/lit/ - Literature

These charts seem to be written by an idiot, so I might make some based on the critical consensus on the best tales.

is homestuck /sffg/?

Reminder for litrpg >>22010612

Has Rothfuss shown his face online again after the chapter incident?

For those of you who have been keeping up with the chapters, how have you been liking the current floor? personally I think the card gimmick is a little bit weak. I liked the trains floor the most.

>>22033101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE7Wsre9K0Y
He's talking about mental health awareness and helping feed children.

Have you read In the Realms of the Unreal by Henry Darger? He was an outsider artist and wrote 15,000+ pages in fifteen volumes over six decades for his fantasy world. He was in and out of mental institutions as a kid.
>Volume 1
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/37/
>Volume 2
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/42/rec/2
>Volume 3
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/25/rec/3
>Volume 4
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/9/rec/4
>Volume 5
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/4/rec/5
>Volume 6
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/50/rec/6
>Volume 7
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/19/rec/7
>Volume 8
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/11/rec/8
>Volume 9
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/20/rec/9
>Volume 10
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/1/rec/10
>Volume 11
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/36/rec/11
>Volume 12
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/40/rec/41
>Volume 13
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/31/rec/42
>Volume 14
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/48/rec/43
>Volume 15
http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/intuit/id/29/rec/44

/SFFG/ Recommendations:

Read Reverend Insanity, Lord of The Mysteries, Neuromancer, Hyperion, The Prince of Nothing

Also read The Wandering Inn, Between Two Fires, Mother of Learning, Cradle, I Shall Seal the Heavens, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Poppy War.

chinese courtly intrigue is terrible but comfy

LITRPG KINO on the menu today

>>22033209
The life in Shirtaloon's eyes always dies when people bring up that shitrpg
You can tell even a million dollars isn't worth shitting out shitrpg every day

>>22033209
Be gone >>22010612

I just found out that retcons irritate me a lot. I finished The Dragon and the George and Belgariad, and dropped sequels for both of these because of this shit. I am angry now.

>>22032925
Awful, retarded chart.

>>22033264
based

>>22033222
Cope and seethe

>>22033285
No u

>>22033222

>>22033209
Vastly overrated. The only protag that's more obnoxious is the one from The Land.

What am I in for?

Well I finally finished Titus Groan. That felt very, very long. But I liked it. I feel like I don't see many authors these days with such a knack for prose. It's one of those books where you could summarize the entire plot in just a few paragraphs because so much time is spent on just building the world, but a summary simply cannot capture the experience of reading it. I'll definitely move on to the other books at some point but I need a little break so I've started on something lighter and more recent for the time being.
One thing I was thinking of was how hard it would be to adapt this book into a movie, so I'm not surprised that nobody has made the attempt despite its age and popularity. Apparently there was a TV miniseries back in 2000 but I bet that's some low budget crap. How crazy did this guy have to be to call the book Titus Groan and the titular character is only two years old by the end of it.
A while back I was checking something about the book on Wikipedia, I forget what, but I accidentally saw the words "Flay versus Swelter." At the time I envisioned it referred to, say, a battle of wills between these two characters who hated each other. So you can imagine my surprise when it was an incredible chapter of combat between a thin bony old guy who creaks when he walks and an enormously fat chef. By all rights it should not have been as exciting as it was. And it was made more impressive by the fact that it was one of only two fight scenes in the entire book. Not that a book needs fights to be compelling, but this one really made them count.

>>22033518
I swear Dymocks never has cool fantasy when I go in.

>>22033541
It was on the clearance table in the middle of the store

>>22033518
>26.99 for a paperback book

>>22033598
AUD
That's about $18 in freedom currency

>>22033264
I wouldn't read Malazan if I were you then.

>>22032907
Worldbuilding > prose > characters >>>>>> actual plot

I haven't finished The Way of Kings yet and I already feel like this book is like 300 pages too long

I decided to say fuck it and bought the library of america set of philip k dick
Am I missing anything besides short stories? What’s a good edition for short stories?
Where do I start when it finally
arrives?
How is the leguin set? I recognise the dispossessed and left hand of darkness otherwise nothing else

what's a good site to get free and decent epubs these days?

>>22033736
Here is a list of things in bad writing. I hope you read it.
https://pastebin.com/J61evfSJ

>>22033101
The what

>>22033861
He ran some crowdfunding thing where he promised to deliver a chapter of the 3rd book if he reached the goal
The event made a shit ton of money, and he never delivered anything

>>22033860
so what you're saying is the only way to not write a bad book is to write nothing at all

>>22033866
He's not even writing the book is he?

>>22033881
I dunno
Word is his publisher hasn't seen a single paragraph of it

>>22033890
Just wikipedia him. He hasn't actually written anything the past 10 years or so. At least GRRM is doing something else and we all know he lost interest in soiaf

>>22033847
libgen

>>22033795
PKD's short stories are broken up into five overall volumes that should be easy to find through the usual search methods.
>t. have them on my kindle

>>22033874
If you have to use something like this in your prologue:
>And Lo! The-not-so-uppity-yet-brash-green-in-liver orc said arrogantly like a hubristic person, 'Get back Darkheim!!!!???'
Then you are a bad writer.

>>22033894
>we all know he lost interest in soiaf
GRRM has released numerous books, stories and worked on several TV Shows, all set in ASOIAF world. He's not lazy, he's just scatter brained and lost the steam to work on his main work. IIRC someone counted up all of his word-count released since the last ASOIAF book and it turned out he does 1k~ words per day on average. That's more than 90% of authors, I believe.

>>22033144
Didn't Reverend Insanity get dropped because the author was arrested for vaguely insulting a CCP official in his story?

Are there any good cultivation stories with a female protagonist?

>>22032925
Would it be wrong to just start from the beginning instead of hearing 10 different people tell me their preferred reading orders? (This is only the first half of the table of contents obviously but the pdf has them in chronological order).

>>22033598
>can’t read

It says it’s 9.99. You read the original price.

>>22033540
>I feel like I don't see many authors these days with such a knack for prose
Ya no shit just look at the litrpg slop these faggots in the thread consume

>>22033860
Many of the things on this list are indeed indications of bad writing. However, the rest are simply cliches or matters of opinion and personal taste.

>>22033684
Not retcons. Malzan just has a postmodern relationship with truth.

GRimdark is DANGEROUS, queens...

#Trump is literally so creepy and he's Voldemort

>>22034130
I thought the same and just started reading HPL's Complete stories chronologically. 2/3 volumes done, one left. Can confirm the utter uselessness of that chart. Most of the charts are just a way for lazy fags to feel like they "know the author" from reading a few highlighted titles. Picrel is a reddit comment I have saved, it's closer to the truth than anything I've seen here.
There is no "preferred order" other than by publication date. While stories can be grouped into thematic clusters, they are still largely independent, even Raymond Carter stories.
Any chart would be descriptive, rather than prescriptive. Just pick any "best of" collection if you don't want to commit to reading the entire HPL writings.

>>22034278
>>22034269
Jesus Christ

>>22034290
Queens... we need to stop GRRM and Bakkerchads...

>>22034278
>Gandhi and John Lennon
Come on.

>>22034269
>>22034278
>>22034298
This is gayer than when gay came to gay town.

