/lit/ - Literature

>it's actually a SATIRE

>bootlicker

>this thread has been pruned or deleted

>anarchism

>Here's ten stories by ten authors you haven't mentioned. All super-readable, in my opinion. If you like one, you know what to do.
>>The Hitch-Hiker - Roald Dahl
>Dahl in 'Tales of the Unexpected' mode. Comfiness personified. (Doubly so if you like driving fast.)
>>The Tower of the Elephant - Robert E. Howard
>A barbarian climbs a tower to kill the man inside, but things take an unexpected turn. And by the way, Conan isn't a muscle-bound thug.
>>Land of the Great Horses - R.A.Lafferty
>Cute idea, well executed.
>>Dancing Dan's Christmas - Damon Runyon
>Who needs the past tense? Or the future tense? And those last two lines are hard to beat.
>>Cathedral - Raymond Carver
>A million people like this story but that's OK. A million people are right, too.
>>The Speckled Band - Arthur Conan Doyle
>This was Conan Doyle's favourite Sherlock Holmes story. Well done ACD!
>>A Dollar And 20 Cents - Charles Bukoswki
>"The Snows Of Kilimanjaro", Bukowski-style.
>>Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Rudyard Kipling
>'Good children's stories don't pretend there are no monsters. Children know very well there are monsters. Good children's stories show that monsters can be killed.' (G.K.Chesterton)
>>To Build A Fire - Jack London
>Yes, they made you read it in school. I don't care. It's still great.
>>The Sea Devil - Arthur Gordon
>A man likes to go out in his boat and catch fish by moonlight. One night he sees what he thinks are two mullet about eight feet apart, and angles the throw of his net to collect them both. Only at the last moment does he realize —

>>15310792
>God is dead

>>15251754
>extract utility from the books you read

>tfw when you have to LITERALLY invert what 'real' means in order to fit it into your modern atheistic view of what God is capable of

>>15168528
>A.) Reality is real
>B.) Reality is not real
>C.) Reality is both real and not real
>D.) Reality is neither real nor not real

>>15135502
>NO STOP ESCAPING WE NEED YOU AT THE FACTORINOS NOOOOO

>Nick land

people who say "comfy" are nu-males