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How can you even discuss genre fiction?
>muh feasting
>muh magic
>muh dragons
>muh swords
>muh quest
>muh worldbuilding
Kek

>> No.18687323

haha

>> No.18687330

Who would win in a 1v1 fight?

>> No.18687338

you know what's got a shit ton of lore: real life

>> No.18687361

>>18687338
That is the point of discussing genre fiction.

>> No.18687388

>>18687305
>I like this character more than this character
>fuck you, this character is fucking stupid, this one is clearly better
>the magic system is retarded, this author can't make a good one
>the worldbuilding is shallow in book X, picks up in book Y
>no the world building in book X was better because of [element], ever since they dumped it it has been shit
>why would you include the elves in this part for fucks sake
>the entire book is ripping off 3 other works, just look at the archetypes

>> No.18688371

>>18687305
>muh swords
Have you never read a history book?

>> No.18688418

>>18687305
I'm reading Dune right now, enjoying it so far. The themes so far are mainly destiny, power and esotericism.
This board tends to dismiss "genre fiction" entirely in a way I haven't encountered elsewhere. I assume it's a way to build pseud credentials. Even when I was doing philology courses at university there wasn't anywhere near this level of snobbery. There's a lot of badly written inane crap as well of course, but that's true for 19th century social realism or whatever is considered true intellectualism here.

>> No.18688584

Every time I see a little bit of the sci-fi/fantasy general, they're just complaining about how much cuckoldry there is in every book they read.

>> No.18688665

>>18687305
Modern literary fiction is degenerated trash written by empty headed hacks. It's endlessly repetitive after the greats. It seeks after the grotesque and subversive. Not once has such a mode produced high art. It's really no different from derivative genre fiction.

>> No.18688680

The youtube algorithm played me a video on fantasy books and the guy started talking about his criteria for a good fantasy series is the “magic system” and I almost wanted to puke.
How could anyone stand to read slightly different rehashes of the same shit over and over again?

>> No.18688863

>>18687305
How can you discuss fiction lit in general. Right now I'm reading Past and Present, and I can discuss the message Carlyle wants to deliver, I guess also the delivery itself(you may dislike the guy but his prose is superb), but how can I discuss let's say Master and Margarita, a novel I remember enjoying but I could easily summarise its content, and this will apply to lots of other more fine literature as:
>muh references
>muh social allegories
>muh criticism of society
>muh self expression of the writer

>> No.18688908
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>>18687305

>> No.18689374

>>18687305
litbros, what are the best five feats put to print?

>> No.18689839

>>18688680
you tell me chief. a lot of variety on 4channel.org/lit?

>> No.18689910

>>18688908
Mamet gets it. Thanks for posting this.