Anyone here published so I can purchase their work? I would like to see how a 4channer writes and would like to give you some well-deserved money.
>>24627601You're new to this, aren't you? A huge cut of nothing equals nothing. May as well use Amazon for the print version.
>>24627805I am allowed to dream, I would never have finished writing otherwise.
>>24627817My point is, you may as well lower barriers to people reading your work. Charging $10 for an e-book is insane. Not offering a print-on-demand paperback version filters people who prefer to own physical media whose possession can't be revoked.
>>24627847The print version is coming soon. There's also a free pdf floating in the archives somewhere.
Surely /lit/ doesn't publish books on amazon haha
Is it necessary to read before Dante?
>>24629067To have a basic understanding of Aristotelian ethics is not bad, but if you want a shortcut, read about thomistic ethics (it’s the upgrade on the nicomachean ethics). Also: the divine comedy is considered to be St Thomas’s summa in verse form. So I would say you skip the nicomachean ethics (although it’s never wrong to read it) and read about the ethics of St Thomas.
What are some books that gave you an existential crisis? The Pierre chapters of War and Peace made me so depressed I dropped out of college for a year.
>>24628868A conspiracy against the human race
>>24628920Bait.
>>24628929Just read Schopenhauer babe
Tom Pynchon tricked me into dropping my teenage career ideas to become a poor broke hippie chud. I wanted to be a bomber pilot.
>>24628868Céline's Mort à crédit
What does /lit/ think of comics? What are your favourites? Do you regard best of them as high literature? I think that picrel fits the standards
I think any medium is capable of producing art on par with the greatest literature. Comics specifically are the worst case scenario, an entire art form crushed by two companies until nothing but serialized slop exists.
You'd have to be a total midwit in order to not be able to recognize the lit aspect of comics.Besides Watchmen, Maus and similar classics I recommend Grant Morrison's The Filth or his Sea Guy as interesting explorations of the limits of the medium. Also Understanding Comics by McCloud is a pretty cool meta comic.
>>24629221Captain America with his helmet on gives me downie vibes.
>>24629268"DOWNIES" ARE ANGELIC ENERGY-BEINGS. THEY ARE COMPOSED OF BENEVOLENCE. WE MUST TREASURE THEM.
>>24627239I liked Uber. I love Akira. But I wouldnt consider them /lit/. Comics got the gay, unfortunately, and it's mostly a medium of looking at pictures.
Its just a bunch of niggerfights. I don’t understand what is supposed to be so foundational to western civilization about it. At least Hesiod is interesting and richly allegorical.
>>24628706cope
>>24628722Nah that’s you
>>24628735Seething
>>24628744I’m not seething, I’m not even irritated, fuck you.
>>24628706>>muhplot postingrefuted by aristotle
What a strange book.
>>24627975An English family hires a mysterious new cook who is incredibly good at his job. Things seem normal and then get weird.An anon in another thread mentioned being the only person he knew who read this book and not having anyone to discuss it with, so I decided to read this book and then make this thread so he could discuss it.
>>24628299Reading the summary it sounds like Passolini's Teorema or Miike's Visitor Q
>>24628311Not familiar with either of these, but based on a quick look at their Wikipedia entries they are a lot more sexual than this book is.
>>24628299can you post a sample of it? just apicture of your favorite page would work.
>>24627914I adore this book. Utterly brilliant and almost totally forgotten.Poor Ester btw
Be honest. How many of you actually started with the Greeks?
>>24629094>Aristotle in literature?anon...
>>24629094>Aristotle is completely irrelevant in literatureHis written works have made him one of the most influential human beings to ever live
>>24629058yes, well done, that is the implication. My point is that it also doesn't imply anywhere that the list is meant to be an exhaustive catalogue of all the essential Greek texts in history. You've just hallucinated that bit. Clearly this is a pre-Hellenistic list as there are some major (and popular) works like Plutarch's Lives and Argonautica which aren't included.
>tfw you don't know what literature means
>>24627224I read some plays like Prometheus and some Plato, went back as necessary. I don’t think I’ll ever read all that. I still would like to read Homer’s epics one day. I still haven’t read major works like the republic either, there’s just too much to do.
Has any philosopher successfully refuted the Transcendental Argument for the existence of God?
>>24629955>I don't think I understoodI'm sure
>>24629955God simply activates him omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence, then just does it.
the atheist mind at work. I can't reason against it any longer, I think I'm starting to believe in macroevolution?
>>24630140denial of one of the best tested theories out there is a good way to prove you have no access to the logos
Do you worry that there's no way to figure out if you're wrong about all this?It's just words stacked on top of words. It's not like you could ever come to learn something new about the world that would change your mind.
Which one is the best book for understanding and interpreting literary works and pop culture (series, movies, games) available?
>>24625089If you want to be any good, I'd advise using Sussman.
>>24625089Man and his symbols changed my way of appreciating art
>>24625089I haven't read the one on the right but the other two were really disappointing
>>24627038Its good despite one of his acolytes carrying water for Jackson Pollock.
