if you don't own this in 2025, you don't love literature.
why are the screens all so small tho? my 11 inch ipad is kinda too small for some econ textbook pdfs, finna get a 13 incher. 6 inch ereader too small.
>>24976446get some glasses boomer
>>24966046I use a Kindle Fire so I can play Candy Crush between chapters.
>>24966640I still use my kobo libra h20 that I got ~5 years ago and it's working fine. I really like page turn buttons and the kindle oasis seems to have a horrible battery from what I've heard so I went with the kobo. Seems I made the right choice, see >>24966143
>>24976446I have a 10.7 inch screen, and it's basically the perfect size. What are you trying to do that you need 12+?
literature that helps you come to terms with the life you lived ( and regretted )I am in extreme distress because I grew very old and dont have a wife and family that I always wanted. Need some books to help me cope with the missed opportunities in my life
>>24968459Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
>>24976327notice those are both confucian elder prioritizing cultures, in the west everything is youth oriented. just shows artists "productive ages" is a social construct of the culture
>>24968459It is no use beating yourself up over it. It is ok. Try to move on in your own way.Many neets are actually abused and traumatized, so I recommend you read literature on PTSD and self love.
Just become a villain. >i have no wifeSo rape one>i dont have this or thatJust steal it>I wasted my lifeSo you have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You're truly free.Might is Right by Ragnar Redbeard is the truth you need to stop being a faggot.But I don't think youre looking for a book of strength. You're looking for a second mommy to nurse you because youre a weak cunt.
>>24976622Increasingly looking like this may be the only option desu.
one of those books you immediately start re-reading once you get to the end
>>24976417A criticism I have is that, much like most Latin American literature, it isn't very subtle.
>>24976417So many sections, I couldn’t choose just one. I love how he doesn’t hit you over the head with symbolism/themes either. He’s a lot more subtle or “graceful” about it.
>>24976028Basado
>>24976283brown retard
>>24976637kys
My sin, my soul. Leo-a-Ter. The taste of his name is a slick, sweet poison on my tongue.He was Leo, and before I ruined him, he was just a boy. But to me, from the very first instant I saw him through the slats of my blinds, he was a living provocation, a masterpiece of adolescent carnality waiting for my corrupting touch.My name is Dr. Eva Clay. I am, by profession, a scholar of French decadent poetry. By nature, I am a predator in tasteful clothing. I had arrived in the affluent Chicago suburb of Highland Park that stifling summer, a temporary lecturer at Northwestern, and found lodging in a guesthouse rental advertised by one Charlotte Hayes. The photograph online showed a quaint carriage house with a key feature the listing failed to mention: a direct, unimpeded view into the main house’s second-floor bathroom and the bedroom just beside it.I met Charlotte first—a woman in her late thirties, her desperation masked by Lululemon and La Mer. She was all bright, vacant smiles, a walking vacancy sign. She spoke of her late husband and her son, Leo, with a cloying possessiveness that made my skin crawl.“He’s at soccer camp this week,” she chirped, leading me through the sterile perfection of her home. “Thirteen going on thirty. All hormones and attitude. You’ll see.”I saw. Oh, God, did I see.It was my first night. The air was thick and humid. I was arranging my books on the shelf, my body thrumming with a restless energy, when movement in the lit window across the lawn caught my eye. It was him. Leo. Shirtless, standing in his bedroom. The angle was perfect, a cinematic gift. He was pulling a white t-shirt over his head, and for a breathtaking moment, his torso was exposed in the golden square of the window. His chest was still smooth, the faintest suggestion of pectoral shape, leading down to a flat, tight stomach. A trail of dark, downy hair began at his navel and disappeared into the low waistband of his athletic shorts. He was all lean, taut muscle and unselfconscious grace. He scratched his side, his fingers tracing the delicate cage of his ribs, and the casual intimacy of the gesture sent a bolt of pure, undiluted lust straight through me. I stood frozen, a voyeur in the dark, my breath fogging the glass of my own window.This was no ordinary boy. This was a nymphet—a faunlet. A creature of sublime, obscene beauty, utterly unaware of the power he wielded.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24965018Tampa
>>24969171I never posted it anywhere, I'm vanillanut on discord though, I can send you the rest when I write it. Though it needs lots of refinement so it'll be a while...
