I compared it to ancient Greek literature and I just see the Hebrew Bible as totally devoid of empathy except in Genesis. The Greeks acknowledged and depicted the brutality of war but there is always a sense of the suffering that the losers have to go through, even when they’re the enemies of the Greeks. In the Hebrew Bible it’s just so psychopathic toward people the Jews are fighting and unrelentingly vindictive like, “blessed is he who smashes thy little ones’ heads against the stones.”
>>24741412>>24743367>you spiritual shekel grabberAnd I don't mean you, I mean anyone who is a 'good person' solely for glory in heaven.
>>2474309490% of the cause for this is faked internet propaganda, anti-semitism is an IQ test
>>24743366Christianity was spread by the sword after it became the official state ideology. For the hundreds of years prior to that, it was quite pacifist
>>24741293People always adopt values contrary to their character, jews made compassion the highest vertu because they are soulless sociopaths.
>>24741293must be the jews
I need some great history and historical fiction series. Thanks in advance.
>>24744076Wallersteins The Modern World System
>>24744076The Alexander Romance
>>24744076The one and only, Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Cadfael series
>>24744135Those are cool, I just ordered Will Durant’s Story of Civilisation. Have you tried it?
Thoughts on Sanskrit?
>>24743538DId it have an influence on Latin?
>>24743574Not to my knowledge, though I know the ancient Greeks and Romans did have contact with India.
>>24743518See picrel >>24742519More infos on the triangle?
>>24743849What on Earth does this even mean?
>>24743503unironically yesyoutube.com/watch?v=4qp_6q9Bds4
Whoever is seething saying the God Delusion is cringe just gets filtered by Dawkings apalling personality & has never read it. He goes into extravagent depth with citations on everything and visciously debunks Christianity & Islam with archeological, geological, historical & other scientific evidence from every applicable field possible to the point where it becomes as blatently fake as Mormonism. He also dives into the church organizations themselves & their history of horrendous corruption. You will come out a changed person when you see religions. They are nothing but cults. It's a must read.
>>24743124The lack of responses to this post is telling that atheist is just an anti-Abrahamic knee jerk ideology
>>24743111I am not impressed with secular morality and secular ethics.
Why don’t you also point out the fact that Dawkins admitted in an interview Fine Tuning is a solid argument for God.
>>24743124Least disingenuous 4chan comment, why lie like this?
>>24743111The question of wether God exists or not is completely irrelevant. America is the most ungodly place on earth and every American is an atheist in practice.
I'm hitting a point where having conversations with 99% of people can't really teach me anything, because I'm always way more informed on the topic than other people, and only resorting to increasingly obscure and esoteric authors can leave a dent on my world view. In fact, often reading isn't even helpful, and I have to theorize and research to make any progress. Has anyone else reached this point? Do you enjoy being at the cutting edge of whatever you study, or did you have more fun learning the basics?
>>24743830>I just talk about how I feel>m-muh Hitler felt guilty>m-muh Peterson said to cry>m-muh popper didn't du nuffin>m-muh fag theological studies>m-muh thinkin be hard n sheet>m-muh pol said I was red filled >m-muh I made it through pillpul academy>m-muh looky what happened to muh stirner>m-muh nick land be misunderstood >m-muh lookee at muh metaYou're both on the rag.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24744131I have no idea what you mean, to be honest. I just said I don't really discuss fields of study or authors.
>>24744156>fagcasters and cavetubeNever change op. Never fucking change.
>>24744160I get the impression I'm being schizoed on here
>>24744172>I don't discuss literature and authors on the lit board. Just my feelings.How would you know?
