sansa editionASOIAF wiki: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Main_PageBlog: https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/Old blog: https://grrm.livejournal.com/So Spake Martin (interviews): https://westeros.org/citadel/ssm/Book search: https://asearchoficeandfire.com/SSM search: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=006888510641072775866:vm4n1jrzsdyGeneral search: http://searcherr.work/TWOW samples: https://archive.org/details/411440566-the-winds-of-winter-released-chaptersold: >>24922194
WOW this thread is fucking shit
>>24950902Amber Heard is Visenya
>>24950986How does one find themselves a sexy spaniard seductress?
>>24950729I think they deleted it, fuck
THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MINIONS OF FEVRE RIVER
>If there is a danger, it lies in the Negro music and dancing that has been imported into Europe. This music has completely won over a whole section of the cultured population of Europe, to the point of real fanaticism. It is inconceivable that the incessant repetition of the Negroes’ physical gestures as they dance around their fetishes or that the constant sound of the syncopated rhythm of jazz bands should have no ideological effects.Was unc spittin fax here?
>>24951229Thank you. But it sounds so lovely.
>>24950893>“Ora è impossibile immaginare che la ripetizione continuata dei gesti fisici che i negri fanno intorno ai loro feticci danzando, che l’avere sempre nelle orecchie il ritmo sincopato degli jazz-bands, rimangano senza risultati ideologici;>a) si tratta di un fenomeno enormemente diffuso, che tocca milioni e milioni di persone, specialmente giovani;>b) si tratta di impressioni molto energiche e violente, cioè che lasciano tracce profonde e durature;>c) si tratta di fenomeni musicali, cioè di manifestazioni che si esprimono nel linguaggio più universale oggi esistente, nellinguaggio che più rapidamente comunica immagini e impressioni totali di una civiltà non solo estranea alla nostra, ma certamente meno complessa di quella asiatica, primitiva ed elementare, cioè facilmente assimilabile e generalizzabile dalla musica e dalla danza a tutto il mondo psichico”Here's the direct quote, found it in Roberto Franchini's "Gramsci e il jazz"
>>24950751This is retarded. The inclusion of strong and persistent rhythm doesn’t eliminate the capacity for melody and longer forms. Listen to the Black Saint for an example
>>24951168A small handful of rappers from the 90‘s genuinely lived the image you‘re projecting, as could be said for a handful of artists from any genre. The fact that this doesn‘t pertain to the vitality of the music nonwithstanding. Any rap you hear published today is either a media creation or some kid with a Soundcloud.
>>24951229This is just Middle Eastern music, brought to Southern Italy and Iberian Peninsula by Arabs.
>>24951318>>24951341I think also the use of bosom here makes even less sense in your definition, which isn't anatomical at all, it is used for phrases like, "his breast stirred within him ." In which case "breast" would be apt translation in some places, but certainly not "white breast" which doesn't accord with that poetic usage and makes it anatomical. And either way it surely wouldn't apply here since the word is being used to refer to physical characteristics and their transformation into the tree 's equivalent
>>24951337Scroll down to the third definition on that page. How would diaphrapgm or entrails make any sense in that line? Let's substitute them in McCarter's translation>as slender bark enfolds her supple diaphragm/entrailsAn internal membrane below her lungs or her intestines became bark? The rest of the passage is about visible changes to her hair, arms, and feet. Chest makes far more sense in the context, and McCarter herself is clearly is closer to that with 'torso', although 'chest' is probably better. In any case, my point was that she didn't understand that 'bosom' means 'chest' or 'breast' (in the older sense), so my point stands.
>>24951359It also says "stomach, midriff". I fear your point does not, in fact, stand>>24951341>>24951349
>>24951415My brother, chest/breast/bosom is a perfectly fine translation and most likely the correct one in context, I don't even really know what you're saying anymore. As I already pointed out, McCarter thought 'bosom' only meant 'breasts', she didn't understand that it also means 'chest'.
>>24947383Idk, anon won't just post Daphne so we can turn to the front and compare
Redpill me on Dr. William Pierce. Are his works worth reading?
