/lit/ - Literature

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>With those whose rebellion forbids from them a life worthy of being lived; they at the mercy of that same force against themselves are strangled horribly.

wtf did he mean by this? need some help here.

Why is god like this

Remember him?

How is this guy not even relevant ? His Metaphysical and Epistemological arguments about Will-to-live being the Will-To-death and that Death is not a phenomenon of the Will-to-Live but the true halt to life and the will to death strives to die because the Universe is the corpse of a suicidal god.

Seriously how the fuck these genius is not popular it's literally the best argument

The breakdown happened a lot sooner than I thought it would, I'll admit.

Post a film get a book recommendation

It's all about women isn't it? Everything else is just pointless distraction.

Discuss Gu Zhen Ren’s magnum opus, hit webnovel Reverend Insanity. Also other stuff too, I guess.

Old shit
>>24839354

QOTT: What us your favorite gu?

/ourgirl/ has a new video about the importance of reading aimed at the gym bros and incels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoYRSybAtOM

Who is the most Shakesperian person to actually live

can't believe I used to admire this incel

Recommended reading charts (Look here before asking for vague recs).
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>Thread Question:
What's your favourite decade of sci-fi?

All great novels must try to say something significant about the following five topics:

God
Death
Sex
Art
Money

These are the essential questions of existence. You may make minor adjustments if you wish, like saying "love" instead of sex, or "politics" instead of money.

You will find that all the truly great novels manage to do this for four or all five subjects. You'll also find that minor, superficial, or amateur novels, whatever their apparent scope or topic, address only one or two.

Keep this in the back of your mind and you will sift out what is serious from what isn't in fiction.

Should we abolish the field of Classical Studies?

When you cut away all the delusions, there really is only like 100 or so books that are rightfully considered essential to humanity. If people make it another 1000 years, they will still be reading these books because they contain an unwavering essence of truth. They can't be undermined in any meaningful way because they reflect the architecture of our ontology.

I know that's the ultimate goal for all of us whether some of you losers admit it or not. We wanna be important. We wanna write a book that people will hand down to their kids and grandkids.

How does one write a book like that?

why has the term “uncle tom” become a derogatory term in the black community?
Tom was a man of God whose faith and kindness wouldn’t be crushed, even when faced with death.
what does that have to do with being a self loathing black?
Did they just not read the book?

How are we all doing?

>Seinfeld if it was set in the early 20th century and starred mexicans instead of jews
woah

post some nice covers

Will learning a second language make me more or less of a wordcel (incessant verbalization of thoughts)

Is this shit actually good? I watched the movie and didn't like the humor, I tried playing the game back in the late 80s and didn't like the humor, I tried reading it in high school and didn't like the humor, am I just not getting it? It was everywhere at the time, was it just a product of its age and I was of too advanced intelligence for my era?

Do any of you wear headphones while reading? Do you listen to music or rain sounds or something? If so, do you match it to the book you're reading?

I have a pair of noise canceling earbuds that do a pretty good job of quietting the outside world. Sometimes I'll put on a little white noise too.

Post your own work and critique others.

Why hasn't he won the big one yet /lit/? He's more than deserving.

two sentence horror

How does he keep getting away with it?

>Absolutely mogs you AND your fave philosopher

And there is nothing you can about it, chuddy.

What's your favourite book by the master of comfy /lit/, Haruki Murakami?

Anything after Schopenhauer beside Cioran, and some content from Nietzsche in philosophy is literally nonsense (psychology not included)

>42 year old with no wife or children
>starts obsessing over cats souls raw meat and reincarnation
Sad

Tropical Beach Edition

FAQ:
>What is worldbuilding?
Worldbuilding is the process of creating entire fictional worlds from scratch, all while considering the logistics of these worlds to make them as believable as possible. Worldbuilding asks questions about the setting of a world, and then answers them, often in great detail. Most people use it as a means of creating a setting or the scenery for a story.
>"Isn't there a Worldbuilding general in >>>/tg/ already?"
Yes, there is. However, that general is focused on the creation of fictional worlds for the intended purpose of playing TTRPG campaigns. Here you can discuss worldbuilding projects that are not meant to be used for a roleplaying setting, but for novels, videogames, or any other kind of creative project.
>"Can I discuss the setting of my campaign here, though?"
If you want to, but it would probably be better to discuss it on >>>/tg/ . We don't allow the discussion of TTRPG mechanics, however. If you want to discuss stats or which D&D edition is best, this is not the place.
>"Can I talk about an existing fictional setting that is not mine?"
Yes, of course you can!
>"Does worldbuilding need to be about fantasy and elves?"
Worldbuilding, as already stated above, and contrary to what many believe, does not inherently imply blatantly copying Tolkien. In fact, there are many science-fiction setting out there, and even entire alternative history settings which do not possess supernatural elements at all. Any kind of science fiction book has an implied setting at least, which involves a certain degree of worldbuilding put into it.

