Has Greek/Roman mythology become too clichéd in literature and media in general? Is there any way a new author can explore it in an original way?
>>8222954
This is a great question. I'm starting a newfantasybook, and I'm trying to consider monsters in it, and I always loved Greek and Roman mythological beasts. Stuff like the Hydra, Medusa,Cerberus.
The gods I don't much care for, but will probably end up bringing in anew pantheonof gods I created, filling similar roles.
My biggest issue is basically trying to avoid being PERCY JACKSON 2.0, insert YA inaccurate mythological things here.
I've done some digging into North american Indian mythology and found some interesting ideas for creatures and things, so if I take a healthy dose from a few different cultures, it should be fine, right?
dark souls desu
Is he better than Lovecraft?
Have you read his books?
and
>he invested in (...) exotic hobbies, like cultivating orchids and plants linked to witchcraft and magic (monkshood, wolfbane, blue datura, peyote, and cannabis).
>he accumulated collections of weapons, carvings, and primitive masks from his travels, as well as a library of occult literature that reportedly exceeded 5000 volumes.
>Have you read his books?
Should I?
>>8222723
I've only read 'The People of the Pit' and I wouldn't say it's better than lovecraft, but it was bretty eldritch
Describe in general terms the last scene you wrote.
For example mine:
>Character arrives town.
>Gifts the protagonist two tarantulas and guilt trips her into accepting them.
>>8222551
>characters define user stories
>character defines test sets
>character implements software
>character verifies the implementation with the defined tests
>character doesn't get the girl
>Character arrives town
>Tarantula gifts character two protagonists and guilt trips him into writing a scene about it
Post music that is inspired by or based on some kind of reading.
Album: The Unknown Citizens by Grorr
Reading: The Unknown Citizen
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/unknown-citizen
>>8221498
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlt1gvoAJC4
Allusions to "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg.
How do I get into the works of Neil Caiman
Go to Caiman Islands
Eat Caiman peppers
Do you follow any blogs, /lit/?
yeah, it's called /lit/
You all have to go back to /b/ now. To survive. Go back for a little while. It's almost complete retardation everywhere soon. Hide on /b/, in the chaos of being. Always be. Don't despair. Despair is for all failures that only get in the way suffer stupidly bringing beauty down through retardation and misrule. Ugliness does. Superfluity. Anyone who is sane will talk like a simple and direct sane person on /b/ for a little while until it is safe.
Look behind me. At that man. Is this magic? Or a mystery?
>>8220190
it is cringe.
Can we please have a thread on literature that only white male upper/middle class sophomore college students can truly understand?
So far I've got:
>Infinite Jest
>Gravity's Rainbow
>The Recognitions
>2666
But i enjoyed Infinite Jest and i'm a wage cuck!
molloy is a zombie right? don't tell me im imagining it. the man is clearly a zombie. how does no one mention this. he admits to dying.
I do remember chuckling upon coming up with this very idea at some point, where was it?
Is it acceptable to be juggling ten books at a time?
How do I commit myself to only reading one book? Because my attention span is really horrible tbqh.
>>8219422
just read them all simultaneously, one word after the other in each corresponding book in the order of their chronology multiplied by the number of letters in the name of the author.
Turk memes aside, what do you all think of his works?
>>8219293
Only read My Name is Red
I actually thought it was pretty nice
one of the greatest living writers, incredible characterisation
What was your favorite novel at the age of 18?
I am 18. My Favorite is Moby Dick.
>>8219220
infinite jest. what else.
>>8219220
Dune
" Before you condemn the Web or counter-Net for its "parasitism," which can never be a truly revolutionary force, ask yourself what "production" consists of in the Age of Simulation. What is the "productive class"? Perhaps you'll be forced to admit that these terms seem to have lost their meaning. [...]"Culture is our Nature"-- and we are the thieving magpies, or the hunter/gatherers of the world of CommTech."
Hakim Bey, TAZ, pg. 106
This book is awesome by the way.
You're no artist! You're a no talent piece of shit!
That guy was great, he was like a cartoon character
This guy was right desu
Was it mental retardation?
You or me?
>>8218585
No.