/lit/ - Literature

>>21330502
>sex with 6 foot penguins.

>>21330777
>>21330780
Which nation are you from?

>>21330785
>[FROM WHAT] nation are you?

>>21330785
He is a chicano mexicunt.

>>21330243

>>21330689
Goethe intended this.

Has anyone ever picked up a book after seeing it in one of these meme formats? I did it with one hundred years of solitude and really loved it.

Also, has anyone got the template?

>>21332337
I'm sure this one convinced more people not to read it.

>>21331960
dante is mentioned in das kapital?

>>21332463
in the preface yes. I know marx read Vico too.

>Every opinion based on scientific criticism I welcome. As to prejudices of so-called public opinion, to which I have never made concessions, now as aforetime the maxim of the great Florentine is mine: “Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti.”

>>21332483
Do you have that webm with indians?

>>21330243

>>21330689
>chainsaw man is peak literature
Midwit moment

>>21332445
No, it’s still a pretty good sell

>>21332483
>>21332787
Not the webm, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLaUletaWLA

>>21332337
picked up "the monk" from one of these threads but i didn't save the pic.

>>21332864
That's good to hear!

>>21333174

Almost all of these SUCK

>>21333830
Yet here you are, not contributing to make the overall thread quality better. Sad.

>>21330337
ftfy

>>21332445
>>21333174
>>21333554
I hate you. These are fucking garbage and you should feel bad.

>>21333554
>>21333926
Dilate, servant of Abaia.

>>21334023

>>21332445
>>21333174
>>21333554
>>21334023
>>21334488
Absolute dogshit. You people don't know what synthesis is?

>>21330243
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
What I expected: philosophytard cope, confusing mental gymnastics of stoicism
What I got: easy to ready, plain, direct, chad and practical advice in times of both distress AND joy

>>21335166
Criticize, criticize, criticize.
But you contribute no meme images yourself, to show us how it's done.
You are totally useless.
I made >>21330332 after finding the book was just a bunch of outrageous ribaldry, without the dignity I was expecting.
I can honestly say the movie was better...and had little or nothing to do with the book.

>>21335192
So, something like this...?

>>21332337
No

>>21334023
These are supposed to be pithy 3 image generalizations, not book reports via the medium of collage. Seriously, kill yourself.

>>21335192
stoicism, which is nearly identical to daoism, is at the fundamental level an extremely socially self-conscious version of egoism.

most of you guys don't know how to do these on this board. you want nice and simple single images in each panel, 2-3 if necessary for the concept. the ones with 5+ images are just masturbation and are usually boring for others.

>>21335717
Show your own.

Not really a book but it did feel like what /lit/ would make if it where to create a VN

>>21330799
this is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put

>>21331862
Huh, life for sale. Never heard about this one before.

>>21336048
mine are anime related and a decade old, I only browse 4chan by the main page these days. I don't hang out on this board, I'm just sharing oldfag wisdom on the structure of WEG.

>>21336048
this >>21336789 is a perfect example of a WEG with proper structure.

>>21337138
We make oversaturated collages now.

>>21337659
Damn! You beat me to it.

>>21334488
I think these are fine anon, don't listen to these other people. Keep posting these multi image ones, I like them.

>>21337659
why LL bean?

>>21337916
You absolute simpleton, you midwit, you philistine, when Caesar mentions "corn", he actually means wheat, not Maize (commonly called "corn" in American and Australian English). The Romans hadn't discovered the Americas yet, and consequently hadn't discovered maize either! What an absolute blunder, for shame.

>>21338685
>seethes instead of getting off his dead ass and producing a corrected image
kys

>>21337001
It's good, give it a read.

>>21332612
what book would be the middle panel?

>>21338685
That's the joke you idiot,
lurk moar.

>>21330243

reposting because this is the best one ever made

>>21335220
>meme
Oh, you are retarded.

>>21330243
I actually really liked this book

>>21335316
kek, glad im not the only one

>>21339245
I was just following your description.
Glad you like it!