Hi again,few days ago i posted that i started getting into reading as a hobby and a form of self development despite how cringe that sounds.I read 5 books this year:Nietzsche's ZarathustraBlood MeridianNotes from the UndergroundHungerStrangerNow im trying to read pic related,Any thoughts or counter-recommendations?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24743819The other two I am planning to read next:Nausea by SartreThe Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
>>24743819>I want to develop some love toward being alone, living in solitude and being happy with myself, as im going through a painful period in my life.This is an error and you will regret it. Read Tolstoy, Chesterton and the Confessions of St Augustine. The Consolation of Philosophy perhaps also. Then volunteer at a homeless shelter or doing something for disabled kids, etc, where you can have direct and positive engage with other people. I assume that you're quite young, but you will sorely regret cultivating yourself into the kind of gloomy, aloof loner that you're aiming to be.
>>24744043Not OP but we end up regretting whatever we do.
>>24743819Nice choices. Read Sorrows of Young Werther (for keks), Stoner (for feels), and Tartar Steppe (for reevaluation).
>tell mom about Nick Land because she keeps saying ridiculous Elizabeth Warren-type shit like "we just need more regulators to fix capitalism">she tells everyone in the extended family that I'm a groyper, and she's devastatedDoes this happen in your neck of the woods?
>>24744027Go to bed, Nick.
>>24743456Tell her that groypers are based.When she asks "based on what?" you should laugh at her maniacally.
>>24743875God that would be fucking awful. I think he went to Austin which leans toward Rogan which is much much more kino.
>>24744117even worse its patrick bet david
>>24743456>Does this happen in your neck of the woods?No.All my mums are autonomist.
Welcome to /pg/, where we read, write, and discuss pulp fiction.No, not the Tarantino film, but the classic genre stories from early 20th-century magazines printed on cheap wood *pulp* paper. These tales offered thrills for the common man and let imaginations soar. Though the magazines are gone, the spirit lives on, and here at /pg/, we explore the worlds, characters, and stories they inspired. So come on in and join the discussion!READ PULP!- The Eldritch Dark: http://www.eldritchdark.com/- Luminist Archives - Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction: http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/- Luminist Archives - Fiction Magazines: http://www.luminist.org/archives/PU/- The Pulp Magazines Project: https://www.pulpmags.org- Project Gutenberg Sci-fi: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/68LISTEN TO PULP!- The Cybrarian’s Conan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmd1kGz5gLg - HorrorBabble's Clark Ashton Smith: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeNNKRLWxwoMd3hyVZOXrZKy3TJfeTxRd&si=pHdZhOqvZyZ4Zv2vComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24743969Indeed.
Nice to see the general is back. Are you one of the original anons from this thread?
>>24744091I posted replies in previous threads, but never contributed any work. I just copied the last thread because I want to discuss pulp.One of the works of a previous anon, "The Skull" popped into my mind in the shower a few nights ago, and I've been reading much Conan recently, so..
>>24744100When was the last thread made? A few months by now?
>>24744148Many months ago.Sadly it doesn't seem that there are that many people on /lit/ who are very keen on the pulps. The Sword & Sorcery / fantasy generals seem to do very well though.
Any books like this that are NOT the Audition book or Ryu Murakami?
>>24743246I attempted to earlier this year as a quick, easy read but fucking hell, the writing was infuriatng. I can see how it inspired Stephen King. And I could already tell the vampires were going to be used as an analogy for blacks and hispanics making LA a considerably worse place to live but "they've got feelings too!" I lost interest when he mentioned how he wanted to fuck a female vampire for the umpteenth time.
I read it years ago. I remember liking it. I could appreciate how it inspired the zombie genre.
The hotel staff, I think, considers us useless freeloaders who have come to America – land of honest laborers with crewcuts – to eat them out of house and home. I know all about this. Everyone bitched about parasites in the USSR too, bullshitted about how you had to be useful to society. In Russia the people who bitched were the ones who worked least. I've been a writer for ten years now. It's not my fault that neither state needs my labor. I do my work – where's my money? Both states bullshit about the justice of their systems, but where's my money?
>>24743773Was that the idea behind letting in the African ones?
>>24742314>an Israeli visa at a time when even actual jews were hard-pressed to get one of those
>>24731971>>24734025I've never heard this used, but it is funny. I would like us to use this in Britain but it would never catch on. How common is it to use this term for an American?