>>22033860
>en dashes
>em dashes
No wonder McCarthy is so popular among pseud amerianglotards

>>22034304
Imagine all the pocketses...
It's easy if we try

>>22034269
>>22034278
>>22034298
I'm not a fan of grimdark myself, because I just don't particularly like bleak settings. The idea of making a 'genre' specifically to counteract that is stupid to me though. It feels insecure. Some stories are just more optimistic than not. My favourite author is probably Pratchett and he's the most bitter optimist there was. What the fuck happens in 'hopepunk'? It's a broad sweeping notion of 'story is optimistic', but that's anywhere from Superman being a paragon of good and justice to a decent dude doing a decent thing to the power of love and friendship literally destroying evil.

>>22033860
>philosophical themes
>any psychoanalytic terms
update your bait to be less obvious, dumb fuck

>>22034289
Thanks, that's the most helpful looking thing so far. Knowing about the clusters is better than a subjective reading order, I'll read chronologically or by group like that guy said and if I get bored I'll try the best of or just ask the friend that gave me the pdf for his favorites.

>>22034269
>>22034278
>>22034298
Lady thinks she discovered escapism by relating it back to Trump, more at 8
Is there a term for when people venture outside of their tiny consumption bubble for the first time at the age of 30 and think they're pioneers for reporting back about it?

>>22033795
When in doubt, start with Sheep or chronologically.
I had to google what that set contains.
>The Man in the High Castle | The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Ubik | Martian Time-Slip | Dr. Bloodmoney | Now Wait for Last Year | Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said | A Scanner Darkly | A Maze of Death | VALIS | The Divine Invasion | The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
As for short stories, same answer as >>22034289. Either get the complete 5 volumes if you're so committed, or pick ANY modern collection like Total Recall or some shit to get a taste of his stories.
I recommend reading Volume 1, and then deciding if you want to continue with the whole thing or switch to "best of" collections. His style and themes he explores change noticeably over time, that was another thing I enjoyed while reading all 5 volumes. And no, I won't tell you which one is the best.

>>22034347
>Is there a term for when people venture outside of their tiny consumption bubble for the first time at the age of 30 and think they're pioneers for reporting back about it?
Capitalist woman syndrome.

>>22034047
god I hope so

>>22034356
Techbros do it too, admittedly. It's a depressingly common thing.

>>22034361
>techbros
What movements would they even make? Anti-cyberpunk about techbloomermaxxing? Bro... if we just make a few more productivity apps with a good interface, utopia will come.

>>22034380
They don't actually have a concept of creativity or anything, so they just think they can make AI do it for the because I think they're genuinely upset people can make things. But every so often they'll 'invent' something that's just a worse and more complicated version of something that's existed for ages.

https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1684014753227917.webm

>>22034298
>>22034269
Lmao thanks anons, I checked the thread to procrastinate, instead I get more material for my bachelor about dystopias and utopias. Nice.

>>22034440
So that's how orcs are made...

>>22034449
Kek

>>22034443
>bachelor
UK? We don't do theses here until honours. If you haven't looked at it yet, also look into Ursula K Le Guin's work where a "utopia" is dependent on the suffering of a child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas
Another one that is sort of related is how The City and the City has contrast of two cities (one polis is more communist dystopia, the other is slightly freer but still not good) that exist on top of each other.

>>22034449
>>22034452
behave and stop shitposting here

>>22034485
You have my word I shall never sully the good house of /sffg/ again, or my name is not Anonsson Redhide!

>>22034481
No, a post-soviet country. I already have too many books to work from, delving into fresh utopian/sytopian literature would be too much, maybe I will consider it for my Master. Huxley, H.G. Wells, Zamiatin, those guys I work with.

>>22034519
Alright. Sounds cool. Do you work with translation or is the focus English lit plus your own language? My old supervisor worked on utopia. And I actually worked a bit on it in epic poetry before I left. A great philosopher to bring up is Plato and the Republic, but obviously you got your own sources to deal with and your own texts. I'm not too familiar with Zamiatin. I'll have a look.

>read Roadside Picnic
>love it
>pick up Hard to Be a God
>hasn't gone anywhere after over 100 pages, just the same idea being repeated over and over
does it ever go anywhere or is it just not that good?

>>22034528
I read it all in original english, obviously I metnioned Plato, More and others, but mostly as a introduction to the topic itself. I probably will add Augistin's 'Kingdom' there as well. The work itself focuses on Huxley and the differences between his 'Brave New World' and 'Island', plus the context it was written, drugs, mysiticism, etc.

>every royalroad author has to justify with an entire paragraph every time the mc does something slightly human or empathetic that isn't 100% short term self serving, because the rationalfic audience will shit their pants if the mc isn't a minmaxing robot

>>22034610
You are barking at wrong tree, ratfic audience doesn't mind people being emotional. It's edgy autists from RR cry everytime the protagonist loses a fight, loses battle or does something that isn't beneficial to him.

>>22034618
these people often fashion themselves as ratfic though, whether the moniker is accurate or not

>>22034618
I stopped reading comment sections because there's only so many times I can see people whoring for likes by posting tftc as quickly as possible.
Only novel I'm caught up on now is Speedrunning the Multiverse, quick progression without making it boring and a non-edgy semi-evil main character. Admittedly I haven't read a lot on there so it's hard to say how much it stands out but I'm really liking it.

>>22034629
idk where you get that from, ratfic rarely even find themselves on RR.

>>22034660
>tftc
I might quit my webnovel since that's the only kind of comment I've gotten. I want to finish the fucking arc I'm on though.

>>22034553
not really but I still think it's great
there is upheaval and rebellion and lots of death s

>>22034269
>x-punk
>x-core
no thanks, will not read

>>22034721
x-wave?

>>22033518
The honey of unwashed man anus

>>>/a/252577934

>>22034721
>>22034755
ex men

>>22034667
Have you tried leaving author notes asking for feedback or what people think about certain plot points? The fact that authors can give 5 likes (or points or whatever) for comments incentivizes pointless shit like tftc, but you can like 2 comments by the same person per chapter so people will probably be willing to actually discuss stuff with you if you ask directly.

>>22034660
>tftc
What's that, then?

>>22034842
lmaoing at the filename

>>22034846
Thanks for the chapter. You can get likes just for being first comment so people openly just scroll down as quickly as possible when a popular novel updates so they can write it first. Plus all the people who just write it to get a like from the author (worth 5 likes) or to get achievements for leaving a bunch of comments (can get a better profile border). Basically it just shits up the comment section, I've seen less popular works where people just straight up go "second comment for more likes" and more popular ones where the top comment has edits to include actual thoughts on the chapter after they won the tftc race.

>>22034885
Oh, it's just "first" comments, okay. That's pretty universal everywhere, sadly. I've not read much on Royal Road myself (I've read stuff that's originated there, but very little on there itself apart from Mother of Learning really which didn't even originate there), but I'm sure the comments section is just ass so I never even look. S'pose if I were to post a story there I'd have to (though I'm not even sure I'd use Royal Road, not sure the story I'd want to write would even fit into any of the more popular things there).

>>22034844
I might do that later. I have too many points of view and I worry the readers are bored of it. So I'll ask who their favourite is so I can stick to it.

>>22034939
>Too many points of view
That's a really dependent thing. I find most stories can handle like 3 major ones with varying minor ones at most. Some longer-winded ones can go for more like 4-5 major ones though. Or they can be The Wandering Inn with who fucking knows how many POVs.
Point is, it can dilute the story a bit if you jump around too much.

