/lit/ - Literature

sage goes in all fields

>>1335502
Reimagine Pratchett, and you got some unique elves.

>>1335506
>>pretentious hipster detected

I heard Lord of the Rings had some elves or someshit. Might try that.

>>1335512
>asking for books about elves
>calling other people gay

>>1335525
>implying I'm OP.

>>1335513
OP already said Tolkienesque, implying he already raid said books.

Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword. The elves are based on the Elves of Norse and Celtic Mythology, they are brilliant, beautiful, ambiguous and inhuman in their motivations and mentality, and a bit Dark, just like in the legends. Fucking awesome book as well, better than Tolkien IMO.

James Barclay has written a book recently specifically about Elves. Bit of a revisionist take on the mythos but by all accounts very good.

>>1335540

Inheritance Cycle. Yeah, they're in the Teen section. Fuck you, I like it.

>>1335536
Your reaction images can't hide your embarrassment and shame, faggot.

>remember some excellent old Ljosalfar/Dokkalfar fantasy novels
>check Amazon
> £0.01 or £60, second hand only
Yeah, no recommendations here.

>>1335560
Your saging can't do shit, motherfucker.

>>1335526
The Dark Elf Trilogy was surprisingly good compared to other Drizzt books.

WHat was the name of the series that had elves in human history.

It was mentioned on /lit/ at one time, but I only rememeber that it had a woman with a dagger on its cover.

>>1335584
>whywouldyoudothis.jpg

>>1335594
It doesn't matter why.

What matters was that it was done.

This is a literature board. Take your childish fantasies to /co/ or some other mouthbreather board.

>>1335577
>he thinks people sage just to keep threads from the first page

lol @ u

>>1335650
>>implying /co/ is childish

>>1335650
>>butthurt detected

>>1335664
>implying a board dedicated to CARTOONS aka colorful moving pictures intended for children isn't childish

>>mfw when /lit/ is filled with pretentious weed-smoking faggots who think their choice of lit is better than the rest of 4chan

The time machine (H.G. Wells) don't ask just do it.

>>1335680
>>implying cartoons exist only for children

Alright nigga, now u really mad.

>>1335680
What do you have against colorful moving pictures? Do you prefer colorful static pictures? Come on man

>>1335682

>pretentious weed-smoking faggots
>that reaction pic

gonna assume you're a retard bro

>>1335690
Hurm.... the surface dwellers could be seen as savage elves.

>>imokaywiththis.jpg

ITT: trolls feeding trolls

>>1335693
>>replying to troll

>>1335700
>>1335682

samefag

>>1335510
“Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.”

>>1335701

>>1335682
>suggesting people who hang around on a board specifically for reading books wouldn't have a better idea of what makes a book good than some /b/tard reject who keeps a reaction image folder

Go back to your faggoty elves and cartoons intended for children and/or manchildren

>>1335700
Why do you even bother ?

I like this thread because all the retards on /lit/ are staying inside it. Keep it up guys.

>>1335713
>>implying you can't read a book about elves that isn't grown up

Gentleman, looks like we have a mean old grump person who just accept a little fnatasy into his life.

Not samefag, by the way, as I do not have said huge reaction folder, but your constant replying to said samefag is starting to piss me off. You can just leave this thread alone to rot while you focus your attention to another thread. If anything, it only cements the idea that /lit/ is an elitist place on 4chan. And 4chan has no place for elitism.

>>1335718
>>That includes us sagefags

>>1335718
>>I like this thread because it keeps me, a retard, outside of other /lit/ threads.

Fix'd.

>>1335540
>>1335526
>>1335558
>>1335568
>>1335690

These are good. Any more recommendations ?

OP, I'd suggest Michael Moorcock's Elrics series.

Although not explicitly stated, Elric's race is pretty much what you might call "elves".

>>1335719
>And 4chan has no place for elitism.

hahahaohwow.jpg
Genuine newfag detected. Besides, if /lit/ wasn't elitist like it is we'd have even MORE e-reader, faggot elf-ridden fantasy, and generally shitty threads.

>>1335763
>>uses the word newfag

Newfag detected. Disregard.

Don't mind me, just not feeding trolls and posting a recommendation for OP.

>>1335767
oldfag here. i'll handle this.

>>1335763
is correct.

>>1335502
OP, I think you'd have more recommendations if you had replaced elves with "magical humans"

>>1335777
Hey oldfag, can you recommend me any good fantasy /lit/ ?

I don't care about OP, but I would like some decent fantasy /lit/ that isn't HERP DERP ELVES but also isn't too realistic and/or science fiction.

>>1335777
>>implying being an oldfag lends you credibility

Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni

whatever you motherfuckers might say, the dude fits the description (also, its not a gay escapist book)

>>1335786
Here's one.

And yes, it's a fantasy.

