/lit/ - Literature

Soulcatcher a waifu
Rothfuss a cuck, apparently?

Yes and sandafag a hack

>>12736182
>>12736201
Your reverse psychology did not work.

>>12736209
What is the greatest fantasy epic of all time gents?

Don't say Malazan, for the love of Hood

>>12736246
The Lord of Light

>>12736246
Masters of Rome

>>12736358
die in a fire

>>12736403
calm down, Nero

>>12736358
epic meme

>>12736246
Saga of Recluce is the only thing close to traditional epic that I actually like

Dragonbone chair did seem good but I broke my kindle like 400 pages in and can't bring myself to start again

You are all talking about actual books, but I am just here waiting for birdboi to post something.

rec me something where a protagonist gradually learns magic or whatever without going to a school or having a wise old master

>>12736403
t. Nero

Any opinions on The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks? I'm in the middle of Shadow's Edge after getting the 10th Anniversary Edition of the trilogy. It's definitely not excelling at anything but it's not terrible. I'd like to hear some others thoughts, though God only knows why I'm asking /lit/

>>12736511
It's escalating power fantasy with magic ninjas. You know what you got yourself into.

Why is Malazan so popular, around here? Erikson's pretty imaginative, I'll give him that, but his prose is unbearable.

>>12736542
Sounds like Naruto.

>>12736511
It is garbage. I usually can enjoy pretty much any novel in the genre, at least a bit, but The Night Angler is pure irrational, self-insert shit with generic worldbuilding, stupid and cliche characters and the only interesting plot point was not being developed.

>>12736246
Gormenghast or Latro in the Mist

>>12736559
Night angel is worse than part 1 naruto but better than shippuden.

>>12736544
I like how the ascendants are all huge dorks put in serious roles.

>made the last 2 threads about fantasy
>fantasy is for losers
???

tfw no red head mute loli gf

>>12736643
why not make it disabled no limbs paralyzed mute blind loli red head gf

You guys are always talking shit about authors and books, so can you go ahead and post what books do u love please?

>>12736702
lurk more and dont post for another 5 years

>>12736702
Lord of the Rings
Black company first book

>>12736702
Conan is my spirit animal.

>>12736702
The Aspect Emperor
Prince of Nothing
Broken Empire

some of Tolkien's stuff is great, The Hobbit in particular

>>12736209
Lest we forget what we're reading this month.

Good science fiction which doesn't involve peril, death, sex or men fighting?

Who's the best edgy prick of a main protagonist since Elric? Asking for a friend.

>>12736702
merchant princes, Vorkosigan saga, stainless steel rat

>>12736544
It's World Building: the Series. I will give you that he gave exponentially more attention to former, but it's not like Malazan is badly written.

>but his prose is unbearable.
What can I say? Taste will be taste. Some can't stand Cook's prose in Black Company for being too terse and skipping over epic battles they want to read about, apparently.

>>12736914
Didn't know that. Don't need to read it though, did plenty of times.

i got owned

>>12736919
>Elric
>edgy

What gave you that impression?

>>12736722
>>12736739
>>12736758
>>12736921
Thank you!, I'm glad to see what u guys enjoy.

>>12736544
Gardens is barely readable

>>12736932
commit sudoku

>>12736914
so here I am being a good boy and reading the black company, but then raven appears. is he an insufferable gary stu he comes across as or is there more to it? reference for where I am in the book - company rickrolled the limper with the shapeshifter's help.

>>12736935
>What gave you that impression?
Reading the Elric books.

>>12736919
Jorg from Broken Empire. Rapes and kills for the lolz.

>>12736945
lol it got recommended because of Nine Princes in Amber, Assassin's Apprentice and Good Omens

That's a terrible fucking fit

just finished the original space marine, that hit me emotionally more than it should have done

>>12736919
Thomas Covenant

>>12736948
>is he an insufferable gary stu he comes across as or is there more to it?
I don't remember if his skills (good with weapons, tracking) were explained in later books, but in first book his is stu ish, though perhaps mentally stunted one.

>>12736948
Raven is actually one of the more layered characters, but his history is largely unexplored in the first book and he keeps up the tough guy act throughout. You'll have to keep reading but he's definitely not perfect.

>>12736958
>Nine Princes in Amber
Dara a waifu
but yeah, terrible fit

>we got Lady instead of Soulcatcher as the main waifu
not fair!

>>12736544
I mean, what are your modern fantasy choices?

>>12736942
Indeed. so amateurishly written its painful.
Deadhouse Gates was an improvement, tho

>>12736948
He gets cucked pretty hard

going through books trying to find new stuff to read and I keep finding descriptions like this
>An ancient weapon has completely destroyed the Androfrancine city of Windwir. From many miles away, Rudolfo, Lord of the Ninefold Forest Houses, sees the horrifying column of smoke rising. He knows that war is coming to the Named Lands.


bitch how the fuck is anyone gonna read your book when the promotion is just a list of names and titles

>>12737037
It's a fantasy staple, anon.

