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/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General Anonymous Wed Nov 28 05:15:37 2018 No.12147776 [Reply] [Original]

WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? EDITION
>Tell us why it's shit

Monthly Reading for November: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny

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SCIENCE FICTION
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SF&F author listing with ratings and summaries:
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Previously:
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>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 05:25:13 2018 No.12147802 File: 556 KB, 1655x1673, Discworld.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 05:42:59 2018 No.12147828 File: 295 KB, 500x800, monthly reading.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Two days to go! >>12147776 I'm reading this actually I finished a couple of days ago and it's not shit.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 06:12:48 2018 No.12147870 I dropped Stormlight 1/4 in the second book. What happened later and in the third book?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 06:21:02 2018 No.12147888 >>12147870 read it and find out

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 06:43:50 2018 No.12147937 File: 1.45 MB, 1333x1945, 1536597026819.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12147426 Fucking Canadians. >>12147447 Germline by TCMcarthy. Also I think Spiral Wars are the new military sci-fi meme so be warned.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 06:47:38 2018 No.12147944 File: 35 KB, 330x499, 51aQnqYN+fL._SX328_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] About to start pic related. Is it good?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 06:47:56 2018 No.12147947 >>12147870 >what happened in the third book literally nothing

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 06:55:51 2018 No.12147967 >>12147944 also want to know this

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 07:02:03 2018 No.12147980 Im an entry level reader who loves the writing style and stories of Gaiman. Any recs?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 07:05:07 2018 No.12147986 >>12147980 More Gainman, Pratchett. I've also heard people compare his writing to China Miéville but I have not read anything by him so I cannot confirm.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 07:08:34 2018 No.12147997 >>12147986 Ive read everything Gaiman already. Ill check out China Mieville.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 08:04:03 2018 No.12148103 >WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? EDITION Masters of Rome >Tell us why it's shit Sulla is a mortal man and has to pass on at some point.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 08:13:14 2018 No.12148128 >>12147828 >tfw the dog protag is trapped in a hayloft because dogs have a hard time going down stairs It's the little details. That book was a blast.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:01:46 2018 No.12148225 >>12148103 Ah the meme rises.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:05:29 2018 No.12148231 >>12147997 read Good Omens ? Gaiman X Pratchett

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:20:18 2018 No.12148277 >>12147944 Sure

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:34:19 2018 No.12148321
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>>12147776
I'm looking for books written in the wuxia/xianxia style by western authors.
I've read Cradle and liked it. Also read Sufficiently Advanced Magic but didn't like it as much.
Some people have recommended Sanderson but I dislike his writing.
Any other recommendations?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:39:07 2018 No.12148335 Why did Miss. Sarah J. "Cumlord" Maas ruin the Acotar series via character assassination and self insert fanfic tier writing. However, I am a fan of her Throne of Glass series. Why is character assassination so common for her literary works?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:39:40 2018 No.12148339 >>12147185 # >just as there is no american shakespeare. There isn't someone who stole another's work and published under his name and got insanely popular because of it in America?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:41:30 2018 No.12148343 >>12148231 Yup! Even Sandman, but not the prequel one.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:50:18 2018 No.12148369 File: 49 KB, 333x500, 51H9YlS9lbL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What am I in for?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 09:53:08 2018 No.12148375 >>12148369 Hopefully sex with cute dark elves

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 10:04:17 2018 No.12148401 >>12148369 Realizing dryads are the best girls

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 10:29:12 2018 No.12148459 >>12148369 Fun

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 10:31:58 2018 No.12148466 >>12148343 Well then, if you enjoyed Good Omens, you can get into Pratchett. Good omens is more pratchett-y than gaiman-y

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 11:16:11 2018 No.12148555

>>12147870
They reach the promised land, meet the big bad, and Kaladin goes through another cycle of being a crying pussy to finding peace and going full super saiyan. Overall better than the second imo.

Also the assassin in white pops up again. He’s a pretty okay guy this time around. Oh and Shallan is basically god awful as ever. Maybe even a little worse.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 12:01:43 2018 No.12148694 >WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? EDITION Masters of Rome >Tell us why it's shit Caesar crucified the qt pirates

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 12:05:33 2018 No.12148713

>>12148555
>Oh and Shallan is basically god awful as ever
Not that anon but that's all I needed to know. She was a big chunk of why I dropped the series in the first place. There's two major things that Sanderson is incapable of writing, humor or witty characters and romance. Both of which are major components to Shallan's character.

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 12:14:22 2018 No.12148738

>>12148713
If it makes any difference her humor and romantic hang ups are about as terrible as the other two books. Sanderson just wratches her craziness level way up though which makes her just that much worse.

By the end though she works past most of that trauma so maybe it won’t be as bad in the next book. Granted we’ve seen Kaladin go through the same cycle multiple times now.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 12:16:43 2018 No.12148745 >>12147776 >What are you reading Black Company, Soldier’s Live. >Why’s it shit It’s not about a small band of mercenaries having comfy adventures across the countryside anymore.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 12:38:20 2018 No.12148800 >>12148335 Huh?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:16:20 2018 No.12148925 >Joe Abercrombie Returns to the First Law World with A Little Hatred, the Start of a New Trilogy say what you want about his pace but at least he writes books

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:17:31 2018 No.12148933 File: 260 KB, 801x516, kngabm.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Joe Abercrombie Returns to the First Law World with A Little Hatred, the Start of a New Trilogy say what you want about his pace but at least he writes books

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:24:41 2018 No.12148965 >>12148933 >say what you want about his pace but at least he writes books Does it matter when the books are shit?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:25:36 2018 No.12148969 >>12148965 they're better than a lot of other shit that gets written these days

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:29:15 2018 No.12148986
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Is this series any good?
A lot of fantasy lit fans I know seem to recommend it, but a lot of people online seem to hate it. But the only criticism I can find is that he's anti-communism and comes off as preachy.
Personally, I'm not offended by things like that because I'm not a faggot, and sometimes I even enjoy seeing things through someone else's worldview even if it isn't one I agree with.
So is it any good?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:30:19 2018 No.12148989 >>12148965 They aren't though.

