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>>8130244
Reads like he was a huge faggot

>>8130244
that's no kafka

>>8130421
That's exactly what I thought, too. It was /r9k/-tier

>>8130469
youre right; it's my waifu :3

>>8129925
>proteus so low
>is made up for by laestrygonians being so high

Have to say, this is a pretty bad ranking.

cute pic

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Jesus fuck.

The Dinosaur Squad infested the last post of that other thread.

When are your asses going to fossilize so I can get some Grade A distilled crude?

>>8129910
You realize that, statistically speaking, the best books are over 20 years old, merely by virtue of more having been written?

I will buy one if I happen to go into a bookstore that carries them. You can also find old stacks of them at used stores sometimes.

I've thought about subscriptions before, but there's no way I have enough time to actually read one each month so they'd just be sitting around. It might make more sense on kindle or something, but I don't use e-readers much.

I like Interzone and Asimov's I guess, but probably haven't read enough for that to mean much.

Clarkesworld is also really good, at least judging from their year-end collections. Podcast is decent too.

>>8129223
>podcasts
>not listening to audio of qualified professors lecturing

fuck you you fucking sack of shit motherfucking piece of fucking shit i hope you fucking die of fucking aids you otherfucking cunt, die you shit head fuck of and fie fie fei die die die. DIEEEEEE!!!!

the flophouse is fun and savage love is ok

Short story. Would love feed back, thanks.

All he could see was the concrete slabs of the sidewalk passing below his feet. He had made his decision and he knew where he was going.

It had been years since he lost hope, months since he stopped trying, and days since he started preparing. He donated everything to a homeless shelter. He didn't have much left anyway.

He closed his bank account, which was empty. His will had been done for quite a while now. He started to write a note but thought it would be better to be remembered from a different time.

He gathered his last bit of change and counted it; three dollars, two quarters, ten dimes, two nickels, and fifteen pennies. He hoped it would buy enough pills.

All he could see was the concrete slabs of the sidewalk passing below his feet. He had made his decision and he knew where he was going.

He felt the dollars and coins turning in his pocket. Then blocking the next slab was a black piece of steel pointed at him. His eyes rose to meet the man holding the gun. There was a look of desperation in the man's eyes that he recognized immediately.

"Give me everything you have or I'll kill you"

He couldn't help but smile.

>>8130250
are you doing okay, pham

>>8128675
As a Latino, I can say that he's part wrong and part right. Spanish as a language is mostly descriptive, so you can twist things to sound more oniric than they already are and you wouldn't technically be lying. Just spicing things up. As for things that happen here, we have a whole local and regional mythology for weird shit that happens (from santería, ghosts, creatures and such) that overlaps with the normal reality in a way that leaves you expecting and rationalizing stuff that other cultures normally wouldn't. The real world is also strange sometimes. From coincidences to random occurrences, it is not strange for everyone to have a "weird story" to tell. Hell, I have a bunch.

TL, DR : people are weird, weird shit happens, the language is weird, we're used to this.

>>8129055
go back to r/books

link to that speech?

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This guy. I really don't understand how many people can believe shits like this, " when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." hahaha

>>8128691
Will be considered!

You should add Cornel West to the pic

>>8127863
London, New York, Paris, Madrid, Mexico City, Moscow, etc. Basically any large, old, prosperous city will probably have a good literary tradition. If it's your first time abroad, I would recommend London. Very easy to get around for an English-speaker, culture and language are similar enough (I'm assuming you're American) that everything is accessible and enjoyable. Extremely safe and clean. Excellent public transportation. Some of the best museums in the world. It's really the perfect baby's-first-grand-tour city. And of course features one of the proudest literary traditions in the world.

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>>8127863
Isfahan.

Istanbul

>>8126367
Salem's Lot

misery and the shining
all Stephen King books are the same
>Alcoholic
>something spooky
>''omg it reflects Stephen Kings personal troubles!''

and repeat with next book

>>8126395
Also
>main character is a writer
>there's a child character that's more mature and capable than the adults

Still pretty fun books imo.

>>8125828
muh b8

>>8125834
no m8

>>8125828
ayy, I think the written word captures things those other mediums can't, but have almost thought this greentext to myself.

it's weird how people talk about how long they play games, like they're something for enjoyment; whereas with books it's usually how fast you can read them, like it's something you 'need' to do

>>8123055
Well are you?

>>8123055
try not having plebeian philistine parents, faggot.

>>8123055
"mom fuck off. I just want to know what it's like to have a relationship with a little girl. what's for dinner? "

The do I regret doing the most
Is the time I did the do

While waiting for a God as patient as a tree,
I was covered by reproaching flies,
Noting the rust and dust of waiting, breaking me.

I was rousing when my garden entreated me,
So I watered my groves and plucked their prize.
While waiting for a God as patient as a tree,

I wander collecting ripe figs for a royal We.
Tearing them I see, in meat, these evening skies
Noting the rust and dust of waiting, breaking me.

I must, I must shake this dust from me!
My urgency was met with resounding sighs.
While waiting for a God as patient as a tree,

I began to walk, pushing towards the sea;
Until clouds looked down with prying eyes,
Noting the rust and dust of waiting, breaking me.

I crumble on the shore, mixing sand with my debris.
Grinding me with the world The Weatherer watched as I,
While waiting for a God as patient as a tree,
Noted the rust and dust of waiting, breaking me.

I know I need to fix the tree/me rhymes
any suggestions?

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>>8119665
I lay awake, bereft of thought;
Not a single ponder; I careth for naught

I sleepeth away my time, carelessly in a Lilliputian loft;
The void caressing my very essence, I wait for expiration

I await no emendation, for my time has passed;
Tuck me in, let me die

>>8113082
take this to /tv/ pls m8888888

In terms of world building, general complexity and writing style its Tolkien

In terms of plot and intrigue it may be GRRM, but his series isnt finished yet, so it is not the right time to judge

>>8113094
Martin has a very grotesque writings style though. Tolkien never resorted to shock value.

>>8132737
Will you be paying money or taking on debt for this degree?

>>8132750
Yes, although it's a UK student loan so only paid back relative to income. It's likely I'll pay about £10-20 a month of future earnings

>>8132754
That's an unrealistic figure for a monthly repayment. However, a degree is still worthwhile. I did a philosophy degree and now I don't work in a related field at all, making good money, but I wouldn't have got my job without my degree.

>>8132569

The only one I've read of there is The Recognitions, but you're wrong in saying it doesn't amount to much. It wears its themes on its sleeve very clearly and is a very entertaining book, very funny and tragic.

>>8132569
It's because of feminism. They are pushing YA and genre fiction to breed out whiteness

>>8132580
I knew I would catch hate for adding that one in the list. honestly out of them all that was my favorite