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Without sounding to fedora/beta, I write in a journal to expand and explain my thoughts. To really let it out, because talking about "Is occultism a new age meme?" wouldn't really set well with everyday talk. Even to friends. I'd say it helps, but don't think you are writing some lao tzu type shit.

Anonymous 2016-09-10 01:23:11 Post No.8491786
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>>8491766
>fedora/beta
Really depressing that such a simple joy in life as writing in a journal is viewed as "beta." Where did that come from, I wonder.

Keeping a journal is pleasant. Even if you only write in it once in a while or just jot down a few happenings.

Anonymous 2016-09-10 01:25:40 Post No.8491792
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>>8491362
I keep one on and off, I have serious issues with anxiety and depression so it can helpful in two ways of stabilizing my thoughts without needing to share them and also trace my sense of identity which I find very difficult

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What was the point of this book? 2016-09-09 22:38:13 Post No.8491360
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What was the point of this book? Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:38:13 Post No. 8491360 [Report] [View this topic]

Dhalgren already came out in 1978 and successfully ended the postmodern maximalist genre...nothing can get more complex and better than Dhalgren

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:39:11 Post No.8491361
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>>8491360
correct. Foster's vain attempts to overturn the new order imposed by Delaney was simply an embarrassment

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:40:02 Post No.8491363
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>>8491361
The thing is no white male author has ever wrote a complex work like Dhalgren

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:41:48 Post No.8491369
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:41:48 Post No.8491369 [Report]

>>8491360
>Dhalgren
>complex
>mysides.gif
>not reading Bottom's Dream
>medalastima.jpeg

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2016-09-09 22:38:07 Post No.8491359
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:38:07 Post No. 8491359 [Report] [View this topic]

What's the best, or your favorite Dictionary? Is a most up-to-date Dictionary truly so valuable? Have you elected to just use Google (Illuminati) to tell you what words mean?

Where do you fall on the issue of words-books, references, etc.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:44:40 Post No.8491378
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>>8491359
Black's Law

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:54:55 Post No.8491420
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:54:55 Post No.8491420 [Report]

So now Google is tampering with word meanings on behalf of the Illuminati.

Way to go, man. But please >>>/pol/

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:56:17 Post No.8491432
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>>8491420
Don't bring politics into this, bitch. Just post your favorite dictionaries.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:34:24 Post No. 8491352 [Report] [View this topic]

So why haven't you read the most important post-war European author?

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:42:23 Post No.8491370
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:42:23 Post No.8491370 [Report]

whose that?

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:58:25 Post No.8491439
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:58:25 Post No.8491439 [Report]

>>8491370
thomas bernhard familia

Anonymous 2016-09-10 01:54:12 Post No.8491855
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Anonymous 2016-09-10 01:54:12 Post No.8491855 [Report]

He's great, but lit is way too stupid for his work.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:59:41 Post No. 8491244 [Report] [View this topic]

Is this the best way to into Stephenson? I want something a bit more serious than Snow Crash.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:02:57 Post No.8491255
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:02:57 Post No.8491255 [Report]

Why do people always ask what "the best intro to someone is"? Just read what you want to by them.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:04:03 Post No.8491264
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>>8491255
I'm trying to figure out what I want, bucko.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:04:15 Post No.8491266
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>>8491255

This. I don't think he's an author you really need to "get into". He's very accessible (I have only read Snow Crash, though).

lekj
Critiques only on X-rated literature 2016-09-09 21:47:08 Post No.8491207
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Critiques only on X-rated literature lekj 2016-09-09 21:47:08 Post No. 8491207 [Report] [View this topic]

Disregarding all grammar and spelling errors. Is this guy's story telling ability spot on? How is it not the perfect story? (other than the content) I mean how it's displayed and written everything is self explanatory and really couldn't be much higher standing.

https://www.wattpad.com/159904091-michael-and-the-sex-goblin

He has other stories that are just as X-rated, but have an easy to follow pattern that is easy to read.

Discuss please.

NSFW writing. It's very X-rated.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:49:11 Post No.8491213
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I dunno man, I'm not author but I think it has some potential. Seems to follow a lot of storytelling guidelines right?

Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:51:56 Post No.8491223
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>>8491207
It could use some work, the structure is good, but I don't think I perfectly understand the real lust The Sex Goblin has for Michael. That could be conveyed a bit better, other than that, it's pretty much what I would define as perfection.

I could really feel each thrust, each moan, each little whimper that Michael would let out. The author definitely has a way with words. Looking forward to reading more of his work.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:52:17 Post No.8491226
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You can't expect a serious discussion about this right? Are you joking? I might delete my wattpad after reading that. Who writes this? It has a good pattern and everything but there's so much homoerotica in it. I even laughed. How do we discuss this in a serious manner its literal pornography of a genre I can not define.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:46:10 Post No. 8491204 [Report] [View this topic]

Do you think it would be a good idea to have a /lit/ general? I know they're often viewed as cancerous on other boards, but sometimes I'd like to just have some lighthearted /lit/ chat and ask some basic questions without having to create a new thread.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:46:58 Post No.8491206
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>>8491204
Yeah maybe.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:01:50 Post No.8491252
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:01:50 Post No.8491252 [Report]

>>8491204
Yeah maybe.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:03:14 Post No.8491260
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 22:03:14 Post No.8491260 [Report]

>>8491204

I don't see any harm in trying.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:26:40 Post No. 8491157 [Report] [View this topic]

name FIVE authors

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:28:07 Post No.8491160
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>>8491157
Ah ... wait ... fuck ... shit, I can't do it, OP. Good job, you got me. Time to stop posting on /lit/ now, let's all stop the show.

FOXE (ID: !!2rslAUKg/1u) 2016-09-09 21:29:06 Post No.8491162
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FOXE (ID: !!2rslAUKg/1u) 2016-09-09 21:29:06 Post No.8491162 [Report]

>>8491157
>David
>Foster
>Wallace
>Thomas
>Pynchon

Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:30:34 Post No.8491164
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:30:34 Post No.8491164 [Report]

first five that came in: Joyce, Pynchon, Steinbeck, Woolf, McCarthy

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:08:20 Post No. 8491091 [Report] [View this topic]

Opinions, /lit/?

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:11:51 Post No.8491104
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:11:51 Post No.8491104 [Report]

Reddit books is where they circlejerk about feeling smart from reading literal children's literature.

My opinion is that you should fuck off there and not pollute this board.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:13:35 Post No.8491113
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>>8491091

Never read it as a teenager but read it last year to see how it influenced LOST and I enjoyed it a lot, you could spin it was a book about British colonialism or the empire something like that but wasn't really that much of large theme.

Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:17:23 Post No.8491126
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>>8491104
>I am le master 4chin man cannot discuss a classical work of literature it is le below me and my le elite chon clubmates

Not everything is a contest to see whos the smartest. The book isnt childrens literature and just because you have a bad superiority complex doesnt mean we wont discuss this book.

thx hunni x

>>8491113
>you could spin it was a book about British colonialism or the empire something like that but wasn't really that much of large theme.
????

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:06:54 Post No. 8491087 [Report] [View this topic]

how is neo-victorian literature not the next step? Joshua Cohen knows this why don't you? Serialization, industrialization, class, science vs. religion, progress, nostalgia, utilitarianism, questions of social justice. People who know what they're talking about need not apply

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:14:54 Post No.8491117
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Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:14:54 Post No.8491117 [Report]

we are lviing in the dystopian cyber punk future.
The right thing now would be to write about the disastrous global warming future were we run out of water and technology fails us

Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:19:24 Post No.8491138
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>>8491087
>how is reheating something from 200 years ago not the """"""""""next step""""""""

Anonymous 2016-09-09 21:36:41 Post No.8491176
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>>8491117
that's too easy, we all know that won't happen.

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 20:58:00 Post No. 8491054 [Report] [View this topic]

Anyone know of any authors or poets who focus on everyday life instead of any big event?

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>>8491071
Got any more humorous Sam Harris quote images?

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>>8491054
Ted Kooser

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Anonymous 2016-09-09 20:33:13 Post No. 8490922 [Report] [View this topic]

Where do you guys post your work for others?

Tumblr, dropbox, etc.

I'm looking for a new place to start sharing things for a large audience and am tired of using Google Docs.

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