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Hypersphere Discussion Panel 2016-02-07 19:38:44 Post No.7671433
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The dust must have settled by now, and we can begin to appreciate just how autistic this abomination is and what has become of it. The book is enjoying a short-lived highlight on some book blogs and there are people dedicated to reading the entire thing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpe3rJIwv3isMjyNJBzXC5Q
I think it's time to discuss what went so wrong but so right, what could have been done in the hindsight, et cetera. Anyways, alt-/lit/ thread.
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>>7671433
Hypersphere is just a Tundra imitation by redditors who weren't here in time to infect the original
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le racism and memes
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>>7671466
this desu
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Why is capitalism bad, /lit/?
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Actually, property is literally just.
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because it's not fair that anyone has more money than me
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I personally don't like it because it doesn't give me stuff for doing nothing in return. The current sort of centrist welfare state I live in does provide me with what I need though. Hybrid economies aren't perfect but they're the best we've got so far.
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Is the best literature of the 20th century written in Spanish?
>Borges
>García Márquez
>Rulfo
>Fuentes
>Sábato
>Delibes
>Cela
>Vargas Llosa
>etc.
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>Is the best literature of the 20th century written in Spanish?
No
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>>7679551
Why?
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>>7679559
because Céline and Proust
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What was the last book you read?
What are you reading?
What will you read next?
Guess shit about each other basing on their answers.
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>What was the last book you read?
El Beso de la Mujer Araña, by Manuel Puig
>What are you reading?
The Decameron by Bocaccio
>What will you read next?
I guess Under The Volcano by Lowry
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>What was the last book you read?
Red Dragon
>What are you reading?
Don Quixote
>What will you read next?
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
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>What was the last book you read?
The Demons
>What are you reading?
Notes from the underground
>What will you read next?
The falling or the plague
Have you fapped to any book?
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>>7670634
yes.
but all too often I read second hand books and library books with pages stuck together at the sex scenes.
>mfw there is a serial ejaculator who gets off into books in my town
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>>7670634
Yes
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No book has ever been good enough for me to fap to it directly.
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/lit/ humour
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this image isn't posted here often enough
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>>7680098
more like /lit/ tumours because nothing in these threads are funny
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>>7680098
PURE IDEOLOGY
*sniff*
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So I'm doing a paper on the works of Tolkien, and we just had a lecture todday on how The Lord of the Rings is essentially racist because of its Eurocentrism.
Is this really a valid criticism? Is it wrong for a man to write a story that takes inspiration from his own ancestry and culture? I feel like this is something that only a white man could be criticized for.
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>>7676681
It is a racist culture which it's taking inspiration from. Think about how sauron is the good guy
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>>7676688
Suaron is of the same race as the more noble men in LotR, he has just become corrupted. I dont see how that's racist.
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No, it is not a valid crticisim. It is a wonderfully entertaining book written by a man with a very inoffensive worldview.
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So how is Houellebecq? My university adviser loves and said If I liked pessimistic stuff I should check him out. What do you guys think? What books of his did you like or dislike?
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he's extremely easy/quick reading, just have a go at it.
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>>7673003
DUDE MUSLIMS LMAO
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>>7673039
Don't really care about that either way.
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Writing Questions/Tips 2016-02-08 01:53:12 Post No.7672765
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How can you avoid cluttery dialogue? Most of my writing seems to feel like
"Text," PersonA said.
"Text?" PersonB asked.
"Text," PersonC said.
Is this alright or is there a better way to do it?
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>>7672765
vary it up, give them physical motions. And often times you can inform who the speaker is by context, so you dont need to label them for each line..
And if someone is asking a question and you end it with a ?, you dont need to say "they asked"
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Anon noticed the thread and wanted to help OP.
-Why doesn't he just do it like Joyce?
He then proceeded to write a meta post as an example.
-It may free you from having to think of synonyms of said, you only have to do it when you need to.
He remarked smilingly.
