/lit/ - Literature

Cover suggestion

I love you all

>>15345268

>>15345286
I love you too

>>15345295
Holy shit that's nice, will that cause problems though, because of it just being a penguin design

>>15345268
Not too bad, might trick some people as well. But what about the other two volumes?
>>15345286
<3

>>15345268
Maybe this if everything was on fire

>>15345310
here's the source image
>>15345268

>>15345344
Where's that from?

>>15345311

>>15345358
and,

>>15345295
>>15345310
No problems now

>>15345386
Lel

I'd be interested to see if this would pass

>>15345386
I could see this legitimately tricking people. I like that a lot

So who is everyone's favourite authors? We gotta know the influences on our work.

I (dreaming/kinslayer/lay of melchizedek) have a particular fondness for Tolkien, and who I consider the true "american tolkien", H.P.Lovecraft.

Milton is great too

>>15345386
Maybe turn the penguin into a full spurdo design so too, it's more defensible

Someone write the blurb for the back cover too

>>15345386
>that little spurdo

>>15345353
dunno, look it up on warosu and click [View same]

>>15345421
I'm the "cooming is writing" anon and my work is clearly influenced by Bataille.

>>15345448
Ok give me a moment

Cover suggestion, adds sex appeal.

>>15345268
Still proposing Asuka.

>>15345421
Meditations on Habitual Irony was inspired by DFW, Ken-Sama's story by Dazai (particularly in the translation), Das Kapital, lord knows, Viper the Rapper I guess

>>15345421
Burroughs, Ballard, RA Wilson. I'd go as far to consider them forebears to this work in essence.

>>15345448
This was suggested as a summary in the last thread
"During coronavirus quarantine the patients of the Iowa State Home for the Mentally Bewildered come together to create a collection of tales unlike any other. A modern epic of gilgamesh, the missing piece in DFW's final work, a key to locating Thomas Pynchon, what Osamu Dazai would've wrote if he wasn't dead. This collection inspires first, but is also inspired by such diverse creatives as Rupi Kaur, Elliot Rodger, Guenon (pbuh), and many more.

Many of the recovered works are believed to be but fragments of a greater whole. All lines that could be confidently reconstructed are presented here with intended formatting."

>>15345448
>>15345465

Shakespeare - Joyce - Homer; but names on a page. Now, in a bold and invigorating new expression of humanity, this collection of anonymous works, ranging from scandalous to witty, from dull to zany, is the masterpiece of the century.

Written, collected, and produced entirely within a quarantine ward, each patient suffering from variants of mental wretchedness, only worsened by Covid-19; these patients takes you through every emotion and every colour of the rainbow whilst spitting in the very idea of humanity.

fell reader, I present the only work of it's kind. NEVER BEFORE SEEN, fresh invigorating take on literature.

THE CORONAMERON, IN 3 VOLUMES

>>15345532
I still prefer the idea of tricking people into thinking its a serious avant-garde work

>>15345548
based

>>15345561
Same here. I think presenting it as some sort of experiment in postpostpostmodernism could be good

>>15345548
this is also great

>>15345386

If it passes, this 100 percent

As suggested in the previous thread, what if we reduced the line spacing for prose and save some space that way?
>>15345561
I think it could work with that summary if you took out Rodger's name, maybe combine it with parts of >>15345548

>>15345532
I like this one, maybe if it was written to be more believable we could get pretentious fags who want to read disabled authors to pick it up. Also I suggest pic related for the cover.

Wait shit, do the edits in part three carry over to the merged doc?

>>15345532
Take out the mental Home bit

We should present it more like an underground artist collective to give the impression that actual thought went into it

>>15345605
I can combine them, hang on

>>15345386
On second thoughts, this format with >>15345626 image

>>15345636
Then that would actually kind of be what it is.

New blurb

Shakespeare - Joyce - Homer - Rupi Kaur - Thomas Pynchon; but names on a page. Now, in a bold and invigorating new expression of humanity, this collection of anonymous works, ranging from scandalous to witty, from dull to zany, is the masterpiece of the century.

Yet this work, a modern epic of Gilgamesh, a tour de force of Genius, is the key to understanding them all. This work has been heralded as a true rival to David Foster Wallace.

Written, collected, and produced entirely within a quarantine ward, each patient suffering from variants of mental wretchedness, only worsened by Covid-19; these patients takes you through every emotion and every colour of the rainbow whilst spitting in the very idea of humanity.


fell reader, I present the only work of it's kind. NEVER BEFORE SEEN, fresh invigorating take on literature.

THE CORONAMERON, IN 3 VOLUMES*


*Many of the recovered works are believed to be but fragments of a greater whole. All lines that could be confidently reconstructed are presented here with intended formatting.

>>15345641
Exactly, but it makes it sound sufficiently pretentious that people might actually read it

Actually speaking of, what's the deal with the print copies, will they be free apart from shipping?

Just strikes me that there are probably some copyright infringements in there somewhere that could fuck us if it's being sold

>>15345676
not bad, eh?

>>15345636
Collections from a dadaist sect of anonymous surrealists that was published in the early internet age. A touchstone piece in any discussion of anti-literature and outlier art.

>>15345685
Yeah just sell them "free" with the price all in the shipping

>>15345676
This is fantastic, only change I'd make is to remove the spacing between any two paragraphs to make it look more cohesive.

