>tfw all my stories come out sounding like shitty amateur versions of classic stories I've read
How do I git gud?
You don't.
Who is this semen demon OP?
>>7832197
They should teach people how to reverse image search in public schools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqRiPKGD4Ag
Haven't visited lit before, so delete this if this isn't allowed I suppose.
I need a custom poem! It needs to be pretty darn short and has to start with particular letters (AEJC).
Example:
Always...
Extravagant...
Janice Joplin...
Charm.
I'm a quadruplet and I'm the only one out of the four who hasn't gotten a tattoo yet, and I want something that ties into being a quad and my closeness with my siblings. Our birth order is A, E, J, C, so that's why I'd like it this way.
So, yeah, a short poem that is compelling, meaningful, shows our close bond or some variation of being moving or sincere is what I'm looking for.
It would mean a lot, I've never been poetic.
>>7830877
this is a bad idea. and you will regret the tattoo. just get a tribal. or bamboo shoots.
>>7830877
Just get barbed wire around your bicep
>>7830877
Always eradicate Jewish communities
>writting diolouge
>all the characters sound the same
Maybe you should go out and talk to more people.
>writing dialogue
literally just filler space in books unless you're doing interesting things with language and visual representation of that
>>7830859
Shakespeare is 100% filler apparently.
I'm looking for a certain kind of literature, but I don't know what to call it. It's not nihilism per se. I do believe most of the things we take for granted are lies and misunderstandings and that at the end everything is meaningless, obviously. I'm looking for books that look at life with a deeper understanding than monotheistic religions do. I'm looking for "Yes, things may seem meaningless BUT... " I don't believe in the christian god, but I believe in the power of words, and the universe... please help.
Have you read your Greeks yet? It's a meme for a reason.
>>7830760
I've read enough Greeks already I guess, not the whole list that has been share before but... please recommend me something beyond that.
>>7830791
how can i recommend something when I don't know your background in philosophy?
Rate my poim
"I am a human"
That's what I told my teachers
On my first day of school
"No, that's simply not possible.
Humans bleed, humans bruise.
Humans make mistakes, humans are flawed.
And we'll have none of that here."
So they corrected me
"I love nature"
That's what I told my doctor
On my first checkup visit
"Oh, that simply wont do.
The sun sears skins
And ground gives grass.
The Rose is far too red
And the sky far too blue.
Nature is slow and unproductive.
Only the unnatural can thrive."
So he corrected me
"I don't need to rhyme"
That's what I told my teacher
In high school, learning of poets and poetry
"What a silly thing to say!
All good poets rhyme!
Shakespeare would laugh,
Wordsworth would cry!
Just think of what Emerson would say,
If you didn't do it my way!"
So she corrected me
"I don't think it's funny"
That's what I told my friend
About the comedian obsessed with money
"Ah, your humanness has no end!
You see, it's so hilarious
Because everyone else loves it.
The jokes are lame enough to be nefarious!
Free yourself of reason and wit,
And it will become as funny as can be!"
So he corrected me
"I love you"
That's what I told her
The girl with eyes shining blue
She short circuited my heart for sure
"I cannot fathom the words you speak,
I do know of love
But it is fickle and weak.
Strange things, your gears consist of
But I do not love like you.
A machine like me hates.
Hate makes me stronger than you
I live behind the metal, unnatural gates."
So she corrected me
And so she crushed me
"I am free"
That's what I sang
As I bled my rose red blood
My soul flew free,
Free from my machine body
Free from my steel bones
Free from my copper veins
I flew toward the clouds
I flew toward nature
Away from the metal city
Away from my rusty rhymes
Away from my android friends
My body is mechanical
But I am a human
>>7830562
Not a poem shit and you should feel bad/10
didn't read, but good job you write, keep on, pal
I read it in a Hank Hill voice/10
>go to the library
>ask for Ulysses
>pronounce it "you-liss-iss"
>can see librarian hesitate a second
>"not sure if I have "YOU-LISS-EASE""
You-liss-iss or You-liss-ease?
