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/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General Anonymous Sun Mar 31 23:26:43 2019 No.12859235 [Reply] [Original]

ASSASSINS EDITION
>Post good books with assassins
>No, not Night Angel, it's shit and Brent Weeks is a hack.

Monthly Reading for April: TBD

Fantasy:
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Science Fiction:
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General:
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NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
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SF&F author listing with ratings and summaries:
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Previously:
>>12851046
>>12840324
>>12827253
>>12808385
>>12792313
>>12781732

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 31 23:34:32 2019 No.12859257 First for the race of lovers, the race of flesh

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 31 23:35:08 2019 No.12859259 sanderfag a hack

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 31 23:45:49 2019 No.12859299 File: 1.86 MB, 2391x1684, cat harem.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12859235 First for cat girls

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 31 23:54:13 2019 No.12859330 FUCK MODERN FANTASY

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 31 23:56:03 2019 No.12859337 File: 844 KB, 626x661, 1533970555064.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] FUCK FANTASY

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 31 23:57:51 2019 No.12859343 File: 490 KB, 256x192, Sad.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Only 10 books left to complete my full Forgotten Realms novels collection aka chad D&D collection. Too bad everything is out of print and costs $30 for a mass market paperback...

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 00:04:07 2019 No.12859368 Are there any good books that combine superintelligent AI with cosmic horror?

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 00:13:44 2019 No.12859422
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God DAMN cradle takes a drop at skysworn. Will wight seems to progressively get worse about wasting time at the start of books restating everything from prior books. And I'm pretty disappointed that people from blackflame know the people suriel showed lindon. One of the nice things about xianxia is the absurd scope, I had kinda hoped for cradle to hold thousands or millions of civs with the so called "monarchs" just being tiny parts of the greater whole, but I guess that aspect got dropped in the westernization. I'm halfway through and it took 25% of the book before he stopped reintroducing characters

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 00:33:20 2019 No.12859503 >>12859368 A fire upon the deep

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 00:41:28 2019 No.12859550 >Birdboi still posting on /tg/ Now, how do we harass him?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 00:48:02 2019 No.12859585 What's my boy sandy up to? Where is the next mistborn? Stormlight?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 00:53:15 2019 No.12859611 File: 151 KB, 1024x768, D0sE0QcVsAAilzr.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12859585

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 00:54:25 2019 No.12859617 monthly anon?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 01:03:43 2019 No.12859668 >>12859343 >reading 200+ FG novels Holy...Based

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 01:04:19 2019 No.12859675 >>12859343 I think that deserves a "like".

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 01:31:01 2019 No.12859796 >>12859422 The scope is worlds anon. Cradle is just one of many, and all the monarchs are basically limited gods.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 01:41:22 2019 No.12859863

>>12859796
That's the thing though, in other xianxia the one world would have trillions and trillions of people, even if it was only one of millions of worlds. And let's not fool ourselves, when lindon transcends cradle his power and opponents will be too abstract to be very interesting, where other xianxia have no problem continuously escalating.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 01:41:41 2019 No.12859865

/sffg/, is it a bad idea to make my "neville" a main cast member in the first book?

I have a scene that depends on her planned out, but it's hard making her a wimpy laughingstock for 90% of the story without making her annoying. Also, because that scene is a pivotal turning point in the MC's character arc I'm not sure if it will make people will mistake her for the love interest even though she's underaged

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 01:48:33 2019 No.12859898

>>12859865
>/sffg/, is it a bad idea to make my "neville" a main cast member in the first book?
No, if you have an important character you shouldn't wait to just pull them out of your ass later.

>it's hard making her a wimpy laughingstock for 90% of the story without making her annoying

git gud fgt

>Also, because that scene is a pivotal turning point in the MC's character arc I'm not sure if it will make people will mistake her for the love interest even though she's underaged

nobody worthwhile is going to drop your book because of a possible loli.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 01:53:29 2019 No.12859922 >>12859617 He's busy liking post on /tv/

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:05:51 2019 No.12859978 after a few months of searching and asking /sffg/ i have finally decided on a novel i want to read as my first book of 2019

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:07:33 2019 No.12859984 >>12859978 Drum roll?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:10:08 2019 No.12859990 >>12859865 >it's hard making her a wimpy laughingstock for 90% of the story without making her annoying Show why the other characters like her, or at least put up with her.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:15:34 2019 No.12860013 >>12859865 >but it's hard making her a wimpy laughingstock for 90% of the story without making her annoying. That's only annoying in a male character.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:28:05 2019 No.12860032 >it’s an American author thinks noble women were worse of than slaves episode

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:29:12 2019 No.12860036 >>12860032 What idiot?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:38:44 2019 No.12860062 i want to write a light novel, except not trashy

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:40:37 2019 No.12860069 >>12859984 not going to post it here, someone here will try to convince me not to read the book and i will be convinced

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:43:01 2019 No.12860076 >>12860069 cocktease

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 02:45:37 2019 No.12860084 >>12859550 We don't and hope he comes back.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 03:26:42 2019 No.12860179 >>12860084 You brown nosers are starting to get on my tits

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 03:27:33 2019 No.12860180 >>12860179 fuck off

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 03:30:25 2019 No.12860185 >>12859368 I mean any superintelligent AI is a cosmic horror. but try Blindsight.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 03:34:23 2019 No.12860193 File: 46 KB, 301x475, 33296298.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12859235 >Post good books with assassins Age of Assassins was a fun read, it's exactly what I expected the Farseer books to be based on the titles.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 03:47:48 2019 No.12860229 >>12860180 Take your tongue out of his arse first

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:35:00 2019 No.12860325

Is it worth reading Planescape: Torment as a book? I've been playing the game, and while I'm certainly enjoying the story, I'm not enjoying the "game" aspect of it at all. I just don't enjoy video games anymore and it all feels so incredibly tedious. I'm getting ready to just drop it since I can't stand going through dialogue trees and doing quests and managing my inventory and all of that fucking crap anymore. I picked it up because I heard it had a great story but the "game" aspect is ruining it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:38:42 2019 No.12860333 >>12860325 By the way I'm primarily considering the Rhyss Hess novelization that comes with the GOG release, since that's the one I have.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:40:06 2019 No.12860335 >>12860325 I really don't see the point of having a novel where all the freedom of choice is removed from you. The game is the way it's meant to be experienced, a book would cut out many, many things.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:42:47 2019 No.12860339 So we are not going to talk about Black company book?

