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Who would you rather read books by?

>> No.1897772

Why the same threads over and over again?

>> No.1897770

The fantasy writers.

>> No.1897774

Whitman looked like a fantasy writer and if Auden had grown any kind of facial hair he wouldn't have been far off.

>> No.1897780

You know you're allowed to read both, right?

>> No.1897784

>>1897780
But quite often there is a divide, because "classic" readers think that fantasy writers cannot write and are stuck in their tragic little fantasy worlds of elves and dragons and made up names. Which is entirely true.

>> No.1897785

ITT:
>Quentin posts
>Everybody mad

Why are you always such stooges, /lit/? You're supposed to be smart.

>> No.1897789

>>1897772
Grass grows, the sun shines and tripfags are idiots.

>> No.1897791

>>1897766
NICE REPOST, FAGGOT.

DIDN'T I TELL YOU LAST TIME, DICKSHIT, THAT MANY OF THE GREATEST CLASSIC AUTHORS WROTE STORIES WITH FANTASY ELEMENTS?

>> No.1897792

>>1897785
Nobody's smart on 4chan. We're the best of a bad lot.

>> No.1897793

>>1897785
>Browse 4chan
>be smart

>> No.1897797

Considering mustaches are for child molesters and hitler...

I'll go with the fantasy writers.

>> No.1897801

>>1897791
Yeah, before fantasy became what it is today.

>> No.1897802

The fuck? I'm reading books. What do I care about the author's appearance?

>> No.1897814

>>1897802
it is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances~

>> No.1897812

>>1897766

REPOST.

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>> No.1897821

>>1897812
so what
do you get mad when i love lucy reruns come on?

>> No.1897832

Why are tripfags such terrible posters?

>> No.1897836
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>>1897814
Red cock for trip fag standing by.

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1897838

It's like you're actually 8 years old. The same people post daily, your rehashed threads are nothing but an eyesore.

Sage and report.

Also I love weed.

>> No.1897842

>>1897814

What the hell are you on about? I don't have to converse or interact with the author; why the fuck would he need to look good?

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>>1897836
>>1897842

>> No.1897851

>>1897842
I suppose the point is that because they look good, they are for the majority stronger, smarter, better men. It's not that they look good, but what their looking good suggests about their writing.

>> No.1897856

>>1897832
attention deficit disorder

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1897863

Why don't you stick a picture of Leo Tolstoy in the classic writers section and one of China Miéville under fantasy?

>> No.1897909

>>1897863
you say that like there's anything positive about mieville's appearance

>> No.1897913

>>1897909
You say that as if you didn't read the opening image. He's the antithesis of every quality thrown at the fantasy authors.

Well I guess he's completed his balding.

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1897917

>Classic writers
>Fantasy writers
>Who would you rather read books by?
Classic Fantasy writers.

>> No.1897926

>>1897913
i made the opening image you twit

>> No.1897934

>>1897926
I've seen it around. Figured you just found it and decided to shit up the place second-hand.

Dunno if OC shitposting is better than regurgitative shitposting. Probably is.

Shame on you.

>> No.1897937

>>1897934
do you not see the watermark?

>> No.1897943

You misused the word ''classic''.

>> No.1897946

I have always hated fantasy. That fantasy writers look like old neck beards only reaffirms my hate for fantasy.

>> No.1897957

Who cares? I'm gay, but I still liked Ender's game, despite mr.card being a homophobic shitheap. It turns out that who writes the content doesn't really matter, and trussing yourself up for a photo doesn't make you a better writer.

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1897991

Here are ten fairly well known and established fantasy authors I pulled up in just a few minutes of looking that show your stereotype is bull.

>> No.1898002

>>1897991
Terry Goodkind will never not be hilarious. That someone can have that beard and that ponytail and still take themselves so seriously...

Incidentally I don't know why anyone is giving this thread the time of day. What's the point in even comparing flattering studio portraits of long-dead people in their youth with a bunch of the oldest and fattest of fantasy writers?

>> No.1898017

George RR Martin looks like a zany shipmaster.

>> No.1898045

>>1898002
that's not Terry Goodkind, I own some of his books and there is fine print stating that the picture is of his brother.
Also: his books suck and he's a loser
And: it's probably been said already and this is clearly a troll but who cares what an author looks like? Oh wait, this is lit..

>> No.1898073

I just recently started lurking /lit/. Is this honestly a subject that comes up often? Pretentious shitbags weighing genres against each other?

If so I guess I should stop wasting my time here.

>> No.1898081

>>1898073
Every board has its morons, and these are ours. I'd encourage you to stay, but if this bothers you to the point that you can't ignore it, yeah you're gonna have a hard time sticking around.

>> No.1898083

>>1898073
the weighing of genres doesn't happen too often but the pretentious shitbags are everywhere. English and Philosophy majors are the fucking worstest.

>> No.1898084

>>1898073

Yup.

And yup.

Wait till the tripfags start up, then it gets really shitty.

>> No.1898100

Well then again I do come to 4chan to waste time in the first place tbh so... guess I shouldnt complain hehe.

Ill probably stick around despite the trolls, since its a good place to find new stuff to read ^^

I enjoy discussing literature, but sometimes it isnt easy since a lot of my friends dont read a lot or say they read the classics and dismiss any genre such as fantasy/horror/scifi offhandedly cause they think that makes them seem more intelligent (which I guess to fellow asshats, it sadly does).

I quote "Nah, stephen king is too mainstream for me. Have you read the odyssey?"

>> No.1898104

>>1898073

>Is this honestly a subject that comes up often? Pretentious shitbags weighing genres against each other?

>If so I guess I should stop wasting my time here.

Respectively, yes, yes and yes.

I hardly ever come here anymore, myself.

>> No.1898106

I like how this image isn't mutually exclusive and thus you're all retarded.

>> No.1898115

>>1898100

>dont read a lot or say they read the classics and dismiss any genre such as fantasy/horror/scifi offhandedly cause they think that makes them seem more intelligent (which I guess to fellow asshats, it sadly does)

About half of /lit/ in a nutshell.

>> No.1898117

I notice that the fantasy list lacked J.R.R. Tolkien.

Doesn't fit your stereotype, eh?

>> No.1898119

ITT: OP is a fag and doesn't understand that by "classic", he meant "realist" at best.

OP, you're a disgrace to this board, much like 90% of /lit/ards.

>YFW when all the "classic" authors are from a different era of time when mustaches were in and obesity was out

>> No.1898122

>>1898119

That said, I never read any of the fantasy authors... and only heard of one.

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>> No.1898131

>>1898119
>OP is a fag and doesn't understand that by "classic", he meant "realist" at best.
>realist

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