>>7830548
yew-liss-eezzz
>>7830548
you liss eez
fucking retard
Not with a z.
You said it better with an S
What are your thoughts on Bleeding Edge?
It isn't good... yet
>>7830470
Just finished it about a week ago. I enjoyed it a lot, although probably less than the other Pynchon I've read (Gravity's Rainbow, Lot 49, Inherent Vice).
His contemporary references to shit like Metal Gear Solid, Burzum, and robots.txt files pleasantly surprised me considering his age and made the book feel really immersive and accurate to the time period.
Also, I really enjoyed his the whole idea of a VR simulation of the deepweb. Those parts kinda felt like "Pynchon does Snow Crash" which was pretty great because I've got a soft spot for sci fi.
>>7830719
OH NO REFERENCES
DOESN'T THAT MAKE IT
POST MODERN? ??????
The book that started it all.
the man, the myth, the legend
Boy's Club is a really nice slice of life comic.
ITT: Books only you have read
>>7830208
Be honest, OP. You fapped to that ending, right?
>reading pic related
>someone says to me that it's airport-bookstore level trash
Was he right?
>>7830202
idk but i loved the spy who came n from the cold
i've never read any spy fiction but i generally hate spy movies
theyre always too impersonal, i never know or care who anybody is and they're full of boring exposition
is that pretty much what to expect from spy fiction?
Any recommendations for introductory level books on WWII? Preferably something that isn't obscenely biased. Every time I'm directed to a book half the reviews are praise and the other half are about bias. I just want a book that isn't going to simply tell me that Hitler is evil. So, any recommendations, /lit/?
>>7830169
this is breddy gud
The rise and fall of the third Reich is the best. Extremely thorough and interesting.
>>7830254
>Major Dick
This can't be real. I'll check it out though
>>7830264
This is one of the books I was referred to. Looked promising but then I found out the German author was actually an American journalist and I read quite a few reviews that mentioned bias. Also, many reviews were those of the average Hitler-hating American spouting bullshit about how Hitler and the Nazi Party were pure evil. Doesn't sound like an unbiased read unfortunately.
Tell me which one i should read
>>7830165
Moby-Dick
>>7830165
Faulkner. Either one.
>>7830165
The Pulitzer winner
Tell me why anyone who isn't a mentally troubled and deeply depressed person should choose nihilism over absurdism
>>7830161
What book would help me to understand the Plague?
nihilists are murderers, absurdists are losers
Any tips on understanding this stuff /lit/? How to determine important parts for stuff that is not so important. Just any tips or advice when dealing with philosophy are welcome. Especially understanding this man.
By reading secondary literature that pontificates on Aristotle.
IIRC, David Bostock (student of Quine), a philosopher and logician has a book on Aristotelian physics and metaphysics. Look into that.
>>7830163
Am I just retarded? Do other people have problems understanding this?
>>7830177
Which part specifically?
Anyone read this? I'm enjoying it but I have no idea what's going on in the overarching plot with Burlingame, Coode, and Baltimore and all them
I get the impression the plot is like this on purpose, a sort of self-aware parody of these kind of historical novel plots, especially with all these impostors and double crossers, but how important is it I actually know what's going on?
>>7830099
Cool. I've not read it, but the only Barth I've read (*Lost in the Fun House*) was amazing. I've been meaning to read more of his stuff for years, and this one sounds interesting.
>>7830099
I just started it a few days ago, only like 50 pages in, but really loving it, will probably check out some more by Barth. The notion of Burlingame's "fickleness" was really interesting to me, and going along with it Eben saying something like "impossible to choose between ways of living, every life being so novel to be desirable to live" - I'm similarly troubled by what to settle on, but the impetus to jump from living to living is so fascinating. Only being as far in as I am, I'd definitely recommend it a read
>>7830104
It's incredibly funny if nothing else
The main character is something between Ignatius Reilly and Candide