Hey, what do you think the Call of Cthulhu would be like if Lovecraft wrote it in the 2000s?
Personally I think The Dunwich Horror was superior.
exactly like Infinite Jest
>>22364I think it would be written as a shitty screenplay and made into a movie by the guys who did 2012 and Cthulhu would be in CGI and voiced by the guy who played Snape. There would be at least a dozen sequels, one every Halloween.
>>22364
I think it would be written as a shitty screenplay and made into a movie by the guys who did 2012 and Cthulhu would be in CGI and voiced by the guy who played Snape.
There would be at least a dozen sequels, one every Halloween.
>>22376The dunwich horror and rats in the walls are his only good stories.the rest are cut and paste: I saw a giant unthinkably horrific monster i will tell you what it was then kill myself.
>>22376
The dunwich horror and rats in the walls are his only good stories.
the rest are cut and paste: I saw a giant unthinkably horrific monster i will tell you what it was then kill myself.
>>22392>There would be at least a dozen sequels, one every Halloween.Jesus fuck you're right.
>>22392
>There would be at least a dozen sequels, one every Halloween.
Jesus fuck you're right.
I've made up my mind that I'm going to read either David Copperfield, The Brothers Karamazov or Moby-Dick.Any suggestions for narrowing it done to one? I'm leaning towards Dostoevsky, because I've enjoyed him greatly in the past but maybe I should read something new. Anyway, there's just something about reading really long books in winter that I love.
I've made up my mind that I'm going to read either David Copperfield, The Brothers Karamazov or Moby-Dick.
Any suggestions for narrowing it done to one? I'm leaning towards Dostoevsky, because I've enjoyed him greatly in the past but maybe I should read something new. Anyway, there's just something about reading really long books in winter that I love.
moby dick.better get the one with pictures
moby dick.
better get the one with pictures
wtf with the picture OPMoby Dick definitelyDostoevsky is just a Kierkegaard wannabe
wtf with the picture OP
Moby Dick definitely
Dostoevsky is just a Kierkegaard wannabe
I've read them allAnd I'd sayThe Brothers Kbut David Copperfield is great too
I've read them all
And I'd say
The Brothers K
but David Copperfield is great too
>>22468I'm getting a strong Kierkegaard vibe from my first reading of C&P (280 pages in.) Raskolnikov's essay reminds me of K's Teleological Suspension of Ethics.
>>22468
I'm getting a strong Kierkegaard vibe from my first reading of C&P (280 pages in.) Raskolnikov's essay reminds me of K's Teleological Suspension of Ethics.
Of the three, I've only read Moby Dick, so this opinion is useless to you. But I'd still thoroughly recommend reading that bad boy.
I already posted this in /b/, but I think you folks would be better with this question.How hard would it be to be a published writer without a college degree?I fucking hate school, but I really want to be a good author and write fiction and poetry.
I already posted this in /b/, but I think you folks would be better with this question.
How hard would it be to be a published writer without a college degree?
I fucking hate school, but I really want to be a good author and write fiction and poetry.
>>22476Not hard if you're good and have the money to hire an agent. The key thing there is being good.
>>22476
Not hard if you're good and have the money to hire an agent. The key thing there is being good.
It comes down to ability and experience. If you're short on either, a college degree could help - but a publisher won't care what letters come after your name, s/he'll care that your writing is awesome / shit.I fully sympathise on the hating school front; I'm at university and can't stand it. Personally, my advice would just be to read and write and read and write and maybe visit another country and knock up a local. Keep things spicy.
It comes down to ability and experience. If you're short on either, a college degree could help - but a publisher won't care what letters come after your name, s/he'll care that your writing is awesome / shit.
I fully sympathise on the hating school front; I'm at university and can't stand it. Personally, my advice would just be to read and write and read and write and maybe visit another country and knock up a local. Keep things spicy.
what is some good poetry?
>>22415name me one good bukowski poem!
>>22427Bluebird, for starters.
