/lit/ - Literature

>>9879387
Maybe we have cows posting.

Why are some people so into the deep 'lore' of franchises like Star Wars, Marvel, etc.? And why do they love talking about and sharing it with others so much? Also, what's with that thing some people do where they seem to talk all about 'I know this movie or thing isn't that deep or emotional, but it has all of these explosions and samurais and swords and shit and it's so fucking cool OMG'?

What books should I read to get a thorough understanding of the origins of the first civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India) as well as their
>religion
>language
>literature
>architecture
>political structure
>history
>agriculture
and other similar elements of civilization?

Has man enslaved himself?

What's the best book to read if I want to learn more about prehistory? Like how man probably came about, how we learned about it, how and where man migrated, what they did, how similar they were to people today, etc. It just is fascinating to imagine the humans of the distant past.

Are there any objective moral truths?

>tfw when they don't make art like this any more