The Divine Comedy blew my mind
>>25179541it was pretty mid, but I didn't read it in the original Italian
>>25179562trvth nvke
>>25180324Dont worry. The moment you say your book is like The Divine Comedy you'll be instantly rejected.
>>25179541>”intellectuals” who grow up secular dont understand the concept of hell until their mid 30sgrim
>>25179541I follow feser on twitter
You know what I find most enjoyable? All this negativity is now reflected back on to the world. When hopes and dreams crumbled the world crumbled and when the world fell apart hopes and dreams fell apart.Even the normalfags stuck in their little box are feeling the negativity now and beginning to suffer.Even better the rulers of this world are feeling the heat because we can all see them flailing in vain trying to keep the lies from unraveling. The yawning cesspit of corruption and lies and filth and treachery and debauchery.Every one of them is boiling alive.
What's funny is i felt like this my whole life but lately i have been striving and enjoying relationships and progressing in my life and pretty much feel like im manifesting my dreams into reality all around me. For the most part everything always sucked amd everyone was always a cunt. Get over it and enjoy life pr kerp crying.You dont try. Go outside. Talk to pretty women.
>>25180493you should know that when you reduce these ideas to trite 4chan copypasta they lose whatever revelatory edge they might originally have had for your teenage brain
Why?That sounds like a miserable and tragic existence.
Monsters, Dragons, Beasts, Creatures, Horrors, and Miscellaneous Lifeforms Edition Version 2: Magical and/or Alien BoogalooFAQ:>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.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Modern hypersexuality has rotten all our brains. Female mammalian mammaries aren't just a kink, they fulfill important biological roles. If you want to make a fetish setting, do so. If you seriously want to dip your toes into speculative biology, leave that childish nonsense at the door.
The very concept of a magic system was created by a Scifi civilization to break through the boundaries of traditional magic. Back in the day, magic derived its power from the Authority of its wielders. Only priests, aristocrats, and some dark sorcerers could hope to accomplish anything. About all magic could really accomplish was to massage the odds in the favour of the Mage and...that's it. Maybe some healing and prophecy too, but don't count on it.Then a transitional stage arrived when Mages started deriving power from direct contracts. The terms of the contract ensured Mages were bound to strict codes of preserving and growing knowledge, which was where the word started to be associated with "Knowledge".And then eventually, the tipping point was reached. Mages had accumulated so much knowledge of the workings of the Cosmos that the spells they wielded had gone from simple rituals of their predecessors to systematic models of reality manipulation. That was the point where Mages finally stopped being priests and transitioned to being scholars of reality. And that was the point where Magic became something you could learn, add on to, and modify to execute your Will.In other words, Magic became a System.
>>25177850Because I apparently can't let mentally go off this thing, I started wondering if Industrialization might in fact be a trap similar to strategies based on mobile eternal conquest (that don't work because you only get the essence the first time you conquer something) because it's relying on my knowledge and I only have very superficial knowledge on things like cannon-making and trying to figure out it all from near-scratch would take a lot of time even with boosted mental stats.So...Traits: Joining, Recycling, ScryingDrawbacks: NoneJoining + Recycling lets me get back my experienced units even after a full defeat and also lets me offer physical immortality to those who wish to side with me. Scrying is really handy specifically to block others from scrying my location. I miss Monument Builder though. If I can have a version of Honorable that is more about sparing the civilians than getting killed in duels, then it'd be worth picking that one and Monument Builder so that my domain can look magnificent and advanced, even if I don't build the essence-farming monuments until later when I have openly turned against the goddesses.The question of which race to pick for myself is really difficult...
>>25130237Well, I've been sketching out human sacrifice rituals lately. Not the ones meant to save crops, of course, but rather dark sorcery meant to be used as a weapon, or as a power up.Since all Dark Magic comes from a primordial entity that's comparable to Nyarlathotep (the inspiration), it's always destructive to those that aren't the wielder.
How do uranium or thorium reserves come into existence? Is it due to seismic activity?
Where have all the serious, urbane, book-reading men gone and why have they been replaced with women?
>>25179891yes, especially Shakespeare
That will soon rape the floorboards
Man this thread really blew up. You guys really do love talking about bools and ideas
>>25179887lol imagine inheriting this>and here's grandma's thousands of books of fap material
>>25179904what a stupid fucking post
Is Augustine's City of God the same as the Kingdom of God Jesus keeps talking about in the Bible?
uh sure why not
Has anyone actually read Coach Redpill's attempt at experimental Spanish-language fiction? How was it?
>1 books completed>3 books behind schedule
;)
>scheduleI've read 2 books this year so farmaybe I'll read 1 moremaybe I'll read 100 more
>>25179300sure thing kat williams
>>25179300>>25179308>>25179351You read for enjoyment, for learning new (for you) ideas and concepts and to be able to understand fully more complex and/or historically formed from previous sources ideas and concepts, which in addition to better understanding of world, man, logic and other various entities and their structures also leads to more enjoyment of better quality and better variety of it.So reading certain books you don't like, that nevertheless are the foundation of some books, concepts and ideas, that came later, if only as a thing refuted by those newcomers, is important to properly understand this newcomers in the first place.Which is precisely why "start with greeks" is a good advice even when it is parroted mindlessly.
