I'm looking to read some of Lovecrafts books, as I loved Bloodborne, which was heavily influenced by Lovecrafts work.
What Lovecraft books would you recommend for me to start with if I really enjoyed Bloodborne?
>>9393336
Shadow Over Innsmouth.
>>9393336
Just get any one of his collections at the bookstore. He's not that difficult to get into.
>>9393336
https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Lovecraft-Joyce-Carol-Oates/dp/0061374601
This is an affordable selection of H.P Lovecraft's better stories with a decent introduction.
Get this, or check it out from the library, and if you like it you can but the Collected Works pretty cheaply.
What even constitutes purple prose? Is it always bad? If its not, what separates good purple prose from bad purple prose
Purple prose is prose that's verbose but doesn't achieve anything with that verbosity.
>>9393321
Thomas Pynchon is purple prose
>>9393321
What do you mean by "achieve"? Like just masturbatory flourish? Or style for style's sake?
Sorry to be an edge lord but Is there any good obscure/edgy books that is actually good and thought provoking? Manga is okay too but please do not recommend Junji Ito (as I already read most of his series haha)
That's a pretty vague request. Can you be more specific?
I just need any good book that's thought provoking, but also gruesome. Something relating to existentialism? I can't be too specific because being vague also means there is a subjectivity, therefore allowing there to be many options of books to choose.
>>9393343
Bataille
What's the best Japanese /lit/erature? Asking for a friend.
hello
I can't tell you about the best, but I can tell you what I've enjoyed:
Endo - Silence
Agutagawa - Roshomon and other stories
Murakama - wind up bird chronicle
I read some Mishima but thought it was lame
Mishima, Kawabata, Oe are all amazing
Mishima - The Temple of Golden Pavilion, you'll send me money later
I'm afraid of sharing my ideas because someone might steal them.
Can anyone relate?
Most people on this board are too lazy to write their own ideas, let alone somebody elses.
No. I don't have any ideas.
>>9393239
I came here once a month so you guys do my job for me.
And you can't stop me, Mwa hahaha
Can you guys recommend some door stoppers or big connected series? (No genre fiction). I really enjoy very dense books tbqh, where you invest energy and have that feeling of continuity over large period of time. Among others I've read War and Peace, Anna Karenina, some of Dostoyevsky's books, Don Quijote, Oliver Twist, Bleak House, Doctor Faustus. I really hope to get some nice sugestions. (My native tongue is not English so I can also read in German, Latin and Romanian).
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading/Literature_by_type#Doorstoppers
>>9393079
The meme trilogy
>wants a big series
>won't read genre
>kek
Can any of you writerfags give me some help? I'm a stem student and I've always been miserable at writing papers. I put hours into them and never get more than a B. Anyway I've got one due in a few days and really want to get an A. Any advice is welcome I really want to improve.
>caring about prose in your papers
bitch what the fuck
just clearly state what you're trying to state
>>9393050
>2017
>possible to get less than an A on a paper
What do you usually get marked off for? Hard to give you any advice without knowing what you're doing wrong.
S T U P I D
F R O G P O S T E R
>born into an illiterate farm labouring family
>have to work since childhood to support his family
>still manage to write works that become part of the literary canon
You have literally no excuse
>>9392949
The value of books continues to decline with every year that passes.
Anything I write will just be a rehash of an idea someone else has had. And my book won't be read by even 100 people.
>>9392955
If you will work really hard on one idea, it will not be a rehash
>>9392949
yeah true
thx
> sea yo
> empiece en el Medio Oriente
> tenga muchos secretos
> a veces lleve una cubierta negra
> capture las vidas de mucha gente
> corte los dedos de mis víctimas
> tenga el poder de persuadir los jóvenes
> preséntese por Internet
> muchas personas han matado en mi nombre
> sea un libro
> la imagen no es relevante
Tú tienes que regresar a Hispachan.
Es sobre communismo?
>>9392912
Less burgers más español. Duele leerte.
ITT: Share literary advice
>>9392846
Read Akutagawa's short stories! They are the closest thing to absolute perfection in that form!
Read instead of browsing /lit/.
How would it be different to base a book around a mythology instead of a set story?
For example, having a book be a pastiche of Greek mythology instead of a retelling of something specific like Hercules' labors or Odysseus's return home.
I have to write an essay on three times advice was given but not taken in the Odyssey. Can someone give me these examples?
>>9392835
Aeolus warns Odysseus not to open the bag of winds. His crew does it anyway, and the ship ends up getting blown away from Ithaca, which prevent them from returning home.
- Circe warns Odysseus not to eat the cattle of Helios, but his men get hungry to they eat them anyway. Everyone other than Odysseus drowns in a shipwreck as a result.
- The Suitors of are repeatedly warned to leave Penelope alone, but they don't relent. Eventually Odysseus murders them all and even rips the balls off one of them (no joke).
There's actually a whole book with every single example of this which you can easily find at any bookstore, online retailer, or even for free online.
>>9393123
Thanks so much anon.
Will reading this when I'm drunk and fucking angry make me feel better?
>>9392810
Why are you angry, anon?
>>9392833
I appreciate your interest, but there's no time to get into that. Do you have an answer for me?
>>9392810
No. Just drink until you pass.
Is speculative realism as much bullshit as I think it is or do some good ideas come out of it?
>>9392783
>speculative realism
isn't that oxymoronic
>>9392783
seems freeing
>>9392787
Is Platonism not speculative?
Hey guys, I'm looking for some good books on eastern philosophy and religion, can anyone help me out? Preferably books that pertain to Sikhism, Jainism, Taoism, and Buddhism, or focus on chakras, meditation or astral projection. I need to brush up on my knowledge and I haven't owned a book based on eastern philosophy since high school lol. But yeah, any reccomendations would be very much appreciated!
No one?
"Nanavira Thera - Clearing the path" is a good book on Buddhism. Read introduction and the letters first.
I know you’re looking for nonfiction, but let me quickly recommend Laszo Krasznahorkai’s works, because they are extremely good, and about eastern philosophy.
"Seiobo There Below" is probably the pinnacle, but if you want something shorter "From the North by Hill, From the South by Lake, From the West by Roads, From the East by River" is also very good.
As is "The Prisoner of Urga", which is probably the roughest one. Someone with knowledge on meditation etc. told me that she felt it accurately captured the painfulness of (trying) it.
How long should your first novel be if you want to get it submitted for publication?
Surely today, a novellette or a collection of short stories is the best form for an unpubished writer. I'd imagine you would have more of a chance getting people's interest by keeping it short. Most of the young writers I've seen have published something less than 200 pages.
I'm talking about original fiction, of course. Not Fantasy or Crime Thrillers, which usually need to be at least 300 pages.
Do any anons have any experience of this?
The market for short story collections and novellas is smaller than novels. I'd say a shortish novel, maybe ~200 pages, would be the most common debut.
>>9392732
why is it that nobody on this board discusses submissions to agents? has everyone been rejected by agents so they're forced to submit to publications?
also, why the talk about page numbers? word count is what matters.