>>22367Ginsberg is trash.
>>22459you're trash.
>>22459
you're trash.
>>22459he'd be quite fond of that.
Hey /lit/,I'm about to start ordering some books and would like to ask what you'd recommend.So far I'm getting Poe's complete works, and am contemplating The Monk, by Matthew Lewis.Suggestions?(Note: I'm a fan of the gothic genre, but also enjoy mystery and 'classics')
Hey /lit/,
I'm about to start ordering some books and would like to ask what you'd recommend.So far I'm getting Poe's complete works, and am contemplating The Monk, by Matthew Lewis.
Suggestions?(Note: I'm a fan of the gothic genre, but also enjoy mystery and 'classics')
>>22463*Bau
>>22463romantic as in this: (don't you say romantic in english?)http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantisme_français
>>22463
romantic as in this: (don't you say romantic in english?)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantisme_français
>>22466well Romanticism here I think is usually considered like the early 19th century English poets like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Blake,Byron with some American novelists like Hawthorne and Melville being put in there as wellBaudelaire is more classed as almost proto-modernist and surrealist/symbolist with him having influenced and been influenced by Lautremount , Verlaine, and Rimbaud. Incidentally all of these guys loved Poe.
>>22466well Romanticism here I think is usually considered like the early 19th century English poets like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Blake,Byron with some American novelists like Hawthorne and Melville being put in there as well
Baudelaire is more classed as almost proto-modernist and surrealist/symbolist with him having influenced and been influenced by Lautremount , Verlaine, and Rimbaud. Incidentally all of these guys loved Poe.
>>22461His complete works haven't been translated and (despite never him writing anything over 14 pages long) would amount to many thousands of pages. Just grab Ficciones or Labyrinths.
>>22461
His complete works haven't been translated and (despite never him writing anything over 14 pages long) would amount to many thousands of pages. Just grab Ficciones or Labyrinths.
>>22466Well yeah that's what I meant too. Read the article, you'll see that Baudelaire comes after the "end" of romanticism in France. He does share a few traits with romantics, but his work is notably different. >>22467Baudelaire died before Rimbaud, Verlaine and Lautréamont published anything, so I can hardly see how he was influenced by them. I don't know much about Verlaine, but if Rimbaud was indeed influenced a bit by Baudelaire or the parnassiens at the beginning, he quickly moved on to something more personal. Not sure the connection with Lautréamont is evident either, that guy was pretty much an alien in his days... Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>22466Well yeah that's what I meant too. Read the article, you'll see that Baudelaire comes after the "end" of romanticism in France. He does share a few traits with romantics, but his work is notably different.
>>22467Baudelaire died before Rimbaud, Verlaine and Lautréamont published anything, so I can hardly see how he was influenced by them. I don't know much about Verlaine, but if Rimbaud was indeed influenced a bit by Baudelaire or the parnassiens at the beginning, he quickly moved on to something more personal. Not sure the connection with Lautréamont is evident either, that guy was pretty much an alien in his days...
Can do a report on any paper what do I pick. Under 500 pages if possible I don't really feel like tackling The Brothers Kazmarov or something.
Borges is always the best choice for choose-your-own. You get to name-drop all sorts of critical theory fuckers to make your professor love you (Deleuze & Guattari, Foucault, Lacan, etc). Though I would choose "The Garden of Forking Paths", just personal preference.
Brave new world
Twilight
MAN UP AND DO THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOVit'll be worth it, i promise.
MAN UP AND DO THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
it'll be worth it, i promise.
Crime and Punishment is great for dissertations
I don't like William S. Burroughs. There, I said it. I don't like reading about people shooting up and robbing people. I'd rather read Kerouac and be happy.
I don't like William S. Burroughs. There, I said it.
I don't like reading about people shooting up and robbing people. I'd rather read Kerouac and be happy.
