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https://lit.trainroll.xyz/wiki/Recommended_Reading ITT: We think of ways to save /lit/ from fucking dying
Only a matter of time before a slow-ass board like lit is killed by DO4E. How do we try and stop the inevitable? /lit/'s thoughts on light novels? Can i read pic related as a 34 years old man?
I know it's written for kids but i want to enjoy something simple and naive with no sex or little to no romance to evade reality for some time. 
we treat this place like shit, but honestly this board is the best literature discussion forum I've come across
most of my friends barely read, and those who do only consume slop
social media isn't any better. They won't pick up any of the classics except for the ocasional instagramable book - and all recommendations they give you are either some bland high-school level book or your average shitty pop release
here, however, I feel like I'm among people who actually take pleasure in reading and challenging themselves through literature
I've gotten great recs from this board, from the known classics to some slightly obscure ones I wouldn't have heard of otherwise
not only that, you actually see discussion here, and even though it's a slow board, the level of conversation is not dwelling on the usual shitty media and retarded memes like on /tv/ and /mu/, for instance
some guy just posted a print of a reddit thread discussing /lit/'s top 100 list, and you could see how butthurt and in denial they were about the fact that so many books considered "difficult" were in there, as if the list was made just for showing off
it's like people can't see sincerity in reading actual literature
but you guys do
thank you for that This is bad advice, telling people to "start with the Greeks" can be discouraging. The best starting point is whatever philosopher sparks their interest. Let's make philosophy more accessible, not more exclusive. >my Dao De Jing translator keeps comparing Lao Tzu to Hegel and saying the Dao isn't metaphysical I went into this thinking it was going to be a great science fiction book, after hearing good things about PKD and his books. But all I got was a whiny main character bitching about how he wanted his ex wife back. The book would have been more interesting if Barney had actually worked with Leo to screw over Palmer Eldritch, but he just gives up and stays on mars. Im hesitant to read any of his other books because of this. Are all his books like this or did I just choose a bad one to read first? One last moby dick posting before it gets shutdown Discussing developments in the system of esoteric Kantianism.
Kantian holy text:
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Critique_of_Pure_Reason_(Meiklejohn) word on the street is Knopf’s advance for Rayne Fisher-Quan’s hotly anticipated essay collection, COMPLEX FEMALE CHARACTER, was well within the $500k range… jfc was thinking about reading this before the movie comes out so the movie doesn't ruin it for me. Is it worth it or is it slop like bleeding edge? Nothing is more counter to Schopenhauer's spirit than the essentially Wagnerian element in Wagner's heroes: I mean the innocence of the supremest selfishness, the belief in strong passion as the good in itself, in a word, the Siegfried trait in the countenances of his heroes. "All that still smacks more of Spinoza than of me,"—Schopenhauer would probably have said. oberyn vs the mountain squash match edition
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I now oscillate between Mark Twain and Heinrich Himmler in terms of my hatred.
On the one hand, I think the Bible is a profound literary and mythological work and I appreciate the Judeo-Christian, high cultural elements Christianity has contributed to Western society. There are layers to the New Testament that even decades of reading it I find new - like "Barabbas" meaning "Son of the Father" and "Ecce Homo" being a version of the Yom Kippur ritual with the two goats.
But good Lord, the degree to which our history has been outright censored, warped, and people held psychological captive by these fucking religions makes me want to pull my hair out.
Like, did you know that the Latin alphabet is a Semitic derived alphabet? The Phoenicians at Tyre and Byblos created a Semitic alphabet which the Greeks and Latins adopted, which changed from right to left to left to right and changed as people's own handwriting styles warped the letters. If you look at the Ancient Tuscan alphabet, you can literally see how the English alphabet derives from the Phoenician alphabet.
Why don't most people know this? Because the idea that Canaanite pagans helped lay the foundations of our culture goes against what "Der Berble" says, which is that we were all Monotheists worshiping Yahweh until we lost our way and degenerated with the Jews preserving civilization, until Western Europeans finally became civilized by the Jews.
