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4603766 No.4603766 [Reply] [Original]

At what age did you stop reading genre fiction?

>> No.4603772

I read Philip K Dick all the time.

>> No.4603771

12

>> No.4603778
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4603778

>>4603766
>genre snobbery

>> No.4603776

>>4603766
I never started. I fell out of the womb with Ulysses in one hand and Steppenwolf in the other.

>> No.4603789

>>4603776
Ulysses and Steppenwolf aren't exactly comparable works

>> No.4603798

>>4603776

Are you the Chosen One, destined to free all plebeians from their disgusting habits?

>> No.4604810

Never I like genre fiction.

>> No.4604822

>>4603778
Only a pleb would say this. Are you a pleb?

>> No.4604825

Only the young and callow think they're "too old" for genre fiction.

>> No.4605438

>>4604825
>implying I'm not 23

Stay mad, 18-year-old.

>> No.4605441

>>4603772
Yes.

>implying some of his stuff isn't pretty much high lit

>> No.4605462

>>4603766
I suppose it was two years ago after I've re-read Lord of the Rings. But does that qualify, really, as genre? I'm not worried. I'm just thinking that if the founding work of a million copies is called as the category, but then I guess, it deserves higher recognition for being the start (and in my opinion, the ultimate expression of the oeuvre).

This will end soon, because I've recently picked up Ursula le Guin and preliminary samples have indicated that she's no cheap writer.

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>>4605462
>The Lord of the Rings was the first Western fantasy story

k.

>> No.4605471

>>4604825
HAHA SHUT UP GRAMPS

>> No.4605482

>>4603766

I hate this whole Geek fad.

>> No.4605484

I still enjoy it when it is done well, but like with everything there is a lot of it that is shit.

>> No.4605485

>>4605465
>tfw I have that exact edition of the mabinogion and I live in southern patagonia

You can find the strangest things.

>> No.4605504

>>4605465

I mean it's what spun-off the genre of today. The Mabinogion is different from the LoTR in the sense that the LoTR has sculpted modern fantasy genre to an obnixious degree. I'm not saying it's Tolkien's fault, but a lot of people will steer clear of LoTR for precisely this reason. I once had a conversation with a person on lit claiming that Tolkien ruined the genre (to some degree, I agreed) and asked him why, stated his reason, and asked him if he's read him. And said "lol no". Which, quite honestly, summarizes the general behaviour of /lit/.

>> No.4605548

>>4603766

I still do sometimes

Also,

Being a geek is extremely easy because there's a lot of geeks out there. Is Pegg a moron or does he think geek-dom is liberating because it has an inherent quality which grants you the ability to feel more comfortable talking about the things you like? It's much more likely that it is because there's so many people out there with the same interests. It's no different than talking about sports or bitches and cocaine at the office.

I speak at length about the things I genuinely like and get accused of being high-brow at times (my taste is not exclusively high-brow!). It's not a case of feeling happy about being honest but being able to relate by virtue of popularity which becomes easier the more likely it is somebody can say, 'Hey Chuck, that comic-book is da-bomb!'.

>> No.4605561

About the same age I stopped playing video games and watching cartoons, i.e. when I was 12.

I simultaneously feel pity and contempt for the manchildren who never grew up. Literally the only thing you guys will ever achieve in life is having pictures of your person being reposted in /b/'s "beta/cringe" threads.

>> No.4605566

>>4605462
you don't know what oeuvre means, do you?

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>implying you ever stop

>> No.4605574

>>4605572
I recognize neither of them.

>> No.4605576

>>4605574
that one fat guy who wrote genre fiction and james joyce

>> No.4605577

>>4605572
is that guilmero del toro and james joyce?

>> No.4605589

>>4605574
george rr martin, a terrible writer

>> No.4605591

>>4603766

Do legal thrillers count?

18

>> No.4605594

>>4605589
right, and the one on the left?

>> No.4605593

>>4605572
pls post original if one exists

>> No.4605598

>>4605548
Simon Pegg is 44. He's likely coming another time in
'geekdom'. After fame, it is somewhat less relevant.

>> No.4605599

>>4603776
>Ulysses
Genre fiction.
>Steppenwolf
Genre fiction.

They are fiction and they belong to a genre.

Next.

Fucking plebs.

>> No.4605601

At what age did you stop keeping this juvenile debate alive?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhWeBvgNnIE

>> No.4605604

>>4605485

it's hardly suprising since it's welsh.

>> No.4605608

>>4605482

he's not part of the fad, he is just idolised by people who are. remember he is a middle aged man and also he only even met nick frost because they were both making star wars noises in public for some idiotic reason.

>> No.4606908

haha omg Simon Pegg is such a geek.

>> No.4606946

>>4605599
>implying "genre fiction" isn't being used in the common use sense, which is to refer the genres of fantasy, science fiction, detective, romantic, etc.
> 8====>

>> No.4606968

>>4605482
Simon Pegg is as much a part of the "geek" internet fad as George Carlin is a part of r/atheism.