Was he a good poet?
he wasn't really a good anything desu
Yes. Way better poet than novelist. His prose always made me wanna kill myself and just left me wondering why the fuck people cared about him, until I read his poetry, which made things finally make some sense. Even though the language he used was somewhat lackluster, his poetry came across as self-aware and more entertaining in its sporadic quality, and actually struck some feeling into the reader.
Does /lit/ like him? If so which book apart from cthulhu is good to start?
>>8855671
>Does /lit/ like him?
Generally, yes.
>If so which book apart from cthulhu is good to start?
Joshi's edition of Dagon.
lovecraft is shite
>>8855671
Why did you get the idea you should start reading Lovecraft?
We have this thread seemingly every day and it's either one guy or some unseen force is herding people towards him.
What was it in your case?
Thoughts on this book?
>>8855610
Don't really have any. I haven't read it.
had literally zero fucking clue what was going on in the river-crossing scene
havent read it, or any faulkner
sage
Fagles
> translations
TL note:
'Fly' means 'flee'
I find it difficult, when writing, to make any kind of philosophical or substantive statement without my narration getting too lengthy or my dialogue getting all stilted. I've heard "show," don't tell but the problem with showing is people decide for themselves what you mean instead of taking the idea or lesson as you intended it. Death of the author and all that.
It's a quite difficult balance to strike.
How do you make a point without stilting your dialogue or beating readers over the head? I'm aware of the advice of "don't try to make points" but pretend for a moment that it's essential: How do you pull it of?
Any tips?
Thanks.
>>8855368
Stretch it out by laying lots of groundwork in the "show don't tell" method.
Or give it piece by piece instead of all at once.
Or tell it in a fit of passion. People speak differently when they are angry and trying to explain something, or depressed or whatever.
A wise old person talking to a young person is a bit of a trope but it works.
The movie Winter Sleep manages it pretty well, maybe it could help you.
Something I've noticed is that the character's heart should be bigger than their head if you want their philosophical soliloquies and diatribes to be taken seriously or mean anything. They have to be a (((person))), fleshed out, a part of a world, and their philosophical statements are an examination of their world, not ours. That's how you evade the "character as a mouthpiece" trope
>>8855411
Good answer & Thanks for the material suggestion.
>>8855368
Is this guy some kind of blatant Dr Manhattan ripoff?
What are books similar to the Matrix?
Neuromancer
But that movie sucked.
All style no substance.
And then the retarded fanbase started acting like the ages old idea it presented was fucking revolutionary
>>8855416
It was a fun action film. I enjoyed it more than the average superhero blockbuster.
more like shortre amirite
>>8855317
That was above average back then
>>8855317
>he went on to fuck and seduce dozens of young women some of still teenagers and had threesomes with them and his wife
what the fuck
>>8855328
no it wasn't
Is literary genius synonymous with hideousness, among other things such as social ineptness and autism?
I mean, how many chad thundercock normies have you seen throughout history who have written timeless pieces?
>>8855238
The vast majority of literary icons were, to some degree, tortured artists. They were addicts, they were miserable, they were reclusive, etc. I think shutting oneself away to focus on one talent is essential to becoming one of the all time greats in any academic field.
>>8855238
>hideousness
"ocular health issues" FTFY
>>8855238
>Chad
>normie
Go back to /r9k/, you worthless sack of shit
Post them and rate, anon.
>>8855148
Tu madre es puta
>>8855148
What and edition of Homer is that and why are you reading Hemingway in Spanish? That's disgusting.
>>8855148
Flush, Mrs. Dalloway, and Jacob's Room - Virginia Woolf
Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow
and i stole Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov lol
Hmm
me on the right
>>8855118
being a whore is so cool ^__^
great thread
/lit/, I'm 500 pages in and I want to give up.
I feel like the story has completely disintegrated.
I'm tired of reading the rambling, inane prose, of a man who is obviously smarter than I will ever be.
Honestly just read a plot synopsis up to where you've read. You're too far in to stop my dude.
>>8855073
The last section creates that perception intentionally. It's still worth pushing through to the end. My favourite finish of any book
>>8855073
Check out TheBookChemist on Youtube
My therapist recommended me a couple books.
What does /lit/ think?
second book
>>8855039
>therapist
spooky
>>8855045
he's more like just a regular friend i sometimes talk to
he knows i'm extremely cynical of the mental health industry and refuse to take anti-depressants
>tfw too depressed to understand what you're reading
>>8854976
>tfw too happy and content to be invested in a book with depressed and moody main character.
>>8854976
>tfw too retarded to understand what you're reading.
>>8854976
>tfw too tired to understand a stream-of-consciousness description of a character falling asleep
>not posting the new books you're about to buy
Why do you even exist.
>not buying used books
You might as well burn your money for warmth you fucking pig you fucking idiot fool
>>8854876
Loser
Does reading actually make you smarter?
>tfw to smart too read
no, it makes you a better reader
No, but it kinda teaches you how to think. You have to read some more difficult stuff to really get that benefit tho.