I was at the bookstore and saw this edition of Lord of the Flies. It's got the fancy flaps and ripped up pages and looks like shit. I looked on the inside however. It was a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with an introduction by Stephen King. I'm already thinking what the fuck, but I look at the material at the end.
There is a section about how to teach the book to high school students, followed by a section on where to pursue similar ideas as those presented in the book. What does it recommend? YA books. And not just YA books! Next up it tells you to read Ta Nahesi Coates and articles on Black Lives Matter. I stopped there and put it back on the shelf.
What the fuck is Penguin doing?
>>9007277
tapping the market
>>9007277
wgaf
>>9007285
I do. Enough to type out several whole sentences about it.
>People at school bully me for following Tolstoy's non-resistance to violence
>"so you wouldn't defend yourself against an attack?!"
>"I don't believe in returning evil with evil."
>"you're a fag and weak!"
>"I believe it is in fact more brave to allowed yourself to be murdered."
>"hahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha"
>>9007242
Having unpopular opinions sucks. Having unpopular opinions which fly in the face of generally accepted realities, such as allowing yourself to be murdered, means you'll have a long, arduous and ultimately fulfilling life.
>>9007250
What's the point in living life with such principles if it cannot be accepted by the masses?
How do I reconcile my ethics with my desire to Rule over men???!?!
>>9007242
Just explain using easily-visualized examples. "If someone were to hit me and I hit them back, then a fight starts. Is someone hit me and I run away, then they feel that they have power over me. If someone hits me and I just look at them and ask them in a serious tone of voice why they hit me if I did nothing wrong, then they start thinking about why they hit people. And once they think about why they hit people, they're less likely to do it again."
>David Farter Wallace
>Fyodor Doesthebesthecansky
Vladimir Noboobsgob
>>9007144
what the hell is with this photo? why does the sun move
/lit/'s probably the board for this. If any.
What are some classic ocean demons and deities? Leviathan, Poseidon, Rahab. I'm harvesting these for a story where the villain is the ocean.
And if ocean mythology is anything like the SNES library, there's always going to be gems I'm never going to happen across by chance, but by asking around.
/lit/erally >>>/his/
>>9007045
scylla, kraken, hydra, cetus, capricorn/enki
lir, selkies, mermaids/men, nixes, and kelpies
loch ness, dobhar chu, fiji mermaids (not really) and st augustine florida squid
china and india have myths of five dragons becoming rivers across azn
oh, and qallupilluit
>>9007059
and probably the flying dutchman as well
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 Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939) by James Thurber
>2,082 words
>Reading time: 11 minutes
>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12164287
Discussion starts in this thread and will finish on Monday. The next reading is The Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges (2,319 words). Discussion for it will run Tuesday through Wednesday.
>ebook
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/03/18/the-secret-life-of-walter-james-thurber
>ebook for next reading
http://web.itu.edu.tr/~inceogl4/modernism/lotteryofbabylon.pdf
>Old threads
https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=%2Fssrg%2F&search_op=op
bump
>>9006961
>The Secret Life of Sam Harris
No.
>>9007297
Sam, we've heard you tell the joke about how you look like Ben Stiller a million times. Go to bed.
Just got a pocket Bible (pic related) from my aunt. It's the New International Version. How is it different from the King James Version and others? This'll be the first time I've read the Bible, btw.
Ezekiel 23:20
is that furry porn? no? then you were ripped off.
>>9006913
Any version is better than the KJV. Do Germans read the exact Martin Luther Bible? Do Spaniards read the first Spanish Bible? Only in the Anglo sphere which is dominated by Protestantism are people autistic enough to read a Bible completed in 1611
Matthew 19:14
KJV
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
ESV
but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
Its shit
Cop an orthodox bible
What are some books that have an oppressive sense of gloom or melancholy in atmosphere/tone/theme?
Pic not necessarily related, though I personally find it a bit depressing
>>9006857
I guess I should've expected this
my diary desu
What's the key to good dialogue, /lit/?
