Did he go too far here?
>but I keep reading it Funny and relatable
>typical loud and annoying American>doesn't like a sophisticated depictor of human beings like AustenTwain really is the ultimate American writer, he's the purest embodiment of both the positive and the negative traits of the United States in literary form.
Twain was reddit before reddit even existed, only an amerikan coulf achieved something like that
>>24850405violence is wrong, even in thoughts and words, so yes
>>24850405Yeah, he went too far. It's a zombie novel with kung fu and samurai swords, why would he expect it to be written well. Also, I heard he was a racist who once called a black guy a racial slur, so I'm not surprised he also did heckin violences to wxmyn.
This is the only genre that makes money and the money train isn't stopping any time soon. Short of a puritanical John Carpenter style government, there will always be demand for this shit.The question is, can a dude write successful girlporn? This is the literary question.I'm going to read this milking farm thing and see if I can't get a knack for how women write. I'm suspecting it's a bit like this:>Minimal attention to details and the world, emphasis on personal impressions and feelings; the world as a set of things that make you feel different ways.>Braindead, 12-15 year old brain simplicity. Imagine a Middle School girl trying to "speed download" social gossip updates to a friend.>Vanity, ego, zero accountability, petty delusions, cliches. This will require a bit of research and marketing savvy just to collect up what today's cliches are. Fortunately, women are dead simple and just go on TikTok/Twitter and see what buzzwords come up a lot.>Sultry language.This one's tough. From what I understand explicit, gross language is what sells this shit and is the female equivalent of visually seeing porn. On the other hand, I have a feeling that I could write porn that is vastly more detailed and explicit than what women read and would alienate them. I have a feeling it's just stuff like, "sweaty" "bulge" "heaving" "cock!" "pulsing". Words that sound distinctly naughty but remain vague. It's not about visualizing, even through text, sexual mechanics. It's about breaking social taboos so women feel "naughty" and liberated from their neurotic sexual restraints.>Female attractionThis is tough. How far do you go with "big muscles, ripped body"? How much do women want to read that, and when is it too much? Women like being dominated but they like to feel it was their choice to be dominated. As a man who understands women very well, I don't want to tap into their sexual triggers too accurately because that might lead to a sense of "revealing too much" about female sexuality which women don't like. They like most of it to remain implicit and simple.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24850035The woman who wrote this book has been writing smut for a decade, she churns out 4-5 smut books a year
>>24850627I am perfectly content to write 10 of these if I can make at least $20k. Lol, I could write 10 in about 6 months with grammarly, no need for AI.
>>24850634What I meant is that she's experienced in writing this kind of slop, not some rando who just lucked out with his/her first book. I think there's already an ocean of similar crap out there that gets no readers or like a handful at best
For what it's worth, OP, I think there's some merit to your idea. Best of luck with it.
>>24850035I'm gonna do the same, but catering to men instead. I envision a future where the shelves are lined with covers depicting nonhuman women being ravished by human men
Severian did nothing wrong
Why did the princess in Wizard Knight go into great detail of how she was going to jerk off the giant king after they were married? Genuinely, what the fuck did Wolfe mean by this?
>>24847538He meant that size differene is the chad fetishSee also: Severian talking about how he's too big and hurts Dorcas when they fuck
>>24846820Feminists tried reading Wolfe. Predictably, it didn't turn out well.
>>24847538I will now read The Wizard Knight.
>>24847538>Why did the princess in Wizard Knight go into great detail of how she was going to jerk off the giant king after they were married?She did it to make everyone uncomfortable. Everyone in the company was trying NOT to think about it, so she brought it up in exquisite detail just to make all those brave knights, who were explicitly dedicated to her safety, nauseated with guilt. That's the entire point. It's disgusting, degrading, she's probably going to die giving birth to a half-giant, and she wanted to rub it in their faces.Her strategy worked too because it made that one knight go crazy and murder the king.
Is it worth it except for the pictures?
Jung - Red bookWagner - Brown bookGaddafi - Green bookwhat else?
>>24848873The middest of wits.
vaugely related but I started doing active imagination why does no one talk about this shit it's insane, i don't get why people read the red book you are supposed to actually do it yourself
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I’m reading volume 9 in pdf form now. I really like it so far
Do you do a fiction and a nonfiction concurrently?
>>24849267YesI'm currently reading Kim by Rudyard Kipling and the Modern Library Ethics anthology
Yeah, I'm reading a Quaranic concordance with my left eye and The Complete Works of Schism R. Asunder with my right.