>>15345695
Now this I like

>>15345697
good idea

If we can sell just one copy to someone who thinks it's genuine literature, I think all the effort will have been worthwhile

>>15345758
it is genuine literature

>>15345676
This looks good, I'd just scrap the fellow reader part

>>15345776
agreed

I made a cover based on Verso's "radical thinkers" series.

>>15345758
this is my mindset. If we can trick one person into flipping through this thing then I'll be happy. I like the idea of publishing an entire book for a 5 minute joke.

What about - following the op image of 1st thread - a NYRB classics style cover? That would be quite nice and clean given the right background picture.
There's still the thing that perhaps that might be legally difficult, but in this case it would be a centred border rectangle with a certain typeface, like can that be copyrighted (same for gallimard, for example, do they own the color cream with a border of 2 red and a black line)?

We can have three covers. The first one can be >>15345268, then the next one can be Asuka's FAT FUCKING ASS.
>>15345286
daisuki yo!

>>15345758
>>15345788
when the book is done someone could make a thread on /r/books or something and ask for obscure/interesting books, then someone else could make a post suggesting these volumes, then we upvote both the thread and the post so it gets seen. takes a bit of coordination and that no one squeals but could result in a few redditors maybe buying it

Every time someone highlights the whole thing, I get worried lol

>>15345836
Then we should make sure that there aren't any mentions of /lit/ or 4chan in the summary or on the cover, etc.

Is OP going to lock the third volume? I think we have to do it now before somebody writes in the old one and inconsistencies arise.

I think we should hint in the blurb that this is a piece of experimental writing or a part of some pretentious art movement.

>>15345860
OP has a copy of all 3 saved, this doc is for final edits I think

>inspired by such works as Nael, Age 6's The Tiger

>>15345883
>15345883
people are still adding stuff, i.e a glossary has been added

>>15345883
mostly yeah, but if you manage to add sth to the all-in-one doc and the whole thing passes, then good for you

>>15345860
Oh shit, I was writing in the old third document.

>>15345894
What's the new one?

>>15345902
OP’s link is a collection of all three. I can only make suggestions, so I’ll just suggest to copy-paste my updated work in

>>15345902
there are original:1, 2 and 3 AND all-in-one linked in OP. The 3-in-1 is the current active one

>>15345902
So to clarify, i don’t think there is a “new” third document, but an older version of it has already been placed in a compilation of all three coronamerons

>>15345878
The official line should be that it was created by a single schizophrenic man

>>15345974
an anon hung himself due to current isolation and this was found on his desktop.

>>15345974
I like that as well. Frame him as a schizophrenic genius

>>15346000
>>15345988
Kicked from an MFA program, reason for his expulsion kept purposefully nebulous. this was his final work

>>15345787

Kek

Added a long comment on formatting in OP's document. Thoughts?

So now that almost everything's been added. Which was the best book?

>>15346177
Namely (copied but not greentexted): a general comment/suggestion on formatting.
1. To start harshly: page/paper size. Currently it's US Letter, which is too big for a book (unless we decide that's what we want: it would be an interesting object, but not a normal book). Among Docs page options the only bookish ones are "Statement" and A5 (no custom? will this all be done on Docs?). Ideally we wouldn't want to apply this slapdash tho, as it can screw up the formatting where people have used multiple tabs, images, tables. So one would have to compare side-by-side with the current size. In itself the page length would increase, though the other steps should decrease it a bit.
2. Margins also: you don't want them too small because too tight margins in a book is shit, yet not too big either (around 0.80 inch?)
3. Font: we should have a standard font, except where obvious authorial intent departs from this (the comic sans in a lot of the beginning was an anon's edit, so I wouldn't consider that as artistic intent). My suggestion is EB Garamond, but in general a readable serif (Times is for amateurs).
4. Font size: again standardized except where intentionally diverging (particularly within one section - smaller, bigger). I suggest 10 pt. for body text, 8 pt. for footnotes, 9 pt. for block quotes/epigraphs, if any (would decrease pages, but with a smaller page size it's not at all too small).
5. Line spacing: I'm not sure if something custom is preferable, but as an anon suggested, 1.15 seems good.
6. Indenting and whitespace linebreaks: this is more of an editing job and one may be divided over this, since a whitespace may be a specific, larger section break than an indented paragraph break (obvious when both are used), but where anons have divided paragraphs by a whitespace, it would save space and be nicer if these were indented without the whitespace.
7. Justification (i.e. even alignment of text on right side): should we align prose (not poetry, or where the alignment is obviously intended to be a certain way) that is now unjustified/flush-left to be aligned justified? I'd say so.
8. Page breaks/new chapters: new chapters start on a new page obviously, but it's good design to not let it start (save the title perhaps) on the first line, but a few lines below. Then again, as an anon suggested, to save space, sections which are less than a page each could be put together on one page.
9. Headers (title on every page) - haven't considered this, what think? - and page numbers (in corner header/footer, or centered in footer).
-- It's probably best with some of this kind of editing/formatting to go through it by section/chapter, instead of applying it in one go.
Just suggestions. Let's discuss.
Thanks for reading my blog, desu.

>>15345268
At least one ought to be apocalyptic, in the Hieronymous Bosch neighborhood (pic. related)

>>15345295
>The Voynich Gucci Maynuscript

>>15345421
>lay of melchizedek
and Bosnian mystic for me

>>15345532
>the patients of the Iowa State Home
Assisted Living Home for the phrenologically impaired

>>15345626
>get pretentious fags who want to read disabled authors to pick it up
Chicken Soup for the Retarded Soul

>>15345821
>We can have three covers.
A triptych

I wish I'd had the foresight to weave a choose your own adventure throughout this thing.

