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19165699 No.19165699 [Reply] [Original]

>Ask for a fantasy recommendation
>Read Lord of the Rings :)
>Ask for a sci fi recommendation
>Read Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy/Dune :)
>Ask for a post apocalyptic recommendation
>Read The Road :)
>Ask for Adventure recommendation
>Read Treasure Island :)
>Ask for Graphic Novel recommendation
>Read Watchmen :)
Wow thanks reddit

>> No.19165731

>he still hasn't transcended above fiction
Yep, reddit is your home.

>> No.19165736

Good fantasy novels:
–Little, Big (John Crowley)
–Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
–Lilith (George MacDonald)
–The Dying Earth (Jack Vance)
–Grendel (John Gardner)

>> No.19165740

>>19165699
Treasure Island is based. Long John Silver is one of the best characters in literature.

>> No.19165741

>>19165731
unironically asking: what are some good nonfiction books?

>> No.19165746

>>19165731
Only fiction is literature. Non-fiction isn't literature.

>> No.19165750

>>19165699
read my scifi novel

>> No.19165753

>>19165699
>Ask for a fantasy recommendation

Either the book of wonder or gods of pegana, both by Dunsany.

>Ask for a sci fi recommendation

Check out the scifi works of MP-shiel his prose is incredible.

>Ask for a post apocalyptic recommendation

Check out Clark Ashton smith’s zothique stuff.

>Ask for Adventure recommendation

Read Robert e Howard’s work, both the prose and the verse.

>Ask for Graphic Novel recommendation

Read William Blake’s Jerusalem.

>> No.19165761

>>19165741
The meme answer is "start with the Greeks" but it also happens to be the literal answer. Read Plato's dialogues and Aristotle's Ethics and Politics. Just with these couple books you will be more educated on how the world works than 99.9% of other people on the planet.

>> No.19165765

>>19165761
Philosophy is fiction and therefore literature. Anon asked for non-fiction.

>> No.19165832

>>19165699
Well, ask for non-reddit genres, and maybe you'll get non-reddit recs.

>>19165765
>Philosophy is fiction
No.

Anyway, asking for nonfiction recs is the most idiotic thing in the world. Nonfiction encompasses history, cookbooks, quantum physics, self-help, and literally everything else. You have to be braindead not to know what you actually want to read out of all those options.

>> No.19165910

>>19165832
You must smell like shit irl

>> No.19165913

>>19165832
>No.
Yes.

>> No.19165920

>>19165761
>>19165832
>What is some non-fiction?
>"philosophy"
>no I mean real non-fiction
>"real nonfiction is stupid anyways lol"
based retard

>> No.19165938

>>19165699
>ask for a genre fiction recomendation (x4)
the reddit was in you all along, maybe read literature instead of kids books
>>19165731
people who only read fiction are unfocused, people who hate reading fiction at all are universally soulless dorks whose only experience of fiction is the genre trash they read as a teenager

>> No.19165940

>>19165910
Wanna check? I'm sure my balls especially smell terribly, sweat and pheromones, you'd love it.

>>19165920
>"philosophy"
>"real nonfiction is stupid anyways lol"
There two aren't posted by the same person.
Also, you seem to be thinking that I said that nonfiction is stupid.
Considering both of the above, I recommend learning to read, you absolute cretin.

>>19165913
>>No.
>Yes.
Come on, cunt, explain why.

>> No.19166229

>>19165938
>maybe read literature instead of literature
?????????

>> No.19166797

>>19165832
You're a serious retard.

>> No.19166869

>>19166797
hurr durr
mind explaining why?

>> No.19166874

>>19165731
>>>/his/

>> No.19166912
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19166912

>>Ask for a fantasy recommendation
1001 nights b
>>Ask for a sci fi recommendation
solarpunk summers
>>Ask for a post apocalyptic recommendation
solarpunk winters
>>Ask for Adventure recommendation
tarka the otter

>> No.19166921

>>19165699
>Fantasy
Little, Big
>SciFi
More Than Human
>Post-Apocalyptic
..and Call me Conrad
>Adventure
Voyage to Arcturus
>Graphic Novels
>>reddit

>> No.19166954

>>19165699
what is hitchhikers guide to the dune?

>> No.19166969

>>19165731
Based. This is a philosophy board now. Fiction is /tv/ tier

>> No.19166975

>>19165699
>>Ask for a fantasy recommendation
no, that's gay
>>Ask for a sci fi recommendation
Pandora's Star
>>Ask for a post apocalyptic recommendation
Eumeswil
>>Ask for Adventure recommendation
Evasion Crimethinc
>>Ask for Graphic Novel recommendation
Have sex

>> No.19167241

sir this is /it/ - literature, not /gf/ - genre fiction

>> No.19167389

>>19165832
>Self-help
Lmao faggot

>> No.19167719
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19167719

>asks for genre fiction recommendations

>> No.19167809

>>19165699
After Lord of the Rings you can throw the whole rest of the genre in the bin and nothing of value would be lost

>> No.19167833

>>19165731
>>19165938
Brainlets who need random wheeler-dealers to "teach" them how to cope or do the most basic shit in life.

Do you also make a big deal about only drinking black coffee?

>> No.19167838

>>19165741
Tons. Do you want educational books, "self-help" books, philosophical books, biographical books, or something else?

>> No.19167868

>>19165731
Non-fiction doesn't exist.

>> No.19167885

>>19165699
We do not read genre fiction. There's a general thread for that thing. Ask there.

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>>19165699
This is a good apocalyptic novel

>> No.19167977

Read gene Wolfe entire oeuvre then never read a sci-novel again because nothing comes close

>> No.19167985

>genre fiction is le bad.... because saying that makes me look... LE SMART!!!!

>> No.19167998

>>19167977
As for graphic novels, read from hell (the best work of the dude who wrote watchmen) if you’re in the mood for something “literary” and at times a bit up its own ass; read Bone if you’re looking for a fun relatively brainless rollicking adventure
If you’re willing to read manga check out fire punch and chainsaw man (both by the same guy, both fantastic imo), freesia, and nijihara holograph
Reddit’s shit for the most part, I’ve only had luck talking books there on niche subreddits dedicated to lesser known authors

>> No.19168001

>>19165832
Reddit moment

>> No.19168746

>>19165746
>>19166874
>>19167833
>>19167868
Seethe more.

These are all people who have buyer's remorse because they wasted 6 months of their life reading some shitty 1100 page postmodern novel where they learned nothing, and instead could have read like 3 or 4 great nonfiction books.