You can't teach people about the alphabet because that means revealing that the modern Hebrew alphabet was invented in 150 BC, and that contradicts the idea that the Jews are some ancient primordial unchanging bastion of civilization that were there from the beginning.
I also can't stand how Christianity is an empty husk used to peddle dumbed down slave cattle versions of political ideologies. Like you might think the Nazis are evil, but they had logical arguments for their evil actions. Christian Anti-Semitism is so fucking retarded - blood libel, "We Wuz the Real Jews, Jews are Khazarian Edomites", "The Jews killed GOD!!!!! OMG!!! THEIR KIN IS CURSED", and to see how the entire religion shifted from being Jew worshippers into schizophrenic mental illness versions of Anti-Semitism shows its a religion that has no moral consistency at all.
So what value does Christianity provide? Absolutely god damn nothing but human social regression. Do you guys need help learning how to get into poetry?
Have you pride for getting at the meaning of a poem? Have you studied meter much?
Do you know how to send poetry out? Do you understand why it's important not to waste your time and talent on self-publishing?
Do you know the markets or the relevant journals? 
The "bugmen mentality" that infects Chinese and (honestly, to an even GREATER extent) Korean culture ultimately derives from Confucianism. It's the most anti-Faustian philosophy/state religion ever created: anti-individualism, anti-innovation, anti-ambition, anti-disruptionist. It literally exists just so the Chinese state could keep China's giant population in line for centuries. In that, it has been exceptionally successful. Even the Mongols relied on it when they ruled China.
Around the 16th to 17th centuries, though, with the world becoming more "globalized," the cracks began to show. A state driven by Confucian values simply couldn't compete head-to-head with Western states, driven by more pioneering and ambitious schools of thought; already conquering and colonizing corners of the globe they didn't even know existed until they sailed for them. And this gap between China and the rest of the world got so vast, that when the inevitable culture clash happened, China got fucked by everyone INCLUDING Japan (the least Confucian East Asian state that modernized the second the West came knocking at its door).
Tearing down Confucian values was probably one of the only two good things Mao did (the other being killing all the junkies in his country). It paved the way for China to actually compete with and even overwhelm the West rather than staying stagnant and becoming a playground for foreign.
That identity now belongs to modern Europe. can you into horror, anon? in what format, and what sub-genre do you write? What's a good way to get a philosophy career? Do I just get a degree (PhD) at 39? No genreslop edition. This is a place for REAL writers. Ones who have lived interesting lives which can inform their work. So instead of wasting peoples’ time with nonsense about orcs and laser sabers how about you talk about your life experience. Have you served in the military? Raised a family? Been to jail? The future of poetry, literature, and philosophy. Share 'em if you got 'em. If you don't, share the best ones you follow. What's a good critique of self-help? >civilization came to be because the "barbarian" population was coerced and subjected to serve a post-agrarian state
>but actually the reason why the population shifted to an agrarian lifestyle to begin with was because of climate change effecting Mesopotamia in a way where its wetland alluvium abundance of resources was quickly becoming not so, to the point where agriculture was becoming more feasible to feed the population than foraging, despite the intense labour demands.
What other books are there where authors contradict themselves by the end of it? 
Keston Sutherland’s Meditations, the most extraordinary volume of English poetry in recent memory, presents unique challenges to the reviewer. It is not so much the wild shifts in tone and mood – from the pulverisingly sad to the weepingly funny, from the mock-pedantic to the shockingly intimate, from the sublime to the vulgar and back again, by way of the bizarre, the manic, and the ecstatic – as it is the feeling that what it is all ‘about’ should not be prematurely bruited by the critic. Although the book is a deeply personal meditation on a recent loss in the life of the poet, the final crisis of a lifetime of agonised struggle, and so counts in some way as a memoir, it could not be further removed from the baleful jargon of immediacy recently anatomised by Anna Kornbluh – against which it has been painstakingly indemnified by the protocols of form (you cannot write ‘meditation’ without writing ‘mediation’).
