/lit/ - Literature

>>4587811
>oppressive weaponry

this is why no one can take these people seriously

on top of all the forced rhetoric of 'muh patriarchy', 'muh apologies'. even if they are right the victim complex has gone on for so long that it in and of itself is detrimental.

>>4568303
No, hear me out, this was MEANT to be posted here. I am honestly running out of places where I can hold a halfway decent conversation with people. /tv/ is full of idiots. /lit/, despite its pretentiousness, has a shred of intelligence. I need closure for this terrible idea that my girlfriend is suggesting for tonight! Please!

>>4552058
>tfw your parents never had an interest in you
>in fact, they opposed all of your interests
>never forced anything upon me, but also never let me do anything I wanted to do
>tfw now that I can do whatever I want, I do nothing because I don't know how to do things
jelly fag here, I wish my parents either made or let me do things like learn a language. They were actually opposed to me even taking a language class at all. Then we had a trip to france, and they wouldn't let me go even though I could pay for it myself

Earlier media (including literature):
Stories may be elaborate and multi-layered, but are still simpler (even if the setting itself is fantastical in some way), relying on the way plot is handled and not plot itself, such as good characterization, pacing, prose and usage of different tropes and figures.

Modern media (including literature):
Good writing plays a lesser role, instead 'good stories' are considered to be the ones that are not good-written, but rather more elaborate and unexpected. To put it shortly, storytelling relies on plot-twists. They may be good (foreshadowed) or not (non-foreshadowed), but nevertheless a work is considered 'good' if it has enough plot-twists and surprising moments and not primary for the way it is written (even if these twists are 'good').

Would you agree? And if you do, why do you think it happens?

>>4041769
>it's

>>3905408
RIP in peace

You're right, that pretentious asshole Dr Seuss is always usin' these long-ass college words. Just cause he's a doctor he's gotta try to make the rest of us look stupid?

>>2453992
banana

>>2435120
Not that guy, but I dont understand the whole eyes hurting thing. I've used computers almost my whole life and never had this problem. I'm not a light user, either. I've also never heard of yping being bad for your wrists. Unless you mean carpal tunnel, in which case, all you need to do is sit in a manner that doesnt put pressure on the nerve in your wrist - usually an elevated position, something computer chairs are pretty handy for. There are also wrist cushions for the very purpose of avoiding it.

Heck, I dont know. Maybe its simply because I've used computers for a very long time and Ive simply adapted to it. Each to their own and all that.

And anyways, ignoring all that, I can type MUCH faster than I can write by hand. It also has the advantage of looking good, not that my hand writing is bad but its certainly not calligraphy.

Damn, I havent half rambled on, eh?

So I've been reading Fahrenheit 451 and I'm about a quarter of the way through. So far, its just not that good, not enjoying it. Does it get better? Just asking as sometimes books are like that. Girl with the dragon tattoo springs to mind.

>>2315999
Why yes i did. See >>2315987

>>2315997
I don't participate in many literary discussions, so please excuse me if I sound ridiculous or my logic is difficult to follow, but are you saying that Gregor becoming a bug allowed us to see that he was wasting his life in the pursuit of providing for others interests and needs and working jobs he found fulfilling. Or perhaps are you saying that Gregor's family were wasting their lives struggling to provide for him after he becomes a bug? The point being that you shouldn't squander your life doing such things, right?

whats with you guys reading more than one book at a time? dont you finish the book you're reading first before starting another?

Excuse my ignorance, /lit/. I intend to get into this subject later, but first I wanted to understand the basics, along with inviting you for discussion.

What is absurdism? When they say "the absurd of life" and such, what are they reffering to, exactly?

>>2199117
to some it may come as a guide. questioning the meaning of life and shit.
>>2199118
took a screenshot of a poem of him from last tuesday, lemme look for it. if I'm lucky in a couple if minutes I'll find the short story.
>>2199119
so it is wrong to take someone into consideration because they actually think and not follow? makes you sound like a conceited jerkoff. your butthurt and jelly is so obvious that it makes me laugh.
>>2199120
goodbye man, nice talking to you.
>>2199122
speaking of conceited jerkoffs....

bringing you back from the dead

>>1278948

>mfw it's copypasta

So I am an Idiot. I set up a Audible account, realized I was an idiot and then, in a fit of even further idiocy, froze it for three months then forgot about it. I just now noticed it siphoning money from my account. Before I cancel I have 6 credits accrued to blow .

tl;dr

I am an idiot, but an idiot with 6 audible credits, and I'd like some suggestions of what to download.

http://www.audible.com

I'm not picky, but I read fantasy and sci-fi for pleasure, and maintain an interest in (pre WWI) history and (light) philosophy when I'm looking for something more nutritious.