In "Brave new world" by Aldous Huxley:
The savage really killed Lennina?
Bernad was a cuck?
>>8349195
>cuck
go away
>>8349195
0/10 shitpost but good thread
Anyone know where I can get Maude's work on Dosto and Tolstoy online for free in pdf, MOBI, or ePub? Also i have P&V and Garnetts copies of most of either their important works, who's should i read if i can't get Maude's
>>8349198
lmao you buttmad cuck?
Got the Sanders donation refunds yet?
Crushing white-hetero-patriarchy by letting you girlfriend sleep around anon?
Indistinguishable from Magic edition
What's your favorite example of hyper-advanced, almost godlike technology in SFF?
Recommendations:
>Fantasy
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg/
Flowchart: http://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg/
>Sci-Fi
Selected: http://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg/
General: http://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg/ http://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg/
Previously: >>8338132
Sanderson is GOAT
>>8349030
Are people who like Sanderson retarded?
>Ligotti will never write an epic high fantasy horror series
Delving into modern philosophy has left me fairly disoriented and depressed, and I've realized the effect it's had on me on the past year or so. I am very indecisive in what I do, and I feel very weak and confused. I have stopped reading as much as I used to, and I continuously feel I have to re-evaluate my life goals.
I am tempted to make a pragmatic decision and attempt to delude myself into accepting axioms that will lead me to work hard, simply by not thinking about those axioms, like a kind of pseudo-mysticism/pseudo-religion. Is this an ok idea? I'm thinking, like Bokononism from Cat's Cradle, maybe humans need illusion to supplement the irrationality of the world
>>8348997
Its sounds like you caught a case of growingupism. The best thing to do is to keep posting here and drastically reduce social contact, you don't want to be influenced by outsiders
>>8348997
This happened to me.
I solved this by getting a job.
>10+ short story collections, 10+ novels of varying lengths, and 1000+ poems and still not published
Prove to me that you're any better than this guy. Maybe then I'll believe your novel will go somewhere.
>>8348890
Dan "The Clit Divider' Schneider?
>>8348890
He's unpublished because he's a delusional psycho with a persecution complex. There's nothing to prove.
I'm not quite as delusional.
Is it worth finishing? I'm two chapters in and pretty bored. The characters don't interest me and the plot fills like one of the forgettable twilight zone episodes. Does it get better?
>>8348756
Maybe I just hate Russians cause it's literally as boring as atlas shrugged
Every book is worth finishing, anon. No one here literally gives a fuck if you get bored reading [insert book here]. Either finish it or don't
Discuss.
>>8348626
something liberal cucks read
>>8348634
You aren't happy with anything are you?
Good book; disdained by plebs.
Is this the best out there?
>>8348594
What exactly are you asking?
>>8348594
black guy is pretty good. Bandana man has a very..."reddit" persona. I tried watching his videos but his personality is very grating.
>>8348594
what is the black guy holding?
have you read this genius' new book?
>>8348530
His shtick got old a long time ago
I'm going to read it, yes.
>>8348540
it was olde before it started because he ugly
Which author lived the most exciting life?
>>8348279
Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace.
Modern day Odyssean existence
Hemingway
>>8348289
what. DFW killed himself for being a sperg and Pynchon lives in seclusion smoking weed errday
Well this was fantastic. I kinda feel like this is a somewhat spiritual sequel to Master and Margarita in that its a critique of the post-Soviet where an animal is the central motiff.So Sergey's death was a critique of Ukraine's relationship with Russia right?
No one?
>>8348496
Sorry, not a big enough meme.
>>8348259
>he thinks /lit/ is about actuall discussion of literature
What is the most puzzling and abstract that a book can get? Is there a book that's as beautiful as Pessoa's work, but exists in full novel length, not just short page length works?
finnegans wake
>>8347408
>as beautiful as Pessoa's work
Maybe it's not a popular opinion here, but, I think this is an extremely low bar.
>>8347408
> Pessoa
> beautiful
literally a loner virgin who writes short paragraphs that consist of "this afternoon sucks and reminds me of nihilism" under various pseudonyms
Post books you've re-read more than twice
>>8347328
Is this a Reddit post?
>>8347333
yeah dude!
>>8347328
who has the time to read a book more than once.