It therefore requires of the reviewer a perplexing discretion, since it is as much ‘about’ the layers of mediation, the systemic blockage and prevarication laboriously sedimented around its central trauma, as it is ‘about’ that emergency itself. But that the entire undertaking – all 54 meditations over 184 pages of densely-packed slabs of unlineated poesy – proceeds from that central wound is equally undeniable and makes for some delicate decisions about what to feature in a critical overview, and when. We need to move crab-wise into the pain. So I was reading The Bible (which is a book, and thus literature), and I was wondering: How is time supposed to work in the afterlife?
The naive reading of the Christian afterlife is a resurrected, embodied, immortal existence. The issue is that the nature of the afterlife does not seem to receive much academic attention. Some will make vague allusions to the afterlife being timeless, but they don’t carry this idea through to its logical conclusion - if the afterlife is without time, nothing can occur there. We would be, in effect, frozen in a permanent stasis. This hardly seems any better than what the Buddhists are offering; a devaluing of this world in favor of another world (or rather, the transcendence of all worlds); but this is effectively just what we all conventionally understand death to be; a stasis, a complete loss of potentiality. can anyone explain this to me? they were all confusing but this one the most by far Post movies that are better than the book Someone wrote a book about you Where to go, now that /lit/ is getting shut down by DO4E? Did fart lover James Joyce only become famous because he is a white man?
I stopped reading Ulysses on page 4 because I thought it was gay What book fucked you up the most? Is this really truth /lit/? I thought you guys had templates? Explain yourself to myself please. Are you supposed to learn math if you start with the greeks? I'm afraid that I will be reading aristotle and pythagoras and only partially understand about the true meaning of their philosophies since I don't know the basics of the quadrivium Anyone know where I could find this? I'm thinking of writing my thesis on Turkish/Ottoman art. Also I guess we could do an Ottoman art thread? >casually mogs every other prose writer from the first half of the XX century
Bros, how did she do it?? What makes this book so great and controversial? What are your thoughts on Nobel winning author Kazuo Ishiguro? This book really revealed reality and truth to me. ITT /lit/ writes a book one post at a time hello /lit/izens. im inviting you to join me on my journey to read all of shakespeares plays. i will be reading the plays i
order of my copy of the complete works, one act per day.
today is day 1, and i am starting with reading the first part of king henry the sixth.
please feel free to read along, i will be sharing my thoughts and takeaways in this thread once i have done my reading for the day. Can you explain in a non-sexist way why women usually don't read philosophy? Books that will make me want to settle down and get married? Nothing major, just wanted to get more /lit/ and remembered this book from one of those meme charts way back. Was surprised that the only ebook version available is unreadable autoconvert crap.
There is a pdf online that's perfectly fine...but pdf. So I'm formatting the whole thing and will probably put it on libgen when I'm done.
Anyway this is the first time I'm ever editing or making an ebook, but so far it's just basic html. I'm using <p> instead of <br> for line breaks because I have much simpler control over all the various indents. Anybody here write their own epubs, any tips? I'm just using the calibre editor, tried sigil but the UI looks ugly. pic like this but for history books? ITT: Writers better than William Shakespeare
Even faggot Anglo writers are welcome. Please do the needful and offer critique Which works by Plato or Aristotle? Should I read Russel's history of western philosophy? What else? What books best discuss NPC phenomena? >"Anyone who reads this basically becomes a supervillain dude, it's truly, utterly horrid and immoral. It's literally banned by the federal prison system, that's how fucked up and evil this book is."
>it's actually just a bunch of gay historical anecdotes on seduction and stories about 16th century polticians being petty faggots
I want my fucking $20 back. What would she think about incels? >btfo's every other self-help book tell me your all time favorite book I'll go first:
>ONE of the greatest of all XX Let's have a civil discussion about evolutionary psychology ("evo psych" for short).
With so much basedscience behind it, is it verifiable or dogma?
Something like this seems like it'd have heavy implications on philosophy. What are they? so. if someone had a few erotica projects in the bag, where is the best place to get them up at. asking for a friend. kek
>
bonus points, if I mixed real plot, with an over the top erotica.
never intended to do much with them, now I'm
like... why not put them somewhere.
oops, I mean... where does my "friend" I'm asking for? Put them *chortle* suggestions? Is it actually a good book or is it just a pale imitation of the bible? Is this the return of /fitlit/?
