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>>9834144
that sounds comfy, Pepe
but I have software to write
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I am
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>>9834144
But I am anon
I'm just taking a break topoop
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Fucshia Groan edition
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Fantasy
Selected:
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General:
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Science Fiction
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NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
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my question from the previous bread
Are there any worth while fantasy books that are like Dark Souls? Meaning the main appeal of the world is that everything in it is hateful, dangerous and wants to kill you. Basically like being in Mordor all the time
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>>9832837
Pls recommend near future scifi like rainbow's end
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What you fags reading?
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Any conspiracy books that are factual and not Alex Jones-tier nonsense?
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Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up by Lawrence E. Walsh
The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens (not very conspiracy though)
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald
Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment by James H. Jones
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>>9828592
Tragedy & Hope by Quigley
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>reading Homer
>it's another mountain lion analogy
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>>9824026
does she look Mexican to anyone else?
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WHY?! WHY MUST YOU TORMENT ME SO WITH THESE JEZEBELS? All I want to do is come here for an asexual experience that will exercise my brain but I am constantly titillated by these vixens with their prodigious hips and provocative figures. Can I never satiate this thirst, will I ever know the touch of a woman and enter between her loins? Will my seed ever drip from her moistened hole?
Life is a constant hell. No wonder I resent women too.
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>>9824030
Looks Brazilian to me.
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Stack thread!
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Smug liberal retard posters and their bait.
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>The painted bird
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Didnt even want to buy books today but local bookstore had an insane offer so I bought 11
(20€)
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>The seriousness of craft. Speak not of gifts, or innate talents! One can name all kinds of great men who were not very gifted. But they acquired greatness, became "geniuses" (as we say) through qualities about whose lack no man aware of them likes to speak; all of them had that diligent seriousness of a craftsman, learning first to form the parts perfectly before daring to make a great whole. They took time for it, because they had more pleasure in making well something little or less important, than in the effect of a dazzling whole. For example, it is easy to prescribe how to become a good short story writer, but to do it presumes qualities which are habitually overlooked when one says, "I don't have enough talent." Let a person make a hundred or more drafts of short stories, none longer than two pages, yet each of a clarity such that each word in it is necessary; let him write down anecdotes each day until he learns how to find their most concise, effective form; let him be inexhaustible in collecting and depicting human types and characters; let him above all tell tales as often as possible, and listen to tales, with a sharp eye and ear for the effect on the audience; let him travel like a landscape painter and costume designer; let him excerpt from the various sciences everything that has an artistic effect if well portrayed; finally, let him contemplate the motives for human behavior, and disdain no hint of information about them, and be a collector of such things day and night. In this diverse exercise, let some ten years pass: and then what is created in the workshop may also be brought before the public eye.
But how do most people do it? They begin not with the part but with the whole. Perhaps they once make a good choice, excite notice, and thereafter make ever worse choices for good, natural reasons.
Sometimes when reason and character are lacking to plan this kind of artistic life, fate and necessity take over their function, and lead the future master step by step through all the requisites of his craft.
From Human, all too human
I believe this is one of the best literary advice one could get.
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>>9843011
this is a serious thread. please leave.
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>>9843005
That was lovely.
Basically giving anyone with enough will power who has unfortunately bought into the "i don't have the intrinsic talent" bs enough reason to give it a proper go
And any human being, when brought humbly enough down to a certain level of life, will find at that level the drive necessary, the lust for a more beautiful life, the endless wellsping that is no longer afraid of failure because it already embodies it
I like Nietzsche
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>>9843005
OP, have you read The Case of Wagner? There's also some good advice there regarding the virtues of a mature artist; Nietzsche, perhaps surprisingly considering Birth of Tragedy, praises sobriety and craft. He also gives Wagner shit for making it okay for people to think they can make art without practicing, like they'll just immediately reveal to the world their inner greatness. Nietzsche is actually rather consistent on this: see also section 188 of BGE, "compulsion for a long time and in one direction" will produce greatness.
>>9843011
Has there been another author whose popular reputation diverged so wildly from what he actually wrote?
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what does /lit/ think about iBooks?
just started using it recently and think it's really convenient to be able to store highlighted/bookmarked areas in the cloud
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>>9842799
I use it more than I like to admit. If you have more than one Apple device it's really easy being able to, for example, download a book on your mac, read a bit of it, then read it on your phone later if you're on a train/plane/automobile.
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>>9842825
Not everyone who doesn't spout a meme every 5 seconds is a marketer, please leave this board.
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How does one find the bravery to be truly sincere in this cruel, ironic world? And how can I be truthful without looking foolish when writing my diary desu?
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>>9842545
Go to bed Zizek you are drunk!
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>>9842545
make memes
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>>9842545
be terrified of the alternative
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What is the /lit/ equivalent of dark ambient?
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>>9842458
Sebald.
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>>9842458
Ligotti; Aloysius Bertrand; some Baudelaire; Gracq's Argol Castle; Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
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>>9842458
every book you've ever been told to buy for a class but never had any reason to open
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How would one go about publishing their book? Self published or professionally, how is it done.
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self published: smashwords, createspace, and kindle direct are some of the more popular routes. upload your text and cover and write a blurb and author bio. network with other writers to get the word out.
traditional: finding an agent is easier than finding a publisher (but still difficult)
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>>9842436
Any tips you can give me on finding an agent?
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>>9842450
In any kind of entertainment they want you to have a built in audience. You can't just get representation with a manuscript, you need to bring something concrete to the table.
So, let's say I'm going to read 50 pages everyday.
What will my bookshelf look like in a year from now? Also is 50 pages still too few pages? For example, how ma y pages do scholars read every day? I know it's a generic answer, but a range will do it: is it hundreds? Thousands?
Finally, will reading automatically boost my eloquence and lexicon? And is there a "right" way to read?
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I read about 300 pages a day, the trick is to not waste your time reading on the internet
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Every poster on lit is required to read at least 1500 pages per day, please cease posting immediately until you are up to our level.
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>>9842313
Although I've talked about 50 pages everyday, that is a very modest estimate. In the last 2 days I've read 330 pages (still not as much as you, I guess), simply by limiting radically my time on 4chan. I genuinely hope I'll be able to mamtain this pace. By the way, is 330 pages in 2 days good? It was Crime ans Punishment (the first 2 parts) and The Death of Ivan'Ilych (all of it).
>>9842317
Are there people out there who actially read 1500 pages everyday? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of reading.
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What's a good edition of Paradise Lost?
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norton critical
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>>9841973
>This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers
Should I really trust something advertised like this?
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>>9841977
Fuck it this actually seems good.
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Who is the Kubrick of literature
>Shakespeare
Someone who attempted to master multiple genres
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wtf bugs...easy on the nudity . this is a SFW board
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Shakespeare did master multiple genres though
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>>9841747
I know >inb4
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is there any good contemporary poetry 2017-08-03 12:35:02 Post No.9841628
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is there any good contemporary poetry
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Why the fuck is shit like "Milk and Honey" getting so much popularity? Is there anything good being made in the world of contemporary poetry? God damn, it seems like it's all feminist cancer, someone explain this please.
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all modern poetry is shit
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>>9841628
Anne Carson
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>>9841628
>Why the fuck is shit like "Milk and Honey" getting so much popularity?
because they sell it at urban outfitters in a display next to books about kim kardashian
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>Page count: 1,008
Why
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so little time, so many people to rape and have killed!
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Why would you even read this nobody's biography? Sure, he was President or whatever, but he wasn't particularly important. Just do something else with your life, seriously.
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>>9841457
Should have titled it My Diary Desu