Look, the deal with the BOTM being absent since partway through June is that somehow we've ended up on the list of some internet-watching-bunch-of-shills who comb the web for copyright violations, and consequently have had books (and the actual site, once) taken down using that stunningly unbalanced, unfair, and heavy-handed instrument of law known as the DMCA, which the US goverment sold for cash to the exploitative and enormously wealthy consortium of music publishers.

Whilst it was refreshing to see the government edge a little closer to just coming right out and openly saying "yes, we are swindlling, greed-riven, pocket-stuffing, glad-handing, selfish and obscenely corrupt prostitutes and our laws and police powers are for sale", it's had a sad effect on literally both the people who actually ever downloaded or read a BOTM from this site.

Still, you can rest easy that at least a lawyer is getting paid somewhere because of us, and that's what truly matters.

BOTM threads will return, for discussion, but they will of course be sans actual B. This means you're on your own in terms of finding the book - but there's always the library..

Anyway. ITT: Votes for the kind of book you'd like to see us all read and discuss, please.

it gives me great pleasure to present for your use:

The Library of /lit/!

This library is where books live. It's here for two purposes:
1.) If you have books, post them here nao!
2.) If you want a book and it's not here yet, this is the thread for your requests.

POST SOME BOOKS!

sooo, b/c all the threads are gone now, let's start another. hope this works; board isn't so active.
ze game:
1) pick up the book nearest you. no choosing favorites, no choosing a book that makes you look cool/intelligent &c.
2) turn to page 84 and find the sixth* FULL sentence.
3) post it.
*if there are fewer than six sentences on the page, post the last sentence on the page.
credit goes to some guy at four big dicks up my asshole
mine:

My mother is a fish.

GOGOGO!

Wannabe Writer here. Since /lit/ is so well read, I was wondering if you had tips for me and anyone else on here who might find the information useful. What are some of the biggest mistakes writers make, and what are some of the little things that can spice up my writing and make it so much better?

So, Character names.
Shit is hard.
Almost harder than giving characters emotions and imaginations.
Post ideas and techniques you use to name your characters.

In return, for your reading (dis)pleasure, a random PDF my friend sent me about the origins of time.

I'm looking for an english version of the Visio Tnugdali,
its a latin manuscript of an irish knight who is led by an angel through hevean and hell,

I found this, http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/vtfrm.htm
and I plan on reading it anyway but I was wondering if anyone had a more modern translated version or if they could find one.

I can’t find the cure to this sickness.
This intensity that brews like a thunderstorm in my heart.
I’ve lost faith in myself, is there any truth to my song?
Dead Silence (11/16/2009 2:14:57 AM): I can’t see you anymore.
Your shadow has disappeared in the nights grasp.
All that’s left of you is a shaky memory.
The scars of your hand have been laid down by force.
And the pigment runs redder in my heart then in my skin.
You selfish bitch, you’ve catered to your needs and left me to deal my issues alone.
My nerves have been shot and ripped apart by distant hands.
There are holes in my armor.
Lost in this hailstorm of insecurity.
I blame you for these tapped veins.
You’ve mined my body of its strength.
Sucked up all that you could and left me to crumble into dust.

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Okay how bout this? MorbidTrap 09/11/17(Tue)20:26 No. 6721 File: 125851839674.jpg-(25.98KB, 400x400, f_bf6d20badaf8.jpg) Your flesh is a sweet splash of nectorine on my tongue. Kissing my sense with its slippery salt and adrenaline. Can you outlast the endorphins crushing your lips? I can feed you my honeyed poison as long as you can swallow it. Never fear the rush of fuel leaving your body, I will be there to clean up your red existence. Let's dramatically decline to the lowest level of the dark. Where we can only feel our hands tracing syallbales on each other throats. Light perforates the ink I left on your intestines. Black hand prints suffocating your rare perfume. A noxious smell of human gas, bloody and digestion making me dizzy. I can splay you open so elegantly, just baby, don't squirm to hard. Connective tissue render perfectly from muscle and ivory. Don't worry, I love you more then I could ever say to you. Hold still, there is no anger, no hate in your demise. I won't let you fade away from me, I'm not wearing this human blindfold called consequence. Message too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>	Literati 09/11/19(Thu)13:10 No. 6742 >>6721 >Splash of nectorine Do you actually mean the orange or did you just mistype nectar?

>>	Literati 09/11/19(Thu)14:54 No. 6746 Clean that fuckin tylenol off the floor, read a fuckin book, and stop being 15 years old. Then maybe you could write some decent poetry.

hey guys, I was wondering if any body has recommendations for more classical literary works. I was thinking about reading Moby Dick. Right now i'm working on The Picture of Dorian Grey. When i mean classical I'm mostly referring to being written before 1900. Feel free to list any books you think are worth reading

I will be dumping my stuff here.
I will try to provide a summary but I'm sure many of them will have self-explanatory titles.
Such as this one.
Wireless Mesh Networks - Architectures and Protocols 2008.pdf

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>>	Literati 09/11/18(Wed)21:17 No. 6737 File: Douglas_Adams_-_Hitchhiker(bkslash)&(number)039;s_.pdf-(474.95KB, Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Ga.pdf)

>>	Literati 09/11/18(Wed)21:18 No. 6738 File: Douglas_Adams_-_Hitchhiker(bkslash)&(number)039;s_.pdf-(403.14KB, Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Ga.pdf)

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Literati 09/11/18(Wed)21:22 No. 6739 File: 125860814798.jpg-(72.87KB, 1024x768, biohaszard.jpg) >>6737 My bad, this is the 1st book in the series. Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 01 - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.pdf >>6738 This is the second. Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 02 - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.pdf

Anyone else really hate libraries?

School libraries were the worst, but even public libraries are pretty shitty. Public libraries are filled with loud niggers just in there to get on myspace because they don't have any internet of their own, and the librarians don't give a damn about the noise. And I hated renting books out from the School library, everyone in there was a mouth breather. Anyone else love books, but hate libraries?