Literature #94

In 4 sentences, write a short romantic story
No other books matter whatsoever. You are wasting your life if you are not reading, thinking about...
Veeky Forums art
Spanish and Italian. Perfectly phonetic. God-tier languages (literally). Genders done right, plurals done right...
Why are women so good at philosophy?
So now that Sam Harris is a redpilled race realist is his career over?
Is it worth it?
Are you learning any language?
/brave new world/ when
Decent children's Veeky Forums?
What was the last word that you read and had to stop to look up the definition of?
Achilles
Is the King James Bible really worth reading if I want to both understand Christianity and to appreciate its literary...
I just finished White Noise. I thought it was really good, my favorite post-modern book that I've read by far...
Why is MacIntyre such a fucking retard?
How different are your political/philosophical/whatever views from the people around you...
Halfway through this. Is Adam Smith's theory of labor as the basis of value still valid? I like this guy...
How do I be more emotionally vulnerable in my writing?
Current reading stack except we make judgements on you based off it
Veeky Forums humor thread
Recent purchaseses. Dollar bin on fire. Picked up GR and moby dick for a friend. Buy your pleb friends books...
Why are threads about this guy always deleted?
What are you reading right now Veeky Forums?
Lotr was terrible, the movies were better
Has there ever been an organization in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment...
*Destroys your country*
What's the lesson of this book?
Reading while being sub-standard
Highly recommended modern book
I don't get it
The greatest "Russian" author of all time was actually Ukrainian
The greatest "american" philosopher of all time was actually Russian
What is it about video games that attract right wing thought...
What's your excuse for not having read the only (thus far) great author of the 21st century?
Start reading books from the trans community and ethnic minorities, not white males
What do you think of this philosophy?
Who is Veeky Forums's favorite poet? pic related
Depression
The Tolkien and CS Lewis relationship is evident
/critique/
In the end, who was really the delusional one?
/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General
What are some female supremacist books?
How can modern man go on in life without going insane?
Write what's on your mind
"There are no moral facts, only moral interpretations of facts"
Modern Day Greats?
Do you guys ever feel indecisive about which book to read next after finishing the previous?
Beautiful book covers, please. I need a remedy to the poor book covers in the other thread
I published an erotica short story collection several months ago on Amazon and sold exactly zero copies...
Itt: the definition of middlebrow
What's your favorite fact about literature that not many people know?
Wassup /lit
Which one?
How's your precious novel going Veeky Forums
Are there living worthwhile "right wing" theorists or philosophers except pic related (just remembered he is still...
Is he an amazing storyteller or a pulp writer? Opinions seem to be incredibly far split on him as an author
Why can't women philosophise?
Give me a plot idea for a realistic YA story so I can write a best seller. High concept preferred
Let's suppose you had no sense of pride or artistic integrity
Would anyone here be interested in reading a full-length (~300 page) biography of Ted Kaczynski aka The Unabomber?
Anybody else here ruthlessly independent?
Does lit watch movies? Is there any movie that did the book justice, or even surpassed it?
Any Dawkins admirers here? He's my favorite philosopher
Working class writers?
We post anonymously here, and yet still people are not sincere. What exactly do you hope to gain, anonymously...
Do you like short stories, Veeky Forums?
What is the best publisher of paperbacks and why is it the Viking Portable Library?
Daily reminder that libertarianism...
Reminder that the mind image is more powerful than one perceived by eye, therefore word takes precedence over picture
Hahahaha
Leatherbound Classics
How many pages have you fags read this year? Also goodreads bread
Who decided that the title for Hitlers "My Struggle" should be left untranslated as "Mein Kampf"?
Do you talk like you were on Veeky Forums in daily life? how has Veeky Forums affected your social life?
What's some good modern fantasy?
Stoner - when you go ham right out the gate
ITT: Luso literature thread, foreigners welcome
I'm having a hard time reading Gravity's Rainbow... What could help understand it?
Suggest a novel that seems straightforward but contains inconspicuous details which suggest a radically different...
Just finished this. Interesting book, obviously funny, but also a portrayal of a grotesque tragicomic situation
Buddhist literature
Gass's The Tunnel was to literature what Einstein's E=mc2 was to the science and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon...
