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I've never understood people's love of these two genres, one bad, one very bad (in that order). Explain to me why it's good.

>> No.3757201

If I wanted to read about real life I'd go outside.

>> No.3757214

meh.... if it weren't for sci fi, I would've never eventually started reading "high brow" lit

>> No.3757238

I don't like either, but I can see the appeal. The escapism, the novelty and just being immersed into a whole new world with its own history.

>> No.3757284

Reading, for me - up until recently it has to be said -, had always been solely about escapism. I rarely read to educate myself, or 'expand' my mind, or, like the sizable percentage of pseudo /lit/eratti, in order to name-drop in social circles that I had read such and such, and so am decidedly 'familiar' with highbrow literature.

Fantasy and sci-fi novels, especially fantasy, being generally bare of any deep philosophical/political messages, are an easy way to forget yourself from the inane day to day trappings of modern society. The setting itself is just a question of taste really, and what most kindles your childlike imagination.

>> No.3757286

There's bad literature in all genres.

There are a lot of repeated themes in bad sci-fi and fantasy, and unfortunately most sci-fi and fantasy is bad. So, people interpret that as the entire genre being inherently bad, which is of course ridiculous.

>> No.3757293

>>3757191
There's no way you could be reasoned out of your own closed-mindedness. You might have a transformation at some point of time, but you can't force it, ie. it's no use to recommend any books or viewpoints if you yourself are not ready.

>> No.3757348

Have you read The Road?

>> No.3757358

>>3757348
Cormac's worst book

>> No.3757380

>>3757358
By virtue of being post-apocalyptic fiction, or something else?

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3757416

I enjoy the sense of aesthetics and childlike naiveté of the pulpy parts of the genres. I find Tolkien-worship and autistic hard sci-fi to be irredeemable, but there's still some good stuff out there I'm sure.

Not everything needs to be an intense intellectual exercise.

>> No.3757465

>>3757191
All fiction is fantasy as it describes people and events that did not occur.

>> No.3757471

>>3757380
its just that particular authors worst book. I just feel the need to say that since fans of the road seem to think that's all cormac has written. everything before and including blood meridian was felt much more apocalyptic