent magic systems? Fucks me right off.

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What does /lit/ think of him?

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What does /lit/ think?

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ITT: Pure Pseud

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did any of you read this? he's the best rapper, but how was this?

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Alright which one of you faggots did this?

https://twitter com/peterbjordanson

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Are there any other works in the tradition of Plato's Republic, Cicero's On the Commonwealth and Augustine's City of God?