How do you decide what book to read next out of your backlog, Veeky Forums?
Essential literature that can be read in a day
Why did blogging die out?
Say something profound
Why do women have such plebian taste in books?
David Foster Wallace Thread
I'm about to start this. What am I in for, and any tips?
Who is your favorite fictional villain and why?
Socrates was vegetarian
What book is she reading?
How do I sound intelligent when I speak?
What is the Veeky Forums equivalent of Radiohead?
Code is literature and so are code comments
When reading philosophy I always end up highlighting almost everything
Goodreads
Explain why he's a joke
Which is the best word to use instead of problematic to not sound like a feminist?
What are prerequisites to read Heidegger?
Houellebecq's antihero is a middle aged man in the throes of despondency stemmed from rapant hedonism, aging...
I'm sorry, Kierkegaard might be an interesting philosopher with a lot of secular cred...
Maybe you guys have this thread often, but I wanted to talk about fanfiction. No, I've never read a good one either...
Age
/comfy/ books thread
Tfw my wedding was mentioned in the NYT recently
Which books advocate independence and, indeed, selfishess over groupthink and collective ideology?
What are Veeky Forums's news-reading habits? What sources do you read from? Do you use any RSS readers or aggregators...
May I ask why people here dislike fascism so much?
Late capitalism is nonse-
What's the essential stoicism reading list beyond Meditations
Hello Veeky Forums...
There are people who still follow buddhism
What am I in for Veeky Forums?
I just finished Motorman by David Ohle today. I really enjoyed it but I found it really confusing...
One of the most brutal and eye-opening things I've ever read in my life
What is Veeky Forums's preferred translation of the Bible and why?
400 word essay due at midnight
Why is Nazi literature on the rise?
When Diomedes gets a massive STR buff
Veeky Forums I want to write about shit that happened in my life without being a trite motherfucker. Not a memoir...
In Jurassic Park, dinosaurs were created using toad DNA and ancient mosquito blood...
Who makes the best hardcovers and why is it Everyman's?
What does Veeky Forums have against female authors?
Give me a good plot so I can write a beautiful book
I just got my first ink done. Does anyone else on Veeky Forums have any Veeky Forums related tatoos...
Intellectuals
Veeky Forums should be a text-board 2bqf
Why can't lit handle minimalism
What is the best language to learn if you really want to broaden your horizons?
Who is the nicest fictional character in literature?
The world would be a magical place if every human bean was forced to read this book
DROPPED
You shink X worksh dish wey, but acshually X ish shubverted and worksh in the eggshaggt opposhit wey
I wrote a letter to my 15 year old self
Will postmodernism lead us to our ruin? Should we go back to the modernism ideas or even older philosophy?
A La Recherche du Temps Perdu
Hey there
Why is it that the more well read and respected people in society tend to not be racists?
How could the Imagists support clear imagery and precise statement but ignore Romantic poetry at the same time...
Is Zizek going crazy? Why would anyone be a vegetarian, except for religious or health reasons?
Kafka
I don't understand half the shit in this book...
Really user? A guy who can't write convincing female characters is your favorite author...
I'm thinking about buying an e-reader so that in-case I will ever move to Europe or another state that I don't have a...
Reading the Quran in english
ITT excuses wannabe authors make
What book do I start with?
Which writer is "your guy"?
How does it feel to finish a book?
Are black people too stupid to write good books?
Invidious
What are some not so heavy books you recommend?
People's behavior in a post-apocalyptic setting
Short Poetry + Rate
How do i into philosophy
ITT: good feminist Veeky Forums
/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General
Any Veeky Forumsfags have ADD?
Are there any books that discuss how it is impossible to know whether or not a political aim will be as effective as...
Hey you
Guys
Bill Nye gets his own propaganda show
Literally every single great genius in literature and in music was religious, without fail
Daily reminder suicide is just around the corner
William T. Memellman
What did annas dream have to do with her death? The peasant working the iron...the book lit by the candle of her life?
Is our guy the GOAT??
Coming soon (1/3)
What is one book you recommend?
What is your favourite Bible passage?