>>25180499>Which is precisely why "start with greeks" is a good advice even when it is parroted mindlessly.Some of the earliest greek philosophy is just obvious if you grew up somewhat educated but didnt read a ton of philosophy. I always feel like i need a more abridged list of books when reading greeks so i dont read redundant shit.
ITT: we post pictures and recommendations for liturature based on the pictures.
>>25180335Death in Venice
>>25179799Bambi's Children by Felix Salten.>>25178627Technically /co/, but, Le Bandard Fou by Moebius>>25179789A Wind in the Door by Madeline L'Engle>>25177936A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick>>25177919The Kane Trilogy by Karl Edward Wagner
>Genesis was a snore fest of lineages that I didn't bother to remember(This begot that guy, that guy begot him, him begot he, no one in-between has any relevance to the plot so you could've just skipped them and said that he was a descendant of this guy)>It still had enough edge/grit/tension to keep me reading through it>Start Exodus, know that there were alot of adaptations and homages to it so maybe this one is better>The entire first act is just a cycle of Pharoah refusing to let 'em go, then a plague comes, then he let's them go before saying 'SIKE!'>The rest of the book is a tent building guideYeah, I think I understand why even the fans don't even read ts
Don't want to make another theead, so: As I understand it it was a pre-occupation of monks to try and build genealogies of evil, tracing back every heresy to Zoroaster. Can anyone recommend a book on the topic?
>>25180476Well, I recommend you read Cologne Mani Codex and other recovered fragments of Manichaeism and then look at St. Augustine's criticisms of Manichaeism. Evil does not exist in Post-St. Augustine Christianity. Everything is good in various degrees, evil being merely a privation of good. Evil has no positive existence for him.Manichaeist dualism had a lot of influence from Zoroastrianism, but it was not identical. Manichaeist saw the material world as evil, materiality being a kind of shell of darkness, whereas Zoroastrians viewed the material world as good but Vohu Manah and Spenta Mainyu as helping to lead to end times (Frashokereti) to banish the evil. The main difference between Abrahamic traditions is that Manichaeists and Zoroastrians had a dualistic theodicy, and they saw evil as having a positive existence. However, Zoroastrians did have one fatalistic monist sect called Zurvanism.Catharism seems to have been influenced by Manichaeism.
>>25178804>>25178811Shill thread o algo
Unironically greek myths have better writing then these 3 holy books.
I'm still bothered by how Genesis has 2 contradictory creation stories right next to each other.
Are you part of any literature groups? Book clubs, writer guilds, author-orgy-groups, etc.?If so, do you like them?If not, do you wish you were?
>>25178072thank you, let me get a pencil
>>25178214>Bars count, I suppose.Would not go to stand-up comedy, but would go to see a cute girl lead stuff aloud (and enjoy a beer at the same time).
>>25173916I once joined some local book club on discord but the the discussion there was very cringe so I didn't participate much.
I'm part of two writer's groups. One is super cool and chill, and has one professional author. It's a small group. But there's some really awful writers sharing their novels and I'm tired of reading them. Recently some autistic girl who overshares has been trying to get her book critiqued but she doesn't read anyone else's stuff. She gives fake critique, says nothing specific, and just parrots whatever someone else said. When she doesn't just openly admit she "didn't have time" to read it. The other group is larger and worse. There are two guys I like. They write good stuff. There's also a professional author in this group, but she's an SJW who thinks rape jokes are off limit. None of them understand what prose is. They just talk about trigger warnings. And half of them never say anything. Sometimes I've gotten my story returned, where they printed it out and wrote nothing on it. Last year some girl wrote some really heinous Chuck Palahanuik torture porn type shit, with rape, vivisection, domestic abuse, pedophilia, bind break, etc. Really dark shit, but it was a good story. This gets a pass from everyone. But if you make a joke about roofying a girl-- oh boy, no, no, no, that triggers me.
