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>Tolkien? Not a fan.

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>Shakespeare? Not my cup of tea

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Chaucer? Not my kind of chillaxin'.

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>The Venerable Bede? Not my biodegradable beaker of vegetable smoothie

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>>12870790
based asian feminist

>> No.12871119

>try reading LotR in elementary school
>get to the Two Towers and realize I'm not comprehending shit
>try reading LotR in high school
>get to the Two Towers and realize I'm bored
>try reading LotR in college
>get halfway through the Two Towers and realize I'm still bored
>try again after graduation, blitz through the Silmarillion, and the Hobbit and have a wonderful time, try reading the Fellowship of the Ring and throw the back down halfway through the Tom Bombadill chapters

I give up.

>> No.12871137

>>12871103
wow, its almost like the pioneers of the genre codified much of the genre, raised the bar and now modern fantasy authors have to put in effort into their work

>> No.12871152

>>12871119
Apparently you have to NOT be a brainlet :3

>> No.12871161

>>12871137
>modern fantasy authors putting effort into their work
That's a good one anon. The fantasy genre has mostly been a complete joke after Tolkein and C.S Lewis

>> No.12871190

>>12871161
I meant that if modern fantasy authors need to step up the quality of their work instead of whining