Sins of Veeky Forums
Beckett to me is intetesting because it feels like he knows each of his works are failures
One Book, One New York
Is this actually trash (by fantasy standards), or is it just shit on a lot because it's so popular (more exposure)?
I could have read 500 books in all the time I've spent on Veeky Forums
What unironic cliches and literary sins are you guilty of
Was he right?
Fellow Veeky Forumsizens
What are good books for people who love plants. preferably something obscure that is unlikely to be known at large
Your age
I am at existencial nihilism, what philosophy should I embrace before killing myself
Reddit came up with a list of books everyone should read before they die:
Romance novels
Name one fantasy book in recent memory that isn't postmodernist garbage
Any cheat sheets for other philosophies?
Is this a good background in philosophy...
ITT: Post your favorite word. Other anons rate from 1-10
The End of the Tour BTFO by Tom Leclair
Is there anything redeemable about Hegel?
How do I learn Latin? Something like pic related would be helpful
Please recommend something by an indian
Veeky Forums loves philosophy yet neglects psychology
Why is this meaningless letter still allowed to exist?
Is there an active Veeky Forums discord or discussion chat somewhere else?
Alright boys, post your last 6 and others give you recommendations or call you a fag or a pseud or a cool guy
What are some of the ugliest redesign covers for classic novels?
Stack thread
Why dont we like IJ anymore?
/journal/
Stop pitying
ITT recommend books with the same feel/style as an artwork
I sell drugs and scam people, I seduce women and break their heart...
When does Tolkien ever mention that Middle Earth is based in pre renaissances times...
What is the most masculine book you have read?
What the hell? This is pseudointellectual garbage. Prove me wrong Veeky Forums
Post the beginning of your novel
There is no interpretation more important or more correct than the author's intentions
QTDDTOT - Questions that don't deserve their own thread
Shakespeare Sunday
This is the greatest character in all of fiction
Shadow had done three years in prison. He was big enough...
Tfw you finally understand what makes a good poem
The world can be validly construed as forum for action, or as place of things...
Этo тpeд лyчшe пиcaтeля в миpe
Can a book be misogynist?
What does the media mean by this? I'm being serious btw
Did our favourite author just commit career suicide by saying blacks are provenly intellectual inferior on his podcast?
Book suggestion thread
Fuck man, is learning to read moonrunes worth it?
Is Solaris good book?
I'm a little socially retarded and need a guide book or something
Keats is dead so fuck me from behind
Genre fiction is garbage and no better than video games, comics or movies
Who are you, why do you read, and why do you browse Veeky Forums?
Serious Question: If all the authors of the Western canon were dropped into a battle royale to fight to the death who...
Can Veeky Forums be as toxic as other boards...
That soul crushing feel when you run out of Russian books to read
How can I stop myself from falling for the Nihilism meme?
Do you listen to music while reading?
So he spends the entire book summarizing various pessimistic philosophers, mainly "The Last Messiah" by Peter Zapffe...
This board is worse now than it has ever been, thanks in large part to threads like this one
What is some good literature in which social mobility is a theme?
Why haven't you read this yet?
Religion is the opiate of the masses
Shitty storie or satirist genius?
Is he the greatest author of our time?
*blocks your path*
Please leave and never return if you agree with any of the following;
How do you like to read?
I recently realized that the books I was trying to read are too difficult for me to read as I'm not entirely used to...
Is she, dare I say, /ourgirl/?
Books featuring dominant women
Welcome to Veeky Forums, where you're only allowed to read the Iliad, Gravity's Rainbow...
Remind me why people like this südeauintellectual again?
What are some good books on how to get better at dealing with normies?
Was it rape?
Buy a used book on amazon in "very good" condition
"He pilfered a copy of 'Ulysses', but it was possible the one book he did not finish. "What's the point of it...
What are some good books for someone interested in getting in to female psychology?
Skeptic, atheist, etc. books
Describe your current lot in life, get book recommendation
Why don't Catholics into The Ladder of Divine Ascent...
Want to learn more about theory of narrative and how symbols shape everyday life
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time the sun came up...
Are these good? What should I read first?
Is this poetry?
Why did Edith become such a bitch?