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:43:25 2019 No.12860342

>>12860335
>freedom of choice
That's actually another reason I'm not enjoying the game. I'd much rather just read a story than have to make choices about what to do all the time. From what I understand the novelization is of one particular path through the game. So to get more out of it than that, I'd actually have to play through the game multiple times, right? I'm not going to ever do that. I don't think I'll even make it through once.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:44:48 2019 No.12860344 >>12860339 whenever monthly reading anon gets here, he's probably sleeping

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:45:02 2019 No.12860345
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Start talking already!

>Did you like the book?
>Will you read the rest of the series?
>Who's your favourite character? New waifu?
>Any other thoughts?

Since some people, myself included, disliked how the last nomination and voting process turned out I've decided to pick next months book personally. We will be reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer. Unlike Black Company the book is fully standalone since the author never bothered to release the sequels and the quality of the writing is beyond questioning.
jk, reply to this post with nominations.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:46:08 2019 No.12860350 >>12860342 > I'd much rather just read a story than have to make choices about what to do all the time These types of games are definitely not for you, stop playing them at once and never touch them again.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:46:47 2019 No.12860353 >>12860345 the host by stephenie meyer

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:48:15 2019 No.12860356 >>12860350 Obviously. That's what I'm asking if it would be worth just reading the novelization instead. The story is the only aspect I'm enjoying.

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Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:48:59 2019 No.12860358
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>>12860345
>>Did you like the book?'
Yeah, first one at least.
>>Will you read the rest of the series?
I have read some of them before, but probably not. Didn't like the direction series went.
>>Who's your favourite character? New waifu?
Soulcatcher, of course. And other Taken desu.
>>Any other thoughts?
Lady a boring shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:49:01 2019 No.12860359 >>12860345 I nominate The Once and Future King since that's on my backlog.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:52:56 2019 No.12860372

>>12860356
And I told you that it would be an inferior form and wouldn't give you the whole story that people praise, just a part of it. I've played through PS:T three times and wouldn't read such a novel. You seem hellbent on doing so anyway but be aware that you'll still be missing out on things so don't judge the whole game by the book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:53:34 2019 No.12860376 im looking for a survival themed book, anything like zombie outbreak but it's not zombie, probably like dinosaur in the last jurassic world movie, or other monstrous creature is fine, just not zombie

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:54:16 2019 No.12860377

>>12860345
>Did you like the book?
Yea
>Will you read the rest of the series?
I’ve read the books in the North don’t want to continue though.
>Who's your favourite character?
Soulcatcher
> New waifu?
Storm ring combing time to die
>Any other thoughts?
I think the ten who were taken were squandered in the first book, did cook mean for it to be a series from the onset? I enjoyed the aspect of the company being ants amidst these feuding semi-gods and missed it in the following books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:55:22 2019 No.12860382 File: 173 KB, 276x422, theshadowofwhatwaslost.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12860345 still haven't finished with the black company book i nominate this book

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:56:16 2019 No.12860384 >>12860358 Based

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:57:02 2019 No.12860388 >>12860376 I Am Legend is technically about vampires and not zombies, but the cliches and tropes of all zombie apocalypse scenarios are established there.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:57:29 2019 No.12860390 File: 110 KB, 200x309, breeks.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12860345 nominating this because of the op he can't be that bad

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:58:32 2019 No.12860394 >>12860388 i've read and watched that already

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 04:58:36 2019 No.12860395 >>12860377 >I think the ten who were taken were squandered in the first book My thoughts too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:01:47 2019 No.12860408 >>12860394 Then all I got are comic books, sorry.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:02:12 2019 No.12860410 File: 37 KB, 313x475, 29939037.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12859235 ending a bit contrived but whatever

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:07:48 2019 No.12860420 >>12860345 >nominations Engine Summer by John Crowley. Short and actually stand alone.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:12:10 2019 No.12860437 Has Wolfe written anything that is not loaded with layers upon layers of symbolism? I read BotnS and I loved the prose in it, but I'm too retarded to actually understand it, same with The Wizard Knight.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:12:13 2019 No.12860438 >>12860345 can i nominate two? Seveneves by Neal Stephenson and Starfish by peter watts

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:17:27 2019 No.12860459 >>12860438 >can i nominate two? It's not like I can stop you. However I'm going to test out moderating the nominations slightly harder this month and Seveneves is 900 fucking pages long.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:19:23 2019 No.12860463 >>12860345 I nominate We

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:28:40 2019 No.12860473 Rolled 4 (1d6) If I roll 6 we read Flowers for Algernon.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:31:48 2019 No.12860477

>>12860345
i thought the book was great, i was pretty confused in relation to what was going on in the larger world until the end.
>will you read the rest
the next two at least
>favorite waifu
darling is absolute best girl and all others a shit
>thoughts
i like how everything turned out in the end and it was surprisingly good.
>>12860377
yeah he sort of killed the ten off willy nilly near the end. kind of lessens the impact they had in the beginning of the book
>i have personally picked the next book...
>spoiler text
kek god dammit fuck off

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:32:38 2019 No.12860479 Rolled 6 (1d6) >>12860473 >4 Nice try kid, now watch me roll 6. Reply to the discussion post with your nomination or I'll likely forget it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:32:50 2019 No.12860480 >>12860437 yes but wizard knight is a snoozefest

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:33:14 2019 No.12860482 File: 29 KB, 331x500, 41pVZGuYsrL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Nominating this month's read

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:38:17 2019 No.12860494 >>12859422 I thought Skysworn was the weakest by a good margin, Ghostwater and Underlord are both better.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:41:35 2019 No.12860500

>>12860345
>Did you like the book?
Somewhat. Cook's style is rather lacking. I found it somewhat confusing at first as he seemed to skip things a lot. Like Croaker would think he needed to go and talk to someone, and the next paragraph he was just talking to them.
>Will you read the rest of the series?
Not likely.
>Any other thoughts?
We are told directly and repeatedly that The Lady is evil, and also that the rebels are just as evil and it's super morally grey and everything. Except we don't really see any evidence of her evil beyond the Taken mostly being ruthless in putting down the rebels. What little we're told about the population doesn't make it sound notably bad.
Also at the end of the book Croaker finds out The Lady deliberately got everyone killed so they couldn't fuck her over, which is apparently so much more evil than whatever evil he thought she was already up to that he wants to get the fuck out of there.

