These 3 are generally grouped together, but how similar are they really? I have only read first 20 pages of Melancholy of resistance, but his nobel win is making me pick up a book of his. I enjoy both Sebald and Bernhard.
>>24789107The reddit trifecta
>>24789107>I have only read first 20 pages of Melancholy of resistance>/lit/
>>24789107>I have only read first 20 pagesWe don't cotton to freaks round these parts. Ain't nobody here read
>>24789127Home of the elite reader!
>>24789125This word has lost all meaning because of posters like you. You’re like the type of person who calls every other movie “lynchian”
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>Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg>Previous:>>24753638 (Cross-thread)>Thread Question:You are thrown into the world of the last book you read. Where are you, what are you doing and what are your plans?
>>24788870Children of Time has you following the last survivors of Earth through space over their journey alongside an interesting set up on the new planet they find. No aliens destroying Earth but it’s basically dead
>>24788870Anvil of Stars, the sequel to The Forge of God.
>>24788870Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
>>24788870Fuck BSG is so good. Thanks for reminding me to rewatch it.
>>24789147https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfaTEGGtVf8
>went to buy classic 1980s fantasy paperbacks >stuff that often have a 50 cent stamp from book stores>"That will be $80 + fee + shipping + tip + tariffs"Hipsters have destroyed the vintage book market and have made it impossible for us actual collectors to buy them at the proper price. They are now charging obscene amounts of money for disposable fantasy trash market novels. Stuff that used to sell for 50 cents in used book stores, they are now demanding between $50-$100 per book because of all the youtube 'book haul' hipsters.
>OP raging because he can't consume pulp fantasy anymoreThose hipsters are doing you a favour, and youdon't even realise it.
>>24787065Yeah I'll exclusively have to read 4chan posts now
everyone else is performative and you are the only authentic one right? lmao LMAOthink a bit about it
>>24788643t. zoomer butthurt because all he does is for social media likes. Go now, go post a picture of yourself holding books with your mouth open, post it all over your videos zoomer.
>>24788721>Oooh look at me, im the only real on. The real deal. Everyone else does it for social media likes, but i will impress you all with my authencity yohohoyou vain faggot, you are the worst of them all and dont even get it
I’m wanting to read more into fascism and it’s philosophical and political inspirations as of late both for myself as a fascist and as a means to better describe or show people the intellectual tradition it stems from.I’ve read most of the boilerplate literature (Doctrine of Fascism, Mosley’s 100 Questions for Fascism and other assorted works, some Falangist works, schizoposts from when IronMarch still existed etc.) as well as some of the thinkers that inspired them such as Hobbes with the concept of the state, legitimacy and the sovereign as well as Nietzsche and his concept of Will to Power and to strive for strength and abhor weakness.Is there anything else you guys would recommend I should read next or what thinkers I should look into, be it from the fascist tradition or from thinkers that predated it.
When you look at the testimony of Mario Palmieri and Alfredo Rocco, they give good testimony about the compatibility of Fascism and Monarchy. This presumption of tradition (which is really High Church Christianity) hasn't really done much for Monarchy: after the religious wars, it is subject to the contempt of the ultramontanist claim as well as the low church, so that the preeminence of kings on account of Christianity has come to not mean very much. It only seems meaningful when they are Martyred (like the Romanov Martyrs).Now, when you look at how Communists regard Lenin or how Communists regard Mao:Lenin or Mao are treated like prophets by their followers.Communists make much better monarchists for their Leader figures than Monarchists for Royalty: at least Communists actually believe in their Leaders in a way, but most monarchies don't actually believe in their rulers."Why are we republicans? Among other things, because we have a king who isn't monarchical enough."–Benito Mussolini
Monarchists these days wouldn't trust a king to ride a horse.Monarchists constantly subject the idea of a king to scrutiny and ponder when that king will be a tyrant.These are symptoms of disbelief: a lack of preeminence in their minds, they simply do not believe, Christianity has not compelled them enough, nor has there been a deep seated genuine belief.This is unlike people who actually believe in their leaders. Leftists genuinely believe in their field of economics and the capacity of their prophets to fulfill it: I never see leftists scrutinize their Leader figures like monarchists do: the difference is these leftists actually believe in what they uphold.They believe their system provides, that it has wisdom even... but how many monarchists think the monarchy provides or that there is wisdom behind the throne ever?Xenophon Cyropaedia>“When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves... You may see how the sick man will beg the doctor to tell him what he ought to do, how a whole ship's company will listen to the pilot, how travellers will cling to one who knows the way better, as they believe, than they do themselves. 