>>22034269
>>22034278
It's always stupid when people make up [noun]punk names for aesthetics. The worst offenders I found on tv tropes are Sandalpunk which is just fantasy set in ancient Greece or other ancient civilization and Dungeonpunk which is just fucking fantasy. Also Flintstones are Stonepunk apparently.

>>22035077
Steampunk, cyberpunk and maybe solarpunk are the only ones I really acknowledge.

>>22035023
Alright. Thanks for the help. It definitely is watered down. I already have a new perspective per chapter like ASOIAF but much worse (since GRRM at least stuck to central characters without going too far).
I mainly wanted to keep it in a repetitive character 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 kind of cycle, but then I had to replan my plot. I'll just use it as a lesson for next time I draft anything. But I don't think I'm made for RR.

>>22035077
>[noun]punk names for aesthetics.
But the most aesthetic is splatterpunk
>>22034688

>>22035092
If it's RR, maybe stick to just one or two major POVs and occasionally their assorted minor characters, honestly. Using multiple POVs isn't that bad, so long as you don't use it nigh-exclusively to cliffhanger things.

>>22035092
>I already have a new perspective per chapter like ASOIAF
I hope your book remains unnoticed and ignored.

>>22035103
It will be. But why care? I'm going to die eventually and it's fun to put words down instead of wasting my life drinking or watching TV all day.
It's honestly just good to write. Maybe you should try it instead of being a curmudgeon (pretty sure you're the same guy who said this a few threads ago).

>>22035102
I was mainly doing it because a friend told me to develop it more. But he's not a big reader so I shouldn't have listened to him. It went in ways I didn't expect though, which was a fun creative process. I got the premise of the first chapter rejected by everyone I sent it to, so it was nice not to just throw it away and make another story for the market.

>>22034939
It really depends. Teens love having like 6 or more pov narrations because it makes the story feel more complex and demanding without actually being like that. Things like Boogiepop or Baccano, or The Wire and Heroes on tv.

>>22035133
TV's different, admittedly, because there's less 'attached' to a POV switch because the camera is inherently detached. Also The Wire and Heroes are hardly that contemporary these days.

>>22035092
Nothing worse for RR than more than one PoV. The stories are supposed to be light, full of action and easily consumable in a serialized, scheduled manner. It's not a place for long-winded stories or experimental storytelling (if you want to achieve anything resembling success).

>>22035140
>(if you want to achieve anything resembling success).
Why would I post on RoyalRoad if I cared about success? If I wanted money, I'd just write to the market for what agents want (YA postcolonial queer cli-fi), then play up how mixed race and neurodivergent I am.
I just got very bored of writing a lot every day since I usually do poetry and I've have 30+ hour weeks of work on top of writing 3000 words a day. I understand why RR got to where it is with very simplistic prose and game systems; it takes much less energy to write it. Even if I'm not that stylistic, it's still hard to think of varying sentence structure, at least.
The way Golden Age Sci Fi / Fantasy authors wrote so much is fucking crazy. Especially when they only had shitty typewriters.

>>22035137
My first two examples were succesful novels, even though they became internationally accesible thanks to tv adaptations (but you could say something similar about A Song of Ice and Fire).
I feel my main point was that it's something that appeals to teens, or at least the kind of people who will spend more time in a dedicated wiki than reading the original material.

>>22035160
>dedicated wiki than reading the original material.
I don't know why this is a thing, but even my sister wants to write an encyclopaedia of worldbuilding rather than learn how to write a fantasy novel since they find anything more than fanfiction hard to read.

>>22033140
I haven't read it, he was referenced in the Venture Bros. episode I was just watching.

>>22034721
>x-punk
>x-core
old and busted

>cozy x
now that is the real shit

>>22034899
But also fishing for likes and commenting to get achievements (some achievements in picrel, there's also stuff for writing reviews and whatever) so you'll see a decent amount even after the chapter has been out for a bit. Aside from that you actually can see some decent speculation and discussion sometimes, which is nice. Gamifying engagement isn't all bad

>>22035221
cozypunk

>>22033776
You could take like 400 pages out of the middle of every Stormlight book and not miss a thing, honestly. Hang in there though anon, each book peaks in the last act

>>22033222
>why yes, lets kick discussion out the thread because it's books I don't like
>let's talk about the same books for the hundredth time in 2 decades

>>22035373
>no The Broken Sword
I wanted to be a dinosaur..

>zoomer shitrpg fags are still pushing this fake gay unfunny dinosaur meme in an attempt to ruin /sffg/
i told you this years ago
shitrpg fags were always the ones ruining these threads

>>22035159
That might get you published but not making real money. Huge majority of published authors don't make a living wage. Funny enough, Patreon web serials might really be the best paying route for writers these days.

>>22035425
Patreon takes a significant fee and so does PayPal whenever you withdraw. Isn’t the Worm author not even making much more than $90,000 on patreon a year? Most writers don’t make money because they don’t write to market or aren’t productive enough. Also any adaptations make you rich but I don’t know how many webnovels could ever be adapted, except maybe some Japanese ones with a publisher the size of Amazon over there.

>>22035400
litrpg was recent bro, that dinofag meme was before litrpg was discussed in the chat.
The whole reason that dino meme was made was because faggots like yourself didn't want anything other than books by dead authors to be discussed in the general.
Neck yourself.

>>22035446
Wildbow isn't a millionaire because he refuses to properly monetize his work, so he's not a good example.
Also, high fees on Patreon doesn't mean it's not the easiest path for amateur authors to make living wages. Getting published is way harder, and even most published authors make pennies.

>tfw you read the father of Science-Fiction, H.G. Wells wrote a book Men Like Gods (1923) in which several people are suddenly isekaied as they travel by a car, into another world full of advanced technology and wonder.
I fucking knew isekai was western. Fucking Asians must steal everything. Daddy Wells retroactively thought of everything.

>>22035449
fuck off shitrpg fag

>>22035494
You mean A Missisipy Yankee in the Court of King Arthur?

Also, that's not how genres work you illiterate dilettante. A genre is formed when people chose to replicate certain tropes among themselves a a body or work can be recognized that intentionally share those characteristics. Isekai is a naroukei subdivision.

>>22032907
> Continuously refreshing the ' recently added' page on z lib.
>99percent female oriented romance and erotica
fucking hell, what a hellscape
and you blame me for reading litrpg and webnovels.

>>22035622

>>22035622
wot lil timmy gon do

>>22035622
you're so mad it's hilarious.

>>22035640
>Reading mod*rn sff
Take the dinopill

>>22035744
what the hell is the dinopill dude?
i'm not a permanent resident of lit.

>>22035630
>he took an obvious joke post literally, on 4chan
Are you a tourist or just extremely autistic? Obviously I don't think Wells invented fucking isekai, you could likely find 'transported to another world' trope hundreds of time throughout history.

>>22035665
>>22035670
>>22035681
Go back to your general
faggots

>>22035893
Go back to the dog track, grandpa

>>22035893
wot lil timmy gon do if i keep talking about books here

>>22035906
then lend me more money

>>22035906
>>22035912
fuck off shitrpg fags
go back to your shitty general

>>22035944
This is our general. Sci-Fi and Fantasy encompasses many subgenres. Or should we make a dying earth general because people talk about that a bit too much here?

>>22035785

>>22035955
Splatterpunk general is here
>>22034688

>>22035785
Dinopill is a phenomenon when faggots want to only read old books.