Could anyone recommend a good book about the horrors of war?
Be attractive male hipster
There's nothing wrong with utilitarianism
What does Veeky Forums write with?
Sam Hyde
How the fuck we gonna get rid of these pseuds who think expounding on philosophy and Joyce is a sign of their...
Thoughts on this book Veeky Forums ?
GUESS WHO'S BACK
The Stormlight Archive
William Carlos Williams
Is it worth it to try LSD/Acid/Shrooms and the final boss, DMT, for literary purposes? Yeah...
Are you wasting your life if you sit around all the time reading?
How do you folks find motivation to read?
I'm seeing this guy being described as an intellectual everywhere all of a sudden. Is he worth reading?
Prose and poetry are finished as art forms
I've recently been introduced to Charles Bukowski via YouTube recommended and I've been watching all these interviews...
Are you on track Veeky Forums?
Anyone else here trying to make it?
I think I am going to watch this movie tomorrow, I'm intrigued
Black people have struggled for hundreds of years from oppression...
Hey Veeky Forums I just got this (the satanic bible) and I must say I'm pretty disappointed with it...
You can replace a Shakespeare play's title with 1 letter but you can't change anymore details
Was Joseph the most Veeky Forums nazi?
Novels and their relevance
/pottery/
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An-Cap Reading List
This book is spiritual gold. If you are a Christian, or even have any passing interesrt in spirituality...
Can we have a YA thread
Why is Veeky Forums so repetitive? Every day there's a new post about Graity's Rainbow, Lord of the Rings...
Rank poets
Veeky Forums, I'm considering naming my daughter "Lolita." Convince me out of it
Do you believe in God?
Can someone tell me what that means please
Stirner vs nietzsche
What are some good books on the ethics of vegetarianism/veganism vs omnivore diet?
What would adorno think of Veeky Forums
/Film/ - Theory/Analysis/Criticism
Write a poem Veeky Forums. Doesn't matter what kind
What did he mean by this?
Starting with the Greeks: How important is it that I read the Robert Fagles translation as opposed to the free Edward...
L1t and t3ch
Best fitted langauges for literature
Why don't nihilists kill themselves?
Which writer, in your opinion, has best captured the zeitgeist of the 21st century so far?
Harold Bloom is an academic slut who will put his name on anything for six bits
Why is continental philosophy so much better than any other kind of philosophy?
My grandad wrote a novel in the 1970s but died before he could finish it. From a cursory glance...
Is Occam's Razor the most misused tool for thinking that there is...
Favorite book reviews?
I want to read something current, what is your favorite book, preferably fiction...
Never see Beckett on here. Post your opinions
Write what's on your mind
Just finished "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" , i just want to know Veeky Forums opinion on this book
I need more works like Beowulf
Whats the best way to kill a character?
“Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.”
Ummmmm... EXCUSE ME you weirdo creep virgin losers!!! Stop. Just stop!
Criminally underrated musicians
"Marx just didn't want to work!"
I bought pic related at a thrift shop for 1 €. I dimly recollect that Veeky Forums hates it...
ITT telltale signs that the book is absolutely horrible
Bartleby
Do you guys have a personal "bible"? Just a book that you've read a lot and has had a profound impact on your life...
Match a book with an album
What is Veeky Forums's political stance?
Time is an illusion
This thread please
Name one (1) great book written by a female author
/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General
Anyone read this?
How do I avoid being panicked by the current political state of affairs?
LOTR
Why are normies so hedonistic?
Tfw
English professor
Prose
The ego and its own
/Language/
So who was right, Veeky Forums?
Who /gradschool/ here? This board can't be ALL undergrads, can it?
So, Veeky Forums, is it gnostic or what?
Post words you have invented
Top 5 favorite books
Please leave and never return if you agree with any of the following;
Favorite poems
196 books on Amazon wish list
Femanons on Veeky Forums
Are there any books that talk about conciousness that aren't yogi supersticious shit or pseudoscientific blabber?
How do I get into analytical philosophy?
How do I read dactylic hexameter Latin poetry when it's translated to English
Should his books be placed in the fiction section?
