/lit/ - Literature

>>4068268
>Philosophy
Don't you people and /sci/ hate philosophy though?
I mean there's even another thread about it.


>Science, appreciation of the arts
Quite.

>>3003234
He isn't really. He's frantically trying to fit in, which is very different from the gentle detachment of the flâneur who mostly strolls around idly and observes. The flâneur is above all a gentleman of leisure as far as I'm concerned, often with some interest in the arts. And with a taste for the fine things in life, as long as they don't require labour. If anything, he's a gentleman bohemian with an appetite for loafing about town. He might as well be destitute as rich though.

Rudyard Kipling, George Orwell and DFWalrus

Rudy Kippins for being the only poet I'v ever liked.
Orwell for saying sensible things.
DFW for making uninteresting things seem interesting.

>mfw all the stupid poor people in this thread complaining about not knowing the right rich silver-spoon people

You wouldn't like us anyway. We're pretty boring because we work so hard all the time

>>2262352
>dat feel when I can also spot glorious glittering literati from the way they help out a fellow with stomping the plebs back down to the bottom of their abyss

Put your fantasy football team together, /lit/.
I propose the refs be Strunk and White.

Quarterbacks?

Some dude decided to stream himself writing a novel.
Pretty entertaining, come watch.

http://yunostream.com/

>>1940244

His short stories are way better than his novels.
just sayin'

My greetings.

I've been lately quite immensed with short science fiction stories with focus on actualy scientific materials. For example, most Issac Asimov fiction is exactly that. (think of "The Last Question")

I read this today:
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2000/20001120/secret_number.shtml*

I was wondering if you gentlemen have any recommendations on this matter.
I really need to read some more of this style.

Grab an overstuffed leather chair
set the lights to dim
grab your favourite drink, preferably a scoth or whisky
open up these 3 tabs:
http://www.endlessyoutube.com/watch?v=fsD1zoI7NYo
http://www.endlessyoutube.com/watch?v=HMnrl0tmd3k
http://www.rainymood.com/
start reading, enjoy your night, and stay classy /lit/

protip: use headphones

So I went to see a movie with some friends, we were a bit late and had to get tickets to a showing later than we had hoped.
We all decide to pass the time just walking around (this was in a pretty large shopping center), so we decide to stop by a Books-a-Million.

I peruse through the isles, and then I saw something horrendous.

I walked into the 'teenager' section, Vampire books EVERYWHERE, I do mean EVERYWHERE, I would guess that about 90% of the books were all vampire related, and they had a whole section full of Twilight.

What the fuck is wrong with this generation?

>>522127

>>One of the most ten reprinted stories in the English language.

Oh you silly cat.

This thread just assures me, that the other boards wish they had the niveau and gentleman-ness of /lit/.

Hey guys. Been assigned to do a yearbook opening and closing for my college. The theme is "to everything there is a season". any good ideas? pic unrelated.