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>>21482002
There is no inherent difference between science fiction and fantasy. It is all speculative fiction and most writers of either end up writing both.
>>21482005
It is over Ms. Kuang. We are not reading it.
>>21482004
Even more reason not to read.

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>>21303791
Read slow. Yes, you might not read as many books as some pseuds, but at least you will enjoy them and even remember them. Those who speed read through book after book scarcely remember any details, if even the plot. Novels are works of art meant to be experienced, not ticked off.

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>>20769934
From left to right yes, I see it also
>R. Scott Bakker, best known for his Prince of Nothing trilogy
>Gene Wolfe, best known for the Book of the New Sun
>Frank Herbert, best known for the Dune series
>Tolkien, who wrote the Lord of the Rings

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>>20498638
>paperback bad because it spoils with use
That's the point.

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>>20466361
>Why yes, I am from Europe. How did you know?
>Mmm, yes. I'd like some unpasteurised cheese.

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>>20329883
Based and Tradition-pilled.

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>>19563764
The correct answer depends HIGHLY on what is it you have read.

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>>19534430
Yes, you were just a dumb cunt :D Better luck next year tho.

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>>19528588
I've yet to receive any evidence that reading anything written East of the Ural mountains is worth my time.

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Top 40 recommended authors and their works so far in /wsffg/ in descending order:

Gene Wolfe:
>Book of the New Sun
R. Scott Bakker
>The Second Apocalypse
Glen Cook
>The Black Company
>The Dread Empire
Frank Herbert
>Dune
David Eddings
>The Belgradiad
>Malloreon
>Elenium
Steven Erikson
>Malazan Book of the Fallen
J.R.R. Tolkien
>Lord of the Rings
Patrick Rothfuss
>The Kingkiller Chronicles
David Gemmell
>Legend
>Wolf in Shadow
Andrzej Sapkowski
>The Witcher
Robert E. Howard
>Conan the Cimmerian
Roger Zelazny
>The Chronicles of Amber
Jack Vance
>Dying Earth
>Lyonesse Trilogy
Joe Abercrombie
>The First Law
Isaac Asimov
>The Gods Themselves
Michael Moorcock
>Elric
Clark Ashton Smith
>Zothique
Robert Jordan
>The Wheel of Time
Ursula K. Le Guin
>The Left Hand of Darkness
William Hope Hodgson
>The Night Land
Fritz Leiber
>Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Scott Lynch
>Gentlemen Bastard
>The Lies of Locke
Raymond E. Feist
>The Riftwar Cycle
>Krondor's sons
John Norman
>Tarnsman of Gor
George R.R. Martin
>The Dying of the Light
>Game of Thrones
H.P. Lovecraft
>The Call of Cthulhu
Jim Butcher
>The Dresden Files
Brandon Sanderson
>Cosmere
Dunsany
>The Gods of Pegana
Stephen King
Mervyn Peake
>Gormenghast
Robin Hobb
>Realm of the Elderlings
Tad Williams
>Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
Sarah J. Maas
>A Court of Thorns and Roses
Jorge Luis Borges
Boris Strugatsky
>Roadside Picnic
Brian Catling
>The Vorth Trilogy
H.G. Wells
>Time Machine

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>>18200066
You can find more soulless stuff here
>>18200057

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>>18176329
>>18180709
Will add these to the list.

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