>>15346251
would have been amazing. next time, anon

>>15346219
What about something like this detail from Brueghel (The Triumph of Death - or another detail therefrom)?

>>15346281
liking this

>>15346190
1>2>3>1

>>15346318
correct order, 1 really was the best and worst

>>15346281
This one feels very fitting.

>>15346371
good

>>15346281

Yeah this one is great

>>15346191
4. 10 pt. seems too small to me - 11/12 pt. should work
7. yest, just all prose
9. yes, a text starts at the top but short texts are put together on a page
10. page numbers - yay, header - nay (I would say it it too late)

change font (EB Garamond or Georgia) >> get rid of empty space >> justify >> preface >> covers >> done

can someone link to the final (locked) versions of Coronameron 1 and 2 pls? the ones I backed up aren't the final versions

A lot of people in this thread would like the work to seem like it's written by mentally ill people in hospital, a schizophrenic man, an avant-garde group of writers, etc. ie. not by a 4chan board. But how would you even pull that off? Would that narrative only be in the foreword and back cover? Because they're obvious mentions in the text that this is just a bunch people online trolling.

>>15346673
1:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WVc5f4up2G8kLfE-8s5wlYlKp5oEgTN4cTifGGM2xs4/edit

2.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nMb6jRDBX4T7aeLNiYzcbbk3k-dZqDjl3hJDaw82Zs0/edit#

>>15346190
>>15346191
In regards to points 1 and 2 I think you're right. In my head I've been envisioning the final product as a textbook sized thing, as that's the size it's been on my screen while writing, but looking at an A5 sheet of paper now I think that's more realistic and fine. In google docs I'm looking at the default A5 page setup and the margins are much too wide by default.

As to point 3, EB Garamond is a good, proper book looking font, but the normal option seems too thin. It would either have to be the 'medium' or 'semi-bold' variety of EB, I'm leaning towards semi. This was briefly discussed in the last thread and IIRC some anons saw standardising the font as undesirable and against the writers freedom, but I do think standardising would be for the best for better continuous readability. The majority of font changes in the work are due to matters of personal preference so I don't think changing those is a big deal. There are a few pieces which use fonts with artistic intent, for example "TSA NO FLY LIST", I'll go through the doc later and comment on the pieces which I think would benefit from keeping their original font. And I think 13pt would be appropriate for the titles of each piece

6. Personally I prefer whitespaces, makes it feel less cramped to me. That being said, I think indentations are the better choice here so long as the margins are good. Margins are ultimately more important to comfortable reading I feel, so saving space with indentations instead of whitespaces is just a positive. 8 is a no brainer, yes. For 9, having "CORONAMERON VOL [#]" above every page centered in the header would be a classy addition. Practically I think page numbers in the corner is the wiser option, as this is a piece with a load of different works, so having page numbers centered would make it a bit more difficult to flick through to the appropriate page, at the corner it can easily be seen. Header/footer page numbers is just a minor stylistic matter, I'd prefer it in the header, in line with the title of the book.

>>15346371
>>15346281
These would both make greater covers, formatted with the "Benguin Glassigs"

I say the obscure schizo/avant-garde angle would be assisted by making it look professionally published by a publisher of out of print or obscure lit. As to the anon above complaining about font choices and typesetting and stuff: perhaps we can use this https://fontsinuse.com/uses/8015/nyrb-classics as a sort of guide?

>>15346734
The only problem I have with the "Benguin Classics" cover with>>15346371 is that it would cover up the most important part of the painting.

>>15346692
>>15346746
Honestly, if you asked me, the mentally ill stuff just seems a bit too far fetched. I think the avant garde group of writers angle would work better

>>15346789
True and I think most people would be more willing to read a collection of avant-garde stuff than a bunch of crazy shit. I think we should let the writing speak for itself and not reveal its mental instability in the blurb.

How do you guys feel about this as a cover?
>>15346789
>>15346887
I agree, but I feel like anyone who looks at this for more than a second will either realize its trolling or think its schizo BS

>>15346702
Thank you anon

>>15346970
This is bloody fantastic, has all the important details in frame and looks serious. The "afterword by A. Non" is a tasteful detail but a bit silly I think when you look at it again, something like "Volumes I, II, and III" would fit better.

>>15346970
love this, good work anon

>>15346970
nice. Is that the font (FF Meta)? It should be in all caps tho.
Also, is it by Anonymous or by /lit/ (as it says on the first page)?

How about this?

can I get like a top ten list of stuff to actually read? i'm not sorting through 500 pages of nonsense

>>15347187
Well its a free version of FF Meta I found on a freefonts website called "Meta" but I tried. I'm assuming OP will edit things around anyways but I'm afraid writing /lit/ as the author will attract redditors or wherever y'all plan to troll

>>15347247
I'm putting together a pdf of my personal favorites and some of the works considered to be 'the best of the best' cause I don't want to read 600+ pages of shitposting either. Should be done soon, I'll drop a link when it is if you want it

https://docdro.id/I27b2Jz
Just made a little test document of the first couple chapters and title page (but I don't know if people will want to keep the shit on it). But mainly for formatting. Google Docs capabilities are still limited (I don't think you can apply hyphenation). 'Oswald' (Extra Light) is a nice secondary font (for titles, headers)... It's just a little test for myself to see what you can do.

