Why is there no good english translation of this book despite it having such a massive influence on Chinese culture?I don't want to spend a decade learning an entire fucking language (one of the most difficult at that) just to read one god damn book.
Duoooohhh it no-uh have transuhlayshunu becausaru it no sell to-uh piggu whitaru piparu *gong*
>Li was a scientist of political intrigue. He wrote: "When you conceal your will from others, that is Thick. When you impose your will on others, that is Black (Dark)."lmao this is a fucking /lit/ meme
I've been reading some Guénon lately and I don't exactly understand the role of initiation. Does he think we're supposed to go to India or the Middle East to find a spiritual teacher who can initiate us into esotericism? And he clearly thinks this is not to be found in West and that enlightenment is not to he found by reading his books.
>>25126493Why the long face?
>>25126493Guénon's view on initiation is shaped by his freemasonry background where initiation is tied to a ritual made only for a select group of people. At the end of his life he realized that even sufis are found in masses in muslim countries so he tried to cope by saying that all initiation comes first in a virtual way. You shouldn't trust him on this concept without further investigation, in fact some of the people influenced by him such as Schuon and Borella reject his opinion that Christianity is no longer initiatic. In pic related Borella says how christian baptism can go from a virtual initiation to an actualized initiation without the need of a dufferent rite, he bases this on Symeon the New Theologian which was an eastern mystic which alongside Palamas, defines the Orthodox Christian spiritual path.
>>25126867sorry, this was meant to be pic related, from Borella's Christ the Original Mystery
>>25126493Guenon is a midwit who genuinely goat fucking muslims and street shitting jeets could follow any possible form of Tradition rather than being completely degenerated and separated from Tradition.
>>25127059>Guenon is a midwitTo say nothing of his cultists.
So /lit/, have you thought about what will happen to your book collection after your death?
>>25125454>collect 70,000 books>do not read themHe was 100% posting on /lit/
>>25125467you are right, but we are wired to worry about that
I have mostly art books so id give them to the art academy library or university library after my family chooses whatever they want to keep or sell.
>>25125454A relative will likely donate them. I only have a few physical books because moving apartments with so many of them got old very fast.
wall of books vs wall of funco-pops, they're exactly the same thing. Be better than commodity fetishism
Don't ask me why, but I've started writing a short piece of erotica. I have questions:>Am I good to talk about that here?>Has AI chatbot roleplay bullshit effectively killed erotica as a genre?>I'm too much of a perfectionist and it's resulted in me taking around 90 minutes to write a paragraph - this pretty much prevents me from ever writing anything substantial, so how unusual is this, and advice on getting around it?
>>25126819>zero arguments.>emotional over being retarded.off yourself.don't reply, this is just a bump for OP that is a victim of brownoid oath takers like you that have an asshole that pounces.
>>25125609I'm not trying to demoralize you, I'm telling you to write a second goddamn draft because no one will stomach your first one.
>>25126943What fetishes?
>>25126981Weight gainSlobMessing/IncontinenceHealth complications related to obesityOccasionally brain drain and personality rewrite
>>25126944I pray for your family.
Talk about poems/poets you like, post your own work, and critique others.
You, I'll remember: We were too alikeIn the ways we were hurt. Hearts pierced by pikes,At distance, killed in cowardice's waves.From this pain we regressed into our caves.Time we shared in the dark ages, lightsome,The mess of history's ignorant youth.Alive in spite of the dangerous truth,Enlightenment, Maturity's war drum.It's arrival was quick, adulthood's horn.Awash were we, bathed in Reality,It's blood stained us. We were hurt, this world torn.Suicide, drugs: Escapism's decree.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25125573*For women, they are not
In a tiny little houseThere's an itty bitty mouseIn his teeny tiny bed Rests his eeny weeny headBut he just can't fall asleepHe has trouble counting hseepHe already drank his milkAnd his sheets are made of silkMr Mouse will need his restEvery day for him's a testBut it's too noisy in his houseI feel sorry for the mouseHe has faggots in his wallsHe can hear them slapping ballsThey go at it every nightComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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Any anons use this site. https://allpoetry.com/Almost everyone on there is bad in a "not really trying, probably doesn't know what trying means" kinda way, and their feedback generally amounts to "keep it up!" levels of useless, but I have encountered some gems, and I myself have gotten pretty good at giving critique.Anyway. A poem of mine.> Silent snows is what he knows, like tangerine and rind> Quiet distant singing, sounds the bell fast tines.> fingers gummed and sugar stung, sleep gizzard blood and gall> but that he knew the things which came, when nothing came at all
Post books where the protagonist solves problems in an intelligent manner.
