Post your favs, please.
>>24690932tang dynasty poetry. but also the nine sorrows or whatever that piece from the chu ci is called, since that's the inaugural autumn poem of the chinese tradition.
>>24690932maybe not really comfy but doesn't get more autumnal than him
>>24693263They don’t get autumn in the orient. It just gets cold, so bodies of water freeze up. Then you can dig out the frozen clams and boil them in noodles with a cream made of water buffalo milk. They call it Chow Maine.
>>24690932Next month I'm re-reading Sleepy Hollow.
I re-read Lord of the Rings every year in November
Chud bros, do you have other books in this vein that let one endlessly prepare for 'actual' reading? I vaguely recall some /lit/ book chart that had a bunch of books on deep reading or some such.
>>24695230If it were just making up for bad education it would put in a few books like How To Make It Stick and some intellectual histories. Grammar and rhetoric are 100% a meme, totally unnecessary for anyone but specialists, and formal logic is useful but way more than a beginner needs. Its more larping about le ancient wisdom instead of anything that gets results. T. Has actually done this shit.
>>24695281I gave specific examples
>>24692711what's so great about this book?
>>24695281>Grammar and rhetoric are 100% a memeThis statement sums up /lit/.
>>24690184This book is fucking fire and extremely valuable. People meme on it but these charts alone made coming to this shithole worth it. It’s absurd that such a place houses the best guides and paths for people curious.
So, I've been writing a novel for a while. It focuses on a group of individuals that all have unique powers (inspired by Heroes) based on human body functions, I.E. one person is able to regulate the surrounding temperature because the human body can do that too. The issue I have is that I've tried to create a female character that has the ability to I control gas. My editor basically says that I've created a fart fetish character but the concept never entered my mind. How would I write this power set without it looking like fetish content?
>>24693118maybe only oxygen present in water so she kills fish , this will limit the use of the power
Make her indian race and let the "gas" power also work on evaporated odors and scents, not only farts.
The existence of brapomancy implicates the existence of sweatomantry, pissomantry, and doubtlessly scatomantics. I trust the author will be including this for the sake of grounded and sincere worldbuilding.
>>24693052Well let me ask you this: how am I supposed to interpret "the ability to control gas" as anything other than farting?>>24693090Have you tried not using the term "gas"? Why are you so insistent on using that term? What "gas" is she controlling exactly?
Give us answers
>guy uses a specific term to refer to a widely known philosophical principle >never heard it before>look it up >is only used by one author and nobody else ever
>>24693839because there's already a commonly used phrase to describe it. the motivation behind using it is pretentiousness either by you or your puppeteer. i will not be a canvas for your delusions of grandeur or your ignorance, whichever you choose to employ.
>>24693869You are exhibiting all the hallmarks of a bonedeep Glaensis.
>>24693869Did you read what I wrote? The point is that, that "commonly used phrase to describe it" didn't touch you, no matter how much you read or know or understand about it. That commonly used phrase is not what you feel, it looks similar but carries no weight for (You), I'm not saying the phrase used to describe the concept is wrong, but that another person writes about it in a way that gives form to what you feel, so you accept that name, and you share it, not because of pretentiousness, which is sad that you think would be the only reasonBut because by using it with others you expect another to relate, to understand that you use that name because you're telling the other person "do you see it like that, too?"That's just one other possibility for that to happen.Pretentiousness is a valid reason tooIm sure we can think of tons of othersI'm just curious why you think that one of many is the right one that applies, enough to think it's "obvious"
>>24693839if its niche, its on you to provide the context
Don’t debate philosophy with people unless you’ve accumulated the sum of all human knowledge.I’d start with Garfield.
>writes a scene in his book about childrens having a gangbang
>>24694865Literally how is he not in federal prison yet?
>>24695536Every single one of that BAP/Moldbug/Thielian crowd are freaks. They're not guardians of Tradition, they want to use it as a skinsuit to promote their own perverted agenda. They may be useful for now but actual rignt-wingers should keep in mind that they're not viable allies long-term.
>>24694888Link?
