Where do you usually get free e-books for your Kindle?
>>25187793People think bib is frozen in time since the-eye. You can get anything at Anna's archive or irc or any library overdrive anywhere. With a request worth enough people will straight up purchase a book to upload. I got several in Swedish from bib because people there are desperate for upload.
>>25188626Yeah. It's frustrating how many older books are either PDF-only or the only epub copy has really bad OCR errors.I've tried to tinker with the advanced conversion options before and have had some success, but the spacing is never right.
>>25188661Or the ebook is 50 bucks and the pdf is the only pirate available. I'll pay that for a hardcover, or something I can see myself returning to often like reference material. Not something I'm reading once out of curiousity. Maybe when we get flashable ereaders - 500 flexible eink pages that you turn like normal paper and reflash into another book when done. The young lady's illustrated primer, or more specifically the drunken neanderthal ancestor.
>>25187780I've done it manually several times before discovering the "send to amazon" feature.
>>25186485Drop your manga that you got from nyaa.si into KCC for epub conversion. Set custom resolution to match your e-ink screen and select manga mode. Or download something like Tachiyomi on your reader.
My granddad really enjoyed Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon and I want to buy him pic rel. Is it anything like Against the Day for those who've read it?
>>25189574bump
It's like a mix of Mann, Dostoevsky and Pynchon, in this order. It's erudite, presents a portrait of early 20th century Europe and dives into character psychology, but the only thing it has in common with Pynchon is the inclusion of science (specifically logic and alternative physics) into the narrative and its focus on history, which Mann also does. It's nowhere near as dense as GR, stylistically I'd say it's between Mann and Dostoevsky, with some neologisms. He's no Pynchon, but it's a fun read.
>>25189574>>25189787If OBAA movie is any indicator of Pynchon's writing, then Dukaj is leagues above him
>>25189906Pynchon is a master stylist. A hair below Melville/Joyce, but still top tier and I'd definitely put him above Dukaj. His writing has the same intensity, density and hallucinogenic quality as Shulz.
>t. Midwit
>>25188334history is not an area in which i would feel comfortable giving recommendations id suggest looking through some university curriculums and working through the mentioned works (which will also mention other works)
>>25183386filtered
Intellectually stimulating myself by reading a book about 2 guys puking and shitting on each other
>>251898522 guys, 1 book?
>>25187570How is it pretentious?
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.
Here is my prompt>Each girl is born with a halo>Boys are not born with a halo>When a hymen is broken, the halo automatically transforms into the breaker of the hymenHow would this impact society?
Every single thing I write for the lore is for the purpose of creating a setting that is both utterly miserable to live in and yet formidable in combat. I design my magic systems to be hax personified, with every single spell or technique that is generally considered a game breaker power in the fantasy genre. I need my technology to be the absolute epitome of hard science fiction power a la the Xeelee Sequence.My only stipulations are that :A). It should be true to its genre. The only magic and supernatural events allowed are those that come from actual real life religion, folklore, philosophy and mythology. And not one single spell should violate the metaphysical doctrines that I'm allowing. If there's any contradictions, I choose one and ditch the other.B). That the tech itself should be as hard science fiction as I can manage. No FTL in real space, no perpetual energy machines, causality is a hard rule, and even economics need to be respected.
>>25189013This is fucking bullshit.
>>25189682It is what it is.
There's a difference between a practice being common and accepted, if you get my meaning. Some things may be common enough in a society because people can get away with it and get something out of it, but the majority of the population might outright hate it.
who is the jacon elordi of literature?
Can't say I know much about Elordi, but this guy was tall and crushed an unbelievable amount of famous poon.
Dear Retards,What have you read that truly lifted your spirits, gave you hope?Let’s skip the obvious ones like the Bible.
>>25189831NTA but no, being so politics brained like you is immature though.
>>25189831>strawmanning is le GOODdont forget to make a wish!