Does anyone want me to upload the /lit/ OC I have?

9gag only has four posters
Hypersphere
Leftopia
Coronameron [1-3]
L'anomie
The April Reader [1-25]
LondonFrog [1-2]
Lit Quarterly [Fall]
The Complete Works of God II
Professor Kafir - Pol Gets a PhD in Islam
The Manifesto of Saint Marx and Pope Doug
The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra [1-4]

I want to make a permanent mirror to all of this so that it doesn't just all reside on hulu and in the hands of richfags. Do say if I'm missing something

>>15347247
>>15347275

Why are you even here if you only want to read a Top 40 style chart of the greatest hits? You're missing the entire point of the project. Go read your subjective 'best-of' and fuck off out of here.

>>15347362
Yeah, I’m interested. Is there some better way to archive everything?

in case someone is worried i'm plagiarizing nyrb too hard
>>15347313
I like everything besides Oswald on the page headers

>>15345228
>>15346191
For reference in editing, these are the available page sizes
>>15347362
Yes please
>>15347313
This is an encouraging example that this mess can be formatted nicely

>>15347362
Londonfrog volume 3 is missing, anon

>>15347414

I personally think a solid band of the maroon across would be better if you're going that way - the tiny slither of background either side is quite jarring imo

>>15347417
Finally I can satisfy her with the 8.25' x 6'

>>15347242
NYRB bait is hilarious cover formatting -- is there a third to riff off of besides Penguin Books that would be recognizable?

>>15345228

So I've read the 'blogpost' comment on the doc about formatting and editing (really comprehensive, so thank you anon who put that together) and am curious as to what we will do about titles and other bits of text that need to be a a large size? (I say this as I am biased toward my 'Levirusthan' heading looking as much like Hobbes' original as possible, but there are lots of other instances where the titles need to be large or take up more room than usual). Like, what's the deal if we are going to standardise a lot of the text?

>>15347417
Page sizes from Amazon that is, but I think this may have a bit too much erotic content for Amazon.

What about an introduction and/or a forward? Could be fun, write one all together at the same time

>>15347409
I don't understand why you're so upset; we're not making a 'best-of' list, let us read what we want to read, it doesn't affect you

>>15347562

Do you specifically create new opportunities for madness and chaos because you enjoy it, or are you actually insane, dadad?

>>15347502
done
>>15347543
An Oxford World's Classics edition would be pretty funny

>>15347596
I think a serif font might work a bit better

All three references to 'poopmodernism' were supposed to be 'poopmodernism' and not the result of the 'shit' to 'poop' fag.

>>15347583
fun is fun, more people writing something at once, the more perfect it is

>>15347362
That would be amazing, /lit/s legacy shall not be forgotten.

>>15345228

This seems like a gargantuan task... I didn't even think about how difficult editing would be while we were all shitposting to our heart's content...

>>15347413
>>15347417
>>15347434
Added London Frog v.3

Complete Listing:
'9gag only has four posters_files'
'9gag only has four posters.html'
'9gag only has four posters.pdf'
Anonymous_Hypersphere.pdf
Anonymous_Leftopia.pdf
'A Walking Aphrodisiac by Nicholas Blacksmith.pdf'
BeheadAllSatans
ChinkShitInfo.pdf
'Coronameron 2.docx'
'Coronameron 2.pdf'
Coronameron.docx
'Coronameron More.docx'
'Coronameron More.pdf'
Coronameron.pdf
'Da Archive Annex - August 6 2018.pdf'
'Da Archive Annex - March 1 2018.pdf'
'Da Archive Annex - May 19 2018.pdf'
'Da Archive Annex - October 10 2018.pdf'
'Da Archive Annex.pdf'
Dreamscape.docx
Dreamscape.pdf
guenonmag1.pdf
"L'anomie.docx"
"L'anomie.pdf"
"L'anomie_v01.pdf"
'Lit Quarterly - Fall 2019.pdf'
'LondonFrog Vol 2 Final Draft.pdf'
'LondonFrog Vol 3 Final Draft.pdf'
'Professor Kafir - Pol Gets a PhD in Islam (2019).pdf'
TheAprilReview.zip
'The Complete Works of God II.docx'
'The Complete Works of God II.pdf'
'The Last Binge Ever Volume 1.pdf'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra 3_ Tokyo Drift.docx'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra 3_ Tokyo Drift.pdf'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism In a Tundra in Miami - Chapter 1 [GO TO CHAPTER 2].docx'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism In a Tundra in Miami - Chapter 1 [GO TO CHAPTER 2].pdf'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism In a Tundra in Miami - Chapter 2 [CHAPTERS 3_4 OPEN NOW].docx'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism In a Tundra in Miami - Chapter 2 [CHAPTERS 3_4 OPEN NOW].pdf'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism In a Tundra in Miami - Chapter 3.docx'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism In a Tundra in Miami - Chapter 3.pdf'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism In a Tundra in Miami - Chapter 4.docx'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism In a Tundra in Miami - Chapter 4.pdf'
'The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra.pdf'
"The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra Presents_ Kolsti's Adventure in the Everglades_ A Novella.docx"
"The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra Presents_ Kolsti's Adventure in the Everglades_ A Novella.pdf"
'The _lit_ collection.docx'
'The _lit_ collection.pdf'
'The Manifesto of SaintMarx and Pope Doug.docx'
'The Manifesto of SaintMarx and Pope Doug.pdf'
troll-culture.pdf

The total size is about 250MB.
https://file.io/CgVRPK2s

>>15347645
blessed dadadad

>>15347614
Scratch that actually

>>15347678
>https://file.io/CgVRPK2s
>404 file not found

>>15345548
based

>>15345268
I like this one a lot

>>15347645

Okay lets do it then, the ending to this thing is pretty shite anyway so it needs a better send-off

>>15347678
>>15347688
Second try: https://easyupload.io/v2zcnx
I'll put them on a more permanent server once i get the chance. Enjoy.

