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God-Tier fantasy only.
Pic related....it gets nowhere near the attention it should.
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I would have thought ants more practical-minded than to read fantasy
Is there any worth in reading literature i dont understand, and i will forget?
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Is there any worth living a life i don't understand will eventually end?
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>>7696364
I would say that there is no worth reading literature you dont enjoy. If you read a book and dont understand it, but think it is enjoyable you will find some worth in it. If you form no connection with a book due to loathing it, you will carry nothing away from it.
Example off of the top of my head: Rimbaud's Season in Hell. I make no claims of understanding, but what a fucking enjoyable poem.
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>>7696364
No, the worth is in putting in the effort to understand it.
You would be like a toothless man sucking on the hairy outer rind of a coconut: unequipped to extract the goodness within.
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Audiobooks are the patrician choice desu.
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>>7696353
classic
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>>7696353
I sometimes listen to them when I work.
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Nothing feels better than holding a nice, heavy book in your hands though
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Beckett pleb, just read Waiting for Godot, loved everything about it. what next?
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Murphy is good but not nearly so minimalist. the trilogy gets increasingly minimalist
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>>7696343
Tell us, anon, what did you love about it?
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Is Molloy a good Beckett starter?
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>Victorian novel
>there's a nothing happens scene
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>Victorian novel
>conflict over someone's will
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>DFW novel
>there's a something happens scene
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>>7696296
>Victorian novel
>there's a scene that says how awful socialism is
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Why does she hate the white race anons?
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>>7696290
nice b8 m8
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>>7696290
loves the bbc
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In vogue right now.
How do I into literature? What are some books?
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Corpus Hermeticum
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>>7696283
anything you like, for starters :^)
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What's your favourite Steinbeck? I really loved Winter of our Discontent.
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>>7696279
Winter of our Discontent is my favorite too. I never even see it mentioned in Steinbeck threads.
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Cannery Row
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>>7696297
I noticed this online too, it's severely underrated.
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How does one create iconic characters? 2016-02-14 13:37:41 Post No.7696256
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How does one create iconic characters?
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How do you write your Brothers Karamazov, /lit/?
My strategy is:
>small cast
So the different traits in the characters are unique. Except for those with family ties, of course. It also helps with synonyms for them in the future.
>exploit the five senses, not only appearance
Give them at least 2 physical traits which are distinct. "Beard + Bad smell", "Short + Long blonde hair", "Thin + Excellent voice", "Fat + soft skin", etc.
I like being playful and exaggerated when they are introduced. "His hair blowing to the wind has the likes of a whirlwind of sunflowers."
>give them distinct names
Every character has a meaning. In Brothers Karamazov each of the bros means a recurrent thought in russian society. Ways to exploit this is giving a traditional name to the more religious orthodox brother and a westernized name to the nihilistic one (specially if you are a russian nationalist behind your shitposting). Another example is that in literature, often the nobles have more names than the commoners and often have both their first and surnames (or nobility title and surname) mentioned together.
A small cast will make every name a treasure in itself.
So, any tips?
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>>7696256
>Shaniqua Baboon
Big fat niggress, is unemployed and lives out of welfare.
>Tyrone "Tupac" Johnson
Small nig that steals by day and tries to be rap-famous by night.
>Michael Samuel
Well natured black that tries to be successful by legal means but is shit on by everyone.
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>>7696307
This took a shady turn.
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>>7696307
>The Bruthas Karamazov
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Recommend me some deep ecology, lads.
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Kerouac wrote about nature sometimes.
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>>7696250
Which works do you recommend?
He does look like Waits to be honest.
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>>7696226
Zapffe.
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Will I 'get' Faulkner if I never had a slutty sister?
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If you knew some sluts growing up you should be fine.
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>>7696209
You won't really 'get' him unless you are from Mississippi or have lived there. That's just being honest.
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Is Houellebecq right about post-modern art?
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>>7696176
nothing matters since 68, unless it is about promoting the Human rights in the most retarded ways.
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>>7696176
I don't know, what did he say?
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>>7696187
Map and the Territory pretty much shows them as not especially great businessmen who got lucky with a gimmick and a solid PR team.
The main character makes a painting called "Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst Corner the Art Market."
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What are you reading currently?
I'm reading the Royal Game.
And The Tragedy of Man.
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> the royal game
that's a shit translation of the title
i'm reading pic related
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>>7696160
My favorite book along with A clockwork orange. Zweig's novellas are all good. Have you read "Fear" (might be translated differently to English, it is about a cheating woman and her family.). That one is really good too.
Walt Whitman thread. What do you think of his poetry?
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BTFO's Emily Dickinson.
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I want literature that sounds just like Chief Keef's "I don't like"
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>>7696036
Good request desu, i may have something to recommend to you, but i'm in a room with my family now and can't listen to that particular Chief Keef-track, to give you a really fitting recommendation. Gonna give you an answer at night
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>>7696036
To kill a mockingbird
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Hubert Selby Jr., The Room