>>24849267lol i was hoping that david weber book was like a dank dense history of the schism of 1054 but apparently it's just some shit the author made up about a space church or something. should have known from the cover art cuz it was sus but i had a hope.
>>24849267For the most part, yes, but it's not always strictly fiction/nonfiction.
>>24850801The Demon Princes, nice.
After seeing the catfights go on over the past year, I decided to read the book for myself. Joe Sachs translation. Fantastic book. The autist in me loved Metaphysics Delta in particular. But I felt like I left with more questions than answers. I feel like the topic that Aristotle dealt with goes beyond what it means for something to be universal or particular, and it seems like Aristotle thought that essence is a form that is neither universal nor particular. But Aristotle made it clear that boilerplate Platonism does not logically work, although Sachs makes an effort in his footnotes to point out that something like Platonism can still be salvaged. I also don't know how we can think of the active intellect aka the unmoved mover as the pure being-at-work of thinking with its object being itself. How can it be akin to wakefulness or meaningfully compared with anything we call thinking when our own wakefulness relies on a capacity or a power to be moved, something that the unmoved mover does not have? It seems like such an austere concept that we might as well treat it as the thinnest, brute fact aspect of being that we were looking for all along.Idk. Thoughts?
>>24850486Yes, and it is about knowledge, and he says this right at the start of the Analytics. There are passages certainly that do talk about pedagogy (thesis vs. hypothesis and so on) but the subject of the work is episteme. I don't care to argue about it if you think otherwise, you're wrong and should read it again, the evidence is absolutely overwhelming and literally every single Aristotelian that I have ever read, besides whatever modern jackass may have influenced you, agrees with me.
>>24850506>I might be misunderstanding you but the 'coming to rest' aspect doesn't have to do with our 'already knowing' whatever we come to know, it's just a psychological observation about how when we know something we 'rest' in our knowledge of it. When I know something my intellect as such is not in motion in any way; if it was moving, I wouldn't be knowing that thing.I'm just confused as to how can there be a rest without implying something was in motion (and now no longer is not), a "coming" to rest without a becoming of some kind. Unless all this motion is merely incidental to knowledge, which imparts its own change, then I don't see how it doesn't imply that the knowledge wasn't always there, merely obscured by disorder or something. It seems to me like Aristotle's trying to push some angle of Platonic anamnesis yet holds back in some way. Idk. I need a better explanation. >>24850514No I think you're right. Any teaching is ultimately about knowledge and its transfer so I don't even know why someone would be so fixated on something so obviously ancillary and minor.
>>24850506>>24850514>>24850546Thank you anon, I've decided that I'm gonna read Posterior Analytics and learn more about this science. Originally, I was going to read De Anima, but it seems like my answer to how the mind understands forms and coming up with a "science of forms" will best be understood here more than anywhere else. I have some old questions though, that I'd love if you could briefly answer each (I know it's a lot, just throwing it out there) before I start reading: Does the presentation of the arguments in Posterior Analytics affect the necessity of the arguments therein? Why or why not? What is the being of a syllogism? What would we lose in Posterior Analytics and elsewhere in the Aristotelian corpus if its conclusions were not seen as necessary?To what extent does an argument need to be isomorphic with its object? Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24850514>>24850506>erratic schizo back-and-forth between helpful, overly familiar, and insanely angryI guarantee you this guy is a drunk. Pretty sure he has alluded to heavy drinking in the past, too.
>>24850433I completely disagree. Proclus finds a lot of holes that strict Aristotelians are too tunnel visioned to see, and how no one at all has properly systematized Aristotle in a consistent manner due to how there are innumerable many more ways in "misreading" him so often on almost everything and everything he has ever said, he has been a terrible teacher and great confounder.Image from Proclus on Aristotle on Plato: A Case Study on Motion by Rareș Ilie Marinescu.
What are you ordering from the scholastic book catalog, bro? There's a new Captain Underpants!
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>>24849283>the hobbit $5.95>holes $2.95>matilida on sale for 95 cents the game done changed...
>>24849283Everything was overpriced.
>>24849605Yes but they sell toys and fidgets now which is what 99% of the kids buy. When I subbed a couple years ago the popular item was these long plastic bears that looked like anal toys that all the kids sucked on for the rest of the day
>>24850039They always sold toys and games
Tropical Beach EditionFAQ:>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: >>24667235
>>24845963It’s all fantasy, nigga
>>24839991>Nvim with the Vimwiki plugin, and real notebooks.Okay, why?