>>24744009Yes, retard, they left in 1974. Your graph proves my point
>>24738344:skull:
I have finished 0 novels this year. How do women manage to trudge thought so much slop.
>>24738488>Pick game you like>Pick similar book in theme>Read it while you play the gameWhat's so tough about it?
>>24738488If you can't finish a single novel then maybe you need to get better at deciding or learn to enjoy the parts that aren't easily enjoyable.
>>2473848890% of female slop is equivalent to porn. Consider how much easier it is to sit through a porn vid than it is to sit through an arthouse film
stop watching videos and playing games on your phone. You can still do whatever you want at home on the computer, but when in public, carry a book with you. An hour or two a day and you'll be finishing dozens of books each year.
Women read shitty dark romance novels the same way men watch porno or boxing matches. It isn't with the brain. It is with the loins. When you learn to read with your dick then you will become a true master of literature.
Are there any literary works worth reading from this region?I only know of Ibsen's plays and Andersen's tales.
>>24723585Good and (darkly) funny.
>>24723588literally the only scandibro who is worth reading
>>24733105How's Melancholia? I picked it up recently, have been wanting to read it
>>24723645Burnt-Njál's Saga is a genuine world classic. The rest of the big ones are pretty good too.
>>24723585Peter Wessel Zapffe
Fun With Math EditionStubbed >>24732394>What is /wng/ — Web Novel General?A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribblehub, Wattpad, Archive of Our Own, Spacebattles, HFY, various personal author websites, and more>Why read web novels?Not for prose or tight editing or deep themes, frankly. As a whole, web novels are infamous for content sprawl and pacing issues. If you enjoy having millions of words to sink your teeth into to get to know the world and characters, though, you may be interested. Keeping up with other readers on a weekly basis to discuss the story's events unfolding is another perk, in the same way discussing an ongoing TV show might be.>Why write web novels?Ease of access & potential for Patreon earnings. Many successful authors gain an audience on their website of choice and funnel their readers into a Patreon. See graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators/writing for an idea of what some are earning.Also, once an author has earned a fanbase, transitioning into an Amazon self-publishing career is several orders of magnitude easier than starting 'dry'.>Advice for Noobs!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24744095KINOINO
>>24740833Only if yuri.
>>24744095401*.Love to see it, anon
>Spent several weeks coming up with a unique world, magic system, characters, and plotlines.>Spent 4 days writing, and rewriting chapter 1 until I was happy.>Starts chapter 2 - blank page. Knows exactly what to write but don’t have the willpower to put words to page.>Second guess everything about my story, characters, writing style. Can’t shake the thought that I’m wasting my time and this is all hopeless.>Gets frustrated and starts pantsing a The Villain Wants to Live rip-off with zero planning and comes up with things on the fly.>Finished chapter 1 in a couple of hours and is now excited to continue the story while at work. Is super excited to see where the story goes.Oh, so this is how tropes and subgenres are born.Feels good not having to use your brain to write.
>Yet another melty Just what this thread needed.
What Redditors are saying about Honor Levy>holy fuck I wish I never read this>the worst people i know are excited about it>it’s astounding how poorly she writes>The one excerpt I saw is literally the worst thing I’ve ever read in my life>You couldn't waterboard me into reading a full book of that, Jesus ChristIs she our girl?
>>24743129Ok?
>>24743135You were all dying for this information, so I gave it to you. You're welcome. It's ok Honor, we know you are feeling a bit lonely in your appartment so you're looking for warmth on the internet as usual. You will be ok.
>>24737104This guy is fucked up on stimulants and is an incredibly odd character in general.
>>24739115gives what?
>>24744115It gives Pynchon. Most redditors don't have Pynchon so they're grateful when they receive it. That's why reddit likes her. I have a lot of Pynchon so I don't see the point of this generic e-girl jezebel slag if she isn't at least going to get her titties out.