>>15347551
Could be a slightly larger font, 12 to 14 pt, maybe bold, maybe another (sans-serif) font, like the anon did in this example >>15347313 But for exceptions like Levirusthan, where indeed it should imitate the Hobbes-era title page (perhaps relatively resized such that it would all fit on the page).

>>15347645
Are you leaving Volume 3 open to 200 pages again before closing Dada Da

>>15345474

I actually really like this simplistic design, but would prefer it with a old painting that has been gradient mapped to the same colour as th ebackground

>>15347596
I do think the letter size could be a bit smaller (but maybe that's just from seeing it on a screeN)

>>15347769
yeah of course. Whatever gets added we can just throw in somewhere.

>>15346784
Could we band a band cutting across one part of it instead of the entire lower half being the band with the back & title?

and finally, the Oxford Classics version

>>15347828
something like this but better?

>>15347754
Do you want to put everything that was posted on /lit/ in it? If yes, the modern masterpiece that was Catgirl Misaki the Vampire Hunter, the best post of 2019, definitely belongs.

>>15347645
So when are we doing that?

Anonymous et al or just Anonymous?

>>15348220
right down to the homoeroticism!

Come help write the introduction!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CiZm4CCAb4c82AtIHsfflecl7pNPpXxOdUtr5ntx4zY/edit

everyone everyone come make an introduction!

>>15348410
bringing back oob :)

>>15348496
think I'm done with oob. It was a pleasure writing wih you all

>>15348220

I really like this

>>15345228
Someone fucked up pretty badly, because everything I wrote is missing from this document. I'm pretty fucking mad about it, and now I'm not able to edit this document in order to put it back. How do we rectify this situation?

>>15348601
it might exist in another backup OP has

I hope you guys know that both Coronameron More and Coronameron full are still vandalized to shit in piss posting.

>>15347362
you forgot the /lit/ schizo ramblings pdf

>>15348643
Thats why there's gotta be a proper edit, because there's also repeat segments

>>15348601
Check previous thread. I posted a link to a backup there somewhere from before yesterdays deletion. Look for the pepe with glasses reading a news paper, it's in reply to that.

>>15348686
when will that be happening? just you or others as well?

>>15348722
There was someone working on a proper formatting who posted the first 20 or so pages about a thread ago. I've been trying to think of a way to anonymously conduct an edit of the doc but I cant figure it out. My best idea was doing it over email, but that would require people to make throw away emails, and I dont want to make it too much work you know. But it seems to be mostly in these threads where its been happening

what a cute dog

I love greyhounds

>>15348746
I think the smaller amount of people the better and ensuring they all get what we want from this (as lightly edited as possible, just a clean up)

this is a disaster

>>15348777
how so? to me it seems it went mostly OK apart from /tv/ being /tv/

>>15347948
I've added it too
>>15348685
Added

please add more footnotes to the introduction

*ahem*
Kino alert

Here's my fucking shit, I'm going to go dig to see if I can find "Guys I told my dad to watch anime and it didn't go so well" but I don't have a fucking backup.

Introduction, Part 6
When asked to write a preface for the defining literary work of our time, I could not help but shudder. How does one prepare a reader for the sheer blistering beauty that is this fuckin book? WAS I WORTHY to prepare the unwashed masses to enter the temple of god that is “Clifford’s Caustic Calisthenics part 69?
My first encounter with the book occurred in 2007. It was a dark time in my life, and I was looking to make a change. If I could become more flexible, I would finally be able to fulfill a lifelong dream: autofellatio. With Christina gone (our primary point of argument, and the thing that finally rended our souls asunder, was the question of just how they get the extra creamy icecream so damn creamy. We also often argued about the role of lemon in in icewater , I decided it was now prime time to get to stretching.
Selfsuck has been a lifelong fascination for me. Ever since I was an infant, I was able to suck my own fat tit. My poor mother’s teats never stood a chance. Although she thought it strange at first for a boy child to be able to produce milk, it was nothing compared to her desire to drink wine guilt free. I sucked and I sucked and I sucked. Chapped lips and nips couldn’t stop me. No other milk would do, only my sweet chest nectar could satiate my thirst.
Now, a new dream was in my sight. By cumming down my own throat, I would become a perfect closed system, a perpetual motion machine with infinite possibility. My massive dong would ensure direct tip to throat contact, as I personally dislike the taste of semen.

I would be remiss to continue on without allowing the author to comment. I have written to him, and he informs me that COPYRIGHTED MATERIEL.

>>15348937
Last cover and I'm off to sleep
Goodnight anons

>>15349015
night anon, actually kinda like this one

>>15348706
I looked, but it wasn't there. My shit was in the second doc, but it's not in the editing doc in op's post. If you look in this most recent doc some other anon actually called it God tier which makes me really mad to lose it.

>>15349091
what was it called?

