Did we like this?
I did. Who the fuck is we?
The most disturbing thing I have ever read. Not a sensitive person but this had such an effect on me when I first read it. The most effective piece of horror writing I have come across.
>>8957831
stop talking like this
>A book about _____ can't be art
There is nothing you can put in that blank to make a true statement.
OP's existence
>>8957824
>what is the difference between craft and plot?
Identifying mushrooms
In your best prose, write a confessing love letter to the woman you secretly love.
>>8957782
suck my dick please
>loving women
We're patricians here
>>8957794
Piss off, you bug chasing faggot.
is this a good book
>>8957771
Yeah, it's alright.
>>8957775
Is it better than Frankenstein. I thought Frankenstein was p cool.
>>8957771
No.
Does the Spanish Language have any good literature? I'm learning Spanish as a second language in uni so now im wondering if theres any value in learning spanish to read great works of literature?
>>8957593
not really no
spanish is the worst european literary langauge by quite some distance
even some meme languages like japanese are better than spanish for lit purposes
>>8957596
Theres nothing exceptional about the Spanish language wither. Russian is very well known for being able to convey ideas, thoughts and imagery in very beautiful ways. as is french and German. But Spanish is such a simple, boring language.
Pedro Paramo for the /lit/ response, La Sombra del Viento if you want to fit in worth normies
Should I get a kindle?
I'm browsing the prices and they aren't much cheaper than just buying a decent used physical copy, and sometimes are more expensive. Not sure if its worth it
>>8957569
No.
Defectivebydesign.org/amazon-kindle-swindle
>>8957569
Buy a kindle, and then wait for a sharethread on /lit/ or go to bookzz or libgen, and have at it with free books
Most people here buy an ereader for piracy. Otherwise the prices are similar and the only reason to get one would be portability.
What's the best word that describes this?
gradient
/thread
Gradient
Spectrum
Post-binary
>>8957505
>closing thread with own response
What's your favourite story in Dubliners that's not called The Dead? Tell my why.
Are there any that you particularly dislike?
>>8957454
Araby and A Painful Case for me
Didn't care much for Eveline desu
I have Dubliners sitting on my desk, but dont want to read it. I know its going to bring back memories of me living in Dublin followed by a feeling of guilt and regret for leaving. I miss that city so much. Theres nothing spectacular about it, yet there is. The people, the history, the energy. Just things I don't get up here in Northern Canada.
>>8957498
Holy shit Joyce is in the thread.
Look at all the books I've read: The Author
>>8957427
he looks like such an annoying and creepy dude in that pic
>>8957427
Didn't Joyce and Beckett do the same tho
harold bloom does this so much imo
who's up for a pissing contest /lit/?
how many pages do you read per day?
I read 100 pages yesterday and felt pretty good about myself
nearly 400 today
>>8957518
how? are you a fast reader?
a life wasted collected physical books. kek
So, /his/, have you taken the GRE yet?
If so, how did you do? What are your test prep strategies?
>haven't taken it yet
>Manhattan 5 lb. book, vocab book, official ETS Gre prep book
>In sample tests end up middle-high 90th percentile for Verbal and mid 70's to mid 80's on Quant
Anyone got advice on upping Quantitative score? Good prep books/websites?
https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/powerprep2
Download and try the sample test and tell us how you did/what you are doing to improve
This is /lit/.
Also, I dropped out of school when I was 13, so no, I haven't done anything of the sort.
>>8957392
You're at /lit/, friend. But no, I have not. I'm torn on it's usefulness in my degree field and intended career in Emergency Management where' I'll live a life of continued training, education, and exercises anyway.
>>8957392
school is for faggots
What is Shakespeare's magnum opus?
>>8957293
Titus Andronicus
>>8957293
Hamlet
>>8957293
King Lear
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
Previous Thread: >>8949727
Would anyone recommend Book of the Long Sun?
That's a surprisingly bad image, usually I like Nasmith.
Whats some good standalone science fiction? All I've been reading recently is series books.
Hi /lit/ I'm a retard that never read too much outside of school, I'm currently quitting a videogame addiction and it turns out I chose literature to fill some of that dopamine void, what are some basic entry-level books, even the chart "new to /lit/" is too much for me, thanks
1) Read Proclus
2) Listen to Migos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-sJp1FfG7Q
3) Browse /lit/ like a fucking FAG hahahahahahaha
Start with the Greeks
>>8957086
You might want to start with themes you like.
What kind of computer games do you like?
What is the best translation for Dante's Inferno?
I'm looking for an affordable version of it. The Signet classics version translated by John Ciardi (1952) looks alright, but I just don't know.
Also considering the Bantam Classics multi-lingual version translated by Allen Mandelbaum (1982). I have no real need for the Italian though.
Any other reasonably priced translation recommendations welcome. Thanks.
What is it with these requests for 'affordability'? Do you people not have libraries?
>>8957057
Protip: The best translation starts with "Nel mezzo del camin di nostra vita"