>>24850394It's just what I am used to, and I don't need all the bloat other software, like Notion or Obsidian, gives you.
>>24775530Brazil by Terry Gilliam
>>24843510>>24849074>implyingthe point is to reveal some truth about existence by using fictional scenariosit's why fiction exists in the first placengmi
What are some of the best Romance Novels you have personally read?
>>24849383Remains of the day
Egenmäktigt Förfarande by Lena Andersson
>>24849383Salammbo
>>24849383"Victory" ~ Conrad
>>24849383Dafnis & Chloe
what was his fucking problem
Too based for his own good
I can't believe a french could be so based
Faggot
>>24850767Disregard this my dumb ass somehow got him confused with Camus for a second and the reality is fpbp
First his problem was that he had a genuine concern for France's poor that the Allies were ignoring and only the Fascists were responding to Then his problem was that everyone hated him for supporting the Fascists even though people who did worse got no criticism Then the shrapnel in his brain started acting up and his problem was that he was no longer living in the same dimension as everyone else
>beta readers love it>the edgy dick in my writers group begrudgingly likes it>I followed elements of style to a T>yet still, out of 500 queries, I get one partial requestAm I missing something? Is there, like, an automaton approach to send out queries and i just have to numb my heart and just focus on hitting every even somewhat open minded agent with automaton bullshit?
>>24848797welcome to publishing. Where nepotism and social justice faggotry is the only way to success. Talent and persistence count for nothing. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. >>24848843That's a crock of shit. You write a horror piece, and there are only a handful of agents actually looking for horror. Half of them are looking for YA or middle grade horror. You rewrite you query for them, like oh yeah, yeah, my book is definitely middle grade fiction, sure, whatever, and they don't even fucking look at it. Twelve or so queries later and that's it, you submitted to all of them, now what?
>>24849408>Twelve or so queries lateryeah i don't see how OP can submit to 500 agents. there aren't even 500 agents in the whole industry much less 500 devoted to his niche.
>>24848939>lmgtfydon't say you are going to do something and then not do it.I don't care where you are from, that's just downright rude
>>24848797You should just self publish it and move on to your next book.
>500 queriesdid you put an extra zero in here
hizdahr zo loraq 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: >>24822405
>>24849065Gregor, rape this dragonspawn sympathizer
>>24844756The thralls do the farming, though. The Iron Islands do grow some food.
>>24847448>>24847463I'm thinking these are more like the irl Little Ice Age but more sudden.
Why do people still think azor ahai was from Asshai or the far east when his naming convention is clearly proto sarnori meaning he came from around the silver sea. His legend only surviving in Asshai texts is because all the Sarnor lore was destroyed by Valyria
>>24843472Hey where are those art pieces Anon said he'd make?
For reading in general, what's the best to retain information?Should I get a journal and note stuff after reading? What methods do you guys use?
Explain the contents of the chapter you just read to an imaginary friend
>>24850747I have a google doc with notes from about 40 books, anything from expert literature to poetry. I go through it all every couple years to see if I can connect some new dots and let me tell you ... it's kinda not working. Whenever I need to refresh core points a book makes or I need to look up a particularly quote I know I noted, the google doc proves extremely useful. But apart from that it's a bunch of notes that don't do anything. They definitely don't form a cross-referencing base of knowledge that I hoped it would become.For books that cover a lot of ground in great detail I usually make a separate doc and then try to organize the points and go through them a couple times to figure out the best way to implement some of the implications in my life. Because that's the best way to retain information - to live it, to make it part of your life, part of your automatic perspective that doesn't have to be propositionally recalled.
The freemasons and the powers behind them lied to you about literally everything. Either half-truths, false concepts, or blatant lies to confuse you and give you a false understanding of the world, mankind, time, history, and your place in it so that you dedicate your life, soul, and energy to their doctrines in which they have full authority over every aspect. They control Science™, they are the priests that ex-plain and ex-plane the earth for you, they wield that trademark, and that means they control our space in life (if we give them authority over the earth).Right from the start this world lied to you about the very ground you stand on, the 3 dimensional reality you live in. A fundamental lie, and everything people derive from this false reality will consequently be some kind of falsehood. We are now at the point where mankind believes they are mutated animals, and they are spinning around themselves on a perfectly spherical rock in random space that exploded once. A psy-op, mental conditioning. Do not underestimate the spiritual life-guiding implications of this godless concept. Most people are not level-headed, they are not stationary, they are not based, they are incapable to see physical truth at this point. Common sense isn't really all that common anymore. They rather believe in jewish mysticism like space-time and relativity, which leads to everything being "relative". No distinct up and down, which leads to good and evil being "relative", male and female being "relative", all empty space and imaginations in our mind. Let that sink in, the majority of people ultimately don't even know what is UP and what is DOWN. In other words, there is no absolute truth in this universe.
