/lit/ - Literature

>>19330324
Tolkien is to creative literary genius what Martin is to hack pulp idiocy. They both so far surpass anyone else in their field that they will be remembered 1,000 years from now as a kind of yin and yang of fantasy, a Manichean duality of speculative letters. For every sublime, luminous beauty that Tolkien has gifted the world, Martin has cursed us with a tedious, banal ugliness. It is unfair to compare the two directly on any one point, because Martin is in every way the anti-Tolkien, patently sterile, parasitical, and inferior, but so much so that he becomes a monument in his own right, and counterbalances Tolkien. Could one exist without the other? Tolkien obviously could. But it is only by the contrast that Martin offers that we can truly appreciate the full depths and heights of Tolkien. Our understanding of Tolkien would be incomplete if Martin had never set pen to page. It is through only the abject failure and futility of Martin that we can approach an apprehension of the true scope and scale of Tolkien's hitherto inconceivable greatness. Perhaps this is what Tolkien had in mind when he wrote about the Music of the Ainur. If Tolkien is a subcreator in the image of Eru, truly Martin is like unto Melkor. It is only reflected in the awfulness of the one that we can fully see the goodness of the other.

>>18489060
note: this too is in the mega

>>16727180
>>16727205
fake and gae

>>15192913
>and the obvious real world historical similarities.
Elaborate, because I have a feeling you're going to say something very stupid.

>he has read Game of Shit, but not the classics like The Illiad, The Odyssey etc
Explain yourself, right now.

>>14311291

How many cringe fantasy and sci-fi books do he have to read until he got enough motivation though? It's all he ever reads.

I find it, motherfuckers.

>>11979229
>anime
No, obsessing over anything without having a frame of reference will "rot" your brain. Miyazaki was right when he said otaku learn nothing. Same goes for /v/ideogamers, /co/mic book readers, etc.
Also, 4chan is a weeb site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL1t7F5dPtg

>>11297350
I'd estimate there's about 1000 unique books in this thread, so let's assume you read a book every week, maybe 20 years.

>>10395751

OP, please don't waste your time. The saga isn't even finished and the author is one step to death, also the TV series is going to tell the end of the books saga so please don't waste your time, please.

I've not read the books but only seen the tv-series, are there even any major reason why he have to finish the books?

Doesn't really seem like they're the type of books that need an ending but rather the idea is the never ending fight for power and the throne?

Seems alot of people are worrying about him not finishing them, why?

>>9008951
I got you

>>8948406
>>8949148

:^)

>>8363242

Sauron would have killed the eagles. Once the ring was destroyed, it was safe for them to approach the tower.

>>8363269

>Tyrion reflected on the men who had been Hand before him, who had proved no match for his sister’s wiles. How could they be? Men like that... too honest to live, too noble to shit, Cersei devours such fools every morning when she breaks her fast

>She was sopping wet when he entered her. “Damn you,” she said. “Damn you damn you damn you.” He sucked her nipples till she cried out half in pain and half in pleasure. Her cunt became the world.

>And suddenly his cock was out, jutting upward from his breeches like a fat pink mast

>The three men were erect. The sight of their arousal was arousing

>Men call me Darkstar, and I am of the night

>>6731789
Pic related

Life's too short to read too much pulp fiction