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/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General Anonymous Sun Oct 20 23:51:38 2019 No.14029265 [Reply] [Original]

Monthly Reading For October: Quantum Thief | Charts
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>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 20 23:57:28 2019 No.14029282 File: 152 KB, 853x543, A5552F06-53CC-448D-9D35-477EED335911.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Did he do anything wrong?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 00:13:00 2019 No.14029344 >>14029265 Yooo fuck science fiction and fuck fantasy

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 00:29:46 2019 No.14029397 File: 75 KB, 720x314, korean birdmen.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Please, can someone tell me what novel this guy is talking about is?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 00:32:23 2019 No.14029407 >>14029397 Just ask the guy who posted that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 00:52:03 2019 No.14029464 >>14029407 How do I message someone on youtube? I'd respond to the comment I screenshot, but I have no idea what video it's from. As far as I know, you can't search yt comments.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 00:57:37 2019 No.14029480 >>14029464 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh8XyrHZBXOsLJalJY40t0A/discussion I assume he'll get a notification saying he has a message.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 01:03:44 2019 No.14029490 >>14029282 Being the only interesting character in a shit book?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 01:17:14 2019 No.14029522 Is the Traitor Son Cycle any good or what? I got all the books here but I'm a little hesitant about starting it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 01:41:03 2019 No.14029601 Should I read Long Sun and Short Sun? Will it confuse me even further than Urth did?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 01:43:55 2019 No.14029609 So just marathoned the first 3 chapters of A Little Hatred. What did I think of it?

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 01:45:27 2019 No.14029619

>>14029601
Yes you should read them.

Long Sun is far, far more straightforward than Urth/BotNS. I personally think it's a better place to start with Wolfe for someone who's "afraid" of BotNS for whatever reason. Unfortunately it's also a little boring, if you really liked BotNS. The payoff is that Short Sun is really good.

There is some seriously weird stuff in Short Sun, although if it's confusing it won't confuse you "further".

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 01:48:29 2019 No.14029633 2/3 through Judas Unchained, one annoyance / plot hole is that no one suggests exploring dyson beta. ok maybe they're worried about releasing a 2nd genocidal alien species, but that conversation never takes place

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 01:49:40 2019 No.14029637 >>14029522 It's certainly discussed a lot in these threads. Opinions are mixed. >>14029609 That isn't marathoning. Asking people what you think of it is idiocy or trolling.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 01:53:17 2019 No.14029645 >>14029637 Does it have healthy mix of politics, war and monsters? That's what I'm getting from the covers and blurbs.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 02:03:51 2019 No.14029681 I'm reading the powder mage trilogy and it's pretty good

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 02:24:47 2019 No.14029734 >>14029265 OP is a faggot.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 02:25:38 2019 No.14029738

Second book of Quantum Thief ist fucking boring so far.
What's the point of introducing B plots no one fucking cares about? It's like a full break on the story every time there is a perspective change.
I'm starting to skip entire chapters because of this. The fact that it's mostly some real shitty erotica parts aren't really helping either.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 02:29:21 2019 No.14029747

>>14029265
I want suggestions for fantasy that doesn't revolve around kingdom (or empire or whatever state) politics/successions/maneuvering etc.
Give me adventure and journeys and quests and sword and sorcery style stories (but actual novels, not short stories).
Also give me only stuff you yourself think is great, don't give me some shit just because it fits the criteria, I'm not gonna read just any pace of stash simply because its not Game of Thrones style.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 02:30:32 2019 No.14029749 >>14029747 >pace of stash LMAO. I meant piece of trash obviously.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 02:39:56 2019 No.14029769 >>14029734 Always and forever since the first thread to the final thread.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 02:42:29 2019 No.14029774 First for Old Good new bad

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 02:44:57 2019 No.14029781 >>14029774 That's wrong though. It's What I Enjoy Good What I Don't Enjoy Bad.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 03:13:56 2019 No.14029853 >>14029738 The author dropped the ball trying to pad it out to a trilogy. The Golden Age is better in every way than Quantum Thief. It's a little drawn out, but nowhere near as bad.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 03:15:32 2019 No.14029857 >>14029747 The Wizard Knight Lyonesse has some of the politics stuff but it's really in the background. Swords Against Death

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 04:15:06 2019 No.14029989 >>14029857 Thanks man.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 06:53:24 2019 No.14030317

I recently got a job which involves me standing around for about 6 hours a day. I thought it would be great because I could read, but I get interrupted around every 1-2 minutes, and all of the books I normally read are just too much because I've always enjoyed descriptive fantasy and hard sci-fi (Peter F. Hamilton and Robert Jordan are two favorites)

I'm looking for books that are written very simply, but not poorly. I've been trying to get into web novels but they're so many are SO badly written I can't even handle them. I read two of John Scalzi's books because they're so dialogue heavy and the vocab is elementary. Any recommendations?

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 06:59:32 2019 No.14030335
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I'm not dead! Although I almost was, kidney trauma, internal bleeding and shit. The good thing with a week long hospital stay is that you get to catch up on your reading. Anyway, back to posting.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 07:02:57 2019 No.14030341 >>14029747 Wizard of earthsea and the farthest shore

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 07:12:01 2019 No.14030367
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I picked up Way of Kings last week and am wondering if I should finish it. I'm already about 600 pages into the book.

