/lit/ - Literature

>got a 136 FSIQ on the WAIS-IV at 19
>old SAT scores were a 1120 the first time and 1210 the second time

what the fuck is wrong with me?

>>15778737
Why? I read a shitton of Asimov (and Bradbury, Clarke, and Dick) in middle school and it started bouncing ideas around in the brain which has been good for me. Obviously his prose isn't great and his work doesn't stand out now, but he was obviously way ahead of his time.

>>15782441
shut the fuck up. Psychohistory is literally the closest to Historical Materialism we've ever gotten in mainstream sci-fi.

>>15779119
idk almost not authors are good at writing sex, and those that are freak me out more.

>>15779213
>>15779335
>>15779598
>>15779620
I should probably read any Dune sequel

>>15779862
Read Gene Wolfe; start with Shadow of the Torturer. Best book I've read in years.

>>15780187
LMAO

>>15780213
They're not wrong, tho

>>15780220
This.

>>15781075
Sad to hear that. I definitely think there's a light reading of BOTNS to be had but I also understand if you don't want to miss 70% of what is going on just to appreciate the adventure story.

>>15781441
>>15781898
>>15782022
This. Or just pirate from b-ok.org

>>15782984
2/10, I felt the need to call this bait 2/10

>>15783814
lol

>>15784187
I bought this on a whim years ago and it's just sitting on my shelf. Should I actually read it? What's it like?

>>15785169
Oh I know this feel so well

>>15787665
do people actually jack-off to this shit? It's not even close to approximating an attractive woman, let alone an ideal

>>15789268
this

>>15789242
>>15799016
>>15799091
I mean I don't like writers describing characters shitting unless absolutely necessary. Doesn't mean I am anti-shit, just that it would be unnecessary for almost any story.

>>15789516
when I do I hate it so I then enjoy it even less

>>15789549
this

>>15789657
>once in a book I read as a teenager about a god descendant being raped by her god uncle in a book about children who got stolen from a magical garden that was obviously a horny librarians fantasy
Lmao what's this book

>>15791396
>>15791409
yeah idk why people think literature is supposed to be boring and suck.

>>15792952
based

>>15794973
kek

>>15796010
desu Butcher is an extremely capable pulp writer. It's like Lovecraft or Asimov, though it'll be awhile before we know how he holds up.

>>15796062
This has been a hard lesson

>>15798092
>>15798187
>>15798193
It's wild how popular these are. They are literally just fine, but so much fantasy is horrible that they become the GOAT. No disrespect tho; Sanderson must hold the record for the most number of "fine" or better words for a writer his age.

>>15798624
he's fine he's just a competent pulp writer. He has some annoying fans though

>>15798930
If you think the CCP is incompetent wait until you hear about the USA :^)

>>15798994
imagine going on an incel forum just to tell us you are an incel. Like we already fucking know get more of an identity.

>>15799118
I'm just telling everyone to read Gene Wolfe but BOTNS is a SF book that feels like Fantasy, so much people don't realize its even SF at first