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What's a good series full of loli ninjas?

not sure what to read next. i'm deciding on
>earthsea cycle
>expanse book series
>malazan
>house of suns

jolenta booba glistening with sweat as the arid sun shines brightly

I know this is only tangentially /sffg/, but /lit/ kinda sucks for other genre fiction. Anyone have any recs for mystery fiction? I'm a sucker for hardboiled detectives and whodunnit puzzles.

>>20587350

>>20587350
Do androids derp of electric deep by Fhillip Ok Penis

>>20587245
Heard good things about all of those. Malazan is not a light read tho

>>20587239
Leave this board, turn your computer off, dilate and kill yourself.

>>20587350

The Father Brown series by G.K. Chesterton

>>20587350
flatlander by larry niven is a collection of whodunnit short stories set in the universe of known space. they are quite comfy to read, specially patchwork girl

>>20587350
Raymond Chandler

>>20587350
Jim Thompson. Start with The Killer Inside Me.

>when this fucking place is the best thread on /lit/ outside of a few weekly gems with real discussion, which is still far and above most of 4chan.
May as well be fiction general because I want swashbuckling!

>>20587556
Was for >>20587350

>>20586143
>>20584382
Scott Brick's audiobook version is 21 hours
(copied from prev thread)

Why do books only get worse further along the series?
I should have seen the writing on the wall ahead of time when you consider movies, but why the fuck can't they "do it again"?

Cyberpunk 2077 story is the best /sffg/ literature and nothing will compare to the story of Johnny Silverhand.

>>20587350
I had fun with Garrett PI books. They might be too obvious to someone who's well read in mystery novels, but the reveal always had me looking back like "Ohhh shit, that's what that was."

>>20587350
Parker series by Donald Westlake as Richard Stark. But he's a hardboiled criminal, not a detective.

>>20587576
Things loose their novelty. To keep wowing people you have to perpetually amp things up. So long anthologies either start going bonkers or get stale, nether is really conducive to good storytelling.

Authors get big heads and stop accepting good criticism from pre-readers or editors who also become less eager to question the ways of a successful author.

Authors get lazy and some cheat, hiring ghost writers and whatnot.

Book sales taper off and may not justify the amount of effort. The ninth book in a series will not move as many copies as the first.

Will you buy the upcoming Tolkien book?

>>20587624
>J. R. R. Tolkien/Date of death September 2, 1973
>upcoming Tolkien book

Anon, I am confuse.

>>20587624
Absolutely. That cover is mint.

>>20587350
Another good one - Napoleon Bonaparte series by Arthur Upfield. Half-caste Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte blends his hyperlogical white side and the intuitive mysticism of his abbo half together to solve crimes in a interwar to midcentury Australia, fully colonized but with a sort of feudal structure given the limitations of distance and technology. It's well-observed and comes across as real even though I have no reference for that time and place to compare it to. It's also intriguing to hear someone speak so openly and with no malice about things nobody can say today and are automatically taken as malicious. 29 books and I've read all but one by now, I think.

>>20587633
Tolkien books have been posthumously published for 49 years. You don't need to be alive for your works to be published.
This one is the latest one.

>>20587576
that's not been my experience

>>20587350
Read The Name of the Rose if you have the patience for some thick stuff. People get turned off or on by the obsessively detailed setting. It's only of those investigator investigates the culture for us as he investigates the crime things but very, very well done. One of my favorite books.

>>20587647
What a peculiar thing to choose to do. Were these finished works? Was there a list of them? What is stopping the estate from pinning new works and attributing them to him?

>>20587647
Why would they wait so long to publish Tolkien? Even the movies are 20 years old now.

>>20587640
How have I not heard of this before?

>>20587639
Ringed City.mp3

>>20587689
Because it's racis. Are you Australian?

I'm just starting on the second Darth Bane book,I do not care for this child. She goes to the dark side way too quickly for my liking. No buildup or anything, just immediately the weak should fear the strong

>>20587556
I've only read handful of 'entry level' swashbuckler, so you may already know them but Captain Blood and Scaramouche are both pretty good.

Though I'd also say watch the movies, cause the 1935 Captain Blood with Flynn is honestly more of the stereotypes most think of with 'swashbuckling'.

>>20587706
The weak are meat and the strong do eat.

>>20587677
Mast majority were unfinished projects or earlier versions. Until a couple of years ago, his son Christopher was in charge of all his father's material. The first book being released after Tolkien's death (that was in his Secondary World) was The Silmarillion, which Tolkien had been working for almost 50 years; though he never published it in live, due to paper costs of the time and the publishers not wanting to.
>http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien#Posthumous_publications
>What is stopping the estate from pinning new works and attributing them to him?
I guess respect for his ancestor and the opinions of the large Tolkien community, unlike Brian Herbert.

>>20587735
>I guess respect for his ancestor and the opinions of the large Tolkien community, unlike Brian Herbert.
but they are publishing unfinished and imperfect words edited by other people. is that not disrespectful?

>>20587735
>Mast
Vast*
>live
life*

>>20587693
Yes sir

>>20587747
>harm
charm*

>>20587725
;_; did he died

>>20587759
Mandatory reading then. If you like audiobooks I think most are on audiobookbay.fi

>>20587764
I enjoy audio books a lot. Listen to them while working around the house and driving to and from work. Thanks for the rec.

>>20587746
That can be argued, but I don't believe so.
A lot of his posthumous books are complemented by commentary (of his son Christopher usually). Giving an analysis of the evolution of each tale and the context behind them. The Silmarillion being one of those exceptions; being an amalgamation of versions edited together. But even the materials it uses are dissected and justified on other books, like pic related.
More disrespectful would be, I think, to try and finish it with your own words and pass it as his.

>>20587234
How to develop religions in a fictional world? Rn I'm struggling to create some and the ones I do make sound ehhhh
Exhibit A:
Aravigianism is the belief of everyone literally has goodness in their body. If one were slain this would cause said goodness to go to someone else. If they accumulate enough goodness they enter another stage of life that is way better.

>>20587684
Last book published with Tolkien's name was Nature of Middle-earth. Released September last year.

>>20587790
>. Giving an analysis of the evolution of each tale and the context behind them.
but can someone who is not the author themselves give such authoritative information?

>>20587810
In this particular case, yes. Christopher knew very well his father's works. And even aided him at times; for instance, the maps that appear in the LOTR and the Hobbit were drawn by his son. The also had the advantage of having a collection of, not just written material, but also notes and letters.

>>20587234
What are you reading and what are you planning to read?

>>20587624
Anyone know this Brian Sibley character?