Also I'm no expert on medieval warfare but I'm very dubious about the logistics of armies that size. Or how the company managed to keep their wizards secret when One Eye and Goblin spent the whole time magically dicking one each other in public.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:44:58 2019 No.12860502 >>12860345 Flowers for Algernon

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:46:55 2019 No.12860505 >>12860345 i nominate ringworld by larry niven because it's been on my todo list for a long time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 05:52:14 2019 No.12860517 >>12860377 Yeah, the ten were pretty underwhelming. Limper was pretty spooky, but even Soulcatcher wasn't actually interesting. And no one else did much. There was probably more about the elephant attack than most of them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 06:15:11 2019 No.12860552 >>12860517 >Soulcatcher wasn't actually interesting Fuck off lady

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 06:27:41 2019 No.12860572 >>12860345 > nom Wool Omnibus, Hugh Howey

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 06:35:08 2019 No.12860593 >>12860552 They were both shit. Soulcatcher was slightly less disappointing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 06:47:40 2019 No.12860636 >>12860593 Fuck off Stormbringer

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:40:51 2019 No.12860756 >this year we will be facebook and rebbit >like and upboat Jesus. Soc is probably going crazy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:44:44 2019 No.12860770 Did you like this, anon? Was it all a lie made up by Baxter in his plot to kill George and steal his wife?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:45:02 2019 No.12860772 >>12860480 Wizard knight has layers upon layers of symbolism

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:45:35 2019 No.12860776 >>12860069 You sound like a complete faggot

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:45:52 2019 No.12860778 File: 113 KB, 398x600, download (2).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12860770 I failed to upload this image due to a jewish plot, I am sorry my dear Anons.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:47:18 2019 No.12860785 File: 9 KB, 324x244, BOB9.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Jesus Christ who was the canon that recommended Wolfblade to me, just hour after hour of some bimbo complaining about being a princess. I'm going to kick your ass!

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:49:22 2019 No.12860794
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https://torrentfreak.com/former-pirate-party-leader-asks-to-be-sued-over-ebook-site-has-wish-granted-190401/

>i want someone to sue me, i want to win so i have a legal precedent
what a mad lad. his site is pretty good actually

looks decent and works fine. http://tuebl.ca/

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:49:59 2019 No.12860798 Newfag into sffg here. Since the sticky is probably older than me lurking 4chan, my question is: what are the current favourites of this venerable general? Are the recs in op still valid? Thank you kind strangers.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:51:09 2019 No.12860800 >>12860798 >sticky I meant op obviously

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:54:00 2019 No.12860809 >>12860785 thank you for posting this, now i can remove it from my reading list

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:54:01 2019 No.12860810 >>12860800 its still relevant for the most part. mobilism.org and irc is where you get books. just read whatever you want and then ask people for similar stuff.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:54:03 2019 No.12860811 >>12860798 Scrape all the archived threads, calculate book mention counts and run sentiment analysis on those books. Proceed to show us the results. I know you can do it. But Gene Wolfe and also the Smutgang desu

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:54:54 2019 No.12860816 >>12860798 Patrick Rothfuss is The Man. You should read Kingkiller chronicle ASAP.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:57:11 2019 No.12860826 >>12860376 Try the strain trilogy by del toro

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 07:57:45 2019 No.12860829 >>12860816 this desu, this should be a required reading a lesson for me to always doubt anything relatively new and very popular

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:01:54 2019 No.12860846
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>>12860798
Everyone has their favourites, here are some of mine.
The Hyperion Cantos (minus the Endymion books)!
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell!
Chronicles of Amber!
Lord of Light!
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch! Ubik!
Nightfall!
The Doomed City!
Chasm City!
Shades of Grey!
House of Suns!
The Coldfire Trilogy!
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer!
Lud in the Mist!

Too many to list.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:04:11 2019 No.12860855 File: 3.09 MB, 2500x3552, 1546032872431.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12860798 These are my 3.5 stars or more books that I read over the years. Most were recommended to me by sffg or outer lit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:04:29 2019 No.12860856 >>12860846 cringe

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:05:22 2019 No.12860857 >>12860846 >! ?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:06:23 2019 No.12860860 >>12860846 Love the exclamation marks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:07:18 2019 No.12860864 >>12860798 Chronicles of Amber and Guy Gavriel Kay's stuff

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:07:26 2019 No.12860866 >>12860856 >>12860857 Yes indeed! Punctuated! Like! This! With! Emphasis!<span class="fortune" style="color:#bac200"> Your fortune: Average Luck[/spoiler]

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:08:25 2019 No.12860871 File: 49 KB, 640x481, This is very good.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Do you guys think that tomorrow the mods should ban anyone for a month who showed their upvotes score? They are obviously rebbit users.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:08:37 2019 No.12860873 >>12860866 what the fuck

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:08:58 2019 No.12860876 >>12860855 I'm sure masters of Rome is missing

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:10:54 2019 No.12860880 >>12860873 It's the april fools event

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:11:07 2019 No.12860882

>>12860770
>>12860778
George is a prick, but Bax is legitimately evil. The entire story is him manipulating people into doing what he wants and then presenting it in a harmless way to the audience. His saving grace is that at the end of story, he tells his two younger brothers to get along and not repeat what happened to him and George. The entire book is a reverse-metaphor of the Jacob/Esau and Cain/Abel stories.