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:34:56 2018 No.12149005
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>>12148986
The first few books are fun but don't expect anything deep. After that he gets way too preachy without deciding what he's even preaching. Following his various Mary Sues for no reason eventually gets pretty tiresome as well.
Also pic related happens.

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:37:42 2018 No.12149020

>>12148986
>Is this series any good?
First book is alright, then it just spirals downward. His boner for Ayn Rand aside, I don't have a problem with the anti-communism stuff because commies are all scum anyway, but even then Goodkind gets a bit too preachy later on even if you happen to agree with his ideals. Also the books are full of fetishes ranging from pseudo infidelity, BDSM, magic rape, actual rape and so on and so forth but that's a bonus for some people I suppose. As for the hero and heroine, Richard is a gary stu and Kahlan exists only to be rape bait though she never actually gets raped, though she does get indirectly raped which doesn't sound like it makes sense but it happens.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:37:47 2018 No.12149022 >>12148986 >terry goodkind Hahahaha no.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:39:28 2018 No.12149031 >>12149020 Oh okay. Sounds a little too weird for me >>12149005 >Also pic related happens lmao nice

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:42:51 2018 No.12149051 >>12148989 They are. >>12148969 But why read shit books or shittier books when you can read good books?

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:45:54 2018 No.12149063

>>12148986
Absolute garbage.
Being preachy with no hint of subtelty is the least of its flaws.
Imagine the most standard, stale, vanilla heroic fantasy you can think of. Then, take HBO's game of thrones taste for lurid, gratuitous sex and violence. Mix those together, add a (big) dash of tortureporn, and voilà, terry goodkind.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:48:35 2018 No.12149078 >>12149051 >But why read shit books or shittier books when you can read good books? Ha Haha Ha

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:49:50 2018 No.12149083 >>12149051 They don't exist.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:50:56 2018 No.12149091 File: 267 KB, 400x400, ug23xo4qpj2me5eik2as_400x400.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12148986 This is what he looks like. Do you now still think it might be a good idea to read these books, knowing what he looks like?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:52:50 2018 No.12149102 >>12149091 He looks like he belongs in the WWE.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:54:09 2018 No.12149113 >>12149091 That's hardly his worst photo. Dude used to rock the worst ponytail

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:54:36 2018 No.12149115 >>12149051 No they aren't.

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:55:22 2018 No.12149120

I'm reading hyperion right now, and while the stories and genre switches are fun I find the prose and ideology to be a bit lacking outside of the poets tale after just coming off of chapterhouse: dune. Any sci-fi books similar in style to dune preferably written before?

I was going to read foundation next. I tried reading ringworld after hearing that it was good actual hard sci-fi but dropped it a couple chapters in when it was clear that the entire book was going to be "DUDE THIS RAINBOW ALIEN HAS MOUTHS FOR HANDS AND TEETH FOR FINGERS LMAO HAHAHA"

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 13:59:05 2018 No.12149138

What are you writing about /sffg/? I'm writing a fantasy story about a blacksmith who ends up on a quest with his soon to be mother in law who absolutely hates him and doesn't approve of him marrying her daughter. Usually the trope goes that the guy and his hard ass father in law are forced to work with each other and at the end the father in law finally approves, so I just decided to twist it around a bit. It's a bit silly but I'm just writing it for fun anyway. Tell me your ideas.

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:02:38 2018 No.12149151

>>12149138
I'm trying to improve by writing from a perspective that is completely alien to me. So I am trying to write a short story in a high fantasy setting, where the protagonist is a fat, middle-aged black woman. I have literally never even met one, so I have no idea what they're like. This is really challenging.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:05:52 2018 No.12149163 File: 148 KB, 300x300, Throne_of_Glass_series.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12149083 You were saying?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:06:56 2018 No.12149168 >>12149151 How can you not have met a fat middle aged black woman? They're fucking everywhere

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:07:28 2018 No.12149171 >>12149151 >I have literally never even met one Just go to your local DMV. I swear it's some hidden mandatory requirement to have a sassy overweight black woman at the front desk in every DMV. That's assuming you live in burgerland of course.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:08:07 2018 No.12149176 >>12149168 I grew up sheltered in a mainly white neighborhood. I was home-schooled, and there are no black women at my current job. I still live with my parents too

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:21:50 2018 No.12149228 >>12149138 >blacksmith who ends up on a quest with his soon to be mother in law who absolutely hates him Do they fuck?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:24:41 2018 No.12149243 >>12149163 I keep seeing people here alternate from saying this is good and that it's shit. So what's good about it? What's shit about it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:30:06 2018 No.12149266 >>12149168 We aren't all y*nks

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:31:16 2018 No.12149269 File: 21 KB, 220x330, Saints.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This got recommended to me recently but I'm on the fence about reading it. Is it any good? How are Vandermeer's other works?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:33:56 2018 No.12149280 >>12149266 Neither am I. Still impossible to avoid the nogs in western europe.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:34:38 2018 No.12149284 >>12149269 It's like 200 pages so it's not like you're investing a huge amount of effort

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:36:04 2018 No.12149292 >>12149151 Are you going to do any research or just guess and get it completely wrong?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:37:14 2018 No.12149295 >>12149292 I'm just going to guess. I'm trying to improve creativity. My protagonist can't swim, I'm pretty sure that's common

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:38:26 2018 No.12149300 >>12149243 read and find out

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:42:38 2018 No.12149315 >>12149280 You really should do something about that.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:43:36 2018 No.12149321 >>12149120 Book of the New Sun

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:45:03 2018 No.12149328 >>12149315 I'm open to suggestions