>>21339283
Oh no, sorry for the confusion I wasn't the anon you replied to. I just saw the image and was commenting on that. Did like it though, saved for future use!

>>21339190
Reddit: the writer

>>21330680
Hmm I've read that book I don't get what you're getting at

>>21330558
It's true and it's true.

>>21339291
Heh, NP.
Here's one, fresh from GIMP!

>>21339217
accurate

>>21330243

>>21331888
Didn't he help OJ escape?

>>21339410
This book is not bad, however, it's outdated, and it has lost its edge.
>>21340244
OJ was in 1994, the book follows Forrest's life from birth to 1986.

>>21338517
better panelling than 99% of webtoon writers

>>21339242
this pic made me pick it up, I love that kitsch angels 90s aesthetic

>>21339007
Stoner, The Book of Disquiet, No Longer Human, The Metamorphosis, Grendel, Barabbas, Men in the Sun, The Bell Jar.
I think Stoner, The Book of Disquiet, and The Metamorphosis fit very well. Take your pic from those three and you will not he disappointed.
Hope I helped.

repost

>>21340945
>>21341322
Nice

>>21330243
If you're 21+ and make these you've failed as an adult
If you're under 21 you're wasting your life

>>21341489
>no fun allowed
>ever
kys

>>21330243

>>21341489
Please regale us with tales of success from your life, o all-knowing petty small-minded troll.

>>21332463

>>21332797
What?

>>21342973
Somewhat pithier

Fresh OC

>>21332797
what did anon mean by this?

>>21333973
Every Clarke book is this lol
A double-digit percentage of the book is extensive explanations of polygamy or polyandry.

>>21330243

>>21343673
coomer here, don't believe you

>>21332337
was it this? >>21343720

>>21343726
You read the summary of the ending right now fucker and tell me I'm bullshitting.

>>21335673
who supposes that? memes don't have official guidelines and you are not the meme police. die mad about it.

>>21337659
Actually snorted irl.

>>21338685
>The Romans hadn't discovered the Americas yet
Or ever.

>>21330799
>los dígitos
>basadooo
¿De dónde eres?

>>21330243
Here

Thanks to everyone for their contributions.
This is the most epic read/expected/got thread I've ever seen.
I've saved nearly all the images.

>>21339410
i made this one lol

>Read
Ulysses
>Expected
Something profound
>Got
schizophrenic nonesense

>>21332337
did it with Crime and punishment

>>21339007
MY DIARY DESU

it fucking rules

>>21332337
I was already going to read them, but the memes of C.S. Lewis' space trilogy moved them up a few steps in the queue. I don't have them cause I accidentally saved them in shitty phoneposter quality so they're all jpegd and not worth posting. On the second one so far, first was wonderful

>>21343882
Ah, that's a bit disappointing if the that is what the book is like. I know this is Heinlein's shtick but I'd really love something like the Expected images.

>>21330789
kek
Tengo esa misma edición. Gredos a veces se pedorrea.

>>21343975
picked up

>>21343888
If this thread is still alive when I'm done working today, I'll try to make this one.

>>21338685
based,
>that's the joke you idiot
is a cope if i've ever seen one.

>>21335673
Cope harder, Memegestapo.

>>21344942
based calvino enjoyer

>>21344912
You have piqued my interest

>>21339305
?

>>21345123
I'm not the guy who made the meme, but it's a really old timey Russian-style witty book. A Russian nobleman is traveling the countryside buying dead souls (soul is the Slavic euphimism for an individual, a village with 500 people is called a village with 500 souls) from landowners.

>>21345136
That sounds interesting. I was thinking about beginning this or the master and margarita (mentioned in another thread). Which would you recommend? or both?

>>21345143
They're both good, but totally different. Dead Souls is realism and Master and Margarita is surrealism. Dead Souls is a much lighter read than M&M, so keep that in mind.

>>21345121
I also read Invisible Cities this year, but i haven't yet gotten around to making a post about it.
Don't even remember what I expected when I went into and I know even less what I got out of it.