>>12737044
its still something the smart publishers and writers have moved on from

>>12736919
Sula from Masters of Rome
>has a twink bf
>murders his sugar mommy
>shoves his fist down his step daughters throat for refusing to marry his choice
>betrays his master
>slaughters lefties

>>12736919
KEW's Kane is basically a straight up villain (though he does have the odd story or two where he's not completely villainous). KEW described him as, "not a sword and sorcery hero; he is a gothic hero-villain from the tradition of the Gothic novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries."

any sci fi novel you've read with the "so bad it's good" trope?

>>12736971
Raven: no sense of right and wrong.

>>12737062
Matildas Stepchildren

>>12736475
The sœyboy anger has scared him off. Everyone liked birdboi save one lifeless loser.

lmao

>>12737123
Don't act like you've not done this.

>>12737123
What kind of erotica do you anons read?

>>12737123
I don't get it.

>>12737136
>>12737134
>>12737123
our boy got what they were looking for

>>12736544
It wasn't,but in the last few threads some anons keep talking about it.

>>12737051
Is this basically this but in fantasy form?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_Is_Right

Because if so, it sounds like a pretty amusing read.

>>12737004
Broken Empire and The Aspect Emperor are probably my top picks. Solid series, both.

any other people who really liked the first law trilogy? pic related is probably my favorite book of all time. on my second re-read right now and enjoying it more than ever.

>>12737231
Ever read KJ Parker? He does similar plots much better imo (I don't like first law tho I can see why people do)

>>12737231
It's fucking awful and you should feel bad. dge for the sake of it and ebin deconstructions.

>>12737140
riclo cleaerly doesnt know how to download the files porperly.
you stop after the filename and doont include the info bit and the size.

>>12737140
someone is actively seeking out terry goodkind's writing

>>12737247
oh, I thought the funny bit would be about the gay erotica

>>12737221
No not really though REH's Conan is closer to that sorta stuff with the 'Barbarism is superior to Civilization' theme.

What are people's thoughts on God's War by Kameron Hurley. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9359818-god-s-war?ac=1&from_search=true

>>12737231
>Dude,grimderp with fantasy hulk,lmao

>>12737267
>that cover
>"nyx"
>Kameron
I'd never think to read it lol

>>12737123
Which program is that? I forget this.

>>12737281
soulseek

Reminder Daenerys is a Blackfyre and Aegon is a Blackfyre.

Rec me some long epic fantasy series
>inb4 malazan,WoT and sanderfag

>>12737302
Reminder that ASOIAF sucks donkey balls and you should stop talking about it.

>>12737302
>Reading ASoIaF
ISHYGDDT

>>12737302
Reminder that Martin dropped the ball on the Myrish swamp and now only fanfics will save us (unless cersei gets another chance in those last two books). Why do writers half ass the porn parts...

reminder that the Hound didn't die, and is an acolyte with the monks on that island monastery or some shit

>>12737095
>>12736475
I am still here but I am not doing lots of updates because I do not want to bog down the thread. If people have questions I can still answer them.

Anybody read Black Leopard Red Wolf yet or is the whole negro author thing a deal breaker. I highly recommend it

>>12737281
that's just #ebooks on irc

“Mordermi need not know. He has not been my first lover, nor will he be my last. I’m no austere maiden like my sainted sister.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Conan protested, knowing that if matters went any further his passions would override his ethics. “Mordermi is my host and my friend. I’ll not cuckold him in his own house.”

Based Conan isn't into that degenerate liberal bullshit.

>>12737497
I like James but I saw the long name list at the start and decided to read other books first

Who's the most despised fantasy writer on /sffg/? Do a poll maybe?

>>12737449
Fuck off you stupid cunt. You’re not wanted.

>>12737538
No you fuck off

>>12737529
Outside of contrarian reaction to acclaimed writers its probably scalzi because he pisses off the politics autists and he actually sucks as a writer

>>12737449
How many books are you planning?

>>12737449
>don't want to bog down the thread
mate between sanderfag poster and master of rome anon idk how much you'd bog it down

>>12737680
I mean all it would be is me rambling about speculative biology, cartography, and such things. I could talk about characters as well.

>>12737670
I doubt I will ever finish it but when I look through all my notes and ideas it would be roughly 14 conflicts in the entire Continuation War. This would be around 32 books. It technologically spans an era from the late renaissance to roughly 200 years into our own future.

>>12736511
Its grimdark and edgy, and many things the characters did were cringey.

It was a fun ride though, not everything has to be a life changing epic or be meaningful. It was popcorn fantasy and if I was in the mood I would read something like it again.

>>12736511
weeks is a fine enough author until you hit the point in each series that he decides he wants to a) be edgy and b) have twists and reveals

both fall apart from then on

>>12737747
>32 books
>500 year period
Jesus Christ.

