A good chunk of McCarthy's oeuvre was inspired by the life of the underage girl he snatched up and bummed in Mexico, all while doctoring her birth certificate and being on the run from the FBI.All while he had an established family with a son as old as she was.
>>23982202>on the run from the FBI.it was a simple misunderstanding. they thought she'd been kidnapped
>>23982202You couldn’t have posted on the 2 other threads on the first page talking about this exact same thing? Why create another? For what purpose?
>>23982295I always knew he was based
>>23982202And you tried to meme me into thinking he was a cuck. Turns out he’s based?! I’m gonna read Blood Meridian even harder now and spam it in every rec thread.
I've been posting pieces of this project sporadically here for years, but the bike novel's finally shaping up into a final draft. How's this excerpt looking?The novel is a day-by-day account of a cross-Canada bicycle journey between two friends told in person first present. It's basically a retelling of the same bike trip I did with my buddy in 2019. This scene appears about 1/3rd of the way into the novel. Themes include mental health, modern alienation, masculinity, and it explores existential themes arising from the character's shame and search for purpose in life. It's about the complexities of human connection in a disconnected world, and how new challenges and obstacles appear and repeat forever, giving us cause for hope and redemption. I'm going for a modern watered-down spin on Zen and the Art. Is the writing style palatable for a mass audience, or should I consider this more a niche project? Any feedback welcome — thanks for your guidance and encouragement so far.1/5
>>23981425Thanks man, yeah, LFA(dot)hunt at gmail.
>>23981113>should I consider this more a niche project?The pace is slow and it reads more like a diary, which means few people are going to be interested. Without a strong story and plot pushing things forward, you're not going to find a mass audience.
>>23981113I can't really speak for a mass audience but I think the style is good
Thanks guys, much appreciated!
Needs more sex and jokes. Zzzzz
>John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
>>23979985>everlasting life>you still have to die first tho tee heewhat a scam kek
>>23981085It could be that the stories are literal and follow a pattern that is found in Sufi, Kabbalah, etc. The gospels are beautiful and mysterious. I sometimes lose faith in believing them literally since everything seems to corrupt so quickly but then I read them and it feels absolutely true all over again.
>>23982232>nooo I want to be bound to material reality because.... something
>>23982264what you or I want is irrelevant
Do you believe a man can rise from the dead, /lit/?
>killing le women is bad bravo bolano that really needed 900+ pages
>>23978693TRVKEAnd the part of the critics is one of the more action packed parts of the book>>23980151Bolaño does a shit job with the critics. Pelletier and Espinoza are so indistinguishable from one another they have sex with the same woman. The characters are uninteresting 1 dimensional NPCs that he actively avoids giving any unique traits to. He had no idea what he was doing.>>23978711>>23980242>>23980314When you read actual good literature (e.g., Moby Dick, 100 Years of Solitude, The Brothers Karamazov) you will find them engrossing, beautifully written, and profound, unlike the unedited slop Bolaño wrote.
>>23981984>failed to name one
>>23981984>And the part of the critics is one of the more action packed parts of the bookwhy do you lie on the internet?
>>23981984>When you read actual good literature (e.g., Moby Dick, 100 Years of Solitude, The Brothers Karamazov) you will find them engrossing, beautifully written, and profound, unlike the unedited slop Bolaño wrote.I did read them, and I found them engrossing, beautifully written, and profound, just like this unedited masterpiece Bolaño wrote.
>>23978694>took the bait
are you patrician?>favorite prophet>favorite composer>favorite poet>favorite novelist>favorite philosopher>favorite playwright>favorite director>favorite painter>favorite architect
>>23982293He certainly lived up to his name.
>>23980589EzekielWagnerMiltonJoyceHegelShakespeareKeatonBrueghelRuskin
>>23980589Ok, but what about:>favorite podcast>favorite commodity>favorite porn tag>favorite brand>favorite youtuber>favorite politician>favorite tv show>favorite food>favorite drink>favorite rapper>favorite album
>>23982346The DeprogramOatsShotaSummit IceVideogamedunkeyDeng XiaopingToo Old to Die YoungSockeye salmonCoffeeN/ABack to Mono - Phil Spector, V/A
>>23980589>>favorite prophetIsaiah>>favorite composerGay>>favorite poetHomer>>favorite novelistGay>>favorite philosopherBerkeley>>favorite playwrightAeschylus>>favorite directorGayComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Any good philosophical books on fear? I've just read sickness unto death by kierkegaard and really really liked it, I sorta had the feeling of something inside of me unravelling while reading it, so is there perhaps something similar specifically on fear? I've been told to look into Epicurus, is that a good recommendation? Cheers.