'You would have me understand', said Cyrus, 'that the best way to secure obedience is to be thought wiser than those we rule?' 'Yes', said Cambyses, 'that is my belief.'Xenophon makes a good point: look how the sick man begs the doctor when he believes he has the cure. How the whole ship's company will listen to and obey a pilot, because they believe in his wisdom.I don't think many monarchists actually have genuine belief and conviction.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Egyptian Loyalist Teaching>He is the sun in whose leadership people live>Whoever is under his light will be great in wealth>He gives sustenance to his followers>He feeds the man who sticks to his path>the man he favors will be a lord of offerings>the man he rejects will be a pauper>He is Khuum for every bodyThe Egyptians taught that their king provides and that it is a virtuous means to live by: these days most people don't think monarchy is a system that provides. This may sound like an appeal to despotism: but genuinely people believe in the systems they think provide, like ancaps for the free market or socialists for socialism. >"For it ought to obey him by whom it is preserved, because the preservation of life being the end for which one man becomes subject to another, every man is supposed to promise obedience to him in whose power it is to save or destroy him."- Thomas HobbesHobbes makes a good point here: even if you disagree with basic impulse life preservation over virtue, still the preservation of life is another case to secure obedience. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24788634I want a leader who is my friend, who will reward me, and punish my enemies.Anything else is irrelevant.
>>24788634>People want a ruler who they believeWhat's interesting about this is that the same thing you said about Leftists you can say of Fascists. When Codreanu died most of the Iron Guard became Communists. They fell right in. I also recall Hitler and Mussolini both hailed Stalin. And this is what fascinates me about human nature and why I'm a Monarchist. Yes, people really do want a ruler they believe in but also people just hate weakness. Most people are not ideological in the way we are. Fascist? Communist? Most don't care. Most people get swept up in whatever meme is currently most viral in the culture. But I believe when they see masculinity they bow down. They'll go for a strong and/or charismatic leader no matter the party or cause. And that's what makes the herd so dangerous. I could go on and on about this but we need safeguards in place to defend tradition. Again monarchy is the most natural form of government. The most Darwinian. I'm thinking of more a hybrid semi-constitutional system. A Monarch holding significant executive power with a two house Parliament. One made up of Noblemen selected by the Monarch of course and the second of Technocrats elected by some of the population. That 'some' being the educated and experienced population.
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>>24788277>did he do it himself?Yes. Apparently he researched the best, most painless method. I guess helium.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RSiVrCsVH4
>>24788263Just don't kill yourself retard.
>>24789095damn, sometimes i dont get, like yeah, maybe you're tired of living and wanna kill yourself, but have you tried crippling alcoholism or a meth addiction or something instead? maybe you'd like robbing a bank or some kind of kleptomania, or stealing cars or something. like maybe explore the darker side of life just for the hell of it
>>24789097That's better
>>24789095>>24787298WTF. I used to watch this guy. He came up with crazy energy generation ideas and made makeshift batteries. I had a phase when I was researching stuff for off-grid living, lol. Didn't seem depressed to me. I guess you never really know.
Why did Tolkien make Sauron the titular character of The Lord of the Rings?
>>24788598>>24788608>the text clearly says the word 'wings' therefore it literally means wings despite all context.I explained this. It is a simile. Shadows like wings first, then wings, in reference to 'shadows like wings'. You could change this to 'wing-like shadows: 'the wing-like shadows stretched wall to wall'.
>>24788650>þBased!>shes so cunty like thatI like that moment when he in confused why someone wouldn't find a woman getting raped funny.
>>24788679>>24788746The catch here is that if Sauronman got the ring his armies would be so vastly inferior that he would lose anyway, just as Sauron was defeated by the last alliance despite having the ring. The Nazgul would not be able to attack him directly, but they would not be able to betray Sauron. Sauron attacked Aragorn at the black gate thinking he had the ring precisely because the spiritual powers gained are a force multiplier, not a trump card. I don't think even Galadriel or Gandalf with the ring, though they might overcome Sauron, could contend with Mordor.
