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Please convince me of why I should read Lord of The Rings, and why it's awesome. I'm not uneasily persuaded. I just need some motivation. GOGOGO.

>> No.1341462

don't read it, it's about a boring made up world that has no relevance to reality whatsoever

>> No.1341467

Fantasy is trash. Also, Tolkien describes every little detail unnecessarily and his writing is drab and bloated. You're welcome.

>> No.1341475

If you read it I will send you $10.

>> No.1341476

>>1341453
The fact that there's people on /lit/ telling you not to read it should be motivation enough.

>> No.1341487

If you read it I will steal $20 from you.

>> No.1341488

You could always read The Hobbit,

I liked that one better.

>>1341462
This is what makes books worth reading, the imagination and creativity put into them.

At least no one has tried to destroy these novels with made-up, /symbolism/, like in other books.

>> No.1341495

>>1341488
I second this. Read the hobbit first. It's more fun to read and is a good introduction to this style.

>> No.1341496

>>1341488
Sadly there is no imagination or creativity to be found in Lord of the Rings

>> No.1341501

You should have read LOTR when you were 10-15. No sense in reading it after those years.

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>>1341496

O'RLY

Care to lecture me via the internet on what content of those novels is created from?

>> No.1341523

>>1341501
I'm pretty sure no 12 year old can properly respect Lord of The Rings. I can tell that by just looking at this thread.

>> No.1341527

>>1341523
Yeah, you'd have to be even younger really

>> No.1341533

>>1341508
Norse & classical western myth.

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>>1341527
>>1341523
>>1341508
>>1341501
>>1341496

>> No.1341537

Tolkien just isn't a good writer. But that's understandable, that's not what his trade was. Writing was just his sperg hobby.

Tolkien wrote Tolkien fan fiction.

Prove me wrong.

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>>1341535

>> No.1341543

>>1341488
>>1341488
I also enjoyed The Hobbit. Definitely read it even if you find the LotR boring.

>> No.1341556

Don't ever listen to /lit/. Hell, never listen to anyone on the internet. They all have skewed perceptions of reality and only seem to enjoy things that are obscure or less popular.

>> No.1341577

>>1341543
I found the hobbit boring, should I read lotr?

>> No.1341581

>>1341577
I don't know, but if you have my personality, I'd say no.

>> No.1341616

Why even bother asking /lit/? This board is incapable of enjoying anything that strays too far from "19th century soap opera written by a drunken gambling addict".

>> No.1341625

>>1341543
Hobbit sucked.

>> No.1341635

>>1341616
someone got laughed out of a thread for liking warhammer novels ;)

>> No.1341708

>>1341635
>>1341616

/lit/ threads:
>paperback fantasy
>early 20th century critical theory
>help me with my paper

>> No.1341841

Christopher lee reads it every year. He was dracula you know.

>> No.1341867

If you read LOTR you will be able to contribute to inspiring discussions like this one.

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1341897

read this

if it doesn't convince you no one can

>> No.1341911

>>1341841
He was also Sauroman!

>> No.1341914 [DELETED] 

>>1341635

I'm not even sure what exactly Warhammer is.

But I do admit the sheer amount of 16-year olds who think parroting their English teachers makes them sophisticated intellectuals in this board gets to me sometimes.

>> No.1341941

>>1341508
Letters and punctuation.

I'm afraid, my friend, you'll find that EVERY character, capitalized or otherwise, has been used by many authors before Tolkein.

>> No.1341981

What else have you got to do?

>> No.1341998

>>1341897
i came, repeatedly

>> No.1342008

>>1341897
>>1341897
I have no idea what the fuck is going on.

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>>1341897
>>1341897

clearer version