>>23976263Weininger talks about fear in UEBER DIE LETZTE DINGE, particularly in the essay on science and its relation to culture and also in some of the aphorisms.
>>23980596>>23976263"There is a fear of open places which is fear of light, and which is had by the person who feels himself to be guilty, who does not stand before God.""That is also why superstition and fear go so closely together. There is no superstition that does not invoke fear, and no fear that is not superstitious. Fear, however, is always fear of losing one's individuality, of losing the connection with the absolute that is guaranteed only through the logical and ethical in his personality (through Kantian “reason”). With a little effort, one can derive from this generalschema of fear, the fear of death, fear of the doppelgänger, fear of women (which is merelythe feeling that a woman has no metaphysical reality, no existence), and fear of sin and insanity."
>>23980596I'm a huge fan of Weininger actually. Once you actually understand what he's saying he's so damn good. Any other recommendations?
>>23981354You have to get past the meme shit and the worthless /pol/ adjacent vermin that have swarmed around his work. Wish he didn't kill himself, he could have been one of the greats.
I'm bumping once more
What is the most profound statement that you have ever read? For me it’s pic related
>>23982343hardly profound. it's a popular mathematical truism.> I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable.> REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.> Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—> YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.> So we can believe the big ones?> YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.> They're not the same at all!> YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET… AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME… SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.> Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point?> MY POINT EXACTLY.
how can the native speakers of the spanish language ever recover from the harmful words of their singular muse?
>>23982227you will never get borges as a non spanish speaker
>>23982244>HEY I'M POOR TOO, LISTEN TO ME BROWNS, I AM ONE OF YOUsorry "hombre", the man's an anglo
>>23982253Borges spoke perfect English, yet he decided to write in Spanish
Borges said in that firing line interview that he preferred English to Spanish.
Challenge From Beyond edition>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_subject=sffg>Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffgPrevious Thread: >>23962354
>>23982051>Pic related: The reaction I get every time I talk about this series.it's literally the same anon every time, i don't why he hates zelazny so much lmao
>>23981736Just read, nigga. Don't constrain yourself to what you "should" be reading, pick up a book and finish it.
series where female mc wears bikini armor or something similarly lewd/skimpy for most of the book?
>Cnaiur is backThe MEGACHAD HIMSELF, the MOST BASED OF ALL MENSeries saved, God knows I was thinking of just dropping it after Proyas got the Prostate-Tickle and they killed... Jesus, Osama Bin Ladin, Squirtgun Zatoichi, Mentat Tony Montana, Moby Legolas Onlychild, Evil White Proyas, Mommy Tarhiel, Rudy Rhod Kissinger, and probably Sibuwal. One after another, it's been 3 chapters and every character I liked has died.But Cnaiur, Cnaiur can carry it. Please don't fucking kill him Bakker I have one book left, just let me have this. FUCK.
>>23982349i mean, hes only angry gay conan...
Fearsome Frights EditionWelcome 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?"Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>23950644Sound fun anon, really nice ideas on the combinations of elements.I would make humans being made up of roughly equal light and darkness parts.
>>23980392That's what I was thinking actually, great minds think alike I guess. What about other combos, got any thoughts there?
What's a good monster if I want a ravenous horde for the heroes to fight? Insects are too obvious. Maybe boars?
>>23977789>I use it to generate names.How exactly?
>>23982354If I want a Slavic name I ask it for a Slavic name, for example.
>and then count pidorov proposed natasha, but she is already engaged with count semenov! what will she do??how the fuck do you read this seriously. this shit feels like it was written for middle aged women.
>>23982276Andrzej Stawar (W&P) and Jan Cichocki (AK).
>>23979830>>23979667The dichotomy between soul and soulless, it isn't the author's job how you view things, now I haven't read war and peace but the opinion of >>23979667 has me alot more keen to read it, you can call every book ever melodramatic shit for women, at least it's not proust you fag, it's about how engaging you can make melodramatic old women shit, just admit you're filtered by the act of reading and go do whatever homo shit you do, watching sigma insta reels you pussy, enough of your attitude
>>23979837Demons, the true based niggers pick
>>23982284ok carry on. i presume none are gibberish like p&v. just note that you are reading their works, which are only as good as their writing. translation is restrictive which is damaging. to write well, to free up this restriction, you generally have to deviate which makes it a better work, fully naturalised, but further from the original. accuracy is a useless approach for literature, except for initial study of originals where you don't know the language but have some idea of how to interpret it to glean close meaning.
>>23982276I read it in russian
>(Wonderstruck, calls inaudibly.) Rudy!
