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Literary recommendations for an ESL from Russia 2016-06-02 15:52:35 Post No.8114160
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Literary recommendations for an ESL from Russia
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Hello there. What are the English written books that I, as an English learner, need to read as well as some Russian novels for that matte? But except for Dostoyevsky, please.
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ESL One Cologne will be pretty good, desu. I'm looking for the qualifiers next week. Hope Fnatic can come back stronger.
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>>8114160
You could read Nabokov I suppose. He was also Russian yet wrote some of the best English novels of the 20th century. His large vocabulary could be a problem, though.
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English is so primitive that it prevents you from enjoying good literature by far
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Anyone else believe we are probably characters in some advanced civilization's video game? What is this philosophy called?
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Autism.
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>>8113975
Wow so clever
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Are you the one who posted this thread on /sci/? The theory is both shite and trite.
>there will never be a Book of the New Sun anime
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>there will never be a Deluge anime
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>>8113828
Angel Egg is the closest thing that will we get.
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>>8114399
The only thing they really have in common is a destroyed world & Bible references m8
BONTS dosent even need to be adapted anyway, it'd be a waste of time.
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Writers general?
Submissions, first drafts, edits, rejections, habits, etc. I finally got my first acceptance. It was submitted roughly four months ago, way beyond their "we answer by" date, so I withdrew it to polish and submit elsewhere. Got this email after I withdrew.
Hi Anon,
I'd like to apologize for taking an incredibly long time to respond to your submission, "Insert Decent Title" We've been putting the finishing touches on our fifth print issue, so things have been a little hectic around here.
All excuses aside, we like your story very much and would like to publish it among our future content. Please let me know if this suits so I can send a formal acceptance your way.
Regards,
Managing Editor
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Current workload/projects?
Out and about, waiting for a rejection from Apex for this horror story I created in a workshop. The teacher said I probably set my sights a lil high for submitting to that publication, and offered some alternatives for when it ends up getting rejected.
I had two flash pieces submitted, one pretty good, one kind of out there. Decided to let a local no pay, but credible journal run with the good one. It had already been submitted before I had vowed no more no pay submissions.
First draft of a short story is finished as of two days ago. I want to let it cool for a week before rewrites, but I don't have anything else I'm working on at the moment.
I've had a first draft of a novel done that I could edit in the meantime, but it's my first, so you can already guess the kind of quality it is. Not sure if all the rewrites in the world can save that thing.
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I'm Scandinavian and it's unbearably hot right now. I have a time thinking with the heat. Is there any tips from experienced anons how to keep cold and lower your body temperature during summer? What I am trying right now is sitting in a draft with a bucket of cold water under my desk and dipping my feet in it occasionally.
>26 degerees celsius and cloudy
i am pathetic
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I finished a third re-write myself a while ago. It's my first "finished" novel, and I am going through it right now. I have high hopes. It's a notch above everything I've done before and I find it genuinely interesting to read. It's still absolutely disgusting, but the first chapter is finished, which is a great success.
What's the horror story about? I like horror stories.
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Waiting for a literary prize result. I doubt I'll win, but who knows. I'd be happy to be among the finalists though.
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Loeb vs Cambridge vs Oxford publishing and traslations, go
>inb4 translations lerl
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Loeb is going to win no matter what since it has the original facing the translation.
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>>8113682
And if it didn't have that?
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>>8113678
translations lerl
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what makes a book a 10/10 for you?
>inb4 emotional connection
im talking objectively what makes a book 10/10 for you?
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plain, honest prose
huge moment of anagnorisis by main character
compelling plot
strong, believable character and setting development
I usually like a bit of action as well
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>>8113614
Feeling of perfection, every word being somehow essential or worth going over again
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>>8113618
what are some good examples of anagnorises in books?
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I have quite a few books on my to read list. If someone could tell me which one of these books I should get and which ones are good and bad, I'd appreciate it. If nothing else, I'm just doing this for curiosity so I can get some sort of general sense of the opinions on these books. It just interests me, it may or may not shape how I view the book, it depends.
The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Crash: A Novel by J. G. Ballard
Atomised by Michel HouellebecqThe Temptation to Exist by E. M. Cioran
Moravagine (New York Review Books Classics) by Blaise Cendrars
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Cows by Mr Matthew Stokoe
Hogg: A Novel by Samuel R. Delany
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë
A Short History of Decay by E. M. Cioran
Tropic of Capricorn by Miller, Henry
Our Lady of the Flowers by Genet, Jean
Steppenwolf by Hesse, Hermann
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>>8113583
Painted Bird is quite and experience.
The Classics on there like Lolita and Wuthering Heights and Steppenwolf are obvious.
Miller is boring
Suttree is McCarthy channeling Faulkner with all his power.
Hogg is pretty on par with literotica fetish works.
NYRB books are always worth a read.
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>>8113583
>The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
>Crash: A Novel by J. G. Ballard
>Atomised by Michel HouellebecqThe Temptation to Exist by E. M. Cioran
>Moravagine (New York Review Books Classics) by Blaise Cendrars
>Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
>House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
>Cows by Mr Matthew Stokoe
>Hogg: A Novel by Samuel R. Delany
>Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë
>A Short History of Decay by E. M. Cioran
>Tropic of Capricorn by Miller, Henry
>Our Lady of the Flowers by Genet, Jean
>Steppenwolf by Hesse, Hermann
Don't know 'em so they must be shit
>Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
I never read it, but it's good
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>>8113583
>Hogg: A Novel by Samuel R. Delany
Amazing. Very difficult. Pretty on par with literotica fetish work. I would recommend if you're adventurous.