>>20587254
>jolenta
Be honest anons, do you think Severian raped her, or was it consensual?

>>20587837
Brian Sibley wrote map books on Middle-earth and did the Film Guide books for the three LOTR and the three Hobbit films.
He's also co-author of BBC's radio adaptation of the LOTR.

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Brian_Sibley

>>20587831
this reminds me of how fucking pretentious people are about fantasy maps

>>20587838
It was rape, Jolenta was asleep. Severian implies that she enjoyed it in retrospect. Severian is not a good person, the text depends on that ("I'm a bad man trying to be a good one.") This does not make him irredeemable.

>>20587794
Dons'mooglin

Intelligent beings are merely nodes in god's mind. He knows all, but only through your knowledge and experience. The creation of knowledge is good and it's destruction is evil. Overpopulation is a desirable state as it creates more processing power for god. Even things like torture and pleasure are good in that it increases the knowledge of such things, however tormented individuals must be kept alive so their knowledge won't die with them. Books and such are good things as they help preserve knowledge but it must be known by an intelligent being for it to be of real use to god. This god never actually communicates with his disciples and he rarely manifests any actual miracles but his disciples are keen to look for them regardless often attributing rather benign things as proof of their gods existence and power. It is often difficult to understand why some of the more profound miracles are manifested but one thing is certain, those who profane the cathedral of knowledge and try to pass off knowingly false understandings come to rather humorous and unexpected deaths. This religion is responsible for much of the science in the world and has a middling interest in spying and criminals investigations if only to avoid the the loss of the knowledge of such events when those involved die. They have a charitable arm that provides the barest necessities of life to people in exchange for memorizing tables of data from absolutely inane things like 500 year old weather reports recorded by a ships steward. Practitioners shave the sides of their heads but wear a top knot, no one really knows why.

>>20587575
listen at 1.5 speed and its 14 hours.

>>20587725
>that webm
So if I said to you thr reflexes of a croc... is that good or bad based on those weirdo goofballs.

>>20588028
Crocs get really fucking slow when they're cold, this shit is done only then

>>20587897
Don't ask them about the hairdo, they tend to be quite sensitive over that bit of missing understanding.

Killing a practitioner is seen as being an unlucky thing to do. One noble who raped and murdered a practitioner found himself unable to ejaculate ever after. The owner of a ill maintained cart that crushed another soon found himself with a debilitating case of arthritis, and he was only 37. Intent doesn't seem to be a big factor, killing one by mistake carries a similar severity of outcome as killing one from malice.

The effects seems to diminish the farther they stray from their seat of power. So pilgrims in search of ancient tomes or wanting to preserve contemporary knowledge in distant lands need to be weary. Likewise foreigners visiting from abroad may not believe in the superstitions and could have an interesting learning experience.

Governments have come to the conclusion that conscripting them in military service is not advisable neither is restricting their travels or activities.

And the knowledge they hoard is a commodity that can be purchased. It is collected by going to an indexer or a person who knows what other people know, this may take several steps in a seemingly haphazard way before a pauper is brought up from the slums to recite to the accounts from the diary of some noble as he traveled in a distant land way back when.

The books exist in the cathedral, but they are only organized by who was assigned to memorize them so they know when to pass them off to someone else when that retainer dies. If knowledge dies those books are simply piled up in a que of knowledge needing to be learned and it may take a while before someone is appointed to re-learn it.

>>20587892
Top kek. Took me half a second after I zoomed out on "here be elves" since I'm phone postin.
But those pointy bits on the island in game of thrones are retarded.

>>20587897
>>20588061
I wish we had this instead of "the science is settled".
I would rather talk to someone who knows the weather in Lisbon 435 years ago.

>>20587794
Like with all "worldbuilding", first: you don't. Instead, you write something good, drawing your extensive knowledge (you have that, right?).

>>20588143
This guy gets it. The mechanics of the world only exist for the story.

>>20587576
They don't you're merely noticing the waveform collapse from the superposition of all possible stories the premise could support to the shitty one the author chose.
In essence, the more clues are reveled, the shittier the mystery gets.
So many time I'll be reading a book and see some excellent foreshadowing or setup for a great twist or scene and then it just never happens and eventually I realize it was just an illusion of a better story I was hallucinating.

>>20588161
Or to efficiently introduce and explain the mechanics in case of games, or to maintain a distinct and cohesive style in a visual medium.

I want to sniff Esminet's whorish-butt!

Read cradle!

is there any other "good" traditional high fantasy besides lotr? im looking for elves, wizards, and traveling to inns and stuff like that. I read the first 4 or 5 WoT books but the w*men pov chapters were just too much

>>20587234
Hours and hours of sleep time for the rest of the week and evening is good to hear you got home safe

>>20588143
This'd be a great pre axial religion
>>20587897

>you write something good
ngl I'm new to learning about religions. The only religions I really know is Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism to a lesser extent.
What're the components of a religion? Surely there must be something deeper to a religion besides do good and praise thy lord

>>20587860
Thanks anon. I don’t think anyone can replace Christopher, but he seems like a decent choice.
>>20580780
Thanks anon, excellent Frazetta piece yourself.
>>20587892
Think it’s another carry over from Tolkien. He was so great with his maps it’s a tough act to follow.

>>20588346
Mordor is SQUARE

>>20587893
>text depends on that
You know, I didn’t really notice how important a theme redemption was to the series until I finished. Something I should look for more in my second read through.
>>20587794
I actually think your religion sounds kind of interesting anon. I wouldn’t listen to that other dude, necessarily, about just writing without worldbuilding. That stuff may be better for more literary fiction and I do it myself, but some great stuff has come from fantasy where the authors built worlds first (Tolkien being the best example) so I’d that works for you I say go for it.

>>20588184
I’m telling you man, do the lego one instead.

you'll niggas like maps

>>20588364
So is Wyoming. Checkmate dope.
>>20588184
I’m telling you man, do the Lego one instead.
>>20588388
Looks nice anon, your own?

>>20588396
Nah, it's an erotic webcomic.
irovedout.com

>>20588257
Tengrism is a good cheat code for fake religion. Earth, spirits, many religions = the fingers of God and men take different paths to Him. Honor the dead, all that.
Also its less overhead if you make them monotheistic. Sure Norse and Greek mythology are cool, but people really believed those IRL so we have stories and experiences and parts of civilization from that, and I don't even know half of them, I'm not gonna want to learn all of Aerthidin's brothers and sisters or his father Imorrntin's brothers and sisters and what they all mean to everyone.

>>20588388
Looks like the final fantasy 3 floating continent map.

>>20587838
He raped her in our modern sense of the word. A few decades ago most people wouldn't have considered it rape.