The Art of The Deal
About 100 pages in, and while it's definitely enjoyable and has good prose, what the fuck am I reading? What's up with Slothrop? Why did he crawl through a shit filled toilet in Harlem and why do his hard-ons predict V2s? I mean I'm sure it'll all be explained, but what the fuck is up with Pynchon? Why the hell is this universally renowned as one of the greatest books of the 20th century? Does the story about a guy getting a hard-on in WWII seriously turn into some profound exploration of the human condition and the metaphysical truth of reality?
>>25123759>Why did he crawl through a shit filled toilet in HarlemHe was experimented on by a psychologist (Laszlo Jamf.) It was a hallucination experienced under sodium pentothal.>why do his hard-ons predict V2s?It's hinted that Jamf replaced his cock with an erectile homing beacon for the bombs, manufactured from a mysterious polymer called Imipolex G.More generally, the book is about paranoia and conspiracies. When bombs start targeting all the places where Slothrop gets a boner, that leads to pretty strong paranoia.
>>25124171There's nothing surreal about Gravity's Rainbow.
>>25126680Pointsman staged the octopus thing because he knew Slothrop would play the White Knight and rescue Katje. Katje was planted on Slothrop to spy on him.
>>25126175t. millennial boomer
>>25126680It's pretty straightforward though where's the confusion?
How the average males life is existentially horrifying while the average hole's life is so blissful, and filled with hedonistic pleasures of the flesh and delights beyond our graps.
>>25126802Last thing before I go to sleep.These men even call each other "dude".They use incel slang like "uncuck", "matooore", "keks", "mogs"...Like, who the fuck falls for this shit?
>>25118316>the man would still run off, be a terrible father, diekek, the father of your child dies and you claim you'd be most effected. woman are hilarious.
>>25122428That particular Jewish by-product is what has crippled our society
>>25118289>>25118316i come on this board to get away from /r9k/ style shitflinging
>>25125432>standing in your kitchen staring at the burners honors Godwhat are you seriously talking about
I'm interested in his horror but think his worldview is gay. Is there any point reading him? If so what does /lit/ recommend?
>>25125056I think even if you aren't a pessimist you'll enjoy his work, if anything it will be creepier if you aren't. Laird Barron is less of a pessimist as far as Weird authors go so maybe try him out too.
>>25125056Ligotti is brilliant. He is the king of atmosphere.
>>25125115I’m glad you plan to continue reading because so far you’ve mostly just read his more derivative works. He’s kind of like Lovecraft in that some of his early and middle works are pretty good but carry too much influence from others whereas most of the best come later. Like the story Harlequin gets bandied about but it’s really just a relatively high quality pastiche at the end of the day. His corporate horror is more interesting to me at least. Also make sure to listen to his collabs with Current 93.
Skip Ligotti and read Machen and Smith as >>25125106 says. Start with The Great God Pan, it's the greatest horror story every written.
>>25127021I'll get to it eventually, it's definitely not a priority though. What are his best books/collections?
Drop your philosophical one liner>For what good is freedom if everyone is locked away?
>>25126378Actually brilliant
>>25124037Principle of identity, a metalogical principle on par with the principle of contradiction and the principle of sufficient reason of knowing.
The universe is my representation of time, space, and causality.
Loose people loose people.