Definitely one of the better "unreliable narrator" stories I've read.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:11:51 2019 No.12860885 >>12860880 you're not fooling anyone

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:12:09 2019 No.12860886 >>12860871 your pic reminds me, what book has the best homosexual villains?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:13:44 2019 No.12860889 >>12860885<span class="fortune" style="color:#d302a7"> Your fortune: Godly Luck[/spoiler]

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:14:24 2019 No.12860892 >>12860880 id rather have back mlpol and all that garbage tbqh

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:21:34 2019 No.12860906 >>12860886 fitlit should be permanent

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:29:07 2019 No.12860929 >>12860886 Masters of Rome if you're a populare.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:36:46 2019 No.12860958 >>12860798 At least the selected fantasy chart is somewhat up to date, it was updated less than a year ago.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:45:04 2019 No.12860986 Can you like yourself?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:45:22 2019 No.12860989 >>12860958 We really should update the charts again, they aren't terrible, but we could improve them quite a bit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:46:45 2019 No.12860991 >>12860986 No but you can like me

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:47:15 2019 No.12860993 >>12860986 sure, if you're a narcisist

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:56:46 2019 No.12861025 >>12860989 Also someone should make separate charts for webnovels, litRPG and other pseudo-SFF so they don't infect the current charts.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 08:58:10 2019 No.12861031

I'm considering getting back into fantasy novels. I used to like them a lot when I was in high school and middle school but drifted away. I'm somewhat concerned about how much these are politicized nowadays, given the current climate. Is this a substantial problem?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:00:24 2019 No.12861039 >>12861031 Yes, it is. What books did you like back in high school?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:02:54 2019 No.12861052 >>12861031 just dont touch anything written after 2010

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:04:22 2019 No.12861059 >>12861039 The last thing I was into was The Wheel of Time, which I dropped at Book 9. This was over a decade ago, mind you. Some of my memories have faded.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:05:08 2019 No.12861063 >>12861059 You got pretty far in. Much further in than me.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:06:20 2019 No.12861069 File: 211 KB, 964x1500, Blood-song-france-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12860345 Blood Song by Anthony Ryan. It's the first book in the series but it's best read as a standalone.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:11:36 2019 No.12861090 >>12861031 It's not bad. Most books are really just dogshit because of poor writing and bad characterization.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:13:43 2019 No.12861095

>>12861063
I do remember the quality dropping much earlier and soldiering through for a while before I finally gave up. It's like the plot just stops moving and you read entire books where almost nothing happens. Thinking back on it, it's bizarre how long the series is. I think if I start reading fantasy again I'll avoid anything that's longer than three of four books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:15:44 2019 No.12861104 >>12861095 Read the chronicles of Amber, that's only 5.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:15:54 2019 No.12861105

>>12861052
That's something I thought might be the case. There's been a massive upswing in politicization in the last few years. Perhaps I was just ignorant before, but I don't remember everything being forced into a political mold like it is now. You catch glimpses of an author's politics here or there, but books, movies, etc. didn't feel like they existed primarily as political diatribes before anything else.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:17:02 2019 No.12861108
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>>12861095
If you've really been away you might not know the author died and someone else came in to finish it. I've read that things start moving again after the switch, but I can't bring myself to power through those middle books again to finally reach the end.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:18:53 2019 No.12861118 >>12861025 Why don't you do it yourself?

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:19:27 2019 No.12861121

>>12860345
>Did you like the book?
I loved it. Really liked the writing style too.
It is my favorite book but currently but might be the lack of decent books I've read recently.
>Will you read the rest of the series?
Did read them. Got worse continuously until the last was good again but still definitely worth it.
>Who's your favourite character?
Honestly Croaker. I just like his character as a whole.
>New waifu?
Not a waifu kind of guy, but Lady
>Any other thoughts?
>>12860377
>I think the ten who were taken were squandered in the first book, did cook mean for it to be a series from the onset? I enjoyed the aspect of the company being ants amidst these feuding semi-gods and missed it in the following books.
Pretty much this. I didn't mind that it changed later but I would've liked some more in service to Lady or some Taken. Maybe hunting surviving taken leading the rebel.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:20:55 2019 No.12861126 >>12861108 I did hear about that. I wouldn't be able to finish it, though. It's been so long that I don't remember enough to pick it back up. I'd have to start over at the beginning.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:22:25 2019 No.12861133 File: 137 KB, 1200x800, anon reads wheel of time.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861126

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:22:38 2019 No.12861135 File: 1.36 MB, 2000x3000, 1545524271379.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861105 >>12861031 You can read stuff after 2010. It's just that they have to be self-published. Less forced pandering in these books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:24:00 2019 No.12861138 >>12861069 Newfags really are a drag. Everyone in this general supposed to have read this years ago.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:31:40 2019 No.12861166 File: 56 KB, 456x725, DlNo-j4UcAEHUlv.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] good stuff

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:33:25 2019 No.12861169 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47771706 dare I say based?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:38:51 2019 No.12861196 >>12861169 No wonder Islam is taking over Europe.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:39:04 2019 No.12861197 >>12861169 >book burnings >in 2019 Okay.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:40:49 2019 No.12861202 >>12861169 That's nice how the article moralizes at the end about how evil and Nazi-like it is, rather than just reporting the facts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:42:07 2019 No.12861206 >>12861135 Looks like a bunch of weeb shit

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:43:20 2019 No.12861211

>>12861202
Anon, you know that news reporting isn't about reporting facts and letting the reader make their own determinations, its about telling the reader what they're supposed to think about everything. How else will you be certain that the ignorant public does and thinks what you want them to?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:43:25 2019 No.12861212 >>12861169 Better be careful or growling will make the priests gay

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:46:42 2019 No.12861221 >>12861211 Are you implying that a government run news organisation could have ulterior motives?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:47:53 2019 No.12861229 File: 572 B, 300x300, twig.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861221 there is no way in hell that could be true, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:49:34 2019 No.12861236 >>12861221 >>12861229 Yeah, that sounds nefarious and tin-foily. Everything is fine.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:51:18 2019 No.12861241 >>12860345 i nominate this >>12861166

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:52:29 2019 No.12861248 >>12861221 I would never imply such a thing, especially since if I did so they would libel me and blacklist me from internet platforms and financial services after demanding everyone I know disavow me or suffer similarly.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:54:00 2019 No.12861256 >>12861236 Governments exist to do what's best for the people so they would never do anything bad. Unless they're Nazis.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:55:08 2019 No.12861260 >>12861256 This. Upvoted!

