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Who better than Nietzsche or Socrates in terms of philosophy? Ктo лyчшe Hицшe или Coкpaт в плaнe филocoфии? Eceнин пиcaтeль.

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Do you think the Molly's monologue in Ulysses is a trustful depiction of the femenine mind?

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does anyone want a job writing anime reviews ? I need to write up around 33 reviews for the summer 2016 season by the end of today or I'll get fired. I'm pretty sure I won't manage so if somebody wants to jump in and help then that'd be awesome.

I'm offering half of my entire paycheck which usually averages about $360.

If you're interested please email me ASAP at [email protected]

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Hey /lit/, I was wondering how long it takes to make a sci fi book. I love sci fi and want to write a sci fi book. I'm not expecting it to be good, I just want to do it. How long does it take you to write a book?

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Are there any novels that are similar to this?

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Anyone remember this book that you had to read in MS?

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How do I get better at writing /lit/? In class, I do fine with debates and discussions but as soon as I have to put ideas on paper everything goes to shit.

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Hey, /lit/, what is the most scary novel?

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Where can I find some books that are really pulpy, grindhouse, direct-to-video exploitation trash horror? Like are there any publishers that specialize in this? Pic not really related but a step in the right direction maybe.

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Into the second page do I have potential?:

The Policeman and The Sword
White flowers in a beautiful glass jar with water in it adorn a table at the lobby of a certain law officer's apartment building. The silver doors open and the guests go in. Every item in the construction is new. At the windows are visible the dark purple night cast as such by the countless orange emitting street lights of the cool city. Four women leave the gentleman's floor likely going to a temple dressed in white wool dress and smelling like expensive perfume and carrying bibles. "Hello, Andrew" said the cool young voice on the phone, "I am going to pick you up at 11:30 pm" and added "is that alright with you?" Andrew said "That's fine."
Andrew was putting on his police uniform. A dark navy blue collared shirt with a dark navy blue pants. The color of the clothes was nearly black. He is 6'2" and is built as a track and field runner. He runs track in the morning. He sprayed on some blue men's cologne on his neck and his chest. Then he picked up his pistol, adjusted his belt, and set his black flashlight on his belt. 11:30 pm came and he went down and Barry rolled up to the white apartment building by the city college. Andrew's hair was neatly cut and gelled to the side on top like a Nazi. "Hey Barry," said Andrew as he stepped into the new black and white police car which looked like a slick and visually pleasant automobile up close and from a distance. The two entered their badge numbers and went on patrol in the city.
They were in the financial district when they got a call from the office reporting an armed robbery on 5th and Market St. A dark skinned man in his early 30's in a gray jacket pulled a gun out on a woman at a Wells Fargo ATM machine and demanded money and then ran off. The police officers talked to the woman. As they drove about the block they saw a similar man at a bus stop. As they drove up to him he began to ran. Andrew noticed he was carrying a purse. He exited the police car quickly and ran after the dark man. Barry parked the car and tried to find the two.
"Drop the bag and put your hands in the air!" yelled Andrew. The man in the gray jacket did so. Andrew pulled his hands behind his back and cuffed him. "Why did you run?" asked Andrew cooly cutting the man's cry. "I was scared," "Scared of what?" asked Andrew. "I have a warrant and I don't want to go back to jail," said the suspect. "Well you're under arrest for runing from a police officer right now" said Andrew. After some further investigation Barry and Andrew concluded they had the right man. They brought him to the downtown city jail and he would spend space there until his court hearing soon.

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Hey folks!
I'm working on compiling a new, actually good left-lit chart, so I'm looking for suggestions of things to include in it, or other formatting ideas ppl might have. I've already got a fairly large list of books so please don't suggest anything too obvious, I understand The Communist Manifesto should be on there, but works that get forgotten about or just are generally less obvious than that.
Also of ppl have already existing lefty charts they want to post that would be awesome to, the ones I've seen before are always lacking, but maybe there are good ones out there I've just never seen. Thanks folk!

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Reading the Iliad but it's so fucking boring. Have you read it?

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Make fun of him, but you know he is right and Nietzche and Stirner are just memes.

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It's sad how few people on /lit/ have actually lived. I mean really lived. There are so many aspiring writers here who haven't even left their own country, or have only left it to holiday with family in their youth. There are people here who have not experienced a series of tumultuous relationships, people who have not hitchhiked for hundreds of miles in whatever direction suits them best that moment, people who have not found themselves drinking hard liquor with a gang of strangers at 2am in a city they can't even remember the name of. Me? I've done all these things. I've traveled the lonesome highways, caught trains and buses and sat shivering and damp in the passenger seats of cars belonging to people who told me more about life than the lonely and callow narcissists on this board ever have. I've gazed lovingly into the eyes of women who taught me the ineffable secrets of their mysterious sex. I've worked more jobs I can remember and learned more skills than I will ever need. I have made friends and enemies from coast to coast and experienced more emotional peaks and valleys than most people here can even comprehend. How can you guys even call yourselves writers when you haven't even mastered the world about which you are intending to write? How can you expect anybody to take your writing seriously when you have experienced barely more than a child afraid of what lies beyond the boundaries of his comfortable little world? My writing flows with an assurance that reflects my own internal state. The dialogue I write is representative of the parlance of the man on the street, not the child in the abstract universe you have concocted to compensate for the fact that the world outside your window terrifies and confuses you. When I write a profound sentence I do it knowing I will be understood and admired not only by the academic whiling away a quiet afternoon in his armchair, but also for the orphaned young man working sixty hours a week as a knuckle-puller in a Sheboygan abattoir. And all this at the age of nineteen, my literary life almost entirely ahead of me, several USBs hanging from my keychain full of stories that would no-doubt make the pale and sheltered suburbanites that browse this board gasp in incredulity. Next month I move to New York to begin a degree in English Literature, focusing on creative writing. The professor phoned me as soon as he had read my application to ask that I choose his university (it's one of the best in the country, why wouldn't I?) with the promise that he will personally guide me over the next three years, or however long it's going to take for me to get my first book out there. Have you lived /lit/? I mean, really lived?

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What's wrong with Russell's History of Western Philosophy? Everyone says that it's a bad choice and has biases, but never told me how it's biased. From what I've read so far, it's quite solid. What do you think about it?