I've never written anything more than essays for college, but I can't help but be curious of the literary prowess that my fellow dramatards may possess

To discuss your weekly readings of books, textbooks, papers, etc.

I’ve been very slow this week, currently should start act III of Hamlet. So far is very good. It looks like Ophelia has BPD, and if I had to choose, Claudius seems much saner than Hamlet even if wicked, and therefore a better ruler. Queen Gertrude is a c*nt though.

From Goethe to Kafka, there have been many renowned German Language authors. From the 1800s onwards german literature flourished, acquiring worldwide notoriety.

I haven’t read german authors so I’ll just follow the recommendations and .

A follow up to these previous posts:

https://rdrama.net/h/lit/post/176004/in-2002-penguin-books-republished-all

https://rdrama.net/h/lit/post/176100/2008-michael-gillette-james-bond-covers

@GayPoon as you can see; no sign of the man himself on the cover.

Follow-up to this post:

https://rdrama.net/h/lit/post/176004/in-2002-penguin-books-republished-all

@Summerland here is the answer to your question.

@ForcedRegistrycel see your black kween on Man With the Golden Gun & Live and Let Die (although Solitaire and Goodnight were actually white)

@KITTYGROYPER @kaamrev @GayPoon @Fabrico maybe these ones suit you more?

Apparently the Fleming estate did not want Bond himself on any of the covers. They also initially said that they didn't want nude women but then they kind of gave up on that idea.

To discuss your weekly readings. Be it books, papers, taextbook’s, etc.

Started Hamlet yesterday, still on act one, Bernardo, Marcellus and Francisco were kind of funny.

Just curious what you frickos pretend to read.

Mine are

• The Coming of Neo Feudalism by Joel Kotkin (Never read it, just have it so I can bring it up as a hailmary to force people out of my house if they over-stay)

• War Diary of Yi Sun-sin (no reason except to prove my gook superiority over other gooks)

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (I read 5 pages and called it a day and haven't opened it since 2016)

• If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino (/lit/ meme book I kinda like)

Might throw on Journey to the End of the Night by some Frenchman so I look fancy.

From Dante to Tolstoy to Dan Brown, it seems like self inserts are and old technique with very different results depending of the author.

What are your favorite and most hated self inserts books or characters?

Have you guys seen any lines that'd be funny out of context from whatever book they're from? Not hilarious or intentionally funny, but things that just give you a small chuckle

Stuff like,

Thus we can say that we owe our reason, like our language, to intercourse with other men.

-Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies

Or,

Much of the carrying−trade of England, even, was then done in Dutch bottoms.

-Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History

To discuss your favorite Bible stories, characters and verses.

Personally I always liked the story of Joseph, and how after being sold by his brothers he became the Vizier of Egypt. Samuel and the book of Kings are also great. From the New Testament my favorite gospel is the Gospel of Mark as it seems to be the oldest, Jesus is more human in Mark as well when compared to John.

To discuss your weekly readings. Be it books, textbooks, papers or whatever.

To discuss plays of ancient Greece. I’m a complete ignorant on the subject. I only watched a video about Aristophanes and that he mocked Socrates by portraying him as a Sophist in “The Clouds” and that Socrates felt super embarrassed as per Plato on his trial (supposedly he said the laughter at the theater was way harder to confront than any of the accusations on his trial), and that sounds very based to me.

Who were the best playwrights and their best plays?

Cervantes was truly the ahead of his time. If Don Quixote was made today it would be about a delusional capeshit fanboy, who one day decided to dress up like Captain Amerika with the help of some hobo. He would go on “quests” fighting “nazis” who are actually just regular people, all while simping for some broad he never talked to.

Some of the most important statistics from the National Institute for Literacy, National Center for Adult Literacy, The Literacy Company, and U.S. Census Bureau underscore the critical need to address illiteracy in the United States:

• As of 2019, 45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and cannot read above a fifth-grade level

• 50% of adults cannot read a book written at an eighth-grade level

• 57% of students failed the California Standards Test in English

• 1/3 of fourth-graders reach the proficient reading level

• 25% of students in California school systems are able to perform basic reading skills

• 85% of juvenile offenders have problems reading

• 3 out of 5 people in American prisons can’t read

• 3 out of 4 people on welfare can’t read

I read The Crow for the first time. I thought it would just be pretentious but it was actually really good

!edgelords required reading.

Previous threads:

https://rdrama.net/h/lit/post/169519/comicsgraphic-novelmanga-thread-marseystreaky

https://rdrama.net/post/83295/

I personally enjoy the Apocryphon of John, because my name is also John.

I also enjoy the Gospel of Truth. I admit I've not read through the whole thing yet. And you?

To talk about your weekly readings, be it books, textbooks, papers, etc.

I’m still halfway through “Pale Fire” (been kind of busy this week), but I’ll probably finish it in the next few days. I have to say this is the strangest book I’ve read so far, though it’s fascinating me a lot. I restarted from the beginning and while on my first reading of the “Forward”, Kinbote seemed to be a creepy stalker, on my second reading he’s giving some sociopathic vibes. I’m reading the “Commentary” wondering how much of what Kinbote says is real and considering Shade’s death days after finishing the poem, whether he killed him. I also wonder if he managed to get the poem published or if this schizo is just writing it on a jail cell or psych ward. Plus, all of the “Zembla” bullshit country he talks about. Though Shade’s poem did mention Zembla, so maybe it’s real? Or maybe Kinbote took it from the poem?