>>12737963
21 books 1800 year period has already been done tbf so you have to amp up one way or the other

>>12737978
>>12737963
Any other examples of series that are pure fantasy worlds that transition from fantasy to sci-fi like what Birdboi is planning?

>>12737997
he's just ripping off mistborn isn't he?

>>12738053
Is he? How are they similar?

Just finished The Boats of the Glen Carrig. Definitely recommend even though a lot of Hodgson's nautical horror is a rehash of DudE tHe WeEdS LmAo

>>12738084
It isn't really, and from what Birdboi says The Continuation War dwarfs basically everything in scope.

>>12736702
The Vorrh series, Empty Space trilogy, Shriek: An Afterword, Sisyphean

Are the prequel Malazan books shite or decent?

>>12736217
He's a white liberal. This actually makes him worse than a cuck, he's a sort of ur-cuck who despises his own people and nation so deeply that it is not merely enough that he allows himself to be cucked, he must facilitate the cuckoldry of his entire race. He is a sort of cuck-networker, a cuck-promoter, a necessary cuckevil, the Vince McMahon of cucks. So great is his desire for there never to be another redhead or woman with blue eyes in the world that he will champion any amount of dysgenic immigration. So great is his loathing for diversity and feature that he would erase every color from the human race save the dull brown of the Hindoo.

Oh yes. He is a traitor not only to his own race, but in fact to the very concept of mankind. To every man who has ever smelled the red hair of a girl, or stared into green eyes during sex, the white liberal would rob you of that. He would ensure that your grandchildren had only brown eyes to stare into. He would ensure that all hair is black and tighly curled. No fair skin, no tawny locks, no gray eyes. No diversity at all.

Fortunately thanks to the miracle of Roe vs Wade, the next generation of white liberals currently resides in the dumpster behind your local Planned Parenthood. Good riddance I'd say.

>>12737997
Shannara by Terry Brooks
Darksword by Margaret Weis
There are few more series that do that but i'm retarded and can't remember them

>>12737449
Hey Birdboi, what are your politics so I can know if you're yikes-tier?

>>12738265
>the next generation of white liberals currently resides in the dumpster behind your local Planned Parenthood
Kek, I swear I've seen you post this exact phrase before

>best evil demi-goddess waifu coming through

Is the Black Company actually good?

>>12738287
I'll stop posting it when it stops being funny.

Help! I'm getting suckered into the Tolkienverse again!

>>12738352
Yea. Especially if you like evil demi-goddess waifus.

>>12738358
Why do these people look like Batman villains?

>>12738398
To let plebs know money they earn goes towards financing something unattainable; profound sense of alienation will keep their repartee on the level of pure spectacle; no one will storm the gated communities via Force Brute rd.

>>12738265
Actually blew some water through my nose. Well done.

>>12738265
Unironically based, 100% redpilled

>>12738385
>>12738352
It's good in a punchy "Vietnam but medieval" sort of way, but it suffers from what I might call "criminally unlikable protagonists" syndrome.

There is not a single likable character in the main cast. Every single one of the named characters deserves to die, the only question is how painfully.

>>12737231
>a needlessly long exposition dump is his favourite book
kek

>>12738520
Really? I like rooting for scumbags.

>>12738520
Goblin and One Eye are adorable.

>>12736683
>no limbs
/lit/ is a foot board, pleb

>>12736209
What happened to Alastair Reynolds? Why is he writing childish shit now?
I cannot fucking believe the same man who wrote Revelation Space and Chasm City is churning out crap like Slow Bullets and Blue Remembered Earth. Fuck!

>>12738520
Nah mate you're wrong. Don't tell me they're unlikable when they do shit like go out of their way to turn back and warn some villagers to get the fuck out of dodge before they're interrogated and killed.

>>12737957
I'm still waiting for Book 5 in Lightbringer
where the fuck did demonology come from in this goddamn series about people using gay rainbow magic

>>12738631
>What happened to Alastair Reynolds? Why is he writing childish shit now?

capitalism lol, bills don't pay themselves

>She is the last hope of good in the war against the evil sorceress known as the Lady. From a secret base on the Plains of Fear, where even the Lady hesitates to go, the Black Company, once in service to the Lady, now fights to bring victory to the White Rose. But now an even greater evil threatens the world. All the great battles that have gone before will seem a skirmishes when the Dominator rises from the grave.
I thought Lady was the heroine?

Is this shit any good? Popped up on amazon.

>>12738675
traveler's gate is anime. His next series Cradle is chinkshit. If you've watched enough anime or read enough chinkshit you won't care.

>>12738696
never read chinkshit before, only heard memes about cultivation, sell me on it

>>12738714
They start off as decent time wasters. Of course that only lasts for so long. After reading a few you'll never want read one again because they're all the same shit.

>>12738728
I meant sell me on cradle in particular

>>12738737
Western Chinkshit. There's not much to say. The first book was terrible. The second book was okay and I haven't gotten around to reading the rest. Maybe it's because I already read chinese webnovels before that I have a lukewarm impression of it. Just try it and see if you like it I guess.