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:56:59 2019 No.12861266 >>12861256 nazis isnt bad

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 09:59:26 2019 No.12861277

>>12861266
Uh, racist much? Did you not go to school? Any educated person knows that whi- I mean Nazis- are the most heinous force of evil that has ever existed in this universe. It's an obvious fact that doesn't need to be defended, and if you disagree you need to shut the fuck up.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:01:55 2019 No.12861285 >>12859343 List the 10 books you have left. Also, list your top 10 FR novels. Or else.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:10:43 2019 No.12861324 >>12861169 >Catholics say they're good but you can't trust them because they diddle kids Good and relevant point, BBC News.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:46:13 2019 No.12861482 >>12860345 I would also like to nominate The Wandering Inn, in fear that the good Patrician who did so will get ignored if he is alone. We are not reddit normies. The length does not matter.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:46:38 2019 No.12861486 >>12861118 Because of the genres mentioned I've only read two litRPGs and I did not really like either, so it would be a quite small chart.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:51:54 2019 No.12861508 >>12860229 Birdboi dont got a tongue he got a beak and hes beautiful.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:54:36 2019 No.12861521 I've gone from wanting to kick wolfblade canon's ass to breaking his legs.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:57:36 2019 No.12861532 >>12861508 >birdfag reading comprehension

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:57:37 2019 No.12861533 >>12861482 >The length does not matter You'll have to do better than that if you want to convince me to allow a 1200 pages long text that is not even a book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:57:46 2019 No.12861534 >>12860390 It sucks dick. Childrens characters. Elaborate magick systems. Its YA at best.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 10:59:56 2019 No.12861544 >>12860882 Some blog I read claimed that Sorceror's House is an "inversion" of Wizard Knight, e.g. in terms of the narrator's actions. I haven't read it so I can't comment but what you said sounds about right.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:17:31 2019 No.12861642 >>12861277 nazis are actually black get your facts straight

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:18:16 2019 No.12861653 Would you eat the Fairy Fruit from Lud in the Mist?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:18:43 2019 No.12861656 File: 4 KB, 283x26, file.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861534 b-but

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:19:45 2019 No.12861663 >>12861532 literal birdbrain

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:28:24 2019 No.12861706 >its an American author thinks a noble having well maintained decorated armour is a sign of decadence episode

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:29:26 2019 No.12861709 >its him again complaning about american author but not giving us the name and the book title

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:29:58 2019 No.12861714 File: 31 KB, 315x475, 39863237.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] how shit is this?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:32:25 2019 No.12861726 >>12861714 >female author >2019 >rating below 4 there you go

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:34:17 2019 No.12861737 File: 30 KB, 550x875, 1510542477288.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861706 >It's a "renaissance-era plate armour in a clearly medieval setting" episode

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:37:57 2019 No.12861753
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>>12860345
I feel I must take the opportunity to nominate this excellent book. A sublime choice as no one else has read it, the binding collects a mere 264 pages, and the story is entirely self contained.
:3

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:38:25 2019 No.12861756 >>12861726 >>rating below 4 sometimes this is counter-intuitive

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:40:27 2019 No.12861765

What pre-Tolkien fantasy are you expecting to become really popular soon? Gormenghast has always been on the verge of breaking into the mainstream but has always been on the threshold a little between mainstream and niche, I'd like to see something like House on the Borderland.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:41:43 2019 No.12861773 >>12861756 i know, but this one is coupled with the year 2019 and a female author

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:43:49 2019 No.12861782 File: 298 KB, 522x292, potato.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861737 >It's a "fantasy is history" episode

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:47:30 2019 No.12861806 >>12861782 Seething yank

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:51:33 2019 No.12861834 >>12861533 >1200 pages I am actually suggesting that we read the entire thing, which is 12000 pages long, not 1200. It is really good, trust me. Alright, have I convinced you yet?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:54:12 2019 No.12861849 File: 984 KB, 1249x2091, 1554133077387.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861753 It is on kindle unlimited

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:54:20 2019 No.12861851 >>12861482 >trying to use reverse psychology and our hatred of all things redbit to get your way with your book choice

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:54:42 2019 No.12861856 File: 17 KB, 321x184, file.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861834 >>12861533 >it is actually 12000 fug

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:55:09 2019 No.12861860 >>12861849 I don't know what that means

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:56:32 2019 No.12861870 >>12861860 It's available there

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:58:04 2019 No.12861878 >>12861534 Eh, fuck yourself. It's a comfy series.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:58:19 2019 No.12861879 >>12861860 it means kindle unlimited has that book

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:58:36 2019 No.12861882 I'm not going to make it, am I

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:59:23 2019 No.12861891 >>12861882 no we are not but we have each other

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 11:59:53 2019 No.12861897 >>12861726 >rating below 4 That's a negative here? Where everything popular (i.e. 4+ ratings) is immediately ripped apart?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:00:05 2019 No.12861899 >>12861891 And that's a lot

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:00:24 2019 No.12861901 >>12861897 read >>12861773

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:03:08 2019 No.12861914 File: 371 KB, 772x885, Screenshot_2019-04-01_12-02-23.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861714

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:03:52 2019 No.12861916

>>12861714
It’s fine until they go to death cult elf island and the mc drowns his degeneracy in bisexual fuggin. Then gets better as soon as he leaves death cult elf island. Honestly bitch, calm the fuck down with that. Didn’t need to be half the books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:04:38 2019 No.12861924 >>12861765 No one gives a shit what hot mess was before Tolkien, or during his time, we only care what came after. Kys fucking crusty dino lover.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:11:26 2019 No.12861971
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Why can't I find any protagonists like pic related in fantasy books? Even in those self published litRPG harems the protagonist is either a complete wimp or a "morally grey" which actually just means he's still a good guy who simply has cynical thoughts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:12:29 2019 No.12861978 >>12861971 conan novels, gor novels.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:16:50 2019 No.12862005

>>12861544
It's not - I've read both - but either way you take it Bax is out for revenge and to make a buck. George is a prick and so's he but only in the sense that he is more refined and cunning. Other than that he's an evil fuck no matter how you cut it and regardless of interpretation.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:17:29 2019 No.12862014 >>12861971 Rance is a meme protagonist. He's supposed to be a purposely unlikable asshole until the final few games where he finally starts to mature. Why would you want to read something with a protagonist like him?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:17:52 2019 No.12862016 File: 97 KB, 750x1000, raf,750x1000,075,t,fafafa_ca443f4786.u6.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861924 Who hurt you? Wanna talk about it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:19:22 2019 No.12862024 >>12861765 Dunsany

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:21:59 2019 No.12862037 Is the animal random?<div class="like-perk-cnt">🦓</div>

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:28:42 2019 No.12862071 File: 998 KB, 3298x1512, Dunsany.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12862024 No. Internet has ruined people's attention span.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:30:00 2019 No.12862080 >>12861878 Comfy = meme shit that no one could defend, I like, but wouldn't want to admit it because I wanna keep my reputation on an Anonymous Estonian Squash Juggling Forum

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:30:12 2019 No.12862083 >>12862016 If you give me 1,500 likes I will post dinosaur.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:31:01 2019 No.12862087 >>12861878 What is it similar to?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:31:03 2019 No.12862088 >>12862071 One can dream.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:31:24 2019 No.12862091

>>12861544
>Some blog I read claimed that Sorceror's House is an "inversion" of Wizard Knight, e.g. in terms of the narrator's actions.

