/lit/ - Literature

>>23358346
I said I would post some stuff, so I may as well post the rest of what I have from this concept
This next portion is similarly a description, except of Spring, which is much shorter and I haven't actually edited out of the raw form (and dont think I will)

Freckles dotted her pale nose like flowers on a hillside. Her lips- salmon, her eyes- honey; and when they smiled, framed by her cardinal-plume hair, all the winter in your limbs would melt away and leave you undone. She was spring incarnate; My very own Persephone.

>>23105962
Idk man
I'm writing my book entirely in two language I'm creating myself
It's a rock people language so it all is sort of hieroglyphics
The setting takes place on a distant rock person planet and the book is not even being translated at all. The other language has characters but those sections look like this
>KrrTrrpv'tk t'kk'rpkch chchri kkkr'ik'chi, krRRkt TrTrT'F-Ttrrr?
This is a very pivotal scene where the protagonist, TrTrT'F, is being asked by his mentor exactly what kind of person he aims to be. These creatures are strange because speaking so so hard for them that they never do it unless they intend to follow through on what they say, so he's essentially being asked to lay out his future which he will try to attain throughout the book
Again, none of this will be understandable until the reader masters the language, which I will NOT be releasing a translation for. There will be enough context in the book itself to be able to understand it, especially the alternative language, which is essentially just pictures, so that's fucking easy mode

>buy a book in english
>half the book is characters speaking spanish

nigga you don't need yet another book if this is your issue

>>21003967
>majority of people who talk about Hegel have their concept of Hegel from hearing other people talk about Hegel
>majority of people who talk about Hegel don't read Hegel
>the conversation and its basis have mostly nothing to do with anything Hegel ever wrote
>>people think "spirit" is divine
>>"thesis antithesis synthesis"

>>21003272
Prove that the majority of Dostoevsky readers are 18-22 or shut the fuck up

>>20894179
I read 500 pages every day with a 23hr/day 7 days a week job. I only have an hour a day to read so I read all 500 in that one hour. On my lunch breaks (15 minutes) I watch criterion collection films at ×30 speed. I can normally finish 17 books and 5 films per week. Lmao at all the seething litlets in this thread

>>20287981
Thanks friend. I'm enjoying it a lot so far. It's amazing how well the humour translates across such a long period of time.

>>20287986
I will not rest until I can prove my steel and win her hand.

Reading Don Quixote makes me want to go to Spain.

>>20206917
What'd you think of his argument
>>20207248
Makes me curious. Care to sketch a quick synopsis?
>>20207300
Why is that the case?

Any books on the feeling of working retail or some other shitty job as a 50 year old man?

>Be powerful, independent woman who doesn’t need a man, especially a white man
>Why are anonymous virgin men mean to me online :( I’m so scared…men can you help us fight this?

>>19919751
I really hate how this board is full of faggots; unapologetic, screaming gaylords. I hate you bum boys so much

>>19886660
It’s racist to have difficulty pronouncing things now? Lord knows I will be smiling when the delusional leftists like you get what’s coming to them in the next few years.

>>19802467
That’s the meme, mate. The ‘jest’ if you will

>>17938251
>It's the sale of the most intimate part of humans.
No it isn’t you virgin. The only case of people being treated like merchandise is slavery. When you pay for sex you don’t “own” the person you just pay for a service. Besides, data shows that legalizing prostitution actually helps combat human trafficking.

>>17772000
Already am. And unlike you, my self worth isn’t so low that I need the validation of strangers on a mongolian basket weaving forum to be certain of it.

>>16672856
>he didn't go to the gym and listen to an audiobook at the same time

Reading is great anon, but multitasking is even better.

>>16617542
This and this is exactly what I intend to do.
I know what things I do not believe in (at this time) and I know what things I do, but I refuse to say that I fall under any ideology because I know that I'm way too ignorant. There is no way I understand any one ideology on an expert-level to say that I AM that thing. I will learn as much as I can and (hopefully) have constantly evolving views.
People nowadays choose a label and then do whatever they can to fit into that label.

I read for 20 minutes today.

>>16419265
the title of my book is "The Book About..." and then goes on to give a detailed description of the plot and themes
Not gonna give the whole title because i don't want my idea stolen

I read pdf's of books on my laptop

>>16360731
>no camatte
>no ellul

>>16343599
Just study math. Or technology. Just work on small problems and only address the large ones on calming walks.