It completely mogs Tolkien and every other work in the genre, it’s just THAT good
>>23395680gay
>>23395649This is covered in detail in the extra 500 pages of mereen content in ADWD: extended edition
>>23394580>good mix of well-thought-out characters including both YA staples and more mature archetypes; something for everyone>keeps magic mysterious and peripheral instead of D&D rules-based slop>chapters consistently ending on cliffhangers keeping you on the edge of your seat>murder mysteries are fun
>>23395649Daenerys is a prime example of George's point in that quote though. She says "we must save le heckin slaves no ifs ands or buts" and then the whole city goes to shit because she didn't consider the consequences.
It was crappy torture porn with unlikable characters and boring politics. The author was probably bullied at school
Have you ever read the complete works of a particular author? Would you like to?
>>23394424anyone here read Neusner (900 + books published) or that nigga Elron The Dianetist? I’d like to read random titles from these guys just to see what kind of a mind can barf out that much
>>23393779What is your favorite Fitzgerald work? I believe I have two or three left to go. I most enjoyed Tender is the Night, but I think Gatsby’s reputation is well-deserved and definitely his tightest work.
>>23395600nta but I've read almost everything Fitzgerald wrote and Tender is the Night is still by far my favorite. There's a newer edition that tells the story in chronological order though, which sucks. The definitive version is the original, which begins with Rosemary in Cannes.
Does God count?The bible was banging.
>>23397208God didn't write the Bible
here's your sacred scripture bro
>>23397046Athiesm is actually just strong contempt for Semetic based religions IE Western anti-Semitism. Why is that bad?
>>23397106Ever spoken to an Atheist before?
>>23392520on the contrary, the anal fixation is an exclusively White trait. non-whites can never truly understand the creative process in the same way that Whites do
>>23397110Yeah. They all come from places where gross religions of Semetic orgins are all around Them influencing the culture and mores They exist with in a negative way.Ever see an athiest have contempt for Asian religion or philosophy?
>this is the quranon raging in every thread
Thoughts? Recommendations?
>>23396535Michael Gira approved.
I am on page 60 .Enjoying it thus far from a plot,language and intrigue perspective.
>>23397130Since I'm trying to write a book taking place during the early '50s, I always keep an eye on language used in books from this era. "Nigger-pink" is one of the more interesting words I've picked up and added to my vocabulary.
>>23396535Women wearing a dress like that makes me wanna coom
>>23397193
I was going through my old e-reader library and found this children's book trilogy. Curious, I reread it and took a peak at what the reviews said:> Romance is creepy because fire girl is technically 80 years old and the protagonist is underage.The time loop prevents her from aging physically or mentally. This is clear from her petulant behavior at the start of the books.> No character development.I don't that care that the super-strength girl doesn't like dresses. I don't need a whole paragraph on some sort of gender dysphoria nonsense; a caption under her photo is sufficient.> The time loops are a prison.Do castles imprison kings? They are free to leave at any time in the past. However, danger awaits outside.I like the books, but I think the villains could be less comically evil. Their core motivation, the ability to live freely, is actually quite reasonable, but they are portrayed as genocidal nazi maniacs, which is just plain boring.
>>23396516I grabbed the first image off of google without seeing the bottom row. The big mystery and story is resolved in the third book, so I don't know what the rest are about.
>>23396485If reddit hates it then you have to read it. Stop complaining.
>>23396485>Reddit HATES this trilogy.Probably because they wouldn't let Eva get nude in the film.