>>24625790Piss off pseud, you fall right into that first category Wooooooooooo
>be me>reading moby dick, or the whale>get to the part where ahab stands the sailors in a circle and they talk about moby dick, or the whale insane oceankino, had actual goosebumps
>>24628624>Can't we all just let whales get away
>nails a gold coin to the ship's highest mast and orders the crew to scream their lungs out at the sight of moby dick>the crew applauds uproariously It was great
the chapter "The Candles" is better cosmic horror than any cosmic horror ever written
Just started Discipline and Punish, about 20 pages in.And I'm having trouble coming to terms with something he says early on. Foucault argues the prison/penal system is part of a larger disciplinary network that organizes and normalizes behavior. He starts with the past, especially how punishment was a public spectacle (torture, executions) done to deter crime, but modern prisons function to produce rule-following “drones”(he doesn't exactly refer to them as drones, I just added it as a modern equivalent) and that the disciplinary function of the prison is the primary point, with the separation of criminals from society being secondary or rather a byproduct of the initial function.I disagree with this because of how I see prisons, they're mainly a way to keep dangerous people away from the rest of us, with the disciplinary effect being a byproduct of the isolation that they face in prison and the deprivation of their rights, primarily the right to freedom.Am I misunderstanding his argument this early in the book, or does he stick with this “discipline first” idea all the way through for the birth of the prison?Does he ever address the public safety argument later, or is it mostly ignored?If anyone has read it, then can they provide some info?
>>24625782There weren't any vaccine passports for HIV and, unlike COVID, contracting it was an actual death sentence.
>>24621237the cover should be a hot schoolteacher getting spanked with that ruler
>>24626297Wait until you read The History of Sexuality
>>24626085>deathDeath is a social construct
>>24628228Cool. Kill yourself and report back.
Demons, Angels, and Everything In-Between 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: >>24509493
>>24625957NTA, but do tell please.
>>24567943How do you put interesting new twists on classic fantasy race archetypes like Elves and Dwarves? What about species or beings from mythology or folklore that would make good fantasy races that aren’t seen much, like picture related?
>>24625957Will do, that's a good idea.Though if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them.I want to keep them fairly medieval in their technology, but pseudo-fantasy stuff from scavenging human detritus is definitely on the menu
>>24594964Oops, sorry, honestly thought that I'd replied to this already. Thanks for the feedback! Do you have any more thoughts on what I can do for my Angels, BTW?To clarify with the gods, I wasn't planning on limiting the gods to two domains each besides their element, does that change your answers? I'm also not sure on explicitly giving any one god "Life" as a domain, especially given the implications for healing magic. Still, this is a great start, thanks again!Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was thinking that the different races were created by the different gods all combining their powers, with each race having two or three dominant elements in their makeup, so they primarily worship the gods that had the heaviest hand in their creations over the others.I was thinking that their relationship would be more neutral leaning towards positive. The Light and Void gods tend to work on a more metaphysical level, the former constantly creating like a stream of consciousness writer, the Void god acting like an editor refining their creations and destroying that which would harm the world (monsters being creatures that slipped through the cracks). They formed first and act in a semi-parental way to the other gods, though technically they're all considered equals.While the gods care about their followers to a degree, and will grant some prayers within reason, they're still their element, so the Fire god might burn down a forest not out of malice, but because that's what flame DOES, etc. Revering the gods is seen in part as a way to try and keep them happy and prevent any scuffles from going too far. They mainly communicate via their priests, but sometimes they create avatars to do certain tasks. If a person lived a good life, they go to the afterlife of the god they're most aligned with (they can choose between the options if there's a tie). What do you think?Thanks for the recommendations!
>>24615030How old is this kid? How did they react to finding tiny people?
What is a characterization of the Christian knight within a psychologically plausible structure and aesthetic perhaps of the ancient concept of virtue without recurring to the necessity of virtue. Something like a post nihilist good man but without falling for the trap of the arrogance and resentment of the good man as per Nietzschean analysis? What philosophy manifests this?
>>24627920What I mean is the possibility of a Solar entity wherein it encompasses everything and is a display of universal order or structure of I think apollo?
>>24627920
>>24627920Galahad.
>>24627920The Knight of Faith is quite literally insane from the view of everyone who is not God
Did a book or a particular translation of a book ever cause you to feel secondhand embarrassment?
>>24627641Maybe I just respect artistic innovation? There are multiple Ovid translations published every year so why even do one unless it’s different and pushes boundaries
>>24627660Go suck coon spunk, loser.
>>24627562Well at least it's good for a laugh
>>24627571What's even funnier is when you see what this guy looks likehttps://www.charlesmartinpoet.com/videoImagine him reading this shit. lmao
>>24627603I hope Charles Martin has something very unpleasant happen to him.
Started reading the Moss translation because I was told it was the best. I don't know why. It comes off as clunky to me, like sentences are very blunt.What translation does /lit/ recommend?
>>24619775No
>>24627489>>24628051Pretty sure they were literally in the midst of a particularly bad famine at that point in the story.
>>24617719Dynasty Warriors 3
>>24626060Good. Then I don't have to bother reading it at all. There's way too many real classics I want to read.
>>24617719>>24619794it s just how chinese isthey have no grammar and declinations and conjugationit s basically grug speak or reading Hemingway>>24619799you re the illiterate one anon, romance of the three kingdoms was written in the 1300s, it s far from ancient, compare it to the divine comedy or any other work of medieval european poetry, journey to the west reads the same and it was written at the end of the 16th century at the same time as Gargantua and Don Quixotefurthermore ancient works of literature dont have the clunckiness of chinese, the only one i can think off which is a little more simple is plato s dialogueschinese doesn t have the same flow as european languages but perhapse there is a beauty which we westerners can t see
