/lit/ - Literature

>If I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. My great-great-grandfather came to England in the eighteenth century from Germany: the main part of my descent is therefore purely English, and I am an English subject—which should be sufficient.
>I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride.

>And be careful of what you say, even to your closest friends! The enemy has many spies and many ways of hearing.

Shills and braindead leftist drones BTFO.
I will proceed to crush any 'argument' you feebly attempt to posit.

>>8951262

They see me rollin'

Does anyone else hate how it's impossible to be a classy /sff/ fan any more?

Where are the days of Tolkein and Wells, noble men who wrote deep philosophical tales and characters in thrilling fictional worlds.

Now /sff/ is vidya, movies, D&D and LARPing shit. I'm sure it's no less fun for people but it's certainly much less classy.

I just want to discuss literature and ideas, why am I forced into a group with these excitable idiots.

Who would he vote for?

Why does /lit/ like Tolkien and specifically LOTR?????? What is good about it?

>>6243021
"Well you never know"... Said the man behind his pipe.

I've recently finished reading both the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. And why is Tolkien such a respected writer? admittedly, he created a fantastic imaginary fantasy world, but he's a awful writer.