>post /fitlit/ books itt I learned the word puerile recently.
Puerile [adjective]:
1. juvenile
2. childish, silly
Feel free to post words you like or learned recently. >Laetare Sunday edition
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previous >>24277989 The greatest writer of all time. None stand above him. >Got into writing
>Can't actually write about anything because everything that I want to write would require a visual medium more than literary one
>Can't change POVs
Writing fucking sucks. I wish I got into drawing instead. Now, I don't know what to do. First chapter, about 4500 words.
Critique it please. Anything goes for the critique, i need to tear off the band-aid somehow.
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Can somebody please tell me another way to post my work? >cyborgs are better than humans and nietzsche said whoever best shall win so we should side with cyborgs
it's fucking unbelievable to me that to say this basic idea he had to write hundreds of pages of nonsense bullshit about the capital being sentient and future building the past and other bullshit.
it's not even a convincing idea. why should I side with what's better and not myself? what a travesty. What was so controversial? Jesus got with a woman and had a child, big fucking deal. That still wouldn't change, if true, him being the son of God and being divine. Plus it's a fictional mystery thriller.
Why did the Vatican go apeshit again? It's good character design to give every character a tragic past as explanation of his current traumas? 
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Welcome to /Wbg/, the official thread for the discussion and development of fictional worlds and settings.
Here is where you can share the details of your created worlds such as lore, factions, magic systems, ecosystems and more. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art, either created by you or used as inspiration for your work. Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback!
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.
Last Thread: >>24243497 i have never read a book with a female author Color coordinated bookshelved are fucking atrocious. Do people seriously think this is aesthetically pleasing? /lit/'s thoughts on Alan Moore's Jerusalem? Looking for recommendations on a ESV Journal Bible. I have been looking for sometime, and I seem to find ones I may be interested in only to see people mentioning books or verses missing. Any one have solid recommendations for this? I want a journal one , NOT A STUDY one. To be able to write thoughts and or highlight anything that stands out to me. I want the plot (or lack thereof) of spice and wolf but in a soft sci-fi setting.
Slice of life, bumbling around, immersion focus. No hard science autism. No military bullshit.
Does it exist or do I have to write it? Post your stacks
For those unsure, a stack can be whatever you want it to be: books you’ve recently gotten, books you’ve recently read, books you like, books you want to reread, and so on
This pic is a bunch of my favorite books thrown together What did Hufflepuffs even do? What are their accomplishments in the lore? Were they just there to be jobbers? For me, it's Pilar's story about the village in For Whom the Bell Tolls. 
Post any good history books.
Are there any new or upcoming book releases you're especially looking forward to reading?
>John Ferling’s Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War
>In April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of Yankees awaited them. Despite an order to disperse, shots rang out. Militiamen were killed. The British continued marching, only to find even greater trouble in Concord and all the way down the road back to Boston. The Revolutionary War had begun.
>Ferling highlights underestimated pivotal moments to reveal why the British should have put down the rebellion within a couple years of fighting. As European rivals France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic entered the fray, Britain's problems grew, but after seven long years, the war's outcome remained very much in doubt. Ferling assesses military and civilian leaders, the choices they faced, and the political, tactical, and strategic decisions they made as the war raged in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Asia, and on the high seas, affecting peoples and countries miles from American soil.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211003940-shots-heard-round-the-world
Previous Thread: >>24254479 Any books that discuss the history of gender roles?