>>22035956
That is not splatterpunk, it's for the dinofags lurking in here trying to mislead the general. Seems they sneaked back in recently.

>>22035952
>This is our general.
You have your own general
>Sci-Fi and Fantasy encompasses many subgenres
It doesn't encompass shitrpg chinkshit royalroad swill
fuck
off
>>22035977
>>22035955
you're not funny

>>22035982
Splatterpunk is boomer tier (80s when they were around 20s to 30s). I guess they're dinosaurs now, but I don't know if you mean literal GI or greatest generation. It's based though.

>>22035992

>>22035992
Great, now bakker spamer has been exchanged for snob litrpg hater spammer. Can you restrain yourself to a single autistic post per thread, like other spammers?

>>22033140
Holy shit I didn't even know this was posted anywhere. I remember reading his story and looking into it a few years ago but it sounded like they kept his writing private.

>>22036001
not funny
>>22036012
can you and your tranny discord stop spamming shitrpg in here?

>>22035992
>you're not funny
Wasn't trying to be, faggot. Litrpg are published works, not fanfiction, so they belong here.
Royal road and chinkshit webnovels is something else and I'm not defending those two. But published litrpg works are allowed, and you raising a hissyfit because people are enjoying books, and no one wants to discuss your boring dinoshit makes you a faggot autist. Neck your.

>>22036029

>>22036020
Some of it has been transcribed and abridged, but not the whole thing. The scans are hard to read. One day, I'll just transcribe it all on the weekends from the PDFs and release it as a mobi or epub for libgen.

>>22036034
>Litrpg are published works
Litrpg is swill
it does not belong here
Faggot
>>22036036
Not funny

>>22036043

>>22036034
>Royal road and chinkshit webnovels
Novels published on the web. Definitely belong on /sffg/

>>22036049
>>22036051
kys

shitrpg spammers are dedicated to ruining /sffg/
bakkerspammer was never as bad as these low IQ retards

>>22036055

>>22036062
kys

>>22036073

Please just stop talking to him.

>>22036076
kys

>>22036096

>>22036055
Rude.

I love LITRPG so much bros haha LITRPG KINO

>>22036166
cringe

>>22036099
>>22036113
>>22036166
kys

>>22036181

>>22036181
Why are you so damn rude, you cunt?

>>22035977
But these old dead faggots are objectively much better than any modern fantasy and I know none of you rpgfags have read half their work.

>>22036187
Not him, but you should kys
Death to all airpgdogshitters

>>22033140
wow they digitized the entire thing holy fuck thanks bro i had no idea

>>22036187
>>22036184
kys
>>22036202
>>22036210
based

>>22036232

>>22036210
Retard

I've only read enders game and enders shadow as a kid, how are the other novels in that universe?

>>22036276
I didn't care for them, though I know some people who do. They weren't so bad as to retroactively erase my enjoyment of Ender's Game so it's probably worth a shot to see which camp you fall in.

>>22036237
How fucking dare spam arand with the other shitrpg authors?
Shame on you

>>22036389
It's litrpg, same as the rest.

Fantasy novels with extremely in-depth descriptions and characterization of fictional cities, to the point where the city itself is almost an actual character in the story?

>>22036420
Elantris, I suppose. Lies of Locke Lamora... I always felt the cities in Black Company were notable, despite just being named after jewels.

>>22036420
The City and The City

>>22036420
Piranesi, sort of

Reminder to report spam and flooding when you see it!
And, with equal importance, tell me
>the last book you read
>the current book you are reading
>the next book you plan to read

>>22036420
I couldn't tell you, I totally check out when authors start describing buildings and shit.

>>22036420
Wandering Inn.

>>22036470
>Reminder to report spam and flooding when you see it!

Like this post? Got it

>>22036553
>Like this post?
Huh? huh? huh?

>>22036420
shackled city or a reinterpretation of minas tirith?

>>22036420
TunFaire in Glen Cook's Garrett series definitely qualifies. The city itself arguably has more of a character arc than half the cast.

Reminder that that grifter Rothfuss pissed off his editor enough that she went on a seething rant about him on social media

>>22036612
wtf? I love rothfuss now

>>22036612
Somehow that kind of sways me to his side. What if he's just a tard who wrote it for himself and got skeeved out by all the interlopers riding his tip. Becoming everybody's paycheck would suck the life out of anything, let alone your imagination.

>>22036629
he got his own fat paycheck by making a kickstarter you cringing retard

>>22036629
>wrote it for himself
>wrote nothing in 10 years
lol

>>22036649
Yeah so he wanted to bypass publishers and establish a direct connection, but found it impossible in the current year

>>22036653
Yeah at the start, obviously. But going commercial poisoned the well so he got quenched by success.

>>22036629
Honestly I'm starting to fall into the camp of this being a story he stole from a deceased family member that was never finished

>>22036659
>establish a direct connection, but found it impossible in the current year

>>22036685
That works too. But "callously counting his megabux" just doesn't. There's a tragic flaw someplace here.

>>22036689
>tf2 meme
Do you think the amount of time you've been waiting might influence your perception of this story?

>>22036629
Never thought about it like this.

I do feel for him. He does seem like he hit his peak, then a bunch of bad shit happened

>divorce
>depression
> mentally ill (narcissism I'd guess and/ or anxiety)
> the stress of having to live up to past success.

I'd guess if he ever does publish it, whether it is good or bad, he will continue to write somewhat regularly after that. I respect the man. He's seems scared or fearful of something. It's hard for me to articulate, but he's always on edge, antsy.

Just so I'm not riding his dick this whole post, his politics and the way he pushes them drives me crazy. You can't just disagree with the opinions he has. You're a racist, ignorant, bigot, and the enemy. But that's all leftists I suppose and some if not most right leaning folks too.

>>22036710
Yeah. The story being understandable doesn't make him a hero.

>>22036710
>he seems scared and fearful
I'd be fearful too if I told my fans that I'd give them some book 3 material in exchange for donating to a big charity then taking the money and running instead HAHA

I'm super apprehensive about starting KKC knowing it very likely won't be finished

>>22036685
I personally disagree. I think he's had a rough decade, probably a bitch of an ex-wife who snagged him for the money. I believe he was married not too long after he published NotW. He's also trying to raise kids and deal with mental illness.

I'm not defending his lies, broken promises, but I see how it could happen. He's human. The charity situation sucks, but I believe he's been told to maintain radio silence on the subject by his lawyers. Also I know he's in a court battle with his wife, this evidence can be found if you Google his name and courts.

To be fair though, I bet he's hard to live with, not exactly a humble guy.

>>22036722
I'm not saying he is a hero. He's just a guy who wrote a book, then another. People build him up because his prose atands out from other fantasy authors, that's all.

>>22036725
I doubt that's what happened. I'm sure the money will go to the charity, minus WBs bills.

>>22036730
Go ahead man, start it. It's worth a read. The audiobooks are very well done also. It'll probably come out one day. The only people who get mad at him foe not writing are nerds who got quotes tattooed on him, and hyped him up so much. He's just a guy who did some good writing and not so good other things.

>>22036741
>I'm not saying he is a hero
And I was agreeing with you. Hence: Yeah.

Are there any books that accurately give a scare with the deep sea?
I know the obvious stuff everyone has heard about or read, but is there anything about gigantic leviathans of the deep and nightmarish horrors? Preferably with a fantastical element over a science-fiction, but, both are good.
I'm just looking for a good book that reminds me of playing a game like Subnautica or Dredge or what have you.

