/lit/ - Literature

>>6461148
50 Shades of Grey

Where's Waldo

>>6461148
Encylopedia Dramatica

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Foundation

J.v. Jones the book of words trilogy

>>6461168
Is this bait my dude?

not literature

>>6461148
BoTNS

>>6461148
pynchon's California novels

>>6461196
>Foundation comes to a satisfying triple climax after three swift and sweeping books
>GoT grinds out thousands of pages, them makes you to wait five years for volume 4(a). And another five years for volume 4(b). And five years later still wandering in the desert.
Doesn't seem like bait to me.

redwall

>>6461473
I stopped reading Redwall after I finished "Mattimeo". I liked it generally, but I felt like I got the gist. The first three books have essentially the same structure. Bad thing happens -> need to get thing to fix bad thing -> need to solve a riddle to get thing -> get thing -> fix bad thing

Amber

>>6461148
>Divine Comedy

>>6461297

I agree. The first four Foundation books can be finished in 2 weeks or less. I've heard the prequels are not good, though.

>>6461148
A Series of Unfortunate Events

The ﾒｰﾒｰ trilogy.

>>6461159
this tbh

>>6461148
Book of the New Sun

and its actually finished

>>6461957
I've tried these books twice now and I just can't get into them. I find the world fascinating but the rambling pacing just seems to do everything in its power to bore and frustrate me.

I'm probably just a pleb. Also OP should try Name of the Wind

>>6461148
The Three Musketeers trilogy
The Once and Future King
Book of the New Sun
In Search of Lost Time

>>6461148
The tales of the Otori

>>6461148
Horus Heresy series

I can't. Song of Ice and Fire is my favorite book series.

harry potter

better written as well.

>>6463039
this is my new fetish

>>6462058
>I'm probably just a pleb

You are. But at least you can admit it.

Attack on Titan

>>6463702
Jap fantasy is shit

Hainish Cycle
Earthsea
Bas-Lag
Smiley vs. Karla
Solar Cycle

>>6461148
The Discworld series is aimed at the same age group, and vastly more entertaining

> reading books in a series

The Bible
The Lord of the Rings
The Farmer's Almanac
Harry Potter, Eragon, Bartimaeus, other YA fantasy is very entertaining even if it lacks literary merit
The phone book
etc

I cannot.

>no Highsmith

>>6461902
Good answer. I went through those recently and they were better than I remember.

>>6463845
>Bible
get the fuck out. Even as a work of fiction its a poorly written, self-contradicting mess with terrible flow and no suspense

>>6464245
Le fedora tipper. xD lololololol.

>>6464285
First of all
>every atheist is a neckbeard
Confirmed butthurt christfag

2nd, I'm not an atheist, but im not retarded.

3rd, discussing the Bible as a work of literature, not as a religious text. That's why i said
>as a work of fiction
Not because I'm an atheist.

>le
> xD
>lolololol
Are you 10 or do you have downs?
You are retarded

>>6464297
>reading book for the plot

shiggy diggy

>>6464245
>Even as a work of fiction its a poorly written, self-contradicting mess with terrible flow and no suspense

OK faggot, I was trying to be nice but you are clearly a fucking mongoloid if you think the Bible is a 'poorly written mess'. It's a collection of books fucktard, not a single book. Also, the wisdom books and the Gospels are seriously some of the most profound works of literature to have ever been written. This isn't religious dogma, it's literary fact. Go back to reading your trash you fucking idiot.

>triggered

>>6464297
>he fell for the b8
>he got this mad
>he used christfag unironically

Harry Potter.

Not even joking. There are plenty of points in ASoIaF where I get so bored I have to put the book down for the night. With Harry Potter you can read them cover to cover and be entertained the entire way.

>>6464508

This. Martin's pacing is atrocious.

>>6464508

actually. . . yea. ASOIAF is some boring fat autism shit about good with (ITS NOT JUST A MEME) soap opera teir writing in between.

if you find that entertaining shoot yourself in the guts and bleed out slow you filthy shit eating pleb.


Even Stephan kings the dark tower is more entertaining. At least its memorable in the sense that he was probably fucked up on cough syrup the whole time no matter what he says.

>>6464508
this is bait right? i'm not into children's shit.

>>6464711

>reading asoiaf
>not into children's shit

>>6464245
>implying the ending of Genesis was anything but based

>>6464783
I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your asshole. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.

>>6464796
a...are you okay, anon?

>>6464821
>not recognizing a scene from one of 4chan's most referenced movies
>the movie based on a great book
>on the books board

>>6461148

>Reading for entertainment
>Reading a series

>>6464883
>reading
>on /lit/

shiggens

It's a mindless read. Something to read to escape reality. Though most fantasy is exactly that: escapism.
Calling it literature is as much an insult to the literary world as calling video games art. It's mediocre writing, with long incoherent rambling just for the sake of selling words. It feels like he's grasping for some way to pull it together, but the rope has split too much and it's all falling apart. He calls himself a gardener, not an architect when it comes to writing. Meaning he has no end plan, he makes it up as he goes along and tries fixing it one sentence at the time.