Does Nietzsche give any advice on how to shift from slave morality to master morality...
Best edition of the complete works of this fella?
What DFW should i read first?
You tricked me into wasting my time with an old women's book. Thanks Veeky Forums
Just finished Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, and Job
What's the appeal of reading low-quality genre trash?
Dostevsky and Nabokov getting shit
As a reminder we are starting the A rebours (Against the Grain/Against Nature/etc...
What's your favorite Lovecraft story?
How does it feel being BTFO Veeky Forums?
Why did every art form (music, cinema, literature) after WW2 became so shallow...
Has anyone ever bought multiple copies of the same book for any particular reason?
This board gives a lot of attention to Nick Land, and to some extent the mad Persian Reza Negarestani...
Several years later, teaching at Illinois State...
Chart thread
ITT: we share bookstore stories
Is Veeky Forums dead? I'm genuinely wondering
What are y'all favorite theologians?
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
Why is it that authors are censoring themselves to fit the SJW mold?
How do I fucking write surrealism?
Itt: books without a hint of sentimentality
For whom the bell tolls
Going to post some of my poems. Be as brutal or nice as you like, it doesn't matter. Whatever makes you feel better...
What patrician-tier languages should I learn? I already speak Italian (native), German, Spanish...
Will reading this book give me insight into the mindset of Gen X?
ITT: Your favorite cover art
Book of Job
Does drinking help you write?
Is it true that it's easier to get published bc im a nonwhite female?
Anyone else here actual /literarygenius/?
And you thought your library was bad
>>>/soc/25165525
Crit thread since the old one died :(
So... i guess you've read lots of Nietzsche
Find a single flaw
Holy shit Veeky Forums do we have free will?
ITT: Poems that people that don't speak your language will never understand how beautiful it is
Write what you know
I just realized how autistic I am Veeky Forums
Veeky Forums, I'm considering naming my daughter "Lesbia." Convince me out of it
If you accept that a religious text isn't meant to be taken literally...
So I just bought this. Any insights about it?
YOUR aphorisms
Tfw brave enough to be truly sincere
I can't believe I'm resorting to Veeky Forums for help with my philosophy class
Veeky Forums why do you read philosophy?
How does one use logic and reason to overcome an argument when the other person actually just skips over all the logic...
He reads the introduction
I've read like 5 books my whole life and want to change that...
Suicide Notes
ITT: stack thread
WORST OPENING LINES
Hiroshimoot said we could have a thread disucssing the board, so here's that
Who is the Shakespeare of the modern day?
Thoughts on this poem I wrote?
Is there a go to writing software that everyone uses? Or is word standard?
Milk and honey
What is this book trying to say?
Would you date a girl who had never read a single book?
Why doesn't Veeky Forums like Sam Harris?
I need your opinion, Veeky Forums
What's the best argument for the existence of God, Veeky Forums?
Why is Nick Land the greatest philosopher above?
This thing is fucking amazing
Tfw used to be a Sam Harris fan
Tfw everything is so unfulfilling
University/College thread?
What does Veeky Forums think of this?
What does Veeky Forums do to get inspired to write?
Have you ever had a professor who was simply stupid...
To be fair, what book and font would you use to better represent protestantism?
My First Novel
Pinecone general
ITT: ascended patrician's readings
Do you guys recommend Siddhartha?
Define postmodernism
What is the best book cover you've ever seen?
I need your best arguments
Why is he such a normie magnet?
My "shit"-posting days are over Veeky Forums
Starting with Plato
Fascism was an attempt of the bourgeois economy to defend itself, in extremis...
Tfw I can write well but I can't write long
Is it worth reading Infinite Jest for a non - American (non - anglo...
Sort yourself out, eh?
Be as honest as you can in one sentence
McCarthy revealed that he respects only authors who "deal with issues of life and death...
Honoré de Balzac
Irgendwelche Deutschsprachler unterwegs?
JUST
Do I need to read The Odyssey before Ulysses? What's the best version of Ulysses?
Hey Veeky Forums I've read quite a bit of leftist literature, but I've never read anything truly opposing those views...
Is this book worth the read? Does it hold merit outside of pure documentation? Best English translation? Abridged or no?