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Nor is there anything wrong with science fiction.

pleb

Its kinda funny how many "genre writers" are actually very well read.

Just read them and relax, dont be in a race to feel like you "get them" better than the other guy. Besides, everyone has their own unique impressions when they read a thing.

>>8284514
Just remember that you don't actually know anything.

>>8284514
Read the bible.

the bible

>>8284412
Fight club

>>8284424
>>8284420
serious replies please.

>>8284401
>never see

Where have you been all these fucking years?

And the reason for that is he fucking hates what industrialization has done to the English countryside. And if you read some of Dickens' novel, you will know just how terrible factories were those days.

And the shitty weaponry the Orcs got is referring to mass produced stuff being inferior to carefully crafted works by humans. Industrialization destroyed Middle Ages' guilds. Now, instead of being proud of their work, people are told to stand in a factory line all day doing one work over and over and over again like a drone.

Obviously, if you've read Marx, you'd think that sounds really communistic. Don't think Tolkien is one though. He just writes of the mythical medieval ages. He says LoTR is a fairy tale for adults after all. He knows it's nothing like real life medieval ages.

>>8284401
I dunno, being a luddite seems the way to go wrt current events. Find a comfy farm somewhere and live while the rest of the world tears itself apart for glorified memes.

>>8284401
Why do i never see people discussing the fact that Tolkien was an obvious anarchist?

The ring is an obvious allegory to the power to control others. Sauron was a commie. Tom Bombadil was immune to it because "he is his own master".

What are your thoughts on this series?

>>8284378
>all of a sudden,

>>8284378
>rumbled into life

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The book that pic related was taken from just won a £10,000 prize in my country

usually these treads suck, but this time I agree

>protagonist memes so supreme he lets out a scream

>>8284363
Yeah, it's very fanfic-ish

Read Stoner.

>>8284337

Dude weed lmao.

Where's the science fiction?

Definitely Byron - my best friend died in an accident and I couldn't save him lol

Stephen King reminds me of myself- a mediocre, out of touch underachiever.

>>8284187
Oh this thread again.

Would love to be a Marlowe or an Ovid, but I don't like boys.
Sadly I am a Kafka.

Was Joyce a perverted Irishman? Is Pynchon an eccentric recluse? Is OP a faggot?

>>8284152
Yes yes and yes.

Why was he depressed?

>>8284080
Contact the publishers. If it's really something you have to sort out yourself (self publishing?) or want to, get a lawyer that specialises in IP, get him to draw up a contract (work out what ongoing relationship you want for a start and how involved you're prepared to be in the process, and also try to get a solid idea of what you want) and commission an artist. Or buy some of their existing work. They can forfeit their rights to you in a number of ways.

Or you get something which is old enough to not be in copyright, although this can be a legal quagmire too. If it's self publishing don't worry too much about it tho.

Or you do your own from scratch. This is by far the most straightforward esp if you like that sort of thing, most people do not even realise. Just make up some name different to the author name to credit for the cover.

If you're self publishing just google for royalty free covers or images to use. Or ask on /ic/ or some sort of art board for someone who'd like to be involved.

If you're trying to get it actually published, the publisher will sort it out for you; it's not up to you.

>>8284080
Use a public domain image.

>>8284076
>In 2015, Alex Malarkey publicly disavowed the book The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, stating that his near-death experience described in that book was fictional[15] and condemned Christian publishers and bookstores for selling popular "heaven tourism" books, which he said "profit from lies."[16][17] Following Malarkey's statement, Colton Burpo expressed that "People have their doubts about my story," but said he stood by the book.[18]

it's bad theology in addition to being obviously fake

>>8284723
>bad theology
Just like all theology

>>8284060
I dropped it after fifteen pages. Couldn't stand it. Could anyone who liked it post why they did?

>>8284095
Yeah on page 16 shit gets cray cray. Couldn't put it down after that.

One of my favourite books, definitely worth checking out.

>>8284095

The writing style for me was a perfect balance between raw incisiveness and dreamy poetics. Like a blend of some of the best features of Céline and Pessoa. As expected from that, it's profound and hilariously funny at the same time.

Style aside, I love Miller's project of the redefinition and realisation of a new heroism for the modern age. I love his talent for seeking out the very dregs of life and conquering everything mean and awful he finds there.

Why do you have a picture of a young girl on your computer?

>>8284374
>a picture
I have entire drives filled

>>8284404
Seek help

Yeah

Source: me

>>8284034
No, just losers who don't get paid.

>>8284140
They're losers who can't get laid and don't get paid

>anime

>>8283883
>anime image board

>>8283884
/a/ exists as containment, that should tell you something.