>>24949104What.....go ask a scholar or sheikh. Come Join Islam Brother
>>24948069Oh hey, that post was me.>personally, i find it telling that in pierce's ideal world, two whole continents are rendered uninhabitableIIRC he had to basically write the last quarter or third of the book in quite a rush. Deadlines for a magazine or something like that.> i was told this was the work that radicalized timothy mcveigh.McVeigh came back with some anti-fed baggage from the Gulf War (among other things, he had personally witnessed the Highway of Death) and then was fully radicalized by the events of Waco and Ruby Ridge and had no real connection to white nationalism/white separatism/neo-nazism/etc. He had some association with the fringe right but mostly the anti-government flavor, though there were plenty of racialist armed groupd in that space as well. Pretty much all of those organizations went tits-up in the 90s when the FBI to start paying more attention to them, but sadly I have never found a decent treatment of this interesting and uniquely American cultural phenomenon.Ultimately my two cents, having looked into this quite a bit in the past, is mostly that he viewed the book similarly to how I outlined it - as a list of suggestions for effective acts of terrorism against the federal government, and that he picked the biggest one he thought he could manage. The connection and inspiration is undeniable but despite plenty of looking I've been unable to turn up any evidence that he associated in any significant way with racialist or "hate" groups.>i doubt it. it's just not good.As literature? It's adolescent at best. In a broader context, I find it fascinating.
>>24941203Hunter, was actually enjoyable as a B-grade paperback until the "preach" at the end. Viewed IN ITS TIME it was the first to do some things. PTSD among them. Its basically a modern serial killer novel before the modern tropes of such were hammered out. Hunter is *not* a manual for guerilla warfare, far from it. You don't learn how to make a silener though the MC makes on on a lathe. The concept of blowing up a building with explosive gas and a spark was novel enough in its time. An editor could have saved this book and made it consumable.T. actually read Hunter and Turner Diaries.
>>24941203none he was completely politically illiterate and his teenage isekai tier rahowa novel set the rw back a 100 years.
>>24949064Ancien France had institutionalized miscegenation in Haiti and was on the path to bringing its mulattos back to Europe before the Revolution and Napoleon disowned it.
>can't win over blacks>can't win over poorfags>outright enemies of blue collar workers>not taken seriously/ seen as useful idiots by their intellectually inferior middle class liberal pragmatic allies >can't/won't win over the armed forces>can't/won't win over the intelligence agencies>can't/won't win over the politicians>decent success rate with middle class children (dropped by junior yr), academics, homosexuals and trannys.Is there a book which explains how this leads to revolutionary success or should i just see all the le-science-of-hisory 2-more-weeksism from the past 200 years?
>>24951157No. Their means are capitalist, their structure and ends are communist. Read the Trotskyists.
>>24950519>>24950644>>24950906>>24950919Great posts. I declare this the official political economy and history thread.
>>24951160>their structure and ends areTHE EXACT SAME AS ANY IMPERIALISM. The bugaboo about the NWO and One World Government is real. The liberal capitalist elites have always wanted this, and the socialists, communists and anarchists found them out from the earliest days. Their alternative is to keep localized controls. Marxism is a stupid fantasy that was well funded and encouraged by capitalists only to create a Fabian like villain to obscure the actual revolutionary goal of All Power to the People (not their stupid political parties)Their structure is not specifically Marxist-Leninist, but whatever authoritarian system works, they will use it.The goal of the commune is in the fucking name and the origin of the word. Trotsky killed true socialists in the Black Army after they helped rid Ukraine of the White tzarists. He was a reactionary traitor.>>24951156They only have temporary success because all they have is the baffle with bullshit tactic
>>24950477>Is there a book which explains how this leads to revolutionary success or should i just see all the le-science-of-hisory 2-more-weeksism from the past 200 years?these ones, though i feel like most active communists would argue a crisis that could've causes revolution a hundred years ago would just cause further consolidation now. ironically there's not enough competition.
>>24950906How does Lenin get away with writing such banger books? I guess future communism will simply be the third world struggling for power until the struggle finally goes global
Any recc.s for non-fiction books that aren't just a biography, or a dull reference/history of x book?
>>24948190
>>24948190Athos, or the Mountain of the Monks by Athelstan Riley. An 1886 travelogue in which an uppercrust Englishman takes his Anglican bishop friend on a trip to Mount Athos and its orthodox community. The first 50 pages are competitively scamming his way through Europe (and he is defeated by Bulgarians) and then unending complaints about everything and being an awful person to everyone he meets. He has silver-pressed opium pills to give to annoying natives so they'll leave him alone, goes in great tirades about the 'natural indolence of the greek oriental', torments the weak and continually abuses his position. He even escapes Athos by lying and waving a letter around claiming the Ottoman Sultan gave it to him - he is duelling with Turks looking for bribes in this instance. I can take or leave his descriptions of the monasteries and the churches but just reading about him, his friend and his trip is hilarious. Genuinely funny. I read something similar from an 1830 source, a British lieutenant, who was polite, respectful and utterly unremembered. I think Athelstan is remembered on the peninsula to this day for being a dickhead.