>>15349109
"Guys I told my Dad to watch anime and it didn't go so well". It's missing from the original second doc as well, as if someone intentionally excised it. I'm not crazy and it did exist, because you can see it mentioned in the "We rank everything written so far" section.

ha ha ha
he he he
i'm the piss gnome and you cant catch me

>>15349109
>>15349120
I guess it was actually "Guys I told my dad to watch anime and he didn't take it very well"

>>15349109
>>15349120
>>15349153
Wait again motherfuckers I found it. I'm retarded please include a footnote that the author of that bit is a mental midget and deserves his penis slammed in a windowsill.

crazy nigga just pasted the entirety moby dick again

You can't just around posting Moby Dick in people's Google docs

>>15349176
>>15349200
Dad dad has to do all the work again

Based dick poster at it again

Has someone tried uploading the thing on lulu? We should find out the limits of printing before making any changes to the work.

Needs more pissposting on the last page to bring it around full circle and serve as catharsis at the end

the Dick copypaster is the white whale of the sea that is the document

So intro's done?

>>15349282
I’d imagine it’s been locked to deal with the Moby Dick copypaste.

Thank you anons for writing with again on the final piece, the introduction. It's the ultimate pleb filter. Now all that's left is to format, publish, and send it to a Vice journalist for free publicity.
>>15348777
At least some clever anons pumped out a few great cover options today.

>>15345485
mmmmmmm

>>15349245
>the Dick copypaster is the white whale of the sea that is the document
Recovered content is dearer for it, and the lost are our missing legs

>>15349433
I think we can agree on the project's muse.

>>15345228
Needs splitting into two books.
562 pages is too long.

>>15347861
I can see what you're going for anon, this cover is underrated
just needs to be cleaned up

>>15349015
>Wordsworth Classics
Looks too good. needs to be shitty stock photos pasted on a separate background.

Is intro closed for good?

>>15349838
You got something to add? I can open it

>>15349984
I just thought the last convo between me and daddad didn’t need to be on it. I know some people are anti-deletion though.

>>15349996
It's sort of a sweet ending. I can delete it if you really want

>>15350001
Nah it’s all good

Has the 3rd book been put in a final combined doc?

The vandalism has started again so it needs to be closed if not

>>15350060
>Has the 3rd book been put in a final combined doc?
Yes, but not current as of around or before noon

>>15350074
Wtf

This shit was closed last night but was reopened even though we said what would happen

>>15350097
Did you write in it? Did you save your shit? If not its your fault, it's been soft closed since yesterday

>>15347769
>Are you leaving Volume 3 open to 200 pages again before closing Dada Da
>>15347795
>yeah of course. Whatever gets added we can just throw in somewhere.

^earlier in the thread
>>15350060
>>15350097

>>15350060
Wait are we merging the most another version? So just apply the suggestion edits to that document?

So whats happening

bravo my sides are in orbit

>>15345548
This better get used, someone make the back cover - all I've seen is the front

>>15345548
this is great

>>15348410

This is absolute garbabe, sorry to say it. It just devolved into mindless shitposting and memeing - I thought you were actually going to write a decent introduction

>>15348410
Awful, please just use my "foreword of a kinslayer" from the second volume

If editing is still ongoing, can the Washington paragraph be changed for consistency-ish i.e.
>I’m gnna finna boutta fucking cum in your face,” he’s day. A slave to his raging violent patriotism, he'd assembled a band of mercenary frenchmen, and win back control of the US after 24 years of Indian rule. His armies would kill millions of the dastardly oppressive savages. Savages? Well that's what the book says so, oh well. After finally retaking the country, he would dispatch a message to every remaining native chef;

>>15351763
That's your fault for assuming we'd produce anything of value

>>15351846

I second this

>>15352985
this is my favourite yet

What's happening now then

>>15352985
>>15353030
the outline of the text on all of these covers is too sharp, looks fake, you need a subtle amount of blurring or bordering at a much higher resolution or some kind of bevelling for it to look legit

>>15353074
we seem to be in the last parts now. i think at the moment it's removing vandalism and ensuring the works are complete and edited to how they were supposed to be

>>15353094

I want to contribute, where should I put my piece?

>>15352985
ugly

>>15354263
sorry, no clue. I'm not OP just someone who's been following pretty closely

How do I add a new chapter? I’ve never used that site before

>>15354364
You must be 18 to post here

>>15354364
>>15354263
You can write in OP’s google doc. Iirc the new stuff in there will be added to the full version

>>15354263
Volume three, check the last thread

>>15354580
My bad, the doc in the OP of the last thread

>>15354263
>>15354364
Yo yeah put it in three or send it to me and I can add it daddaddaddaddaddaddaddad2@gmail.com

>>15347861
ebin gover :DD

Alright I locked the third doc

>>15354913
I hope porky pig stays in

>>15355336
It should be where is it

>>15356248
bumping where we at rn guys

>>15356927
Tidying up and preparing to release

I wonder, what would happen if we sent this in to an actual publisher? Would they even consider it?
Send it in with the blurb and a cover sotru

>>15356952
*story not sotru

OP are you gonna sort out publishing with Amazon?
If so, please release it in black and white. It'll be way way to expensive if we release it in full color.
Maybe do two versions if you can.

>>15356973
unfortunately true

>>15345228
>pls make volume 3 current
Bumping

Which cover is the final one

>>15358735
nobody really knows, there were lots of good ones with plague-themed paintings and there ought to be one with Asuka's ass. Maybe the complete edition and each part on it's own can have a cover (4 in total)

how about something like this??