>>12738737
one of the appendices of at least one book is memes about the series, written by the author

>>12738798
what the fuck

Thoughts on The Illuminatus Trilogy? I got it as a gift almost a year ago because someone picked it at random and I haven't cracked it open yet.

>>12738935
I tried reading it a few years ago but it wasn't for me, it's just too weird

>>12738737
It’s YA wuxia. Which means lots of pill popping to increase your strength. It’s pretty enjoyable, for what it is, but it doesn’t really take off till the second book, when the best character shows up.

>>12738959
>best character
who?

what's the appeal of chinkshit?

>>12738967
Eithan

>>12739057
I'll keep an eye out for him I guess.

>chinkshit
what did he mean by this?

>>12738983
popcorn novels. Decent timesinks. They can't write for shit but the strength progression is fun

>>12738631
>/lit/ is a foot board, pleb
No we are not you cunny fag >>>/tv/

Imagine Nynaeve's hairy arsehole

>>12736942
When I first picked up GotM I thought, "oh, great, another shit 'epic' series", and told myself I would finish the novel and be done with the series. But by the time I finished it, I was hooked, and I'm glad because the series only gets better.

>>12738358
Why are those 2 old women looking at Kristen's butt and smirking?

>>12738675
The entire trilogy is free this weekend only. Grab it while you can.
https://www.willwight.com/a-blog-of-dubious-intent/underlord-one-week-later

>>12737062
>Stranger in a Strange Land
>Enders Game
>Speaker for the Dead

Not exactly "so bad it's good", just some of the worst sci fi ever written, which is tough to do

>>12738650
I think weeks is trying to pull a martin/ rothfuss/ lynch. They were successful is giving people delayed gratification for years, and Weeks wants to join the crew.

>>12737309
Book of the Fallen

>>12739178
that doesn't explain SUDDENLY DEMONS
I really don't understand why suddenly this had to turn into SMT/Persona/any other fucking JRPG where there's attempts on God's existence.

>>12738798
>look at me
>i'm the monarch now

>>12739187
I was talking about book 5 never coming. It got delayed three times already.

>>12737529
Everyone here hates Martin because he broke through the fantasy fandom into the mainstream. Plus, his series is really well thought out, with great characters and plot, and fun to read, so naturally /lit/ is going to run him through the mud

>>12738800
Think of it like a bloopers reel.

>>12737529
I dont browse too often, but if its not Goodkind then this general is a waste of time

>>12739199
I mean, at least he had the decency to split it up into five books instead of the intended 4, rather than give us a rushed shitshow
well, it's still a bit of a rushed shitshow, but not as bad as it could have been.

>>12737529
Badkind

>>12739209
martin rules he's a horror writer who cashed in on one epic fantasy series so him and his mates could carry on publishing their superhero rp stories forever

This fag released another trash heap, and I'm sure it ends without answering questions it put forward at the start of the book. Like it did with the last one.

>>12736209
Got through the first five WoT books and am starting Lords of Chaos. When do these books get bad? Nynaeve travelling with the circus was really lame, but so far I haven't seen any of the plot slowdown people complain about.

>>12739287
Books 7-9

>>12737963
Sandersons cosmere is gonna be like 40 or something and he's already in his early 40s

>>12739209
You are very stupid.

>>12737997
Mistborn seems to be planning it, after the Wax and Wayne stuff finishes up there's gonna be a series set in the far future.
Which is probably going to have to wait until after shit gets dealt with in Stormlight because afaik Wax and Wayne takes place around the same time as Stormlight and whatever happens to the Shards on Roshar will have big consequences for Harmony.

>Sanderson
>Sci-Fi
The man can barely write fantasy.

What are some fantasy books with an interracial main couple? Pic related.

>>12739209
Still haven't gotten past book 3, eh?

>>12739544
Read them all, including a knight of the seven kingdoms and fire and blood. I love asoiaf, idk why thats such a controversial position on this board, considering what other anons recommend

>>12738650
>>12739178
Breeks has already finished writing the Burning White, he's just having it edited

>>12737231
>>12736919
>elr
>>12736956
Remeber that he alt right have a search and destroy campaign out on Moorcock
any brightbart posters might just be anti Moorcock
who cres if Elric is or isnt edgy
Just read Elric and any Moorcock yes he is dated but also he is a true originator
and possibly the best Science Fiction writter ever
and a better typer and woritter than me
He was involved woth Hawkwind
the alt right must hate them
silence the hippy
alt right freedom of speech is supression of Moorcock

>>12739559
people on this site have a severe lack of actual critical analysis skills in general, everything is either shit or the best thing ever. combine that with being contrarian and hating on "genre fiction" to fit in and you have your answer.
not saying asoiaf is the best thing ever (Martin is better suited to short stories than long series, even the Dunk & Egg stories are better than the main series), but the people who say that it's outright shit are likely younger and haven't read a lot of books to begin with. they're like people who claim that Dark Souls and Skyrim are shit.

