Fun With Math EditionStubbed >>24732394>What is /wng/ — 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.
>>24740615well are nipples showing? post it
>>24740651
well remove the nipplies
>>24740653just subtmit an edited version for scrhuble, you don't have to turn every minor inconvenience into a crisis.
>>24740659>>24740657Let’s go ahead and censor Greek statues, then.
ITT share what books you are currently going through and discuss with others about theirs.This is my new batch that just arrived. I'm gonna get into them as soon as I finish my current book.
>>24739797>I gotta finish with Hume first, sure you do>it's the last book from the previous batchsure it is >I'm slightly less than halfway through, I reckon I'll get through it this week.sure you will
>>24740156Why would one buy a book that he does not plan to read?
>>24740179are you joking? people do this more often than not, especially people who post their "to read" stack rather than their "read" stack
Partly inspired by recent Democrat murder of a novel Republican to pick this up.Some things never change
2666, slaughterhouse five, morning and evening (fosse). Started reading 2666 in highschool but stopped at section 2. Keep slaughterhouse in my work truck for when i have a moment to read like lunch etc. Then morning and evening on my phone
well that sucked
>>24739860Damn, that sounds almost exactly like my experience with the Novelist, minus the homoeroticism. A few interesting ideas that only come through in what are effectively monologues. I think his point in that novel was about some kind of generational distractedness and self-obsession, but he didn't do it well; it only felt like a description, and not a particularly insightful one.You read anything contemporary that's actually good? Did you glean much in terms of intent from Muscle Man? because I'd like to see someone do a better job with simialr ideas.
>>24739951Honestly, given what I know of The Novelist that seems more understandable/ excusable. I guess this might maybe constitute a commentary on modern academia and masculinity? It’s a big maybe.In terms of recent stuff I’ve read and liked, I confess I do a lot of genre reading, but How I Won A Nobel Prize was the better book in a vaguely similar vein. I did also quite enjoy Colum McCann’s most recent book Twist.
>>24739860>homoeroticnow i'm interested
poor man's My Father's Diet
>>24739771you know what else sucks?
These are the books I have currently read this year.
>>24738836Hello Wallace, has the bladder infection cleared up?
Young Men and FireJesus of Nazareth: The Infancy NarrativesOne Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichAdult Children of Emotionally Immature ParentsThe Lost City of the Monkey GodTravels with Charley: In Search of AmericaVoices from ChernobylWill You Please Be Quiet, PleaseAnimal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow CreaturesButchers CrossingOut of the Silent PlanetMedium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who CookThrough A Glass, Darkly: Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle and the Quest to Solve the Greatest Mystery of AllJoylandState and RevolutionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24736899>BM>In the Miso SoupSame here, two of my favorites from this year. Went on a Ryu Murakami tear after, Popular Hits from the Showa Era is probably the best thing I've read all year.
>Butcher's Crossingsame here, I really enjoyed it, what about you?
>>24736899What ive read this year:Sun and steelBronze age mindsetDo Androids Dream Of Electric SheepConversations with Goethe Promise of bloodMultiple Chinese webnovelsShadow slaveAm I doing it right lit?
How is the publishing scene these days I am disconnected but I wanna start getting ready to try, I know its going to be harder than my heart tells me.I think I might have to think about this soon but I have no idea how it all works on that end? Self pub isn't that benefitial to me, I don't know.
BUmping
>>24739783Publishers don't read anything anymore only AI summaries. So you'll get published easier if you trick the AI by gaming into the story buzzwords important to the clientele that particular publisher services in the marketplace. Or you could write what your heart speaks to you and you'll likely never be read by anyone. Welcome to the future.
Al Ghazali refutes his contemporary followers of Greek philosophy, asserting that religion and faith in God is superior to philosophy in regards to metaphysics and knowledge of the divine. The 11th century text from a Muslim polymath basically describes my view on Greek philosophy as a Muslim myself, and this book is highly popular in the intellectual circles of Muslim countries like Pakistan. Especially in regards to students of Islamic mysticism.I reject the polytheist, pederast cult of the ancient Greek philosophers that pervades the ruling class and Western academia (and /lit/) in favor of faith in God and religious studies, which leads us to Al Ghazali's magnum opus: The Revival of Religious Sciences. A subject for another thread.>Start with the Greeks!They always say. With such commanding arrogance, as if looking down on you as an unenlighted peon.>Start with the Greeks!Thick tomes of indoctrination slammed on the psyche of young liberal arts students, not-to-secretly inlaid with ancient and revolting perversions and cult idol worship. Minerva? Athena? Zeus? I worship God! Not unliving statues! What backwards, primitive nonsense at its foundation, twisted into an image of sophisticated cultural heritage.>Start with the Greeks!No! Start with prayer, start with the prophets. Start with the Scripture and read it and re-read it for life. There you will actually find spiritual satisfaction, sufficient answers for sincere truth seekers.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24738782They were raiding and beheading for centuries prior. They just got outmatched at their own game by the Mongol bull.