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Hello, Lit. Can you recommend me any books on being a man (patrician/alpha or however you call it). I've recently turned 18 and realised that I ought to get my shit together. It can either be a non-fiction book with advices or a fiction that has a character that can make a sound role model ( but I would prefer the more practical ones though)
So far I've read/ reading atm:
The Art of Manliness by Brett McKay and Kate McKay
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
How to be a Man by Glenn O'Brien
Stuff every man should know by Brett Cohen
(The Odyssey as well because it is somewhat relevant)
Basically /lit/ how do I turn from a Telemachus into Odysseus or auburn hair Menelaus without going to war? Thanks in advance
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And just to make sure, I don't have to BUMP on /Lit/, do I?
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>>8113427
No book will ever teach you how to be a man. Just be yourself, and if you're a man you're a man. If not, then oh well.
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Who is this person?
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>>8113376
Orwell. Ironic right...
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>>8113376
Seriously though: Didn't Orwell have a point about keeping wars up to destroy material in order to maintain class division?
It always pops to my mind whenever i see how much countries, specially the US, spend on their military.
Hello /lit/, it's story time. Only one word per reply. If the thread is still up, I will post the whole story at the end when the thread is near the limit. Let's see what funny story you can come up with.
Also, any words listed multiple times in a row consecutively, will be ignored. So no BUMP BUMP BUMP or to to to or anything like that. Only the first one will be counted.
Good luck!
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Butt
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fuckers
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scratcher
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I lost my kindle fire a few months ago and have yet to replace it. It isn't that big of a deal because I like physical copies anyway, and I have several semi-competent to above-average used book stores in my area. I also wouldn't be too concerned if I could still frequent the decent libraries in my 'city' (Albuquerque), but a youthful indiscretion from the 90's prohibits me from obtaining a library card.
What I'm wondering is which of the online sites offering 'free' pdfs if you join up (of course with the option to cancel after you get your free book) are reputable. I'm nervous about giving out my info just to get the new Jack Ketchum, John Connolly, and Joe Hill books just because they don't carry them in my 3rd-world country of a town. I also wouldn't mind a few books from Palladin Press.
Does anyone have any knowledge regarding which of these sites are legit? I could order the newest books by the aforementioned scribes from Hastings but it would probably be cheaper just to buy another kindle. I'd rather just get them free on a trial basis via pdf, and either cancel upon reciept or continue the service if I'm blown away by it.
Help me out here guys.
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>free pdfs
>reputable
Why not just use libgen or whatever the copyright infringement people are using these days?
Also was this you?
>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-banned-libraries-earth-article-1.1289988
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>>8113063
read the sticky how to pirate books; basically you either use a pirate library like libgen, or a pirate irc, or a torrent, neither of those asks your info and usually doesn't even need a registration
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>>8113106
Since I've lost my kindle, I've downloaded on my phone Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, Programmed to Kill, Hunter, Brave New World, and On Writing without any problems. Other than Hunter (which was even more ridiculous than TD), they were all nonfiction. When I try to get Hill's The Fireman or Connoly's Song of Shadows, I get these knockoff 'Give us your cc#, but we won't charge you if you cancel within a month' bullshits. Now I assume that some of these sites are reputable, because similar sites dealing with other media exist and flourish. I'm mostly thinking of hbogo, but I'm certain there are other examples.
I just don't know who exactly to trust, because no one fucking reads anymore and any site I encounter could either be the best site for readers in the world or a giant cactus up the ass.
I'm fairly new to rhe internet. Vpn tor hacker bullshit might be on the horizon for me, but for now I just want to read some fucking books they don't carry in this miserable ghosttown. I just don't want to get raped after putting out my cc number. I got enough of that in prison.
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what are some modern, really funny books that I could read? just finished Confederacy of Dunces, and it was great!
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my diary tbqh
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Next to confederacy pic related made me chuckle the most
It's not good literature but it's funny
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>>8113020
i though catch 22 was pretty funny, but it also has very dark moments
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Recommend some good books or authors that aren't as well-known on /lit/.
Avoid classics or memes.
I was recommended pic related but I haven't read it yet.
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Anyone read Penelope Fitzgerald?
I'm interested in reading 'The Beginning of Spring.'
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EL Doctorow - Billy Bathgate
Michael Cunningham - By Nightfall
Alice McDermott - That Night
Anthony Trollope - The American Senator
Iris Murdoch- A Fairly Honourable Defeat
Elken Wood-East Lynne
Anita Brookner - Look at Me
John Berger - King: A Street Story
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I have a 400 USD amazon giftcard 2016-06-02 06:01:35 Post No.8112854
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I have a 400 USD amazon giftcard
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Looking to comprehensively understand the greeks. Suggestions?
Pic unrelated
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women and men
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Yes.
Buy a refurbished amazon Kindle paperwhite, then download the program 'calibre' which is a book sorting library, then proceed to use libgen.io and scihub to collect all your books and journals, add them onto calibre, then send them to conversion to your kindle.
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Do you people not have libraries? I don't mean like big collections of books in your own home, but actual fucking public libraries where you can go and check out books?
Or you could just buy 50 books from Amazon.
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DO NOT EVER JOIN A FACEBOOK WRITING GROUP
jesus christ everyone in every single writing group on facebook is just fucking retarded
NORMIES TRYING TO WRITE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>having a facebook in the first place
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>>8112848
I'll take the b8.
>having a facebook in the first place (>>8112860)
>joined a facebook writing book
>reaction face of Adolf Hitler because so fucking random
>use unironically the concept of normies
>uppercase letters
You don't belong here. Refer to >>8112849