A truely great writer will start with a general idea, then build a story to express said idea. You need a running theme for a book to be truely great. GRRM never tries to teach or tell you anything, he's just gently stroking your hair while he injects you with heroin.

>>6465025
Literature has disappeared up it's own asshole and deserves to be insulted.

Good for airplanes and Greyhound buses.

>>6461148
Choose Your Own Adventure!!!

>I don't like ISOIAF because it's popular

>>6465025

The HBO show has really shown just how silly the books actually are.

They've left huge amounts of backstory completely unaccounted for and the story hasn't suffered at all. The seasonal structure,10 hour time limit and budget constraints they can't get away with rambling mindlessly and going off on stupid tangents, they need to hit some sort of climax on a regular basis. The massive cast is easily and painlessly reduced with characters being condensed and composited with what remains being much more palatable when the characters have faces to identify them with. And because the showrunners have access to the GRRM's plans they are free to write the back half of the story without taking the little detours that turn into four extra 1000 page books that don't really add anything. The show's last seasons will be tight, logical and benefit greatly from non-linear writing.

Basically, the show treats the books like a shitty first draft and tells the story the way it's meant to be told.

>>6461148
>series

Look at the pleb. Look at the pleb and laugh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runelords

Thank me later plebs

Dune

>reading genre fiction

PLEB ALERT

>>6461148
Literally any other fantasy series.

Done, that wasn't so hard.

Wheel of Time

>>6465982
This is true to a comical extent. I'm usually against "improving on the author's work", but don't have the slightest disappointment over losing 75% of Feast and Dance. If we can replace those stories with equally logical plots that actually entail character development, all the more power to the show writers.

>>6464521
he's a gardener... which means, with the help of somebody else heavily editing, his plot and world work quite well for a tv series.

>>6464331
>my opinion is fact

Confirmed for being mentally 13 years old

Give me your best theory as to Littlefinger's long game. If it involve's Sansa, why was he so keen on Ned towing the line and swearing loyalty to Joffrey? If Ned did that, then Littlefinger wouldn't have been able to betray Ned, and Sansa wouldn't have been taken by the Lannisters, and wouldn't go through the convoluted process whereby Littlefinger ends up with her in his charge.

>>6467671

No faggot, it's historical and literary fact. Anyone with any formal training or background in literature would agree. Stop being such a try-hard edgelord. You're on /lit/. Shit 'opinions' like yours aren't welcome.

>>6467812
He knows he can't be king, he's already filthy rich so it's not that, he doesn't want to build Baelish great house (he could if he tried), if he wanted to influence kings he would have stayed in KL, if he wanted Sansa as his waifu he would have just married her. Hard one to figure out.

Maybe he wants sansa to be the queen because he loved her mom.

Malazan Books
Not even kidding. The books are entertaining and even though every book presents a new main character, he somehow manages to make him/her just as interesting as the previous ones.

Don't care if pleb.

>>6467833
How is an opinion, no matter how backed up, a fact?
If you claim it to be an opinion, then it's just that. It doesn't matter how many scholars agree.

>>6463845
>Eragon

Mentioning Eragon triggers me.

Now I have to post this.

*Ardwen - Arwen
*Isenstar - Isengard
*Mithrim - Mithrim or mithril
*Angrenost - Angrenost
*Morgothal - Morgoth
*Elessari - Elessar
*Furnost - Fornost
*Hadarac Desert - Harad Desert
*Melian - Melian
*Vanilor - Valinor
*Eridor - Eriador
*Imiladris - Imladris
*Undin - Fundin/Udun
*Gil'ead - Gil'Galad
*Ceranthor - Caranthir
*Isidar - Isiludir
*Oromis- Orome
*Eragon- Aragorn

And let's not forget about the suffocatingly thick purple prose!

>The branch Roran had added to the fire burst asunder with a muted pop as the coals underneath heated the gnarled length of wood to the point where a small cache of water or sap that had somehow evaded the rays of the sun for untold decades exploded into steam.

>>6464245
*tips*

>>6467884
You've read Eragon?
Hahahahahaha. Faggot.

>>6461148
The First Law trilogy.

>>6467833
Yeah, like it's a fact that you're 13 years old lol

>>6466504
>Tugs Braid
>Smooths Skirt
Never again.

Harry Bosch

>>6464843
they posted an anime face so it's not like you're talking to a person of worth

>>6461923
I got 2/3 of those on my own before I even heard of /lit/. Should I get the last one just to complete the set?

>>6461148
Gene Wolfe's writing is objectively terrible, but does it make it worse to know that he's experienced greatness? To have read New Sun but still write like a child seems to be to be a revolting dischord.

>>6468369

Commence Wolfe Shitposting.

>>6468369

>>6463674
naked women is your new fetish?

>>6467812
He probably saw the outcome of Ned swearing loyalty to Joffrey anyway. It was just his way of coming off as someone who cares about what happens to Ned.