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:45:23 2018 No.12149330 >>12149284 >>12149284 I've got 2 other books in contention and if it's not his strongest work I'd prefer to know now and read that instead.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:47:20 2018 No.12149338 >Currently reading Perdido Street Station >Why is it shit? So far it's not.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:49:25 2018 No.12149345 >>12149328 Oh the historically usual thing - just vote in some right(ish) populist party and go to town.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:55:39 2018 No.12149374 What’s your favorite coming of age story /sffg/?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 14:57:29 2018 No.12149380 >>12149300 Well that's the thing, I've nearly used up my book budget this month and I don't want to blow it on something I don't even want to finish.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:00:25 2018 No.12149395 >>12149380 What is this book budget you speak of anon? Do you actually buy books?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:01:00 2018 No.12149401 File: 408 KB, 1170x1850, AgentsChaos1_PB.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm a huge star wars fag especially old timeline so I'm pecking away at pic related. I want to start Bane trilogy and continue the original Conan stories.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:05:50 2018 No.12149419 >>12149338 Nice try, Vagina Melvin.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:08:38 2018 No.12149426 >>12149374 Prydain The dark is rising Narnia Diamond age

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:09:07 2018 No.12149428 >>12149243 >actually believing that the shill is several people Read it, for all I care. Just don't come here crying that you were tricked into reading it if you dislike it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:09:56 2018 No.12149432 >>12149374 Redwall, Martin the Warrior, Mattimeo

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:14:37 2018 No.12149457 File: 222 KB, 1014x719, 1488653788661.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12149280 >Still impossible to avoid the nogs in western europe. Heh

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:15:41 2018 No.12149460 >>12149380 steal an e-reader, pirate books, problem solved. You can always buy physical copies of the ones you liked after the fact

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:16:52 2018 No.12149463 >>12149457 >scotland >western europe What a surprise, people on /lit/ don't know how to read

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:24:36 2018 No.12149501 >>12149374 BotNS, obviously.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:25:54 2018 No.12149506 >>12149463 Ditto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovoc

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:28:30 2018 No.12149525 >>12149380 You do know that you can find genre fiction for pennies on the dollar online, right? If you buy from Amazon you can even get free shipping most of the time. Failing that, just fucking pirate whatever you want.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 15:32:45 2018 No.12149545 I pirate first and if I like the book I support the author and purchase it. Simple as that.

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>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:02:28 2018 No.12149675 >>12149330 Just read all three you pussy

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:18:59 2018 No.12149741 WoT peeps, who is you favourite male character? I'm really struggling to care about any of them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:27:20 2018 No.12149769 >>12149741 Mat is the best. Just he’s not really a character till like book two or three.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:30:34 2018 No.12149779 >>12149769 I've find him a bit shit tbqh and I'm on the 8th book, I don't think Jordan can write a 'badass' so Mat just looks like a tool. The only men in the series I've liked so far have been Thom, Pedron Niall and Ashmodean.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:39:21 2018 No.12149806 File: 688 KB, 1200x900, Optimized-20181128_163259.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This entire series is amazing

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:42:33 2018 No.12149822 >>12149806 The first part is among the best post-Tolkien works, but the second part is several orders of magnitude below.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:46:34 2018 No.12149841 Recommend me any fantasy which isn't a poorly written, infantile, formulaic anime cringefest.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:47:31 2018 No.12149846 >>12149841 Tigana

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:51:04 2018 No.12149867 >>12149841 Chronicles of Amber

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:51:34 2018 No.12149871 >>12149841 Throne of glass

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:52:46 2018 No.12149876 >>12149846 Interesting, thank you. I'll give it a chance.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:53:02 2018 No.12149877 >>12149841 >anime What do you mean?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:54:47 2018 No.12149887 File: 794 KB, 636x515, A_Voyage_to_Arcturus.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12149841

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:54:51 2018 No.12149888 >>12149841 Le Guin's Earthsea main trilogy

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:55:56 2018 No.12149893 >>12149841 BotNS.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 16:59:00 2018 No.12149908 >>12149877 I'm using anime in a derogatory catch-all sense here, I'm not try to discredit the entire medium but rather the contemporary saisonal anime trends of trite, sexualized and uninspiring power fantasies which is way to common for my taste.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:01:09 2018 No.12149921 >>12149841 >fantasy Real men read historical fiction.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:01:25 2018 No.12149922 I didn't read or watch Harry Potter growing up so I have no nostalgia. Should I check out the books?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:01:57 2018 No.12149924 >>12149921 What would you recommend my man

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:02:31 2018 No.12149927 >>12149924 Masters of Rome

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:03:28 2018 No.12149931 >>12149921 Why not just pick up an actual history book? You might just learn something.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:04:38 2018 No.12149937 >>12149931 >relying on others to tell you history Why aren't you out there making it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:05:02 2018 No.12149942 File: 247 KB, 455x267, 1527118739807.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12149931 Doing both makes HF more enjoyable.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:07:41 2018 No.12149948 >>12149937 Ah yes, because all non-fiction pushes some kind of conspiratorial agenda to rewrite history.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:10:22 2018 No.12149951 >>12149922 It's not bad if you consider it's for kids

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:10:30 2018 No.12149953

>>12149922
Yes.
Not because they're good, but because they're "historically important" in that they are prominent in shaping the western popculture of the 21st century.
Read them as an insight into the brain of the pleb, not as good fantasy -because they're not.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:12:31 2018 No.12149964 >>12149922 it's difficult to appreciate them if you are above the age of 18 and read better stuff

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:17:59 2018 No.12149987 Good fairytale-ish books?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:19:07 2018 No.12149995 File: 18 KB, 400x400, Slobodan Praljak.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12149921 Were you bullied about your reading habits by outer /lit/ or why are you here trying to start shit?

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:19:48 2018 No.12150000
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Guys, I need help.
I've been on a warhammer binge for the last two years. I've read in excess of 70 warhammer-related novels with almost nothing in between but some shitty YA books I scrounged. Please help

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:20:31 2018 No.12150002 File: 40 KB, 562x437, hahaha, oh wow.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12150000 >I've read in excess of 70 warhammer-related novels with almost nothing in between

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:22:49 2018 No.12150014 File: 82 KB, 499x215, 126846.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12150000 >hfw

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:23:14 2018 No.12150021 File: 153 KB, 611x689, 1424934422133.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12150002 I just counted, it's far more than that. Far, far more. Oh god I've just downloaded three more books

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:26:50 2018 No.12150033 >>12149987 The Palm-Wine Drinkard

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:27:07 2018 No.12150036 >>12150021 How many Warhammer novels can there possibly be?