>>22036181
KYS?
Kiss your sister?

>>22036420
Garbage city
No fields? No farms? Where would they get their food?
Stupid.

>>22036741
>his prose atands out from other fantasy authors
In what way?

>>22036779
It has double meanings and ties different parts of the story together- at least that's what stood out to me compared to other Fantasy authors. Plus the stories inside his stories are thoughtful and interesting.

I'm no writer, but when you compare him to other recent Fantasy authors, such as Jacob Peppers or Brandon Sanderson, he strikes me as more well rounded and polished.

Paolini really wrote this at 15? It's no great feat of literature and borrows heavily from other sources, Star Wars for the plot and LOTR for the world building. Still 15? What did you guys think? It wasn't awful. Listening to it on audiobook now, for lack of something else to read and some parts are fun. I'm giving it a 6/10 so far.

>>22036805
dude has a net worth of like $25m so he's sitting comfortably

>>22036805
>>22036811
Dude has rich parents who paid for him to be published.

>>22036812
so

>>22036805
Book 3 has some extremely comfy innawoods scenes

>>22036765
kys kys fall in love

>>22036805
I never did finish Brisingr, I remember I enjoyed Eragon and Eldest growing up tho wonder if I'll still like them 10+ years layer

>>22036805
What became Eragon he started at 15, he was 19 when it was published IIRC

I liked it when I was 12. Re-reading it and the sequels in my late teens I realised how derivative and shlocky it is

>>22036753
I think I'll play that game now thanks

Bought these bc I like what I've read of the ebooks. + mackerel of course.

>>22037060
all trash, shouldve bought some LITRPG instead

Anyone reading?

I'm about 1/3 in, it's okay, worlds pretty interesting and I like the world hopping/time travel/dimension hopping or whatever it is that's going on

A wind had dropped into the silence, and the scent of the onlookers filled his nostrils: the bitter of rotting teeth, the ink of armpits, the honey of unwashed anuses, all shot through with strands of balsam, orange, and jasmine. And for a moment it seemed he stood within a great circle of apes, hunched and unwashed, watching him with dark and dumbfounded eyes.

Lovecraftian story
https://voca.ro/18CjS5TSWEfd

>>22037223
Just post a wall of text like normal person. No one here wants to listen to your shitty broken mexican English, pablo

>>22037247
Si por favor sir thank you for reading si
>The Pooner at Arkham
At first, I did not know how I would fare in Arkham. I had moved there to work at the asylum as both a nurse and night guard. There were faint whisperings about something lurking the hallways at night, but I ignored it at first. On my first night, I was handed a torch and instructed to mind the hallways; I was to ensure no patient got out. So, as the night darkened, I walked through the asylum's hallway with torch in hand. There was nothing out of the ordinary. It was not so bad being a security guard, I thought, until I heard the sound. A deep yet girlish voice came from behind: "I'm trans."
I turned. In the shadows, the thing appeared. I wish I had not shone my light on it, for it was a harrowed pooner, whose eyes stared at me as if possessed of no vitality. Their face was like a pale deep sea fish in the halo of my torchlight. I knew these abominations were locked up in asylums, yet the sight of it filled my head with stamping heartbeat and the rush of fear. As I walked back, the light's halo expanded until the entire insanity-inducing body was exposed.
The pooner was bare naked, to my horror. Rolls of fat sat horribly upon its waist below a flat chest covered in cicatrices. It lurched forward, its cock swaying like a gutted pig on a slaughterhouse meat hook. This sexual member had no function, I came to understand, other than being a crude statuette and fetish for whatever insanity helped construct it. The thing dangled from an overgrown bush covered in foetid slime mould; it extended down past those pale thighs, covered in a patchwork of surgical scars, cellulite, and newfound hair. The scars were by far the most unsightly, as though from Mengele's hackwork that carved out sizeable steaks from the pooner's once feminine body.
The hair seemed especially unnatural, brought about by whatever horrid combination of synthesised hormones, hitherto unknown to real and cisgender men. The pooner's body resembled that of a cadaver's, as its terrible, maddening 'penis' had been grafted from the flesh on its thighs. A crooked chunk of flesh, rolled into a mockery of a human appendage, was sutured with the intricate stitching, akin again to some mad doctor at Birkenau. Ye gods, the sight of it almost made me catatonic! The cock weeped with pus and the smell of rot emanated from it; necrotic wounds littered the corpse flesh like little gates to hell.

Urban fantasy series where the protagonist is new to the world as opposed to already experienced like Dresden/Iron Druid?

>>22037352
Surprisingly this is a really rare premise. A huge part of what makes the genre of urban fantasy "urban fantasy" is the fact the magical and fantasy elements are already part of the mundane world. I'm struggling to think of any t.b.h. The few I can are YA for young girls or not really urban fantasy (The Magicians)

I just realised half the discussion here is about one retard trying to gatekeep but he doesn't even go into depth why he likes something in any meaningful capacity. It's just autism. GRRM can be good, Lovecraft can be good, Howard can be good, Bakker can be good, Shirtaloon can be good, but if you like it for the wrong reasons, you're probably not going to discuss anything meaningful.

>>22037352
>>22037426
Lord of the Mysteries

I'm gonna kill that faggot who made me buy his self pubbed garbage that wasn't edited with a fake recommendation he made.

>>22037485
what's her name?

>>22037481
That's not urban fantasy you fuckwit.

>>22037509
How is Lord of the Mysteries not urban fantasy?

>>22037490
Literally unedited garbage
https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Dyscrasia-Fiction-S-Lindberg/dp/0615392865

>>22037515
For starters urban fantasy is set in the modern day.

>The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.
>Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, twenty-two year old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George—publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide—and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite—heir to the estate that owned Atticus’s great grandmother—they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.
>At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal named the Order of the Ancient Dawn—led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb—which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his—and the whole Turner clan’s—destruction.
>A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of one black family, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism—the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.

>“Another virtuoso blend of horror, action, and humor. . . . Fans will find this a worthy sequel.”— Publishers Weekly In this thrilling adventure, a blend of enthralling historical fiction and fantastical horror, Matt Ruff returns to the world of Lovecraft Country and explores the meaning of death, the hold of the past on the present, and the power of hope in the face of uncertainty. Summer, 1957. Atticus Turner and his father, Montrose, travel to North Carolina to mark the centennial of their ancestor’s escape from slavery, but an encounter with an old nemesis leads to a life-and-death pursuit. Back in Chicago, George Berry is diagnosed with cancer and strikes a devil’s bargain with the ghost of Hiram Winthrop, who promises a miracle cure—but only if George brings Winthrop back from the dead. Fifteen-year-old Horace Berry, reeling from the killing of a close friend, joins his mother, Hippolyta, and her friend Letitia Dandridge on a trip to Nevada for The Safe Negro Travel Guide. But Hippolyta has a secret—and far more dangerous—agenda that will take her and Horace to the far end of the universe and bring a new threat home to Letitia’s doorstep. Hippolyta isn’t the only one keeping secrets. Letitia’s sister, Ruby, has been leading a double life as her white alter ego, Hillary Hyde. Now, the supply of magic potion she needs to transform herself is nearly gone, and a surprise visitor throws her already tenuous situation into complete chaos. Yet these troubles are soon eclipsed by the return of Caleb Braithwhite. Stripped of his magic and banished from Chicago at the end of Lovecraft Country, he’s found a way back into power and is ready to pick up where he left off. But first he has a score to settle . . .

