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Is this really the best fantasy literature can offer?

>> No.20097871

No Tolkien is

>> No.20098262

>>20097871
Tolkien could not into prose.

>> No.20098279

>>20098262
And you could not into grammar

>> No.20098347

Maybe the best Catholic fantasy… but not the best overall.

I think it’s pretty safe to say BOTNS is more esoteric/allegorical than actual literature. My. Ingest issue when I read them is that my old/New Testament knowledge is pretty lacking so I didn’t get even a third of the references.

I’d argue Dune is better “fantasy,”

Hell, depending on the day I’d even put A fire upon the deep ahead of BOTNS.

>> No.20098467

>>20098347
he references Zoroastrian terminology more than biblical but im guessing that def went over your head if the biblical references did

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>>20097796

>> No.20098475

>>20098279
hownew.ru

>> No.20098476

>>20098347
>BOTNS is more esoteric/allegorical than actual literature
Good literature usually is somewhat esoteric

>> No.20098482

>>20097796
>>20098347
So I should not read this if I am not mentally retarded, that is to say, I am not a christfag?

>> No.20098494

>>20098482
if you dont know what cacogenesis means or amensha spentas youre fucked regardless of religion

>> No.20098545

>>20097796
The best fantasy literature would be something along the lines of magical realism

>> No.20098609

>>20098545
Magical realism is for posers and I mean that with 100%. With 1000%.

>> No.20099020

>>20098467
You’d be correct. Any good reads on Zoroaster you’d recommend?

>>20098476
Fair, but I felt this was more thinly veiled code than an independent story. My point is this the “story” was less of a priority than the “message.”

>>20098482
Yes, still read it. Even if you don’t get it 100% it’s still a fun read.

>> No.20099029

>>20097796
That's a sci-fi novel