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:35:15 2018 No.12150085

>>12150036
The Horus heresy had 56 books through 12 years of publishing, not counting the novellas and short stories. And by my count there are at least a dozen ''big'' trilogies/tetralogies by themselves, several sagas of 10 or more novels and collaborative works by authors.
They have been making them since '92 sp that is a fuckton by my count

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:38:28 2018 No.12150103 File: 91 KB, 1000x1000, 1528396612181.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12149995 >implying I had reading habits in school

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:39:38 2018 No.12150114 >>12150103 Obviously not as you spectacularly failed to interpret my post.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:50:02 2018 No.12150164 >>12150114 You're not enough of a character that I would take notice of you sober.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 17:59:07 2018 No.12150210 File: 1.13 MB, 5184x3456, 7613985036_26ae913ddb_o.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12150085 Oh you're that Horusian fag. At least puck up the only good thing about that whole mess - Gaunt's Ghosts by Dan Abnett.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 18:16:52 2018 No.12150321 >>12150036 A whole fucking lot. Reading the new Cain novel right now.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 18:35:31 2018 No.12150430 File: 50 KB, 540x540, 1507186883773.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is the redwall series worth delving into? I read a couple of them when I was in middle-school but have almost forgotten them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 18:45:36 2018 No.12150478 >>12150085 I’m going to go torrent all those books just to spite games workshop

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 18:54:06 2018 No.12150516 File: 36 KB, 400x545, geo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is the Expanse series worth reading or show I just opt for the show?

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:01:08 2018 No.12150544
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>>12150430
They are very enjoyable, much better written books than your average children's fantasy with more drama and violence with grit. The first three books (if you read them in chronological order) are excellent, Martin the Warrior is probably his best book.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/51930-redwall-chronological-order

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:04:58 2018 No.12150565
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>>12150516
They're alright. Book 1 is very faithfully recreated in the show, books 2 and 3 are different enough to catch you by surprise at times. Of all of them, book 5 is my favorite. If you like the setting and you like the characters, they're definitely worth a read, but they're nothing amazing and would probably be forgettable if they didn't have the show attached to them. No regrets spending time on them though.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:09:31 2018 No.12150581 >>12150544 My favorite racist series for children.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:11:41 2018 No.12150591 Any fantasy with a really healthy, gooey heterosexual romance with lots of feelings and lovey dovey shit? Asking for myself

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:15:25 2018 No.12150607 >>12150591 sorry I meant *homosexual

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:20:33 2018 No.12150634 >>12150607 Not cool, man Please be nice to me, thanks

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:24:20 2018 No.12150652 >>12150591 >>12150607 >>12150634 What the fuck is going on here? I'm really confused.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:26:16 2018 No.12150660 >>12150652 Anon made a sodomy funny. OP didn't laugh.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:26:20 2018 No.12150661 >>12150591 >>12150607 The Interdependency has a bit of both. The gooey part yes. The lovely dovey not so much. It's a lot of quick passions but the lovers get very protective of their less competant partners

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:35:51 2018 No.12150710 >>12150660 While not OP I laughed.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:37:11 2018 No.12150715 >>12148369 fallout 4 sexlab mod

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:37:18 2018 No.12150717 Why is Vance obsessed with the word 'manse'

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:40:53 2018 No.12150737 >>12150717 Why would you go back to writing house when you can write manse?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:41:46 2018 No.12150744 >>12150717 'cause it rhymes with vance

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:44:00 2018 No.12150755 >>12149374 wizard knight

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:48:48 2018 No.12150782 >>12150717 Cause he wasn't a pleb.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 19:58:39 2018 No.12150834 >>12150581 Are you talking about the characters in the book or the author?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:00:28 2018 No.12150844 >>12148986 It's terrible crap. If you want 35728594239 books of libertarian genre fic just read Honor Harrington which is at least amusing and not half as creepy

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:03:01 2018 No.12150859 >>12149841 Worm Ouroboros/Zimiamvia trilogy Gormenghast trilogy The Opposing Shore The Nonexistent Knight The Third Policeman

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:04:51 2018 No.12150869 >>12150717 Soon you will be too

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:10:12 2018 No.12150909 >>12148321 Consuming earths devouring skies

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:11:46 2018 No.12150918
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Anyone read City at the End of Time? Anyone read City at the End of Time who has also read The Night Land? I really enjoyed the first half, he nailed the atmosphere. but it really couldn't hold together after that. Made me want to write my own Night Land fanfic someday though.

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:29:02 2018 No.12151001
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>>12150918
I just reached chapter XII of The Night Land, I've really been enjoying it so far. The setting and the monsters are neat and I like the interactions between the narrator and his waifu, pic related. I feel really sorry for the people in the Lesser Refuge, what awful fates.
Please no spoilers, I'd love to talk more about this book but finals for fall term are next week.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:36:18 2018 No.12151030 >>12151001 Sure thing, make sure you read John C. Wright's Night Land anthology at some point too.

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:42:23 2018 No.12151054

>>12149138
I'm writing a space opera that focuses on the geopolitical struggle of two empires while malevolent forces in different dimensions are using humanity as a means to bring about their will. My main character is going follow a fatalistic principle as even though how hard he struggles his fate had been long decided but even with knowing that he continues to make sure others do not suffer the same fate as him.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:47:08 2018 No.12151073 >>12149841 Anything by Lord Dunsany

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 20:51:15 2018 No.12151095 >>12151073 nigga finna get PURPLED

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 21:06:15 2018 No.12151152 Are the Belgariad and Mallorean worth reading? I know they're considered very cookie cutter fantasy but at this point where everyone is trying too hard to be different in fantasy I don't mind reading basic stuff.