>>24694865That's not all>Writes the scene from the point of the girl and describes six dicks and what they doAn weird, almost homoerotic, attraction to boys aged 10-12, not even in puberty, permeates almost all of King's books. >At least one unnecessary and out of place sexual detail about a boy between 10-12 in a book>Weird pairs of an older man, young boy>Young boys are often the subject of violence
>>24695753https://x.com/i/status/1945107938307092765
Let's be clear: anyone who discusses GR in terms of 'plot,' 'themes of paranoia,' or 'character arcs' has fundamentally failed the test the book sets for you. You're trying to use a city map to navigate the open ocean.The book is not a narrative; it's a cognitive payload delivery system. Its purpose is not to be understood in the conventional sense of assembling a coherent story. Its purpose is to simulate, at a neurological level, the experience of living within a totalizing, incomprehensible system of information—to induce the state of apophenia and intellectual vertigo that defines the post-war consciousness.Pynchon bombards you with acronyms, equations, historical detritus, and obscene limericks not for you to meticulously decode and file away, but to overload your analytical faculties. He is forcing your brain to abandon its search for linear causality. The text itself is the Zone. It's an environment, not a story.The book is a filter. Not for intelligence, but for a specific kind of intellectual vanity—the need to solve, to map, to declare mastery over a text. The moment you pull out a character chart or a plot summary, you have been successfully 'filtered'. You've chosen the map over the territory. The true reading of the book is the experience of being lost within it.So, the question isn't "what does it mean?" The real question is: at what point during your reading did you abandon the pretense of analytical observation and simply surrender to the data stream? Or are you still LARPing as a literary critic, trying to connect dots that were designed to remain scattered?
>>24694447>The book is not a narrative; it's a cognitive payload delivery system.My coworkers would laugh at me if I said this IRL.
>>24694479Blood meridian is a filter for cognitive intelligence. It's one of the clearest examples of a book of that sort, post-Kafka
>>24695787Did not expect an effort post from a BM shitpost on a GR thread. Maybe not a real effort post in your point of view, since you just read/understood the book. But appreciated nonetheless. Thank you!
>>24694447Nice post. Your thoughts on the dodo bird hunting part?
>>24695787What about that do you think is metafictional?
Suicide isn't some pathetic failure like people make it out to be, it's the last act where you actually take control of your existence. Améry nailed it when he said it's a refusal of the logic of life, the bullshit script that says you have to keep enduring no matter how degraded or meaningless things get. Choosing to die on your own terms is the ultimate "No" to a world that never asked if you wanted to be here in the first place. You're not sick, you're not broken, you're exercising the only real freedom that can't be stripped from you: the freedom to say enough. Whether it's disgust with life itself, the crushing weight of failure, or just the nausea of being, suicide is a way of reclaiming dignity when everything else feels like humiliation. It's authenticity distilled, the one moment where you stop lying to yourself, stop playing along with society's survival-at-all-costs game and declare "This life doesn't get to own me".
>>24695331I disagree
>>24695331A lot of words to deny the obvious: you're committing suicide because you failed. I have recurring suicidal thoughts, and it's nothing other than my own doing. If I were a normal person, a functioning human being, I wouldn't have thought about it. You commit suicide when you no longer want to deal with the pain; trying to sugarcoat it as an act of rebellion is ridiculous. No one would want to take their own life if they hadn't failed at it.
>>24695651anon, go get help. seriously. talk to somebody.
>>24695651You're missing the point anon. Yeah failure and pain are part of it no one denies that but reducing suicide to "lol you failed" is just lazy thinking. Everyone fails, everyone suffers, but not everyone makes the leap. The difference is that suicide isn't just running from pain, it's a conscious choice to say "fuck this game" and step off the board entirely. It's stripping away the bullshit explanations society slaps on you ("sick", "broken" "not normal"). Why should I be forced to keep dragging on in a life I see as worthless or humiliating just because "normal" people do? The act itself is freedom, it's the one thing no one can take from you, the right to say no when everything else is ripped away. Calling it failure is just society's way of pretending they still own you when, in that moment, they don't
>>24695331Very basedBut this is nothing new. Stoics have said that the door is always open. Banning suicide is a neurosis which Jewish religions have imposed upon man kind from 2000 years. Suicide is always an option.
Yet Another Xianxia EditionStubbed >>24691477>What is 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.
>>24695859But endings don't excite me. They don't give me ideas. They're not something I'm looking forward to.
>>24695794Oh don't worry, mine isn't even a litrpg. It was a funny coincidence.
>>24695875If the ending doesn't excite you, why should it excite the reader?
>>24695859not terrible advice but lots of excellent stories start with a great premise, not with a great ending. and following that great premise up is the hard part
>>24695877It shouldn't excite the reader either. All endings suck, no exceptions. Endings are only good if you are forced to read the story.
Is The Wheel of Time worth reading?How self-contained are the books?Does the story really needed all those books to be told?
>>24694182It’s not. I abandoned it as a fantasy reading teen. Means it had to be quite bad. It wasn’t even done at the time but I could sense it was going nowhere. I’d rather re-read Belgarion or Magician.
>>24694378>>24694385Is it as bad as that Ghibli film?
>>24695793The Ghibli film wasn't even that bad but yes the book is completely different.
>>24695796Cool, I might give it a chance down the line.I did see this version on Amazon that caught my attention:https://www.amazon.com.br/Books-Earthsea-Complete-Illustrated/dp/1481465589?