>>23982215Just got chills seeing just these 4 words again. Joyce was a magician.
>>23982215It's almost like a reward for Bloom, isn't it? He's fought all day and has won, here at the end, so the book itself rewards him, with a last, tantalizing glimpse of his son, how he would look if he had lived to this day.
What are the best books on the topics of Neoplatonism and Hermeticism?
>>23982325the enneads, elements of theology and corpus hermeticum; just read from the sources
How can I get into modern art?
Is there a book explaining contemporary art? I'm talking about a book you would give to a kid or an adult without half of his brain.I get it a painter like Jeffrey Smart, Diego Rivera or a painting like my pic, but I don't get it Pollock or de Kooning.
>>23976131NTA, but I'm genuinely curious about what you're saying here. I understand (somewhat) that art like Rothko's is trying to eschew traditional symbols used to represent reality and is purposefully not trying to convey a specific meaning, but instead that the painting should be experienced on its own terms and begin a sort of dialogue between it and the viewer. That said, though, I feel absolutely nothing when I look at this picture. Maybe it's because I'm just looking at a jpg of it and not in person, but for me, it's the emotional equivalent of staring at a blank wall—it's not that I have such an abstract feeling about it that I can't articulate it, but it's so fundamentally nothing to me I struggle to understand why it's being looked at at all.Anyone else in the thread, can you share what you got out of it?
>>23976131>Art doesn't have to mean anything. It might, but it doesn't have to. If it provokes an emotional response, it works.glad to hear art is just a tool for more hedonismand money laundering
>>23976131Can you justify how a jew opinion is relevant for anything?
>>23982307>an object has made you upset that it calls itself art for multiple years>you can't tell it achieved its intended goal
Stephen Hawking argued in his book ‘The Grand Design’ that the laws of physics allow for the spontaneous creation of the universe. Where do you stand on this debate?
>>23982275>God created the great light in the same sense as he created animals, it can't be that he just moved the clouds to reveal sunlight. Besides, nowhere in Genesis is the creation of the sun or moon mentioned, the greater and lesser lights are their synonyms and this is backed up by every single commentator in antiquity.Yes, that doesn't change the point in any way. Verse 16 is parenthetical, it sets up how vv. 14-15, the setting up of lights in the firmament, were fulfilled. It's very relevant since those are the ultimate sources of the light. We get a parenthetical statement about how the celestial bodies were created (at some earlier point in time), since this fact is relevant as an offhand statement to tell the reader, and since the light coming from these celestial bodies was going to be allowed to shine in the firmament starting on the fourth day. As we see very plainly in Genesis 1:14-15, which is what you seem not to want to talk about, the light itself is explicitly what was actually set in the firmament. Of course, you left these verses out. But this is the antecedent for "they" in verse 17. This would be obvious to the reader who has read the passage in order and didn't artificially start in verse 16 for no real or apparent reason.Trying to quote verse 16-17 of this passage while leaving out 14-15 is similar, I must say, to how in Catholicism, they will often quote Matthew 16:18 and deliberately leave out verses 16-17, where the actual antecedent for "this rock" (i.e. the object of Peter's confession) is found. Trying to leave out the real antecedent of a statement since it doesn't suit your purposes is a trick that I would hope no one would use.
>>23982188>explanation of why the world, the universe, etc is what it is.science doesnt give an explanation of the universe.Atheism have turned science into a religion. You know how atheists say a bunch of deformed illiterate inbreds rolling in shit, beating their children and women anthropomorphized Nature when they said gods were an amalgamation of the base fears of early humans. Well since the day a few atheist bugmen created computers, they are saying the universe is like their high-school calculators too, but bigger lol. That's their big brain idea and that's how dumb atheists are lol.
>>23982288I didn't quote 1.14-15 because 1.16-17 is a specification which is more relevant to the discussion. It is not in a past time; there is nothing to indicate this, nor amy change in tense. What there is is a poetic structure where on the fourth day they repeat "to divide, to shine, to rule, to rule, to shine, to divide" which fits in to the greater symmetry of seven days.What is relevant about 1.14-1.15 is the subtle difference in "light", the light of 1.14 is light-source, מְאֹרֹת֙, the light in 1.15 is light in the greater context of "to shine light", as לִמְאוֹרֹת֙. The greater light and lesser light are within the weaker context of light, as הַמָּא֤וֹר, and so cpuldnt be prior to 1.14.
>>23975624"Things always happen causally except this one time at the beginning of time when the universe spontaneously started to exist but it was definitely not God guys anyway protect trans kids and go vote for Kamala Harris"
>>23975655It's a bit hard to believe in God when your religion revolves around envy and theft, I imagine.
