/lit/ - Literature

>>20841917
>I was going to mock you for this sentiment but then I remembered you were writing fiction.
This is very important desu, fiction is written not only to explore interesting scenarions and ideas, but also for escapism into a better world. Reading books where women act like people, have their own lifes and goals...it's a calming, downright meditative experience. The contrast with the real world is of course titanic, but writing this way simply makes for better fiction, that's just a fact. Not every books needs to be Bakker-stuff where women act like in real life (I didn't read it, but schizos spam it enough for me to catch the general mood of that story).

What are the best books for reaching a broad overview of ottoman history?

Combat Edition

Which do prefer to read about, single combat, dogfighting, army battles, or fleet battles?
Who writes the best combat scenes?
Have you ever taken a fencing/boxing/etc./martial arts class?

Monthly Reading for October: Sword in the Storm (The Rigante, #1) by David Gemmell

FANTASY
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Flowchart:
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SCIENCE FICTION
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General:
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NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
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SF&F author listing with ratings and summaries:
http://greatsfandf.com/authors-full-list.php

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>All assumptions. The time wasted by the reader is time they choose to waste freely, why should GRRM care?
They don't choose to waste it. Again, they wouldn't have read it to begin with if the assumption was that it's just as likely it wouldn't get finished. Again, you're retarded for thinking it's somehow 50-50 and they should've known it could go either way.
>And GRRM never said he doesn't plan to finish it, he's contractually obligated to do so (not to their fans, but to its editorial house). He just doesn't have to do so out of some kind of debt to its consumers.
He won't finish it though. The fact that he blogs about it every blue moon and releases a chapter every few years means next to nothing. His actions speak louder than his words. He's consumed with all sorts of things apart from ASoIaF, which he insists he can only write at home, yet makes no particular effort in staying there, not to mention focusing on it.
Had he been committed, truly committed, he would've prioritized it and gotten it done with, instead of focusing on getting stupid prequels done or whatever the hell else.
There's a world of difference between not having time to do something, dying suddenly despite your efforts, or prioritizing something that has greater importance even if others can't see it yet. This isn't the case with GRRM. He's doing almost ANYTHING so long as it isn't putting out ASoIaF. Blogging. Sports. Wildcards. Foodie shit. Conventions. Travel. Advertising shows and books.
>What an absolutely puerile attack.
>h-hes not an artist because I don't like him
He's not an artist though. I mean you can use that word broadly, but GRRM is definitely an unoriginal craftsman that spends the majority of his time trying to profit from his work, as every other ad blog post he makes shows very well.