/lit/ - Literature

>>22817537
As I said, this was before it became a huge phenomenon, even MCU popularized it around the globe.
To be more specific, the entirety of the Cosmere takes place within a dwarf galaxy, within different star systems. Mistborn takes place on Scadrial; Stormlight on Roshar; Elantris on Sel; etc. There was Adonalsium--an entity comparable to 'God'--and a weapon to surpass Metal Gear which caused The Shattering, splintering Adonalsium into 16 fragments. These fragments are/were held by people and the nature of a Shard can influence the individual holding it. Shit happens and here we are without tangenting.

>>22563579
A laugh and a half. If only.
>>22563656
Yev/reviewanon isn't me, and I've lost a lot of my interest in the Cosmere, mainly due to the fact that it'll never be completed. I read Tress and thought it was formulaic. I never finished my reread of The Last Metal. I didn't know this was out but I'll get to it eventually.
>>22563862
It is and it is. We've been supposed to get an Official Chronology for a long time now.
>>22564358
Around... sometime after book 3? Brando had his editor/yes-man do calculations involving how fast Kaladin would have to accelerate in order to break orbit. Who knows what will come of it.
>>22563776
>>>/vrpg/ has regular threads for online CYOAs, for what it is worth.
>>22565848
There's a Brando quote in which he agrees with someone that there's a teeny tiny chance of KalxSyl.
>>22566140
>>22566886
>Mistborn: Ghostbloods, the third trilogy, will be set in the early computer age with 1980s technology. The main character is planned as a Terris woman who is a computer programmer and Nicroburst;
https://coppermind.net/wiki/Mistborn_(series)#Era_3:_Ghostbloods_Trilogy

>https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/93382-plurality-representation/
>https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/93789-shallan-is-even-more-cringe-than-before/

>>17258427
>consistent
He displayed noticeable improvement at one point (compare some of his mid-entry works to titles like Elantris) yet has receded back into comfortable repetitive filler (filling?) nonsense. His short stories are among his best entries; his overall works wildly inconsistent. Compare the scope of SA1/2 to SA3/4.
>I am also the only person that likes the second Mistborn series more then the first
Not hard to do when Mistborn Era 2 has some of his few better characters, Wayne being his best, and his writing somehow isn't mostly insulting tedium.
Mistborn Era 1 has retarded shit like Zane, and Mare's death still being RAFO because hurr plot point fuck you Sanderson

>finally started Dawnshart last night
>preparing for the hibernation and marathoning of Rhythm if I'm ever gonna get it done
Since I've read that the magitech is ramped up, I'm fully expecting every other chapter of Rhythm to now be
>WELL CHECK OUT THIS NEAT THING WE BUILT
>...BUT THE IMPLICATIONS IMPLY OTHERWISE
Idk I like magitech when I understand it.

>>16788163
https://mega.nz/file/mldREApL#xS9PHUZysQ2CsGjhfn4ZM44HqwFVLpYFUc2sPjsr0Qo
Enjoy Rhythm of War. Don't spoil it for us who aren't getting around to it yet.

>tfw not very excited
It could be any day once the e-book is leaked. If fucking Wintersteel is out days early, this will be.

I hope Dalinar shits in Odium's mouth.

>>16755241
I feel a lot of the book will be setup for Book 5 since that's the big midway break book.
>>16755852
Post a link.
>>16756574
Time Out of Joint by PKD.

>>16353687
Mistborn's Hero of Ages prophecy was well-done.

I'm about to finish this shit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XZDZWG3 it's the first fantasy/mild-litRPG/advancement/etc. thing I've found where the litRPG element is unknown, i.e., the characters don't know anything about why the 'World Seed' controls the world, remark upon how certain quest rewards are better than others so it's obviously streamlining people into specific courses of action, not a video game or VR (or if it is, the 'players' aren't aware), etc. I've actually been interested in finding something like this so it was only a matter of time. The writing is decent although weirdly graphic/sexual at times. Probably worth a read for its distinctness in the genre.

Afterward, I'll start the Kobalos trilogy with its short story prequel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GUSEGW
I've almost hit my yearly book goal so I think I'll continue the trend of increasing it by +10.

How come books don't incorporate the reader into meta and mindfuck me the way VNs do?

What filth do I read next?

>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B611KQK
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019WTMZTI
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q34YWTC

>>15325006
Newfaggotry like always. A small group of children can and will ruin any discussion or community they target.

>don't shit up the general!
>responding to it in the first place and partaking in it
Can Discordniggers and underage newfag wastes of sperm stay in their safe bubbles? Discord garbage should have never been in the OP.
Shoot your parents so they don't make the mistake of reproducing again, then shoot yourselves.