>>24787465Ngl, when second Hobbit came out there was this scene where Bilbo was supposed to meet Smaug for the first time, who was sleeping under a mountain of gold with only one closed eye sticking out.That eye really looked like a cunt so when Bilbo stared at it I imagined him realizing that Smaug was actually a girl, whipping out his other sting and going to town on that smaugina.I lol'd hard and everyone in the theater looked at me like like I'm retarded.Which I am, but it was still funny.
Are difficult books more fulfilling?
>>24780434It is, but solely because Conrad is a retard and wrote it as one run-on sentence.
no, unless you just read for clout or something
>>24780385>big words>obscure words>interruptions in narrative>allusions>allegoryReal mystery there anon...
>>24780536What w&p is just soap
>>24780348There is nothing difficult about Infinite Jest. The language is very clear and accessible. What makes it hard to read is that it's just really long. But that's not the same as difficulty.
Does this have literary value?
>>24787443No why do you think Marilyn died of an overdose of antidepressants
I haven't read it, but Esoteric Hollywood by Jay Dyer is much more recent. What I have read however and which I can personally attest to is Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon by David McGowan, which is quite creepy if rather amateurishly written. Both deal with sordid, creepy and occult rumours of the people in showbusiness.
>>24788031Jay Dyer is one of the dumbest motherfuckers on the Internet. If you take him seriously you’re a rube.
>>24788072This, he's a Duginist piece of shit.
>>24788072>>24788844notice how these shills showed up to attack the author personally and not address the content of his book? very interesting>>24786678supposedly keith anger made a lot of the book up, but who knows. he was deep into the occult and involved in the Mason-Tate murders, The Rolling Stones, etc. He pioneered the happy music played in music while portraying evil scenes.
>dude what if i made up a completely fake story in my head about the nature of men and tribal society>and what if people took these "insights" seriously and pretended like it was some great study into human nature >this is despite the fact that real life castaways have been empirically observed to behave peacefully>deep art btw
>>24788926>even when it's in service of the Christianity they pretend to believe inWasn't Golding inspired by Hobbesianism
>>24788906It's to show that god is evil.
>>24786336>nature of menIt's nature of Bongs, not nature of Men, and Golding never pretended that it was anything else.
>>24788000>a guy wrote make believe because it would be an interesting story >YOU CANT DO THAT The right is literally becoming everything they hated about SJWs. It’s becoming an internet induced lobotomy.
>>24786336watch out op if you fallow that line of logic to hard you become pretty black pilled google hyperstition and hypernormalization
Are Easton Press books any good?
>>24788877Some. The basic level is just a standard text block in a leather costume. It’s not very high quality either. They do a lot of reprints from the line of books that were originally Limited Editions Club, then republished as Heritage Press. They were exclusive almost 100 years ago now they’re again reskinned editions EP hawks as their entry books. Their deluxe editions with especially commissioned art and higher quality production including slipcases are quite good but now you’re also paying a lot more. The upside to EP is that there’s a /lot/ of used editions you can swing for less than a new hardcover. That is a good deal every time even with the weird old art of the LEC books. They’re hardly ever been read to boot, biggest danger is having been stored badly in boxes in the damp. Don’t buy new unless deluxe, do buy used.
>>24788936Are you allergic to commas or something?
>>24788950No, I am not.
Does anybody have a list of actually high quality publishers? I don't mind spending a decent bit of money nor do i mind buying used.
>>24789063What you’re looking for is fine press and it’s very much a battle of the snobs as to what “counts” as such and on what grounds. For most unaware people Folio Society is a fine press and their cloth bound books are certainly miles ahead of whatever slop is called hardcover today. But it wouldn’t really count to the fogies. Similarly Easton Press makes leatherbound books which for many is enough to make it a luxury item and therefore fine. But outside the deluxe editions they aren’t counted because they tend to just slap leather on a mass market book. The exact metrics are hazy though. Some demand letterpress printing for it to count. Many small presses are currently doing letterpress. Suntup is a “large small press” if you will, doing both literary books (McCarthy) and horror sloppa (Barker) in several states. (A “state” being quality and price level jumps often there’s a lettered state, numbered state and sometimes an entry level third state) Particularly scifi and fantasy has gained a lot of small presses. Curious King for instance. Lyra’s Books. Arete Editions. Some, like Thornwillow, try to be more literary and are also more customizable to the orderer (with increasing price points of course). They’ve also been around for some time. You can get very specific with this stuff. No Reply Press was doing individual short stories that are hand bound. There are presses doing only Lovecraft material. The smaller the circulation and more hand crafted the more the cost goes up of course. Some of these outfits are really making art pieces that aren’t even meant to be read really.