>>21345320
Use
Less
Images

>>21345348
It was funny though

>>21341322
and by wine they mean spirits. imagine that being your session drink of choice. foul.

good book, but bernardo soares is pretty cringe, ngl

>>21343975
boobies

>>21345136
>soul is the Slavic euphimism for an individual, a village with 500 people is called a village with 500 souls
no it's not. it means the same thing in english.

>>21345320
The image that started it all... :)

It’s the unfinished outline for a novel, but even in its extremely incomplete form it has some great ideas.

>>21330243

>>21338685
That image is so old, I'm having trouble believing this post isn't pasta.

>>21340877
I mean there is quite a lot of the "expected" in Iliad too.

>>21345523
rotflmao

>>21345320
If you had used any aesthetic sense you might understand the other anon's concerns. At least redo this one with only these images. The point remains but it is less horrible to look at.

im suprised by the amount of anons reading sci fi

>>21341489
You sound miserable and boring. Kys.

>>21341489
>NO FUN ZONE
Enjoy never knowing why everyone soft ghosts you.
>>21346240
I only physically read pretentious stuff, but I listen to a lot of genre trash while doing chores.

>>21346240
I've already read all of the European classics and I'm going to spend the next year reading everything sci-fi. Who knows what's next for me. Mafia novels? Spy novels? Religious novels? Horror novels? Erotic novels? War novels? Knight novels? Crusader novels? Samurai novels? Wumao novels? Junkie novels? Detective novels? Psycho novels? Epistolary novels? Picaresque novels?

>>21346546
I like the Wolfram von Eschenbach's version better.

Jeschute is the first woman Parzival meets after leaving his mother Herzeloyde. Since he followed Herzeloyde's advice literally due to his lack of courtly upbringing, he rudely robs Jeschute of her ring, a brooch and two kisses. Only a year later did he come to the Trevrizent hermitage to see that his behavior was wrong.

That wasn't very respectful of women at first.

>>21346163
Thanks for constructive criticism. I will research some graphic design theory before making the next batch of these. I am pirating some books on that as I type.
But the schizo shit stays when covering Wolfe's books.

>>21330243
Been waiting a while for one of these threads

>>21339195
kek

>>21347163
kek

>>21347163
You know it’s good when it’s still funny with zero knowledge of the book.

>>21345886
Ok, I am interested if it is anything like stalker

>>21345523
kek, very true but still a 10/10

>>21340877
Don't talk to me or my father, a blameless man, or his father, a blameless man, or his father, a blameless

>>21330799
you mean from which you dumb nigger

>>21335362
>own a copy of robinson crusoe
>has the fucking long s
still haven't read it
should just find a torrent which doesn't have it.
honestly what were they thinking with that bullshit

>>21332797
lol I just got this, underrated post

>>21346912
I suspect sarcasm, but the jokes/ideas will be far funnier/easier to understand if you remove as much detail as possible

>>21347252
"Which" entails a specific group of things, while "what" is general and vague. The correct word there is "what".

Go back to school, dummy.

>>21347163
This works for moby dick too

>>21347521
First thing that came to mind for me too

>>21343888
>>21344834
Here you go.

>>21345267
I'd be interested to hear someone defend invisible cities. seemed like pointless, flowery nonsense.

>>21347773
I was annoyed how Arthur got sidelined into being a pathetic cuckold. I found Arthur Rex to be far more enjoyable.

>>21345381
>t. filtered midwit

>>21332243
That's the good stuff.

I was pleasantly surprised

>>21337895
Seconded

>>21348327
The idea is to convey the spirit of the book or an inside joke. Not a collage of scenes

>>21331888
Sue and the tribals were in the sequel book though, Gump & Co

>>21347946
> Cities, much like dreams, are formed by our wishes and fears.
I feel like the 'cities as a form of organization of individuals compared to the organization of thoughts and feelings in the human mind (like Descartes' Discourse and Plato's Republic)'-thing was alluded to every now and then. I tried to interpret it in this way but there were just way to many odd fluffy and flakey stories strewn in to really make sense of it.
I'm sure some anon could do an autistic systematization of it all and I'd be interested, but I didn't feel like it was very coherent overall.