>>24949420>>24949454>>24950235neat, will flick through on internetarchive, see if its worth getting a physical copy
A Night to Remember by Walter Lordhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44107395-a-night-to-remember
>What makes you think you're good enough to write a book?
>>24948669Typical heathead thing to say.Anyone can write a book. Is it good enough to be read is the decision others can make for themselves.
>>24951201Writing a book is a laborious exercise.To dedicate the effort, one must believe that it is worthwhile. Even if he leaves the final verdict to the reader.
>>24948669Wizard's First Rule being made into Legend of the Seeker forever convinced me that "good enough" doesn't matter.
>>24948669I've been at least half decent at almost everything I've ever tried. Basically, I'm not a retard.
>>24948669anons were talking about a short sentence, and how they couldn't purple/extend it poetically. I proffered my take on it, and everyone liked it. Two said "I'm using that!", that's when I knew I should be writing.
Talk about poems/poets you like, post your own work, and critique others.
>>24950982where were you going with this?
>>24951089>>24951129closer to the divine than u muhammed
Wrote this poem some while ago (printed in the last &). Would be interested in feedback/thoughts.
I hide small stones in the forgotten cornersCount the dust grains half heartedlyStill the certainty of sun and moon Offers some solace and measures the timeWell spent, lost forever
EverydayShowing up to the same jobHating itNo time offIrregular hoursTo hurry up and waitOn a payoff Never comingLost in shippingReorderedLost againTimeless waitingOn a gift Of it ending While they never pay himComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Who's up for a good ol' fashioned stack/recent cops thread?
>>24944155>Just bought someone's Mars collection on a whim. Do you live in Japan? Because a few days ago I lost these exact books on an action on Yahoo Auctions. I'm still salty.
I haven't opened most of these because I'm staying with my in-laws for a few weeks.The books wrapped up are Playwrights of Tomorrow 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13.The Japanese books was written by a local bookseller, and recommended by one of my favorites booksellers in the city. It dives into the world of second hand bookstores and how to run one of them. I'll read it with Google Translate.
>>24950784The Bible is the foundation to any serious reading program.
>>24950805This guy has a neo-vagina.
>>24945672>A book about the celebration of Jewish thinking is titled "To Life!">Jewish thought is defined by extinguishing the life of the people you stole land fromPottery
Ἁλικαρνασσόθεν edition>τὸ πρότερον νῆμα·>>24877858>Μέγα τὸ Ἑλληνιστί/Ῥωμαϊστί·https://mega dot nz/folder/FHdXFZ4A#mWgaKv4SeG-2Rx7iMZ6EKw>Mέγα τὸ ANE·https://mega dot nz/folder/YfsmFRxA#pz58Q6aTDkwn9Ot6G68NRg>Work in progress FAQhttps://rentry dot co/n8nrkoAll Classical languages are welcome.
