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3857725 No.3857725 [Reply] [Original]

So /lit/, I'm going through a bit of a manchild phase after reading the Mortal Engines series over very quickly again, loving it as much as I did the first time.

Any recommendations of something similar? I've heard Discworld is quite good but I'd love to get stuck into anything a bit more highbrow (if I can employ such a term on fantasy lit) in that genre.

>> No.3857735
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3857735

>>3857725

Italo Calvino.
Any and all of his stories.

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That fucking gif.

>> No.3857740

>>3857725
Never read Mortal Engines, but from a quick glance it seems the following terms can be applied to it: young adult, industrialized fantasy, slight philosophizing.

His Dark Materials would probably be the closest thing. It's actually pretty decent.

There's more high-brow fantasy out there, but HDM seems like a better fit based on what you already read and liked.

Also, what the fuck is going on in that horrifying .gif?

>> No.3857741

>>3857725

WHY DID I CLICK IT?!?!

>> No.3857742

>>3857740
No thanks friend, I tried those and hated them.

By the way that's just an animatronic robot, not a woman.

>> No.3857756

>>3857742
I see. How about Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe?

>> No.3857774

>>3857735
sauce?

>> No.3857779

>>3857774
Boku no Pico

>> No.3857787

>>3857779
yah ok thanks

>> No.3857988

>>3857725
Discworld is good. I loved Piers Anthony's Xanth growing up, but I haven't gone back to it since.

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>>3857725
Read up the description of these and see if you like them.
Some are complete shit.
You've been warned.

>> No.3859242

>>3857988
I loved the shit out of Xanth. But after the 29th book, it does get kind of repetitive.

>> No.3859252

>>3857774
Boku no Spitting 2: Electric Spitaloo