>>25188402
very cliche but TBK proved to me that there was a level of character complexity and introspection most authors dont/cant go to, and the meme trilogy revived my desire to learn as much as i can and to be as eclectic as possible, which public school squashed out of me. im just happy to be alive with a book and a brain these days
>>25188411>reading Cioran manages to lift me up a bit from time to timeSame. I actually find it consoling
Bakker being deep editionHere we discuss any kind of science fiction and fantasy.>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
>>25189632I've always felt that his work would be better adapted since he wastes so much page space on things that could be conveyed in seconds on the screen.
>>25189709You must know, all that pointless exposition will be skipped entirely. Maybe that will make it entertaining.
>>25188718>filteredYes. Shitty writing and poor characterization filters me.
>>25189647AppleTV seems to give respectable budgets. Still, I can't see anyway they could do a live action Stormlight well. The scale is too large and there is just far too many fantasy elements.
>>25189287Sounds like the game is missing an arab orgy expansion.
"Sadly, Porn" by The Last Psychiatrist, what do you think of this, is it worth reading?
any "writer" disproportionately read and shilled by people who don't read books belong in the trash
>>25189863Used to be more common than you'd think
>>25189875wait is it an essay? i thought it was a novel
>>25189881its for people who read too much, externalizing their desires and ideas of their accomplishment and loss to other people and things
>>25189578>>25189866This guy has never interested me.
Ginger Snaps edition.OLD: >>25125217
>>25187867No, I believe it was just the world's Jews and the Palestinians. This causes a civil war between the Israeli government and the Orthodox Jewish community radicals.After the war, the two-state solution is achieved. I'm pretty sure Max Brooks is a liberal Zionist.
>>25187663Give us a synopsis
>>25182568What is the greatest edition of King In Yellow?
>>25189306Just get a copy with annotations
>>25188794>A world caught in an endless war...A world where Western civilization is but a distant memory...a world on the brink of...GLOBAL ANARCHY>TL;DR If the current world we live in could be described as SATAN then what follows is SATAN 2.0. The current cover is AI-slop (albeit loosely based on the finale) and I wish I knew what scene to use for my cover...I've sent the audio version to a few friends but it's an EPIC (almost 9 hours in Romanian, a bit over 8 in English) so it'll take a while until they can give me any pointers (They have jobs and even families, unlike me). It's on Youtube (Channel: BE3R), recently posted...Global Anarchy: Audiobook seems to work as a search termI've had SOME positive feedback but until more people give it a listen I myself don't even know how to promote it...Or what to do to eventually make a game out of it (Can't code to save my life, wanted to make a Deus Ex-like, but don't have a team and I do not want to create AI slop)TL;DR Gib ffedback plz
Post your age and gender, anons.>If you had to recommend (1) book that encapsulates the male experience what would it be?>And second, if you had to recommend (1) book that encapsulates the female experience what would it be?
>>25187043Not necessarily spooked or universal if "male experience" here generalizes the experiences of specific groups of men constituted by their hanging out and talking about things in a particular epoch i.e. now.
>>2518703627, manMale: OdysseyFemale: Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
>>2518703699 nonbinary>notes from underground
>>25187250kek
>18, male>the sorrows of young werther>henry and june
>read The Sorrows Of Young Werther>it's proto-simp literature of its time>read Elective Affinities>it keeps getting more and more ridiculous in its moral whitewashing of its characters with every chapter>keep waiting for some sort of divine punishment or moral>end up with a sequence where within 5 or so pages a baby has died, the culprit is forgiven, the parents feel glad it's gone and they're all just horny to fuck each other now that the baby is out of the way>main heroine again an heroes >there's no moral>apparently wanting to divorce your wife to fuck her nubile niece and wanting to divorce your husband to fuck his friend is based and properWtf? I am now very hesitant to move onto Faust. It seems to me Goethe was literally just a simp who placed some cringy love above everything. I expected more but these are literally just romanceschlock for moids instead of foids. The more old and revered literature I read, the more I keep getting >my friend>my love>oh dear gracious God>loving sure is good and the bestest best, surely you agree my friend>yes my friend whom I loveComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25187262>>loving sure is good and the bestest best, surely you agree my friend>>yes my friend whom I loveThis but unironically.A philosopher who hasn't known heartache (like Kant, Schoop, Nietzsche) have never known true reality.Why Schelling supersedes them all.