Write what's on your mind
straight outta Compton
Is a brotha that'll smother yo' mother
And make ya sister think I love her
Dangerous motherfucker raises hell
And if I ever get caught I make bail
See, I don't give a fuck, that's the problem
I see a motherfuckin cop I don't dodge him
But I'm smart, lay low, creep a while
And when I see a punk pass, I smile
To me it's kinda funny, the attitude showin a nigga drivin
But don't know where the fuck he's going, just rollin
Lookin for the one they call Eazy
But here's a flash, they never seize me
Ruthless! Never seen like a shadow in the dark
Except when I unload, see I'll get over the hesitation
And hear the scream of the one who got the last penetration
Give a little gust of wind and I'm jettin
But leave a memory no one'll be forgettin
So what about the bitch who got shot? Fuck her!
You think I give a damn about a bitch? I ain't a sucker!
This is the autobiography of the E, and if you ever fuck with me
You'll get taken by a stupid dope brotha who will smother
Word to the motherfucker, straight outta Compton
>>8346673
I'm fasting for a week. It's hard to remember, when I haven't had an exercise of will for so long, that these are all just sensations; that none of them dictate anything or require anything. Is surrendering your will to impulse the same thing as letting demons in? If so, I must be legion. I wonder how well all of this will work.
I've come to some conclusions about myself from studying the occult. I went insane roughly two years ago. The waters rose, and I found myself fighting them in a rickety, leaky boat. But despite being thrown into such a test, I kept the boat upright and afloat. But then the strangest thing happened. I realized that the fight had filled my soul in a way nothing else ever had before, or possibly ever will. I lusted for the waters again. So, as they receded, I threw myself into them, to my extreme detriment and discredit.
In myths and fairy tales, it's common for the protagonist to encounter obstacles. These obstacles are things like riddles, games, and contests of strength or speed. Some may be explicit tests of character, temptations, yet implicitly, they're always a test of character, even when they don't seem to be. I succeeded at the hardest test of character and failed at the easiest. What does that make me? It is not just that I am insane, it is that I have the character of a demon.
And after all, Kierkegaard said that deformed people can't help but become demons. Their alienation, their constant pain as an intrinsic part of their outlook, all necessarily act to deform them. So perhaps I can console myself by saying it is only my nature, but that seems to shirk responsibility. The sympathy of a dead genius is oddly seductive, but this further discredits me.
I have been building a way of viewing the world, of viewing my inner life, that is based on my madness and dreams. It has let me mine the depths, but as an untested system it is dangerous. I have been warned off of this behavior by experts. They have pointed out my narcissism, my disregard for the safety of myself and others; I suspect another reason they dislike it is simply because it conflicts with their own views. I could take an off-the-shelf system, but then it would require all my life to rearrange my mind to fit it, for a fraction of the power. In exchange I would get the company and approval of an eccentric group of others, but lose sight of something. What does it mean to be true to yourself when the self is dynamic? My daimon takes a certain form: that is her form! I am proud of that form! I don't give a damn what anyone says about it, it only shows they're trapped in another mode of thinking, that their grip on it is too fragile to even tentatively understand other systems or networks of symbols, that they feel threatened by a lone lunatic of bad character, as if all their work will disappear if they just look at me. Well what of it? Is this not more power I wield? And if so, all the less reason to relent.
Ass, tits, pussy, ass, tits, pussy, ass, tits, pussy, I want all three right fucking now
post your
>top five books
>top five films
>top five tv series
give and get recommendations based on those.
>>8346342
and top five albums, forgot that.
1.The Cannibal
2.Gravity's Rainbow
3.The Recognitions
4.J R
5.Finnegans Wake
1.Videodrome
2.Der Todesking
3.Tetsuo The Iron Man
4.Grizzly Man
5.Dr. Strangelove
I'm not doing tv shows or albums.
Books
1. Invisible Cities
2. To the Lighthouse
3. Valis
4. Childhood's End
5. Moby Dick
Films
1. Synecdoche, New York
2. The Third Man
3. Mind Game
4. Evil Dead II
5. Magnolia
TV Series
1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
2. The Sopranos
3. Always Sunny in Philadelphia
4. Breaking Bad
5. The Shield
Albums
1. Pinkerton
2. Loveless
3. Spiderland
4. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
5. Keep it Like a Secret
Hey /lit/ just finished reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. Your thoughts on the book?
bumpo
Absolutely brilliant. Possibly one of the most beautifully written books ever.
It was alright I guess.
I rated it 4/5.
Was Lord Henry gay?