>>20588478
Many thanks!

>>20587893
Severian thinks it's rape because he has no experience with women who aren't magical plot creatures. Thecla knows it isn't.

I am beginning Hyperion.
I expect to be awed by the Shrike.

>>20588573
Tis a good read anon. Shame about the sequels. Enjoy nonetheless

>>20588573
Don't read Endymion then.
Real spoilers so don't read: In Rise the Shrike pays respect to the satyr by looming over his grave, but wouldn't he have to take Aenea back in time after she's done getting mercilessly pumped by Raul for two years?
I suppose he's sort of outside of time so it's not a huge deal, but it is something that just sprang to mind the other day.

>>20587350
Have you read Nero Wolfe? It's the best combination of a sherlockian/poirot detective that solves misteries without getting out of home, and his hardboiled partner who goes around charming women, punching people and gathering clues.

>>20588478
monotheism is sovlless

>>20587831
Someone pointed to me recently that the map of Middle Earthis looks like it is based on what Doggerland would have been before being submerged, which is information that was discovered while Tolkien was alive. I don't know if it was mentioned somewhere that he did it on purpose, or if it is a coincidence, but it's neat.

>>20588732
Not when you talk about how they might try to be with Him or live with Him or how their spirit interacts with Him. They may have saints and such. If you want to cheat by expanding it, just add moons to your planet and make the big one important.

>>20588742
I wish we had stories about the people from Doggerland...

>>20588751
>just add moons to your planet and make the big one important.
why would that expand monotheism?

>>20588763
because every single instance of "monotheism" is really just polytheism trying to be super speshul by pretending like every goddamn polytheist pantheon doesn't have a central head god

>>20587624
>Holy shit, Tolkien is still alive?

Tell bakker to go suck eggs

>>20587725
That webm... What a fucking asshole - _-

>>20588861
Sucking eggs may result in the person chocking and potentially dying, you are wishing death upon a respected and renowned /sffg/ author that bestowed upon us an age of prosperity and dignity as he reigned upon the general, now the goons are cursing his name and ruining the general by wishing death upon renowned authors.

>>20587892
>looks like a boot

>>20588912
that's the joke.jpeg

>>20588912
anon
the map is literally just a lightly edited and rotated 90° map of real world europe

>>20588903
He doesn't have original ideas

>>20588912
why do people say it looks like a boot? I can't see it, to me it looks like a calamar

>>20588944
hooker boot with high heel

Who’s the Eminem (rap god) of fantasy? Is it Bakker?

>>20588976
Completely unironically, no shitpost, Terry Goodkind.

>>20588978
Is his Objectivism pronounced in his work?

>>20588912
Croatia looks like a dragon

>>20587838
She obviously wanted it.

>>20589008
I would describe his work as libertarian fantasy more than anything.

>>20587234
Should I read The Black Company? I really want to start another fantasy series with many books in it. I already tried reading some of the first book but I really dislike the choppy way of writing. Does it get better? Do you get used to it?

>>20589049
I thought it was off putting at first but I did get used to it and really enjoyed it.
You could try the Dread Empire instead, similar tones, lots of powerful sorcerer's and kingdom politics but also plenty of ground level stuff.

Did you get all the way through page 3 you mad dog?

You really inspired me yesterday

>>20587633
>>20587624
GRRM eat your heart out

>>20587706
Darth Bane is shit, because rule of two is bullshit.

>>20589049
You should. Just to realise that Soulcatcher is the best waifu.

>>20587234
Is The Stormlight Archive by Sanderson worth reading? I’m not sure if I want to read the guy because what I’ve seen of him on this site is nothing good. Then again people here clown on virtually everyone. Can you recommend the series?

>>20588912
SICILY NIGGA
THE MIDDLE OF ITALY
I can't see a map of Italy without thinking of it.

>>20588573
The Shrike is a fag, Silenus is the coolest

>>20589284
I don't like his books bc he relies too much on hard magic and he has really bland prose. But iirc you can read the first few chapters on his site for free. So there's nothing stopping you checking it out for yourself. People that like his stuff generally love the epic scale of the story and other things like the feeling of a living world and the manner the characters level their powers.

>>20589049
>>20589284
Consider browsing the archives, newfriends.

>>20589284
If you are interested in it, give it a try, I was interested in Mistborn and I enjoyed it, it wasn't the best but I liked the story and I really loved his twists and how the story comes together in the end.

>>20588912
Anon I...

The evolution of the spammer's tactics to avoid detection while still posting a lot is intriguing to behold.

Soulship (Book 1: First Orbit) – Nathan Thompson

[Our MC] Jasper Cloud is a teenage orphan, recycled through the system ever since his parents were executed by the Glorious State nearly 10 years ago. Having been targeted ever since, he’s a malnourished and skeletal figure that goes out of his way to protect others. This doesn’t make his life any easier, as the State has decided to get rid of him now that he’s ‘aged out’ of his orphanage. Our other MC is a fellow orphan, a young woman named Nova that Jasper protected at the orphanage. Thanks to his nurturing during their childhood, she was able to become an officer with the State and become a true citizen.

[Plot] Our story begins on Earth after a totalitarian police state has taken over the world government. After suppressing books and media, they've united the planet under one language - English. After Jasper is kicked out of the orphanage, he is escorted to a Rehabilitation Center by Nova… before they both wise up to what ‘rehabilitation’ truly entails. During all of this, the entire city is receiving messages in illegal languages which causes the state to go on high alert. The only person that appears to be able to decipher the language is Jasper, having been taught it by his parents before they were executed for thought-crimes.

Jasper receives instructions from a disembodied voice to ‘activate’ Nova by showing her a phrase in one of the banned languages. After reading it Nova is suddenly manifests super-human abilities. The two of them begin to flee from the city towards a secluded spot in the woods so that the incorporeal voice can lock onto their position. It turns out that Nova is an Emissary of a Soulship, a sentient biological colony ship that previously helped to spread humanity and life throughout the universe to combat the ‘great darkness’. Jasper is merely her ‘Defender’, expected to get Nova to the teleportation point and nothing else.

Best laid plans. In a turn of events, Jasper Cloud ends up aboard a derelict soulship WITHOUT Nova. After exploring the ship, he discovers a pale blue woman in a clear observable tube near the back who looks identical to his friend. With most of the soulship destroyed and the habitat infested with monsters, she reveals to Jasper that if he doesn’t help her save Nova… then the entire universe is DOOMED. Resolving himself to save both Nova and this Soulship, Jasper asks the ship to teach him.