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do you left a personal note inside books, /lit/?

>read 30 chapters
>still sucks balls
When does it get good?

>age
>current book
>your thoughts on it

He keeps talking about hiw the east is better than the west because she follows "tradition". He explains what tradition isn't but never what it actually is . Is it just spirituality?

Why doesn't anyone make a 7-hour kino adaptation of this mf?

hizdahr zo loraq edition

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Meaning is inherently and absolutely never stable, It is always relative thus why Meaning is even stated as being an Idea that wss formulated through means of faculty of reason and put with other ideas and concepts into plurality to be a meaning.

But we as Individuals rule ourselves by concepts and meanings which is the basis of our faculty of reasoning, But this itself is very false because meanings and laws never follow us after Death (There is nothing after death) thus why individuals have this absolution to defend a meaning that is gonna betray them after they die, The Individual does not have any power over the objective reality because it delures itself also, We as Individuals don't have any meanings that we are tied with, We are not chained yet chained to an oblivious life with nothing in it but an asinine absolutely impure reality

Do you believe meanings account for life or are they nothing

1) Write four or five very beautiful passages and save them
2) Make sure to write without punctuation and use long, run on sentences with lots of ands
3) Set up an amazing plot line that drives your reader to finish only to kill off your protagonists with either real deaths or spiritual ones
4) Reveal your true protagonist to be the "cold, godless universe, slowly eroding men's hopes and dreams with it's greatest weapon, time"
5) Sprinkle the sentences you wrote above in the dull parts of the book, saving the best two for last
5) Profit


This guy is overrated as hell

IQ test edition
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/wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQ
RESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvC

Please limit excerpts to one post.
Give advice as much as you receive it to the best of your ability.
Follow prompts made below and discuss written works for practice; contribute and you shall receive.
If you have not performed a cursory proofread, do not expect to be treated kindly. Edit your work for spelling and grammar before posting.
Violent shills, relentless shill-spammers, and grounds keeping prose, should be ignored and reported.
(And maybe double-space your WIPs to allow edits if you want 'em.)

Simple guides on writing:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whPnobbck9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAKcbvioxFk

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1. Slaughterhouse V
2. Sirens of Titan
3. Cat's Cradle
4. God bless you Mr. Rosewater
5. Breakfast of champions
6. Mother Night

Any questions?

Terminus Samhain edition
Old >>24776647

Why have so many great historical authors come from Russia? They are clearly overrepresented.

what is wrong with this guy?? I literally have to skip half the paragraphs because he can't stop describing the walls

like nigger what is wrong with you

The West needs you. These are troubled times. Stop "having fun".
"Fun" is not for men.
Stop smiling.
Always wear a suit.
Grow a beard.
Be cold.
Be serious.
Be stoic.
Grind for 21 hours a day.
Gym for 4 hours (while manosphere/conservative self-improvement/finance/motivational audiobooks/videos/podcast play on the background).
Take a 2min cold shower.
Read manosphere/conservative self-improvement/finance/motivational books for an hour.
Sleep for 3 hours (at most).
Monetize a hobby.
Get a passive income.
Always be ready to hop on a call with your clients and prospective businesses partners.
Never engage in casual sex.
Never drink alcohol.
Never play videogames.
Never consume sugar.
Never consume carbs.
Only eat at the end of your hard day of work as a reward, and never drink to fulfillment. Always stay hungry.
Drink 4L of water daily.

Never do drugs.
Take your pills.
Quit caffeine.
Quit movies, music, shows, videos or any form of "entertainment".
Go to Church.
Never watch porn.
Never masturbate.
Never sin.
Study the biology of female attraction.
Talk to that girl. With a serious face and calculated words.
Be a gentleman with her and with every woman.
Marry and provide for her and her kids.
Become a father.
Sacrifice yourself for your family.
Put your wife's needs above yours.
Grind relentlessly. No "rest" days.
Defend free speech online.
Defend the correct positions.
Enlist.
Fight for your country.
Bear the cross.
Responsibility.
Sacrifice.
Suffering.
Struggle.
It is hard. It is supposed to be.
Put. In. The. Work.
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Post any nonfiction that spins a good yarn.

>The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John Bacon

>For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power and prestige Silicon Valley does today. And no ship represented the apex of the American Century better than the 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald―the biggest, best, and most profitable ship on the Lakes.

>But on November 10, 1975, as the “storm of the century” threw 100 mile-per-hour winds and 50-foot waves on Lake Superior, the Mighty Fitz found itself at the worst possible place, at the worst possible time. When she sank, she took all 29 men onboard down with her, leaving the tragedy shrouded in mystery for a half century.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223736260-the-gales-of-november

Write one sentence pertaining to the last written sentence. I'll start.

I will never forget that awful night when he showed up.