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778921 No.778921 [Reply] [Original]

name some /lit/

>> No.778924

>literate
>fantasy

Pick one.


Joking, I love fantasy. Can't think of any that would be "literary" whatever the critera for that is...

>> No.778931

>>778924
I'd love to name some, but I can hear the pretentious douchebags of /lit/ massing in the shadows to pounce on any unsuspecting fantasy enthusiasts that decide to participate.

>> No.778938

>>778931
>wahh i'll be made fun of online

>> No.778943

>>778931

You're right, but fuck it.

Song of Ice and Fire, pretty much any Terry Pratchett.

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>> No.778948

>>778943

ZOMG UR A HUEG FAGIT

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>> No.778957

Jorge Luis Borges.

>> No.778968

Prince of Nothing series.

>> No.779014

>>778968
Is it actually good?

>> No.779036

Chronicles of Amber

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>> No.779051

WTF is "literate" fantasy?

>> No.779072

Fantasy, by its very definition, cannot have literary merit. All of it, without exception, is poorly written, pulpily plotted drivel written by manchildren who cannot write serious, epiphanic literary fiction like the likes of Joyce, Dostoyevky etc.

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>>779072

>> No.779087 [DELETED] 

www.anonmalk.se but with t instead of m in the middle 92cb08be68d472c186279e6e76aabe52 66910

>> No.779154

>>779072
>Fantasy, by its very definition
which would be what?

>> No.779159

>>779154
Only a plebian would need to ask a question like that.

>> No.779164

All fantasy novels are literate in the fact they have been written.

Also, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, the works. Jim Butcher is also a god damned master of urban fantasy.

>> No.779165

Go read some classic fairy tales.

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>>779164
>Neil Gaiman

>> No.779170

>>779168
>implying he doesn't create interesting worlds

Which, really, is part of the appeal to fantasy. A whole 'nother world to explore.

>> No.779172

magic goes away
lord of light
most good fantasy is written by sci fi writers

>> No.779193

>>778968

This. Although Prince of Nothing is just the first part of a larger series called The Second Apocalypse.

Very interesting read though. Whereas ASoIaF is a personal, sympathy invoking story, The Second Apocalypse is more of an epic saga that happened in some ancient place.

>> No.779211

Most of Borges' fiction, OP. Though it's not high fantasy, if that's what you're looking for.

>> No.779220

As much as I love Fantasy and Terry Pratchett, I think it needs reminding that Terry himself has admitted he doesn't write literature. He was knighted for his services to it by "Not writing any".