Are any of you familiar with the Inheritance series of books?
I am thinking of a passage describing why there must be a balance between spellcasters and soldiers in an army.
I searched the books for keywords, but came up empty.
lmao, are you in kindergarten?
read actual literature
>>7881327
I read the books many years ago, but the memory just recently resurfaced.
>>7881327
>I only read mature literature for mature people like myself
>tips ledora
how do i get back to reading? i used to be a big reader
for you
Start with the rainbow and then see where youre at afterwards
>>7880295
god dammit
I'm fucking rolling
Hey, /lit
I want to read the Divine Comedy, but I am not yet sure of its difficulty. I don't often have time to really sit down and have a good read, so I mostly just read for about an hour a day in the bus, a bit distracted. So, is Dante's too difficult of a read to start it in these conditions?
>>7880276
Normally I'd say if you can focus there, doesn't matter where you read.
But you already said you get distracted there. So I'd not read anything long or complex. And this is both.
Tried earpluggs or earmuffs? Might help if it's the noise that's distracting you, like it is in my case.
Divine Comedy is no especially hard read. A lot of the historical references are lost on the modern reader, but the main narrative and thematic concerns should be easy to follow.
The difficulty of the actual writing I suppose depends on your translation, but is generally pretty clear in verse.
>>7880276
Start with the Greeks. Really. Too many references to appreciate the work. I read it and wasn't so impressed because I didn't understand who was who and what was what.
At the very least Metamorphoses - Ovid
>This is what western society is turning into
Wake me up /lit/
IM ETHAN BRADBERRY
>>7880242
Okay.
>>7880242
Duck off back to YouTube cancer man
List your favorite words in the English language. Be gay nerds and fight over them like sports teams. Fuck everyone who likes "aloof."
Objective best:
Language, magic, ice, icicle, temptress, butterfly, lava, sycophant, cognition, agony, hag, renaissance, logic, memory, A E S T H E T I C, talon, marsh, ennui, hillock, lolipop, murder, evil, nigger
>nigger
Classy.
I've always liked "collonade" and "hermitage". Not sure why, something to do with the combination of sounds.
circumnavigate and nadir are pretty good
>>7879464
Dreadnought.
what does /lit/ think of pic related and c.s. lewis in general?
>>7879421
He's a good author as introduction to literature and theology, but I don't think of him as a writer for serious literature or philosophy.
Used to like him a lot more obviously
>>7879421
The Screwtape Letters is great, everything else is trash.
screwtape letters is okay, but I liked his nonfiction better
imo the allegory of love and the discarded image are his best
What is the saddest book you ever read /lit/?
My diary tbqh
never let me go
Bible
>poem has a traditional rhyme scheme
Free form is for gay boys with no talent who want to express their "feelings"
I cadence in Latin, no rhyme scheme.
>poem is just the ramblings of an ironic faggot
/lit/ humo(u)r please
BUMP I WANNA LAUGHS
mira has now published 2 books. discussion time. she is being heralded as the voice of our generation. I don't agree with this. let's summon her through her instagram and get her to join the discussion.
please stop these threads are boring
Is it true she got choked out by Sam Hyde?
>>7873188
who's Sam hyde
Last one's about to 404. I'll be posting my piece after a couple of you folks post yours for me to critique, try and be helpful to someone (maybe a replieless post) when you post your stuff.
>>7861327
http://pastebin.com/FSZUAyEGi was on drugs partially during writing this
>>7861327
Already posted in the previous thread, but nobody gave me critique.
I am going to be completely honest, this is the first thing I have written in terms of literature. So I am brand new at this, I am just trying to avoid pitfalls based on books that I have read. So it would be nice if to know what I am doing wrong or if I am going too far with certain things.
>>7861494
Fuck forgot to post the link, sorry.
http://pastebin.com/QX21HMDm
Have you ever finished a book in one sitting? What book was it? How long did it take?did you go potty at all during the sitting?
>inb4 50-page short story or manifesto
>inb4 my diary tbqhwyf
PKD's Valis, it was a great time. Haven't read it since, but still consider it one of the best books I've ever read.
In the miso soup by the other murakami. Probably the worst book I've ever read
Not quite one sitting but I read TFIOS in 24 hours.
Why were the Lord of the Rings books considered unfilmable?
There's a pretty simple reason for this.
The universe just had such a grand scale beyond reality. The wars required massive amounts of extras, usually in fullbody costume and makeup, or at least a computer system that could project that. The universe itself was so enormous and sprawling it required an inordinate amount of green, natural land to film on. The settings ranged from intricate castles to incredible, dusty dungeons to entire villages that had never been made in reality before. That's why animation was such an attractive option for LOTR and The Hobbit.
And then Peeta Jikson showed up with billions of dollars and went above and beyond the call to do it because fanboys.
Because the most interesting part of it is scholasticism: history, poetry, genealogy, language, this stuff has nothing to do with how film works. Luckily from book two on it turns into full on "get the bad guy" shit so it was just a matter of technology catching up.
Dune is unfilmable
I'm looking for something to read.
>read the wiki fgt
Hold up a second.
What books do you know that are effective at communicating a story without needing to fill every sentence with the contents of a thesaurus?
That's not say I'm averse to large words. I'm not at all. Just something good.
Me no like big words too. Me want good book, no too smart words for me...
I'm reading Cannery Row at the moment and while it is a little thesaurus-y, there was also a poop joke on the first page.
AAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ABSOLUTE COMEDY GOLD ANON
EBIN
EBIN
EIBN HAHAHAHA
XD
XD
XDX
GREAT (GREAT!XD) STUFF
FUCK YOU CUNT
Shitposting aside, what do you think of the Harry Potter series?
What makes it so uniquely popular?
Bonus: include the name of your favourite female character in your post to claim your Harry Potterfu before anyone else does!
I genuinely liked it. Read it last summer. I guess it got so popular because it reads so easily. People ain;t gonna bother catch a trillion obscure refferences to some retarded philosopher or pretentious fuckwad. People want to have fun reading, something /lit/ and autists in general will never understand.
Favorite female character is that quirky Luna Lovegood.
>>7882903
>Harry Potterfu
reported and saged.
>>7882923
OP here. Would you agree that part of the success of HP is that there are a trillion obscure references (folklore etc) but they just blend into the writing and don't stick out or read awkwardly?
I also re-read Philosopher's Stone recently and it's amazing how she manages to establish an entire alternative reality and backstory in the space of 200 pages.
Also claiming Ginny Weasley.