In a recent study published by John Hopkins University students were asked to write a translation of the first few paragraphs of Bleak House in clear, modern English. They were given dictionaries, access to the Internet, and as much time as they needed. Despite this, 49 of the 85 students failed to do so. Sentence after sentence, they could not grasp what Dickens was saying; i.e., they were incapable of figuring out who or what a sentence was talking about, did not understand the imagery or metaphors, could not translate long or complex sentences into shorter, simpler ones, and could not identify the main ideas being described. As such, the researchers deemed this group to be "problematic readers"
>>24781386bleak house is so fucking kino
>>24786904bump
Dinosaurs aren’t real. I lost interest after reading that part
>>24781902Especially since all the majors who took part were English.
>>24783876I always thought Michaelmas was the same as Christmas, but apparently I was wrong. The megalosaurus bit is referring to the Great Flood in the Bible, rather than any random flood, and so it wouldn't be surprising (he says "wonderful" but it doesn't mean "good" here; it means "likely to make you feel a sense of wonder") if you saw dinosaurs walking through this mud. Dinosaurs had only recently been discovered at this time, so assuming they must be in the Bible won't have been so retarded back then.
Delphic charioteer edition>τὸ πρότερον νῆμα·>>24732139>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.
Any alternatives to lute?
>>24788104Anything to avoid reading classical LatinGood luck
>>24788794Yes>window 1: text>window 2: annotations>window 3: dictionary/grammar
>>24788794Pop up dictionary. I use yomitan, I actually use it on Lute usually because it speeds up the reading a ton.>>24789010This works too. All Lute is is basically this integrated into one window and a word highlighter/dictionary builder.
>>24789010Doing the exact same thing but way slower and clunkier
What does this board think of her?
>>24777273how do i get a talented writer girlfriend with big khazar milkers?
>>24786194>>24786236samefag shill
>>24777334>all the filipino cathlarper bitchmales on /lit/ seething that hot women lust after gymcelmaxxing r1b chads
>>24777276What *is* she built for /lit/?
>>24777360>>24779152>>24777862It's bad prose that reads like it was written by a 13 year old. >>24777957It is boring. You can find all of these same words and sentences on discord or twitter or something. >>24777649I don't know if Chat GPT was this good when this book was released but I see what you mean. LLMs overuse the fagspeak "it's giving" phrase to death.>>24785985It has less artistic merit than any "100 Minecraft Fart Jokes" books you'd find on Amazon.
Any other gentle Sars here? I find myself both losing motivation at the gym and getting to grips with reading and writing. Perhaps my ancestral spirit has determined the harvest is coming to an end and is hunkering down for a cosy winter.
Which e-reader do you have /lit/? Are you happy with it? Is it complicated to get books to it?I am thinking about the Kobo Libra but it seems like getting books onto it is an extremely convoluted process that involves Calibre, KOreader, some plugins, and I don't even know what. And then I looked into Calibre and the first thing I see about it is that it doesn't let you put books in your own folders and it copies your entire library according to its folder scheme. Is there a better library program and a better reader or a better overall experience that isn't like installing Linux? At this point from what I've read I think I should just continue buying actual paper books because this all just sounds like an extreme annoyance. Or maybe I just need to install a good reader program on Windows. What's a good Windows program to read books in like ComicRack for comics?
>>24785133I've never had issues with copyright, or any amazon interference. Though I have used the calibre editor to make html or css edits to most of my ebooks. So that could be a factor.
>>24785133I don't think that they give a shit if you pirate your books.Still, just in case, there is a script that stops any future updates, but you're better off not connecting it to the internet in the first place.
>>24777830I'm quite happy with my vivlio/pocketbook. Don't see the brand mentioned a lot here even though it's quite good. It still has physical buttons which is a must for me.Getting books on is just plugging in, drag and drop. There are cloud sync options and a store as well but I've never connected it to the web.
>>24785133>Can Amazon detect if your shit is pirated?I don't think they could tell any difference between a downloaded book from libgen from any drm free ebook bought with money elsewhere. Black Library did not have drm on their ebooks, so how could Amazon tell. So with each gen they just clamp down on side-loading more and more.
>>24789096I enjoyed that book. I like books that do the whole 'each character tells a different story around the campfire' thing with all the separate Sisters telling the original tale of who they represent in the precession. Danie Ware writes entertaining stuff.