[System] The system relies on the user intaking one of three magical sources: essence, qi or mana, with each providing a different benefit. In most cases a ‘Practitioner’ can only tap into a single source. It’s explained that our MC is the only one on the historical record to draw in all three. To balance the magical source within yourself, Practitioners will imagine a ‘Soulscape’ which is often an weapon or tool. By making his Soulscape a planetary body, our MC can apply each of the magical sources to its atmosphere, oceans and crust he can balance this power.

>>20589406
The ranks weren’t introduced until over halfway through the book, but each stage includes 10 sub-stages. Most people in this universe never breach the tenth substage. Qi condensation is divided into drops, mana stages are divided into wisps, and natal essence is divided into cracks. ‘Get ten of the same substage to advance.’ Stages are generalized as benefits to strength, speed, perception, and mental fortitude. They can also cast spells and techniques.

There’s no real rhyme or reason to theses, being generalized to Shield and Magic Missile variations. In addition to this, most Practitioners bond with a spirit beast to increase their abilities and affinity with their chosen source. In Jasper’s case, he finds a lifemouse which is the BEST spirit beast for advancement. This companion is far less endearing than most, using double words to talk. Mouse-mouse is not a strong-strong character-character.

[Final Thoughts] Did not enjoy this. In the first chapter alone, the two characters go over the entirety of their backstories, dwell on the injustices of the 1968 world, elaborate on an entire romance sub-plot and then violently introduce fantasy, sci-fi and wuxia concepts all within the same few paragraphs. The main character opts out of being a character after the first chapter, instead taking orders and cultivating while being told how overpowered he is. The author also seems to be setting up multiple romance subplots all with the same woman or versions of the same woman. If the book weren’t so fucking boring, I’d be interested to explore that if nothing else – s’different.

Every ounce of this book is provided through exposition between the Soulship (Vessa) and Jasper. The few moments when the Soulscape or spirit beasts come up are interesting, but poorly utilized. Better than Soulhome’s cultivation system, but the story and method of presentation is so terrible I must take points off. Hate to hit on this point, but so very little is shown to us but one or two rooms and one or two planets, while every ounce of the rest of the universe is told to us through Vessa. There’s definitely an interesting character dynamic here, it’s just written in such a shitty bi-polar way.

4/10

Won't bother with the sequels, not enough here to catch me.

Previous Scores:
>Cradle by Will Wight - 9/10
>Lord of the Mysteries by Cuttlefish – 9/10
>Ave Xia Rem Y by Mat Haz - 8/10
>Forge of Destiny by Yrsillar - 7/10
>A Thousand Li by Tao Wong - 7/10
>Virtuous Sons by Ya Boy - 6/10
>Bastion by Phil Tucker - 6/10
>Mother of Learning Act I - 5/10
>Reverend Insanity by Gu Zhen Ren - 5/10
>Beware of Chicken (Non-Edited for Release) by Casualfarmer – 5/10
>Soulhome by Sarah Lin - 5/10
>Soulship by Nathan Thompson - 4/10
>Beware of Chicken (Edited for Release) by Casualfarmer - 3/10
>Reincarnation: Threads by Michael Head - 3/10
>Last Ship in Suzhou by Lungs - 0/10 (Dropped)

>Current Book:
Heaven’s Laws: Prodigies by Apollos Thorne

>>20589412
One of these days you'll do mine and I'll pretend to ignore it

>>20589412
I thought book 2 had the best scene. riparooni

>>20589412
Reposting recommendations that I've received. Keep in mind, I go into most titles blind so everything presented are strictly word of mouth. I've taken off all the titles I've reviewed already and have most of my books decided, except for the last one. Hope this can be helpful to others.

Definite Reads (5+ Recs):
> Worm by 'Wildbow'
> The Wandering Inn by 'Pirateaba'

Tentative Recommendations (2+ Recs):
> Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
> The World After the Fall by Sing-Shong
> The Second Coming of Gluttony by Ro Yu-jin
> A Practical Guide to Evil by ERRATICERRATA

Recommended Once:
> A Goblin's Tale by Scott Straughan
> Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki
> Infinite Realm: Monsters & Legends by Ivan Kal
> Web of Secrets by David Musk
> Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
> Savage Divinity by ruffwriter
> Grand Master if Demonic Cultivation
> Scum Villain’s Self Saving System
> Worth the Candle by Alexander Wales

>>20589426
I'll make you book 20 right now, my guy. Link?

>>20589433
There's a few good scenes, I just don't think they offset the horrible dialogue and over-explaining. Is it sexy? 4-way with all the ship clones?

>>20589438
Fuck it, why not.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/42627/retribution-engine-complete-see-synopsis-for-sequel

>>20589438
Four books in and MC still hasn't gotten a kiss.

>>20589446
You're in.

15. Heaven's Laws
16. Worm
17. Dungeon Crawler Carl
18. Wandering Inn
19. I Shall Seal The Heavens
20. Retribution Engine

>>20589455
NO NO NO NO

>>20589459
Very much yes. Too, he doesn't interact with the ship-clones as much as you think. Mainly Vessa, and later on, Nova. Books 3 and 4 should have been one book.

>>20589463
Glad I dropped it then. Tell me about the scene in the second book? Spoiler it if y'gotta. I genuinely won't pick up the future books knowing they spent so much time setting up the romances only to avoid paying them off.

>>20589455
nice I'm glad I never got past the first chapter

>>20589284
take the opinions of the anons here with a grain of salt
anything thats talked about here enough is worth giving a go, they are popular for a reason

onething about stormlight is that it isnt something id need to argue that you should stick with it for X because the payoff is good
the series is unfinished, i believe its only half way
the current books dont really get better or worse, so try it , if you dont like the first then you probably wont like the rest


except the chinkshit

>>20589473
It's been years so the details are scant but I remember it had to do with MC mentally facing off against these strong shadow entities that were all written distinctly, which was fun, and I believe it was one of the few times his Anchor Knight powers kicked in which made the Bad Dudes shit themselves but it was still resolved mentally, not physically. And now there's a chance they show up every time a new... whatever the fuck it is, checkpoint thing is cleared to, that Vessa has to activate herself requiring Jasper's protection.

>>20588976
>Who’s the Eminem (rap god) of fantasy? Is it Bakker?
Considering it's all about the speed of writing, Pirateaba. 10 million words in just 6 years is nothing to scoff at. Even Stephen King is mogged.

This novelization any good? It's like 20$ where I live and I think it looks neat

>>20587838
Severian addresses it in Urth where he says he doesn't think it's rape (and you can infer from there that's because she was flirting with him while they walked around alone and they walked back together afterward) but we never get Jolenta's point of view since soon after that she's more worried about Talos abandoning her and she's going to fall apart without his magic/chemicals/whatever

Can you morons learn to use spoiler tags please?