>>24965018>Leo-a-Ter
Deeply degenerate thread
>>24965223How am I simultaneously disturbed and turned on?
Talk about poems/poets you like, post your own work, and critique others.
There's a racist element To my broque skyIf you - of your likeHappen on my worldOf falling-umbreTrialsWould you Being what you are -Stay alive?Would you drink The wormwood, baby?Or baby-cry?
>>24976020?It's a thick collected poems set.
>>24951252beautiful. it breaks dichotomy and rules and spins a freeform narrative, i really like it
Poetry is gay. Everyone who likes poetry is gay. Everyone who writes poetry is gay. You're all gay.
>>24976614I'm actually gay how did you know?
KINOOOOOKINOOOOO ALEEEERT!!!!
spice level?
>>24972432this originally appeared on Kuro5hin.org, and is worth a read or two.
>>24972427And it Begins....Keep away Wendigooners
>>24972427the kid stuff was kinda gross tho
>>24976589shut up or we will lock you in your own private virtual reality
where is he now?
Is there a point in reading classical works about formal sciences and natural sciences? I'm looking at western canon lists and there's stuff like Euclid, Archimedes, Hippocrates, Copernicus, Newton, etc., but I don't get why people other than historians should bother with all of this. It's mostly outdated and any school textbook seems like a better choice.
>>24973077I have read Galen’s on natural faculties and while it’s not the most exciting it does in fact have some tangential value to philosophy. The goal of the book is to disprove atomist (materialist) takes on the nature of the body espoused by men like Epicurus and Asclepiades of Bithynia by proving a form of intelligent design ie that all body parts serve a purpose specific to them and this proves Being as opposed to atomists who claim many organs serve no purpose and that they were created at random.So Galen does tangentially relate to philosophers like Epicurus and some of the presocratics. His treatise is intended to espouse a Platonist point
>>24975825what about tailbonewhat did galen said about tailbone
>>24975863Idk what Galen said about it, but it's retarded to think it serves no purpose, there's plenty of muscles attached to it. It literally holds your asshole in place.
>>24975863>>24975875Non-shitpost response: the treaty is mainly centered on the kidneys as Asclepiades of Bithynia taught that urine is actually a gaseous vapor inside the body and the atoms rearrange as urine in the bladder meaning the kidneys serve no purpose at all in his schema which Galen refutes
Whats a good history of science besides picrel?
Hobbes was fucking evil and fucked up everything prove me wrong.
>>24975909>inb4 "cuck, you're not grinding and making MONEY and getting STATUS and engaging in sterile fornication with harlots like us so you're a loser."
>>24975945The amount of self-worth and effort many men invest in their ability to get harlots to rut with them like brutes is truly astounding. And of course, before fornicating, these licentious harlots always make sure that they are infertile; yet even if they did conceive from such unions they would surely murder the child in the womb. And men build their lives around this sort of validation.
>>24975882Read Strauss + the Greeks. Nothing but the maggotized mindset of a modern you’ve expressed.
>>24975236He's right. After you read Leviathan and really understand what Hobbes was getting at, you will realize it is the same as the sin of Cain and Lamech
>>24975902>posted from: the world
"Kwanzaa" EditionPrevious: >>24964299/wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQRESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvCPlease limit excerpts to one post.Give advice as much as you receive it to the best of your ability.Follow prompts made below and discuss written works for practice; contribute and you shall receive.If you have not performed a cursory proofread, do not expect to be treated kindly. Edit your work for spelling and grammar before posting.Violent shills, relentless shill-spammers, and grounds keeping prose, should be ignored and reported.(And maybe double-space your WIPs to allow edits if you want 'em.)Simple guides on writing:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
acronyms are a pain in the ass. I shouldn't have changed my book's title so the initials would be WTF. "Welcome to [setting name starting with F]" sounds like shit, and now I feel like I need to make the subtitle an abbreviation too
>>24975213Doesn't internecine mean damaging to both sides in a conflict? Like MAD or scorched earth? Infighting or that word for when a whole coop of chickens peck each other to death might be a better match
>>24976113Delusional. Your book is never going to be popular enough or discussed enough to be abbreviated for that to matter.