>>12739241
Why are you still reading the series and on Book 4 if you didn't like the rest??

>>12739632
Skyrim is pretty shit.

>>12739169
It's free everyday anon

>>12739643
not really, I'd even argue that mechanically Oblivion is worse because of its busted leveling system and weird design choices. Skyrim's base game was pretty well optimized on release (for a bethesda game) and works as intended for the most part, and the main story is better and more interesting even if they fucked Alduin's lore up.
putting personal opinions aside, Skyrim is an entirely playable and functional game.

>>12739632
>Dunk & Egg stories are better than the main series
I completely disagree here, but thank you for the response
>>12739643
Skyrim has everything you could want in a game, unlike Oblivion which places you in a dull world and punishes you for following the main quest. I cant speak on Morrowind because ive never played it, but Skyrim was a near perfect adventure rpg

Reading pic related. Might be the best Culture book i've read so far?
>Dunk & Egg stories are better than the main series
Nah, Martin will redeem himself, just wait and see.

>>12736511
I read Brent Weeks’ first black prism book and it was one of the worst things I’ve ever read. The overall story was good but the execution and prose was a disaster. It really shows that he was a bartender before he started writing

/sffg/, I think I need to put this story down and work on something else. The world and core idea have some potential and I'm a lot closer to finding a solution than I used to be, but ultimately I don't think this is something I'm capable of solving alone. Frankly it might be easier to write other stories and hope I can eventually talk a better author into Good Omens-ing it with me.

>>12739517
The Golem And The Jinni is pretty good. It's both inter-racial and inter-species, although their romantic status is a bit ambiguous

>>12736702
First dragon lance trilogy
Cradle books
The emperors blades
Curse of chalion
Memory, sorrow and thorn
Some of robin Hobbs works
Licidious trilogy

>>12738675
I enjoyed it a lot. Cradle is good too

>>12739642
I stopped at book 3(which I thought was the end because of the length). It gave more questions than answers by the end. And tried too many convoluted plots within plots. Had to drop the series.

I was just letting fags know he still publishing this shit.

>>12739287
Starts at 7 and ends at around 10. 7 is by far the worst, the rest are okay. There's a lot of slog but there are quite a few major events as well. Also, Mat peaks in these books so if you enjoy Mat you'll get through the other sloggy parts no problem.

>>12739565
Editing it for 3 fucking years plus? He even pushed back publishing at least twice.
That tight pussy part 2 better be worth the wait.

>>12736702
My 3.5-4.5 list.

>>12740211
what story?

>>12740304
>tight pussy
I fucking forgot about this, this and the "yeah the short elves die giving birth to human babies" thing made me question Brent's fetishes.

>that killing intent feel when redshits and visitors take your memes to facebook
I must see blood.

>>12740342
What?

>>12740331
I think he was trying to open the legs, and tight walls, of someone with real life tight pussy syndrome. He did it as a show of faith to show he was serious about giving her the dick. And would find a way to plant his dick.

>>12740349
I saw a few memes I made here over the years end up on failbook

>>12740368
...No, no I remember now, Tisis is basically his IRL Wife, who apparently had the same weird tight pussy condition.

>>12740379
He's married?
Man what I wouldn't give for an older mommy gf with the pussy of an eternal virgin teenager.

>>12740321
the one I've been shitposting about for three years now. At the moment, the version I have figured out is a mixture of Alice in Wonderland and Annhilation with painfully animesque elements, starring a character who's basically edward elric except that instead of being genius at alchemy he's a genius at cooking.

I've got a good portion of the plot down – which is a damn sight more than I've had for years – but a lot of my plot elements don't really fit together well and I don't really have any villain I'm happy with.

I'd do better just writing a different story.

>>12740322
wow, Something More Than Night isn't something I expected to see on a list here.

Has anyone else read it? I felt like I was the only one.

>>12740390
yeah, I'm a fag that reads the foreword and stuff, lemme get you the author's note:

>>12738675
That cover is dreadful even by fantasy standards.

>>12738935
It's boomer kino with hairy women

Is there anything remotely like homestuck out there in terms of scale, complexity, plot twists and action?

>>12740421
Why would anyone want to read a book that had this as an author's note...

>>12740845
>he says in the genre fiction thread

>>12740852
>he says this as if even cringier shit doesn't exist in every other literary genre

>>12740845
Obviously it was something that was pretty personal to him and he probably got sick of years of people thinking it was a joke, a weird fetish, some kind of misogynist snark, or a mean plot point.

>>12740900
Hi Brent

>>12740811
Worm

Needlessly wordy, underedited, stupid twists, a supermassive cast, teen drama, absurd escalation of stakes and scale et cetera

>>12741063
When I was a teenager I randomly got a 40k book from the library and it had a extended sequence about a assassin disguised as a genestealer pooping.

