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Daily reminder that if you browse /lit/ and you even have an opinion on this motherfucker you're a pleb yourself.
Being here and hating this guy is the equivalent of those grown ass men who go out of their way to criticize Justin Bieber or One Direction. It's the sign of someone whose tastes are just barely above those of a teenage girl, and he's upset because he feels like the position of the stuff he likes in mainstream culture is threatened by what those girls like.
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literally who
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He's a hero, Americans needs to know if the government is tapping their phones.
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>Discussing one of the most popular writer for teens all around the world
>Calling him shit because his work is objectivly shit as renowned writer Dan Brown
>"lol, you guys are getting out of yout way to criticize something you don't like and feel threatened by it"
Are there any copies of the Trial that don't run on? That indent their paragraphs? I fucking hate this aesthetic.
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>>8318432
The entire book 'runs on' no matter how it's formatted.
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>>8318432
Get used to a wall o' text reading Kafka novels
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>>8318432
That's not a formatting thing on the part of the publisher. That's how it's written.
Is there any good literature that explore the same themes and ideas as Majora's Mask?
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>good books that explore themes of masks, loss, death
Nah there are none
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>>8318419
Majora's Mask doesn't really explore death or loss, just masks. The death/loss is only there to compliment the tone of the pre-apocalyptic world.
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>>8318416
It's a metaphore for the four states of grief.
You'll find many books about it.
Also,
>looking for literary experience that justifies a videogame made by japanese people in a rush
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Which one of you meme loving fucks is a bad enough dude to put to paper a tale utilizing all of the themes expressed in the tragic-comedic life of CWC?
Because I legitimately think if someone could capture that pure, essential spirit of autistic identitarianism and consumerism you'd have the work of the decade on your hands. No single wo/man captures the zeitgeist quite like Chris/tine.
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>>8318336
You mean the guy behind Sonichu?
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>>8318346
Um, GIRL, shitlord.
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>>8318350
Not even passable.
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What do you guys think about Hermann Hesse?
I love his magical realism, I believe it fucks Gabriel García Marquez up his butt.
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You don't know what magical realism means.
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I think the 'feeding the spirit' concept is nice
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>>8318240
It's a word Hispanic authors use to trick white people into buying shitty books. What more does he need to know about it?
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>be me
>go to the book store
>grab a novel that interests me
>buy it
>see the author's wikipedia page
>it's a fucking nigger
Why don't they segregate white books from monkey books? Are kikes involved in this shit?
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epic
sage
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>>8318164
WHAT WAS THE BOOK PLEASE?
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goodreads thread, cont'd from earlier
post profiles, & add friends, h8, r8, etc.
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looking for friends that are good influences with defined interests
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>>8318140
Can I add you?
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>>8318140
I'm a bit more interested in British/World literature of that general period (although I really enjoy the interwar period as well), but I'd love to hear your thoughts on Baldwin-- he's a bit of an odd inclusion in your list, although I really liked Notes of a Native Son.
My profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28194577-noah
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Hey /lit/,
Does anyone have recommendations for good authors who were stuck in careers that they hated and yet still managed to write a decent book and thus do something meaningful with their life?
I'm a software developer and feel like everything I do or will do is pointless and meaningless. Furthermore, the world does not need more apps.
Are there good authors that escaped this situation, or perhaps books that deal with this situation?
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>>8318126
Stephen King was a janitor, Douglas Adams was a body guard, and Charles Dickens was a factory worker.
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>>8318126
T.S. Eliot, and Kenneth Grahame. Both managed some classic work while working at banks, but they had to leave eventually.
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>>8318126
Kafka was a legal clerk
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/lit/ version of this?
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Probably some western or capote and blood
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It's always this desu senpai.
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Basics of writing and grammar
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I'm looking to read something about how to write better that contains grammar rules as well. Is pic related the best place to start? Also interested in recs for a more intermediate/advanced writer.
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>>8318054
infinite jest
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New Oxford Guide to Writing
guaranteed to upgrade your shit.
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>>8318054
I read that, it's definitely good but it's outdated.
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Has there been a modern classic published in the 2010s yet?
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>>8318040
On the Edge by Chirbes
The Neapolitan Novels
Soumission
The Buried Giant
Arguably Vollman
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>>8318040
>not subscribing to the RoCF
Might as well head back to r/books
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>>8318068
>"Soumission"
This.
Also Knausgaurd finished "My Struggle" in 2010 if that counts
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Books on Sex and Relationships
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What are the best books you have read about sex and relationships? The kind of book that changed your opinion or broadened you mind? Perhaps a book that shocked you? Pic related, quite a good book about the dangers of shagging about
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Atlas shrugged
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Literally taught me my pussy game
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The chapter on Affection in the Conquest of Happiness by Russell is terrific. It has the best explanation of the /r9k/ archetype.
What is your excuse to continue consuming mass culture instead of cultivating your self with something that will allow you to give your own meaning to your existence?
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I don't live in a giant jar.
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You presume way too much about anonymous people.
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Cause meaning is a meme.
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I write like I'm stuck in a 19th C absurdist novel, but not the talented kind. I'm prosey, but not good enough to get away with it. I get carried away, disrespect plot and characters, become philosophical at the switch of a hat, and never finish my projects because they burn out after a few pages. I'm young, young enough not to damn myself totally, but old enough to know better by know.
How do I write better /lit/? Writing every day only seems to cement bad habits. What are the best books on writing? Who are the most modern authors with the cleanest prose? I feel like I need to declutter my mind, there are things I want to say, but I'm tripping up on the worser ways to speak them. Should I just become a Hemmingway-lite? Saying half and trying to mean double?
What books changed the way you thought about authorship?
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>>8317766
Find and join a writing group/workshop. It really does help. Also, practice more and go into the critique threads with every new things you write.
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>>8317766
>Saying half and trying to mean double
Might be good practise, but only practise. Otherwise you're almost asking to be misunderstood or not at all.
Have you tried reading/writing poetry? It might help you condense things and build atmospheres that help your meaning get across.
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>>8317766
Also the way you write makes me curious. I want to see some of this , even unfinished.
What are /lit/'s thoughts on this book? Are fascists left-wing?
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>>8317700
No, fascists are not 'left wing'. Being authoritarian isn't the same as being fascist. The only real consistent thing you can ascribe to that spectrum is favouring hierarchy on the right and working against hierarchy on the left.
To say fascists are left wing is to totally ignore the incredible force with which communists and socialists fought fascism before, during and after the war.
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if someone has authoritiarian beliefs they are not a liberal
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Fascists aren't liberal but liberals are fascists. Liberals want people overall to have less rights (like limitations on freedom of speech).