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(Until the sea above us closed again).
Could there be a more definitive, a more boundless, a more perfect line in the poetry of all time?

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Now let me tell you about why trannies shouldn't be called xir. You see, theres this... darkness *pauses* in all of us, that constantly threatens to consume us with dark thoughts *waves hands*. Thoughts like, what would it be like to kill a man? To have him in your basement and rape him daily? *pauses and swallows loudly*. I believe to do this requires compassion. To anally sodomize a man daily requires true genuine compassion. To understand suffering is to be able to inflict it on others. Let me tell you about this book, The Gulag Archipelago by Aleskandri Solzhenitsyn. In this book, you'll see the many reasons why communists were swallowed by the darkness. The darkness that some of us *swallows again* face every day. The deep desire to kill, to torture, and to see men's naked flesh. *pauses for an uncomfortably long time* But how do we fight this darkness? I'm not saying religion is the answer, I'm not saying its not, but let me tell you about this Disney movie I was watching the other day....

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Why are all his books heavy-handed cringefests?

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Welcome to the Short Story Reading Group! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
>7,204 words
>Reading time: 36 minutes

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12199633

Discussion starts in this thread and will finish on Saturday. The next reading is The Looking Glass by Anton Chekhov (1,605 words). Discussion for it will run Sunday through Monday.

>ebook
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tales_(Poe)/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher

Pro tip: On the left side of Wikisource you can click "Download as EPUB" to download a well formatted epub.

>audiobook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj_GVvV0xHA

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Looking-Glass_(Chekhov)

>Old threads
https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=%2Fssrg%2F&search_op=op

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Literary confession thread, faggots

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TOP 100:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19341.Best_Science_Fiction

TOP 100-200:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19341.Best_Science_Fiction?page=2

DISCUSSION: Comb through the Top 150, if you disagree with a book being too low you have to vote for it. Only enter the discussion if you've actually voted on the list, that way there is actual movement.

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feel free to answer or have your general /lit/ related questions

I will start:

What's the best way or pc program to help you save and learn new vocabulary.

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Where is your favorite place to read?

There's something about a bookstore that really speaks to me. I'll get myself some overpriced coffee and sit in one of those aesthetic chairs next to a lamp that's too fancy for its surroundings.
The air smells like a mixture of paint, dust, and tea. I never go to the bookstore to read but if I'm already there I'll read few chapters of s book I just bought.
Other than that, I love reading at night with all the lights off ( I have a kindle) and stacks upon stacks of pillows under me.
It really depends on my mood to be honest.

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How can one man be so right about everything?

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What the heck is the point trying to get published in 2017?

Seriously.

I just received yet another rejection and at this point I am filled with rage and frustration at the state of the contemporary publishing industry. What does an aspiring author have to do to make a name for himself today? If a writer has no contacts he is dead in the water and may as well print his work out and throw it from the rooftops into a rush hour crowd (something I've considered doing).

Anybody else here had their work rejected lately?

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Fantasy
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg
Flowchart:
>https://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg

Science Fiction
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/IBs9KE8.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg

NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
>https://i.imgur.com/IJxTQBL.jpg

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Write your suicide note.

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Welcome to the first Start with the Greeks thread. This group will cover the literature, history, and mythology of ancient Greece. Day 1 starts today, January 22.

The first reading:
>Anthology of Classical Myth (ACM), Note to Students. pp. xvi-xxiii
>Edith Hamilton. Mythology, Introduction. pp. 1-20

>ebooks of all texts and readings
https://mega.nz/#F!tRdWHJYY!_3uUYqfzqIpRpVN2l8XNVw

Required texts. If you want to buy a couple books for this group, these are the ones to get.
>The Iliad
>The Odyssey
>Sarah B. Pomeroy. A Brief History of Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History
>Any edition, and either the full one or the Brief one

Optional texts:
>Stephen Trzaskoma. Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation (ACM)
>Edith Hamilton. Mythology

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Could this have gone any worse?

Nearly every conceivable reason anyone wanted to hear Harris vs Peterson didn't even get touched on, and instead - we get a 2.5 hour esoteric argument on epistemology.

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I first encountered Annalisa via a series of photographs on Tinder. Beyond the immediate physical attraction she inspired, her profile engendered a rare sense of optimism. Tinder is not without its sociological lessons, and what struck me about the profile Annalisa had curated, was the lack of cohesion and fidelity to a desired persona. Rather than a series of carefully selected personal propaganda photos that most narcissistic millennials are only to able to string together, Annalisa had included some rather unflattering photos, and one especially tactless photo of her in her highschool graduation dress. This was an encouraging sign, as it showed a modesty which I would later learn was a lack of self-esteem. In hindsight, her apparent lack of a cohesive identity was also a subtle reflection of a scattered mind, a caution I wouldn't have heeded even if I knew. It’s true, her instagram wasn't without a certain polish, rolling out all the aesthetic ploys and fashion trends slavishly reproduced by the portion of Winnipeg’s middle class that fancies themselves artists (oversized faded denim jackets, posing beside cute graffiti in far-from-dangerous back alleys, close up shots of succulents and/or ferns, and lastly but most ubiquitously, septum piercings). However, as a perennial outsider to the “scene,” and in response to the stark drop off in Winnipeg's dating pool, I’ve always tried to cast my lot with those middle class try-hards. As is abundantly clear, I’ve always hated the these wealthy but originality starved scenesters and never felt my lack of societal clout to be something I should resent. On the other hand, I’ve always hoped the ring nosed culture queens would dig me for my self-perceived uniqueness. Of course, in my own right, I was deluded into believing the cultural middle class would admit outsiders with anything short of perfect conformity to their dull ethos. Annalisa appeared to be of this milieu yet not of it, which excited me on a level I wouldn't have been to articulate at the time. And so it came to be that at the tender age of 24 my first steady thing, and my first heartbreak was predicated by two right swiping thumbs.