Even hardcore bible thumpers don’t defend “their” book as fervently as Tolkien fans do.
>>24960229No that honor goes to Virginia Woolfe or that tranny dyke “george” that wrote middlemarch. These are supposedly their champions, but they wrote 4th rate pulp in contrast with Proust or Joyce or Kafka.
>>24960238Pseud
>>24960276Yes yes, pseud, incel, go on and call me whatever you like, hole. You won’t post any hamfisted passage from Wurthering Sharts because I could flip to a verse from the Bard at random and it would would mog Woolfe.
>>24960229No. That would be David Foster WallaceFollowed closely by Pynchon and Joyce.
The silmarillion is my Bible. I learned elvishes and tengwar. I keep track of every elvish article. I know no other languages save English. I pray everyday to eru illuvatar.
Tolkien fans may be obnoxious, and Tolkien himself is probably overrated and probably takes up too much space in the fantasy genre. This might be a great topic to discuss in greater depth if Tolkien's critics were not an even more insufferable crowd of pretentious retards who can be relied upon to be some combination of >envious of Tolkien's success and>frustrated that people are passionate about elves instead of, say, communism
>>24960229melville is.. moby dick got 3-4 dance numbersone about gay sailors rubbing sperm of a spermwhale over their bodyentire episodes of encyclopedic resarch, moby dick as novel was written by editorsa master work of collaborative work not one mind
>>24960229he's not bad, his fans are just obnoxious theater kid faggots
>>24960229>is Tolkien overrated?no, it's the fault of the average redditor who are COMPELLED to make constant references to his stories or how midwits can't move past his works because they dont know anything else
>>24960229>in a world where J.K. Growling existsDon't be hasty.
>>24960635>theater kidriiiiight
>>24960542>This might be a great topic to discuss in greater depth if Tolkien's critics were not an even more insufferable crowd of pretentious retards who can be relied upon to be some combination ofIf these people didn't exist Tolkien wouldn't be overrated. But such fuckwits would need to think harder about what to write about.
>>24961211Indeed.
>>24960229Go to bed, George.
>>24961211Most people, even fans, realize that Harry Potter is YA slop, not some great work of literature. I don’t think people would rank her as one of the best authors even if it’s their favorite series.You’d get crucified if you treated Tolkien the same way critics treat Rowling.
>>24960229No other book grabs me and is so enjoyable to read. I can't help it. It's also the only book that makes me feel even vaguely connected to some kind of history or ancestor feeling. I'm aware its a fake but it still gives me a feeling of belonging and that the world isn't completely horrible. I never had a family and I'm too much of a simpleton for any proper English literature or to enjoy old English writings. I don't really enjoy new genre fiction either
>>24962574>You’d get crucified if you treated Tolkien the same wayWhat a pity you're speaking figuratively.
>>24963796Just read the eddas and sagas
>>24962574>Most people, even fans, realize that Harry Potter is YA slop, not some great work of literature.I know people don't even pretend this shit is even an above average children's book anymore, however, it still has that reputation of one of the "biggest selling book series in history!" to live up to. Nobody is saying it's good writing, but I'd say it's overrated in that the is a huge casm of dissonance of how much it sold compared to what the actual content is.
>>24960229Don't care about his fans but the few pages of lord of the rings I've read were horrendous and I'm not even a prosefag
