>the introduction is the author discrediting his own work

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>>8424042
Oh yeah, I hate when books are introduced in the introduction.

>>8424065
You are truly retarded.

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>The introduction is the author praising his own work

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>>8424076
Green text was so faint at the distance I read it at, that I thought it said "describing"
Seriously? What books have this? Never mind.

It's a shit thread anyway

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>>8424042
>introductions in anything but non-fiction

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>>8424155
>non fiction

>>8424042

Only Nietzsche did this well with Birth of Tragedy, describing the book's flaws as a product of his youth but still appreciating what value it held.

Made me like him quite a bit despite an aversion to the rest of his work.

>>8424152
Like Harlan Ellison?

>>8424065
>>8424154
TRIPFAG LEAVE PLS!!!!!!!!111!!!1!!

>>8424585

Unca Harlan just knows that his own persona is just as much what people buy his books for as the stories themselves. I doubt he would parade his stories in his introductions like he does if that wasn't the case.

>>8424152
I do this

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>>8424042
>introduction does a good job of providing the historical context of the work and adds lots of cool details about the author and book.

>>8424620
this

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>author dedicates the book to his mum

>>8424779
>philosopher dedicates the work to his mom
>it becomes highly influential