>>12737449
How much did you already write?
Worldbuilding may be your strenght but its useless without the skills to bind it all together.

Write birdboi. WRITE. It may take years until you are really good.

What are the factions again and maybe a short synopsis of the story u gonna do?

Love you birdboi

>>12737503
Based and primal-pilled
Cucks get the rope first

>>12741067
hahaha i have got to read these early 40k books

how the fuck did a series about a guy turning his dump into an energy bar and eating it become the most super-serious shit on earth. They should really just start interjecting that type of feel back into it.

>>12741051
already read it sadly.

I wish I had the kind of autism needed to write something like that

>>12737747
>renaissance

Wait ur saying the birds have guns n shiet?
Redpill me on avian bipedal warfare.

>>12738336
No that is eneduanna

>>12739236
That superhero shit from grrm suck so bad holy shit. Tranny superman. Yea no thanks cucklord.

>>12741094
Keep reading more books.

>>12739209
>fun to read
I thought GRRM was the most tiresome author I had ever read outside of people like Bronte and Dickens.

how would you go about filling a chapter of walking through darkness

also colors for a robe that are neat for white hair?

>>12741328
Burgundy

>>12737231

i liked those books
compfy

Tell me about Rothfuss, why is he a cuck?
Tell me about Morish cock, why does he hate Tolkien?

>>12741435
he wrote a self insert character that basically refuses to fuck any girl but is okay with loving a literal whore who gets passed around

>>12741484
I guess it's one of those cases of wanting to turn whore into a good girl?
Tbh, I wish there was more fantasy romance were protagonist seduces evil sorceress or some other vileness and brings her to his side.

>>12741546
It's not.

I'm interested in a series where evil sorceress gives up such great pussy that the mc becomes a despotic ruler.

>>12741561
This

>>12741561
That is also pretty good, frankly in either scenario I just want them to love each other.

>>12741561
Would be great if conan shacked up with Thalis?

>>12738240
Pretty good imo. I have not red esselmonts other stuff tho.

>>12740421
I read the authors note, but it said nothing about his wife. That's why I came up with the theory that he was trying to loosen some gril's tight walls.

>>12741328
>how would you go about filling a chapter of walking through darkness
Blindfold yourself then walk around your house for an hour then turn that experience into a chapter.

Recommend me books about petty immortals feuding with each other and using mortals as pawns.

Already read Amber.

>>12741435
>Tell me about Morish cock, why does he hate Tolkien?
He's a leftshit and they hate anyone who isn't also a leftshit that writes leftshit shit.

>>12741075
>implying your loose slut wife isn't the one to approach and coerce strangers to fuck her cause you can't satisfy her
You cuckold are really a piece of work. You blame everyone else except your stacey wife for being a whore who can't stay faithful. You put your slut wives on a pedestal and believe everything she says. It entertains me greatly when she finally divorces you and takes your hard earned life's work, while riding her new bf's dick.
mgtow

>>12742021
Broken Sword

>>12737231
It was decent but I've enjoyed arguably worse books a lot more, just something about it. There are parts and scenes in books that really hit the right note and are so incredibly satisfying, the First Law trilogy almost never did that for me though. First time seeing the Bloody Nine emerge was about the most excited I got, and the 2nd book was an absolute snoozefest aside from the North and Dagoska.

Scafloc Is too mean to his elf mommy.

>>12736643
tfw

Any fantasy books based around Celtic mythology or Celtic theming?

Are there any decent chink fantasy that isn't the standard Wuxia or Xianxia plot?

>>12742326
No.

>>12742319
Gemmell's Rigante series, Celts vs Romans in an alt world. Heroic fantasy.

>>12742326
Cradle? It's chinkshit written by a western author, it's inspired by wuxia/xianxia minus all the cringe.

>>12742319
Warlord Chronicles

>>12742326
no. wuxia is rooted in chinese history.
they actually refered to martial artists as cultivators of the body.
everything that happens in wuxia is basically what happened in chinese history. you know minus the super powers.
but the pill fuckery, medicinal herbs etc all happened in chinese history.
the chinks tough are very unimaginative. so all of their fiction includes their history with gods and supernatural things interspersed.
if you want chinkshit that isnt really a story at all you can try chink philosophy books.

My first Conan pastiche! Over halfway through this and it's been good up until now. Having previously read KEW's Bran Mak Morn pastiche Legion from the Shadows I would say Road of Kings has been the better written pastiche from him. Legion from the Shadows suffered from quite a bit of obvious padding (even though there was still some great stuff in there) whereas almost everything in Road of Kings so far feels important to the story and characters. Even though I haven't finished it yet I feel comfortable in recommending it for those anons who are fans of the original REH stories but haven't bothered to check out any of the pastiches yet; just so long as you keep in mind that KEW isn't REH, but he's definitely giving it his all in this book.

