Fuck Yeah
it's coming home
>the only puzzle worth solving, of course. The complete, total, and utter destruction of the Rebellion.
We canon now?
>>8286382
what is this? a sequel to the Thrawn trilogy?
was he a pedo
everyone was a pedo back then
He was either a pedo or the only guy to feel true agape this side of Romeo.
I'm leaning for the former.
http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/harold-bloom-creates-a-massive-list-of-works-in-the-western-canon.html
I know that you guys disagree in some way with Harold Bloom's list. What did he forget? What shouldn't be on there?
>>8286309
>What shouldn't be on there?
The Americas aren't Western.
>>8286309
>What shouldn't be on there?
Women and nonwhites. Faggots too. Bye-bye Proust. You're not welcome in a redpilled canon.
>>8286309
>Vice: I was hoping to talk first about The Western Canon.
>Harold Bloom: Do you mean the whole category, or what I wrote about it?
>I mean your book.
>But can we make an agreement? Let’s forget that damned list.
>Ha. Do you mean the appendix in the back of the book that lists all the canonical works?
>The list was not my idea. It was the idea of the publisher, the editor, and my agents. I fought it. I finally gave up. I hated it. I did it off the top of my head. I left out a lot of things that should be there and I probably put in a couple of things that I now would like to kick out. I kept it out of the Italian and the Swedish translations, but it’s in all the other translations—about 15 or 18 of them. I’m sick of the whole thing. All over the world, including here, people reviewed and attacked the list and didn’t read the book. So let’s agree right now, my dear. We will not mention the list.
Desperté y lo primero que note fue la ausencia de su figura en la cama, pensé que estaría en la cocina preparando algo para ambos; me estire en la cama como quien trata de nadar en la cobijas y me levante poco a poco. Nunca fui un persona a la que le agradara levantarse temprano; busque mi bata que servia muy bien de abrigo y emprendí mi camino hacia la cocina. Un modesto apartamento que consistía en una recamara, baño, cocina y sala, resultaba bastante acogedor en medio de una abultada cuidad, es lo mejor que podía concederme ahora; recorrí el pasillo que conectaba la recamara con la sala y después la cocina y observe cuidadosamente nuestras fotografías juntos. Un beso bajo la torre Eiffel, un largo paseo en bicicleta por Amsterdam, una copa de vino en los canales de Venecia. Sonreí y seguí mi camino hasta llegar a la cocina donde encontré nada mas que un cuarto vació, examine mi alrededor y no parecía nada fuera de lo común. -Tal vez le apetecía un poco de ejercicio y salio a estirar las piernas- Pensé. Pero una vaga idea hizo que me una sensación de frió recorriera mi columna vertebral al ver una hoja doblada en la mesa. Mi primer reacción fue esperar una carta con contenido romántico pero examine mas a fondo la situación y el miedo creciente en mi me ayudo a llegar a la conclusión de que no era ese su estilo. Ella era un mujer única, linda, tímida pero decidida y no utilizaba palabras para expresar lo que sentía, prefería las acciones.
Logre sobrepasar el miedo y calme mis pensamientos paranoicos solo para darme cuenta que llevaba 10 minutos imaginando escenarios que tal vez no llegarían a ocurrir jamas, fue entonces que decidí acercarme a la mesa y leer el contenido de dicha hoja que me había inundado de miedo.
15/01/2016
Para el mejor.
Te vez tan tranquilo mientras duermes, nadie sospecharía el mal carácter que tienes; odio escribir cosas como estas. Esto es tu campo, tu especialidad y me siento tan pequeña junto a ti que prefiero no hacerlo. Gracias por todo, tantos recuerdo me servirán para no volverme loca mientras estoy lejos, nunca pensé llegar a este día. En mi mente todo parecía tan lejano y ahora estoy aquí haciendo lo inimaginable. Lamento hacerlo de esta forma pero soy pésima en la despedidas y, no soportaría verte llorar, no mientras lo único que tu has hecho es llenarme de felicidad, puedes llamarme cobarde si quieres. Pero esta cobarde te ama con todas las fibras de su cuerpo. Ojala estuvieras aquí. Gracias por todo. Te amo. Victoria.
>Tippind fedora as a way to thank you
>>8286201
BUILD THE WALL
>>8286209
Mexican here.
Es una mierda, y lo sabes. Pero, leo cierto potencial en todo esto, lee más libros, escribe más e intenta desarrollar un estilo propio.
>also
BUILD THE WALL
I wanna start reading books but I honestly have no idea where to start. I'm a huge music fan and enjoy just about every genre but books are quite like that. It seems like all of the book reviews and recommendations I see on youtube are always for romance novels (which I have zero interest in) I also don't care about any sort of real life science, history, philosophy, etc. I want a fiction book but "fiction" is so broad. I also don't want some over the top action book with constant fighting or greek mythology type thing. Where should I start?
>Where should I start
The Greeks.
When you say "fiction" do you mean genre fiction or fiction for grown ups?