>>15345228
new thread??

Edits looking good bois

Lets get this shit wrapped up in the next 24 hours and then go blow some men whaddayasay

>>15347414
>I,II,III

I-III looks neater

>>15356973
Nah nah nigga

There has to be somewhere cheaper than Amazon

>>15361170
My back yard

>>15361144
Were the edits supposed to be on the doc that's on THIS threads OP? None of the edit/comments have been resolved

>>15345634
>>15350125
>>15361238
Someone answer this.

>>15361238

I too would like to know this...

>>15361238
Yes. The document in this thread's OP is the one most recently posted by dadadadadad from the third thread. I don't know what his strategy for resolving those edits is, but I'm going to go ahead and make a copy of it, resolve the edits, and format it in line with the rest of this thread's suggestions. I'll work on it this evening (West EU time) and post later on how it looks.

>>15362371
Based, God's work anon

>>15362371
King

>>15345228
do we need a new thread ?

>>15362722
I don't think so. It is easier to have a one, big thread redarding the editing. Jannies please

>>15362371
>>15362390
>>15362424
Alright quick update. Apparently this is being spam filtered in good english so let me try talking in AAVE. am doing dat editing, jus correktin dem revisions man. Keepin a changelog in which i wrotes some considerations about page size yah. also recording all yes or no ansahs to comments. will post dat changelog and doc when i is done, at page 100.

>>15363276
holey shit brudda, jeezuz be wid dee

>>15363276
thx anon

WHEN can I order a copy?

>>15363276
das rite

>>15363276
>>15363300
>>15363302
>>15345228
Alright took an hour or two but here is the first step: the document with all commented revions taken care of https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PljjyLkZoyqPfDp2fBQg7nDXrTaDT3CUBrh4MwxirBU/edit?usp=sharing . Next step is to comment further revisions you want to see, please keep these related to adjusting existing content only. Only add content if it hasn't been updated from VOL. 3 yet. While you lot do that, I'll get to work on adding in updated stuff from VOL. 3, I'll also add the recently written introduction. From there I will move the document to word and start editing it to look good and proper. See here for a complete changelog and a few notes at the beginning on potential page size/margins https://pastebin.com/JGeATdB6 . If you take issue with any of my decisions in regards to accepting/rejecting revisions, comment them again on this new doc with more justification, eg: "im the author you dolt".

To clarify, I am not dadadadad. I am just an anon that wants to get this thing done, hence why I created this thread and started editing it myself.

>>15364019
Extremely based, I don't think there is an obligation to have the doc be under the same owner at this point, as long as the final edits get done. We should wait a little while for the last few edits to come in, the make a thread about actually getting it in print

>>15364019
Blessed anon, thank you

>>15364019
Absolutely based anon, you are appreciated, and Awaken My Love was very funky.

>>15364019
Are you planning on just deleting the current vol. 3 section and pasting in the updated version?

So I take it were not using that introduction?

>>15364707
There's been a bunch of edits on Vol. 3, not sure how he could do it.

>>15364720
Other anon is working on a version with formatting, updated text, and introduction. I think the people with editing access on the “master copy” haven’t edited it since the introduction was written.

>>15364707
Also, why the fuck did OP re-open the doc? It was fairly agreed to be finished. An epilogue and end piece were written, and "fin" was put at the end. All that it really needed was Edits, as it cant be kept open forever if we want to get this done before we lose interest

>>15364720
Was genuinely worthless even by our principles of keeping as much as we can. better ignore it as not being part of the main doc

>>15364724
Ah on the compiled doc? My bad, thought that was unedited as of rn.

>>15364774
yeah, that was the finished doc so we took it and compiled it, no clue what possessed OP to allow people to write more on the copy we weren't using anymore - he seems to have gone, at least for now, so use the doc based anon posted a few posts up

>>15364019
Back again. Updated my doc to have the updated texts from Vol.3. Here's the changelog: https://pastebin.com/pmjChggi . And of course, if I missed anything, please make a comment on this here doc (the same one as the one I just posted) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PljjyLkZoyqPfDp2fBQg7nDXrTaDT3CUBrh4MwxirBU/edit?usp=sharing . Going to head to bed now and continue posting about editing tomorrow (that is to say, in about 10 hours). I'll start using a name now so as to not get confused with the original OP and his document for these final stages of editing, want it to be clear where to contribute so we can get this thing done. See you lads later, have a good one.
>>15364173
Yeah that's a solid plan. We'll see the state of new edits coming in tomorrow
>>15364695
Thanks anon, glad you like it

>>15365313
Hey, thanks a lot man, I think the project would have crashed if you didn't take the initiative. I may be but a dreamer, but your sir are a KING

>>15345228

bumping for Volume 3 update justice

>>15364773
youre a cunt

Sorry guys I've been very busy I'll be around most of tomorrow

>>15365313
>>15345228
I think this will be my final update for this thread, we are near bump limit, and we should go through a lot of discussion for the next bit of editing. To summarise: dealing with revisions is done, I will still allow revisions on my doc, but they take lowest priority now. As per usual, here's a changelog: https://pastebin.com/Td3pd93J . In this changelog as well as dealing with the last few revisions, I discuss briefly the plan moving forward and how we might approach an introduction. I understand that some anons think the intro document by dadadadad is ass, I share that sentiment, but I would also like to respect the authors so I have picked out bits that I think are good ideas for the introduction. For full transparency I did accept a revision suggestion for adding a brief acknowledgment of my work as an editor, my reasoning behind this is better explained in the attached comment on the doc itself rather than the changelog.
>>15367508
Not the anon you replied to but I hope we can work something out for a good introduction that we'll all be happy with.