>>24950523>Orberg was not the first to do margin notes, look at these other books by the same publisherDude google “nature method institute” right now. I’m familiar with Arthur Jensen’s work.>this is youNo. Totally different person. I came here spur of the moment assuming I wouldn’t get any French at all so it’s been a pleasant surprise.>>24950627It’s a website with a bunch of easy texts that gets posted here a lot>Looks great to meyou have discovered what I think scholars call “an opinion”>>24950633Thanks
>>24951059Looks great. Thanks for sharing. It can be read with google translate. The translation doesn't seem perfect but if you look at both the original and the translation even without knowing Portuguese you can sometimes guess what's going on. For example it translated "menina" to "little girl" which is confusing but when you see that it's one word in Portuguese it makes more sense.https://archive.org/details/paulo-roacutenai-curso-basico-de-latim-gradus-primusIt looks a little similar to these:https://archive.org/details/latinfortodayfir0000grayhttps://archive.org/details/Latin_method_Most_1stYearOxford Latin CourseCambridge Latin Coursebut maybe simpler and more succinct, which I like, so it's maybe better in my opinion.I like reading language textbooks in other languages, because you learn two languages at once. Here's one in German for Latin:https://libgen.li/edition.php?id=136898262
>>24951175>Dude google “nature method institute” right now. I’m familiar with Arthur Jensen’s work.I wasn't talking to you only, but to anyone reading the thread. Many people here think Orberg's books are one of a kind, when in fact there are almost identical books for other languages which came decades earlier, and the method overall is from the 19th century.>It’s a website with a bunch of easy texts that gets posted here a lotYeah I found it, but you said "side reader" which seemed to imply any of the multiple books in the Lingua Latina series which complement the main books.>you have discovered what I think scholars call “an opinion”There is a difference between a proposition and an argument. An opinion can be backed up with anything at all, or it can be just a statement/proposition with nothing whatsoever backing it up. I asked in order to get anything whatsoever backing it up.>ThanksThat link was bad. This is better, but not great either, there might be a higher quality download somewhere:https://annas-archive.org/md5/85af4a5d243cf0bab2be900c872b29e1
>>24951244>There is a difference between a proposition and an argument. An opinion can be backed up with anything at all, or it can be just a statement/proposition with nothing whatsoever backing it up. I asked in order to get anything whatsoever backing it up.none of this needed explanation retard
Every time I spend time focusing on extensive reading I feel like I make dramatic jumps in ability to just read a paragraph and lose a substantial amount of memorized grammar entirely, but the grammar becomes much easier to relearn. Very much a 2 steps forward, 1 step back feeling.
I like to read philosophy although I don't understand like 70% of what is written. Actually I like to read smart people, people with soulfulness, I like to learn the truth about reality even if I can't grasp it with most of the part.I'm currently reading Spengler's main work and it's good for the part I do understand.Thanks for reading my blog.
>>24949062same here. i'm retarded but i do absorb some of the good parts.
>>24949062Xenophon Memorabilia
A lot of modern shit doesn't make sense because it is based on falsehoods and degenerate passions. They key thing to know is that one does not gain understanding merely by "being smart," reading the opinions of others, and arguing. This only leads to sophistries. The key tools of the lover of true wisdom are fasting, vigils, prayer, meditation, breath prayers and mantras, and all other manner of askesis.The teachings of the greats, who get at least something essential right, such as Plato, Laotze, Aristotle, or Epicetus are accessible even to the unlearned and simple, but they are also deep beyond fathoming. Of course, the fullness of revelation dwells in a deeper gnosis held by those saints who grew closest to the Logos.
>>24951262>fasting, vigils, prayer, meditation, breath prayers and mantras, and all other manner of askesisSome of these are useful in moderation, some are mostly useless.Mysticism has never achieved anything of substance. In rare cases, it can be hijacked as a symbol for an external creed, but it can also lead a society to a coma.
>>24951262>fasting, vigils, prayer, meditation, breath prayers and mantras, and all other manner of askesisDont confuse conduct with what is conducive.>>24951294This anon is correct.
This book changed my life for the better
>>24946749I am circumcised and therefore not physically capable of pleasuring a woman, so unfortunately I will have to pass on this one
>>24948751who's gonna tell him
>>24951007>You argueeh? who's arguing? i'm not arguing, i'm telling. specifically, i'm telling you that you're weird. it's ok anon this site was basically invented as a holding pen for dysfunctional mouthbreathers who don't fit in to society. you are at home here. weirdo.>foidweirdo
>>24948842agree
>>24951346projecting?
>7 books completed>12 books behind schedule
>>24949373ngmi
>>24950372Same
>>24949373I TRIED SO HARDAND GOT SO FARBUT IN THE END IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER
>>24950171they are separate books but they only take a couple hours to read
>>24949384>Magic Tree House>9th grade
What the FUCK was Stephen King thinking?
>>24951345>not reallyYes, really. The next time you see or write something like that check to see if you can flip terms around. If they make just as much or more sense that way it's 100% certain it's retarded.
>>24950716>Why don't women ever run a train on a man?that would be cool.
>>24951353fuck off, pseud.this is just another "king bad" thread.we get these daily, *all* SK should be in ONE continent thread to limit the sprawl.
>>24951367>"sex can exist without horror, but horror usually not without sex">[calls person making fun of him for that a pseud]Projection.
>>24951345>not really.Yeah I came the first time I read Ben Drowned
Picrel is very interesting. I started it today and considering the level of technology- and bureaucracy and the accelerated development of AI, this seems to be super relevant. Note that I don’t have a stem background and wasn’t interested in it for most of my life. But now I’m hooked.What books develop these or similar themes further?