I am always hearing modern men say , "let me ask my wife" or "sorry the boss says no "
Did men in the 1880s in America have the same mind set or did they wear the pants
My guess is WW1 and 2 era is when men started simping and letting their wife decide things around the house
Books reccomendations or insight on this topic plz >Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs)
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Previous Thread: >>24285520 What's the shortest book you've ever read? I hate humanity and I'm ashamed of being human so I'm looking for books which argue against humanism, the ideology of human exceptionalism etc. Give me only the most anti-human books which prove that humanity is a blight upon this world I just went to download book from library genesis and when I clicked the download link it opened porn, it took multiple clicks to get the download working. What's your opinion on them using porn for monetization? I don't think I would recommend this shit to my mom now What's stopping me from reading trochaic verse with an iambic rhythm? The latter's more natural to the English language, so why shouldn't I? Hey, it’s your old pal Gaskun. It’s been awhile. How’s everyone doing? Still writing and reading lots? Just remembered it’s been ten years since I was posting from the gas shed. I’m still writing. About to finish novel #21 in the next few weeks and I’ll start another. (There’s another 5-6 on deck to be made) I’ve been submitting manuscripts to agents and publishers. Hope you do the same. Do what makes you happy. GPT/Claude seem pretty amazing when it comes to writing itself.
But one area that it's absolutely awful at, even the newest ones (like 4.5 or 3.7), supposedly bordering on sapience models are absolutely atrocious at book recommendations. They make massive errors regularly in a way they don't in really any other context.
You can say: "I want a novel set in the antebellum south where the primary focus of the book isn't on slavery" and it will list off 10 abolitionist novels. The more you try to refine "filter out things which include x" or "include things with y" the dumber and more confused it gets.
It may be the one thing it's actually the worst at compared to humans.
Do you think this is because the people they're trained on also really shit at reviewing/recommending books or is it that forming opinions about /lit/ are actually one of the most mentally complex tasks that exist? i’m a vegetarian, but i want to start eating meat again for purely selfish and hedonic reasons. i just crave the taste and texture basically. can anyone point me to an essay, pamphlet, or book that justifies meat eating so i can rationalize betraying my principles in pursuit of pleasure? >read up on Scientology
>unlocks latent psychic abilties
>have extensive plants in the IRS and justice department stealing evidence in the 70s
>secret compound in the middle of nowhere with 24/7 security, armed guards posted at walls with dogs and cameras
>infiltrated virtually every government organization
>media afraid to speak out against them
Holy fucking kino. What is essential scientologycore? Why don't more people read books on why Germans do it better?
Because objectively the Germans work twice as long as other people because they also work in their spare time.
Why don't more people learn about german productivity about 996. 9 to 9, 6 days a week. Biography recs for pol pot? Preferably something focused on the psychology behind the man $100 goes to whoever writes the best erotic gay scene featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a character. The winning submission will be read at the Governor's mansion in Tallahassee, Florida
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Does Physics 7.1 adequately prove the necessity of an unmoved mover?
>For let us suppose that this is not so and take the series to beinfinite. Let A then be moved by B, B by G, G by D, and so on, each memberof the series being moved by that which comes next to it.
>Then since exhypothesi the movent while causing motion is also itself in motion, andthe motion of the moved and the motion of the movent must proceed simultaneously(for the movent is causing motion and the moved is being moved simultaneously)it is evident that the respective motions of A, B, G, and each of the othermoved movents are simultaneous.
>Now let us further takethe time in which A has completed its motion, and let it be representedby K. Then since the motion of A is finite the time will also be finite.But since the movents and the things moved are infinite, the motion that is composed of all the individual motions, must beinfinite. For the motions of A, B, and the others may be equal, or themotions of the others may be greater: but assuming what is conceivable,we find that whether they are equal or some are greater, in both casesthe whole motion is infinite. And since the motion of A and that of eachof the others are simultaneous, the whole motion must occupy the same timeas the motion of A: but the time occupied by the motion of A is finite:consequently the motion will be infinite in a finite time, which isimpossible.
>But if (as we see to be universallythe case) that which primarily is moved locally and corporeally must beeither in contact with or continuous with that which moves it, the thingsmoved and the movents must be continuous or in contact with one another,so that together they all form a single unity: whether this unity is finiteor infinite makes no difference to our present argument; for in any casesince the things in motion are infinite in number the whole motion willbe infinite, if, as is theoretically possible, each motion is either equalto or greater than that which follows it in the series: for we shall takeas actual that which is theoretically possible.
