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/hist/ general thread

probably last /hist/ before based mook creates /his/ board >>>/qa/311789

I'm looking for a good book on the franco-Prussian war
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How does one overcome nihilism?
What thought process or disposition can refute this:

"Nothing I do matters, making an effort is hard and does not matter and the reasons for doing so are unclear, I'll do little."

I'll expect the usual 'le grow up' replies which I'll ignore as they don't rile me to action. I need reasons actual reasons. So how? And who to read? (not freddy)
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Best looking writers? Both genders acceptable.

I'm going Anne Sexton.
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The Count of Monte Cristo

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What does /lit/ think of this?
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Favorite quotes thread
I'll go first:
"It is easy to prescribe how to become a good short story writer, but to do it presumes qualities which are habitually overlooked when one says, “I don’t have enough talent.” Let a person make a hundred or more drafts of short stories, none longer than two pages, yet each of a clarity such that each word in it is necessary; let him write down anecdotes each day until he learns how to find their most concise, effective form; let him be inexhaustible in collecting and depicting human types and characters; let him above all tell tales as often as possible, and listen to tales, with a sharp eye and ear for the effect on the audience; let him travel like a landscape painter and costume designer; let him excerpt from the various sciences everything that has an artistic effect if well portrayed; finally, let him contemplate the motives for human behavior, and disdain no hint of information about them, and be a collector of such things day and night. In this diverse exercise, let some ten years pass: and then what is created in the workshop may also be brought before the public eye."
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Human, All Too Human

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ITT: post a topic you want to read about and others recommend a book to you #2


Last thread was pretty good.
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Allowing derivative works in /lit/

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>>311860
Our glorious admin Hiroyuki has asked us to discuss if it's time to remove the "no fan-fic discussion" rule.

Reminder that The Divine Comedy counts as fan-fic, as do many derivative works, and that there's a new subset of literature called "rational fanfiction" which is actually of high quality. I personally believe it's time to kill the rule.

What are your thoughts?
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Post lines that you wrote that you're proud of.

"This knowledge collapsed within her as well, as the Jar chewed her essence through its magnetic gears. A brutal machine, an executioner's machine. A human invention."
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