>>23396485I read the first book when I was in 8th grade or something. Very fun book I remember. The author supposedly made the whole story by looking at his creepy random photograph collection or something
>>23396985Yeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M49Dw7dXx7U
Suggest books on Vajrayana and its Practice
>>23396897>>23396920Not op but also interested. I spent of lot of time long ago fascinated by depictions of Mahakala and especially Sitatapatra (STPTR)I'm a visual artist/painter.I went so far to draw sitatapatra a lot, and even pixeled the Ashtamangala, or 8 auspicious signs I am just curious about this movement because from reading the wiki:>Since the practice of Tantra focuses on the transformation of poisons into wisdom,thats more or less verbatim what i was doing from imbibing DXM in a ritualistic manner, followed by drawing and contemplation. I did this mainly in my early twenties, but in the span of several years of this I produced many works and even believe I ended receiving STPTR's blessing (her white parasol offers protection from all black magic) as I managed to survive an almost fatal collision as a pedestrian with a vehicle going roughly 50mph. >heres a 7.3mb zip of all the buddhist art i made btw:https://files.catbox.moe/ptiwuo.zipHAVING SAID ALL THAT, the Vajrayana practice seems....kinda gross. I just like the imagery.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>23396907May you be liberated
>>23396907>>23396897i suggest you learn buddhism instead of garbage like vajayrana
>>23397154People want the cool shit like phowa and so on but really the quickest attainments are made with the simplest, most barebones practicesFour noble truths, noble eightfold path. I like Bhante Vimalaramsi's focus on metta as a fast way to progress through the insight jhanashttps://www.dhammasukha.org/metta-barebones-booklet
>>23397154Pointless suggestion. I began with Soto Zen. Seek Christ.
Is Bronze Age Mindset the most relevant work of contemporary philosophy?
>>23396275Is that why you're posting some Twitter post from 2023?
>>23396138>He is Jewish you idiot.>https://x.com/FistedFoucault/status/1727757700774166835he is an unfunny canadian faggot, and that's an unfunny canadian joke to make fun of the people who call him jewish, but it's not funny
>>23396171https://x.com/bronzeagemantis/status/1640207934323044352
>>23396191BAP is trying to be friends with the right, and he may even have good intentions, but at the end of the day he is one of them, and he will always subvert by his nature, and when push comes to shove Israel always will be the most important thing for him, above any of our nations
>>23373718Unfortunately, a lot of strong willed and influential people are still subscribed to these bronze age ideals... And not just to fit in.Yikes.
Let's talk about commas!>It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.In this opening line by Jane Austen in 'Pride and Prejudice', you see she employs what is considered by some to be a very unnecessary comma. At least technically.There are many different House Rules about when and where to deploy a comma.For example, in sets of three, sometimes people use a comma to separate all words, or others just to separate the first two.>Life, Love & Happiness.I feel that there is no universal hard-set rule about commas in the world simply because they are so pervasive and omniscient in literature.Another thing people do sometimes is use too many commas! Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>23396111triple digits confirm punctuated splooge
>>23396340Faulk Faulkneroverrated drunk
>>23396102>It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.If "truth" followed "acknowledged" the first comma would be indefensible in addition to the second (which is excessive as is). Enforcing one's own homunculus head voice on to the prosody and reader is pedantic and excessive-- parsimonious comma usage is necessary to have other punctuation options and 'caesuras' elsewhere.>>23396331>past>presentThe comma has the effect of lengthening the phrase/time; omission thereof can/should be used accordingly.>>23396506>>23396111finnna comma splice yo girl fr fr og
Aaaah, I appreciate this thread. I almost wish I went to college to study this material.
The comma in the Austen example was correct until about the middle of the 20th century and is now flat-out incorrect. Any good editor would remove it.
>>23396588you might
>/pol/cels claim that might is right>their idols lost every single war and they lose all physical altercations
>Oxford: the Koran>Oxford: the Qur’anWhat’s the difference?
>>23396088Actually, this is a mistranslation, some of the alternatives suggest the real reason was that Ham was a motherfucker...
>>23393543>expecting /lit/ to read the cover of a bookYou must be new here
>>23394282by what moral standard is the author of this page judging the quran?
>>23397016to wage a war against the barbary coast slave traders
>>23393525Would be good to have both like >>23396941says and read them both at the same time and see how they compare.
/pg/ - Poetry GeneralPost poetry, your own or otherwise, and discuss. Critique and discussion constantly in dire supply. If you're looking for critique, consider giving details on what exactly you're wishing to improve in the work(s).
>>23393366good, ignore critque, continue
hate to ask here but does anyone have the screencap of that really long critique of The Tiger that was posted here?
When I look at you looking back at me,do eyes speak of longing, or wariness?All is time wasted it feels, but slumber.In dreams it seems, remains the only place where fondly you still speak, to love me yet.A thousand regrets for hurting you, forcoldly leaving you in such disgraced lack.I wish I could take my selfishness back,and instead, have chosen to love you more.There is no punishment severe enough,save for the loss, of he who cherished me.