I can see that.

Wizard Knight is also framed as a letter from a man to his lost brother, but it's clear that Abel loves his brother while Bax spends most of the novel mocking George and driving him batshit with his letters. While Abel is honest and keeps his word in literally every single instance, Bax is deceitful the entire time, even when he's talking to the audience. Now that I think of it, Abel literally has bitches hanging off his dick 24/7, but he keeps it in his pants and stays faithful to his elf waifu. Bax fucks several women, even after pledging his love for his brother's wife, which was pretty fucked up on its own.

WizKnight was pretty cool. I dunno why people hate on it.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:32:44 2019 No.12862097
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>The second book was a dumpster fire, the cover is awful and the writer is a hack but I'll still read this when it comes out in a couple of days.
What's wrong with me?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:33:23 2019 No.12862099 >>12862091 Who hates Wizard Knight?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:34:09 2019 No.12862104 >>12862099 Brainlets

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:34:26 2019 No.12862107 >>12862097 It's an edgy piece of isn't it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:35:41 2019 No.12862111 >>12862104 So... /outerlit/? Maybe r/books?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:38:30 2019 No.12862119 >>12862071 His short stories man. You can read one on a cigarette break.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:39:55 2019 No.12862129 >>12862107 compared to his other stuff not really. borderline YA.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:41:12 2019 No.12862135 File: 34 KB, 460x580, 1552589753652.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12861914 Words fail me

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:42:31 2019 No.12862141 >>12862129 So Vavasour of Thorns but for girls, gotcha.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:51:54 2019 No.12862174 File: 54 KB, 1280x720, Chadiversity.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] We looking forward to his book anons?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:53:15 2019 No.12862179 >>12862174 >shadman

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:53:42 2019 No.12862182 >>12862097 >female protagonist yikes

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 12:56:08 2019 No.12862196

Princess of Mars was pretty shit. Change a few details and it'd sit comfortably in the parade of crappy isekai anime that come out every season. Carter goes to Mars for some reason and is super strong and beats up all the Martians and gets the hottest waifu on all of Mars.
Also the one language on the whole of Mars is "simple" so he learns it in a week, but this is in no way reflected in any of the dialogue.
Also his super strength from living in Earth's gravity means he struggles to even walk for a couple of days, but he can easily swordfight. And can BTFO giants who have been living for war for hundreds of years.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:04:58 2019 No.12862225 >>12860390 Complete shit. It shows that the author was a bartender before he started writing

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:06:46 2019 No.12862234 >>12862196 what's wrong with crushing martian puss puss?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:11:29 2019 No.12862257 >>12862174 Why is it so rare to find a fantasy author or someone even remotely involved in the fantasy community in at least decent physical shape?

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:11:46 2019 No.12862262

>>12860345
It was different but kinda meh.

I won’t since I read the premise of the other books and they sound terrible. Characters who die come back to life being the most notable red flag. Sounds like comic book tier stuff.

Silent

I didn’t like how croaker comes to the conclusion that lady is evil at the end. He’s already seen her do much worse when she took whisper. The portrayal of lady as a flirty evil queen was cringe. The magic was gay too. I don’t like people shooting things out of their mouths and dancing and screaming to get their spells going.

The more I think about it the more I disliked vs liked.

Overall good premise, poor execution.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:12:48 2019 No.12862267 >>12860382 Good choice

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:13:36 2019 No.12862274 >>12862135 That's the first page. The fucking hook. We need a pink aisle for bookstores.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:15:17 2019 No.12862278 >>12860390 >>12862225 It was much less adolescent and cringy than his other series. Right up until the jade gates closed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:20:11 2019 No.12862300 >>12860390 i'd nominate the MC to be the most annoying faggot of all time

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:22:48 2019 No.12862306 Man, you guys don't Like posts any more than you like books. What a bunch of stingy faggots.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:23:23 2019 No.12862309 Can someone help me find the title for this book? >>12858019

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:24:15 2019 No.12862313

>>12860345
>Did you like the book?
Yes

>Will you read the rest of the series?
Read the first 3, going to stop here.

>Who's your favourite character?
Silent. Honorable mention to Elmo because he reminds me of Kruber from Vermintide.

>Any other thoughts?
Author relies too heavily on Goblin x One-eye wizard duels anytime the company has downtime. Would have liked to see more characterization for other members.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:25:14 2019 No.12862318 >>12861971 Daniel Black Wild wastes

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:26:02 2019 No.12862323 File: 27 KB, 708x676, IMG_0261.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Quick lads, I need to get an amazon order up to 20 bucks Name your very favorite science-fiction/ fantasy work with a one sentence justification!

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:26:37 2019 No.12862324 >>12862257 What are you talking about, that man is all muscle

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:28:20 2019 No.12862330 File: 310 KB, 805x1024, China Meiville.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12862257 blocks your path

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:30:30 2019 No.12862338 who the fuck names their kid china

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:30:35 2019 No.12862340 >>12862097 >What's wrong with me? Completionist. Took me a few years to break the habit. If it still gripped me I would have read book 2 and would be waiting on book 3, instead of dropping the series at book one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:31:11 2019 No.12862343 File: 44 KB, 1280x720, jim butcher.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12862257 I was going to mention that Jim Butcher lifts, but really...

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:37:29 2019 No.12862371 >>12862196 Sshh. Don't let the conanfags hear you. They will call you an artificially lowered testosterone tranny and say you drink plant milk.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:39:55 2019 No.12862381 >>12862306 >>>/r/eddit >>>/f/acebook

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:41:10 2019 No.12862387 >>12862381 Your saucy karma whoring will gain you nothing here friendo.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:42:17 2019 No.12862393 >>12862323 See >>12861135

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:43:27 2019 No.12862403

>>12862338
>"I'm 26, born in 1972 to hippie parents," he explains. "The story is that they looked through the dictionary for 'a beautiful word.' They liked the sound of China, and also the fact that it means 'friend' in Cockney rhyming slang -- you still sometimes hear people call each other 'my old china', meaning 'my mate'."