>>12742332
>>12742339
thanks

>>12742319
https://www.blackgate.com/2014/05/06/bard-by-keith-taylor/

>>12742062
The fuck is your problem. Suck dick much?

>>12742332
Gemmell is so comfy. Now revving up druss the legend and im sliding through the pages like a warn knife through butter.

>>12742319
Everworld has some Celtic gods.

>>12742332
Rigante series was my first foray into Gemmell. And even though he spends a lot of time on family and relationship shit you do end up caring for the characters a bit more than you normally would have in a Gemmell story.

>>12738336
>demi-goddess

It's funny because Ten Who Were Taken, and possibly even the Dominator who essentially had a huge flaw of being a narcissistic egomaniac, were arguably small time compared to horrors of history like Kina.

>>12742377
>Gemmell is so comfy
He really is. Just finished Quest for Lost Heroes, shit was a satisfying read.

>Protag magically gender swaps antag
>Bullies her (him) into becoming his ally
>They keep doing things previously established that only people with a extremely close bond should do together because of the level of trust required
>The currently ritual thing they're doing together resembles marriage
Oh no.

>>12741484
>refuses to fuck any girl
didn't read the second book, huh?

>>12742618
Hot, what book?

>>12742347

“And who carried them in and out of the forest?” Santiddio asked patiently.
Inizio’s scowl darkened. “An owl.”
“An owl?”
“That’s right. A big damn owl.”
“You mean like a carrier pigeon?” Santiddio pressed him.
“Like that. Flies at night, beats the door with its wings. Letter tied to its leg.”

Looks like J.K. Rowling ripped off Karl Edward Wagner.

>>12742369
I'm not attracted to men. So no, never sucked dick. And I never sucked another's man dick from my stacey gf's mouth, which just gave a bj to another guy either.

>>12742782
Are you allright bud?

>>12742806
Breddy gud, you?

>read the way of kings just to give sanderson a try as some lads had him in the stack/bookshelf threads here
>thought I would just finish it and be done
>understand the prose is subpar
>tfw read the whole thing in like a week and a half and now want closure for the series
>tfw basically signed up to read 10000 more pages of sandy """prose""" because I wanna see how this ends
I mean, I know a bunch of people who have read all of the game of thrones, which is just as bad if not worse because george is going to die before he finishes it. At least, thats how im rationalizing it to myself right now. H-help.

>>12742398
That's actually one of the things I liked most about those books. Usually I'm not one for the relationship stuff but I loved the way Gemmell handled it. Did you notice how almost every character changes drastically as the story progresses based on their life experiences? That kind of deep character development is almost unheard of in S&S/Heroic fantasy.

>>12742602
Pretty much liked every book I've tried that he's written except Hawk Queen. Maybe I would have liked Hawk Queen as well if I kept reading but I dropped it as soon as I realized the fem MC is the village bicycle and proud of it.

>>12742583
I don't think the Dominator was small time as much as he was so overpowered he never really NEEDED anything like finesse or guile which was what ultimately did him in. His magic was simply that powerful.

>Croker askes if Taken have/need friends
>Soulcatcher says "sometimes"
>all of this after describing "his" female forms
I was happy at that point, but my hopes were crushed...

>>12742925
We kept trying to tell you that Soulcatcher is shit. Not only is she a slut, she's a mentally unhinged bitch. Lady is objectively superior.

>>12742925
was soulcatcher ever explained?

>voices of the people she's killed aka actual SOUL catcher
>fractured mind where her original self only occasionally surfaces
>conclave of willing personalities chiming in with their expertise
>MAGIC, BITCH

>>12742940
Both of them are like that, I think Croker admits that it. I wish we got yandere one instead tho.

>>12742940
ARDATH, YOU BITCH

>>12742882
>That kind of deep character development is almost unheard of in S&S/Heroic fantasy.
Because it's usually not needed or wanted; at least for S&S. S&S, at it's purist, is all about action and forward momentum (and by action I don't mean just combat and battles; I mean things happening to move the story forward). When you spend too much time on character development it can really turn the story into a slog. All that being said I still enjoyed the Rigante books even if they're not more S&S-flavored like the Drenai books. I must have read the entire series half a dozen times.

>>12742960
A lot of the voices are people who made deals with her

>the past few threads
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC6q4tkTH-8
What happened?

>>12743019
MAGNA?

>>12742975
Lady might be a bitch, but she certainly isn't a slut though.

She took a final look about the sacred grove, at the spring and her hearth, at the giant elm wherein she had made her home a part of nature. Her eyes glowed with emotion, and her lips tightened as she gazed at the last upon the grave.
“I sought to find a sanctuary from the evil in our world. I found it here in the grove of Jhebbal Sag. I vowed never to leave this haven. But evil has revealed its presence to me even here, and I must break my vow to erase the shadow it has flung across the grove.”
“Afterward,” Santiddio said awkwardly, “you can come back to your grove and dwell here in peace.”
“Ah, no. I shall never return. Only once in the life of a soul is sanctuary revealed. Once renounced, it shall be forever lost.”

