/lit/ - Literature

>>19778727
Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump. Trump has anointed himself as the self-appointed uber-mensch for our time.

>>19750895
Done.

Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump.

>>19750119
Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump.

>>19748700
Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump.

>>19749538
Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump.

>>19749889
Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump.

>>19749249
Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump.

>>19731868
Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump. Trump has anointed himself as the self-appointed uber-mensch for our time.

I'll start:

Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump. Trump has anointed himself as the self-appointed uber-mensch for our time. Nietzsche is really saying ‘stop thinking and follow me and let your feelings be your guide’. There is no being, there is only becoming and a great thinker will be needed to rise above the herd. --- [To be continued]

>>19718595
This is true btw. I was saying this in another thread before. But after rereading Crocodile it blew my mind once I realized Sam is in it at the end (the antagonist from Call of the Arcade.)
There’s a fuck ton of little bods to the other books like this. At first I wasn’t sure what the “read in any order! XD” meme was about. But I get it now after reading some of them.

Was searching for my next book to read. Stumbled upon some of Nietzsche's books on goodreads, and I saw this review for The Will to Power. Well /lit/, what do you think?

"Pernicious nonsense wrapped in twiddle twaddle ramblings while easily being one of the most influential books published in the 20th century. This is the most different of all of Nietzsche’s books while simultaneously epitomizing all of his other writings even to the point of making this book seem unoriginal, something that I’ve never felt with any of his other books. It’s clear that a lot of this book were notes from his other books, and the rest were notes for what would become this book. There is one thing that struck me about this book, overall it was the most unoriginal of all of Nietzsche’s writings because he had for the most part said it elsewhere in his writings but says it here in such a way that it will appeal to the proto-fascist and soon-to-be Nazis who will lap this stuff up.

Ayn Rand loved Nietzsche and was going to use his quotations as chapter headings for ‘The Fountainhead’ until she realized that she misunderstood him; she obviously agreed with his fascism but wasn’t able to understand his philosophy beyond the superficial and I suspect it was this book that originally hooked her. Heidegger wrote an incredibly influential book explaining this book that influenced Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, but, most importantly, Oswald Spengler explicitly cites Nietzsche and Goethe as his major influences for volume I of Decline of the West (by all means read that God awful book if only to understand why one can call Trump a fascist), and lastly in Hitler’s autobiography, Nietzsche with Goethe, Luther and Fredrich the Great were Hitler’s acknowledged greatest influences. BTW, within this book I would say that Goethe was equally praised by Nietzsche as Hitler and Spengler praised him.

Make no mistake. This book is vile. The ‘always conniving Jew uses their knowledge against the ignorance of the other’ or whatever nonsense Nietzsche wrote, hysterical women never can learn or write good literature, the German is superior, Machiavelli was a great thinker, and so on and so on. But, that’s not my real problem with this book since it’s easy to dismiss that has nothing but prejudices.

All of the perniciousness of fascism lurks within this book. All of Donald Trump and what he is trying to do against humanity is within this book. Equality is anathema for them. Humanism is irrelevant and dangerous to them. A great leader, according to Nietzsche is required in order to save us. Spengler made Julius Caesar his great leader while in this book Nietzsche did too, but also Napoleon would do, or until a Hitler comes along or a Trump. Trump has anointed himself as the self-appointed uber-mensch for our time.

>>19525403
Sorcery of a Queen, Dragons of Terra #2 - Brian Naslund (2020)
I find it much easier to give the benefit of the doubt to the first book in a series than any following book. The second book often shows whether the author learned from their mistakes and/or whether the first was merely a fluke. This is unfortunately sometimes undermined by the second in a trilogy being a transitional book. While I wouldn't call this transitional, it certainly seems to primarily be for setting up the third book. I would've preferred it to follow up its some of its themes from the first book rather than for the majority to be a suicidal quest again, but that suffices as well.

There's wholesale slaughter and many characters die, but I didn't find it to be very impactful. That usually requires some emotional investment. When a bunch of influential nobodies are killed that's mostly a statement of what characters are willing to do more than anything else. There are a few characters that time has been spent on that die, but I feel that those involved were either too nonchalant or hamfisted about their deaths for me to feel much. As with the first book there's sex, though this time the only scene where there's more than a couple sentences are two male youths fumbling around.

