/lit/ - Literature

>>21353304
Cope harder, Bakkerfaggot.

>>20427993
>getting filtered by a Children’s novel

>>20272069
Yes.

>>20235695

>>20117186
>implying Scifi/Fantasy authors aren’t literary

>>19776037
The Bakker retardation of this board is immense enough to sink Beleriand twice over.

>>19719334
>LOTR is literally a modern mythology
>Is ingrained in the collective spirit


I’m GLAD Tolkien’s intention for his books has worked and turned out so well that you could say this, my fellow Dunédain!

>>19655538
He cute
>>19655526
It will always depend on what you're reading. Lighter stuff, I can probably get through 30ish pages in an hour, but if the content or prose is heavier then it will take me longer. Don't worry about how long it will take you, fren, just look at the book after some time and enjoy how far you've come from the start :)

Ignore the “first 2 tiers only” faggot. He prolly got filtered by the KINO that is The Silmarillion. Read Tolkien’s other works and his influences as much as you want.

>>19423231
yeah

Why is there a stigma surrounding the fantasy genre?

>>17911949

My guy.

Here's a small excerpt from the Ashtavakra Gita, which I love:

>You are really unbound and actionless, self-illuminating and spotless already. The cause of your bondage is that you are still resorting to stilling the mind. 1.15

>All of this is really filled by you and strung out in you, for what you consist of is pure awareness — so don’t be small-minded. 1.16

>You are unconditioned and changeless, formless and immovable, unfathomable awareness, unperturbable: so hold to nothing but consciousness. 1.17

>Recognise that the apparent is unreal, while the unmanifest is abiding. Through this initiation into truth you will escape falling into unreality again. 1.18

>Just as a mirror exists everywhere both within and apart from its reflected images, so the Supreme Lord exists everywhere within and apart from this body. 1.19

>Just as one and the same all-pervading space exists within and without a jar, so the eternal, everlasting God exists in the totality of things. 1.20

>terrible thread only mentioning literature as pretext to shitpost
>post helpful essay full of recommendations
>close thread and never read replies
>serious thread full of people posting seriously about political issues of the day
>post "Poo comes out my ass"
>leave thread open for 2 days waiting for one reply from guy just saying "What?"

>>17227580
only if they get john hurt for strider

>He doesn't know that the self is indestructible

Writing the second book in my series, its coming along just fine fren

>>12820338
>lmao who the fuck claims to be "a stoic" like it's some sort of religion

The Stoics did

>>12784905
I finished druss the legend last week. Continuing with legend now. Its quite comfy in here.

>All that is gold does not glitter,
>Not all those who wander are lost;
>The old that is strong does not wither,
>Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
>From the ashes, a fire shall be woken,
>A light from the shadows shall spring;
>Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
>The crownless again shall be king.