Anonymous Wed Nov 28 21:11:18 2018 No.12151168

>>12150591
To be honest not really. Most romance that I know of in fantasy are pretty retarded. There's Codex Alera I suppose, not particularly "lovey dovey" but the protagonist and his barbarian waifu's romance is very straightforward with no drama or love triangles and has a happy ending.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 22:01:24 2018 No.12151424 >>12151054 damn i fucking love this. honestly sounds like my ideal mix of story elements. good luck, i really want to read it when you finish.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 22:07:07 2018 No.12151450 /sffg/ I'm trying to write a sci fi story with a bleak setting and general atmosphere of despair, but I want the story to veer into silly grimdark territory. Where do you draw the line?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 22:50:29 2018 No.12151661 >>12151152 I still like the Belgariad. It's totally basic but it's the best of basic and super comfy. The Mallorean is the worst kind of sequel.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 22:53:50 2018 No.12151671 >>12151661 >The Mallorean is the worst kind of sequel. In what way?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 23:06:15 2018 No.12151716 >>12151671 It's a total retread of the events in Belgariad with the excuse that time is circular. All the same shit happens again. Its so lazy.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 28 23:50:27 2018 No.12151862 What books are you looking forward too in December /lit/? Whats coming out that you want to read?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 00:04:46 2018 No.12151921 >>12151862 My friends and I are doing a LotR book club. I've read the series before, but I look forward to reading it with friends.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 00:18:48 2018 No.12151977 >>12151921 That's cool. The first has a special place in my heart.

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 00:31:11 2018 No.12152021

>>12151921
I've been slowly rereading, dropping it for months and going back. I just finished the second quarter of Two Towers, everything with the Rohirrim is in such beautiful language, and the awakening of Theoden is so touching even when you hardly know who he is.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 00:58:45 2018 No.12152109 File: 340 KB, 436x604, 1414628987025.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >on the second book in the Gap series now Jesus christ he didn't shy away from the fucking rape did he?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:15:38 2018 No.12152191 Loved Dune, Lord of Light, Hyperion, Solaris, Canticle for Leibowitz. Looking for something along those lines. Can't stand Heinlein, or at least Stranger in a Strange Land.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:16:44 2018 No.12152197 Lads, I got halfway through the Great Book of Amber last night, and it was basically a perfect ending, should I keep going? I think I saw someone here saying the second half takes a nosedive.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:16:49 2018 No.12152198 >>12152191 I remember hearing about a novel with a prophet who starts a religion and becomes emperor maybe? It seemed interesting if anyone can think of something along those lines.

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:20:42 2018 No.12152215

>>12151862
I'm dedicating December and probably the next few months to trying out some space/sci-fi horror. Currently on my list
>Ship of Fools - Richard Paul Russo
>Hinterlands - William Gibson
>Revelation Space - Alistair Reynolds
>Blindsight - Peter Watts
>Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
I'm a newbie to the genre and have not tried any of these authors so I'm pretty excited.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:22:21 2018 No.12152225 >>12152215 i expect reviews for each of these by the end of the month.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:23:24 2018 No.12152231 >>12152198 prince of nothing?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:24:12 2018 No.12152234 >>12152197 the 2nd series isn't even close and i say this as a zelazny fan. i still kinda like it but i never recommend it

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:28:04 2018 No.12152245
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So I just finished this. Gonna start book 2 tomorrow.

Things I'm confused by:
>What is the Tusk? Like an elephant Tusk?
>What is the Nail of Heaven? Is it their word for moon?
>What is the No God? Was he like a Sauron?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:30:26 2018 No.12152251 >>12152215 Hull Zero Three is good but honestly Blood Music is a better Greg Bear horror read

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:36:24 2018 No.12152267 >>12152197 No, jump to Lord of Light if you haven't already, but leave Amber 2 for light entertainment while you let yourself think about what you just read.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:36:54 2018 No.12152271 >>12152225 Challenge accepted. I'll be starting with Hull Zero Three.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:37:07 2018 No.12152272 >>12152109 Don´t worry,it gets worse also Morn is best Mom

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:37:39 2018 No.12152275 >>12152251 How so? I've read H03 but not Blood Music, but the atmosphere was pitch-perfect, extremely System Shock 2 but more so.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:40:25 2018 No.12152288 >>12152251 Noted, thanks for the rec. I'll still read Hull Zero Three (I like the premise) but put Blood Music on the list too.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:49:00 2018 No.12152316 >>12152231 bingo

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:49:11 2018 No.12152317 >>12152191 Book of the New Sun

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 01:49:35 2018 No.12152321 >>12152275 I mean you're right about that Blood Music was just a really good read, I can't say too much about it without spoiling it, but there was some seriously unsettling shit there

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 02:33:29 2018 No.12152462 >>12150544 Do I need to be a furfag to enjoy this? Would it help?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 02:51:45 2018 No.12152517 File: 15 KB, 600x192, 15433238637600.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12149051 Fuck off. Joe is our guy.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 02:53:26 2018 No.12152522 >>12151152 I found Belgariad very childish, and not in the good, fairytale way.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 02:54:49 2018 No.12152525 >>12152197 Brand did nothing wrong.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 02:55:17 2018 No.12152526 >>12152517 >banepnr Bane?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 02:57:53 2018 No.12152533 I am curious about the Amber series but I'm also very wary about all the times it gets recommended because I know /sffg/ likes their memes.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 02:59:04 2018 No.12152537 redpill me on Bernard Cornwell lads

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:00:12 2018 No.12152538 >>12152533 It's legit good, fast-paced but not disorienting, MC is simultaneously flawed and an excellent power fantasy self-insert, Zelazny's prose is jive-mythic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:01:01 2018 No.12152541 >>12152537 His first wife left him after she caught him in bed with 2 dudes.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:03:31 2018 No.12152545 >>12152537 He writes some kino historical fiction, but sometimes he doesn't know when to end a series. My personal favorite is the Warlord Chronicles. It's his take on the King Arthur story told as if it historically did take place.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:05:46 2018 No.12152554 >>12152537 He's great, I loved the Grail Quest series.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:07:46 2018 No.12152557 >>12152533 The books are ~100 pages each, just read the first one and see if you like it. I'd recommend sticking right to the end too because for a while you might feel like the MC is a bit of a gary stu but hes not.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:10:21 2018 No.12152560 >>12152541 >>12152545 >>12152554 nice, I am not sure which series of his I should I read

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:12:55 2018 No.12152567 >>12152560 Start with Warlord Chronicles. It's the closest to fantasy. The "magic" in the books is left up to the reader to decide if it's real or not.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:14:51 2018 No.12152572 >>12152567 okay thanks

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:20:16 2018 No.12152590 A Song of Ice and Fire is my favorite fantasy series, I started reading it in 2003. Imagine how much I have suffered since 2005.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:24:28 2018 No.12152603 >>12152590 Imagine how much you deserved it.