>>20589751
>hasn't read everything already
Why are you here instead of reading?

>>20587234
MAGNA

He fo you guys feel about Odrade as the protagonist of the later Dune Saga, she's obviously not as complicated as Leto but I'm not rooting against her like I was Paul in the second half of Dune and the entirety of Messiah.

>>20589040
They've burned a lot of villages over the years, then again so gave all their neighbors

>>20588927
Execution is more important than ideas.

>>20589459
Huh, I thought you'd already done ISSTH, but I guess I was confusing you with somebody else. I dunno how much of Wandering Inn you'll actually read considering how absurdly long the ongoing thing is, but I've generally heard the first volume is pretty meh.

>>20589284
They're solidly-written books that have pacing issues and the problem of retreading character arcs. Sanderson has a general issue with bloat, in that he keeps making things more than they need to be. This is why his absolute best story is The Emperor's Soul because it's condensed. I wouldn't say Stormlight is not worth reading, but they're not something I super look forward to.

>>20589412
I think I stopped visiting this thread for a couple weeks, around when you started either Ave Xia Rem Y or LotM. I'm surprised you ranked them so high. I do keep meaning to dig into starting LotM but I always have an issue with bland translations.

>>20587234
You know, maybe Jordan was not only into coomer stuff, but maybe he also wanted to say something about sexual power dynamics in relationships and such. Lezdom and genderbending feed into that, I'm just too much of a naive virgin to truly understand it.

>>20589284
1st books is ok, 2nd is meh, 3rd is kino on account of warcrimes, 4th is about 500 pages too long and focuses on a fantasy Manhattan project

>>20590354
3rd books is absolute dogshit. 4th one I couldn‘t even finish.

>>20589284
Sanderson is one of the worst authors in the genre when it comes to writing characters and politics. Make of that what you will.

>>20590394
>politics are literally - bad guy is comically dumb and good guy outwits him with the most basic provocation
The shit with Jasnah and Wit in RoW was insulting to read

>>20590397
The straw that broke the camel‘s back for me was how fucking retardedly written Navani was during the Roboniel arc.

I will literally never touch another Sanderson project again.

>>20590422
Sando relies way too much on the outline, which his why his characters and world feel generic and soulless.

>>20590397
>>20590422
>>20590428
His characters have no real agency in the world. The entire series is the main characters just waiting for cataclysmic shit to happen. It‘s comically bad. I can‘t believe I once enjoyed his books when I was younger, but that was before I got exposed to better authors, I guess.

Will he ever be topped?

>>20590459
Already was.

>>20590462
By whom?

>>20590466
The one and only King of /sffg/.
R. Scott. Bakker.

Insert your meme here now if you will:

PS: I‘m not meming, it‘s just my opinion btw, you don‘t have to agree.

>>20590428
His most genuine characters are the ones that don't feel like they're relevant to the grander story. There's a reason Kelsier is so well-liked despite biting it early in the Mistborn trilogy. He occasionally puts out characters that're clearly written first for being the characters, with their roles filled out later, and those are often his best ones. Characters like Kaladin and Shallan are written entirely for their role, so they feel more like plot devices.

Are there any decent near-term scifi where we have thousands of ships in solar Earth/Mars corridor? We have private space companies building the very foundations of their dreams. With the possible motive of setting up a Marian independence/Martian Empire of Mankind.

>>20590459
Topped in overratedness? Already done by Sanderson.

I don't see it in the rec-sticky so I must ask: how shit is the galaxy's edge series? Should I even pirate the audiobooks?
Been looking for other /k/-esque books as well, both fiction and non-fiction.

>>20590459
No, never.
Best we may see are decent copycats, like Sanderson or Bakker.

>>20590652
That‘s some very good bait.

>>20589926
she's really only the protagonist in chapterhouse. it was fine but i enjoyed her better in heretics i guess cause in heretics she's more on the scene taking care of things for taraza while chapterhouse feels like melancholic introspection and she goes on some rambling like the figure with the ax
> I'm not rooting against her like I was Paul in the second half of Dune and the entirety of Messiah.
why did you root against him?

>>20590459
Who?

>>20590685
Richard Wagner. He made a pretty famous norse mythology inspired fantasy epic called the Ring Cycle, maybe you've heard of it?

>>20590710
>Some shitty opera
Fuck off Niles

>>20587245
>house of suns
House of Suns is pretty good.

>>20587761
No, crocs dont die from that. They can survive such attacks even in the wild, constantly submerged in some shit filled African rivers. they have a incredible immune system that developed and improved over millions and millions of years.

>>20589337
where is France

>Authors are protesting Amazon's e-book policy that allows users to read and return

>logged into Kindle Direct Publishing to check her earnings from the previous month. On her publishing dashboard, she saw something she had never seen before in her 11 years as an author: a negative earnings balance.

>Kessler said prior to the "read and return" trend, she would normally have one or two book returns a month, something she attributed to genuine accidental purchases. Now, she sees entire series of hers being returned.

>Out of the five largest e-book retailers, Amazon is the only one that allows customers to easily return e-books within a seven-day window

>E-books are also the only digital products Amazon allows customers to return.

tl;dr: New Amazon policy BTFOs self-published authors.

Recommend sffg with street urchins doing street urchin things.

>>20590662
>why did you root against him?
He's a genocidal monster but doesn't have Leto's certainty, he's a complete piece of shit to Chani and Irulan

>old man's war
it wasn't bad but it feels like it had the potential to be better.

>>20587619
>loose their novelty

fucking hell

>>20591116
Will you read the next book?

>>20591172
sadly.

>>20591062
during my first read i was also disgusted by him using the fremen essentially to rape the empire but desu the jihad was inevitable
> he's a complete piece of shit to Chani and Irulan
i don't see how he's been harsh to chani, irulan on the other hand...

what book are you on?

>>20591182
Nothing sad about it. Do as you will do.

Sanderson will never be a classic.

well, the 2nd batch of clown chapters were better than the first. but i still find them iffy. like why the hell is he crying over killing the fool when these were his own actions? why is he talking about not picking a side when he clearly picked one, and for no goddamn reason? why DID he stop the fool's plan in the end? what is this nonsense?
also i still havent read the K chapters.
i'm still wondering if rags or torens arcs will be resolved anytime soon. also i really like the D chapters.

>>20591301
where slave rape happens

I just finished pic related. I fucking loved it. Gonna pick up the author's other books.
Any similar books from other authors?