>>22036470
>Last
Scythe by Neal Schusterman, it was fun if nothing special
>Current
The Wizard by Gene Wolfe, going to be one of my favorite series once I finish
>Next
Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams

>>22037485
here he is

>>22036805
It's been a while since I read them, but I remember generally liking the first two books, and kind of getting turned off by the final two, mostly because it seemed to think the best way to character develop Eragon was to make him incredibly boring. I also genuinely do not remember the finale at all. Galbatorix is such a nothing villain that he has zero presence in my mind as a character.

>>22037352
You mostly get that with more YA stuff like Percy Jackson and the like, or stuff riffing on Harry Potter. Basically stuff where the modern and the fantasy are a bit more separated by a 'hidden' aspect. I'm sure there's some where it's integrated better to the modern world than those two though.

>>22037352
The Rook

Though it only fits your requirement because she has amnesia.

Also to my surprise, after fuck knows how many years, I just found out a third book in the series came out last year. No idea if its any good or not, the second was certainly divisive.

I know it's not written with intentional humor but Martial World is probably the most hilarious xianxia I've read with how much Lin Ming shits on everybody with his protag luck.
>meditating on those Chaos Stones (lol!) for over a year
>walks out to see the Ancient Phoenix Clan Elders hanging out
>"So if I do <nearly impossible thing>, I get the reward? Cool, check this out"
>breaks the sound barrier flying into Fire Spirit Star
>slows down and stops, to troll everybody and cultivate before continuing
>casually crosses over to the seventh level of Life Destruction with all the Star's artifact spirit help, attaining a perfect transition of course
Now he's 800+ deep into the Killing Array, naturally proceeding to a Thousand Slaughter, the first in 40000 years.
Nonstop laughs.

>>22037806
This faggot really thought we'd be tricked and think this was an organic recommendation/fan. Makes me fucking sick.

Day of the rope is coming for you, Lindbergstein.

>>22037995
>but since you actually have to PAY for it none of you will read it because you're all poorfags
Is he wrong?

About half way through the The Farseer Trilogy and can't decide if I really like it. The characters are well realised, but I feel like there's a lot of worldbuilding and not a lot of driving the plot, it's just there in the background being slowly built up to. I wonder if the payoff will be worth sticking with it?

>>22038035
It's literally shit, dude. I wasted $10 buying it.

>>22037485
>>22037806
>>22037991
>>22037995
>he isn't aware of how many dogshit authors shill themselves on 4chan
that's not counting the companies that shill themselves on here

>>22036955
be warned its pretty mediocre on the horror and overall

>>22038043
There's a lot of plot in the later half of the trillogy, especially the last one. It's all leading to a point.

>>22032907
what use is this thread?
nobody ever make a real effort to find and recommend interesting books,and whenever someone tries, they get hounded by everyone else. every book has the best ever or it's not worth it.

everything on this thread has been said before again and again.

and where the fuck is the bakker fag? ,the moment he left,this thread went even further to shit

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Artificial Academy 2 General /aa2g/ #1279
Who Framed /aa2g/? Edition

Welcome, this general is for the discussion of ILLUSION's Artificial Academy 2.

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>Downloads:
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AAUnlimited updates: https://github.com/aa2g/AA2Unlimited/releases
Anon's Modded Pre-Install: https://pastebin.com/42JS3q6E

>Information:
AA2Mini Install Guide:
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General FAQ:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200216045726/https://pastebin.com/bhrA6iGx
AAU Guide and Resources (Modules, Tans, Props, Poses, and More):
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>Character Cards [Database], now with a list of every NonOC in the megas:
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https://db.bepis.moe/aa2/

>Mods & More:
Mods for AAU/AA2Mini (ppx format, the mediafire has everything):
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vwrmdohus4vhh/Mods
/aa2g/ Modding Reference Guide (Slot lists for Hair/Clothes/Faces, List Guides, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gwmoVpKuSuF0PtEPLEB17eK_dexPaKU106ShZEpBLhg/edit#gid=1751233129
Booru: https://aau.booru.org

>HELP! I have a Nvidia card and my game crashes on startup!
Try the dgVoodoo option in the new win10fix settings.
Alternative: Update your AAU and see if it happens again. If so, disable win10fix, enable wined3d and software vertex processing.
>HELP! Required Windows 11 update broke things!
winkey+R -> ms-settings:developers -> Terminal=Windows Console Host

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>>>/vg/428858839 sexy gal literature

>>22032925
Literally just read the 3 penguin volumes in order of release, it's not that tough

>>22038214
It's because of shitrpg chinkshit royalroad fags
they are dedicated to ruining this thread
they are a cancer that must be expunged
>>22038221
>>22037515
>>22036765
>>22036237
>>22036389
FUCK OFF

>>22038228
just dawnload this . it has the 22 main stories plus 25 more obscure short stories .

>>22037060
I'm no canned fish expert but from what I've had this is my favorite. Also
>The Fetishists by A. S. Coomer

>>22038221
What's the point?

>>22038253
Yeah I'm retarded that was supposed to be a link to this
https://www.amazon.com/MW-Polar-Herring-Vegetable-6-7-Ounce/dp/B00F9XC880/ref=sr_1_21?crid=EADJZ4MBMXTA&keywords=herring&qid=1684250959&sprefix=herring%2Caps%2C85&sr=8-21

>>22038253
>>22038268
Thanks. I'll see if they sell it in my country.

>>22037698
God… I could NOT imagine centering my entire existence around the fact that I’m black. It’s like an all-consuming religion at this point, and I have to actively choose to be secular.

>>22032907
any good BNWO science fiction to recommend?

>>22038251

>>22038344
okay,i love me a good harem lit but now you're just being a troll
what the hell is that title.?

>>22038374
The title and cover are absurd, but it's actually a really fun litrpg. Not harem.

>>22036629
The guy is probably terrified of writing and releasing anything because he feels that he can never live up to 12+years worth of hype and expectations, and every year he doesn't show anything new just makes it worse
Honestly people should just give up on him finishing the trilogy. It's over.

>>22038344
How long until they go full isekai with titles? Speaking of, is there a difference besides one being drawn and one being written?

>>22038519
They already exist, really. Sometimes as deliberate aping of the light novel approach, sometimes just because they can't think of anything else.

>>22038523
>has warp teleportation now through forestwalk
Nigga, what?

>>22038519
>>22038344
>>22038329
kys

>>22038519
The proper comparison would be "full light novel" not Isekai. Drawn are manga and written are web, light, or cell phone novels. There are a few other sorts.

Here's a random absurd light novel title , of which there are many, that's not Isekai:
Sew for Her! Strip Her? Change Her Clothes!! She Screwed Up Her High School Debut and Became a Shut-In, so I've Ended Up Coordinating Her Youth (Fashion)

>>22037990
Martial world was good but it wasn't really funny

do you read books based on movies?
i'm reading star wars rouge one right now
haven't watched the movie but the book is okay so far

no

>>22038896
Read the novelization of Revenge of the Sith, it's one of the best Star Wars novels imo

>>22038957
don't remember much from that movie besides the higher ground meme, but i'll put it on the list
might as well add the empire strikes back now we're at it

>>22038896
I read the book for 2001. That was good, but then it was written by Clarke in his prime, and it also explained all the confusing shit that happen in the film so that was an added bonus.

