/lit/ - Literature

>incel tolkien haters are getting uppity again
TODAY I WILL REMIND THEM:

>'Why, O people of the Noldor,' he cried, 'why should we longer serve the jealous Valar, who cannot keep us nor even their own realm secure from their Enemy? And though he be now their foe, are not they and he of one kin?'
>'Vengeance calls me hence, but even were it otherwise I would not dwell longer in the same land with the kin of my father's slayer and of the thief of my treasure."
>'Yet I am not the only valiant in this valiant people. And have ye not all lost your King? And what else have ye not lost, cooped here in a narrow land between the mountains and the sea?"
>Long he spoke, and ever he urged the Noldor to follow him and by their own prowess to win freedom and great realms in the lands of the East, before it was too late; for he echoed the lies of Melkor, that the Valar had cozened them and would hold them captive so that Men might rule in Middle-earth.
>Many of the Eldar heard then for the first time of the Aftercomers. 'Fair shall the end be,' he cried, though long and hard shall be the road! Say farewell to bondage! But say farewell also to ease! Say farewell to the weak! Say farewell to your treasures! More still shall we make."
>'Journey light: but bring with you your swords! For we will go further than Oromë, endure longer than Tulkas: we will never turn back from pursuit. After Morgoth to the ends of the Earth!'
>'War shall he have and hatred undying. But when we have conquered and have regained the Silmarils, then we and we alone shall be lords of the unsullied Light, and masters of the bliss and beauty of Arda. No other race shall oust us!'

Cope. Seethe. and Dilate.

>'Why, O people of the Noldor,' he cried, 'why should we longer serve the jealous Valar, who cannot keep us nor even their own realm secure from their Enemy? And though he be now their foe, are not they and he of one kin?'
>'Vengeance calls me hence, but even were it otherwise I would not dwell longer in the same land with the kin of my father's slayer and of the thief of my treasure."
>'Yet I am not the only valiant in this valiant people. And have ye not all lost your King? And what else have ye not lost, cooped here in a narrow land between the mountains and the sea?"
>Long he spoke, and ever he urged the Noldor to follow him and by their own prowess to win freedom and great realms in the lands of the East, before it was too late; for he echoed the lies of Melkor, that the Valar had cozened them and would hold them captive so that Men might rule in Middle-earth.
>Many of the Eldar heard then for the first time of the Aftercomers. 'Fair shall the end be,' he cried, though long and hard shall be the road! Say farewell to bondage! But say farewell also to ease! Say farewell to the weak! Say farewell to your treasures! More still shall we make."
>'Journey light: but bring with you your swords! For we will go further than Oromë, endure longer than Tulkas: we will never turn back from pursuit. After Morgoth to the ends of the Earth!'
>'War shall he have and hatred undying. But when we have conquered and have regained the Silmarils, then we and we alone shall be lords of the unsullied Light, and masters of the bliss and beauty of Arda. No other race shall oust us!'

Nothing in the genre even approaches this level of mastery.

If It makes you happy, yes. I personally feel it's a waste to go through life abstaining from reading dune, Lotr, wolfe, or Asimov, bakker, etc. For no other reason than snobbery. if you go out of the way to avoid tolkien, you're unironically a soulless bugman. Simple as.

>>15071061
Based. I wanna try pipe smoking but I don't really know anything about it. What kind of pipe do you use, and what kind of tobacco would you recommend? I usually smoke Marlboro red 100's but I've been out of smokes and booze for over a month now.

Fuck you

>>14409230
Because not to mention it's not even the focus of the story and you can also nitpick stuff like
>What was the linguistical differences between each regions of Westeros?

Anyways it seems to me that he wasn't "criticizing" Tolkien (he acknowledges Tolkien was a superior writer and his major influence) but trying to explain how his style differs. Still poorly worded though.

>>14404195
*AHEM* May I have your attention please. I have an important announcement to make...

FUCK ORCS
FUCK TECHNOLOGY
FUCK MORDOR
FUCK RING WRAITHS
AND FUCK JANNIES

>guy at work says he likes lord of the rings
>ask him if he's read The Children of Hurin or the Silmarillion as I recently read it and enjoyed it a lot
>gives me a weird look and says no he has not
>goes on to talk about how much he likes the movies.