The series antagonist was introduced relatively late in the first book. There's much more focus on him in this one and probably will be in the third book. I like him, but he's in the wrong series, for me at least. He's directly responsible for almost all the in-universe elements I don't like in this series. Everything he does just seems so out of place, mostly in terms of technological advancement. His goal of imposing perfect order on the world is relatively common, but how he wants to go about it irks me in this otherwise not technologically advanced setting. I think that would be less of a concern others.

Overall, I found this to be a weaker book, perhaps only because I didn't overlook as much. The series is a fun read, but it isn't anything particularly notable aside from maybe its propensity to quickly overthrow established systems. I expect the third to be more similar to the second than the first. Depending on how the third book goes, I may have to relegate this series to being little better than average because of how it doesn't do much with the several good ideas it has. So, while it hasn't been quite what I'd want it to be, I can certainly see the appeal for others to enjoy it more for what it is.
Rating: 3/5

>>19521799
im not sure I’ve any actual advice to give, but ill type something up, if only to set some errant thoughts in order. For what it’s worth I had in my mid 20’s set myself the task of reimaging myself into a more attractive, healthy human being. And while these days I have many reservations as to the actual humanizing effects of the humanities, as well as the general feeling that there must be something wrong with your premise: literature sitting on the same shelf as the awl, or the spanner , only to be trotted out for it’s functional use. Im sure you understand that literature is, at best , only a small part of a more complete diet. Anywho ...


1) Read widely.
Avoid the elitist, vulgar prejudice on lit and aim for a universal, humanist breadth. Something that can mix history, poetry, theory and fiction onto a singe casual sentence, that, while it maybe not there for all, is there for those who listen. History should stand next to poetry and painting which themselves should stand next to animation, or comics or videogames, as these too are part of culture, and in such a way that does not call attention to itself. Read books on everything, from ecology and architecture to gardening and the history of manga . It’s true that the right deployment for your studies is almost more difficult then their actual attainment, and even more true that there is no substitute for going out there and making a fool of yourself. But being able to show off a breadth of knowledge, without it seeming either forced or practiced is the key to everything. Never has the general mood of society been so against you, and yet you will soon discover how the careful distribution of a few choice words can take you further then you think. Here moderation is key as you can overdo this stuff ( not everything needs to be learned or accompanied by Latin) but here , as everywhere else in life, good taste and instinct is something that can be developed.

>>19485381
Anon, we are all sinners. Come to God and ask humbly for forgiveness. Your own shame lasts longer than God's anger, because He uses it to teach. God bless you.
>>19485975
I hope so anon! If Heaven has books, then they must contain unimaginable wisdom and beauty. God bless.
>>19486190
I will pray for you right now, anon. It can be so hard on the other side, but once you have heard God, the sound of his voice will never go away. You may ignore him, but he will always call you. God bless you.
>>19486416
I have made it a habit to read and pray everyday before bed. It's a great moment, because it allows me to reflect on my day and if I have been a good person and also to look at it through the wisdom of God.
>>19486578
Amen and God bless.
>>19486719
Hold on, let me get my bible. A verse that I've been thinking about a lot lately is proverbs 1:22
>How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
>>19486817
God is my medicine.
>>19486829
Thanks anon, God bless you.
>>19486875
If only they knew how good things really are...
>>19487035
When you are wicked there isn't no. But when you repent and walk in the way of the lord, there is much to delight over.
>>19487111
Aquinas Aquinas Aquinas.
>>19487392
Read whatever interests you, anon. Genesis, Exodus etc. is also a good order to see how it all started and how we came to inherit this world.
>>19487512
Yes, I often do but it's no use. He always knows better.
>>19487522
No, I don't. I just felt a burst of love for God and the world and I had to let it out. God bless you anon.
>>19487565
That's a really tough question. Truthfully, I don't know. I can only hope to be like Abraham.
>>19487716
I believe that all monotheistic religions basically pray to the same God. The only difference is that Christianity contains the truth about how to successfully approach God, unlike the other religions. The reason I know this is because I have never experienced the kind of relationship with God in any other religious or spiritual tradition. I know what it is like to not feel the presence of God, I have struggled with this myself. What helped me was to not make any demands, but to humbly follow the commandments and an open mind. After a while I started praying too, hesitant prayers with many questions and with little faith. And then, I don't know when this happened, I started feeling this overwhelming love inside of me when I would pray. Persevere my friend and may God watch over you.