>>20591644
With this author Shadow and Bone is pretty fun, albeit not as well-written as Six of Crows, and King of Scars is overdone imo.

Other ya fantasy recs? Vicious and This Monstrous Thing are usually enjoyed by people who like Six of Crows.

>>20591454
I don't remember all the details from the second C chapters, but wasn't it just Tom going off the deep end and fully embracing the clown? Well, not so much embraced as realized how much he is insane and just rolled with it, acting like a Joker and trampling over Fool's plans, just because he could and it would, kinda, fuck over his friends if the demons were to succeed. He is crying, because Tom liked Fool, they both knew how fucked the situation is between the Demon Kingdom and the Blighted Kingdom, Tom didn't give a shit for either side. Now he is aware what kind of bullshit King Othius pulled off, and the price of it.

As for Rags and Toren, not sure which arcs you reference. Remember how long the story is, I need more data.

As for K chapters, if you liked D and C chapters then I don't think you'd dislike K ones. They aren't worse, just different. And after this batch you will be free from K for a looooong time.

>>20591644
>I just finished pic related. I fucking loved it. Gonna pick up the author's other books.
>Any similar books from other authors?
I don't think you'll like the other trillogy, the first one in the author's world. It's typical YA for girls who have to choose between abusive bad boy and gentle friend. Yuck!

>>20591530
having sex with a damane is forbidden

is most ya fantasy nowadays pozzed? i don't really read it anymore

>>20591783
>Ywn put Lanfear in chains and make her your slave and do whatever you demand
Fuck this gay earth

>>20591191
Chapterhouse

>>20591807
m*loids can't use an a'dam

>>20591817
what do you think sheeana is planning?

>>20591783
Probably break rules all the time, like that woman who took another as a personal slave before putting her into the collar. Also, they probably just get off from the fact they have powerful sorceress on a leash and shlick off to that.
It's fucked up because it's not simple slavery, but one were they also get brainwashed into liking their captors.
Such a crude way of sadits, when all of this can be consensual and pleasurable.

>>20591844
>like that woman who took another as a personal slave before putting her into the collar.
i don't remember that. in which chapter was it mentioned?
>. Also, they probably just get off from the fact they have powerful sorceress on a leash
most people think they are aberrations of nature and disgusting. having sex with a damane is like zoophilia

>>20591250
fair. Just disappointed cause it feels like I'm reading through a lot of what's common and good and now I have to take a risk on shit I haven't heard about or read just ok stuff.

anyone got any good source for learning character development?

>>20587245
Malazan sucks. Only dumb autists think it's hard to read and therefore good, when in reality it's neither.

Bakker shills should get the rope

Malazan is the most disjointed asspulling shlock I've ever read.

>>20591783
they have more than demane tho

15 chapters into He Who Fights With Monsters book 4. I'm enjoying the Earth stuff, but how long does it last? I find myself mostly just wanting things to go back to normal even though it's bordering the type of urban fantasy I prefer. I'm not a fan of the masquerade, and the set up of the secret of magic just on the edge of becoming public would be very appealing to me if it was a series that started at that point instead of pivoting into it like this has. I do like the little twists it's introduced to the magic though, and would like to see them carried over.

>>20591822
To have a lot of sex Honored Matre style, I think frank inplied it to be her fetish, which would make sense considering she went from nothing to being worshipped very traumatically

>>20591994
I'm pretty sure it lasts the entire book, and maybe somewhat into the next one?

would you allow yourself to be sexually enslaved by an honored matre?

>>20591994
Er, wait, disregard >>20592015, I think it goes for all of books 4 and 5. I can't recall the specific details, a lot of the story's specifics have been a little lost to me because it's not a super engrossing story, the characterisation is the better part for me.

>>20590830
>to check her
>Kessler said prior to the "read and return" trend, she
lol, why should I have to pay for a shitty book? Even if I read an entire book and if its shit its completely fare to have the money refunded.

>>20589517
Cool name but the entire setup for his Anchor Knight powers is pretty contrived in its setup. He did run into those 3 shadow entities at the end of the last book, but it was more a mental showdown than anything else. Maybe someday I'll read book 2... someday.

>>20590209
I commit to the first book and then decide afterwards if I want to read the rest. I've got a follow-up list on my goodreads of titles I want to keep pursuing. It doesn't number too high.

>>20590226
I was pleasantly surprised by Lord of the Mysteries. Its translation is absolute crap at the start but begins to flow better after about 50 chapters, though not by much. Had to adjust my frame of reference for it but the characters, system and world is interesting enough to keep me engaged. I recommend you power through the start of Clown and see how you like it by the 1/4 point.

Ave Xia Rem Y had an exceptional start but I think the subsequent arcs are starting to bury that strong lead. I could see my score degrading the more I read of it, which is why I stopped prior to the... badlands sect leadership competition arc. I'll likely come back to it once the author has completed 'book one'.

>>20592255
Ah, well, duly noted on LotM. I'm the guy who suggested Dungeon Crawler Carl a while back and I still stand by that being pretty great. It's very different from basically everything else you've read on the list, but I think it's one of the better webnovels out there (even if it's not actually one anymore). What series DO you want to keep reading? Obviously Cradle, you've mentioned you wanna read Bastion's sequel when it comes out (which I do too, because it feels like there's POTENTIAL for a pretty good sequel if the story doesn't just meander around the same area for 800 pages again), but what else?

>>20587245
malazan was an incoherent patch work of edgy"cool scenes". dropped it half way through.

terrible book

>>20591882
>>20591957
>>20592291
>Filter's working as intended

>>20592015
>>20592167
That's a little disappointing. I agree that the story isn't standout, for me characterization is first with the worldbuilding also being a major draw. It's taken a big hit by abandoning the entire supporting cast. Craig has potential though.

>>20592452
It's moreso disappointing that we never get chapters back on the fantasy world. It would've been a lot more interesting to see how they were coping with Jason's supposed death, see how Sophie and such were doing in his absence because she definitely seemed in a bad way after that. Which one's Craig again? A lot of the Earth cast blends together for me.

Is there any smut/fetish fantasy book/story/whatever where the protagonist fucks his mom? Yeah, you can call me a degenerate, I know it.

