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So, is Rothfuss any good?
Will he ever release the 3rd Book of the Kingkiller Chronicles? Do you even care anymore?
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no / - / -
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What are some good ethical works on veganism?
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None worth a dime
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>>7744902
>Meems
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Singer is based. Sucks that preference utilitarianism is still a sham because the restaurant at the end of the universe.
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What is the best translation of The Master and Margarita? I want to read it in the most accurate way available.
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stop reading russian books in english you idiot
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The Garnett version.
Wait. What thread am I in again?
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>>7744852
>the most accurate way available.
russian
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Where do I start with him /lit/?
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>>7744784
with the book of the new sun.
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>>7744784
Orthodoxy, Heretic or Everlasting Man for his philosophy.
The Man Who was Thursday, Napoleon of Nothinghill or Father Brown stories for fiction.
Then indeed Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe if you want to see his influence on another fantastic author.
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In Defense of Sanity is my favorite book of essays I've read.
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What are some good works on asceticism?
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>>7744744
Book of the New Sun
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>>7744769
In what way does it deal with asceticism?
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>>7744778
he's memeing right now, just ignore him
You might find it interesting to look into Zen philosophy and also minimalist lifestyle blogs. Hopefully that helps
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Does anyone have a torrent with just patrician books or from good authors, basically I want something with garcia marquez, Hemingway, Camus etc. but without stephen king, pablo coello and similar shit
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>>7744743
>no ernst junger
>no georg buchner
wtf is going on right now man
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>>7744761
buchner is shit and it's there twice you fucking cretin
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/lit/, I want to write a book about my thoughts about life and outlooks on the most important things in life, but I feel like I'm far too young for anyone to ever take me seriously to read it, and I feel like I wouldn't even be able to publish it in the first place. Am I right about that? Are my dreams impossible until I'm at a "wiser" age?
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No, they're not impossible because you're young, they're impossible because you probably have nothing to say that hasn't already been said by better writers 150 years ago.
Why would someone take you seriously, hypothetically? What do you bring to the table that I can't get anywhere else?
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>>7744716
Everyone's view of life is unique and personal, and I'm not saying that that makes my view relevant, but I do think that my views are at least interesting enough for a few people to want to read about. I don't expect to become famous or change lives, but I'm sure my opinions could resonate positively with at least a decent amount of people.
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Just write and read more, dont get caught up on the sophisticated meme. Least of all dont take yourself too seriously.
Some of the most profound messages in fiction can be found in children's books.
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how do you start your first web novel? will people care to read a novel from someone they never heard before, who was never reviewed by anyone and who they literally know nothing about?
I wonder if I should make an introduction about myself, a description of what the story is about or just publish directly the story.
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>>7744673
doesn't someone who basically endorses your work usually write an introduction for your novel?
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>>7744673
I wonder if you should kill yourself, kill yourself or kill yourself
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Just find an artist and call it a webcomic
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Can someone tell me about some writers who dealt with the philosophy of suicide?
>inb4 Camu
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>>7744647
Gene Wolfe, of course!
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>>7744652
Don't read much fantasy, are you serious or just memeing?
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>>7744658
absolutely serious. His main character Severus S. often contemplates suicide in a meaningful manner, being unable to deal with the tragic moments of his sadness of being wrenched away from his beloved Helga. Really thoroughly researched and heartfelt view at the heartbreak of man, honestly.
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Death is the fisher-man casting his reel of life-line across the fabrics of space-time.
>came up with this today whilst going for a walk in the sun, its probably the most deeply introspective legitamently original comings I've ever beared fruit into the creation of.
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>implying you're a nigger
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>>7744619
still needs work. try Gene Wolfe for some inspiration.
I casually walked through the romance section in s Barnes and noble. Is the entire genre nothing but shirtless white dudes and girls in fancy dresses?
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>>7744579
Women fantasize about being rich and getting laid by fit, rich white men who are at least 6'1", so yes.
Halfway through Perdido street station and hating. Feel like giving up. I've only ever given up one book (twice tried to read naked lunch) and I'm feeling bad about it. Has anyone read this book? I've read loads of books I didn't like until the last half or until the end (man in high castle). Does this book get any better?
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>>7744542
no. read Gene Wolfe instead. much better.
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PSS is pretty consistent the whole way through. it is a pretty god dang long book though. i'd say it's definitely worth finishing. everything comes together nicely in the end.
have you read any other mieville? i liked the scar a lot more
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>>7744542
Perdido Street Station
>hissed
>hissed
>hissed
>hissed at her
>"NO," he hissed
That book has the worst dialogue tags of any book in the English language.
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Hey guys I could use some help. I'm trying to find a copy of Death is My Trade by Merle, and can't seem to find one under 300 bucks, or even just a pdf. What do?
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Did they all get burned?
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>>7744508
That very well may be the case, sadly.
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>>7744485
Learn Hungarian, the translation costs like 2 bucks here, Merle is one of our official meme authors.
I stood in a graveyard today. I have already gone through my existential crisis, but I got an immense sense of hopelessness. I looked at the scattered gravestones and their markings. Some simply stone slabs, smoothed as if they'd been in an ocean's tides. Others were fading, clearly not as old as the previous. Some looked like little bits of stone propped up in a timeless, but now sadly forgotten, remembrance. Irony at its finest.
That is where we all end up no matter what our path in life. Rotting away. Gone. Forgotten.
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Nothing to be done.
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>only one existential crisis
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I still cannot wrap my mind around what it must feel like to be a subvocalizer
Especially when reading 4chan posts. How do you live with it?
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you have a bewilderingly childish idea of what subvocalizing is
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>>7744472
I do not have internal speech when reading, unless I choose to do so.
What is bewildering to me is that most people apparently have to do this, and thus can only read at a fraction of the rate I can.
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>>7744476
I rarely notice myself subvocalizing. The idea that it would somehow be actively annoying is ridiculous. The idea that some people are just subvocalizers and some people are just not is also ridiculous; there is no chance you have never subvocalized. Based on these two things, I have to conclude that you don't understand what subvocalizing is.
p.s. reading speed is almost certainly the single most superficial gage of reading ability.