/lit/ - Literature

>>15587295

>>15587388
Is it actually good? The House on the Borderland was very disappointing.

>>15587295
Finnegans Wake

>>15587414
At first I disagreed with this. But now it makes perfect sense.

>>15587399
The worldbuilding is what marks the greatest achievement of the work, and the world hits the same thematic notes as Dark Souls does.
The story, on the other hand, is awful–not even half-decent.
But honestly, the same goes for Dark Souls. The worldbuilding is what makes the games great, the story is a bit better than that of The Night Land, but still, I wouldn't go praising Dark Souls for its storytelling. And I'm a big fan of the series, Demon Souls and Dark Souls being my favourite entries.

>>15587399
Yes and no, it's painfully dull and the prose is weird as fuck. But the world, the monsters, the uncanny strange shits, everything else is great. It's a bad story in a great world.

A book?

>>15587422
>>15587430
Is the abridged version better or would I miss important stuff?

>>15587473
I'm not familiar with the differences of the abridged version having only read the unabridged one myself.
Can't help you there.

Elder Edda

>>15587422
Yes, but when I imagine a book that fits I imagine an abstruse book in which you have to dig enought to understand the shit

>>15587761
If that's what you're looking for the answer is already here in this very thread, >>15587414

It seems to be primarily based on Norse Eddas, which is obtusely written, centeree around cataclysmic
events, void of dramatics and emotion and down to the way the characters speak to one another. The way various characters are punished like the Witch of Izalith is reminiscent of Greek mythology.

>>15587422
>I wouldn't go praising Dark Souls for its storytelling.
why? i thought it was pretty well done

Same with Fall of Gondolin

>>15587580
>Elder Edda
>Elder

>>15587295
Shut the hell up nigger.

>>15587295
Book of the New Sun for the escatological obscurity, Worm Ouroboros for the heroic fatalism