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>>7672765
unnecessary
once established that its conversation between person a and person b, take out 'who-said-what'
example:
"Text," PersonA said.
"Text?" PersonB asked
"PersonA replies, continues conversation?"
"It's called running dialogue, dumbass."
"Honestly, Colin, I never expected that sort of behavior from you,"
"Eat my metaphorical shit, Martha. Fuck you, and your unseasoned chicken."
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Megan Boyle: Dead? Alive? Comatose? 2016-02-06 04:23:57 Post No.7665735
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Megan Boyle: Dead? Alive? Comatose?
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2016-02-06 04:23:57
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Does anyone know what happened to Megan Boyle?
Her book "Liveblog" was supposed to come out today but didn't for some reason (per amazon). She hasn't updated any social media/tumblr/etc for months or years. Her publisher has zero mention of her or the book.
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>>7665735
Tao Lin probably murdered her.
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Wow, that ugly lady who sang so opera well on that Britbong show sure has changed her style
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>>7665772
wrong megan boyle
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Is there any philosopher with a more DUDE WEED LMAO mentality?
WOAH DUDE THAT CHAIR, LIKE WOAH MAN SO WEIRD WE'RE LIKE NOTHING BUT PARTICLES FLOATING THROUGH SPACE ON A GIANT BALL WOAHHHH DUDEEEE
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>>7678970
>Is there any philosopher with a more DUDE WEED LMAO mentality?
Yes, all of Eastern "philosophy".
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Descartes and Hume are way more blazed
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>>7678990
They really aren't.
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Dear /lit/,
I am a struggling (read: homeless) dilettante; i realize it is not your problem, but i am homeless because i follow my heart too much and my heart loves morphine pumping through it from time to time--origins aside: i come to you for *help*
i need this book (pic related) but i don't have the money. i can have it shipped to my mother's house and pick it up there when i visit her in a week. i ask for any like-minded and well-heeled ladies or gentlemen to gift it to me.
wish list: amzn dot com slash w slash OAEZ0ZVFPN76
do what thou wilt
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It's a pretty shitty book
Psychic TV are shit
Etc
Why are you browsing 4chan instead of reading?
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listening to my sweet lord by george harrison and every now and then watching wrestling YOU?
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I'm too tired to focus
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because i hate myself
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Science Fiction and Fantasy General 2016-02-06 18:30:02 Post No.7667526
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Science Fiction and Fantasy General
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2016-02-06 18:30:02
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Bar Wench Edition
Recommendations:
>Fantasy
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/4chanlit/images/a/a8/1307836551252.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110612005642
>Sci-Fi
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/4chanlit/images/a/a6/Scifilit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100710233344
http://imgur.com/r55ODlL
http://imgur.com/A96mTQX
>What are you currently reading
>What are your favorite memories with stories involving bar wenches?
>Which author writes the best and most believable Bar Wench scenes that makes you want to sample the wares?
Old thread >>7651355
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>wheel of time and goodkind in recommendations
people actually enjoyed these books?
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>>7667526
>reading
Currently nothing, but I'm staring at Conan right now and doing nothing with it.
I might pick up a random book by an author I never heard about and give them a go, and report back if it 's tolerable.
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>reading
Deadhouse gates
Having trouble remembering names /who's who and what's where.
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Hi /lit/
I don't usually browse this board but I had a quick question. I'm reading Walden by Thoreau, and in the Economy chapter he says:
>"The student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shrinking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure"
What does he mean by this? Specifically the part about shrinking labor necessary to man? I understand the general idea of this section, but this particular phrasing is a bit confusing to me.
Thanks. Pic unrelated.
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I think he is suggesting that you make your lifestyle simple, limit what you consider necessary. So you know...don't buy a lot of unnecessary crap, find cheap rent, etc
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>>7680341
He means that NEETs should kill themselves.
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>>7680341
Leisure should not be attained through avoiding 'good' work. Wandering in woods, hoeing plots, &c.