The Bitter SinBeneath mine flesh, my bones doth rot,A putrid stench, a loathsome blot,Mine eyes are wet, my skin doth crawl,In this bitter sin, I am enthralled.A spectre fades, prospects bleak,So numbed by dreams I dare not seek.I cannot shake the fear that grips,A terror deep, that never slips.To be so wicked, to be so weak--Darkness festers, my soul doth leak.Consumed am I, by this dread plight,Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Lovecraftian nightmare editionWelcome to /wbg/, the official thread for the discussion and development of fictional worlds and settings.Here is where you can share the details of your created worlds such as lore, factions, magic systems, ecosystems and more. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art, either created by you or used as inspiration for your work. Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback!FAQ:>What is worldbuilding?Worldbuilding is the process of creating entire fictional worlds from scratch, all while considering the logistics of these worlds to make them as believable as possible. Worldbuilding asks questions about the setting of a world, and then answers them, often in great detail. Most people use it as a means of creating a setting or the scenery for a story.>"Isn't there a Worldbuilding general in >>>/tg/ already?"Yes, there is. However, that general is focused on the creation of fictional worlds for the intended purpose of playing TTRPG campaigns. Here you can discuss worldbuilding projects that are not meant to be used for a roleplaying setting, but for novels, videogames, or any other kind of creative project.>"Can I discuss the setting of my campaign here, though?"If you want to, but it would probably be better to discuss it on >>>/tg/ . We don't allow the discussion of TTRPG mechanics, however. If you want to discuss stats or which D&D edition is best, this is not the place.>"Can I talk about an existing fictional setting that is not mine?"Yes, of course you can!>"Does worldbuilding need to be about fantasy and elves?"Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>23396880damn, I just looked it up. I thought I was being original but it turns out I was a hack all along. Is the book worth reading?
>>23396786RETARDED post!
I need help coming up with the right words for this situation:Suppose a sequence of letters which may arrive out of order from when they were sent (postmarked). I call the letter that was sent most recently the "latest", but what should I call the larger group of letters that were formerly the "lastest" at any time? Ironically, the letters excluded from that group for arriving after a more recent letter might well be called "late".In math this is strict monotonicity. An analogous concept is record progression. For example, a sequence of race times. Most performances don't set new records, but there are a subset that do, culminating with the current fastest.Naming the three groups "latest", "latests", and "late" seems like it might be confusing and retarded. Can you come up with something better? You're competing with /sci/ btw. I'm curious who will give me the better answer.
>>23396939What the fuck are you talking about and why would it even be important?Just say "recent letters"
>>23396902it's kind of wish fulfillmenty like Twilight is for girlsthe MC is a pretty and handsome dude who a family of princesses desire, and they fight another noble family over marrying him.
How do we feel about picrel? Honestly, I am not nearly intelligent enough to actually sit down and study it in an academic sense, so instead I've been just kinda mindlessly reading it, allowing my attention to fade in and out, reading it like a dream and letting whatever words peak out to catch me. It's actually been a really nice, meditative experience and I find the book to be quite beautiful when I can force myself to just shut the fuck up and appreciate the weird but also pretty words. Is that the point?
>>23394653>Are you implying that Catholicism is a myth-based religion? No, Dingbat. It’s a comment on how Catholics are more comfortable dealing w sacred mysteries and ambiguity.
>>23384433Most people cannot pronounce most of the words nonetheless read a paragraph plainly without stumbling and fumbling to read and maintain rhythm. Its a masterpiece that cannot be appreciated by the non polygrok or hardened academic or the very very well-read. Anyone who says otherwise is just a filtered pseud who's well aware of the books notoriety, and desperately seeks to ascertain its pages. It's insurmountable depth is impenetrable, beyond all grasp from the aspiring erudite. Frustrated and confused in the (wake) of defeat they aspiring then at pretending to have grasped the greatness which had broken them moments prior. The riveruns returning to sea
>>23396750I agree, but I imagine the irony of this post being written in totally broken English is lost on you.
>>23384413I used the FinnWake website and had a good time, maybe some extra reading would make it clearer but it doesn't take a lifetime (Joyce said if it takes 14 years to write it, it should take 14 years to read it)
>>23391245Surprise surprise that career bullshit peddlers take any work of obscurative meaning and come back with the take that it is a foggy mirror of their pet beliefs. Who could have foreseen this outcome?