>"Basically, in Cockney Rhyming Slang," says Miéville, "a phrase that rhymes with the word in question comes to take its place, but then you get rid of the bit that actually rhymes. That's how come my name means friend: 'my old china' means 'my old mate' because 'china plate' rhymes with 'mate'.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:43:33 2019 No.12862405 >>12862387 You were the fag begging for likes cunt.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:44:18 2019 No.12862410 >>12862330 Commie author get ye gone.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:48:47 2019 No.12862434

>>12862234
It wasn't very well written and their relationship is mostly based on coincidence and and him being super duper.
>>12862371
I like Conan though. It's simple fun, and Howard's action writing is really good.
Also Carter spends the whole book drinking plant milk.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:48:49 2019 No.12862435 >>12862410 I hate commies but The City and The City was good shit. The other one I read was not, but not because chynah is a communist.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:49:11 2019 No.12862437 What do you all think of ebook readers? I was thinking of getting a Kindle. I hate those shitty mass market paperbacks that genre book often get published in. And it seems like it would make it easier to deal with self-published books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:52:59 2019 No.12862452 >>12862437 Not as good as book better than computer

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:54:29 2019 No.12862458 >>12862437 I prefer them to paper books: I can make the text big to suit my shitty eyesight. Plus I can just download books I want to read. My Kindle has lasted about five years and is fine.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:57:41 2019 No.12862471 >>12862437 I enjoy paper books more, but do most of my reading on a kindle. Don't have to store a physical book that you may never touch again that way

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 13:58:00 2019 No.12862475 >>12862437 Books are cheaper on kindle

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:04:10 2019 No.12862500 >>12862452 >>12862458 >>12862471 >>12862475 All right, thanks. It looks like they're releasing a new model next week so I'll just get that I guess.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:06:52 2019 No.12862510 >>12862437 prefer it for actual reading unless it's something with a lot of pictures/diagrams or some reference work i'd be flipping through.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:11:19 2019 No.12862532 >>12862437 i just read on tablets

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:16:09 2019 No.12862569

>>12862500
> It looks like they're releasing a new model next week so I'll just get that I guess.
iirc there will a Voyage 2 so that will likely sit between the current Paperwhite and Oasis in price but it's mainly cosmetic changes. Also an update on their basic model with a better screen.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:19:00 2019 No.12862579 File: 56 KB, 398x566, Comed.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12862257 Matthew Woodring Stover is a martial artist.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:19:13 2019 No.12862581 >>12862569 I was thinking of buying the updated basic model.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:21:19 2019 No.12862593 Why and when did harems become mandatory in litrpg?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:24:13 2019 No.12862605 >>12862593 Because they were initially written by / aimed at the anime audience.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:28:51 2019 No.12862636 >April 1st >have to wait 2 weeks for book >14 days >other book comes out in 6 days >have to wait 3 months to get ir Being an audiobook fag is suffering.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:30:51 2019 No.12862646 Is there any light comedy sff worth reading besides discworld and DNA?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:37:28 2019 No.12862679 >>12862636 Which books are you waiting for?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:38:03 2019 No.12862682 >>12862646 try waldo rabbit. its pretty humorous. comedy comes from misunderstandings and misconceptions.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:49:07 2019 No.12862717 >>12862636 >Being an audiobook fag is suffering. good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 14:56:12 2019 No.12862757 >>12862410 Commie authors are better than liberal ones

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 15:20:41 2019 No.12862908 Upvote if twitter thinks you're an arab

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 15:23:44 2019 No.12862931 >>12859235 >Post good books with assassins Though stuff. >>12860193 I'll try this one. Does it have waifus? This is important.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 15:32:16 2019 No.12862971 >>12861849 Nice. I often see this book posted in this thread, probably by the same fucking faggot every fucking time, the maniac. I'll check out next time I'm looking for something to read.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 15:35:54 2019 No.12862984 >>12862579 huh. explains why the fight scenes were so good in heroes die.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 15:36:10 2019 No.12862988

>>12860345
>Did you like the book?
No
>Will you read the rest of the series?
No
>Who's your favourite character? New waifu?
Croaker, if I have to pick one
>Any other thoughts?
Contrary to popular belief a book is not good because it's gritty. Especially authors seem to have a problem understanding this.<div class="like-perk-cnt">🐰</div>

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 15:37:12 2019 No.12862995 >>12862437 >What do you all think of ebook readers? I have a Kobo Glo for reading books I pirate. It's convenient and far superiour to reading on your phone.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 15:40:25 2019 No.12863019 >>12862931 >waifufags I hate all of you

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:02:30 2019 No.12863127 test

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:04:20 2019 No.12863143 >>12863127 Failed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:04:57 2019 No.12863146 >>12862330 He's a faggot soiboi.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:07:54 2019 No.12863165 >>12861753 >:3 Hey catfag, what you reading recently?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:08:44 2019 No.12863176 >>12863127 >170

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:12:15 2019 No.12863200 File: 1.57 MB, 4099x2158, 1554091057642.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >birdboi posting his nation maps on /tg/ and not here Why has he forsaken us? Pic related, it's his nation map.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:13:02 2019 No.12863208 >>12863200 because this is not the map thread you cunt

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:17:39 2019 No.12863236 File: 37 KB, 318x499, The_Road_of_Azrael.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12863165 Hai. Right now this. Liking so far :3 Before that I read Man of Two Worlds by the Herberts. It was dumb.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:31:59 2019 No.12863318 >>12863208 >>12863200 But I want him back! I want our bird to come home!