>>20592264
I'm looking forward to Dungeon Crawler Carl, that one is coming up on my list. The series I'm looking to continue so far are:
>Cradle by Wight
>Bastion by Tucker
>Mother of Learning (Arc 3) by Kurmaic
>Lord of the Mysteries by Cuttlefish
> Ave Xia by Haz (whenever Arc 1 finishes)

I'm tempted to pick up A Thousand Li #2 but it seems to be the trope setter, with most of its ideas handled better in the series I listed above. I'm also eternally shamed to say that I might pick up Reverend Insanity #2. It's cultivation system still stands out compared to a lot of what I've read.

looking for recommendations on sci on a particular subject: posthumans dabbing on baseline humans, something along the thematic lines of red rising minus the YA bullshit
other examples: blindsight, ilium, BNW
bonus point if the posthumans are total assholes

>>20592580
I'm surprised you're continuing MoL after your opinions on the first two arcs were pretty meh. I recently finished it and I will say arc 3 is the best one because stuff actually happens, but it's still not a fantastic read, I think. It's JUST pretty good.

>>20592587
Banks' Culture series.

>>20592590
Someone in thread encouraged me to press on with it after I said Zorian's interpersonal relationships were the best part of Arc 1 for me. They definitely improved in Arc 2 and after investing over 40 damn hours into the audiobooks, I feel pot committed at this point. Almost everyone here says that Arc 3 is the best one. Makes it hard to set down when I'm right at the gates of shit actually happening.

>>20592479
Yeah, I kind of figured that wasn't going to happen after not getting one this far in. Craig Vermilion, the vampire.

>>20592628
Yeah, fair enough. MoL has the fairly universal webnovel problem where the early stuff is experimental and interesting, but unfocused, the middle stuff is more structured but due to an unclear goal doesn't really go anywhere, and the later stuff actually builds towards something and realises "oh right I have to TELL A STORY". Honestly this is my problem with a lot of webnovels I've read (or rather, I've read the novels of, DotF and HWFWM mainly), they just meander so much.

>>20590459
No, he's called the grandfather of Fantasy for a reason.

>>20592580
Thousand Li 1-3 is incredibly fucking slow compared to 4 and eventually 5+.

>>20592580
The purpose of A Thousand Li imo seems to be a tutorial for xianxia for the western palette

>>20592190
then just pirate it instead of activly fucking the author over you nigger

>>20592657
We're on the same page. The meandering in these web novels to dance around an actual engaging story is just too much sometimes. It's why I can't find myself going back to Forge of Destiny after learning every chapter's decisions are put to a group vote on some forum. The longevity that web novel authors try to eek out of their stories is somewhat disappointing. A lot of them definitely have huge potential, squandered for a forever story.

Same problem comic books have, actually.

>>20592721
They're easy enough to consume so maybe I'll go back to them at some point, at least to stick it out to #4. Definitely not a priority though. I'd move a series like this to audiobook as it's something I could listen to while driving or exercising pretty easily, but it's narrated by that insipid faggot Travis Baldree.

>>20592764
Exactly.

>>20587706
I feel this way about most of the characters in the Darth Bane trilogy. Their motivations make zero sense to me. I would find it easier to believe in a mustache twirling, comically evil super villain that simply wants to kill good guys for shits and giggles. They're enjoyable books, but you kind of have to actively suspend your disbelief.

What's some good sci fi about drifting through space? Tau Zero?

>>20591868
Practice short stories and read more of them. Gene Wolfe says you need that to get the basics. Make sure your characters always want something.

>woman being introduced
>the most decorated, the bravest, the fiercest, the cruelest, the most badass woman ever
Is this thing becoming a trope? I swear I'm seeing similar descriptions way more often.

>>20592992
Drifting isn't really the right word for that considering their speed.

>>20590830
They brought it on themselves standardizing on such a scumfuck platform.

>>20587794
Is that inspired by Jainism?

>>20588093
Truly the power of denial amazes.

>>20587706
Good job, that's literally every dark-side user.

>>20590830
I "bought" several e-books with my kindle, removed the amazon DRM and cancelled the purchases.
I upload the books on libgen for my poorfag homies. I will never buy zeros and ones.

Has anyone tried writing their own fantasy story?

>>20589284
I really like The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance. Oathbringer was a massive disappointment to me. So much so that I still haven't read Rhythm of War. Nothing wrong with reading the first book and stopping there if you didn't enjoy it.

>>20593098
Writing is hard, but I like to imagine things

>>20593091
Don't buy stuff made of atoms either.

>>20593098
It's almost like you didn't read the thread.

>>20593128
I will never buy your ebooks, bakker

>>20591882
>>20591957
I'd like to see your epic fantasy recommendations if you truly believe this. Nothing comes close to Malazan. Stormlight Archive? Not even finished and it's already falling apart. Wheel of Time? The most tedious reading slog in fantasy. ASoIAF? Wake me up when Brandon Sanderson finishes it. Tolkien? Grandfathered in. Seriously there's really not that many options for epic fantasy.

>>20593091

>>20589314
Already after the first story I'm thinking "can it get better? There are 5 or 6 stories left."
Got a weird anomaly already, I like that and I'm surprised I can still read new little ideas like the Bikura.

>>20593155
That's few options when you're intent on excluding everything.

>>20589337
I've always wondered what's up with Hungary's mountains and am always disappointed when I look at a map that isn't from /gsg/ because IRL retards butchered the borders.

>>20593098
Every night in my own head. Tonight, it will be Jia Lissa.

>>20593152
There are few insults graver than calling someone Bakker.

I tried reading Dune and didn't like it at all.

>>20593246
Aww. I just finished it and liked it a lot.

>>20593246
There's nothing wrong with that.

>>20593229
Sandi is the worst insult

>>20593217
Borders are nightmare creations.

>>20593296
I liked Borders. They had good deals.

>>20593330
Paying anything is always a bad deal.

>>20593098
There’s a separate general for that, go there.

>>20593342
Not a poorfag so I wouldn't understand how you feel about that.

>>20591951
For that there surely is no hope

>>20593342
It's too bad we don't cut off the hands of thieves anymore.

>>20593348
This is The One General To Rule Them All. None others matter.

>>20593352
Theft is the essence of gathering and maintaining wealth.

>>20593355
Who is "we"? Certainly not a European-derived culture.

>>20593246
i also didn't like it when i first read it but i read messiah because it was quite short and i'm glad i did because i enjoyed the rest of the series, specially god emperor. you should try messiah and see where it goes from there

>>20593358
Yeah, but no one gives a shit about your extremely generic novel, so go to the writing general.

Read glen cook

>>20592830
Shitty roastie authors need to be taught a lesson

>>20593451
Go back to /r9k/

>>20593422
no

Dude... what if society is bad? We're just like Oryx and Crake, chudbros...

>>20593531
Is this all you do every day?

>>20593531
That's not an "if".

>>20593550
Nah. I just read book five of Paradise Lost and I'm gonna now read Berserk. Why reply if you're not in on a joke with me?

