/lit/ - Literature

>university

>>10387276
John Green

>he appreciates Homer
>he appreciates Shakespeare
>he appreciates Cervantes
>he appreciates Proust
>he doesn't appreciate Dunsany
>he doesn't appreciate Poe
>he doesn't appreciate Peake
>he doesn't appreciate Wolfe

>lying in bed while browsing internet on my phone as people enjoy the London fuckfest Friday night
>have NOTHING to do on weekend
>can already envisage my empty Saturday: gym, crowded underground filled with Staceys, coffee in central London, walking near V&A museum or British museum, maybe go inside one of them and wonder why I bothered, darkness appearing earlier than expected and realising the day is over and wasted
>can already envisage my emptier Sunday: cleaning flat, gym, underground filled with Staceys, coffee in quieter central London, walking near regent park while absolutely clueless about what to do, going to king's cross station and British library because they're open and crowded on Sundays, realising how aimless my life is, going home

>>10150491
>Spending hours learning genre fiction lore that has no application in any and every dimension outside of its own sphere, which is also useless

>>10149899
>being THIS new

>Plot hole is excused because protagonist is an unreliable narrator
Is there a bigger cop out?

>>9808211
This reads like a schizophrenic's blog post. >How can I know if anything is true when the Sunflowers tell me that Fido will strangle me in my sleep with his leash?

>youtube
>buddhism for dummies

>>9434244

>the narrative shifts to being told from a female pov

>>9324144
>>All of the songs - Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit

>>9313389
Care to offer any alternatives dealing with the same issues?

A good story doesn't mean it's well written. It has to have mainstream potential which is why Twilight is popular and your shit will never be. Keep insulting bad writing and acting smug.

A good story is a story that has the potential to be mainstream, not the most well written. Stop hating on Twilight, THG and other "badly written" and trendy books and write a good story. Your wide vocabulary means very little.

>if I just had more time I could be a good writer

>>9200109
>Democratization
Education was a mistake

>>9190234
>card carrying member

>>9144115
lel

Something to laugh at for the non-fiction bros

>Introduction by..
>translators note
>editors note
>preface by...

>>9142508
Stop making /lit/ look bad please.

>Nietzsche book
>cover is The Wanderer Above the Sea Fog by Caspar David Freidrich

>who cares if the book is good, at least people are reading instead of watching tv

>>9052298
>Exodus
I can't tell if this is supposed to be bait or if you're just stupid

>I guess you could say that... this is the general theory of employment, interest, and money
Oh god why Keynes.

>In the end... all it really was... was On Conic Sections
Really, Apollonius?