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:34:03 2019 No.12863325 File: 106 KB, 390x640, Cathouse.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12863318 This is cat country boyo

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:37:47 2019 No.12863337 >>12863200 >every territory claimed Gay. G. A. Y.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 16:41:58 2019 No.12863353 >>12863200 boy, having landmasses at the poles sure does look fucking awful

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:07:09 2019 No.12863491 >>12861202 The irony being the leftshits at the BBC have no problem outright BANNING books they don't like which is infinitely worse than some priests BURNING books they don't like.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:11:48 2019 No.12863521 >>12863491 Banning is better than burning. When you burn the book is gone. The Vatican is probably getting rid of all the knowledge the aliens gave them to take over the world.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:12:23 2019 No.12863527 >>12862403 Bongs were a mistake.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:14:33 2019 No.12863544 >>12862646 Rex Nihilo

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:14:58 2019 No.12863546 Can anyone recommend me some Raypunk literature if such a thing even exists? Thanks in advance

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:15:45 2019 No.12863551

>>12863521
Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think these priests confiscated other people's books and burned them. How is burning your privately-owned copy of a widely-available book worse than banning the sale of a book which will actually affect other people?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:17:00 2019 No.12863561 >>12863544 I'll try that, thank you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:17:01 2019 No.12863562 File: 119 KB, 200x326, Fallon_-_Wolfblade_Coverart.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Cuckolding is an intrinsic part of this 'extreme' patriarchal nation's culture. Anon played me

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:18:37 2019 No.12863570 >>12862646 The Thraxas series by Martin Millar/Scott

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:20:38 2019 No.12863583 >>12863562 The only female authors worth reading are dead. Tanith Lee, C.L. Moore, Leigh Brackett.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:24:14 2019 No.12863608 >>12863570 Thanks! I'll give it a go.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:24:52 2019 No.12863611 >>12862682 Good rec, but I've read that one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:25:52 2019 No.12863616 >>12860345 I nominate Tooth and Claw.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:33:08 2019 No.12863649 >>12863562 >jennifer You played yourself

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:36:59 2019 No.12863667 >>12860390 Nah it's shit,the only good thing was the fat assed milf

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:38:56 2019 No.12863678
File: 36 KB, 500x592, monthly reading_poll.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Early voting today, yay! I'll post this in the next thread once I wake up.

Engine Summer,
by John Crowley. ~200 pages
>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1335568.Engine_Summer

We,
by Yevgeny Zamyatin. ~250 pages
>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76171.We

Flowers for Algernon,
by Daniel Keyes. ~225 pages
>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36576608-flowers-for-algernon

Godsfire,
by Cynthia Felice. 250 pages
>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/967895.Godsfire

Tooth and Claw,
by Jo Walton. 300 pages
>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344623.Tooth_and_Claw

Strawpoll: https://www.strawpoll.me/17723621

Disqualified:
>The Host
You cheeky fuck.
>The Once and Future King
Too long.
>The Shadow of What Was Lost
Marketed as first part of a trilogy, too long.
>The Black Prism
Too long and also >Brent Weeks.
>Seveneves
Too long.
>Starfish
Not stand-alone enough.
>Ringworld
Not stand-alone enough.
>Blood Song
Too long.
>Wool Omnibus
Too long, part of a series.
>The Wandering Inn
Way too long.

Now this is a long ass list of disqualified books. Partly because I decided to experiment and be anal about it and partly because the list of nominations is long. I'll write some guidelines and add them to the image before the next round.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:41:43 2019 No.12863685 >>12863678 >Ringworld >Not stand-alone enough. Debatable. Having sequels doesn't make the story any less self-contained.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:42:30 2019 No.12863686 >>12863678 I'm not voting for it, but Ringworld is total standalone. The sequels are milk-its-success books, not necessary continuations of the story.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:45:52 2019 No.12863710 >>12863667 >the fat assed milf Don't recall her. We had the milf mistress in night angel trilogy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:46:54 2019 No.12863714 >>12863678 If I read the host other people should suffer too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:48:31 2019 No.12863722 >>12863678 >also >Brent Weeks. Monthly reading anon.. I used to respect you, didn't know you were a brent weeks hater..

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:50:43 2019 No.12863730 >>12863710 >>12863714 >>12863722 >showing his likes

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:51:29 2019 No.12863736 >>12863710 Karris has two sons and was in her forties

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:52:48 2019 No.12863744 >>12863736 She was skinny brah...

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:55:32 2019 No.12863764 >>12863744 fuck you're right,i read it years ago

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:55:33 2019 No.12863765

>>12863685
>>12863686
I would probably have left it in if it were not for Starfish being disqualified for the same reason. Nominate it again next month and clarify that it's self contained.

>>12863722
Too long is the actual reason it was disqualified, simply being written by Brent Weeks is not enough.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:56:13 2019 No.12863769 >>12863730 Those aren't likes you hateful little gnome

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 17:58:04 2019 No.12863778 >>12863722 I forgave Weeks for his adolescent assassin books, then got burned again by the pussy claws in his new series. Why should I give him a third chance?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 18:10:20 2019 No.12863842 File: 167 KB, 1024x768, 1478151042861.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12863778 Yeah. Tight pussy burned me too. Still want to know how the series ends.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 18:14:07 2019 No.12863871 >>12863769 You seem upset that you have 0 likes.

Anonymous Mon Apr 1 18:15:45 2019 No.12863882

urgh, my autism is giving me an impossible problem. I need a mythical creature that takes the form of a cannibalistic undead, but its true form is a rat, mouse or swarm thereof

the best solution I've found is the Wechuge, which is a human corpse possessed by a great animal spirit, but the sources I've seen make it crystal clear that the wechuge is made of ice, which for some reason is triggering my sense of overcomplication. I don't want to have to describe the mythology behind the Wechuge just to emphasize its rodent theme.

maybe I make a joke about it being made of ice but really it's made of mice....

>>12863546
Radiance might be what you're looking for. I haven't read it because the narration style rubs me the wrong way, but the author made probably the most underrated fantasy series I've ever read, so I'd give it a shot

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 18:16:12 2019 No.12863886 >>12863871 Fuck you<div style="position:absolute" class="like-perk-cnt"><img alt="" style="position:absolute;margin-left:-25px;margin-top:-80px;pointer-events:none;" width="80" height="80" src="//s.4cdn.org/image/partyhat.gif"></div>

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 18:28:57 2019 No.12863942 THREAD SLAVE!

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 18:58:21 2019 No.12864098 >316 Soon

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 19:05:16 2019 No.12864135 >>12863678 Vote Godsfire. For catgirls!

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 1 19:16:47 2019 No.12864200 new >>12864198 >>12864198 >>12864198

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