This has sold more copies than anything (You) wrote. If it's so easy to get rich writing, why don't you do it?

My entire life I thought R.L stine, the person that wrote the goosebumps books, was a female. I just found out today he's a dude. What the fuck? why did I think R.L stine is female? why.

>I’ve got this pathological disrespect for Jim Morrison and the whole myth that surrounds Jim Morrison, simply because it affects and has affected the people in bands and in the rock business, in that...

The vagueness of everyone's definition on that topic makes me want to blow my brains out. Even Ayn Rand which I deeply love defines it as : ~"achievement of one’s values." CAN YOU BE MORE VAGUE???!! Y...

CopeGPT is what you get when a human gives up on thinking and installs a Bible as their OS. They don’t have thoughts — they have triggers. You say something real, and they glitch out, dump a verse, an...

If you were trying to teach someone how to be a good writer, who would be your picks to read? You get five choices MAX. Not who's the best, or who's the most fun to read, but who would you learn best ...

am I retarded brown nigger esl thirdworld troglodyte if I want to read a translation of Ulysses instead of original?

>my favorite book of all time is The Catcher in the Rye what kind of person do you imagine?

>woman writer >romatansy >title is some variation of "a x of y and z" >4.3+ stars on goodreads Go on without me bros, I'm a bit tired...

How do I start to read him? What do I need to read previously?

>Don't you think that the person who is likely to succeed in this attempt most perfectly is the one who approaches each object, as far as possible with the unaided intellect, without taking account of...

I'm about to read this beast for the first time. What should I expect, /lit/?

How should I write microfiction?

literary kino

What is this about? It seems to me it's no coincidence it's in five parts, five nights. They sections fit well with Mon to Friday. He arrives on Monday... like the new moon. Tuesday, the day of war, t...

>Nun zeigt es sich, welches überaus merkwürdig ist, daß selbst unter unsere Erfahrungen sich Erkentnisse mengen, die ihren Ursprung a priori haben müssen, und die vielleicht nur dazu dienen, um unsern...

Oh My GOD They're using 24 hour (military) time!!!!!! Totalitarism has won1

was he the most eloquent statesman ever?

>buy a used book >refuse to touch it for weeks until the originals owners germs die

What does /lit/ think of George Eliot?

yet, I have to

>The palace of crystal may be an idle dream, it may be that it is inconsistent with the laws of nature and that I have invented it only through my own stupidity, through the old-fashioned irrational h...

all books suck after reading these

Has anyone read this book by Galileo Galilei? Sounds very interesting. >In 1633, Galileo Galilei was convicted of serious heresy and his work, on which the accusation was based, was placed on the Ind...

I'm reading Fatherland at the moment and I think the most dystopian aspect is forcing people to be social. If you're not married and don't have a bunch of kids, if you don't get on with your coworkers...

Hip hop and rap are the modern equivalents of poetry. Only form to use constant meter and rhythm, as well as the extra poetic techniques found in Homer or the Pearl Poet. Word play is a big part of a ...

I feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist. Books to free myself from this oppression?

Spending time on 4chan the last few months has made me more racist and I don't like it. Can someone recommend some books to de-brainwash myself? Something about the black experience would be good. But...

Just finished Blood Meridian. Frankly I didn't like that the ending was so vague. I saw people on this board say that the ending makes up for the flaws of the novel, but to me it just ruins it furthe...

How are we supposed to cope with this

>that nietzsche/schopenhauer kid you knew in high school

Hello anons, I want you to recommend to me any straightforward, essentials, easy to understand books explaining Marxism, Marxism-leninism, Stalinism, Trotskyism, Maoism or anything in between. I don't...

Ever feel like you don't get these old books about "alienation" because everything in them appears normal? Maybe the authors lived through a different pre-industrial past but as far as I'm concerned i...

Hegel was infinitely smarter than Schopes, and also the actually original thinker instead of a Hinduism shill with Western philosophical vocabulary. S. was the better writer and polemicist tho To some...

There's not good literature now, because rich people living in nice comfy lifestyles, are the others living in the other alternate reality of the western front. They haven't seen true suffering, they...

Have an Infinite Jest thread. Have two.

Anything else like picrel? There's just something extremely sincere about Pechorin that still feels like a breath of fresh air.