>>24738444This is party a myth, spread by writers of the enlightment age. A age, by the way, that the entire islamic world missed out.You just believe this kind of stuff since it gives you a good feeling of supriority above Europe and the European culture, while you're suspected that "your" culture is inferior in some regards.Would you ever been freed from this complex and take a fresh view, you would see that the Medivial intellectual culture has been similar. At least, as far as I read. Their idea of knowledge was theocentric. They hate any kind of peganism and yet, need to admitt the better knowledge of the anticies in terms of philosophy, medicin or that like.Even the northern Germanic and southern Arabic tribes serve a smiliar role during the decline and fall of the Roman empire. Both Arabs and Germans has been Confederati of the Romans and, as the empire beginns to fall and the prospect of wages for their servitud vanished, they starts to conquer and looting plances on their own. The knowhow was not a issue since they serve along with the Roman legions. The only trouble they face were the remaining Roman troops and their lack of knowledge in terms of law, administration, even trading things acrous the Mediterranean Sea.
>>24737577I have this book in Arabic. I still have to learn the language before tackling it thoughie.
>>24737577mogged by al farabi
>>24739579It's not a myth. But the ones who were doing the teaching were actually all Syrian Christians and not Muslims because Muslims were busy rejecting all knowledge.
What Redditors are saying about Honor Levy>holy fuck I wish I never read this>the worst people i know are excited about it>it’s astounding how poorly she writes>The one excerpt I saw is literally the worst thing I’ve ever read in my life>You couldn't waterboard me into reading a full book of that, Jesus ChristIs she our girl?
>>24735928I was stupid enough to follow /lit/'s advice and try to read her. Holy hell was it bad. If this is peak GenZ we are royally screwed
>>24738926You're a philistine you jew
I hate women but I honestly wish her the best. I am completely rooting for her.I also think she owes me sex
>>24740525we hve to start a thread of poetry dedicated to our beauteous queen
>>24735928lit version of lena dunham
Especially during 2010-2020 it's literally the White Guilt the book
Has any woman in the past 50 years written anything worth reading? Picunrel I haven't read it
>>24737604Also Olivia Laing, Rachel Cusk, Louise Gluck, Claudia Rankine, and Maggie Nelson all write some pretty interesting poetic work/ creative nonfiction/ general meditative literature.
one of the GOAT short story collections…
>>24732155Op have you ever tried reading any book
tfw no Duras gf to have a toxic relationship with
I'm reading Surprise, Kill, Vanish by Annie Jacobsen. It's a history of American Military Black Ops since World War II. It has some amazingly gritty real life adventure stories in it.
>reading Demons by Dostoevsky>feel bored all the time, my desire to read it drops with every page>eventually drop it at the 400 page mark after procrastinating for like a week>pick up Gravity's Rainbow>immediately absorbed, read 50 pages in one sittingThis marks the 2nd realist novel that I dropped in a row (the previous one being War & Peace).GR? I haven't laughed this hard since Ulysses (Cyclops had me roaring). Slipping on a banana peel? Putting a banana pajama pants? "Incoming mail"? Corporal Wayne? Giant Adenoid? All the fun little songs? Now that's more my style. Give me goofs and gags, not soap opera drama.
>>24739070Great, you do you!
>>24739070It wears off
>>24739070>Dostoevsky>Realistic>Ulysses>not Realistic
>>24739070anna karanina is boring. war and peace is better.
>>24739070Based and read-for-fun pilled
Fiction book about extra dimensional and experiencing spiritual journey such as the spirit leaves the body (death,etc)
>>24739775This >Look at this screwdriver! You can build nice birdhouses much easier with it!>But... you could also stab your own eye with it if you are fuckin retarded>Lets ban screwdrivers and all tools altogether!
>>24740060I hope the next time you trip you stop sleeping entirely for days and start hearing voices thinking it's the end of the world. Should've used your tool better you tool lol.