>>20592580
RI book one is just a prologue, book two is a lot bigger since Fang Yuan actually starts travelling the world and doing things now that the training wheels are off. You'll also finally see the REAL cultivation system, which is a lot more expansive than what's shown in the beginning.

>>20593569
Not him, but if retards like you are called out/ridiculed perhaps you may stop posting and shitting up the thread.

>>20593590
I haven't stopped posting even when you all called me a newfag. Why would I be dissuaded when there's no repercussions?

>>20593065
Nope
What's Jainism like?

TWI 5.18 S

So
Zel was gay
That's oddly fitting for some reason. I like it
However, adding the armor hunt plot line to the thousand other ones that have been going on for several volumes now and are seemingly nowhere close to getting resolved...
On another note, Pisces keeps getting better with each fleeting chance we get to see more of his interactions

>>20593650
Any book where the main character(male) fucks a nubile muscle girl?

>>20593589
>RI
Jesus, he already changed his rating because of your bitching, what more do you want?

I hear people say that The Witcher is carrying the flag of 'heroic' sword and sorcery (i.e. Conan, Kane, Kull, etc) in the context of contemporary spec-fiction. How does it hold up compared to the early-mid 20th century pulps? I've not seen the show, or played the vidya, as well as not having read the novels. pic unrel

>>20593701
He changed it on his own. The infection is already progressing. Soon it will reach his central nervous system and he'll read the entire thing and re-rate it to 13/10.

[/s]fuck[/s]

>>20587234
What resources would you suggest for a beginner who wants to create a language for their fantasy setting?

>>20593707
Don't do me like this, man... I give you guys credit for an interesting cultivation system and you throw me to the wolves.

>>20593720
First off, don't. Second, why? Third, just use existing languages.
You're better off just using slang.

>>20593720
you have to either be very familiar with linguistics and know tons of different languages both dead and not;
or,
you can just add a wacky letter here and there to regular words and hope no one notices

>>20593720
dont
if you wanna use phrases, do it after or further down the road
dont get bogged down trying to create some meme language no one will really give a shit about

>>20593761
Alright, what would you recommend for someone farther down the road then?

>>20593748
>just use existing languages.
You mean like Latin? Since Google Translate is shit, what would you recommend I use instead to do my translations?

>>20593747
>Wolves

>>20593788
>google translate is shit
it's perfectly fine for translating short place names and nouns, and if you're planning on writing ENTIRE SECTIONS IN A MADE UP FANTASY LANGUAGE and you're actually concerned about the grammar being correct you're fucking insane. At that point you might as well just mash the keyboard since no one is going to read any of that shit.

if you want a really strong cultrue shock, just write everything phonetically in a thick accent. Fantasy Huckleberry Finn if you will.

>>20587239
I presume that you mean besides picture related. Kunoichi Tsubaki no mune no uchi, right?

>>20593790
Cheeky bastard, you're right. Bears would've been more appropriate.

Are there any interesting print scifi magazines in publication?

>>20593788
don't listen to these chuds. i think it's very cool that you're trying to make a conlang for whatever you're trying to write anon. i always enjoy it when a book has something like that

>>20593720
Just use Latvian and tell Latvians to fuck off.

>>20593978
are you latvian?

>>20593985
Fortunately, no.

>>20593851
No, why would they?

>>20594030
so they can earn supreme cash while they make sublime magazines?

>>20594048
Get a life

Do you think there's money to be made to just draw the fucking spaceships?
The books are good but every time I just imagine white rooms, a spinning room for gravity and try to cram whatever they're explaining into that.
Like, just sit down with someone for a day and be done with it. I think that's why there's a picture in Echopraxia because I blacked out when he was describing the Theseus.

>>20594077
What kind of autism is this?

>>20592587
Beggars in Spain is the series you’re looking for

>>20587350
The Last Good Kiss

>>20594085
Just 4 pages of pictures is all I ask. Like those inserts in movie books. I know there's pacing but you can just draw the fucking tree ship in Hyperion instead of making my brain thumb through all the vidya I played to make an amalgamation.

I don't know. I know that's forcing every reader to imagine the same thing and if you think, "That's dumb" then you'll drop it.
I just wish I pictured things less as places I've been and rooms I know but bending them into the shape the passage is telling me.

>>20594113
Anon, why are you like this? Just use your imagination.

>>20594120
I GOT MAD AT BLINDSIGHT, OK?
Fucking Theseus.
It didn't help that I didn't know the concept of the Theseus paradox at the time of reading.

>>20594060
if I did, no one would answer your questions.

>>20593034
Gonna subvert it by making it a genderbent or shapeshifted man.

>>20594030
What does this mean? Print magazines are still around.

>>20593422
I have.
I would recommend people to read Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures.

>>20590830
I don't return stuff desu, even ones that felt like a rip off, although that's rare.

>>20593994
Don't talk shit about my braliukai.

>>20593851
Clarkesworld.

What's a good fantasy read for a holiday somewhere very cold? Travelling to Tasmania, Australia tomorrow for a week. My favourite fantasy author is Vance, followed by Wolfe.

>>20594249
I just went to tazzy. Be sure to go up to Mount Wellington if you're nearby Hobart. Go up the bus, it's pre cheap, then walk down if you got someone with ya or can walk. What I'd love to read up there with the snow would probz be Gormenghast trilogy or The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson. You can read the latter in a day or more because it's a fun read.

>>20594249
In awe of this absolute unit desu

>>20594259
I've read Peake to death. I have a beat-up second-hand copy of The Broken Sword on my shelf that I have yet to read. Will take that and maybe some non-fiction. Thanks m8

any anthology or short story collection recs?

>>20594301
Skull-face omnibuses by RE Howard.

>>20594301
Try the chart in the OP

>>20593650
Glad you enjoy Volume 5, Anon, It's an excellent volume, especially the later parts. I think this was when TWI started becoming really popular, justifiably so.

How do I get over the old, better classic sci-fi being written at a time when I know computers were big fucking tubes?
I haven't even started Asimov because I cannot get the mint and puke green image of an American kitchen set in that era (50's-70's) out of my head.

>>20594554
>I haven't even started Asimov because I cannot get the mint and puke green image of an American kitchen set in that era (50's-70's) out of my head.
You don't read Asimov for whacky Sci-Fi tech, you read him for the vision of a future so far that people forget there was an Earth and the technology is actually in decline. There's bigger focus on people and their attitudes in the far future than on technology, that is secondary.

Fantasy > Science-fiction

>>20594573
Prove it.... Scientifcally.

New thread
>>20594647

Do we find out what it wanted in Echopraxia?