/lit/ - Literature

>>4965326
>we are all burdened with the sins of our fathers
it sucks that shit like that happens but it could have been prevented if the parents had not put their house on police radar.

and, that is not the definition of a police state
>though we are getting closer and closer

>>4965328
i'll take a coat with a hole, being clad, over being naked.

>>4965345
>wage-slave detected

>>4965308
that is simply not true.

>only an idiot doesn't keep a coat for a windy day.

>>4963478
a utopia is what one makes of it. a true utopia cannot exist. i am happy with what i do and who i am; this is my utopia.

>>4964478
>muh police state
implying you can even fathom an actual police state
>being spied on 24/7
how about you lessen your dependence on electronic devices
>police brutality
shit happens, though you cannot disagree that the majority of these 'victims' were already criminals deserving of worse
>claiming slavery
get a career, stop being dependent on your slave-wage, stop living paycheck to paycheck, see if you still think you are a slave.
>nothing could be better
the grass is always greener

you are a faggot

>>4965197
not to sound too /pol/ but...
>implying i'd do anything a jew tells me to

i was joking, anon.

i would if Jeff Goldblum asked.

from 120 days of sodom to oxtiern to juliette to philosophy in the bedroom etc....

>love de Sade

>2001: A Space Odyssey

maybe not better than the book but definitely rivals

>>4965123
yes, Rand was a huge Miley Cyrus fan and referenced her, at least once, in all of her work.

coming from a conservative standing point, the character seems to be the epitome of the religious right wing. you shoved in there every cliche.

it's too obvious, too blatant. satire at its worst. try to ease into the character, don't just rush a few meaningless paragraphs to forcefully establish the character

>>4962108
jesus on my hoes cause i look like dick

>>4962081
>irony of his etc....
irony doesn't make a good story. pretending to be a hack doesn't make you not a hack. i'll agree his stories are not terrible but they are in no way good.

>where are you from?
same as bukowski

>>4962086
that may be. I've never seen mine but i'd bet it's of average length, though a bit girthy, with a preferential lean to the right.

>>4962022
people often don't get that. though, i wouldn't want a man trying to suck himself in a museum, that should be in my living room.

>>4962006
perhaps, but this is so absurdly strong i doubt it's legal. I have to mix a glass of lemon juice (limes cannot handle this scandal) with the 'whisky'. i just cannot take it straight.

>>4962010
no, a comfort read is like eco's focault's pendulum, or toole's CoD. just fun stories with no real meaning other than perhaps some light social commentary.

he's like a vonnegut. the stories are good-ish but they don't even try write it. if that makes sense

basically, and i'm being emphatic to prove a point
>hipsters writing mediocre stuff because they can, and people buy it

that is the dream, though,is it not?

>>4961998
>continue reading?

what's an hour of your time for 'post office'?

>>4961986
that made no sense either.

my point is: bukowski is a good taxi, bus, train, plane, boat ride book but he doesn't deserve the high praise he receives.

>>4961974
i meant reading bukowski is like the futili.....yada yada

what're you drinking? i'mon a jug of whisky i've been on for three weeks. no brand, swapmeet, fifty dollars american.

>>4961946
he was just that, that was the appeal. it's relatable but the stories are too simplistic, same as the writing.
>desperation of humanity
more like the futility of a war against mediocrity, am i right? baddum tsssss

>>4961873
if you don't like reading but want to get into it recreationally, you shouldn't read philosophy or anything like that.

read short, light, easy novels like bukowski or vonnegut. slowly get into deeper, longer stuff once you learn 'how' to read, if that makes sense.

>>4944964
legitimately lol'd

>>4944871
the paper is good enough to be pulped and made into a good novel.

>>4946153
forgot to answer most your questions, sorry. i was just ranting, remembering this shit.

chances are they will re-write your stuff. you will still get credit for it, if you don't sell them your stuff but rather let them use it.

>>4946153
i used to work...somewhere...and became friends with some very well known people. people i thought were my friends. i sold a screenplay for what could have been a good, or decent, movie. instead, they re-re-re-re-re-wrote the fucking thing until it turned into a shitty husk with no semblance of the original source.

the hard part was removing my name from the sitcom while still getting paid for it. i spent so much on legal fees that it really wasn't worth it.

>>4942530
>age
29
>age hoping to get published
a screenplay of mine was bent over a chair and raped senselessly without any lubrication
>current project
novel has been rejected by several publishing houses. i am pretty sure I've been blacklisted

>>4946081
that does seem like a horrible idea for a writer, unless the goal is to be read not paid.

>>4904207
I took the journey itself to symbolize life, the funeral to be responsibilities, and the woman to be what could have been.