Nice board. What are you fucks going to about shit-tier literature such as GoT overshadowing your favourite work(s)?Shit-taste normies are ranking GoT above LOTR, and they're getting away with it. How do we restore supremacy?

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Anonymous 11/07/15 (Sat) 13:53:27 No.138

Nice board. What are you fucks going to about shit-tier literature such as GoT overshadowing your favourite work(s)?

Shit-taste normies are ranking GoT above LOTR, and they're getting away with it. How do we restore supremacy?

Anonymous 11/07/15 (Sat) 16:37:31 No.141

Tolkien's work doesn't need us to defend its superiority m8.

We've reached the first century since the first drafts and stories of the Legendarium were written, and it is still loved, discussed and analyzed by old scholars and little children alike.

Actually, I thank God that LotR didn't get that popular… the fucking fandoms ruin everything.

Let the fucking normies and plebs enjoy their shitty books, series and tumblr-tier pop culture bullshit like GoT and Hunger Games.

Anonymous 11/07/15 (Sat) 18:42:22 No.146

Of course they are, they're simple shit that can be easily consumed and written in a horrible manner.

Mind you, the world of Westeros isn't bad, but the books themselves are so fucking horribly written.

Anonymous 11/07/15 (Sat) 20:56:48 No.162

What is your take on Wheel of Time?

Anonymous 11/07/15 (Sat) 22:45:57 No.167

>>138

GoT is a fad, Tolkien's works have already stood the test of time.

Anonymous 11/08/15 (Sun) 00:12:40 No.170

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8221820/20/The-House-of-Elendil

Anonymous 11/08/15 (Sun) 03:29:06 No.172

The only stuff I've found that even holds a candle to Tolkien is Sanderson's Stormlight Archives. Seriously great stuff. Really long though, and he's not finished it yet.

Anonymous 11/08/15 (Sun) 03:42:25 No.173

>>146

found the first book okay. Then it was downhill pretty fast

Anonymous 11/08/15 (Sun) 04:12:36 No.176

>>173

Seriously? It gets worse?

I couldn't finish the first book as it is.

Anonymous 11/08/15 (Sun) 05:41:32 No.178

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>>172

I just recently read those and they're fucking fantastic. I can't wait for the next one.

And the fact Sanderson is kind of a machine about writing is nice too. Gives me hope I'll actually see the end of the series someday, which is more than I can say for some authors.

>>173

Same here. I've actually read all of them, but I only liked the first book. His writing gets progressively worse throughout the series, and you can tell he's getting bored with the story because he keeps adding more unnecessary characters and shit no one cares about.

That last one was so badly in need of a decent editor it wasn't even funny. He spent hundreds of pages describing what everyone was eating instead of moving the story forwards in a meaningful way. Reviewers calling him "the American Tolkien" makes me want to vomit.

Anonymous 11/14/15 (Sat) 17:23:25 No.201

>>141

>Actually, I thank God that LotR didn't get that popular… the fucking fandoms ruin everything

Just look at the Hobbit fandoms. I'm just glad they're such plebs that they can't be bothered reading the books.

that said, I didn't mind the GoT books too much, and the shows are ok if only for the visuals and excessive blood and tits. I'd still be hard-pressed to call myself a fan, though.

Anonymous 11/20/15 (Fri) 20:27:37 No.211

>>141

LotR was extremely popular.

You just don't remember the fandom because the internet moved on from Livejournal to Tumblr, and the same will happen to the GoT fandom and The Hobbit fandoms mentioned in >>201.

Anonymous 11/20/15 (Fri) 22:57:09 No.213

>>211

WAS, not is.

They moved on to the next hip thing, as they always do.

Anonymous 11/21/15 (Sat) 01:40:31 No.214

>>213

T-that's exactly what I said, anon.

Anonymous 01/12/16 (Tue) 23:14:46 No.277

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>>201

>Hobbit fandoms

Wait, there are people that liked those movies?

Anonymous 01/15/16 (Fri) 21:56:13 No.279

>>277

Yes.

The movies played heavily on Tolkien as a whole rather than a self contained story to sell themselves.

Funny enough that means the story of the book itself was terribly adapted.

Anonymous 02/01/16 (Mon) 21:16:25 No.322

GRRM will die before he finishes asoiaf and LotR will continue to reign supreme.

Anonymous 02/01/16 (Mon) 22:20:01 No.323

>>162

Wheel of Time is my favourite series. Hard to believe that its story only takes place over the course of three years.

Anonymous 02/02/16 (Tue) 03:21:48 No.336

>>323

I'm starting the fifth book and Rand seriously gets on my nerve.

I would gladly put a collar on Moiraine, if you know what I mean

Anonymous 02/02/16 (Tue) 06:56:50 No.340

>>336

He gets a little better. Him turning into an asshole as he gains power is actually a plot point, and it gets rectified when he has this fact thrown in his face.

I know exactly what you mean Those books were how I found out that BDSM was a thing I regret nothing