>If, then, A, B, G, D forman infinite magnitude that passes through the motion EZHO in the finitetime K, this involves the conclusion that an infinite motion is passedthrough in a finite time: and whether the magnitude in question is finiteor infinite this is in either case impossible. Therefore the series mustcome to an end, and there must be a first movent and a first moved. Books that cure hangovers? What do you read when you're hungover >He dwelt in that azure land where silk ladders hang from balconies under the breath of flowers, in the light of the moon. So what's the best intro into arthurian literature? From what I can tell, most of the modern image of King Arthur was consolidated in Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur, but I've heard that book is boring as shit. Should I just bite the bullet or would I be better off going back earlier and reading the works of de Troyes and his peers or going for a more modern take like White's? >1950s /lit/
>apocalypse happens
>everyone works together and forms a Jeffersonian democracy barring one or two criminals
>contemporary /lit/
>apocalypse happens
>everyone immediately starts suiting up in spiked hockey pads and butchering each other for meat or sex slavery
Explain plz. Should I read this book after I watched the movies? >Death is what gives life meaning
Doesn't the opposite sentiment also ring true? That death renders all vanity as in Ecclesiastes?
I've read enough pessimism. It's shameful and unbecoming to abstain from joining in on this vain crusade against death. All life is really a losing campaign against decay, though there may be some dignity in putting up a fight instead of laying down to die. I have gazed into the abyss for far too long while others have danced happily along to this maddening waltz of futility. Where do I start reading more life-affirming philosophies? Should I read him? Is there anything of value in his writings? I'm studying eastern traditions, mainly buddhism and taoism, so I was wondering if reading him was worth it. Is Harrison Bergeron actually happening today? I feel like it Arcadian edition
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All Classical languages are welcome. Continetal philosophy chart
Does it exist? Does anyone has it? Any good continental philosophy reading guide?
Help me, bros What the fuck was this nigga on about? What's something I can read that's very immersive and will cheer me up and offer escapism from reality?
Something like Harry Potter where I can really sink in to the world and not have to worry about it ending soon I tip the cigarette ashes into the urn of my future
The ashes rise to the top and spill over and I light another
Piously puffing the sacred leaf of the native tribes
I am lifted into the air with its smoke, rising vaporous and swirling
Yellow fingers packing papers full of moist and fibrous brown
Tar fills the wingspan of my lungs and nicotine's sweet release is diffused throughout my body
No thoughts of quitting I want to get into one since I don't have time for novels. What's your favourite? There are a lot of novels about published writers, but are there any novels about a writer who is struggling to get published?
https://youtu.be/arykYmWEmr0 What are the pre-requisites before reading Schoppy's works?
I've read Plato and Aristotle when it comes to philosophy Madison from the interactive fiction, Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven. White woman good. Faggots bad. there is no greater delight than knowing that I didn't serve the species, I didn't have children. Nature didn't beat me, I beat her. >What Bowden gives in what I have read and seen, more than his celebrated learning and oratory, is a kind of shallow and memeable erudition. Reading him is like spending an hour with someone who has ADHD as they click through Wikipedia pages, interspersed with some fascist invective about the “moral syphilis” of liberalism or the “Jewish desire for power.” It’s the false erudition of the overconfident undergraduate, which must be a powerful stimulant in the otherwise barren pastures of the far right. Plus, there’s an edginess to it — he’s talking openly about figures like Evola and Savitri Devi alongside Oswald Mosley. Ultimately, he’s a grim symptom of a postliterate society. - John Merrick
Is he right?
Article: https://jacobin.com/2025/03/jonathan-bowden-british-alt-right what am I in for? im a few pages in 
Let me explain what I mean: pic related is one of Paganini's caprices for violin. Any violinist you met, if they could play this well, they'd be 99% guaranteed to be at least competent on their instrument and not crap out playing twinkle twinkle little star for instance. Same for any pianist who could play Rachmaninoff, and I'm sure the same extends to physical athletes in their fields.
Does literature work this way, is there any book or literary exercise where you can infer baseline qualities about someone based on what they've read or written? I'm not talking about character judgements, I'm addressing levels of ability. For instance, the person who was dedicated enough to practice Paganini all day is very unlikely to be attention deficit and chase cheap dopamine rushes all day in other aspects of their life. But we know not every discipline works this way, tech companies are famous for seeking those autists that are hypercompetent at it almost to the exclusion of everything else. Is literature similar?
