>using a word with more than three syllables
Indubitably preposterous
>>9145730
Hemingway was the man.
>>9145730
California?
Why do a lot of users on here hate him?
What have you got against him?
Just finished Joyland, pretty good book. Anyone else like him?
>>9145604
Because a lot of users here are pretentious posturing showoffs.
Also because most of his books are not that good.
But he's a good guy that knows a lot about the craft, knows how to make lots of money, and isn't a technically terrible writer.
>>9145641
You ever read any of his books?
>>9145651
Yeah. Some of them were fun. Some of them were lame.
What's the big deal? You can't go into every book with the same literary mindset. You can't go into a fucking Ray Harryhausen movie with the expectations and a mindset of a Tarkovsky movie.
You know books can be for fun and entertainment too right?
However I have to say I never read any of his large books like The Stand. I don't want a 4 hour ray harryhausen movie.
WTF I love Cliff now!
Thoughts? He says it at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o7lCVDQ2XE
>>9145489
Is that Cliff from Cliff's Notes?
>>9145489
No Cliff we won't change our mind just because you read Pynchon
>>9145489
Fuck off, Cliff.
>dude i ended philosophy bro
>bu..buttt... you have to do this new kind of thinking that totally doesn't fall under the definition of philosophy
Was he a hack?
>>9144180
The end of philosophy is to make philosophy irrelevant. To move on, so to speak. So no, to answer this specific critique, he was not a hack.
>>9144180
every philosopher believes they have ended philosophy
he wasnt a hack, he opened western philosophy to the academic study of being. its a large topic in philosophy but not the end of it
also did he really claim to end philosophy? iirc he characterized his work more as "thinking" and as a point of beginning rather than ending, am i wrong
Mamma mia is a my least favorite thing in existence
Just finished it. What the fuck did this book mean? I get that there's some satire of marxism, some critique of Christianity, lots of poking fun at Russian society, but I have no idea how all the symbolism ties together. Would love to hear some people who've read it's interpretations.
>>9144120
the cat represents pussy
>>9144120
>when you're memed by some conservative reading list and find out you're actually retarded and can't handle actual literature
I haven't read it.
Based on the title I'm guessing it's about getting drunk on a Mexican beach with Satan.
Thoughts on this guy
>>9144026
Genius
>>9144026
One thing that Graham Harman says about Freud, that I completely agree with, is that the guy could really WRITE. I mean, the theory, the totalizing thought and whatnot he came up with, sure, but he was also a great writer.
>>9144041
He won several awards for his writing
Alright, folks. I've decided to start writing seriously, but where should I start?
Why is there no sticky or any guidelines on this board on how to become a writer?
>how to become a writer
Have you tried writing something?
>>9143894
>Alright, folks. I've decided to start writing seriously, but where should I start?
Probably by writing something other than stupid 4chan posts.
>>9143902
what if you wrote a whole book in the style of 4chan shitposting
that could be a best seller gimmick right there.
Drawing upon all your powers of perspicacity give your best analysis of this short story by Kafka. It's brief but weighty, a good litmus test for literary faculties and for one's artistic sense.
Well, /lit/?
I already told you, the cat doesn't like anal.
>>9143629
Idle vulgarity is a poor excuse for a non-sequitur. It's the furthest thing from clever or funny.
I'm not exactly a Kafka expert, but from what little I've read of him and the text itself, I'd guess an examination of how accumulated experiences narrow one's worldview, providing some relief from an open and complex world where everything is uncertain but at the same time constricting the individual's choices both consciously and unconsciously, with the cat both highlighting that by noting the existence of other options beyond those the mouse perceives and mocking it by immediately making the whole matter moot. Not certain what that futility is meant to represent, though. Could be a suggestion that one only really understands how they're hemmed in at the end of their life and have the benefit or hindsight, or maybe it's more misanthropic, suggesting that whilst your foibles are externally visible, people are more inclined to exploit them than to address them constructively.
Is this shit really suppposed to be difficult? Literally all it took was a couple hours and two cups of tea.
The only confusing part was the chemistry.
>>9143021
"I am smart"
Not especially, just long, and annoying in places.
What did one of Britain's most popular contemporary authors mean by this?
>>9142840
>british """"""""""""""authors"""""""""""""""
Who?
>>9142854
I'm in the same boat literally fucking who
What do you think about Brave New World vs 1984?
>>9142246
What conflict are you alluding to?
As in just which one do people prefer and also which one provides a more accurate/likely dystopia
When I first read 1984, it was fiction. Now that Trump is president, it's becomed non-fiction...
How to write a character who is having a bad trip on LSD? I've never taken it - is it always going to be cringey to attempt to depict drug use that you've never personally encountered?
>>9142242
try LSD, you fucking square
>>9142248
I'd rather not, considering I suffer from extremely paranoid thoughts on a daily basis, and lose my shit even on weed.
>>9142242
>is it always going to be cringey to attempt to depict drug use that you've never personally encountered
Not "always". But with LSD, yes it always will be. Just take LSD or don't talk about. Even if you take LSD I think you'll find you won't want to write about it.
What are some storytelling cliches?
1st person narrator is revealed as a caracter who was a very small part of diegesis
>>9142186
Once upon a time...
>>9142186
Oh. And 'they lived happily ever after.'
did he fuck the dog?
>>9141321
Who hasnt stuck their dick in a dogs mouth or played with their pussy?
Most 13-15 year olds do this, and I doubt much has changed.
>>9141329
Here's a trick that helped me as a sex-deprived teenager:
>take your dog into a room when your parents are out
>go to kitchen
>get peanut butter
>go to room where dog is
>smear peanut butter all over your dick and balls
>proceed to suck your dog's dick
>Interestingly, he called all his dogs the same name...Atma,[and nicknamed them Butz] the hindu word for the universal soul from which all universal souls arise.
So why haven't you read the most significant long poem from the latter half of the 20th century?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpimsgfNj7c
he'sshit housed
>>9141093
because poetry is for fags
>>9141097
wow got me :^)
>>9141112
Maybe I won't, but AIDS will