What should I read next? Herodotus or Athenian plays? And where is the /SWTG/ reading group? I need a new schedule.
>>9140529
>not just jumping straight to Schopenhauer's 'On Women'
>>9140529
Ulysses
(Nah just kidding it has nothing to do with the Odyssey, they just share same naming conventions)
For me, it's Jacopone da Todi.
Jacopone is /lit/ as fuck
>>9140403
w-what
>>9141572
As air becomes the medium for light when the sun rises,
And as wax melts from the heat of fire,
So the soul drawn to that light is resplendent,
Feels self melt away,
Its will and actions no longer its own.
So clear is the imprint of God
That the soul, conquered, is conqueror;
Annihilated, it lives in triumph. What happens to the drop of wine
That you pour into the sea?
Does it remain itself, unchanged?
It is as if it never existed.
So it is with the soul: Love drinks it in,
It is united with Truth,
Its old nature fades away,
It is no longer master of itself.
by Jacopone da Todi
>le life is just so le absurd and meaningless but don't kill yourself because :^)
>>9140012
Actually you should feel free to kill yourself anytime.
>>9140012
you're free to kys anon
>life is an empty void, therefore I shitpost on 4chan and tell people to kill themselves
What are your honest thoughts on Icycalm/Orgy of the Will?
The implications of his philosophy terrify me but I can't really refute any of it
Not as good as Mopenhauer/Elliot Roger ;p
>>9139637
No memes please
>>9139573
Can you bullet point some of his main (profound or not) ideas/conclusions?
I would like some stark and colorful poetry full of symbolism like pic-related.
Is there anything that approaches it?
>>9139523
go read blake my man
>>9139538
I have "the complete prose and poetry" with the harold bloom man. What should i dive into first in it? (I've read most of Innocence and Experience)
Anyone else buy books off of Amazon and then get odd recommendations?
>>9139350
>>9139356
So this bitch complains about her new husband fooling around with the help, and the result is she's declared insane and is locked up for life while the husband gets all her money?
WTF I LOVE THE OLD DAYS NOW
>>9139340
Fuck off.
We don't like fan fiction on /lit/
>Inb4 m-m-muh intertextuality
>>9140557
But we love talking about how inferior women are, so this thread is fucking awesome, cuck
(I originally asked this question on /tg/, but the subject matter's kinda heavy for a board about elves.)
How do you write believably dialogue for a character that has undergone a significant trauma that you yourself have not experienced?
At the very least, I'd like to avoid being ridiculously offensive if I try writing, for example, someone who was molested as a child, both because it would make for a better story and because I don't want to romanticize the experience on the off-chance someone at the table was molested.
I was thinking of reading a biography of someone who had undergone something of that stripe, what else would be helpful?
>>9139235
Subtlety.
Don't have them say what happened directly. Nobody does this. Instead, drop subtle non-verbal hints (flinching when others get close or speak too loud, for instance), and only bring up why the character does these things if some investigation takes place.
If/when the subject does come up, don't linger on it, just discuss it briefly and move on. Trauma survivors don't talk about their trauma at length except with extremely close friends.
Finally, make a general commitment to take it seriously.
I wish my DM was charles manson
>>9139235
If its a female character, have her be cautious around men who are unfamiliar to her. Distrustful, unfriendly... But don't over do it.
I tried asking /x/ but they are too busy larping.
In "city of God" Augustine mentions a Persian book on necromancy. Does any of you know the name of the book?
Also, is there a necromancy reading list on /lit/?
Are there any authors that studied the history of necromancy?
>>9138979
>dude i want to reanimate a corpse to fuck it lmao
>>9138983
>I'm a faggot
Necromancy is just advanced hidromancy.
H.G. Wells writing a letter to Joyce after reading Finnegan's Wake:
>Who the hell is this Joyce who demands so many waking hours of the few thousand I have still to live for a proper appreciation of his quirks and fancies and flashes of rendering?
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/09/21/who-the-hell-is-this-joyce/
Discuss lads
Wells was also critical of Swift. In a review of Portrait (Joyce), Wells said: "Like Swift and another living Irish writer, Mr. Joyce has a cloacal obsession. He would bring back into the general picture of life aspects which modern drainage and modern decorum have taken out of ordinary inter course and conversation."
From Don Gifford's Ulysses Annotated, page 137.
>>9138894
Who the hell is this Wells who demands I spend any time at all on his genre sci-shit over another literary writer far more acclaimed and intelligent than him?
/lit/, I feel like I'm stuck in limbo. I feel like I have no idea what I should do with the decisions that I face everyday.
Is there any good literature for when you feel completely clueless with where your life is going?
>>9138855
Meh, just keep reading whatever seems interesting. The feeling of numbness is inevitable.
But if it's any good, I usually read sci-fi when feeling a bit dry and it gives me a reason to dream. (The early one though: with true science facts and no space opera bs)
>>9138867
>reason to dream
The other night I had a dream where I was quite possibly raped by a man
not really sure
I'm not numb, just feeling like I'm in the woods of hell, like Dante except I have no Virgil you feel me
>>9138855
Just leave it to the dice
A while back I stumbled across a reference site for writers that was basically a database of criminal knowledge and street prices for illegal goods and services (drugs, smuggled firearms, prostitution...) with cited sources. Unfortunately, I've forgotten the name of it. Does anybody else remember this? I'm writing something featuring criminals and it would really help. Thanks in advance.
>>9138658
It's called The Silk Road.
mr fbi is pretty lazy these days
>blocks your path
I dunno, guess this is the new meme. Don't really get it but here it is all the same
I enjoy drinking Samuel Adams or Sam Adams for short the Boston Lager is Rich, Balanced & Complex.
1pt. 6fl.oz. 4.9% Alc./Vol.
Mmmm boy I love me some Sam Adams.
a wild ass appears and blocks your path?
>>9138632
for me, its gotta be the mcChickenand I only drink IPAs with alc/vol > 8.5%
sup /lit/
Just started reading more actively and was looking up goodreads and amazon for top-reads.
Picked up Power vs Force by Dawkins.
Expected something sciency and eye-opening, but so far it really seems like pure bullshit.
Am I crazy? Is this worth the read? Is this full-on pseudo-science crazy talk?
All the reviews I find are from very spiritualistic ppl or such websites. Halp me
This isn't literature.
>>9139398
eat shit and choke on it
Top woowoo.
What is your opinion of audio-books /lit/?
I like them while i drive. Mostly sci-fi and non-fiction. I tend to save the heavy stuff for quiet reading
>>9139518
This. I drive trucks and do this all the time then when I'm at home read something heavy. Listen to Edith Hamilton mythology at the moment, so good.