>>24975994>If your work is any of this, I shan't be reading, simple as.Filter working as intended
>>24976552>Heh I suck on purposeYou sure showed that guy.
Just crossed the halfway point of this novel (~300 pages), and as much as I enjoy Murakami, this one is kinda weak. Anyone here a fan of it or have any thoughts? Is it worth continuing with? Or should I pack it in and start reading the next book on my list instead?
>>24975158Commendatore dies in the end
>>24975190hey! >:(
>>24975186> Tanizaki or Kawabata Recommendations for those two?And why does it have to be either/or? I don't read Murakami to learn the essence of the Japanese spirit or whatever. His novels are entertaining and highly imaginative.
>>24975471Half joking, I just think Murakami is pop lit that's way overhyped. Not you specifically, but many people pick him up with a sort of "ethnic studies" mindset: "I want to get a NON-western view of art and philosophy." Which Murakami simply does not actually provide. He's basically seen as a foreign artist by native Japanese.For Kawabata I'd recommend 雪国 and 山の音. For Tanizaki I'd recommend 蓼喰う蟲 and 細雪
>>24975490Thanks
Hey guys, pls rate the start of my military sci-fi novel
>>24974326As long as I get a chance as the reader insert to smell and lick Stanton's sweaty body after she's stripped out of her flight suit.
>>24974326This is terrible and you've never served
>>24974326Zoomer writing is well on track of rivaling Millennial writing.
>>24974838Why would they need a brand name if they are the only alcohol business???
I was ait
I'm visiting a bookstore today. What book should I buy?
>>24974387
>>24974387A Garfield bookmark.
Hey guys, I'm from /tv/ and wanted to talk to you guys about the best translation for the odyssey to read before I watch the movie. Do I also need to read the illiad as well or can I skip that one, I've heard its sort of a prequel but surely isn't that important if they're not making a movie of it. I've done a a bit of digging and heard that Fitzgerald, Wilson and Fagles are among the best translations but wanted to know what you guys think. I know these might be stupid questions but please go easy on me guys, I don't really read books with translations (or books in general) but wanted to give it a shot.
>>24975070Assuming that I am not being baited by le epic retardation: use the catalog, nigger. >>24973023
>>24975589Thank you anon. I made the other thread then saw this and was like what dumb nigger made a whole new thread instead of just using a perfectly fine one.
>>24975070Fagles or nothing
>>24975489Lattimore for accuracy, so you can properly understand what's being said.Fitzgerald for the poetic experience, so you can appreciate it after you understand it.
I recently heard someone describe Green's translation as "the modern revision of Lattimore's more faithful translation of the Illiad". Any anons able to confirm or deny the validity of this claim? I wanted to like Lattimore but he has some real odd word choices here and there that really pull me out of it. I want to read something a little more faithful to the original Greek text before reading a more poetic version that takes artistic liberties.
ruins edition 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.Old thread: >>24868365
you people ever find a map done in a style you like and try to use roads, building-squares, lettering, etc, in your own map, ie duplicating the style? is there a handy program or way to use basic image elements like road segments, color palette of the map, etc, but repeat them in your own map, but in a quick / usable way, as if they were keystrokes or toolbrushes in mspaint?
>>24974395No.
>>24970029When creating supers settings, like my latest project, what are some possibilities for where supers get the energy they need to break physics as we know it? I don’t want them all to be solar-powered like picture related.
>>24975773I am assuming if you are writing such a thing you read comics or at least consume comic related media. There are hundreds of examples to draw inspiration from.Hell you could just spend a few hours on super power wiki or some superhero related wiki until something grabs your imagination. Try not to rely on this thread to generate ideas or create the fundamentals for you.
>>24970377Homo sapiens and neanderthals lived at the same time and they interbred. Denisovans are thought to have lived at the same time too.Homo sapiens and homo floriensis may have overlapped too.We also overlapped with homo erectus I think.A mountain troll might look humanoid, but doesn't have to be. Chimpanzees are somewhat humanoid, but obviously aren't like humans.
