/lit/ - Literature

>>21801751
>What kind of fantasy books are popular in Slavic countries?
The Last Ringebearer, unironically kino at times desu
It's a fan-fiction series of LotR officialy published in Russia during the time copyright didn't really apply there, it was then translated and sold in other slavic countries. Other than that, stuff like Sapkowski's The Witcher or his other book series.

The Ring of Darkness wasn't the only book russians did, 'The Last Ringbearer' by Kirill Yeskov in 1999 was another story, but written from the perspective of people of Mordor, which is about to experience an industrial revolution. I remember reading it at some point, but I can't recall much except for the ending. It seems to be pretty mediocre, but if you want to read it the translation is available on z-lib. Also free to read here: https://archive.org/details/TheLastRingbearerSecondEdition/mode/2up

>It is an alternative account of, and an informal sequel to, the events of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

>Eskov bases his novel on the premise that the Tolkien account is a "history written by the victors". Eskov's version of the story describes Mordor as a peaceful constitutional monarchy on the verge of an industrial revolution, that poses a threat to the war-mongering and imperialistic faction represented by Gandalf (whose attitude has been described by Saruman as "crafting the Final Solution to the Mordorian problem") and the racist elves.