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:25:38 2018 No.12152606
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The Woman in the Dunes- by Kobo Abe

So far this book is sand, everything is fucking sand. I've never seen the word sand so much in my entire life- and I've never seen everything in an entire book always compared to sand. God damnit, I understand why Anakin hates sand so much now.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:29:44 2018 No.12152619 >>12152603 They were the first adult books I ever read man I will never relive being a horny 12 year old boy masturbating over Sansa's developing breasts, my cum splooging all over the page and making the ink smudge moments forever lost in time

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 03:35:53 2018 No.12152634 >>12152590 Same but I started reading when the show started.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 05:01:19 2018 No.12152870 Got to the part where Mat gets raped. How many nuts did Jordan bust writing this shit?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 05:12:37 2018 No.12152900 File: 22 KB, 480x360, simpsons-lenny-carl.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12152619

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 05:21:38 2018 No.12152917 File: 26 KB, 500x514, femfu-085.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12152900 dont shitpost my general

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 06:11:01 2018 No.12152993
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Blood Music has some nice moments so far but it feels more like a thriller, and Bear doesn't seem to have figured out brevity at this point. I assume this was before he was integrated into Poul Anderson's Viking clan.

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 06:41:15 2018 No.12153050

>>12152245
according to wikipedia
>The central text of Inrithism is the Tusk, an enormous carved tusk covered in the writings of the early prophets before the five tribes of men entered into Earwa. Inri Sejenus provided a reinterpretation of the tusk, fusing the individual gods of the Cults into Aspects of one God.
so it's a massive animal tusk with writing on it
the nail of heaven is a star or at least appears to be one
the no-god is a huge evil sentient tornado of doom

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 06:47:14 2018 No.12153064 File: 240 KB, 1171x531, 1486771729502.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12149138 >>12149151 >>12151054

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 06:57:07 2018 No.12153088

>>12147776
Is there a book series, or just a single book, that mixes Fantasy with Sci-Fi? I would say the mixes of High Fantasy with Grimdark would really make sense of what I'm looking for more or less like Star Wars or the game series Destiny.

Just looking for good books with big universes to explore.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 06:58:45 2018 No.12153097 >>12153088 scads of them, but you're looking for Book of the New Sun

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 07:02:13 2018 No.12153108 >>12153088 yeah loads

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 07:03:16 2018 No.12153110

>>12153097
>Book of the New Sun
Thanks, will check but it seems to go more for the Fantasy than to the Sci-Fi, right? Would say I'm more into the inverse order a Sci-Fi setting with some details from Fantasy.

Mistborn Saga for example for me it's almost a steampunk with fantasy in it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 07:04:09 2018 No.12153114 >>12153110 >Thanks, will check but it seems to go more for the Fantasy than to the Sci-Fi, right? Read the book.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 07:17:13 2018 No.12153159 >>12152993 A cis staple machine?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 07:21:45 2018 No.12153168 1 DAY 19 HOURS https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20181201T00&p0=224&msg=Thrall%20Release%20In%20Amazon%20Kindle Are you hyped?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 08:13:33 2018 No.12153334 >>12153114 I read Shadow of the Torturer and remember absolutely nothing that pointed to it being a Sci-Fi novel. Then again, I skimmed through the last few hundred pages because it was so boring.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 08:21:54 2018 No.12153364 >>12153110 Botns is only fantasy if you have the reading comprehension of a child

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 08:41:57 2018 No.12153424 >>12153088 BotNS is the obvious answer. Some others that come to mind are Hard to Be a God, Left Hand of Darkness, Lord of Light, Dune and Dying Earth.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 08:45:09 2018 No.12153437 >>12153334 Shadow of the Torturer is just over 200 pages in the first place, you mong.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 08:49:09 2018 No.12153445 >>12153364 > Botns is only fantasy if you have the reading comprehension of a child Yet the guy said nothing about "only fantasy", so in the end who has the reading comprehension of a child?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 09:04:56 2018 No.12153481 >>12152537 The Last Kingdom was great. I read it because the tv show was so good.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 09:17:19 2018 No.12153507 >>12153088 it's at the opposite end of the scale from BotNS in terms of how intelligent a read it is, but the warhammer 40K books might fit your need

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 09:33:07 2018 No.12153564 File: 42 KB, 800x587, Really Tempted.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12153507

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 10:00:40 2018 No.12153677 Any series where the main character gradually goes from hero to villain? I'm a sucker for this type of stuff, but it's usually a side character or the backstory to an antagonist.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 10:10:47 2018 No.12153714 >>12147944 >>12147967 It's good but there is some fucking cringy female power trash which you can simply skip if you wanna :3

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 10:21:56 2018 No.12153758 >>12153334 lmao you missed the point.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 10:43:11 2018 No.12153859 >>12153714 I thought you liked female power trash catfag?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 10:48:58 2018 No.12153883 >>12153714 >there is some fucking cringy female power trash fugg. I will not like this

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 10:59:23 2018 No.12153917 File: 2.77 MB, 2092x3560, Offworld.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12153859 Depends, I haven't read that book though. I do get scurred whenever they write a male MC that is all or part Native American. Danger. Dark times ahead.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 12:33:59 2018 No.12154339 What popular books do you actually like? For the most part popular books only seem to get mocked here so share the ones that you liked anons. I'll start: I really enjoyed Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Rising, Powder Mage and parts of Dresden Files.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 12:37:51 2018 No.12154375 >>12154339 I hated all the books you listed.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 12:39:49 2018 No.12154389 >>12148321 Do the characters have to be Asian in these novels?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 12:39:59 2018 No.12154390 >>12153677 I hear Eisenhorn does that

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:01:39 2018 No.12154498

I started reading "The Reality Dysfunction" by Peter F. Hamilton a few days ago but had to stop after about 3/4 through when a great hard SF book turned to shit by suddenly started crawling with "trapped souls" and "possessed people" and quasi-exorcisms similar esoteric shit that I would expect from the cheapest kind of fantasy/horror novel. Super disappointed right now. "Pandora's Star" and "Judas Unchained" by Hamilton were pretty good and made me want to try out his other books.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:22:35 2018 No.12154608 >>12147980 Suicide

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:26:17 2018 No.12154634 >>12154608 Don't be so glum anon. What books make you happy?

