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If your life was a subject of /lit/, which artwork would you be?
Mine would be the Call of the Cthulhu, and I would be the water.
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I would be delphic apollo, god of the sun, worshipped and coddled by these unworthy but willing ones.
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Why isn't A.A Attanasio discussed more here? the Radix tetrad is fucking legendary-tier sci-fi
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>>7787664
>sci-fi
maybe that's the problem, this site is 18+
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I'd wager its because no one's heard of him.
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Because no one believes a fat ignatius reily type could become the ubermensch in the first book, honestly. What kind of bullshit transformation is that?
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what are your thoughts about great erotic lit, not that miso crap going on screen or read by those old aunts in public
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>>7787633
Marquis de Sade - 120 Days of Sodom
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this sounds awesome
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>>7787633
sex is for women and men living to please women
What are some books about Orthodox beliefs?
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>>7787595
the god delusion
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>>7787595
The Bible
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>>7787768
I'd like to come back and apologize for making this shitpost/meme.
You might get some good answers on /his/, they have pretty consistent threads on Orthodoxy there. I'm sure there is a /lit/ chart on Orthodoxy out there but with warosu messed up it will be hard to find.
Anyone here know of any short stories that deals with a failed artist wishing he had paid more attention to his family/friends instead of focusing on his art/career his whole life? Bonus points if it's very symbolic. Basically looking for the literary version of LCD Soundsystem's All My Friends, or the artistic version of John Cheever's The Swimmer? Or even A Christmas Carol, I guess.
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Try De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period by Salinger.
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>>7787605
Appreciate the recommendation.
I found a pdf of Nine Stories here ( http://materlakes.enschool.org/ourpages/auto/2013/2/25/50973306/Nine_Stories_by_J_D__Salinger.pdf ) if anyone is interested in reading it as well. I'd recommend A Good Day for Bananafish as well. Haven't read anything else in it though.
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>>7787652
heads up, esmé might ruin you
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i love you guys
post your favorite book ITT
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The Martian.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
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>save up for a new Nook
>"B&N Shutting Down Nook"
What do, senpai? I've got a decade worth of ebook hoarding in ePub already and no ereader.
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>>7787525
uh... get a kindle?
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>>7787541
problem solved.
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>>7787525
get a kobo dont listen to amazon shills
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This anthology is a pretty good mix of horror stories posted on reddit.
I don't necessarily agree with these as the best around, but there's some good stories here.
Weird that there is a link to Gentry's 'Anchorhead' in the middle, as this is completely unrelated to it's 'best of reddit' claim.
Still for a free, public anthology -- it's worth the read.
The artwork is good but I don't know about the concept, seems too classical or something to be scary. What do you think /lit/?
http://setvasai.deviantart.com/art/Tales-From-The-Gnyar-Giants-Pen-595307136
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>>7787373
>This anthology is a pretty good mix of horror stories posted on reddit.
So go back there buddy, we dont want you here.
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>maximumb8.azw
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>>7787373
>>>r/incest
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How do I write a proper story? Do I just make shit up as I go along? Do I flesh out the characters first? Do I establish the general idea of the beginning, middle, and end? I do not know where to even begin with this shit. I have a few scattered ideas all over the place but it I lack the way to organize it all together.
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Just gotta do a bit of cocaine a bit of ketamine and a bit of heroin for good measure. Boom. There's your story.
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Come up with 2 characters. Play them off eachother to determine chemistry. If it works, go forward from there. Why are they together? Why are they apart? What do they value? Who do they encounter? Why? What are their goals?
Done.
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read some of Donald maass' books in writing. They're excellent advice for beginners (and people who need a refresher on the basics)
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ITT: Books you loved in high school
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Pic related satisfied my ADD and edginess the way Naked Lunch did but better.
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Freshman year I ate this shit up.
Kill me
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>>7787353
fucking ruined the eye thing we had going
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What is the Rebuild of literature?
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>>7787293
gonna rebuild that pussy with my dick nigga
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>>7787293
who is this semen demon?
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>>7787293
Dead Souls part 2
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What are the historical canon books in art education?
Like what has been historically the books artist from all arts have used to learn painting, music composition, sculpture, writing, poetry, architecture.
What books did renaissance artists used to read to learn?
How bout baroco, roccoco?
Pls, nothing from the XX century.
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>baroco
*Baroque ("baroco" is a logical syllogism)
Anyway, here are some that I can think of (desu, I don't actually know much on this subject):
Aristotle - Poetics
Vitruvius - De Architectura
many renaissance painters wrote essays and books which I suppose were quite influential (Dürer, Leonardo's "Trattato della pittura"...)
critic Vissarion Belinsky had strong influence on Russian realism
But keep in mind that artists such as painters and musicians learned most of their craft from a professional who taught them. (Leonardo was taught by Verrocchio, for example, Beethoven by Haydn) So you probably won't understand an artist's education entirely from theoretical books they read.
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>>7787826
thanks bro.
I'm aware of the atelier system, but I found it pretty weird to believe there wasn't simply some art books made by philosophers or some art admirer or any person after the printing press was invented and commonly avilable.
Let's say there should be something written in the 16-17 century, I refuse to believe people didn't wrote anything.
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>>7787826
did you really forget vasari
shame anon, pure shame
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was it rape?
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was what rape
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Clearly.
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>>7787170
Trigger warning pls
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What are your addictions lit? From the banal to the life threatening. Also to keep it lit related, what book do you plan on reading next? Mine is pic related.
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im a huge heroin addict. patrician addiction t bh famalam
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>>7787147
Anon you can stop, I believe in you.
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l*lis
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Best books about dungeoncrawls, treasure hunters, and the like?
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>>7787141
the works of R.A. Salvatore
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>>7787141
I read one when I was 12 or so, that had a great twist/message about greed that has stuck with me many years later.
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Infinite Jest