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I am seeking fantasy novels with nihilistic and atheist themes. Know of any?

>> No.6657090

>>6657067

Communist Manifesto
about a fantasy utopia for atheists

>> No.6657106

>>6657090
Come on now, I'm really wondering. That other thread makes it pretty clear modern fantasy is all Christian themes. I'm wondering if there's any good fantasy without any of that. That's not erotica, there's fucking enough of that.

>> No.6657128

Ligotti's works somewhat fit the bill.

>> No.6657294

sword of truth? Atheists AND Ring Wing!

>> No.6657638

>>6657294
>Ring Wing
Is this the new /lit/ meme?

>> No.6658263

I second Ligotti.

>> No.6658275

>>6658263
>>6657128
It's too idiosyncratic to quite be 'fantasy' tho

>> No.6658292

his dark materials

>> No.6658319

>>6658292
There's your go. Not nihilistic, really, but I can't imagine fantasy plus thematic nihilism without imagining the horror genre... but actually... I've only read the first book of it but the Gormenghast trilogy could fit that bill, actually pretty much perfectly. Glad I could help, OP.

>> No.6659861

>>6657067
Not /lit/, but the Seventh Seal is basically what you're looking for, but in film.

>> No.6659898

>>6657067
Plato if you follow the ladder of religious cruelty

>> No.6660291

>tfw no qt bf to read with

>> No.6660323

Metro 2033 has nihilistic themes.

>> No.6660460

>>6660323
aren't you nihilistic when you get through enemy territory disguised as a bum covered in shit?

>> No.6662299

I'd tell you but it wouldn't matter

>> No.6662387

>>6662299
Do it.