If it's the former I woukd like to redirect you to our containment thread
Also note that the sticky includes a link to the /lit/ wiki which lists a bunch of books by type and so on
>>8286219
What's the difference between fiction for grownups and genre fiction?
>>8286224
Genre fiction includes science fiction, fantasy and so on.
Do you want pew pew lasers and space ships or a book about something that didn't actually happen?
Can we get a comfy lit thread going? What makes a book comfy? Suggestions?
Read pic related recently and felt quite comfy.
>>8286080
robert walser, bohumil hrabal
nyrb is basically what's up
>>8286080
pretty baller viking lit.
>>8286080
John Irving seems pretty comfy.
Thurber.
Robert Frost.
Does /lit/ like actual literature?
>>8285957
I read Dubliners once. Didn't understand any of it and it was pretty shit, but at least I read it. Right?
>>8285965
God DAMN right.
>>8285965
DAMN straight.
>buy a Lovecraft book
>he describes some horrible monstrosity
>it was just a nigger
>>8285906
>it was just a frogposter
>>8285929
It was just the number 8285929.
>>8285929
So is Zizek a meme or is he really liked on here?
A liked meme.
>>8285914
I can be happy with this answer
>>8285905
A liked meme here.
No more relevant in universities than Dawkins or Nye.
I need a new fantasy series to start. Is The Dark Tower worth reading?
>>8285881
It's popular
>>8285881
Yeah, I guess.
The later books kind of drop the ball, but it won't matter if you're invested. Salem's Lot is semi-required reading.
What's /lit/'s opinion on Thomas Harris?
>>8285870
>spoonfeed me an opinion
kys
>>8285870
Is that the hannibal guy?
>>8286375
Yes
Gravity's Rainbow or Mason & Dixon, which one is better?
son & xon
Against the Day
I prefer GR, though they are both equal in quality.
Picked these up at a couple yard sales over the last couple of days. Which should I read first? Keep in mind that I read Call of the Wild on my kindle about a month ago.
Read the short stories. I hate movie adaptation covers
>>8285797
Oh, trust me, the short stories book is going to get picked through over and over. Love short story collections, but I'm more interested in the novels at the moment.
I hate movie adaptation covers as well, but does it really matter? It's a paperback. I'm not worried about the cover.
>>8285789
Books with their movie cover. I can't stand that.
Critique thread?
Go easy on me.
It was cold and quiet in downtown Dublin and all around the church, the air rang midnight.
From the squeaking halt of a polished black Porsche stepped Shanice. She was tall, thin and pale. Her glossy black hair seemed like an extension to her car and her lacy, crimson dress shone like blood against it. She took out her phone.
‘Jonny’ she said. ‘Do you have the shit?’
‘You bet…’ Jonny replied.
Shanice was respectable. Nothing could ever get in her way. She was what her mother called ‘a REAL woman’. She’d never been one for the mob business, but after marrying to a drug lord on her sixteenth birthday, and then murdering him after he’d raped her, she soon took over the family business. Now, vulnerable and timid Shanice went by the name of Mrs Carson, the ultimate force in drug trading.
‘It’s all prepared Mrs Carson’ called a young man nearby, who soon emerged from a dark alleyway with a large bag of cash.
‘Thank you’ she said, slipping five fifty pound notes into his pocket. ‘Here’s a tip.’
The young man fell back and smiled. ‘I’m Danny, by the way!’
‘Look after yourself, Danny boy’ said the confident Mrs Carson, as she drove into the night.
Danny watched her leave. ‘What a woman’ whispered.
>>8285782
>>8285782
Your dialogue is far too stiff. The description of Shanice's personality is, to be frank, rather too heavy on somewhat cliche'd mobster nonsense backstory. You should show character through action, not a biography. There's also very little tension, characters just zoom about this barebones set, and the pacing of just one paragraph is pretty all over the place.
Don't ask people to go easy on you with critique. You shouldn't give up, but you need to read and examine what other writers are doing more.
>>8286054
I've been intentionally trying to write poorly for an experimental story I'm workin on. This is very good criticism. Thank you.
>>8286068
Well you succeeded, but if it's satire then I think the humour element needs to be drawn out slightly, perhaps made a slight bit more heavy handed on the bullshit of your scene.
Why on earth are you trying to write badly anyway? It sounds like an easy way to cement bad habits.
Here's something from a short story I'm working on if someone wants more, I've another three or so pages to show but they're still a bit rough and I'm trying to decide if I want a decisive difference between the two narrators.
Which of Xenophon's works are worth reading?
>>8285649
all of them tbqh
>>8285649
Xenophon
>they killed our sensei. I will write his vindication as the best man ever. That will show them.
Plato
>didn't you listen to sensei? He taught us our souls are immortal. He may have been the best of us, but he was always the most modest. I will remember him modestly.
Xenophon
>Sensei!
Also, how come literally all his works, even the most minor ones, survived, while tons of Aristotle was lost?