>>15368847
Here are the blurbs anon

https://pastebin.com/La41gyty

I have the covers from this thread saved. God speed. If it is necessary I could write a whole coherent intro. as I did with the blurb?

>>15368847
Prussia, what are your plans regarding the cover? How about a strawpoll?

After the doc is finished and polished completely, who is to try to print/publish it?

>>15369208
How about each volume in the book beginning with its own cover? Something like pic related.

>>15369365

That sounds good

Then have one vol. 2 be something like: >>15345268

And the main cover one of the ones the clever anons made in this thread, I have them saved so it's just a matter of deciding which

>>15369208
Yeah a strawpoll was what I was thinking, or some other alternative which allows images in the poll. The back cover is a simpler matter as they generally tend to be solid colours rather than any images. I'll create a strawpoll for the next thread.
>>15369146
Thanks anon. I'm not particularly skilled with graphic design so hopefully some other anon can slap one of those blurbs on a back cover, personally I prefer the second one. The intro is a tricky thing. Currently it goes:
Page 1: Title.
Page 2: Jokey dedication with extensive footnote.
Page 3: An actual intro "dear readers" and a special thanks to me.
How I think this could be cleared up:
Page 1: Title.
Page 2: Existing jokey dedication.
Page 3: A sincere special thanks for all you wonderful anons.
Page 4 (and a few more): Table of contents.
Page 5: The introduction
If you want to write a more coherent intro, please do. Just try to keep some elements of the already existing intro starting with "Dear readers" as not deleting any pieces has been the guiding principle of this text. Also perhaps worth consideration is adding a "Translators note" after the intro, as I feel it would fit well with content of the second blurb. If we really wanted to go for the full monty could have an "Editor's note too".
>>15369365
This is a good idea, as far as I know images do not cost extra, so there'd be no harm in each volume having it's own cover.

As for me, I'll begin work with formatting this bad boy in Word. I'll probably spend a bit of time first tinkering with the page size and margins as those are really crucial.

>>15369405
Try experimenting with line height too, that makes a difference

>>15369405
I'm not sure a full table contents would be necessary. I'm not against it, but it would probably run multiple pages.
Now you say that, I think it should start like this:
p. 1/i* (recto): "bastard title": rather small, only "Coronameron"
p. 2/ii (verso): blank
p. 3: full title page
p. 4: copyright page (depending on what the (non)copyright would be, but at least something like published by /lit/, 2020, and ISBN if/when we have one - previously published /lit/ books have had isbns)
p. 5: Contents (so I would put the contents before dedication/acknowledgments/introduction etc.)
As for the contents, what I was gonna say is one could just have the contents be (after the non-listed front matter):
(I wouldn't list the (jokey) dedication, but sincere acknowledgments I perhaps would)
Introduction - Volume I - Volume II - Volume III
* (Ideally, we'd start with roman numerals and have page 1 in arabic numerals begin either with the introduction or volume I, though it's not a faux pas to just start with arabic numerals (though I wouldn't *display* them in the front matter).)

>>15369405
Okay, I can start on the Intro - I'll expand the thanks to everyone as well. For now I'll write it on private doc, then post it as a pastebin. I will have to leave it up to you to format, as I see you have a just plan for it's order, just lacking the material, so I'll write it, you make any changes or additions you feel necessary, then you can structure it, as I doing it through comments is awkward; aye?

I'll make sure to not delete any other anon's work from it, I'll copy and incorporate it, or let it standalone

>>15369771
>>15369405
Oh, question;
What persona am I to write the intro under? I could just write it as Kinslayer, but I think I could either go for a faux literary critic praising the work, who alongside the doctors helped compile the text, or as the head practitioner himself, and assume a more intimate tone with the inmates

>>15369806
This is a good question. I think a few anons have expressed a desire (when talking about the cover at least) for this to appear as a really professional literary work, for which purpouse the view of a faux literary critic would work well.
>>15369724
Very good plan. I'll seek to implement the basic structure of this once I beat Word into submission.
>>15369405
Working on formatting right now, keeping a changelog as usual which I'll post later. As is, Word is being a bitch, nonetheless progress is being made.

I have made my contribution: "PRELUDE TO THE POST-EPILOGUE: A MOST INTERESTING OCCURRENCE" I enjoy this project very much and will monitor this bread

>>15369889
Alright, Literary critic it is. I'll try and get it done ASAP

>got in too late to put my piece in

feelsbadman

>>15369365

Great idea anon

>>15370016
There'll be other projects fren

Hopefully this will give people a taste for collaborative projects and more stuff will be produced

The opening pages really worth taking all that seriously/sincerely in nature? With previous times we did this it's just kind of treated as an asshat project.
Also we acknowledging /lit/ and 4chan from the start? Wasn't there an intent on duping people?

>>15370103
This, no 4chan acknowledgement in the intro or blurb

It's in the book itself which is fine, but don't advertise it blatantly. The fun is in getting people to read this as a serious dadaist work

We should probably write some fake reviews for it too while we're at it

>>15370202
>>15370103
100% agree

>>15370245
Yeah I'm revising the whole intro to be an academic production