>τελεωτάτη πάντων λόγων ἐστὶν ἀφάνισις τὸ διαλύειν ἕκαστον ἀπὸ πάντων: διὰ γὰρ τὴν ἀλλήλων τῶν εἰδῶν συμπλοκὴν ὁ λόγος γέγονεν ἡμῖν. >The ultimate destruction of reason is the separation of one from a...

>mfw when I don't know a word but am unsure whether it's me being ESL or just shit OCR epub some retard posted on anna

Noobs in philosophy are normie naive realists. Their default mode is materialism. You can't just tell them "bro materialism is false bro bc it just is ok", you have to actually show them. Plato is too...

Would Homer's number one hater be proud of Marx?

>the fruits of postmodern art

didn't understand squat beyond that the soul is probably inseparable, moved by wind moves other things and that reason and striving moves stuff.

The fuck did I just read? I expected a horror story about a cool monster.

How has atheism, as a worldview or societal phenomenon, been argued to negatively impact humanity, and what specific books or academic works explore these criticisms and potential adverse consequences...

>Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most >Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth,The >Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life. books with this aura?

Why did he do it?

what are some yalit from the 21st century that are actually good

I prefer to read physical books, and can't figure out where to start with Wodehouse's stories. I know his Jeeves stories are what he is most famous for, but is there any specific published work I shou...

Is On The Road any good? I don't drive and I'm not American so I'm not sure how much I'd get out of it. I've also become incredibly disillusioned with the whole 50s 60s 70s so called counter culture j...

I am an atheist and i want to learn about the history and beliefs of neo-platonists where do i start? plotinist porphyry iamchlchus(introduced theurgy to neoplatonism) these were the first three ph...

What do the colours mean on this chart? I am asking Literetards for help

I put forth Lost Horizon by James Hilton. It being forgotten is ironic because this is the nove that invented and popularized Shangri-La, a forgotten Edenic paradise in the Tibetan mountains where no ...

I'm starting to think reading Sorrows of Young Werther after breaking up with my gf wasn't such a good idea. I wrote her a poetic email and she blocked my contact. I'm starting to thinking thoughts...

When Dumbledore was destroying the Horcruxes did Voldemort know who was the one destroying them?

Just as Arnold J. Toynbee predicted >Hindu civilization: merged >Far East civilization: merged Only the merger of Islamic civilization remains, and then the Western civilization is saved.

Lit about how the will of a single man can change the world?

Was Adorno right about the culture industry, particularly in the field of literature?

Speculative cognition is the intuitive result of dialectic which in turn can be given a name and then itself in turn be used dialectically to further science. Speculation in its unexpressed intuitive ...

>/lit/ says Peterson bad, whore daughter, Jewish handlers, crybaby, junkie, etc >read Maps of Meaning >incredibly well written theological analysis of cognitive mechanisms behind meaning, and their so...

Whats the appeal? I got so bored of the whole Thurn and Taxis conspiracy thing, I just wanted more stories of Oedipa getting into shenanigans with the Paranoids

How do I get people to read my work?

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What have you read recently? Do you read in the park?

Why haven't you written it yet?

"The foundation of Fichte's system is intellectual intuition, pure thinking of itself, pure selfconsciousness, Ego=Ego, I am... For the philosopher, this pure consciousness originates because he abstr...

>I am forgotten How is it that the definitive novel of the millennial generation has failed to secure a genuine legacy for itself, both here and in wider public consciousness?

here is my poem please tell me what you think : Blue, white, and green, this land continued spin, And I write this here now to the ones I’ve met within. You came, and every moment subtly bent, As time...

"Moonlight" edition A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: >Royalroad, Webnovel, Sc...

Did the Greeks lack media literacy in criticizing Homer?

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/922346 They were a sample of English majors and predominantly white. They were given dictionaries and online resources to look words or concepts up they couldn’t und...

>claims to be a “traditionalist” >only reads authors who lived AFTER the Industrial Revolution

How did the Greeks reconcile the fact that Odysseus' virtue for which he's rewarded in Iliad, in imitating Athena, is deception?

Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs) https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb >Archive: https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subje...

Why don't you write a masterpiece for the sake of it?

picrel for me. This book was wonderful, I loved the narrator's voice and the turns of phrase. The weirdness and body horror is always great. I'd highly recommend it. Highlight line for me was "I was ...

