This a good fantasy series?
>>7635262
no such thing
>>7635923
>what is the bible
>what is the master and margarita
>>7635262
It's an international sensation. If it weren't good, it wouldn't be an international sensation.
Hey guys, I'm doing a paper on the sociology of different insects compared to our own. I would love a pdf. or a link where I can view this book. Thanks
>>7634878
http://golibgen.io/
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/
good sailing m8e
Thanks, I just need something more simple like a picture and a name of insect kinda thing, im coming up with my own comic book and need the bugs names in abc
What did I just read?
Looks like a book on carpentry
>And then the little boy got spooked to death OoooOooO
a rather good novella
>novel written by a male in his early 20s
>main character is a 'not self-insert' young artist of a passionate and sensitive nature who falls in love with a girl but is misunderstood
yeah people tend to write about what they experience and feel.
>>7634238
Name 5 books that this applies to.
This is a good rustle for these parts
Summarize the plot of this novel in five sentences or less.
Damned if I know.
I don't feel like doing this
>>7632119
WW2 Fever Dream of Rockets.
Does anybody else here feel like they have successfully "killed" their will?
I've read a lot of stoic writing and I can't help but find many of the sentiments expressed in that writing reappearing in works that would be labelled "pessimist". And from pessimism I see no real convincing argument, except the kind of absurdist or sort of comically and almost self-parody style arguments, that one should not commit suicide if one's will has been diminished to the point where every action and all future moments are experienced with reluctance and which reap no reward which justifies that reluctance. Does anybody relate to this at all?
I'm tempted to read Mitchel Eisman's "Suicide Note" but it's very long and from the reviews I've read it seems to cover a lot of political and historical theories that I'm not particularly interested in. I could extend this post but I will stop here for now.
you're probably just clinically depressed. seek help m8.
>>7630196
Do you seriously think that or are you making an impulsive diagnosis?
I haven't felt wildly different from the way I feel now for several years. It seems to me that since some point I can't remember I have been moving gradually towards the logical conclusion of some internal motivation which to me seems like my capacity to reason or to observe and value things without emotional distraction, or that a conclusion is waiting for me to accept but some inner reluctance has stubbornly drawn out the process of my having to accept it. I consider that I may be thinking dramatically about something that may be rather mundane (I may be predisposed to apathy or a very basic mode of living) but I don't think the perspective I have of myself, my disposition and so on suggests that this gradually looser grip and growing detachment from life is the result of some desire to live a comfortable, empty, emotionless life in isolation.
Stoicity is as similar to pessimism as beef jerky to oranges. They are both edible (ideals), but one is completely different than the other. One could easily confuse the colours (brown to orange), but that's just an incorrect relation (or non-relevant one).
I have lived as a stoic a few years, and i didn't even know about this style of living being a widely known theory. I can easily tell you that i turned from a pessimist to an optimist through this.
Being able to take away all emotions at whim is what enables you to lead a happy life, simply because you do not care about bad things that happen.
>"Damn you damn you damn you." He sucked her nipples till she cried out half in pain and half in pleasure. Her cunt became the world.
>>7632958
sorry, this is a literature board.
>>7632958
that explains the fascination with this author.
i'm glad i fall in the happy medium, i like classic literature, but i don't masturbate while plotting every h in Finnegans Wake, and I don't read genre erotica.
>>7632999
Nothing wrong with being able to recognize your limits. But honestly, I think gurrm would be enjoyable for someone like you.
Go ahead, compañeros. Critique and you'll get critiques.
Ayer pase por tu casa
Me tiraste con una manguera
Mañana paso de vuelta
Y te meto la manguera en el orto, puta
HOWL
Ayyiayaiyiayaiyayiyay taco taco crunchwrap supremo hay chica venga aqui muy peligrosa hay hay taco taco, Dora, mi amor—eso si que es
¿Han tratado alguna vez de memorizarce un poema extenso de memoria?
What's the best books on military strategy for a dummy?
Right now I'm a midbrow idiot who's only read a couple of fiction books after my schooling was over and I want to get into non-fiction stuff
why would they reveal their strategies to you? you'll only find outdated stuff.
The art of war
What are /lit/'s opinions on the Satanic writings of LaVey and Gilmore? Well written and valuable opinions or pompous bullshit?
General Satanism thread as well.
>Shemhamforash
>Hail Satan
>Sorry if pic has weird alignment
Anton 'Aalewis before reddit' LaVey
Whats reddit about it?
The Silicon Valley character is funny
Is anyone else convinced that this MUST have been a collaboration? It's head and shoulders above anything else he's done
Pretty funny post.
Read Pericles, that was a collaboration. You can see he is so different that he decimates the other playwright
>>7634887
>one of the best plays
>mustah behn culaburaton
>shakespeare was hacku
go back to /x/
>Tolkien wrote whole encyclopedias of backstory that don't show up in Lord of the Rings, but you can feel the reality of his fictional world in every word. Its presence is known and comes through in the story.
I always hear this from nerds. So they feel this need to "world build" before even coming up with a plot. It strikes me as idiotic. Do you think you'd really be able to tell between someone who went through the mental masturbation of world building versus someone who made it up as he went along (but put in the effort to keep things consistent?) Would it really matter?
you're retarded OP
>>7634288
I bet you dont know why you dont have any friends.
>>7634288
>Do you think you'd really be able to tell between someone who went through the mental masturbation of world building versus someone who made it up as he went along
In a fantasy universe, yeah. The world building is literally the only thing that Lord of the Rings has going for it.
What essential books should one read in a life time? I'm talking the essentials -- a novel that leaves a mark on the reader. Make a list /lit/ for me, so I can add these to my bookshelf.
Moby-Dick
>>7622525
both Brothers Karamazov, and the Count of Monte Cristo made a huge mark on me.
FrankensteinYour bookshelf you in theory reflect the things you like
Your taste in theory should be matured through the consumption of aesthetics
So that should someone see your book shelf they would, if they are a reader, know what you find interesting
Is time fungible?
I would assume yes, since each and every unit of time is identical and mutually interchangeable; however, unlike currency and other tangible commodities (which is fungible), time does not circulate within a closed system.
Perhaps a better question: is circulability essential for a commodity to be fungible?
>perhaps a better question
I don't see how these questions end up being similar.
Shit thread either way, take your freshman prompts to /b/.
>>7635412
That board was finally added? I'll go there, I guess.
>>7635413
If circulability is essential for a commodity to be fungible, then time is not fungible because it does not circulate. If circulability is not essential for a commodity to be fungible, then time can be fungible because its lack of circulability does not affect whether it is fungibility.
Would it be fair to characterize this man as "Kurt Reddegut"?
If you want to find out, say that out loud to someone outside of 4chan. They'll stare at you and assume you have autism as you snort with laughter then have trouble catching your breath.
>>7635302
hey reddit
>>7635309
Hey r9k. Are you still pissed off that normies appropriated the pepe meme?