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:37:18 2018 No.12154679
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>tfw want to write fantasy but cannot worldbuild anything that isn't a generic budget Tolkien clone

Why couldn't I be an Oxford professor linguist worldbuilder?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:46:19 2018 No.12154752 >>12154634 Lol sorry I just couldn't help myself. I like the gormenghast books.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:51:16 2018 No.12154776 >>12154339 Lies of Locke Lamora Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy American Gods Warbreaker (I'm assuming everything Sanderson count as popular) 1984 Brave New World

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:52:24 2018 No.12154779 The ULTIMATE question: Low fantasy vs High fantasy Which do you prefer?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:53:52 2018 No.12154784 >>12154779 Science fiction

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:55:50 2018 No.12154792 >>12154779 Mythic fiction.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:56:07 2018 No.12154795 >>12154779 Grimdark fantasy

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:57:04 2018 No.12154797 >>12154779 Low fantasy is generally better than high fantasy because the authors are not as prone to get stuck in world building, magic systems, endless fantasy races and shit like that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:57:25 2018 No.12154799 >>12154792 Wot that?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:58:10 2018 No.12154802 >>12154779 Fairytales and folk myths

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 13:58:18 2018 No.12154804 can't win against the cock

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:00:39 2018 No.12154816 >>12154804 Never heard of this genre before

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:01:14 2018 No.12154820 >>12154804 The cock may crow or preen and strut but the pussy stalks her claws they cut

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:01:17 2018 No.12154821 >>12154779 Historical fiction.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:13:36 2018 No.12154867 >>12154821 My nigga! I love historical fiction too. Here is my zipfile of all my favourites that I uploaded on novanon.net: tinyurl com/y85hey2c

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:48:44 2018 No.12155022 >>12153088 >Grimdark Cringe.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:50:17 2018 No.12155028 >>12154498 >hard SF More cringe.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:52:50 2018 No.12155044 >>12154797 This is, unfortunately, true. Which is why Sword & Sorcery is superior. It's fantasy elements tend to be on the lower end of the spectrum which allows the writer to actually focus on the story.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:56:28 2018 No.12155058 >>12154797 >>12155044 Low fantasy is just on the other end of the spectrum where it focuses too much on boring human politics and history.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 14:58:28 2018 No.12155069 >>12154389 No

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:04:20 2018 No.12155099 >>12154779 Historical furry erotica

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:11:46 2018 No.12155141

>>12155058
Which is why I specified Sword & Sorcery and not Low Fantasy in general. S&S, at its best, puts the focus on the action and story whereas High Fantasy (aka Epic Fantasy) more often than not gets too caught up in world-building and unnecessary bloat.

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:15:23 2018 No.12155161

>>12155141
Conan (especially King Conan) stories might have some politics, enough for a couple observations by Howard on why barbarism rules and civilization drools, but they're thematically appropriate and don't last long. Meanwhile Conan always kills something and there's always black magic. Usually it's a snake.

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:16:44 2018 No.12155170

>>12155141
>&S, at its best, puts the focus on the action and story
Eh, that has its problems too. The point of setup and all that is for the eventual action/climax to be more satisfying. If it's just action from page 1 all the way it stops being special and loses its appeal. I think the best books have a healthy dose of it all.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:19:06 2018 No.12155176 >>12155161 >but they're thematically appropriate and don't last long This. He'll have Conan go on tirades about the shittiness of civilization, but it doesn't last dozens of pages.

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:19:36 2018 No.12155178

>>12155170
That's why he said "at its best." How much S&S have you read? They're usually not action from page 1 - maybe the aftermath of action, the end of a battle, or a tense situation that will lead swiftly to action, but there's always some sort of setup.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:22:14 2018 No.12155187 >>12155170 What I meant by "action" I meant the actions that move the story forward, not necessarily action scenes (but those are included as well).

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:41:50 2018 No.12155270 >>12154752 They're good books, but also glum.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:43:07 2018 No.12155277 >>12155099 How best to get into this genre?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:50:08 2018 No.12155309 File: 1.95 MB, 966x4485, harry potter.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any patrician recommendations for patricians like myself who have only read Harry Potter?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:50:34 2018 No.12155313 >>12155099 Furry Momcest

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:51:47 2018 No.12155319 >>12155313 I'm beginning to doubt these are actual literary works.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:51:59 2018 No.12155320 >>12155309 Do you still want YA? If so, Artemis Fowl (up to book 4) and The Bartimaeus Sequence are good. >>12155313 Post it if you got it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:54:33 2018 No.12155331 >>12155277 By losing all dignity and self respect. >>12155320 ehhh...on the Artemisi Fowl rec but I'm with you on Bartimaeus. It's probably the best YA fantasy ever written.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 15:58:24 2018 No.12155345 >>12155331 >By losing all dignity and self respect. Done. Now list me some so I can start my journey.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:04:27 2018 No.12155370 >>12155320 >Artemis Fowl Cringe >The Bartimaeus Sequence Based

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:06:08 2018 No.12155378 >>12155309 The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:20:31 2018 No.12155417 >>12155309 fuck anyone who has harry potter books that aren't the original bloomsbury covers

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:23:16 2018 No.12155429 >>12155309 Someone better call rowling, there's a problem with those covers. Hermione's white everytime she appears.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:24:16 2018 No.12155433 File: 63 KB, 960x122, german harry potter.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12155417 Whatever do you mean?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:29:47 2018 No.12155458 >>12155309 those danish covers are fucking fantastic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:35:45 2018 No.12155481 >>12155370 The first Bartimaeus is good but it gets all woke by the second volume. Couldn't even finish.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:35:50 2018 No.12155482 File: 475 KB, 429x652, Way of Kings.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This book seems to alternate between kinda bad and kinda good. overall I'm having fun with it

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:36:57 2018 No.12155490 File: 12 KB, 599x605, i wanna fuck that X.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12155313

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:38:32 2018 No.12155497 >>12155429 t-that's dare I say problematic!