>>21348633
I hated the astronaut woman and the ape. I'm never reading the troll sequel.

>>21344942
Looks hella comfy. I want to read it.

>>21343882
I dropped the book after the carnival part. The double whammy of the stupid fucking "lol everyone in heaven laughing at the story" family guy tier cutaway gag that undermines so much of the book's questions about the nature of faith followed up with carny orgies was such an insult I just didn't bother to read further. According to my father I didn't miss much.

finally got around to this big bastard

>>21350164
my other idea for panel 3

>>21350057
This is true. Titus Groan? More like Ratatouille Groan, amirite?
>>21350187
You should have included it. Anything goes in panel 3.

>>21350187
Would have been perfect.

>>21349111
maybe it works better in italian
I read it just last month and I enjoyed it in the same way I enjoy kino no tabi (the animu) but I don't think I "got" it
some of the cities described were definitely better than others though.

>>21347433
there are a specific number of countries though

>>21332825
rent free

>>21332337
Pic convinced me to read the Brothers Karamazov.
I'm glad it did.

>>21338667
I picked some clothing line at random

>>21345381
you got filtered by the english translation
please dont comment on the actual book

>>21349807
It's very comfy. I even had tears of joy in my eyes at least once or twice while reading it.

>>21350057
Unironically one of the greatest sword fights ever written

>>21340801
thanks, anon been looking for motivation to pick up stoner from the book pile and read it

>>21330243
New REG just dropped, baby!
From the same creators (me) of
>>21331862
and
>>21341700
I present you: TCIDNT.

>>21351331
Nice.

>>21349252
I was considering doing a r/e/g for this book, but I was going to use the Twilight Zone as part of the "got".

>>21350057
fucking kek

>>21340945
read it, good book, not as spooky as expected, 7/10
oh, my burning feet of fire!

>>21351670
I think I read this in high school, I have no memory of it whatsoever except that the main character shampoos his pubes at some point which I thought was funny

>>21352135
What? I don't think this happens lol.

>>21350398
There are nations. No nations were mentioned.

>>21352172
what

>>21347407
Please explain, I'm retarded

>>21352184
No specific quantity of nations was mentioned, therefore "what", not "which", is correct. Jesus, you fucking zoomers are retards.

>>21352195
Stretched his legs.

>>21352210
there is an implicit number however
you would use which to ask which, for instance, shakespeare play someone likes best, even without specifying the applicable plays
if you're not a native english speaker do not reply to me

>>21352263
You're retarded.

>>21352291
and you're an esl shitskin

>>21332797
Wasn’t Bloom proven to be wrong and the phrase wasn’t used that often?

>>21352321
ctrl-f
try it yourself.

>>21352359
I don’t own Harry Potter PDFs or ebook, or any for that matter. Screenshot the results. I have no dog in this fight I’m just saying what I heard

>>21349164
what translation did you read?

>>21337659
Kek too true

>>21336638
wishlisted. Better not let me down anon.

I legitimately thought there would be actual magic in this book.

>>21352543
don't fret, i thought there'd be werewolves in steppenwolf.

>>21350164
You inspired me to make pic rel

>>21352606
i fucking hated the fountainhead because htis pic is exactly right

>>21352307
Take your meds, schizo, and go back to school.

>>21350164
>>21350187
>>21352606
Kek

>>21352605
I had a feeling it would go that way.

>>21352503
English. I'm going to re-read in swedish next time

i spent 2 monthes reading this and it was absolutely worth it

>>21341700
"My name is death" is the middle pic

>>21345886
im polish and i literally never heard of it. checking it right now anon

>>21348248
>>21350838
i said i like the fucking book, improve your reading comprehension

>>21353115
Still a good book in my opinion but probably a good 4 roadtrip chapters could have been summed up in a paragraph. But in the book's defense the roadtrip stuff was obviously a huge part of his experience as a foreign volunteer, so it served to make the story less war glamorization and I'm sure a much better immersion/replication of his life then. In fact the "expected vs got" probably mirror's his own expectations going in.