So my dad gave me a small stack of leather bound books he had from college. I've got "Three Short Novels" from Dostoevsky, Complete Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, a huge book with a ton of H. G. Wells in it, some book with some Plato, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius in it, and the Age of Fable from Thomas Bulfinch.Good haul for free shit?
So my dad gave me a small stack of leather bound books he had from college. I've got "Three Short Novels" from Dostoevsky, Complete Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, a huge book with a ton of H. G. Wells in it, some book with some Plato, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius in it, and the Age of Fable from Thomas Bulfinch.
Good haul for free shit?
I would fellate a farm animal for those.
I'd say 60% of my books come from closets and caves of my relatives, tons of free Russian and French classic literature
Anyone have the savage tales of solomon kane or any of the old Howard stuff ? Im not looking for the comics.
I've been looking for the original stories myself, all I can find are the .cbr's so I thought i'd give it a break for a while. So I will second this /lit/ request
wikiquote has them all. i loved them when i was a child, especially how vividly he had described the battles. you can't turn that into a comic, that would be blasphemy.
OP here, I went to wikiquote but I couldn't find anything... a little more help please
self bump
are there any michael w. ford fans out there? it seems i'm the only one
Michael W. Ford is a faggot ass punk. He's like Crowley except twice as much of a butt pirate. He can't spell worth a shit, he regurgitates the same old bullshit that everyone who's been around the block knows about and his girlfriend (who's probably a fat hot topic whore) does shitty illustrations. I know his main kick is that he explores "the dark side of spirituality" - but seriously what is this? I guess that's cool if you're in high school.
What books have changed your life?this book completely changed how i think about everything.
What books have changed your life?
this book completely changed how i think about everything.
>>22426Never read the Great Gatsby, but the other two books you listed go on my "top 10" list. Great stuff.
>>22410straight up, brother
>>22410
straight up, brother
Heart of Darkness, The Great Gatsby and Catch 22 top my listHoD just for crazyGG for emotionC22 for wit
>>22434Gatsby gets a bad rap from all the people who had to read it in high school bitching about it. Mind you, I wouldn't consider it one of my favorites, but it definitely resonated with me. That might have been in part to the context of when I read it and how I felt I related to it in that context, but I'm sure it'll affect you in some way too.
>>22434
Gatsby gets a bad rap from all the people who had to read it in high school bitching about it. Mind you, I wouldn't consider it one of my favorites, but it definitely resonated with me. That might have been in part to the context of when I read it and how I felt I related to it in that context, but I'm sure it'll affect you in some way too.
>>22454I read both the stranger and the catcher in the rye in high school taught by just about the dumbest professor (teacher for amerifags) as well as some other of my favorite books, the plague, for whom the bell tolls, cat's cradle, etc) and I still loved em. I don't think learning something in school even if you had a bad experience learning it should change the profound effect a book can have on you. even if the teacher spouts bullshit all the time (mersault was really hot on the beach and killed the guy only because of the sun. the heat made him angry so thats why he did it) and totally ignored important parts of the book, you can get over that shit.
>>22454
I read both the stranger and the catcher in the rye in high school taught by just about the dumbest professor (teacher for amerifags) as well as some other of my favorite books, the plague, for whom the bell tolls, cat's cradle, etc) and I still loved em.
I don't think learning something in school even if you had a bad experience learning it should change the profound effect a book can have on you. even if the teacher spouts bullshit all the time (mersault was really hot on the beach and killed the guy only because of the sun. the heat made him angry so thats why he did it) and totally ignored important parts of the book, you can get over that shit.
A thousand miles I will not sleep;a thousand miles I will not weepa thousand miles seems just too steep;where fate yields to its own reap.In through the heart from whence it bred;a fox's sight, a vultures grace;and if you see this man give him his sweet embrace; Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
A thousand miles I will not sleep;a thousand miles I will not weepa thousand miles seems just too steep;where fate yields to its own reap.
In through the heart from whence it bred;a fox's sight, a vultures grace;and if you see this man give him his sweet embrace;