Thanks. Is it really "just a story about rabbits" as Adams claims and not an exploration of different systems of government? >Writes a body horror short story
>Writes a dystopian novel
>Praised as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century
Am I missing something? Is the beauty of his language lost in translation?
Even Hemingway is often criticized for his simplicity, but I've only ever seen praise for Kafka. It's that time of the day ITT: lesser known 20th century literature you wish was more popular This book is not the atheist-version of the Bible. It's a gateway drug to Christcuckery. Don't read it unless you wanna become an unironic true believer later on (speaking from experience). What are some works of Literature to understand why Britain caved to Immigration. >I like to imagine the idea of pessimism as self-help.
What does he mean by this? I cannot find a copy of Orlovitz - Ice Never F anywhere (Anna's, libgen, zlib etc). Do you enjoy the books of James Ellroy? I enjoyed his autobiographical stuff the most
Libra by Don Delilo greatly influenced one of his trilogies Have you noticed that a person who read books consider himself more intelligent than an average human being. I do not know my IQ and I will not take an IQ test. finished reading this today, what did I think of it? where do I begin with Nietzsche? My review of Carlyle's history of the French Revolution: 'five sublime stars * * * * *, recommended to all /lit/ dwellers' — ᴀɴoɴ. Post descriptions of old, interesting tomes you've seen that impress you, particularly those which lack availability online. 
I fell for the meme as these books have been brought up a lot recently and the premise of a post scarcity society seems interesting.
I enjoyed the first book, and am almost finished with the second, but there has been a concerning trend, which I would like to ask you all about:
It seems like as the pages go on, he's getting more political and preachy. I also noticed that Reddit/booktubers seem to like his books more and more in direct proportion to this.
The post scarcity setting is compelling, the woke Neo-Con Trotskyite Whiggish "bro we'll just invade the middle east and turn them into feminists who can code - just like Japan+Korea!" politics of the period (discredited post Iraq and Afghanistan, also boring) is not. I don't mind the lgbt/trans stuff or that its vaguely marxist thing, it's pre irl culture war so its not super in your face like it would be if it were written today. But the Jeee dubahyew white knight imperialist ethos being endlessly repeated is getting on my nerves.
Does it get more and more like this, or no? What does he say about AI? how do people manage to read 50+ books in a year
wtf Anyone here read the throne of glass series? I am currently doing the tandem read of Empire of storms & Tower of Dawn. Thoughts so far.. I love this series. Very dynamic , and intriguing characters and world. To me it's like a way better game of thrones story line. Anyway I regret doing the tandem read. Prior to doing that, I was averaging one book about every week regardless of how long they were. Doing this tandem read, it has already been almost a month and I'm still not done. Worst part is, I asked my husbands opinion prior to doing it, he recommended I not do it. I proceed to do it anyway thinking it will be okay. IT IS NOT OKAY. Just ready to be done and get the last and final book of the series. Lets hope it has a better conclusion then game of thrones did. Once I complete this series, any other recommendations would be appreciated! Where do I start with Tory Anarchism? Any good book recs? Is anyone into the work of Bruce Wagner? Reading Charles Dickens novels during the victorian era/19th century would've been immensely more pleasurable experience than reading any book today. >Archilochus was involved in ancient warfare
>Cervantes was a soldier
>Tolstoy fought in the Crimean war
>Bunyan was a soldier
>Byron fought in the Greek war
>Melville was in the navy
>Celine fought in WW1
>Graves fought in WW1
>Tolkien fought in WW1
>Hemingway participated in a lot different wars, from WW1 to the Spanish Revolution
Guys, I'm starting to think one has to go to war in order to become truly inspired. if you are Latin American, Spaniard, Italian, Portuguese or German and want to read on National Socialism then read this. Written by a Chilean for Latino audiences. What advice does he offer to incels? So is he just a cuck? What would Houellebecq say about this story? 