>>22039007
2001 novel is really good
tried reading alien but that was just weird

>>22038554

>>22038967
Darth Plagueius is another prequel era gem you gotta check out

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Artificial Academy 2 General /aa2g/ #1279
Who Framed /aa2g/? Edition

Welcome, this general is for the discussion of ILLUSION's Artificial Academy 2.

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>Downloads:
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AAUnlimited updates: https://github.com/aa2g/AA2Unlimited/releases
Anon's Modded Pre-Install: https://pastebin.com/42JS3q6E

>Information:
AA2Mini Install Guide:
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General FAQ:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200216045726/https://pastebin.com/bhrA6iGx
AAU Guide and Resources (Modules, Tans, Props, Poses, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qb1X0oOdMKU4OIDp8AfFdLtl5y_4jeOOQfPQ2F-PKQ/edit#gid=0

>Character Cards [Database], now with a list of every NonOC in the megas:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1niC6g-Xd2a2yaY98NBFdAXnURi4ly2-lKty69rkQbJ0/edit#gid=2085826690
https://db.bepis.moe/aa2/

>Mods & More:
Mods for AAU/AA2Mini (ppx format, the mediafire has everything):
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vwrmdohus4vhh/Mods
/aa2g/ Modding Reference Guide (Slot lists for Hair/Clothes/Faces, List Guides, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gwmoVpKuSuF0PtEPLEB17eK_dexPaKU106ShZEpBLhg/edit#gid=1751233129
Booru: https://aau.booru.org

>HELP! I have a Nvidia card and my game crashes on startup!
Try the dgVoodoo option in the new win10fix settings.
Alternative: Update your AAU and see if it happens again. If so, disable win10fix, enable wined3d and software vertex processing.
>HELP! Required Windows 11 update broke things!
winkey+R -> ms-settings:developers -> Terminal=Windows Console Host

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>>>/vg/428858839

>>22039065
What's the point?

>>22039078
He's probably seething about litrpg.

>>22039043
This actually look interesting.
Everything is good on your side ,shitrpg bro?

>>22038896
>haven't watched the movie
It's the least terrible of the Disneywars movies
I'd even go so far as to say it's alright

>>22039083
>>22039043
>>22039078
>>22039145
kys

>>22036730
There a literally hundreds of fantasy series that are finished, why would you read one that will never be finished?

>>22039241

>>22039252
kys
go back to your fucking general you subhuman swine

Read the war eternal series.

>>22039253

>>22039257
kys

>>22039145
It's not great. It reads like fan-fiction written by some old Russian gamer who plays too much Eve. Ageing boomer becomes a fleet commander, fights a lot of space battles and wins against all the odds, whilst all the hot chicks fall for him despite being fat, old and ugly.

>>22039253
Guess what, you aren't the main character. This world and specifically this thread doesn't revolve around you. You're irrelevant.

>>22039301
fuck off shitrpg fag

>>22039256
How big are her muscles?

>>>/vg/429688447
Artificial Academy 2 General /aa2g/ #1279
Who Framed /aa2g/? Edition

Welcome, this general is for the discussion of ILLUSION's Artificial Academy 2.

COPY ERROR MESSAGES WITH CTRL+C, PASTE THEM WITH CTRL+V INTO GOOGLE TRANSLATE. JUST CLICK THE WINDOW AND PRESS CTRL + C, IT WORKS.

>Downloads:
/aa2g/ Pre-Installed Game, AA2Mini: https://tsukiyo.me/AAA/AA2MiniPPX.xml
AAUnlimited updates: https://github.com/aa2g/AA2Unlimited/releases
Anon's Modded Pre-Install: https://pastebin.com/42JS3q6E

>Information:
AA2Mini Install Guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS8Ap6CrmSNXRsKG9jsIMqHYuHM3Cfs5qE5nX6iIgfzLlcWnmiwzmOrp27ytEMX03lFNRR7U5UXJalA/pub
General FAQ:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200216045726/https://pastebin.com/bhrA6iGx
AAU Guide and Resources (Modules, Tans, Props, Poses, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qb1X0oOdMKU4OIDp8AfFdLtl5y_4jeOOQfPQ2F-PKQ/edit#gid=0

>Character Cards [Database], now with a list of every NonOC in the megas:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1niC6g-Xd2a2yaY98NBFdAXnURi4ly2-lKty69rkQbJ0/edit#gid=2085826690
https://db.bepis.moe/aa2/

>Mods & More:
Mods for AAU/AA2Mini (ppx format, the mediafire has everything):
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vwrmdohus4vhh/Mods
/aa2g/ Modding Reference Guide (Slot lists for Hair/Clothes/Faces, List Guides, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gwmoVpKuSuF0PtEPLEB17eK_dexPaKU106ShZEpBLhg/edit#gid=1751233129
Booru: https://aau.booru.org

>HELP! I have a Nvidia card and my game crashes on startup!
Try the dgVoodoo option in the new win10fix settings.
Alternative: Update your AAU and see if it happens again. If so, disable win10fix, enable wined3d and software vertex processing.
>HELP! Required Windows 11 update broke things!
winkey+R -> ms-settings:developers -> Terminal=Windows Console Host

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>>22039301
He's the new barneyfag

Finished the Unholy Consult. What a metal fucking series hot damn.

>>22039263

>>22039256
>Fit looking girl
Let me make a few guesses:
She is too good for men
She will not fall in love or be in a relationship
She will get injured a lot
She will die at a end

I'm right. aren't I?

>>22039400
I'm pretty sure she gets married to a guy and even has a kid, if this is the same series that guy's been shilling for a while now.

>>22039348
kys

>>22039410
If that's really the case then I'm willing to give it a shot. I'm just really tired of these desexualized Marvel_esque female characters. And the more masculine they look ,The more likely it is to be true .

>>22039444
I think I'm reading something by the same author right now, and it's... Just kind of fine. Maybe War Eternal is better, but he seems to make fairly standard characters. Worldbuilding stuff is neat, but basic. Story is just "events sort of randomly happening outside of the protagonist's control".

>>22039426

>>22039410
>Strong no-nonsense woman becomes a cute mom/wife (but still strong) after timeskip
Literally my favorite trope

>>22037990
>>22038782
Martial World impressed me with how crisp the cultivation system with all its mechanics was but I kinda lost interest in the plot before he even got off his initial world. Really, it takes all the clichés of cultivation stories and executes them surprisingly well and even manages to treat side characters and antagonists like they aren't just AYM cannonfodder.

Unfortunately, I spoilered myself by reading the wiki so I might never actually finish it.

New rec list just dropped: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g43891727/best-fantasy-books/

>>22039524
Library at Mount Char bro - your moment is now

>>22039524
>A Hero Born by Jin Yong
Well, this list is less worse than I thought.

Thought you guys would probably want to see this. He has an interesting take on ChatGPT and where it’s going.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XrPHc7xahSw

>>22039488
The only cultivation novels I enjoyed were spirit blade mountain because it's so we'll written and witty it may as well not be Chinese.
Everything else is extremely hard to stomach.
I started both martial world , new martial world and got very far in issth but I could never finish them
Almost all cultivation novels end the same . With main characters becoming gods that nobody knows about it or remember and that just doesn't click with me .

