/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18098313]

>"Before this novel begins I would quickly like to thank several people who helped..."
Throw book in the bin

[Anonymous No.18098340]

>>18098313
>I would like to thank my wife Linda, her boyfriend Jerome and our two daughters Evelyn and Jessica
lmao

[Anonymous No.18098354]

>I could not have written this without the invaluable resource....
Stop reading and get that book instead

[Anonymous No.18098362]

>I'd like to thank my dog
Based

[Anonymous No.18098571]

>>18098313
>"before thie novel begins..."
>author proceeds to go on about how his fantasy race was an allegory for jews
I fucking love Scott Telmore bros.

[Anonymous No.18098735]

>>18098313
>>18098340
>>18098354
>>18098362
>>18098571
hahaha fucking madlads, this is why I browse /lit/

[Anonymous No.18098749]

>Open F. Gardner book to the first page
>Chapter 1
>Plot begins
>It’s ridiculous

Based

[Anonymous No.18098877]

>open book
>preface to 3rd edition
>preface to second edition
>preface to first edition
>translators note
>essay on the book
>author's note on the translation
>timeline of the author's life
>map of the locations in the book
>Explanation of the names in the book
>editor rambling about random horseshit
WHY
WHO THOUGHT THIS SHIT WAS EVER A GOOD IDEA
JUST GIVE ME THE FUCKING ACTUAL BOOK

[Anonymous No.18098933]

>>18098877
I swear there are some with more foreword, et cetera than actual content.

[Anonymous No.18099023]

>>18098933
Norton's critical editions are exactly that. They often have more criticism than actual book. I just skip it all now since I cant be assed to read it and I cant count how many times some faggot in the foreword spoils the entire goddamn book. Yeah bla bla bla reading for plot whatever, stop spoiling the books.

[Anonymous No.18099134]

>For Maddie, who taught me how to fly.