>>25180552>They just talk about trigger warnings.>Sometimes I've gotten my story returned, where they printed it out and wrote nothing on it.they are just fishing for a high value idea that will be their golden ticket to a position of poweronce they get it, they will forward it to a committee (most probably linked to China because there is nobody else left, the Democratic party has other priorities...), that will refine it and get one of their stooges to write (or at least will try to write, as they basically shot themselves in the foot with hyper-nepotism) a top-selling novel out of itit's how writing science fiction worked in the Soviet Union e.g. Stanislaw Lemit's obvious that they can't do anything with "politically incorrect" stuff... actually it reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut who got a letter from a young writer-wannabe who did not know what to write about, and he threw him like three dozen GREAT ideas (as judged by me, they all sounded incredible... much better than Vonnegut's novels in fact lol) and said that he had thousandsno, I could not find said list, I saw it in a documentary about the dude, and they read out only a few / showed the first page of the letteryes you may use my "idea" about the chicom harvesting authors, if you want to, I don't mind
Well that aged like milk
Natural selection mathematically guarantees that fertility rates will go back up again long term.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5X18lqyDO0https://akarlin.com/breeders-revenge/>As I pointed out in the previous post in this series, there were huge economic incentives to have large families before the Malthusian transition. Since the economically rational thing to do was to have lots and lots of children, there much have been little, if any, selection for fertility per se. If anything, sooner the converse. Families that had more children than they could support suffered higher death rates for their lack of discipline. Meanwhile, the genetic competitiveness that committed and affluent “breeders” gained was limited by the fact that overall cultural norms were highly pro-natal, which limited their ability to eke out a relative advantage. Moreover, since higher IQ tends to be correlated with both greater economic success and lower desired fertility, these rich genotypic breeders must have been quite rare anyway. Hence, in the pre-industrial Malthusian world, there would have been an equilibrium in which breeders only ever constituted a small share of the population.>When these Malthusian constraints fell away at around the time of the Industrial Revolution, along with the loosening of traditionalist pro-natality mores (have as many children as you can support and no more), the evolutionary underpinnings of the old equilibrium likewise crumbled away. However, since in most populations breeders are not yet a high percentage of the population, at first – i.e. the first century or so – this only had very modest effects, because there were very few breeders at t=0.>Hence, cultural and social influences played much greater roles in determining fertility in First World nations during the 20th century, and at least in Africa, will probably continue to do so for the next century.>But this will not be true after another one or two centuries.>Fertility preferences, like all aspects of personality, are heritable – and thus ultracompetitive in a world where the old Malthusian constraints have been relaxed.
>>25178581Within years of its publication it spoiled.BUT he was well funded his whole life (not unlike other shills of the elites, like Peterson)This man's life was a front to sell the depopulation plans of the Davos/Epstein class.Can we just admit we need to kill them now? They're still making more COVID, they're shutting farms down, they're trying to starve us, make more of autistic docile little animals.
>>25178581Truman show tier suggestive programming. Don’t have kids, goy, it’s bad for the planet!
>>25178733I'm not reading no book written by a dude named "Ugo"
>>25180465Isn't that similar name to Hugo
It's alarming that one of the most 4chan-coded writers--catholic, satirical, racist--who happened to wield a terrifically elegant pen, never gets a mention on this board. Is it because this is a community of unlettered poseurs, perhaps?
>>25180308Why’d you post the pic of him when he was old and fat instead of when he was young and gay. He was such a handsome aristocratic-looking ephebe. Anyway people talk about Brideshead Revisited on here a lot
rant: 'why isn't this guy mentioned more' is such a lame way to start a thread. if you have something to say about him, say that or say nothing. don't complain that *other* people aren't saying interesting things. sorry for the rant.anyway, i'm far from a chud, but i like my English reactionaries, Waugh included. Wyndham Lewis, though, i would recommend to any anon before Waugh, unless it's specifically the weary catholic melancholy you're after. Lewis is more imaginative, has a sharper sense for the grotesque; his eye roves further across society and bores deeper into it; his energies are directed towards the future instead of the quaint lost past. and you get all the high-society aristocratic freaks you get in Waugh - they're just described as malfunctioning automatons instead of wayward souls. Lewis too is animated by sense of massive resentful rage at being the Odd Man Out, as opposed to slick society-man Evelyn who seems to be wryly chuckling at England from deep within it. i suppose it's a matter of taste, but Lewis is way more my thing.if you want to start with Waugh, i recommend Men at Arms. with Lewis, The Revenge for Love.
No, its not that I don't understand, or I get bored, or I'm not cultured enough. Quite the opposite. Dostoevsky is fake-deep slop for midwits. I cannot comprehend how an actually intelligent individual could like his works. It seems to me that its more normies circlejerking to seem cultured.
>>25177804haven't read it
>>25180403Uh… uhhhhhFuck you fag, YOU’RE worthwhile
>>25179582Books really don't seem like your thing. Stick to video games and anime.
>>25180530Dosto is the anime of literature.
>>25180545And yet he's still literature.
Thoughts on That All shall be Saved?
>>25180525>aionios doesn't mean eternal, it means ageyou're so full of shit
>>25180536>>25180535>infernalists when presented with evidence instead of psychological terror tactics meant to enforce obedience.I'l respond to the other verses when I'm free(should be soon).
>>25180549kill yourself
>>25178319imagine being the owner of that building.
>>2517831999% of the people are unintelligent
Where do you usually get free e-books for your Kindle?
>>25178037Heh yeah dude sign me up!
Standard eBooksall public domain works, but well formatted
>>25178081good find
nice try mister glow in the dark
>>25177653I read physical because I'm not a zoomer faggot