>>24849604Are dinossaurs realIs the space real?
>>24849745>lmao kysI've never read herr Nietzsche, how much of his material do I need to BTFO you and prove you don't know anything?
>>24849832>no argument>more aimless kvetchingYou dont read at all, faggot
>>24849782Do you think yourself mentally ill or what does that Huxley quote have to do with this?
>>24849604Literally not my problem
Is Buddhism the most pessimistic of all the sacred traditions in existence?>no explanation for 'samsara'/contingent existence to begin with, if you try to ponder or believe in a cosmogonic account you're insane and trapped in delusion>this samsara is meaningless and our lives are always caught in suffering no matter what, dukkha is the sole enduring truth of this world>transient existence caught between different modes of being, continuity between gods/devas, humans, animals, etc>Mahayana tries to make Buddhas into the equivalent of deities/benevolent gods I guess>you have absolute free will to escape samsara if you wish, but that may take many lifetimes. or you're born into a society without buddhist teaching, and if you can't find one elsewhere, you're screwed>even beauty, goodness and the wonder inherent in existence is a trap. it makes you temporarily forget dukkha and then you expend your good karmic 'points' and go to hell on the rebound, like if you're reborn as a deva >the Good is just one side of the duality, Nirvana is beyond bothMeanwhile, Neoplatonism or Tantric Shaivism or Advaita Vedanta have a similar totally transcendent dimension to their practice, but they revere the world and believe it to be inherently good and a ladder to be climbed via appreciation/love/gratitude and ultimately knowledge of the divine author (not separated from self) behind it. The world IS to be left behind but it isn't some Gnostic-tier nightmare trap or as dark as Buddhism says Samsara to be. Am I in delusion as Buddhists would believe? I used to be quite hostile to Buddhism on account of dogmatic metaphysical principles but don't view it the same way anymore. The actual ascetic practice is heroic. But this particular attitude toward the cosmos is a significant hurdle
>>24850393this is why I think Buddhism actually gets the way to transcendence more or less correct. because Buddhist meditative states somehow align with the experiences of Christian or Islamic mystics, and there's no good reason why besides the possibility that they're all converging onto the same thing.
>>24850329>humans have managed to answer many smaller 'why' questionsThat's the problem. We think that because we can have answers to these other "why's" we can have answers to questions for which there are no answers (that will please us). This is a matter of evolution and the way we are designed to work by Nature. It's a question of optimization of energies. Why am I tilling this field? So I can grow the crops. Why am I moving this rock? To make a path. We are NOT wired to do things for no reason, and so we ask why are we even here in the first place? This question, as you can see, is just a side effect of evolving to survive as human beings on this planet and the necessity of managing our labors.The real insight is to stop asking this question, to recognize it for what it is.Buddha did not speculate on cosmology because he knew it was beyond our ability to ever actually know. If he was around today, he would say the same thing to the question of what was there before the Big Bang or why the Big Bang happened. And he would have completely accepted evolution and natural selection (and cosmology as scientifically laid out since the Big Bang). Nothing he taught would have changed.
from what i've read on it (all by thich nhat hanh) it doesn't come across as pessimistic to me. but if i'm understanding correctly his schooling of it is the hybrid one that involves some of the chinese stuff
>>24850128You take the view that's Buddhism is allegorical psychology?>The message of the Five Aggregates is that there is nothing to go on after death.That's a fucking good thing, frankly; man's finitude may be precisely the thing that prevents us from ever having to experience a thing like Hell
Ask any buddhist to explain to you how Buddhism isn't annihilation without relying on anatta, and watch them positively shit themselves. To further the shitting, tell them that accepting anatta initially requires immense faith because it can't be "confirmed" by a practitioner without years of retreat time and is no different than believing in some random supposed god.There is actually a thread someone made about this on the main buddhist >redditright now, in which quite a few people seem fairly agitated
