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Wheel of Time was shit and boring.
Game of Thrones was shit and boring.
The Stormlight Archive was shit and boring.

Why is all fantasy shit?

>> No.12142668
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>>12142663
>Why is all fantasy shit?
its not

>> No.12142671

Because I'm not the one writing it. Give me about 4 years.

>> No.12142673

>>12142668
>that cover

Bro

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>>12142673
>judging a book on its cover

>> No.12142680

>>12142663
Because you have no capacity for stimulation that isn't directly plugged into your brain

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>>12142663
>all fantasy is shit
Ok, bud.

>> No.12143578

>>12142663
Because genre fiction is shit. Limitations of the form, and it's all been done. Only mid-wits still toil in that mine.

>inb4 LOTR
Tolkien wrote epics, not genre.

>> No.12143583

>>12143570
>BotNS is fantasy
wew lad, maybe read the book first.

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>>12143583
>fiction characterized by supernatural elements
>the Hierogrammates and the Jesus-powers of Severian aren't supernatural
>religion isn't supernatural, especially since the fifth book is all about the Kabbalah
There's nothing worse than being pretentious, except being pretentious and wrong.