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What makes a good fantasy book?
Also how good is this(Kinkiller Chronicles)?
l have no idea what makes a good fantasy book, but l did read Kingkiller Chronicles and it's by far my favourite fantasy book, read it, you won't regret it. The first book had me hooked up for like 8 hours straight, no joketfw 3rd book never everalso auri best grill
>>8197762
A friend hyped me up when he said he read the 2nd book in 2 days because it was that good.
>l have no idea what makes a good fantasy book
Me neither, which is weird because i enjoy reading fantasy a lot, even think of writing one myself, but never really have the willpower to do it.
>>8197732
>What makes a good fantasy book?
First and foremost, worldbuilding. The whole point of fantasy is that it takes place in an alternate world where cool shit can happen that wouldn't in realistic novels. If your alternate world is uninteresting, or outright silly, or too shallow, or tries too hard (e.g. you make up a bajillion unnecessary words to the point where I can't immerse myself because I need a dictionary to read your shit) or any other glaring flaws in the universe...
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How good is a literature degree if I plan to score pussy on college?
doesn't matter, just start 150mg tren per day already and get it overwith you fucking faggot
Not good at all.
>>8197744
how many females does study literature?
it can't be worse than engineering.
Whats the literary equivalent to Current 93?
Chuck Phallicnuts
Obiously Ligotti
current 93 = thelema, read crowley's corpus
How did Milo made profit? It's been a while since i've read this and cant remember
How did he make profit running a black market?
>>8197628
trading a bunch of shit
selling bomb sites to the germans
bought produce in one location and sold the items to the market in another place that had a defecit or need.
also
black market
Who here thinks this book is AMAZING. If you haven't read it by now....DO IT. It's so hilarious. Tina Fey is so funny and her life story is quite fascinating.
trip on Tina Fey
I am shitting as I type this. Shit is coming out of my ass. It feels so fucking good dude
Has a book ever changed your political ideology?
Some of Thomas Sowell's stuff did.
nah I'm straight senpai
>>8197577
which books?
What am i in for?
One of the greatest books ever written. The whole thing is a joy to read
Be prepared for several novellas throughout the novel that put the Don and Sancho in the background while they're told.
>tfw anglo cucks will experience El Quijote in superior spanish
i guess that compensates being born in a shithole
>>8197602
This
Truly one of the best books ever written, only two books are better - Ulysses and The Brothers Karamazov
>implying that reading fiction is anything but a waste of time
>implying wasting time isn't my favorite thing to do
>>8197387
>implying everything isn't a waste of time
>>8197387
Are you sure? Because basically my life plan is to keep my face in these books until people start calling me professor and somebody starts paying me.
My Favorite:
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Post your favorites, I need recommendations
one I just picked up
Any other takers?
fuck this board then
>That chapter where Fantine begins selling her body and decides to becomes a prostitute
What's unnerved you lately on the book you're reading
It's making me angry.
>>8197329
why anon
>>8197329
i'm reading this too, enjoying it so far.
I'm looking for some books about people in nature. Stuff like Thoreau and Muir, maybe some books on primitive societies and self-reliance too. Any suggestions? Pic unrelated.
lord of the flies
Stone Age Economics by Marshall Sahlins
read the first two chapters for sure, it gets kinda academic after that but still very interesting stuff
https://libcom.org/files/Sahlins%20-%20Stone%20Age%20Economics.pdf
>>8197266
seconding this
What's the best novel / course / online resource for learning Ancient Greek?
Pharr's Homeric Greek if you're starting with Homer. If you're learning for something else, pick a dialect or time period.
>>8197084
>dialect or a time period
oh shit
>ancient greek
>novel
>learning language from a novel
>an ancient greek novel
>learning ancient greek
>from an ancient greek novel
>learning ancient greek from an ancient greek novel
how many pages should i read a day in a 500 page novel? im thinking 100 pages a day, what do you thnk? i dont read that much but im trying to read now
wew, what a question
I became an avid reader like three months ago and I can't stop. I stopped watching tv and I don't spend much time on 4chan anymore.
Here's how I did it.
-Remember the average person reads like zero books a year. If you read 5 pages a day, you are 5 pages above the average person
-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to read 5 pages a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like reading more and after a month or so you should be reading 50-100 pages a day for pleasure
-Read various books at the same time. When I grab a difficult...
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>>8196995
I wonder if the first guy who posted this shit was for realsies or not
Imma 1874 pantalones super star; chillin in the tidal pool for3st smokin my soviet cig@r
Pictured: Soviet cigar, jewel encrusted diamond in the rough, catalog of color swatches of earth. The swatch I'm currently located in is blue/green with a light lukewarm breeze
>>8196957
Where you at OP?
The ocean did not spew forth green bile, they were laid there and they live there and they cling to the cold water and rock and bla dee Dee bla
Well that sucked. No wonder the films were mediocre, the source material is too.
>Main protagonist goes on greed-motivated quest he doesn't actually have any interest in.
>People actually interested in quest waited 80 years to go on it for no reason.
>Two-thirds of the book is the group walking around hungry.
>No character development in any secondary protagonist except Thorin and Gandalf.
>Absolutely no plan whatsoever...
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>>8196866
A) Your summary is wrong anyway.
B) It's a kid's book.
C) The main LOTR book is much better.
D) If you want something deeper, look into the Silmarillion.
>>8196870
A) It's really not m8. The entire story is a walk with a few side attractions, some of which are glossed over anyway. If it's about the journey and not the destination, the journey shouldn't be so damned boring.
B) No excuse.
C) Good, I may check it out.
D) Maybe after LOTR.
>>8196875
A) Kill yourself
B) see A
C) see B
D) see C