>>19479447
You can try the Horror's Call series (you can read them in any order)

>>19474227
I kind of want to start the Horror's Call series, but I can't decide what book to start with. (since you can read them in any order)

>>19475008
For me, it's gotta be one of the Horror's Call books (they're great because you can read them in any order)

>>19473614
If you're asking me what's next, I'd say you read Horror's Call (you can read it in any order)

>>19471834
He didn't read the Horror's Call series (you can read it in any order)

>>19465380
The Horror's Call series (you can read the series in any order)

>>19419514
The Way of Kings, The Stormlight Archive #1 - Brandon Sanderson (2010)

The Way of Kings is the tenth Sanderson novel I've read and the twenty-seventh work overall. As with his other works, the writing is serviceable and meant for wide appeal. This isn't meant to be read for its prose. This is one of the longest books I've read where I didn't mind that it was overly long and meandering. It wouldn't suffer much from losing hundreds of pages. I wouldn't call it engaging so much as enticing. For some there may be insufficient plot progression for well over a thousand pages.

The Way of Kings is one of the most videogame inspired books I've ever read. There are many books that are closer to videogames, but they're emulating rather than being inspired. The book is completely filled with the logic, character archetypes, and tropes of RPGs. There's especially a lot that seems to be from Final Fantasy. I haven't the slightest problem with that. I love RPGs. If you don't think you'd like a videogame aesthetic, then this may not be for you, though clearly many people do like it. However, that may also limit the overall appeal of the series.

In terms of the three primary viewpoint characters I liked Dalinar, Shallen, and Kaladin in that order. I don't like Kaladin even though he's by far the most popular character. The narrative arc for his character development seems obvious. His archetype is one that I dislike. I hope I'm wrong. I didn't really care for his childhood chapters, but that's more a general issue than a specific one with dual timelines.

The book ends by tying off its immediate plot threads, so it may be possible to satisfied with only reading this one, but that seems strongly doubtful unless you're the sort of person who'd be fine with only finishing the first disc of a ten disc game and not playing any of its downloadable content. There's a lot of random lore and references that seem to be the narrative equivalent of backtracking in a game to earlier areas later on when the characters have more resources. Probably some stuff won't make any sense for a few books at least. There was a lot more focus on being in singular locations for characters than I expected there would be. An adventure novel this is not.

The Cosmere excites people too much regardless of the valance of their feelings. Its supporters think of it as a puzzle and want every possible morsel. The detractors dislike that they feel forced to read more than they want to get the entire story. To me the Cosmere is a marketing ploy masquerading as bonus content. Maybe eventually it'll be relevant when/if there's significantly more crossover content. When/if that happens there'll probably be a lore book published detailing all the connections for more profit, called something like The Cosmere Codex.

This is a solid fantasy novel inspired by videogame RPGs that puts easily accessible fun above all else while providing an illusion of depth.
Rating: 4/5

>>19386659

Here's the best HP Lovecraft collected fiction edition out there.
https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/sources/cfhplrp.aspx

>Inb4 Barnes and Noble edition
Unless you care about a lefty Pajeet's opinions that spoil the story before you read it, you can buy this. Yeah, I hate ST Joshi. No I don't care if he's the #1 LC scholar.

There's two places to start with Lovecraft's stories:

For the more famous "Cthulhu Mythos", read the following stories in specific order:
Dagon-> Shadow Over Innsmouth--> History of Necronomicon--->Call of Cthulhu-->At the mountains of Madness--> Dunwhich Horror

Other Cthulhu Mythos stories:
Azathoth (unfinished novel), Nyarlathotep, The Shadow Out of Time (A must read)

The Dream Cycle stories( Dunsany inspired stories set in the Dreamlands. Overlaps with primary mythos)

My favorite DC story: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1926)

Read in any order:

"Polaris" (1918)
"The White Ship" (1919)
"The Doom That Came to Sarnath" (1919)
"The Cats of Ulthar" (1920)
"Celephaïs" (1920)
"Ex Oblivione" (1920)
"Nyarlathotep" (1920)
"The Quest of Iranon" (1921)
"The Other Gods" (1921)
"Azathoth" (1922)
"Hypnos" (1922)
"What the Moon Brings" (1922)
"The Outsider" (1926)
"The Silver Key" (1926)
"The Strange High House in the Mist" (1926)
"The Thing in the Moonlight" (Based on a letter written to Donald Wandrei. Written by J. Chapman Miske) (1927. Published 1941)
"Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (with E. Hoffmann Price) (1932)

