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>>7485363

It isn't

>>7485530
But tit is...

>>7485363
Eddie Gordo?

>>7485349
some what?

>>7485349
David F. Wallace.

First names from the Hebrew Bible

Last names from pre-2000 operating systems

If the common vernacular of today was used in stories from the past it wouldn't sound strange because it would be normal.

>>7485030
>it's riddle

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>be me
>be at boarding school
>full of normies
>there's only one girl i've ever met who wasn't a total whore
>my chad roommate just fucked her in the backseat of somebody else's car
>i've had enough
>sleep tight, ya morons
>don't go to pencey preparatory tomorrow

>>7484913
It's turned the wrong way.

>>7484920
You're looking the wrong angle.

>>7484936
So we're kibitzing an imaginary chess game now?

>>7484765
How the fuck are you going to translate a book if you don't know the language?

>>7484769
Are you serious? I'm going to pick up a "x language" grammar book and dictionary. I also have google.

>>7484765
>Has anyone done this? Any suggestions on a book? Language? Any tips at all?
Yes
The Harry Potter series is available in text and audio form in pretty much any language you can think of, plus you can tell yourself "10 year old native children can handle this, I can too" while you read it for a psychological boost

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lwt/
http://ankisrs.net/

:DDDDD first rule nerd

>>7484716
you mean second rule?

>>7484716
oh fug

>>7484622
I'm pretty sure It's because he's a hack talking outside of his area of expertise.

>>7484792
And once again one answer end the thread.

It's because the United States has so many structural and cultural problems.

Also, has a continental ever inspired much change in his country?

>>7484598
Try translation

the GOAT

>>7484598
some interesting try at making an epic
not perfect, but it's a good read

>>7484435
jesus christ this place is hopeless

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i'm gonna post something to get the thread started

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>>7484090
If you want escapism just watch TV like the rest of the sheep.

>>7484090
because most of it is not quality? there are exceptions to the rule, but most of it is simply not good writing. this is true of a lot of genre fiction, but true of fantasy perhaps most of all (maybe only above romance or some shit). in addition to being poorly written, they also use the same tropes over and over and over again, and are surface deep.

if you read shit other than fantasy, you would know why fantasy isn't considered quality literature.

now gtfo because this discussion literally takes place every fucking hour and there are probably already threads on here about it.

>>7484104
Can I have some examples of the exceptions?

Do you understand Kant?

>>7484034

DUDE ABSOLUTE SPIRIT LMAO

also what should i read before this to understand it?

Nigga, it's too late - Santa's already loading up his sled. Should have got your list in weeks ago.

>>7484290
This.

Also, don't Infinite the Jest, please.

2666 Sav Det n Ficciones nigga

I have imaginary conversations through which i can articulate and refine my thoughts

This isn't so much asking a fish what water is as asking a fish what it's like to be a fish.

>>7483911
I imagine a person asking me a question about exactly what I wanted to think about and then I answer that question out loud.

I'll assume you're talking about novels.
Well, while I think Balzac is the most accomplished in terms of description, Jules Verne's books always bring me comfort and childlike wonder. If anyone could recommend lesser known authors, it would be great.

>>7483624
madame bovary

>>7483629
I'm french, what kind of novels are you looking for ?

>>7483320
Stephen Crane didn't live to see the World Wars

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A post-WW2 Joyce novel, ascending higher up the literary chain than Finnegans Wake

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Only 2:
>Ulrike Meinhof didn't get to continue writing the best journalism Germany's ever seen
>Kathy Acker didn't get to write books in the 21st century (especially interested in what she would write about Web 2.0; she thought e-mail was amazing)