>>1335780
And maybe if he didn't use a picture taken from deviantart where undoubtedly dozens of basement dwellers have masturbated to it.

>>1335786
lord of the rings.
a song of ice and fire
twilght (no really)
hp lovecraft
beowulf
the iliad

and Blood of Elves was a favorite

>>1335806
Please enlighten me as to why you Twilight is good.

No, not criticisng you, I'm just curious.

>>1335802
You know, if it was an overly sexualized pic, I could udnerstand, but OP's pic wasn't that sexual.

Then again, there ar ehundreds of other, more clothed elf pics OP could have picked.

>>1335814
Of all of those why Twilight in particular..?

>>1335811
FUCK YEAR the witcher

wat

>>1335824
thank you brohem

>>1335819
and lol'd

>>1335819
Well:

The Illiad and Beowulf were both epics of old. Yes, they were not exactly very well-written, but their palce as mythology is important, considering that they were an early example of the use of epic as a way of finding and covneying meaning.

Tolkien attempted the same thing in LotR, which makes the story not very friendly with literature, but more at home with the philology that Tolkien himself was an expert on.

H.P. Lovecraft is similar, though his use of the epic/mythopoesis was a means of subverting it. Loveraftw a sperfectly fine with other writers expanding on his mythos, as he intended his portrayal of Cthulhu and the other elder gods as being simialr tot he evolving nature of other mythologies.

In truth, I guess I singled out Twilight because of an internal bias as wella s the stigma associated with the series. But I'm sure that a good justification can be argued for,

Oh, and I ahve read a Song of Ice and Fire yet. I know, I'm behind

>>1335819
i thought it was enriching in a way that you try to understand why this is a fantasy for teen girls & become even more puzzled after finishing reading it. its worth reading.

i give it 2/5 stars, & i give Dorian Gray 3/5 stars. it wasnt terrible. pretty easy to whizz through since its so low-level.

>>1335819
Well:

The Illiad and Beowulf were both epics of old. Yes, they were not exactly very well-written, but their place as mythology is important, considering that they were an early example of the use of epic as a way of finding and conveying meaning.

Tolkien attempted the same thing in LotR, which makes the story not very friendly with literature academics, but more at home with the philology that Tolkien himself was an expert on.

H.P. Lovecraft is similar, though his use of the epic/mythopoesis was a means of subverting the genre. Lovecraft was perfectly fine with other writers expanding on his mythos, as he intended his portrayal of Cthulhu and the other elder gods as being simialr to the evolving nature of other mythologies.

In truth, I guess I singled out Twilight because of an internal bias as well as the stigma associated with the series. But I'm sure that a good justification can be argued for.

Oh, and I haven't read a Song of Ice and Fire yet. I know, I'm behind.

>good
>elves

Pick one.

I did enjoy reading The Magician by Raymond E. Feist though.
When I was 14

>>1335852
Thank you very much, and I appreciate that response.

>>1335857
I pick elves.

And there's nothing wrong with reading adolescent fiction.

The Lord of the Flies is about as mature as the Chocolate War.

>>1335852
>you try to understand why this is a fantasy for teen girls & become even more puzzled after finishing reading it. its worth reading.
ok thats kind of a contradiction. how about - you understand this phenomenon is something that you cannot understand so all the people that hate on it are just really insecure themselves.

idk its culturally relevant so worth having read.

>>1335868
That's a better rephrasal, but the message is still the same.

Heh, maybe that may explain OP (and some other anons)'s own obsession with elves. Guess it's a cognitive bias.

>>1335872
>Heh, maybe that may explain OP (and some other anons)'s own obsession with elves. Guess it's a cognitive bias
that's given me the idea to maybe read one of /lit/'s popular 'low-brow' books & compare the quality.

i dont know what book would be ideal for this though & ideally would not want to read a series or multi-volume book.

>>1335786
There are only five names you need to know in the fantasy genre.
Geroge R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Stephen Erikson, Terry Pratchet, and Glen Cook.
Read their books first, then you can move on to other decent authors.
Patrick Rothfuss, Trudi Canavan, Raymond E. Feist, Nick Perumov, etc.

Before some asspie starts flaming me for not making it clear, I'll just throw this out there; IMO

>>1335876
Well, the thread seems to have provided some examples.

>>1335878
Dude wants low-brow. Those are hardly low-brow.

And I would't dare call Tolkien low-brow.

No,a Dragonlance/Drizzt novel would be a better pick.

hey /lit/ ask me why i lol'd : D

>>1335891
y u lol bro? u see me trollin'?

>>1335886
>low-brow

I'm sorry, I'm not a native english speaker. What does low-brow mean?
If it means what it says in Urban Dictionary, (uncouth unsophisticated crude unrefined) I'm pretty sure he didn't ask for that.

: D

>>1335904
i think he thought you were replying to me.

in which case he obviously needs to get himself some 4chan userscripts.