/lit/ - Literature

>>23165570
>"blessed are the eunuchs by choice"
>somehow trannies are in the wrong
what did conservative Christians mean by this?

>>22810519
>>22810529
Damn, sounds like Plato had a bad breakup with his boyfriend and was on the cope train.

Is commissioning art based on the stories you write acceptable or cringe?

>>21998519
Anyone else notice it's always the same 2 kids?

Should Clarke, Heinlein, Dick, Miller Jr., Sagan, Delany, Card, etc. be considered part of literary canon? Should Tolkien, Lewis, Le Guin, Moorcock, Zelazny, Stephen R. Donaldson, Tad Williams, Guy Gavriel Kay, etc.?

Is it safe to say that 23 years later, books up to and through the 90s can now be considered part of canon?
>The Things They Carried
>The Buddha of Suburbia
>The Cure at Troy
>Omeros
>American Psycho
>Arcadia
>Angels in America
>The Giver
>Infinite Jest
>American Pastoral
>Underworld

Why is it called a "litRPG" as if it's a roleplaying game? When I first heard of the genre, I thought it was like a choose-your-own adventure with encounters that can be resolved by simple stat checks and combat mechanics, but apparently it's just a genre of fantasy where RPG mechanics like leveling up are tangible in-setting?

I don't get it. Why would you buy a book and not read it? I only buy books specifically when I intend to read them.

>>21849775
>>21849797
Hmmm so you're saying capitalism can't handle population growth.

>>21842335
...do you think reddit obsesses over 4chan and its perception of "4chan" words and behavior like this?

>>21334501
are the children of today also poorly mannered with contempt for authority?

>>20705902
if you believe in god, who thereby would be the predicate of all consequent being-becoming, wouldn't it be more correct to say that instead of [athesim]... christianity did this?

>>19635069
Why would a Jordon Peterson devotee be pursuing mindless casual sex?

Why is it so difficult to find people that enjoy both genre works and literary works? Why are most genre fans so reluctant to read the classics and why are most literary readers so allergic to stories that are "just fun?"

>>17618663
>He defended slavery and opposed the notion of human equality
>But he is not our enemy

>>17598747
Would God grant a soul to any AI that passes the Turing Test?

>>17396050
Is it possible to reconcile Spinoza's vision of God with Catholicism? Do most modern Jews embrace Spinoza or do they follow a different theory?

>>16930474
Something tells me that they don’t really care about the underlying causes of these issues.

I'll get straight to the point. I'm an avid reader, have read books that are considered impossible, unreadable and straight up monsters, such as Moby Dick, Lovecraft, Ovid, Homer, Shakespeare, Naked Lunch, Blood Meridian to name a few. Now, I am by no means a clever nor intelligent man, I'm a slow reader and it takes effort for things to stick, but these books and authors were normal reads to me, at no point did I struggle or reach a bump in the books. Not tooting my own horn, not the point of this post.

So, how come some people struggle with different books, and for others it's a breeze? Is there a level a reader has to attain? How does one go about measuring progress and sizing up a book on a scale of 1-10? I hope this makes sense, I'm eager to hear your thoughts on this.

For context, the only works that I have found difficult in my reading career have been: Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Dante's Paradiso, and The Fifth Head of Cerberus.

Augustine's Confessions are to the Bible as ________ is to the Quran. Who are the Islamic "church doctors?"

>>16160900
What was the point of the guy on the horse with a spear?

>>15619436
>most popular book
>preteen gangbang
You’re confusing this book with IT. He hasn’t stopped printing that one yet for some “strange” reason even though there’s a preteen rape scene (could it be money?)

>>15194912
>OP here. i’m reading one of the suggested books ITT and already feeling renewed courage to continue doing so.
>do you really believe everyone here asking for books recs is fishing for (You)s or shitposting?
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If God is so omnipotent, could he create a cock so big that even he couldn't suck it?