>>25124032Enough arguing! We're past that, now. I'm straight-up going to kill you :3
Climb Le Hecking Tower EditionStubbed >>25116158>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'.>/wng/ authors.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25126906Reiko hails from the fictional world Excel createdShe was a performative hero who was secretly a villain there who represented all the rejection he got from pretty girls, the disgusting fetish shit he had to endure, all the shit that enabled the fetishization of Jenny Wakeman and treated her as a pornographic propertyHer end goal is to eliminate all individuality since she believes it is CANCER, she just wants everyone to be a single fluid collective hivemind orgy, so that no one will ever be alone and everyone will always be happy and completeTo hide this however she is just LARPing as a progressivist and claims to be in fvaor of equality through inverting itShe resents her creator and what he stands for, but claims to be all about love
>>25126846My self-insert characters are not the type of characters I want to write about. I have self-inserts in my work, but they're in the background. They show up, say shit nobody should reasonably know or do shit nobody else can do, aura farm, and leave.>>25126865because webcomics are a medium with low output volume compared to webnovels. reader time invested is a major component of developing attachment and investment, which further leads to higher odds of patreon subscription.
>>25126268>Levin descended quietly, hitting only the silent steps — third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and the long stride over the twelfth, which screamed like a cat in a theological debate regardless of how gently you touched it.
>>25124412does this exist outside of smut fanfic? i have never seen a webnovel do it in my life
>>25126268>Levin wakes up six weeks agodropped 1/4 of a sentence in. god why can't webnovel authors handle tense agreement
I bought a all in one volume of James Clavell's Shogun recently, and when it got here today I noticed it's only 805 pages long. There is no "volume one" or "volume two" printed on the spine, cover, or title pages.Id always heard this book was over 1000 pages long. The difference seems very conspicuous to me. Did I buy an abridged version, or maybe an early version that didn't have it listed as volume one or something?It starts with the wrecking of John Blackthorns ship and the last line of dialogue on the last page is "this is my karma" followed by the account of Ishido's defeat.
>>25126927No, I'm not. What am I missing here
>>25126831Lol haha lmao
>>25126841How did i fuck up?The seller listed it as an all in one volume
Anon, the explanation is right under your nose, tickling your nostril hairs, nuzzling your olfactory neurons with pheromones.
>>25127009Please have pity on the retarded. I just want to know if i need to buy something else
Without a shred of irony, I believe he will go down as the greatest writer of the last 100 years or so.
>Without a shred of irony
He will be forgotten if he doesn’t at least release book 6. FACT!
>>25126725Imagine wearing a Lenin cap and a paisley waiscoat at 77 years of age.
>>25127008In a market as red in tooth and claw as writing, it's a hundredfold better to be memorable than fashionable.
In this topic, construct all posts to omit, of Latin's signary, its quinary symbol."Gadsby" is such a work which omits this symbol totally.Writing this way is hard as fuck, man. It's fascinating how long and short words occur in conjunction and in atypical fashion as a natural conclusion of this singular symbol's omission.Gadsby's author, Wright, was certainly a psychopath for doing this.
mods are asleep, post works that are only e's
>>25126603Though this may not, at first, if thou is so inclin'd, approach a simplistic task, the symbol which thou may say sounds similar to "I", is not, in fact, so difficult as to wholly disturb a hardworking individual, though it is highly frustrating. A solution I abus'd, and show'd, just now, is contractions and using old forms of writing. I will admit it is a fun task, though brutish on the brain, and for now I will quit it.
Respectfully, Perec did it better with La Disparition.
>>25126859But you still forgot th' old trick of omitting th' final symbol of our most common word. What a fag.
"BLACK FOLKS could stand about" this man thought, "I was not in this vicinity in any day past. Possibly BLACK FOLKS stand in any location." A cool wind was known as good against his no-clothing torso. "I AM STRONGLY AGAINST BLACK FOLKS" this man thought. A Sugary Fantasy is Wrought with This shook again his car in all, making it throb just as that $9 liquor ran round through his mighty thick bloodways and did wash away his (just) phobia of brownskins post-dark. "With a car, you can go any location you want" this man said to his own body, out loud.
The moral of this story is that love makes you stupid and thinking with your dick never ends well.
>>25125950Ah, the story that made me fall in love with this fucking schizo’s oeuvre ironically enough. I should read Dubliners again at some point, it’s been almost 20 years since I last did.
>Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; andmy eyes burned with anguish and anger.Literally me frfr
>>25126001More correct about The Dead than this one
his time schedule was fucked up, like what kind of plan was that to go there so late
>>25126001>While she spoke she turned a silver bracelet round and round her wrist>I was alone at the railings. She held one of the spikes, bowing her head towards me.She would have paid in full, too. That's the tragedy of it.
