No.6881
I've a hankering for some reading, and I know I could ask for some general advice as to what to read.
On the other hand, I thought I'd lend a hand to anyone else searching for something to read as well.
So, you've got them?
Post your infographics.
No.6932
Keep going anon-kun, this makes my dick hard.
No.6933
No.6935
No.6937
>>6935
>>6933
It's alright anon.
It's alright.
I now have a shit ton of books to "obtain"
No.6944
>6884
Legend isn't standalone it's in Drenai.
No.6954
>>6904
Yo /lit/, /fit/izen here. What's up with this list?
No.6955
>>6954
Stuff plebs consistently claim to have read but not really, or something? Shit thats been done to death?
I think that one is more in the spirit of humor. Still, the attitude of the pic is pretty halfchanish. So far, our own little /lit/ corner has avoided that level of self defeating idiocy. I'd say we're middlebrow here, pro genera trash to an extent, with happy excursions above and below. We're not elitist by any stretch.
Even our resident /pol/ poster or two is pretty chill and just contributes.
No one has made a graph of what we're reading here. Probably a good thing, we're dwarfed by the other boards. So much so that trying to claim some "8chan approved" /lit/ perspective would not go over well.
In time someone will put something of our own together I'm sure.
No.6962
Any of African literature?
No.6964
>>6962
honestly i only know about "things fall apart" but i don't know how good it might be since achebe completely missed the point of "heart of darkness".
No.6966
>>6964
Its ok, there's some interesting cultural stuff in it, although Achebe seems to also have missed the point that tragedy is supposed to be the result of a person's voluntary actions, and that otherwise its just a story about a person being unlucky over and over again.
No.8297
Hey /lit/, I had a though recently and I figured you would be the guys to ask. Do you think you could put together a list (or even an infographic in order to spread it around) of important/core works for classical liberal arts? Kind of like an outline for classical Western aristocratic education, maybe even sorted chronologically (beginning with the Greek philosophers and so on). I'm somewhat well read, but I'd like to be able to read something by Evola for example without having to look up shit every few pages.
No.8348
>>8297
They call it the "Western Canon".
No.8377
>>8341
Interesting. I read the Dialogue and it reminded me of Nietzsche's Daybreak. But other parts are strange to me, especially his line: "I excuse any misbehavior save that which may endanger the government one lives under, kings and their majesties are the only thing I respect; and whoever does not love his country and his king were better dead than alive." It seems so unlike him to me.
No.8380
>>8377
Are you implying that he is but a character and the author has failed his characterization?
No.8408
Anyone got a flowchart for Nietzsche?
No.8932
>>6904
How is this constructive?
No.8934
>>8932
Not that poster; I'll take a guess though. I think it could be a combination of "done to death" and "move on from highschool tier plz." I don't personally endorse it, although the attitude is understandable in context of both the time frame and location – back on halfchan.
Based on the old and new "What have you read" threads, we have a good bit of variety here. As an overall impression we don't have any topics that have been done to death, either. And as for "highschool tier," in spite of the board sticky which is a carry over from halfchan, we're hardly elitist. I think the sticky could use a minor adjustment to reflect this.
No.8996
>>6996
Does anyone made any Portuguese or Brazilian literature info graphs? If you can't, can you give a list of recommended books?
No.9003
>>8996
anything by paulo coelho.;^)
No.9004
No.9014
>>6884
I'm curious, how do you determine if the book is god-tier/okay-tier/shit-tier? Subjective? The only thing I've read completely on those tiers was A Game of Thrones. I'm currently reading the blade itself and mistborn, though. I've read the first Wheel of Time/Malazan but I only read up to a third of the book before dropping it.
I'm writing a fantasy and I want to know the criteria.
>Entry Level
>LOTR
I doubt they're entry level.
No.9055
>>9014
The criteria is the audience you are writing to.
As you have noted, the problem with these charts is a lack of context and explanation. Without knowing anything else about that chart I would assume it came from halfchan. For a time, halfchan held a hard core of university level undergraduate to postgraduate English studies types. The emphasis they strove to impose – heavy in philosophy, mazy pomo, and deeply literary – does make sense; though, to a more typical reader it comes across as arbitrary snobbery. The list may also be a counter reaction to a specific type of "invasive" poster of the time. School's out – summertime! – etc.
Without knowing all this it's hard to interpret.
The Hobbit seems spot on. The next two are iffy. The Silmarillion is a bizarre choice. That's more of a "loves me some biblical chronicles and can't get enough Tolkien" tier. I wouldn't dare to recommend it as an introduction to the fantasy genera. In context though I suppose …
For my own self a critical selection criteria is the series. I hate them. One well executed novel is all I am asking for. Even an average writer can pull this off from time to time. Even a well honed talented genius may not have what it takes to sustain a series.
No.9056
>>9055
>As you have noted, the problem with these charts is a lack of context and explanation.
It seems so. The first thing I did when I saw the thread was to CTRL+F fantasy, and that was the only image/recommendations I've seen.
>Summer is here
possibly
>For my own self a critical selection criteria is the series. I hate them.
yeah, that's why it would be best to describe the reason why it was on the list if we're going to create one in the future.
>One well executed novel is all I am asking for
now I'm curious about your criteria. Audience sympathizing with the protagonist throughout the novel would be one of my criteria (i.e. hating what he hates, cheering after an obstacle was cleared, etc.). That's for something with a good vs. evil plot, though. Doesn't consider the antagonist side pov.