>>24740071another kind and friendly drug addict
>>24740071Let me guess:>thought that starting with low doses and working your way up is "reddit">no or a shitty trip sitter>no nature and/or private space accessible >screens, screens, screens>shitty bad vibe music (rap, metal etc.)>smoked weed or drank alcohol with it >zero meditative or breathwork or similar experience>tried to control it, didnt let go>cant into introspection or interpretation at allWith at least 2 or 3 of those Im dead on
>>24740590Forgot caffeine inducing anxiety looping
Why don't more authors use incest as a plot device?
Nigga are for real?
>>24740384name actual literature
>>24740416no u
>>24739984True but that makes it kinda hot.
Is George R.R. Martin not enough for you?
I find myself sympathetic to Tyler. Mormon cult parents, a homophobic society, autistic. And then you have a toxic fascist society that wants to feed him to the wolves. What other stories are told from the perspective of those hated by an evil blood thirsty corrupt society. I’m aware of the Jesus and the New Testament gospels along with Grendel. Any other suggestions?
Literally who?
>>24738847>really useful people (the United Health CEO is the better example of this
>>24738861you think you can run a fortune 500 company? you didn't even finish community college
>>24738861You don't seem to understand. You're not thinking about it from the system/corporate/government's point of view, even if you don't like them. Actually think about this. As far as the corporate-governmental system is concerned, the various major players are useful if they do their job and generally help make Line Go Up and maintain existing order. The victim was a CEO of a Dow constituent, included in everyone's retirement plans, one way or another. Voters. If people start feeling emboldened to kill CEOs and politicians en masse, then this not only threatens the stability of the established order, but it also poses a threat to the other politicians. Whether you like them or not is beside the point, the point is to consider their perspective and what is rational for them to do. It is quite rational for them to use state power to put Luigi Mangione down, especially since his fanbase is worrying in itself.
>>24738877Well of course the perpetrators know what's coming. But they are suicidal to start with, so it's not going to dissuade anybody.
tyrion stroll 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: >>24704184
Was he autistic?
>>24740155>He is beyond lazy.I don't think this is laziness. This is apathy. George just doesn't care all that much about religion. His apathy towards religion runs so deep it's subconscious. That's why he writes religion the way he does. Put another way, if he were religious or had a deep interest in it, The Faith of the Seven would nauseatingly autistic in how detailed it would be.
>>24740512The only things gurm is nauseatingly autistic about is cunts and food
>>24740512it'd be kino if there was a fracture between the learned understanding of the "Seven facets of one Godhead" vs. the lay interpretation of "Seven names means seven individuals, simple as" that resulted in heresies that had to be periodically stamped out by the Faith
>>24740603>I'm gonna stop ye right there, Septon Patrek. That's partialism!
I was quite surprised, after thoroughly reading through the masterworks of this King, by some falsely considered the godfather of nazism, to promote an almost full equality of the female gender and describe the Aryan Germain as an otherwise tolerant, non-nationalistic, unprejudiced towards foreign nations, individualist man who doesn't go to the temples and resents priests with a passion. He wants nothing other than to contribute to his community and who would, if necessary, even sacrifice his life and all his wealth for it. He is a man who does not love authority and who is good to his slaves. Spreading the message of justice and fair government, with violence if necessary, is the true Aryan's sole concern. They lived inside their rural farms, democratically organized under the head of an uninfluential federative King. Unfortunately there are not many of them left, as Gobineau explains in his book. To say of oneself that one is an Aryan, is almost the same as claiming to be a true genius. But who other than a true Aryan would dare to accept such worldview? Combining the idea of racism with a love for all humanity is a step few people dared to make.
>>24739802>Also about the attitude of the superior to the inferior races, the Negroes, for instance. R. says the greatest triumph for the intellectually superior person is to win the love and devotion of those beneath him, whereupon the Count [Gobineau] says such love can be found among Negroes, but not mulattoes.>We come back to the subject of race, wondering which theory is right, Schopenhauer’s or Gobineau’s. R. feels they can be reconciled: a human being who is born black, urged toward the heights, becomes white and at the same time a different creature.>‘Negro slave owners etc. as extreme consequence of the conqueror’s becoming far more savage than the animals.’
>>24737357Ugly chinless blob thinks he's ''the master race'', many such occurrences
>>24739929Schopenhauer believed whites descending from the brown race, had their skin gradually bleach by influence of the climate, and therefore white skin represents a deviation from nature, often seeking to be corrected by the tendency of white men to fall in love with dark featured women. He seemed to have attributed no moral or intellectual advantage to white skin
>>24739929>>a human being who is born black, urged toward the heights, becomes white and at the same time a different creature.
>>24740475kek