>>25189495>nietzscheSalome?
>when will this book finally get to longhousing me into accepting a moral lesson
>>25189495They were more austere and cerebral. I prefer that.
>>25187262Says the homosexual of soul like the OP
Are there any worthwhile books or scholarly papers written by US Presidents??
>>25188780federalist papersben franklin's autobio
>>25188780My grandfather hated him
>>25188780Okay I caught a fish! Now what?>You throw it back. What do you mean, I just caught it. >You’re fishing for fun. But the fun is getting the fish. >Yes, that’s why you release it. But then I won’t have the fish. >So you get to catch it again. This makes no sense whatsoever. >I wrote a book about it. It’s 100 pages. How the fuck?
Either regularly or now and again count>Granta>DIAGRAM>New Yorker>Ploughshares>Paris Review>Heavy Traffic
>>25186759The whole thread has been discussing fiction and poetry in magazines.
>>25175603>GrantaNever read the magazine but their "Best of Young British Novelists" has a crazy good track record. Is the magazine worth reading? Don't know if I want to subscribe to it, but I might if it's worth it
>>25176732NOON is good but I'm not coughing up that money for one issue a year
>>25175603the atlantic
>>25187917Granta's worth the money imo. One of the few consistently good litmags
This will always be the greatest book I've ever read. No writer has ever ripped their heart out and let the pages soak it up so much, no one has spoken so honestly about themselves, so earnestly and sincerely about the existential terror of everyday life while assuring the reader past all the futility of this world there is still light at the end of the tunnel. Just thinking of Tolstoy gives me peace, the simple thought of him telling me "you are not alone" 150 years ago gives me confidence that I can do better and I can try to make things better.
>>25189061dostoevsky is better
>>25189763hahahahahahahahahawhatever you say, dr peterstein
>>25189763Turn 21. >>25189061I meant to read this but I lost it as soon as I fucking bought it. It should be somewhere, I’ll find it if I look hard enough.
>>25189061Yeah, his nonfiction is incredible. Has given me goosebumps all over. Like "finally! Someone that gets it!" Pretty much everyone else falls into ideological traps; Tolstoy you can tell has very carefully pursued the truth and considered many different options and never let his mind become enslaved by word games, partisan prisons, etc. His views on religion and aesthetics might seem overly strict and narrow but he provides really strong arguments and you can tell they're the result of thousands of hours of thinking and of challenging dogma. He was an original, sincere thinker, with the cerebral horsepower to deliver profound results.
I look forward to reading it after AK.
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>>25185601I so.etimes wonder how does a love for their siblings feel like. Because everytime I see my brother I feel this mix of embarrasment and dislike. How he behaves, how he acts, how he doesn't seem to have any social awareness while preaching his retarded belivs with monolouges he took from furry fanfics. And he is a weird born again weirdo who during a trip suddenly talked himself into thinking he is gay and now reacts like a werdo to a word gay, rainbow etc. (He thought flag of Armenia was an PrideFlag). And I just don't want to spend time with him, but because of his spergy attitude he doesn't have anyone else. (And He loves rambling while putting his belifs into these). He is an Undiagnosed, Untreated Autist. And my parents force us to "get along" because "he is your brother or some shit.and that one day he will nit answer. Good. And when I told my parents That respect has to be at least earned they told me no that shit is automatically given. Me who tries to be a good son, and I do these coures do Job stuff. And they tell me that my brother is equaly worthy because he sits all day and is oveall a fat necbearded loser. While I did my countrys version of basic training. But no I am the asshole I am the bad one because I criticise a loser 26 year old I am foced to live next to. I sometimes wish to punch him just so he could get a factory reset and finały understand. But I am afraid of consequences that mum or dad will come to the resque of their prised hog.Holy shit im drink and I hat thisnfucking thinkg
are intelligent people less social and have very few friends or it's all a stereotype?
>>25189137>But he admitted not having read any of her novelsWell that's not a good look, you gotta admit.
>>25188217Something must be done...
>>25189799Its true for obvious reasons, however social rejects have a tendency to use that line of thought as a coping mechanism