Hey /lit/ I figured perhaps you can help me with my question, you guys are smart

The thing is, I've come to visit my father for a few weeks, and everything he does annoys me. I understand on a logical level that he's not doing anything particularly stupid or irritating, but because it's him, I find it annoying. I'm quite sure if someone else did any of the things he does, I would not care at all, but there's something visceral, something deep inside my gut that makes me look at him and feel anger. Perhaps it's the fact that one is not supposed to be living with his father at this age (I'm 35), or perhaps two male adults are naturally supposed to be enemies, like lions competing for the same clan. I don't know what it is, but I just feel like sometimes I want to punch him in the face, for no reason. I'm usually impatient but with him, I feel really annoyed.

I think part of the reason is that I don't respect him, I might have been watching too many "muh entrepreneurship" videos so now I look at him and feel like he has accomplished nothing, he's about to retire but all his life he worked for someone else, didn't build any business for himself, he's living on a rental home, I think I might consider him to be a bit of a failure -and I don't want to be a failure myself- so my brain might be trying to stay away from him in order not to end up like him. Maybe, the fact that family relationships are forced upon you, means they tend to be more complicated and straining. When you have a friend, you can tell them to fuck off at any time, but your family is something you pretty much can't escape from, you can't find a new father, and people will always expect you to be nice to your parents, even if they don't know shit about them, they'd be like "Omg you didn't call your mother for mother's day? What kind of ungrateful son are you?" and I pretty much hate anything that I can't just say "No" to.


Any particular literature I could read about this topic? I don't want to treat my father like shit, he's a nice person and he cares very much about me, so I want to try to understand the reasons why I get so angry at him, hoping that understanding these reasons will help me be nice to him and enjoy the few weeks we will live together.

Thanks

>>19265798
>Like that ever was (or will be) an issue for them.
Heh, it's the same problem today!
>They did not have a personal army and millions of literal slaves in Weimar years.
I understand that it's detestable but these are the desperate conditions of war time.
>How so?
What are they going to spend their money on? Food? Tanks? Planes? That is what the economy was geared towards.
>The same thing it spends all of it's money on ever - gaining more power.
But I thought the bourgeoisie was already in power?
>That is your perspective. The Nazi perspective was that Bolshies were Jewish, Racially inferior, and therefore Evil by nature, not that they were doing "wrong socialism".
But that is what Hitler was literally saying lol.

>In my scheme of the German state, there will be no room for the alien, no use for the wastrel, for the usurer or speculator, or anyone incapable of productive work.
...
>Socialism is the science of dealing with the common weal. Communism is not Socialism. Marxism is not Socialism. The Marxians have stolen the term and confused its meaning. I shall take Socialism away from the Socialists. Socialism is an ancient Aryan, Germanic institution. Our German ancestors held certain lands in common. They cultivated the idea of the common weal. Marxism has no right to disguise itself as socialism. Socialism, unlike Marxism, does not repudiate private property. Unlike Marxism, it involves no negation of personality, and unlike Marxism, it is patriotic. We might have called ourselves the Liberal Party. We chose to call ourselves the National Socialists. We are not internationalists. Our socialism is national. We demand the fulfilment of the just claims of the productive classes by the state on the basis of race solidarity. To us state and race are one.
>NSDAP did not recognize neither dialectics, nor materialism, nor dialectical materialism.
Precisely! Because they were not a party of bourgeoisie intellectuals or economists! They were war veterans trying to achieve their vision through any means necessary! Nazis hated marxism! Yet did they even know what Marxism was?!

>You're about two statements away from claiming "well actually Nazis LOVED Marx!"
>I have learned a great deal from Marxism as I do not hesitate to admit... The difference between them and myself is that I have really put into practice what these peddlers and pen pushers have timidly begun. The whole of National Socialism is based on it... National Socialism is what Marxism might have been if it could have broken its absurd and artificial ties with a democratic order.
AH from the same book I quoted before.


Argh just read this
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