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>>8396600
;))

The two pink pointy tips on the side? No, it's supposed to be subtly and elongatedly suggestive of something rubbery and black sliding between two tits.

>>8396600
>Implying it's unusual to be loved by anyone
>Implying it's unusual to have fun with anyone
It's not

>>8396518
That they're for dummies.

>>8396518
Got the one on Songwriting. Only one I've read on the subject but I thought it was pretty good for what it was.

>>8396518
Some are good, a lot are terrible.

>>8396309
Thank you for finally asking this OP.

Objectively: Cervantes
For Actual Enjoyment: Rabelais

The latter is an underrated champ. Highlights Humanism better anyways.

I preferred Cervantes but I think Rabelais is a better author (I read Rabelais in French and Cervantes through translation so I could be wrong)

Why are you comparing them?

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>>8396309
This

>>8396288
>don't understand any of the tax lingo
You never need to understand any of the technical lingo DFW uses. He probably doesn't either.

>>8396288
Why would someone read an unfinished novel lmao

>>8396442

bc its good retard

I've only read one book by each.

"Gentlemen of the Road" by Chabon -- absolute trash.

"Beloved" by Morrison -- pretty great, actually.

Ask Chabon what it's like being an author but who's really a Jew. Ask Morrison what it's like being an author but who's really a black.

>>8396242
look up chabon's sexuality.

meant to read beloved before today but didnt get around to - will definitely check it out if she gives a good acceptance speech

She's genuinely good, it's not her fault she gets overhyped in academia like some messianic figure. And she's more of a good writer than a good artist.

Shitposting isn't fun if you're a babbling retard. There needs to be some illusion.

>>8396224

You had described me as well till the last bit.

If you think this forum is your problem, stop coming. It'd probably do you good, lad

>>8396239
>If you think this forum is your problem, stop coming. It'd probably do you good, lad
Then just forget I wrote that last bit, seriously.

>tfw ywn be notable enough to have autobiographies ghost written for you

Why would you do that

>>8396198
>tfw you have not called yourself a writer for 2 years but have written over 500 pages in that time-frame and got published

it's not fiction and I'm not good at writing, so I feel like I don't deserve to call myself a writer

>>8396102
I like history books and fantasy books, the Silmarillion is an historical fantasy book.

It's intricate as fuck.
It lends gravity to beloved characters from LotR.
It's a case study in myth.
Like any other myth, it's easy to get lost in.

It has a cool name
It also already has a "The" before its cool name like it's something important, without even needing to be translated into French

Philip KKK Dick

Perfect Blue is based on a novel by Takeuchi. It's a ballet dancer instead of a singer iirc.

>>8396195
I don't read a book or movie after I have already seen one that the other is based off of.

>>8395990
I'm curious as to where you're from, your grammar sounds Russian to me, I'm also impressed with your vocabulary as a non native speaker

>>8396003
Slovenia.

>>8396008 Nice

It certainly is a grim story you've come up with. I would suggest that you make the girls existence ambiguous otherwise it may seem a little corny.
But I would mainly suggest that you think about what you're trying to convey in your story, I know it's only short but so are most parables,
Does the captain represent or embody the darker aspects of mankind? What motivates him? Why is he involved in this kind of thing?

Hope that helps

Mostly times. I occasionally throw in some wingdings though.

>>8395956
wingdings is GOAT if you aren't a perfectionist autist

>>8395943
For some reason I fell in love with Century

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The two books you mentioned are good but do you absolutely need an endless procession of wacky cuhrazy shocking acts and twists to have fun? Plenty of people have "fun" reading books outside the boundaries of your rigid tastes.

Hunger marked the beginning of literature fully exploring the interior of the modern mind. It's the first voice of its kind. Plus it's pretty short. Like a two day thing if you just give it some faith. The protagonists from Hunger and Notes from Underground are basically /lit/posters 19th century edition. If only you aimed at deriving aesthetic pleasure from truth and the keen use of language rather than edge-of-your-seat thrills! Video games and movies do the latter just as well as literature, with visual and tactile aids I might add, but not so much the former. Literature far surpasses the visual arts in the former aim.

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>reading "for fun"

This is worse then the faggots reading "for enjoyment", or even "for the plot".

>>8395909
i've got that hieronymus bosch book
it's fucking awesome

thanks for listening

>>8395894
I have a similar situation, I think I'm choosing not to pursue it because all my writing profs so far have been biased beyond belief and that kind of restrictive environment won't help me. But who knows, you might get good profs who actually help you out.

>>8395894
Submit to lower tier periodicals first at least. You're likely to get published and it's good to have that base of work and experience for such courses.

>>8395894
No, no, no. If you're going to write, go write and submit. MA in Writing, good grief.

>look at me I'm an egdy intellectual
*Sips le absinthe*

>>8395896
Are you autistic?

Historically men have shied away from embracing their natural passions and urges and indeed their own natures due their own egotism and desire to rule all things including themselves. Fear of their hearts having a greater sway over them than their minds, has, in Dorian's view lead man to neglect the appreciation of beauty and therefore left their innate aesthete impulses in a crude and base state.

>>8395843
Analytic philosophy is autistic and poinltess.

Continental philosophy is profound and enobling.

Analytic philosophy is interested in establishing firmly the limits of language can say. Continental philosophy is interested in exploring the no-man's land of what language can't say.

>>8395843
Analytic wud have more logic courses and modal logic. Theyd have phil of mind as well as courses on linguistics. Aside from that id expect courses on the typical analytics like russell quine kripke and their ideas. In both you gon get the typical philosophers of the past dough like descart and all that jazz. Thats all i can really think off