/lit/ - Literature

>>4802157
I adpoted Vonnegut's definition, which (loosely) was that art is a conversation between two people, but with one person absent and all that's there to do his speaking for him is the work of art in question.

There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the gist. Google that shit if you want, I'm not going to argue about it.

>>4802586
You are proved wrong.

I love that this turned into a Tolkien thread.
BWAHA, perfect!

>>4802325
BWAHA! Those were great. He had a knack, you know?
How about the rest of the gang? I kind of dropped off the face of the planet.

>>4802214
hey rang!
Naah, just otherwise disposed. How's things? BB still around?

>>4802098
>"I shitpost because I have nothing valid to say."

>>4802100
Martin is just wildly better than Tolkien.

>>4802003
Considering that I'm the only person in this thread that has delivered any content, I can say with great confidence that I am not reflecting.

I'm actually a little astonished at how low the level of dialogue /lit/ is capable of. I get more intelligent discussion in /k/, and frequently.

>>4801955
>demonstrates that I was correct
>uses the /b/ line... after she sees that I used it.
Are you 14? 15? If you're just young, your posting would be understandable. If you're not 15... you're just a terrible shitposter who should be banished.

>>4801772
>omg look everyone he put the e before the i but that's the only thing i can find wrong with his frustratingly impenetrable arguments so ill shitpost about it.
/b/ is -------->that way

Best dragon queen ever. I was so mad when her parents made her marry that Orc king.

>>4801494
I've never read any book reviewer that dumb, ever. Would love to see one if you find it. I don't think you will.

>>4801425
>s-stick with it... it will stop sucking, I promise!!
Where have I heard that before?

>>4794940
I read about two pages, realized it was overwrought pretentious shit, and never thought of it again until you posted this thread.

What did you think of it OP? Did you even attempt to read it?

>>4801335
>thinks Terry Pratchett gets compared to Tolkien
a dumb shit is you.

>>4801310
>I didn't get it
Oh, ok. I'll explain:
"There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale" was an element from Lord of the Rings, a book written by a Hobbit, which are diminutive fantasy creatures from Tolkein's universe.

Peter Dinklage is an actor who plays Tyrion Lannister, a major character in Game of Thrones. Dinklage was born with achondroplasia, a common cause of dwarfism.

I linked the two in a way meant to comically (if tastelessly) reinforce the theme of this thread: That Martin out-Tolkeins Tolkein.

I am not the only person to have made this comparison, although I had hoped that the way in which I did it was amusing to some.

MFW no one in this thread has posted anything of value or interest.
MFW they'll think that Wall-O-Text Anon wasn't vapid and empty and wall-o-text.
MFW Martin stands supreme and uncontested as the ultimate Tolkeinator.

>>4801283
Nothing of the kind! Anon's writing style IS very feminine, so I used the pronoun "she" in response.

HES the one who flipped out about it. Not me. Ask him.

>>4801246
I don't think you got the joke. That's ok though.

>>4801272
Oh. You're male? Your writing style is very feminine, I just assumed...

>>4801262
Wow, you predicted that I would respond to your vapid and empty walls of text with anything other than insult and jibe?

Are you the Akinator?

>>4801252
>doesn't understand economy of words
>doesn't understand that she's on 4chan
>"pleese stop posting in threads i don't liek!"
>"more words = better argument"
Bye.
We don't need or want you here. You just shitpost. Glad you're leaving. Don't post here anymore, thanks.

>>4801237
>pls respond

>>4801239
Again, you're conflating the objective with the subjective.

Stay in school!

>>4801220
"There and Back Again -- A Dinklage Tale"