Hinduism is just retarded paganism for street shitters. They literally worship krishna's penis and smear cow shit all over themselves Why did schopie have such high regard for it? Did he misunderstand it?
Because he thought he Upanishads were metaphysically more developed than the texts of other religions.
https://second.wiki/wiki/c39cber_die_sprache_und_weisheit_der_indier>"About the language and wisdom of the Indians" is an art, language and social theoretical monograph by Friedrich Schlegel . It was published in 1808>In the first sentence of his preface, Friedrich Schlegel refers to Sir William Jones . He was one of the first to notice the similarity between Sanskrit on the one hand and several European languages on the other. Jones' lecture quickly became known in Europe and fascinated many researchers in Germany and other European countries. Including Schlegel, the employed, the question of whether or not to the analogous prime numbers in mathematics Primworte could, original words give, from which the languages of the world draw their words. Jones had now suggested a partial answer with reference to Sanskrit, which Schlegel wanted to pursue.>In the preface to his work, Schlegel had described that he had various hopes for this publication: He wanted to show “how fruitful Indian studies could one day be”, would like to make known “which rich treasures are hidden here” and finally want to achieve "to stir up the love for this study [...] in Germany too". In fact, Schlegel has a kind of 'renaissance' in mind. Just as the study of the Greek language and culture was pursued and promoted in Italy and Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries , he would like the present to be fertilized by ancient Indian times.>Franz Bopp (1791–1867), who is considered the founder of Indo-European studies , initially followed in Schlegel's footsteps .
>>23397126And of course IT caused jewish butthurtheinrich heine in "romantic school":>It may be worthy of mention, that while Goethe so rapturously celebrated Persia and Arabia in his verses, he expressed the most decided aversion to India. The grotesquencss, fantasticism, and want of clearness characteristic of that country were repugnant to him, and perhaps this dislike originated in the suspicion that some Catholic stratagem was at the bottom of the Sanskrit studies of the Schlegels and their friends. These men regarded Hindostan as the cradle of Catholicism, they claimed to have discovered there the model of the Catholic hierarchy, the doctrine of the trinity, of the incarnation, of penance, of atonement, of the maceration of the flesh, and all their other favorite crotchets.>The only fault I have to find with the book is its underlying motive, it is written in the interests of Catholicism. He and his disciples claim to have discovered in these poems of India not only the parallels of the mysteries, but also of the whole Catholic hierarchy and its struggles with the secular powers. In "Mahabarata" and in "Ramayaha" these people imagined that they had discovered an elephantine mediaevalism, as it were. And, in sooth, the same interests are involved in the wrangling between King Wiswamitra and the priest, Wasichta, as narrated in the last-mentioned epic, as in the struggles between the German emperors and the popes, although in Europe the point of controversy was called the right of investiture, and in India the cow " Sabala.
>>23395605Back when oriental scriptures were first being translated germans thought they found traditions that have been doing German Idealism for the last two thousand years rather than only a couple decades. They didn't fall in love with the people who smear themselves with cow dung, they fell in love with vedantic philosophy and buddhist epistemology as they interpreted them to be the works of an army of shorter and browner Kants and Hegels holding hands since the days of Alexander.
>>23397143>holding handsHolding hands through time
Mother died and I need to cope with a novel. Any good ones about griefing? It can be non-fiction too, but not something very scientific, please.
Till We Have Faces is a book almost exclusively about grieving over a lost loved oneIf you want to rip your heart out, it will do itSorry about your mom bro :(
>>23393106Nice rec, I love this weird 80's adaptation that used early 2d computer graphics: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGFuUaQ1iQ&pp=ygUVYmVjb21pbmcgcmVhbCBmb3JldmVyShame we never got a don bluth animated version, but at least there's some production art made before it got scrapped.
>>23392756>>23392769i can second the brothers karamazov. i lost my dear grandfather about 12 years ago and it really helped me at the time to read it. i'm very sorry to hear about your mother, OP. Be well.
I like reading Hesse in such moments. Sidhartha or Narcissus and Goldmund follow the life of the characters from their youth to old age and death, it gives me a sense of closure.
>>23395159Mind sharing the title, anon?
