/lit/ - Literature

>>23882113
There's no good science fiction works. If it were of literary merit the work would just be literature, not a genre fiction. Salammbo is a novel, not "historical fiction" or "fantasy fiction".

>>23627084
>be Gustav Flaubert
>invent the sword and sorcery genre

>>23476176

Has anyone translated the works of the Canaanism movement into English? Obviously excluding the original (pic). QRD for those unfamiliar:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanism

>>23178355
>Ok. What's good fantasy series then? Tell me.
There is no such thing as good genre fiction, if it were good it would just be literature. If you'd like a literary treatment of a fantasy-like setting (actually historical fiction) then read Salammbo by Flaubert.

Don't worry beautiful one, his next book Salammbo will reinspire you with the nobility and perseverance of the indominable human spirit.

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>>23013367
Salammbo, the greatest historical fiction and greatest fantasy and greatest orientalist and greatest decadent novel ever written.

>>22982162
Read Salammbo by Flaubert to understand about violence and human nature.

>>22969306
I thought the plot of Salammbo was a little contrived and the twists and turns of the wars fortunes, one side on top and massacring the enemy, then suddenly losing and being massacred themselves the next chapter, felt a little too convenient. Then I read the reviews and that it was based upon the historical Mercenary War and all the twists and turns actually happened as portrayed.

>>22618837
No it's not of literary merit and is not worth reading. If you want to read fantasy-like lit of actual literary merit then read Salammbo by Flaubert, you'll get far more out of it.