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Anonymous Sat May 8 15:55:44 2010 No.645311 [Reply] [Original]

how come 'proper literature' bookshops disdain science fiction & fantasy, but have no problem stocking crime and thrillers?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 15:56:44 2010 No.645315 second-hand bookshops in trendy hipster doofus areas do that too

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 15:57:44 2010 No.645318 because fantasy is complete bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 15:58:44 2010 No.645320 >>645318 you seen what passes for crime and thriller?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:02:44 2010 No.645333 Not my experience, OP.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:03:44 2010 No.645337 >>645333 must be just Melbourne

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:09:44 2010 No.645353 >>645318 yes, this.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:18:44 2010 No.645376 What science fiction/fantasy can be considered 'literature'? What crime/thrillers can be considered 'literature'?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:19:44 2010 No.645381 >>645376 neuromancer nigger

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:24:44 2010 No.645394 >>645381 Didn't mean that question as a disrespect to either genre. Neuromancer is absolutely literature. I'm just looking to compile a list of such works.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:29:44 2010 No.645408 Anything by Philip K. Dick.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:34:44 2010 No.645424 >>645337 I'm from Melbourne, I guess I've not visited enough bookshops... Because ALL of them sold fantasy and sci-fi.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:35:44 2010 No.645427 Fantasy like LotR? How is that not literature...?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:36:44 2010 No.645429 The Sci Fi section at my local 'proper bookshop' (Powell's Books) is as big as the store in OP's pic lol.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:37:44 2010 No.645430 >>645427 LotR is. The carbon copies of it printed ever since by fantasy authors isn't.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:38:44 2010 No.645433 File: 76 KB, 519x600, laughing batman.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>645381 >>645408

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:41:44 2010 No.645439 >>645433 Really Batman? I should have guessed Batman would be a book snob.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:44:44 2010 No.645453 File: 54 KB, 256x353, laughingelfman.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>645427 >>645430 >LotR is literature

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:51:44 2010 No.645473 File: 25 KB, 308x475, long_goodbye.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:52:44 2010 No.645476 >>645311 Too popular.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:55:44 2010 No.645484 >>645473 yeah sure they have a few genuinely good pieces, but most of the section will be full of junk

>>	Anonymous Sat May 8 16:55:44 2010 No.645486 >>645453 Tolkien knew a little more about literature than you.

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