/lit/ - Literature

I bought one (Dr. No, I think) and never read it because I lost it somewhere.

I'm back since the other day, sorta remembering what's wrong with /lit/. Time for a last read / currently reading / next to read. Include thoughts, reviews, etc.

Last read: Lies My Teacher Told Me
>Filled holes I have about US History, lays out problems with textbooks convincingly. Chapter 11 (or was it 12) is all about how textbooks are ghost written by people who don't know shit about history. Most memorable part, strangely, was an example of the laziness of writing in textbooks: an exercise asked students to find a copy of a poem and write a two paragraph response to it. The poem (which one it actually was escapes me) was 400 pages long, and no high school student is going to read it.

Currently: How Schools Work
>How race and class affect ones scholastic achievement. Pretty straightforward.

Next: I dunno. Maybe Guns, Germs, & Steel, because I see (saw) it here all the time, and I really just want to read about the guy who asks why others have so much "cargo" (read wiki for context.) I also ordered something off Amazon for a penny, but I forgot what it was.

>>1621121
No, I'm Tofu.

>>1621112
Nice ban. You got involved in that /sp/ bullshit?

>green oval
>search tofu
>mfw

>>1577782
It's for the best, really. I need to be reading and writing more. I'll be back in two weeks and tell you what it's like.

>>1577778
Participated in the pizza party at /sp/.

I'm using my verizon wireless internet, I've got about 30-40 megs left for the month.

quints for steinbeck. see you in two weeks.

Also quints for Steinbeck?

SEE YA'LL IN TWO WEEKS!

>>1577428
I know this probably isn't the case, but I imagined this:
>kid makes invitations for fake parties for friends who doesn't have
>thesadness, a new film starring ann hatheway

>>1577346
>long spew of pseudoscientific bullshit from an idiot who refuses to look at information that contradicts his worldview
Is it possible to filter anon's posts?

inb4he doesn't write, he types

>>1577352
Well, he says he has had twenty-two books published by a local press. That's not impossible. The size of a press varies greatly; I knew a woman once who told me that she'd been published some poems, and later found that her publisher made their books of folder paper and staples.

From his prose, he seems gentle, and I like that in a person, so I'm inclined to believe he is published in such a way that it's profitable to him. I imagine he subsidizes his income by teaching, editing, or copy writing.

>>1577279
After reading your post, it's my opinion you are not a professional writer.

>Hello professional sciene
you mean 'science'.
>fiction novelist. I am touched by your notion - no doubt it relates to your genre -
Here it seems you are saying that a notion, not 4chan itself, relates to science fiction. You probably mean to say that 4chan is related to science fiction, but other then it being a website, I don't see how the two relate.
>that you think 4chan can help you. Stay away from the internet. Technology is not the writer's friend, whatever prose you're putting out.
One would imagine that technology would be the friend of a science fiction writer.
>You aren't on here for inspiration.
Did OP say he was?
>...
>If that doesn't work buy a new desk.
You need a comma between 'work' and 'buy', but it's a good joke, nonetheless.
>By the way, unless the contract has actually already been signed and the manuscript edited, there's no way Random House are publishing your book in a few months.
'Random House is publishing,' not 'are.'

I know I'm being a dick, but I'm pretty sure you're not a novelist. I'm not buying it for some reason. Don't let me sketch you out, if you are. What do I know? I'm not a novelist, I just read the things.

So, was I right?

>>1577279
After reading your post, it's my opinion you are not professional.

>Hello professional sciene
you mean 'science'.
>fiction novelist. I am touched by your notion - no doubt it relates to your genre -
Here it seems you are saying that a notion, not 4chan itself, relates to science fiction. You probably mean to say that 4chan is related to science fiction, but other then it being a website, I don't see how the two relate.
>that you think 4chan can help you. Stay away from the internet. Technology is not the writer's friend, whatever prose you're putting out.
One would imagine that technology would be the friend of a science fiction writer.
>You aren't on here for inspiration.
Did OP say he was?
>...
>If that doesn't work buy a new desk.
You need a comma between 'work' and 'buy', but it's a good joke, nonetheless.
>By the way, unless the contract has actually already been signed and the manuscript edited, there's no way Random House are publishing your book in a few months.
'Random House is publishing,' not 'are.'

I know I'm being a dick, but I'm pretty sure you're not a novelist. I'm not buying it for some reason. Don't let me sketch you out, if you are. What do I know? I'm not a novelist, I just read the things.

So, was I right?

>>1577293
You are not very sensitive.

I wish he did these as .svg's

I read a Steinbeck story today and felt like I was the main character and his relatives were mine. I died in the end, though, so that sucked.

>>1577232
I think it was a mistake.

>>1577142
Despite his lack of English skills, this person is correct.

>>1577246
Who do you know who doesn't?

>"having trouble getting myself to write"
>come to /lit/
There's your problem.

Just do this: remember that you'll have to go back to telemarketing and selling dimes to teenagers if you don't write, so write.

>large research report due tomorrow
You sound like me.

Anyway, wikipedia:
>Bullies may bully because they themselves have been the victim of bullying

It's sourced, so follow the links or search for them on scholar.google.com

>>1576502
'laborate.