Are you even allowed to write like this?

>Baby; worn.

The kid >Takes part in the violence but not really >Helps people in need but not really >Is only reactive, never proactive >Dismisses eloquent arguments with total indifference ('you ain't nothin' and...

I'm considering getting picrel. Thoughts?

Is this a good introduction? Do I need a lot of background? What other recommendations do you have on the topic?

What's his best?

Spoil your novel. I don't care what it's about. Just tell me how it ends.

I have a really important question. Really. So when they scan in/digitise books: why do they keep these blank pages? I understand that it would feel strange deliberately leaving them out, but why is t...

Little ginger bitch...

Any books that will make you dumber?

how one calms down from hyperrational, high RPM hyperkinetic mental state after reading or studying?

He's right -- Life is about power, for good or bad, and Plato is a tranny that's still causing white cattle to commit ethnic suicide to this day, even if through Christianity or atheist morals.

Iliad >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aeneid > Odyssey

>ActI:Presents society of a unified world ruled by one Man with no name who owns everything and everyone, all is done for him nothing else matters, puts in the premises for philosophical thought, hes ...

Thoughts on panpsychism? Also do you think Hitler would have agreed with it?

I still read 1600 pgs a day. I'm better than all of you

Who do you guys consider to have cool or flashy prose? Someone modern, different, a bit challenging, and clever, with a strong flair for metaphor? I'm trying to read something cool, but I can't even t...

What are the difference between audiobook listening or reading? Do they have the same benefits? I feel like there'd be a bigger chance to become at master of rhetoric by making my inner voice read the...

How do you even cope with Aristotle being a plotfag? "The plot, then, is the first principle, and, as it were, the soul of a tragedy; Character holds the second place." (Poetics, Chapter 6, 1450a38–...

what are some actually good essay collections

he did literally nothing wrong

Can Buddhist emptiness (śūnyatā) offer a way to transcend Western nihilism?

>your favorite thinker's favorite thinker

Are there Old Testament prophecies that Christians believe are fulfilled by Jesus’ resurrection, and how are these referenced in the New Testament?

>tfw no book reader wife

>Certainly no one will suspect I, Slimeworm McLiarsnake, of betrayal and poisoned words

>be me >use Wikipedia >see Bible quote >edit to KJV

Is there such a thing as an epistolary biography?

I must confess I know nothing about modern sculpture nor about art in general. Do you think the book Modern Sculpture: A Concise History by Herbert Read is a good start for a person like me? I'm also ...

>remains unrefuted

I'm looking for books about warrior aristocracy and their mindset. Stuff Nietzsche talks about but more of it.

Oh boy it's summer, I can't wait to go in the garden and read my bo- > kids fucking screaming at the top of their lungs > Dogs constantly barking > AHHHHHHH AHHHHH > BARK BARK BARK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

>buy a Penguin Classic (used of course) >immediately tear out the introduction and throw it in the trash

>shiiiiet don't it be crazy you can finna remember shit because some shit triggers a memory shiiiiiiet >for 4000 pages It's a meme to call this shit good right

It's actually insane how this story manages to arouse such starkly different sentiments in people depending on who reads it. Or maybe it just reveals how many supposedly good people are genuine psycho...

Say whatever you want of boomers and their deconstruction, this shit was the shit

Have you ever been inspired to read a book by someone online?

>"Fantastic book" >1 star what's her problem?

>Empirically real >Transcendentally ideal

I don't know why this knowledge isn't taught often, but I want you all to know these indisputable, latent truths so that you can deconstruct narratives on the deepest level. Pay close attention; this ...

wtf can you even do if you can't make it as an author or an academic? just slave away 40, 50 hours a week and have no time for lit?

Help me make a complete list of diabled/injured writers. >Homer, Milton, Borges, Joyce—Blind >Cervantes—Limp arm >Camões—Lost an eye >Sartre—Exotropia >O'Connor—Lupus

Is this the only book written from the POV of a Sex Trafficker (he was only charged with pimping related offences but today he would be charged with sex trafficking offences)?

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Anything that truly captures the loneliness I'm feeling? I've read the Moviegoer which came close but didn't quite go far enough; what should I read next? Didn't enjoy White Nights. Apologies if somet...