>>9006813
listen. be thoughtful. always say what you think. be respectful.
a joke is a joke, it's not lack of respect.
there are a lot of keys.
>>9006829
I meant in writing, b-but thanks... anon...
>>9006838
right.
you're not getting a satisfactory answer, I think.
So, over the last few months I've been reading Pynchon.
I started with the Crying of Lot 49 which I thought was pretty entertaining as a joke but I couldn't really say I loved it.
Then I moved onto V which had way more substance to it and with which I connected a lot better. In fact, the confessions of Fausto Majistral may be the best short story I've ever read.
So now I've moved onto the fabled Gravity's Rainbow. I'm almost done with the first section and it hasn't swept me off my feet yet but I can tell I'm in for something.
I also read a few of Pinecone's short stories whenever I take a break.
Anyway, what I'm really saying is, Donald Trump is a Pynchon character isn't he? We're just living in the universe of his last magnum opus before he dies, aren't we? It just seems too perfect.
Even the name is pynchonian. It speaks the character of the person so perfectly, brash, boisterous, full of self parody. Hell there's even the Kek conspiracy that got him elected and the deep mythology of /pol/ to dive into.
>>9006807
this just made me realize how much I want Pynchon to write Trump's biography.
>>9006807
you're on to something.
pretty sure Trump is a Pynchon reader. And Pynchon a Trump voter (if he does indeed vote)
>>9006840
>pretty sure Trump is a Pynchon reader.
>And Pynchon a Trump voter
Literally two of the most clearly false sentences I've ever read.
How do I start learning Greek?
START
WITH
SUICIDE
I was just told that when it comes to poetry, "the simpler the better". Is there any truth to this?
Yes, that's why my favorite poems are all only one letter long. I think my all time favorite is probably "I" because it has such a simple shape.
my dick
so thick
i beat
your meat
fuck hole
i swole
suck dick
cuck spic
-"Poetry by Trayvon"
>>9006774
wilt, slipping, banana peal,
the crazy story of Desdemona,
riding on her challet horse
dipping through the country side road
stopping to pick some flowers and smell
the sweet summer day
fragrance dancing with frivolous flight
the butterflys prance like angel dragons
the buds buzz buzz
the bugs on kudzu
the birds bellow peep
on spring time tree
around the river bend
the forrests coos
sweet lemon lime
stupid lazy river
Never read a book before, how do I start?
Go back to your anime and manga
Start with something easy, like something you might read in high school or even middle school. Try Catcher in the Rye maybe.
>>9006764
Start with children's books (Goosebumps), work your way up to YA (The Giver, Harry Potter), and finally start reading books meant for adults (1984, Brave New World, Jurassic Park).
pls don't be mean
Before this book I hadn't read fiction in years. My reading primarily consists of scientific articles and philosophy — I regrettably thought of fiction as a waste of time while I tried to fill my head with """""useful""""" knowledge that I can apply, not realizing that reading is valuable in and of itself
But when I read this book, I would find myself picking it back up at every opportunity, even waking up and immediately trying to see what will happen, something that I haven't done since I was a kid.
So, given that I am a plebian when it comes to literature, and that I like this book, can /lit/ recommend me a book to read next?
Infinite Jest
start with the greeks
>>9006702
not even a good Murakami though
It's just Hard-Boiled Wonderland (which is really enjoyable imo) with the most obnoxious teenage protagonist and awkward shoehorned sex scenes ever and an unfocused, annoying narrative. Some of the sections with the old cat guy were pretty funny though.
Is this the tl;dr of meditations or is there more to it?
>>9006695
It's literally his diary desu
>>9006695
lmao not even a real quote
>>9006699
this
best free kindle books, post em.
All of them
libgen.io
The Sequernces by Eliezer Yudkowsky and The Library of Scott Alexandria by Scott Alexander.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/72m/an_epub_of_eliezers_blog_posts/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/mr6/the_library_of_scott_alexandria/
>>9006855
Sequences*