>>21350378
What book?

>>21354580
This meme is applicable to any book discussed on /lit/.

>>21352777
why is your skin the wrong color
see a doctor about that

>>21342493
wtf am I looking at

>>21343778
Why did you expect the bee movie?

>>21343942
based TWHF enjoyer

>>21347163
Here's the one I made but for Foucault's Pendulum instead.

>>21330243

>>21353706
You still got filtered anon...

>>21355070
Why not? A guy turns into a sentient bug. How was I supposed to know he couldn’t talk?

>>21355558
Bugs don't have speaking apparatus.

>>21355569
People don’t turn into bugs

>>21355569
The beats of bees' wings speak a message loud and clear - YOU ARE GAY

I cried thrice.

>>21355558
anon...

>>21347262
i read Robinson Crusoe in 6th grade because I had to for school (if i wanted a good grade)

still the best book ive read to date, probably

do it anon, fuck the long S, read it, it's worth it

>>21352543
I'm only 1/3 of the way through, but yeah, feels about right

>>21355869
The 'what I got' portion of the image that is. I had no idea what to expect.

>>21352681
Spot on. It was a BIG letdown from the 1st book.

>>21330243
Is My Confessions good?

>>21356501
hell yes. at seventeen he had been engaged three times.

>>21347262
>has the fucking long s
what

>>21357146
I imagine he's German and the edition was printed before they stopped using ß.
But I want to believe he's talking about that big S kids draw when they're bored.

>>21352606
audibly laughed ty

>>21357113
With women or in battle against apaches?

>>21357304
women. apaches come later.

>>21348322

huge if true

>>21330337
>>21333880
Nice

>>21357146
>>21357153
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
this thing you fools
which was common in english printing until the late eighteenth century
and is still included for some dumbass reason in the copy of robinson crusoe on the bookshelf in my childhood home

>>21356436
I loved speaker for the dead
it's the ones following it which were letdowns

>>21358513
Aaaah... I always though this was called the 'medieval s'...

>>21358605
and what would they have called the other form of s during the medieval era
they used both.

>>21347163
I actually loved that shit lol

>>21345381
It was both for me honestly

>>21358753
I did too lol, but it was still...the exact opposite vibe to what I expected from the way people talk about the book.
It actually ended up helping me a lot because the next semester I started a huge module on education in the medieval period.

To this day my favorite prose /lit/

>>21347262
If there an iffue with that, fir?

>>21358951
iſsue*
ftfy

>>21341649
Was it good? I keep hearing about it

>>21358513
>>21358951
>>21359311
ſeriously, it'ſ juſt an odd font for one letter.

>>21359386
It lookf fucking dumb

>>21352143
Then what the hell book am I thinking of? I distinctly remember a scene where he's getting ready to meet a woman, takes a shower, and says something like "I even shampooed certain very hairy parts of my body, just in case something happened"

>>21358829
Use commas.

>>21345523
most accurate one i have seen

>>21347220
It is in its philosophical tone. It shares it with a lot of Eastern European sci fi.
>>21353703
Please post what you think if the thread lives

>>21358647
smaller medieval s

>>21336638
/lit/ would have made katawa shoujo

>>21361469
/lit/ would have made something like Harassment Architecture, but the narrator would end up marrying an ex hooker. Doestoevsky style.

>>21335316
Yeah, I'm almost finished with Meditations, and it's nowhere near as great as everyone touted. I think it's a must read, but people should understand that it was written with the intention of never being read by others. About 1/3 of the book is him repeating the same shit in different ways.

>>21343673
>author is a woman
>book has rape fantasies
Shocked I tell ya, utterly shocked.

Fresh from the oven

>>21350196
>You should have included it. Anything goes in panel 3
Fuck no that poster understands humor and knows that this format works better when it's punchy and clever. That other anon is right collages suck and so do you