/lit/ - Literature

>>15816118
That's neat. I'm a fucking idiot so what is an "Argies"? Im trying to figure out if it's Port. for German (which seems to be Alemão) or just slang for Argentina (but why wouldn't that just be Spanish?) or...? Sorry for being a moron.

>>15816151
Fiction has a weirder cadence, and has more focus on varying forms than being clear; you're more likely to have words elided or unusual grammar constructions. I've noticed this in other languages too.

>>15816167
Thanks for the recs! I'll check them out. Would not have guessed Voltaire was easy. If I have $$$ in the future I'll look into a kindle too.

>>15816180
elaborate on that

>>15816272
Thanks for the rec! Will check out

The perennial question: If speak about the author, novel or philosophy book as if I assume everyone present has read or knows about it, I risk coming across as pretentious
If I explain the thing first, I risk coming across as condescending.
The solution is to not talk about intellectual things at all

>>13521600
>>13521560
Pillars of Eternity, in my opinion, actually has pretty good prose. There are obviously several writers working on it, since different scenes vary widely in terms of quality, but some paragraphs and dialogues are really fantastic. It encountered two main hurdles, the first being the world itself is interesting but presented in the most terrible way possible, and the second being that the theme is not fully explored until the second game.
I actually think the world in PoE2 is amazing and I fucking love the scenes with the council of gods occasionally bothering you. I love the idea of artificial gods and the implications they have on faith, religion, society, etc. Too bad the writing in PoE2 also SHITS THE BED so fucking frequently with FAGGOT PIRATES TRYING TO HAVE GAY SEX WITH YOU EVERY OTHER FUCKING SCENE
>>13520429
The real answer is Fallout: New Vegas.

Western Europe is doomed entire due to dysgenics, but this started over 100 years ago with WWI. All the good men died in that war, and society has never recovered. Now that the third world has already won the fertility war in Europe it's literally inevitable that Europe declines into a messy, corrupt, dangerous hellhole just like the rest of the 3rd world. There is no chance of revival because the good genetics will be all but gone. The same is true for North America. Only East Asia will have civilization 100 years from now.