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Anonymous Tue Jan 3 21:04:26 2017 No.8923523 [Reply] [Original]

I love true underdog stories. Not necessarily fantasy but lord of the rings, 300, ect. The thought of staring down an unsurmountable enemy and choosing to go to battle regardless is thrilling to me. Anyone know any good books in this vein?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 3 21:53:56 2017 No.8923723 >>8923523 my diary

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!Srz2lnO/STC Tue Jan 3 23:26:10 2017 No.8924077 File: 69 KB, 640x640, 1483308978801.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8923523 The abbreviation of etcetera is etc. fyi. Nothing bigger than the historical narrative of the working class vs. the wealthy elites.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 3 23:37:11 2017 No.8924107 >>8923523 David and Goliath from 1 Samuel Ogier the Dane from Song of Roland Any Robin Hood story The Count of Monte Cristo 1776 by David McCullough Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 3 23:39:39 2017 No.8924122 >>8923523 Lord of the Rings is hardly an underdog story.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 3 23:43:01 2017 No.8924140 >>8923523 1 Henry IV is basically Rocky read 1 Henry IV>2 Henry IV> Henry V. They're his best plays desu

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 00:06:17 2017 No.8924208 >>8924122 R u avin a giggle m8?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 00:17:56 2017 No.8924252 >>8924140 If you can be arsed, start that tetralogy with Richard II. Not neaaarly as good as the ones he listed, but sets up the story proper An additional recommendation is Anabasis. Look it up, shit is amazing

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 00:28:24 2017 No.8924292 >>8924252 I'd also say to ideally start with Richard II, but it's the opposite of an underdog story

>>	TWPoet !!mQAvKw6nzRr Wed Jan 4 01:10:07 2017 No.8924409 >>8923523 Exodus. Total underdog story. god-mode activated

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 01:33:56 2017 No.8924476 Mein Kampf

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 06:38:48 2017 No.8925147 "'You can't win" by Jack Black. youll thank me later

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 06:41:21 2017 No.8925154 >>8924130 >>8924208 How can it be an underdog story when you literally have the most powerful being in the universe on your side?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 09:24:41 2017 No.8925599 mistborn :^)

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 13:50:54 2017 No.8926906 >>8925154 Gandalf didnt have that much impact on the story after he died especially frodos part with the exception of redirecting aragorn from finding merry and pip. Which you could argue he would have done anyway after he met treebeard

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 4 13:56:38 2017 No.8926974 The Iliad is all you need

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