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:42:34 2018 No.12155515 >>12155309 Discworld, get to know what actual Magic is all about.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:45:13 2018 No.12155530 >>12155490 >if you don't like yiff >jump off a cliff

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:49:30 2018 No.12155565 >>12149163 >authored by a woman >covers depict a pssh nothin personnel woman in various coldsteel stances Ho ho ho, nice try /lit/.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:53:05 2018 No.12155589 >>12152245 >What is the No God? Was he like a Sauron? Read on and you'll find out more. The No God is like an anti-god, invisible and unimaginable in every way to the regular gods.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:54:51 2018 No.12155601 What is the name of that shitty book with all the waifus that gets shilled here?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:56:00 2018 No.12155607 >>12155482 Enjoy it because it's the peak of the series so far. Also if you think Shallan is even slightly annoying now just you wait.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:56:52 2018 No.12155612 >>12155601 Wheel of Time? Chronicles of Amber? Those harem litrpg things?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:58:12 2018 No.12155625 >>12155482 The absolute madman, writing a somewhat positive comment about sanderson in /sffg/

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 16:59:26 2018 No.12155634 >>12155601 super sales?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:00:23 2018 No.12155636 >>12155601 sandersons books? im not really sure "waifus" is the correct term for those.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:03:21 2018 No.12155647 File: 150 KB, 1024x1454, Soulcatcher_by_Mikey_Patch_(Irontree).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12155601 >shitty book Must be Wheel of Time.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:15:58 2018 No.12155707 >>12155601 Going to have to be more specific. You mean a literal shitty book with waifus or are you referring to shitposting posts like the Soulcatcher anon? If it's the former then I'm assuming you're referring to Super Sales or Wild Wastes?

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:17:47 2018 No.12155723
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Anyone know any fantasy books where the magic is treated way more like some serious mystical shit than just "fireball! fireball! Okay, my tea is hot enough now." Something where the magic is extremely rare and a really big deal when it does show up.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:18:27 2018 No.12155730 If Sanderson can create these complex magic systems and world lore, why doesn't he use at least 1/3rd of that effort creating a workout routine?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:26:27 2018 No.12155765 >>12155730 >If Sanderson can create these complex magic systems and world lore, why doesn't he use at least 1/3rd of that effort to learn how to write dialogue ftfy

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:26:57 2018 No.12155766 does anyone here care for fire and blood by the american tolkien? worth reading?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:39:06 2018 No.12155815 >>12155647 catcher a shit

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:42:12 2018 No.12155828

>>12155765
Unironically, dialogue is not the issue with sanderson -at least compared to the average fantasy author.
No, the fucking issue is that he thinks "witty" means "relying on a single gimmick to define a character's speaking persona for more than 3 thousand pages"

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:43:17 2018 No.12155835
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>>12147776
>WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? EDITION
Just finished pic related, it was okay if you're into war stuff.

>Tell us why it's shit
Doctor fucking Lam, holy shit what a shit character, most the book did have a "war is bad" message that at times got a little too hamfisted but not enough to take you out of it, except this mother fucker. Whole characters entire existence revolves around "I'm sad, war is bad and makes me sad, I'm sad if I have to commit a genocide, my eyes look so sad."

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:43:18 2018 No.12155834 File: 2.79 MB, 300x252, 1520405525404.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12155766 >the american tolkien

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:44:19 2018 No.12155846 File: 42 KB, 310x475, 123432143124123.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12155835 Shit, wrong pic

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:44:44 2018 No.12155847 >>12155766 Is Robert Jordan the American Rowling?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:48:42 2018 No.12155872 >>12155846 Something tells me that doesn't leave up to its author's name.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:49:45 2018 No.12155878 >>12155847 Depends, did he try to retroactively hamfist identity politics in his books?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:55:18 2018 No.12155914 >>12153677 In Keys to the Kingdom the hero starts to go slightly power mad and has moments where he has thoughts like "why don't I kill these inferior creatures holding me back" about his allies, but he never quite goes full villain.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:56:21 2018 No.12155917 >>12154779 Hard fantasy

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:59:18 2018 No.12155932 >>12155917 How hard we talking?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 17:59:47 2018 No.12155935 >>12154779 Sexual fantasy

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 18:00:24 2018 No.12155941 >>12154779 Incest fantasy.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 18:12:35 2018 No.12156026 >>12155099 This exists?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 18:17:35 2018 No.12156048 >>12155723 First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 18:19:34 2018 No.12156063 >>12155723 LotR Mists of Avalon

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 18:22:22 2018 No.12156076 >>12156026 >what is rule 34

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 18:26:51 2018 No.12156089 >>12156076 I thought the inplicationwas there was a book. Like someone managed to type out a novel length furry fuckfest with the intent of releasing that for public consumption

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 18:28:10 2018 No.12156098 >>12156089 you say it like it would be rare for such a thing to occur

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 18:28:39 2018 No.12156101 new >>12156092 >>12156092 >>12156092

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 19:41:43 2018 No.12156460 >>12147776 Chapterhouse Dune - last of the series by Frank Herbert - at this point I just want to get through it to finish the series off, last one was a bit boring, the story is getting old.

Anonymous Thu Nov 29 19:58:58 2018 No.12156558

>>12152245
The Tusk is the holy writings of the profits.

The nail of heaven is like the North Star, except it’s a wormhole

The no god is anti-god, as in his existence shuts off the passage of souls and the ability of the gods to influence the world. Ie. Why all the newborn children on the planet were stillborn while the No God was alive, because they had no souls.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 29 20:21:00 2018 No.12156647 Any interesting new fantasy released this year? From new authors.

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