And now I'm sad.

>>12743050
Wouldn't call Soulcatcher one either.

Does the broken sword have a sequel?

>>12743036
CUM?

Strewn throughout the chamber with no more order than a child scatters her dolls about were human cadavers in every stage of decomposition. A mummy sprawled stiffly in a pile of tattered wrappings; its case was filled with a tangle of dried bones—some mineralized, others with shreds of red flesh. A shelf held a number of human fetuses, floating in preserving fluid. A beautifully articulated skeleton hung from a hook against the wall. Beside it hung some desiccated horror that desert winds had seared. A mass of charred bones had been dumped in a pile on the floor. Next to it lay something that Conan first thought was a lifelike doll, then saw that it wasn’t a doll.

>>12742166
He's in his rebellious age,when he grows up he's gonna be a good boy again

>>12742319
The Corum Series by Michael Moorcock

>But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question: What was Aragorn’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles?
How do you respond?

>>12742347
Based post

>>12742832
imagine following the meta for at least a decade and knowing this shit has 30+ more years and likely won't ever actually finish
haha

>>12743326
Shut the fuck up martin,go write your shitty capeshit stories (they are actually kinda fun)

>>12743104
No :(

>read First Law years ago and mildly enjoyed it
>start reading The Heroes for some reason
>couldn't stand any of it

>>12743326
The man himself btfo George before he was born.

>>12743397
Why did Tolkien think it was not worth it?

>>12743335
Thank you, my white friend. In fact I just finished the book and still very much recommend it for Conan fans. Even though its highs don't quite reach the same highs in KEW's other REH pastiche, Legion from the Shadows, it is by far better consistently written with very little discernible padding to stretch it out to novel length.

>>12743400
Probably because the man who fought in WW1 saw enough depressing shit irl unlike that fat fuck Martin who loves to masturbate himself over being "realistic and gritty" yet if he ever got put in any of those situations himself he'd die of a heart attack due to pure fear.

>>12743435
>implying there isn't plenty of "depressing shit" in Tolkien's works

What are some series that have a romance between a younger guy and an older woman?

>>12743515
Or mommy and son or aunt and nephew romance.

>>12743555
I'm not asking for fetishes or erotica, I'm asking for genuine romance anon.

>>12743589
I'm asking for both.

>>12743423
Nice,i like KEW so i'm gonna give it shot,the only conan pastiche i read where the ones by Sprague de Camp which were okay,his King Conan stories are cool if you want to see old conan trying to be a dad.

>>12742815
Yeah except some cuck faggot on lit is harassing me

>>12743515
>>12743555
>Or mommy and son
Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein and it's sequels is kino momcest

>>12742332
>>12742398
>get excited to start new Gemmell series
>audiobook narrator is a woman

>>12743671
Bruh I already informed you why you shouldn't be reading Hawk Queen in one of my posts.

>>12743671
Fuck thats diverse. #equality

>>12743643
I'd recommend KEW's Legion from the Shadows as well even with its flaws. It has a nice grim tone of horror throughout the entire story and his prose is particularly Howardian as fuck. But you should definitely read REH's Worms of the Earth first if you haven't already since Legion from the Shadows is basically a sequel to that story.

>>12743671
lol I didn't even know they had chick narrators for audiobooks. Which series is it?

>>12743515
>>12743555
The main antagonist of the Last Mythal Trilogy is a Elf Succubus milf and her half demon son,her nephew is a minor villain too
One of the main characters of Saga of the Skolian Empire has an oedipus complex and his mommy doesnt know and she just thinks he is very clingy

>>12743725
>doesn't know
Eh, what's the point, unless they do shag and become a couple later on.

>>12743725
>>12743737
Also, forget the complex thing. That's for pseuds like Freud.

>>12743515
Trysmoon saga

>>12743714
Rigante

WHAT IS THIS, A THREAD ON TIME? OH MY..

>>12743782
>>12743782
>>12743782
>>12743782
>>12743782
>>12743782

How does /lit/ feel about this book? I've been struggling to get through it. I've heard great reviews, but so far it seems like a libertarian circlejerk behind a thinly veiled plot. I feel that the character interactions are very unrealistic and the sotry's pace is choppy at best. The only thing I've found interesting so far is the narrative structure and even that is losing its luster.

tl;dr I'm halfway through, is it worth it to keep reading this memebook?

>>12743515
Trymoon saga
The stand by Stephen king
And pic related
It's rare to get mommy books.

>>12743714
>being this stupid
>books with female mcs should be narrated by a man in falsetto

>>12742634
nope. why would i after the first?

>>12737997
I'm currently developing a setting that begins in what you could compare to the Bronze Age and exists up to a Napoleonic analog as of right now. Not sure if I'd want to move it along to a sci-fi period but that certainly is an interesting thought that I'd never considered before. Thanks for the idea.