I started the first book of the Mage Errant series, Into the Labyrinth, yesterday and finished it just a bit ago. It had a rough start (i.e., poor bumpkin MC gets bullied by rich noble kid) but it turned into a surprisingly fun journey. Pacing was decent, no overuse of forced jokes, and the chemistry between the main characters feels natural. I'll continue with the rest of the series for now.
I'll probably end up finally dropping Regicide (Book 2 of The Completionist Chronicles) because I started it around two months ago and am not even halfway. I like the concept but I don't think I like the writing enough to continue.

>>14478764
The rest of the mainline Dragonlance books are fine although the Mira plot stretched on a bit too long for my taste. The books hold up well.

SOMEONE DISCUSS UNCROWNED WITH ME
I ENJOYED MOST OF IT BUT BOY SURE FELT LIKE 3/4TH OF A FUCKING BOOK

>want to read something else to get a break from Desolate Era
>not that interested in the other few titles I have on my Kindle right now in regards to xianxia/litRPG
>go back to DE because I'm still only 34% through it
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>13597631
I don't discuss politics. Don't drag me into this.

>reading book
>character is introduced
>by riding the dick of some dead dude
>talks about her sex cravings (she's a demigod and they all have themes)
>left hundreds of millions of sex toys lying around over the eons from penis-shaped smoothed rocks to hardened loaves of bread
wew

>>13278088
Recently I finished Edge of Eons, a self-published diamond dozen Western wuxia-type deal. It had well writing in some parts, other parts were trope-y (one character always has a grin, etc.) but the main character is written well enough. The story involves a police officer getting killed and isekai'd to Eon, a world of cultivation due to a dragon god calling in people from "other realms" to fight for him. The story is definitely average, and gets better as it goes along but plateaus. The finale isn't too bad and the epilogue is nice (very short PoV from the town MC & Friends are traveling to of another police officer MC knew who randomly disappeared years previously). One thing that aggravated me was the lack of consistency regarding pronouns, i.e., sometimes uppercase and sometimes lowercase.

>https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Eons-Cultivation-Novel-Archives-ebook/dp/B07R5JK32T

A few days back, I finished Towers of Heaven. It was definitely litRPG to the max but the stat screens weren't too obtrusive. Involves MC going back in time to try and save the world, isn't deus ex machina'ing everything yet--just seems to know where to train and how to train effeciently, which is nice. However the underlying plot is fucking boring so far and it's overall a mediocre read. Shame to see the concept squandered so.

>https://www.amazon.com/Towers-Heaven-Book-Cameron-Milan-ebook/dp/B07QH93BMR/

>~84% through Underlord
>guess I'm going back to Coiling Dragon after that
>tfw no One Piece this week
I'm pretty gosh darn high and I'm tempted to blaze (ha ha) right through the finale. I'm about to start the Mercy infodump chapter and I know shit is GOING DOWN at the end with Mercy getting hurt to trigger whatever ooga booga bad-thing-for-the-enemies, and the double advancement of Lindon (more like Linley amirite) and Yerin
>tfw more excited for Underlady Yerin than Underlord Lindon
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I am 80% through Battle Mage. For the most part--as generic of a tale as it somewhat is--the writing is certainly tolerable. Aside from some rather oft-repeated isms (nodding, bowing, etc.), the descriptions and prose tend to be immersing.

Afterwards, I suppose I'll focus on finishing Book 2 of Coiling Dragon while alternating between that, a handful of chapters of Desolate Era a day, and whatever book I focus on next. Maybe I'll finish Darkest Revenge if I can find the interest, or start the first Cradle book.

>>13001447
>What are you reading?
Runeforged, about to finish it at around 90%. I downloaded SO MUCH FUCKING borderline wuxia shit last night FUCK I don't even know where to begin next.
>When was the last time you went to a library?
Last week when I was presenting my master's thesis data at a student conference, it was fun and anyone doing research was invited to attend.
>Do we still need libraries in this day and age? Absolutely, knowledge--or our semblance of how accessible it is--should be open to all.

What is everyone's favorite visual novel?

>start reading Runeforged (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BKRGP9J))
>writing is tolerable but it's essentially not!Mistborn
hmm

>85% through The Crippled God
>a lot of stuff I was looking forward to seeing isn't happening and characters I thought would be involved/around aren't even mentioned
I don't know how to feel about this but I'm bracing myself for moderate disappointment and am curious to see if the epilogues solve this issue.

>>12829447
Annihilation was a great series before Cosmic Marvel shat the bed

>3 books behind schedule for the year because of fucking Malazan
fuck at least I've two books to go and my lonely depressed life of solitude allows me to get through a Malazan in a week and a half at a time