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Unique, mind-blowing writers 2016-02-18 06:53:30 Post No.7711284
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Unique, mind-blowing writers
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...like this one is. He's my favorite. Post writers that wrote in a unique, inimitable style.
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What are /lit/'s thoughts on Atlas Shrugged?
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>>7711209
One of the best pieces of literature out there, bar none. As an anti-statist and libertarian, I found it to be a huge influence on my life's philosophy.
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Ayn Rand was a sexist
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I fell like Randroids and Bronies are different sides if the same pancake.
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How is it that the Rage of Achilles gives me chills when I envision it as a man living as a man centuries after it was written? Could something be written now that has such an effect on men thousands of years from now?
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Forgive the errors in my post /lit/, I beg of you
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Can somebody explain to me why anybody actually likes this beyond "hurr durr muh first modern prose novel in the English language hurr durr" and "hurr durr a women writer in the 17th century feminism yeah hurr durr"?
I understand its importance to the development of English literature as well as Western literature in general but beyond that it's kind of fucking garbage with no actual substance, aside from kind of being a social polemic about slavery, maybe, sort of? and the author's own attempt to rid herself of the guilt associated with slavery
tl;dr oroonoko is shit, why does anybody actually like it?
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I've literally never heard of this
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Suggested readings for cynics and pessimists 2016-02-18 06:02:45 Post No.7711107
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Suggested readings for cynics and pessimists
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What kind of fiction can I read that describes people as greedy, lusting, superficial, shallow creatures unaware of their own motives, but feigning their sense of "just" morality by whatever ignorant and pretentious views of the world and the unmentioned self-importance they have?
I'd really just appreciate a book that kind of tears humanity and any ideas of free-will to shreds?
I've got Stirner and Nietzsche, but I'd like some fiction, because I'm trying to take upon creative writing and would like some references. Some of my favorite authors have been Gnut Hamsun, Cormac McCarthy, William S. Burroughs, and Voltaire.
I was thinking "The Prince" by Machiavelli would be another good addition.
(And, naw, this isn't the only type of literature I read; I like optimistic works too.)
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The Petty Demon by Sologub is exactly what you're looking for. Definitely my first recommendation, even above things like Notes From Underground.
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bump for my ego
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bump cause one rec. isn't enough
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>people think fanfiction is the lowest form of literature when slam poetry literally exists
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>>7711026
Fuck!
Another shitpost.
The greentext is all-consuming.
Mankind, smartphones are dooming!
Grab my axe, to OP's house I'll drag it.
The world won't miss him, OP is a faggot!
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>>7711026
*shuffles papers, clears throat*
*subtly scratches infected vagina*
we were in his room after a party
a few drinks in and everything was great
then this moment was punctured by supposedly smooth whispers
which FELT like barbed wire
"TRUST me.."
"come on.."
"don't you love me?"
his hands violated my beautiful brown body
suddenly penetrating me..
the pleasure I gave him
not even Houellebecq dos't know
but the trust he took from me
will never again grow
*looks down*
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>>7711026
thank god you
clarified
that it
LITERALLY
exists
when i thought it
just
figuratively
exists?
Is there anything worse than books with film stylized covers?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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>>7710931
Films with book stylized covers
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What does /lit/ think of Sherlock Holmes?
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Very agreeable. Delightfully British. Something about the air of adventure and the tone of propriety, always with a manly dutifulness...it's just refreshing and wholesome.
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>>7710920
Ok, that was the wrong webm.
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Kind of fell off and became extremely formulaic after the second short story collection. But when it's good it's good. Silver Blaze is GOAT
hooman, all 2 hooman
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how human is he, guys? more human than required, certainly
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human, huh? try not to go overboard with that
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everything in moderation
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What does /lit/ think of Ayn Rand? Is she absolutely necessary to read?
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I miss when the only rule of /lit/ was "don't talk about Ayn Rand"
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The Fountainhead is probably her best book. Atlas Shrugged is a lol-tier political screed, economically and philosophically illiterate, but still somewhat enjoyable if you don't care that the characters are all superficial mary sues.
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>>7710843
I namedrop her on tinder and okcupid. has gotten me laid twice and also herpes........
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Do you try when possible to read from your local area, or even just your country? Do you think it's important to immerse yourself, or possibly even contribute towards the authorship of where you are from, rather than focusing purely on places elsewhere?
I ask this personally because I live in NZ, and I've noticed through the selection of books I've read here that there are plenty of well-written pieces created by NZ authors. Yet when I discuss with Kiwis about the writing scene they always emphasis looking overseas to find success, which I feel is a shame and a waste of talent that could be used spark a larger local writing scene.
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Hey, that's cool. I'm from New Zealand as well. I love going to book stores on Cuba or whatever and finding random local history books for sale. And we do indeed have some good poets and authors and I always look forward to their releases.
There are, what, 4.5m of us? The overwhelming majority don't buy books. Writers congregate on those shitty university magazines which function mostly as academic echo-chambers. If you want to make a living writing it's pretty hard just because there's so few people here.
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Is there any valid refutation of stirners concept of the "spook" or "fixed idea"? After fully understanding him I feel as if im speechless in refuting him. The fixed idea of me wanting to be a "virtuious" or "honorable" man means I would go out of the way of my own desires to subscribe the the concept of virtue/honor. Stirner was right when he said our minds are haunted!
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>>7710705
virtuous* sorry
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I require assistance finding the name of a book
- It was about a man moving into a new house and finding a crazed old mans diary
- The book itself is covered in foot notes and drawings
- It contains a mantra about running away from a predator, waiting patiently and then hunting the predator
Thank you in advance.
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House of Leaves
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>>7710642
this picture is the essence of "I'm not mad, I'm actually laughing."
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>>7710642
>I don't compare myself to other people
>I'm the coolest motherfucker on the planet
>-est
HMM
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Why doesn't /lit/ have a guide to Philosophy yet? It would clear up half the shitty threads here
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"Start with the Greeks." <<<<
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>>7710554
Right, but its needs to be a bit more than that, like, which Greeks, and what after the Greeks
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>>7710554
the Greeks is a meme author. literally genre tier fiction. no discernible talent.
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What does it mean to give your characters unique voices? Developing specific speech patterns? Accents?
Granted, the person then cited Joss Whedon as having stellar dialogue, so I don't know ...
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>>7710476
Yes, all of the above.
Also just character. But it seems like it often just comes down to quirks
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Giving the reader the impression that they are convincingly someone with their own worldview and perspective. This perspective may conflict with the author's, and if you want it to be very obvious to the reader that this character is thought out that's one of the best ways to do it.
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>>7710476
>Joss Whedon
what...like..i don't even...