>>24694182Is it worth reading? It is worth reading if you are looking for a long fantasy series that doesnt deviate from the comfort zone too much while still being individual and interesting, and with a large cast of characters that grow on you over time. Otherwise, skip it.Are they self contained? It is a series my dude.Does it need that many books? Definitely not.
meereenese throne 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: >>24667075
>>24695148"The dawn is coming"
>>24695148"Jon's a secret Targ"
>>24695148“Lightbringer”
>>24695148"Trans rights are human rights*
>>24695148"We are the Dawn"
Post your charts and guides with recommendations and reading order, all cores welcome.
>>24693945>muh late capitalismNot capitalism leftist modernist managerial totalitarianism also you should be dog food or by rape slave
>>24693933Any /sci-lit/fags here have a chart on mathematical logic?
I’d like to read the Bible. Is there a recommended annotated version or reading guide? Planning a careful read, but not a serious deep dive.
>>24694185Is there a guide to Emil Durkheim?
Hello, I've come up with a system, but I'm not in the academia of philosophy, what should I do to "post" my writing and let it be known that some things are this way? I want to specifically be remembered for my works, even if as a small little guy.
>>24691883Why the lol? I'm not going to dox myself.>>24692361I didn't say I'm descarted, but I clearly have stumbled upon something useful to future thought.
>>24688119If it's really worth anything, it will be remembered. Post it here and we can judge it. Realistically, and I hope you understand why, it won't be as good as you think. But that's better to know sooner than later, in case you can improve, right?
>>24692684Wdym dox yourself, retard we can’t see your posts on porn boards. That’s assuming anyone would care to dox you. What is your philosophical contribution? In summary? Is it a novel, minute, reading of some argument of a previous philosopher? Send it to a journal. Are you claiming to have systematized an entire philosophy? Tell us what it is for the lolz
>>24688119> I want to specifically be remembered for my works Is that you Narcissus? Stroking your pecker to the dream of being something.
>>24694068>Wdym dox yourselfThis just means he plans to name his philosophy after himself…..a sheer genius plan
And tips on learning to read while being surrounded my noise and distractions, especially at home?
once the earplugs go in i feel so comfy i think we're surrounded by more noise than we realize even sleep more soundly with themtoo bad they hurt after a few mins since they're hard silicone and i can't into the foam ones that you roll and put in the ear sometimes the plugs does a little too deep and smushes the ear wax in or something and i kinda get half deaf in one ear for a few days it's like i just bought few more days of semi comfyness
>>24694117>meme-oit's notI used to use it daily for my work
>>24694117>meme-oSo you've never used them? They're the best solution. Very important if one lives around noise pollution
>>24694117>meme-oyeah man, it's a meme, just get yourself a fuck-o noise machine and make that bitch rev as loud as you can. Plug yo shit and blast yo self with CIA-beam noise playa. What are you afraid of, police? can't a white boy read a lil over some Aryan tunes?
White Noise by Don Delilo-and-stitch
I read it as a kid in the 90s. Remember actually really liking it. The beginning described a sort of mythological cosmogenesis and I vaguely recall there being a description of how Lin Kuei warriors trained.
>>24695761That song was from a promotional CD for the first game, but yeah, the soundtrack to '95 kicked ass. Johnny Cage vs Scorpion to Fear Factory was kino few movies have matched.
>>24695769The track for Liu Kang vs. Reptile was fucking great, too.
I read Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and the bitter blood feud between Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus and Tullus Aufidius, reminded me of Subzero VS Scorpion, none of my friends knew what I meant, but glad I could share it on /LIT/.
>>24695861Are your friends old boomers or are they just snobs?
>>24695868My gamer friends didn't read. My love of fighting games, Shakespeare and retro techno never collided before this thread
If Aleister Crowley was such a great occulist then why he couldn't he save himself from going bald? Same with Austin Osman Spare, he was bald and miserable and died in poverty.
>>24695255Crowley was philosopher?
>>24694161Aion is a mindfuck. The idea that we have no say in the fate of humanity is something that you really have to be careful with discussing with normies.Psychology and alchemy is difficult but mandatory to prep for MC (which is filtering me).I love the rigorous referencing Jung does if nothing else. People can complain about hylics all they want but appropriate citing of references as if you are presenting a research paper is essential.
>>24695730The secret is tantric sex
>>24694161PGM is for mundane concerns, not spiritual upgrades
>>24695824PGM is a loose collection of "spells" which to my mind all seem rather impractical nowadays. But I've always felt the same about goetia mostly too and that is a popular occult cottage industry...I suppose the so-called Headless Rite has been influential however. And it is an interesting view into the ancient world. But still not my cuppa and not something I'd suggest one to chase down to read