>>22039479
I do as well. It's weird just how rare it is .
That's why when I saw the tomboy, I was like ' she's gonna be dryer than a desert ' cause that's usually how it goes

>>22039557
I mean that's kind of the 'point' of these novels, really. Granted, that's why I like Cradle, it's practically saying "Wow that'd really fucking suck to end up alone like that, let's walk that path together instead". Ozriel practically was your standard xianxia cultivation story protagonist who realised how bad it was at the top.

rpglit and its consequences has been a disaster for the ssfg world

>>22039555
>title
I refuse to watch any more garbage by these luddites.

Time to read some LITRPG

Daniel Greene is back from his mental health hiatus ;)

>>22036765
>KYS?
>Kiss your sister?
rec me books where someone kisses their sister

>>22039725
My diary desu

Will this finale top the previous five finales?

>>22039730
>Will this finale top the previous five finales?
Formula is getting proggresively more exhausted with each book.

>>22039744
I definitely understand the formula--you could argue its built into the system (of floor progression and difficulty scaling). It does get bigger though every time just about. They're never dull. Which one was your favorite? Masquerade was not the best but we'll see how 6 ends and if not then I'm sure book 7 and the ensuing climax of the city will be ridiculous.

>>22039744
I thought the train level was peak Carl.

2 weeks and some days for Cradle New and Last book

If Will kills Eithan = Trash Book
If Will doesnt kills Eithan and gives him a lot of screentime = Good book
If half the book is focused on Eithan = Perfect book

Simple as, i bet the gang wont even kill the monarchs and only disarm them, cowards

>>22039774
cradle is gay
maybe that fag will keep the other thread up and you fags can go there when the book comes out

>>22039774
I mean they're going with a stated goal of "ascend or die" towards the Monarchs. Some might ascend, some won't.
We'll probably get some Eithan stuff, but he seems relatively diminished lately, sadly. I enjoyed him effectively just watching the story go on like a TV show as Ozriel.

>>22039778
doesnt matter what the fag does, if i will even post the same post in both threads just to piss him offf

and theres nothing you or him can do about it, fags

>>22039786
i bet the akura monarch is not dying despite being a fucking bitch (but if will makes the daughter kill her own mother would be kino), the monarch group that uses the special armor prob wont die either, the little girl wont die either, the tree basically helped Lindon, dunno about the rest

>>22039800
The armor folks are basically on the good side along with the tree, so they'll probably live. It'll probably be like, a few will die in battle, a few will live. Northstrider is probably the most likely to just die.

>>22039673
is it any good?

>>22039804
nah, i think everyone from the armor group will survive, they will just watch, same with the tree, akura malice was most likely to die too but she have ''my daughter is in the gang'' buff, northstrider and little tiger prob dead

so dumb that mfs can just ascend but would rather stay bc they dont want to leave the chain of command, northstrider even had the audacity to say he would stay till he got power equal to a judge lmaooo this never happening fool

What a shit thread . Here. Have some REAL literature

>>22039829
cringe

>>22039829
What a shit thread . Here. Have some REAL literature

>>22039829
You might be joking, but the truth is, the Monogatari series actually is great.

>>22039837
It most certainly is better than shitrpg

>>22039819
That's the point, they're petty and stupid and killing the world because of it.

never cheat, never lie
reading LITRPG until i die

>>22039815
Dissonance? It's fine. Unremarkable, but competent.

>>22039859
thanks

>>22039852
>2
>3
>5
pass

>>22039852
If you're gonna false flag at least post a LitRPG that's actually good.

>>22039882
tell me some good litrpg

>>22035952
Except you only post about fantasy and when someone asks for sci fi recommendations you recommend some low IQ generic trash about magic and wizards

> write a reverse gender twilight because people keep telling her the story only work one way .
> The male human is shy
Okay!!!
> The vampire girl is confident and assertive.
Let's gooooooo!!!
>He's still taller than her.

You Fucking hack . I hate women

>>22039928
I don't think you'd be angry about this if you weren't short yourself. In fact, I don't think the thought would come into your mind at all.

>>22039852
You're still sharing shit ?
How about you develop a good taste in literature?

>>22039938
LITRPG > anything else

>>22039937
It's explicitly stated that not only is he taller than her . He's a giant . So what the hell the point? Why write a reverse twilight to try and prove that it can work and yet refuse to go the extra mile ?

>>22039577
>It's weird just how rare it is
It is, Even rarer now, but i realized that a lot of female authors do it. Another reason to read women authors.

>>22039946
because woman can stand being around small man, they refuse, the idea doesnt even cross the mind, if u are bellow 6,0 its over

imagine creating a litrpg thread thinking it won't make people post more litrpg in here to spite you. little autist gatekeepers on the internet are the worst.

lil timmy the wannabe hall monitor

>>22039954
>>22039946
>>22039928
Friendly reminder 99.9% of romances have the male character be at LEAST 6 feet tall. It's not a conjecture, it's a real number from a meta-study of literature.
Also, Bella was pale and average in Twilight, meanwhile the guy must obviously be at least somewhat attractive. The double standard is outrageous.

>the girl that.....
>The girl who...
>The girl with.....
>The girl ....
Why are mutt land authors so obsessed with girls?. Why can't they write about men ?
Do they just want to be girls?
Is that why you have such a sissy epidemic?

>>22039730
>>22039744
>>22039768
I cannot imagine reading this series past the 2nd book

>>22039987
The second book is the worst in the series desu, it's all better from here

>>22039985
Modern western culture has an obsession with feminity. Part of it is political, part of it is natural inclination to focus on women, but skewed into shoving them everywhere due to lack of normal environment to express the desire. It will only get worse

>>22039467
>>22039673
>>22039730
>>22039829
>>22039836
>>22039852
>>22039901
>>22039882
>>22039938
>>22039944
kys

>>22039985
>the boy...
>the boy in...
>the boy from...
>the boy who...
>... boy
plenty of books with boy in them if they're more your speed, weirdo

>>22040001

>>22039996
They're really obsessed with feminity.

But it's not exactly surprising.
The feminine has become the standard upon which everything is scaled and measured. Everything that Is female is good and right and proper.
It's why 99% of discord profile pics are anime girls .

>>22040001

>>22040017
>It's why 99% of discord profile pics are anime girls .
pretty sure people just like what's cute. like cats, dogs, etc.

>>22040026
Perhaps yes. Humans always liked cute and beautiful things but that didn't stop them from appreciating male beauty .
That's why we have statues of gods and heroes .
But now beauty=female .

>side story

should litrpg and east asian webnovels be banned from /sffg/?

>>22040222
Without an ability to enforce it's irrelevant.

>>22040222
Should you be?

>>22040222
wouldn't lose all that much if everything published past around 2008 was banned from discussion DESU

>>22040010
>>22040025
kys
>>22040222
Yes
they're dedicated to ruining /sffg/
bakkerfag, while cancerous, was never as bad as this

>>22040267
this was published in 2017 and it was great though

>>22040222
i will keep posting LITRPG, Webnovels, Lightnovels here and you will do NOTHING because you have 0 power to change ANYTHING here

Cope, seethe, dilate

>>22037485
was it gemini of the sleeping gods?

>>22040366
ok

>>22039836
Mother of Learning is good but the other two are quite shit

>>22040222
yes please this thread is fucking brutally retarded

>>22039836
Mother of Learning and I Shall Seal The Heavens are good but the other is quite shit

can we get a new thread
>>22040222
nah

>>22040700
it's up
>>22040654

>>22039321
This is my wife

>>22039400
Non of that is true apart from getting injured a lot. Most of the characters male and female get injured a lot as well though.