This book just hasn't made me feel anything. I haven't been intrigued with anything in the world, I haven't derived much of a real sense of emotion from character interactions, and the plain prose hasn't really helped. I just feel like I'm wasting my time, and this is no offence to anyone that likes this book, it's just not my thing it seems.

So does this book pay off or should I put it down if I'm still not interested? Thank you in advance.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 07:15:52 2019 No.14030378 >>14030367 It's typical of sanderson's style where everything cascades in the last 100 pages or so. Up to you if you want to bother.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 07:18:08 2019 No.14030385 How many people are going to fall for the Sanderson meme? Both his prose and characters are so incredibly boring and dull I will never understand why he's so popular with normalfaggots.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 07:26:36 2019 No.14030408

>>14030367
As the other anon eluded to, his books go from dull and plodding to anime frippery in the last handful of chapters.
But I dropped the book 500 pages in, so I'm not sure if it pays off. I felt the same way you do and was very bored with the lack of tension. Also, the lack of likeable characters was a big factor, with each person being a sack of depression in poor circumstances. I'm sure it's intentional and by book 4 they'll all be confident and stronger, but I didn't feel like suffering through it without any promise of an equal payoff.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 07:30:14 2019 No.14030415

>>14030385
A few friends who usually give me good recommendations pointed me to this one. Unfortunately when we're not meeting eye to eye with my issues on the book. You see what I'm saying right? The characters don't feel human. They feel very fantasy.

I'm not looking for hyper-drama, just the sense these characters are conscious people.

>>14030378
I might just toss it aside for later and opt for Book of the New Sun. From the first 30 pages alone, I knew I'd probably like it a lot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 07:34:36 2019 No.14030422 >>14030408 I usually have no problem with depressed characters as long as they come off as believably multifaceted.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 07:57:09 2019 No.14030490

>>14029645
It has more view points than a schizophrenic autist who is intent on ensuring that you never get to read about your favourite characters and who is also armed and dual wielding with a bunch of black crayons which can draw black obscuring squiggles and who also has a backdoor into the whole book and can write another clusterfuck of view points that you don't care about. Midway through the book, an interesting plot finally takes place, the autist calms down, then there are a few more chapters about literal whos as a massive roadblock and it ends on a great note because Abercrombie can certainly write endings but not middles. and then a bunch of my favourite characters get marched out and killed because why not, RIP

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 08:10:57 2019 No.14030519

>>14030335
So this is the third time you nearly died?

>kidney trauma, internal bleeding and shit.
so somebody messed up your insides with their dick like you asked? You read too much hentai and doujins if you feel having your insides "messed up" is healthy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 08:27:54 2019 No.14030560 >>14029156 People training for a marathon are taught to visualize the struggle of the run, not the glory of finishing the race. Likewise, you should write because you enjoy writing, or something adjacent (like "storytelling" in the abstract).

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 09:02:51 2019 No.14030685 Has anyone here read the other books in Ken MacLeod's Fall Revolution series? I read book one and while I wasn't particularly blown away by it, it was entertaining enough to finish. That said, I don't know if I want to waste my time with the others.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 09:28:51 2019 No.14030749 Ah yes time to slaughter the monkey to scare the chickens

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 09:48:09 2019 No.14030808 >>14030415 You should like Book of the New Sun if you want characters that feel human.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 09:55:59 2019 No.14030827 >>14029633 How’s the void trilogy?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 10:41:59 2019 No.14030972 >>14029522 I read the first two in a row and liked them, got heavy fatigue with the third and stopped there If you want to see big medieval battles but with fantasy elements they're fun books

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 10:54:16 2019 No.14031024 >>14029522 Do you want to read about heavy cavalry charging into ranks of monsters?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 11:00:03 2019 No.14031046 >>14029681 Yep, it is.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 11:02:19 2019 No.14031058 >>14030490 You realize you are replying to miles Cameron books not Abercrombie, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 11:02:33 2019 No.14031059 >>14031024 >>14030972 dunno if it's just me but I find 1 on 1 fights or small skirmishes so much more interesting to read than grand battles and sieges

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 12:34:23 2019 No.14031391 >>14030827 i haven't read void, and i don't think i will. i'm reading the commonwealth sage duology and i'm consistently skipping paragraphs of irrelevant description, that's the only way i can get through this writing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 12:52:46 2019 No.14031468 >>14029265 Any thoughts on the new Joe Abercrombie series? No spoilers please.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 13:07:46 2019 No.14031540 >>14031391 >>14029738 If you feel the need to skip anything then you ought to stop reading it entirely.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 13:25:15 2019 No.14031602 >>14030519 The only time since I started monthly reading, I believe. My condition have nothing to do with anyone getting dicked, I assure you.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 13:31:27 2019 No.14031617

>be a webnovel
>LitRPG
>Chink
>Reincarnation
>Literal shit
>No one in burgerworld has heard of you
>15 goodreads ratings
>The synopsis looks like a literal parody
>Unreadable
>Bestseller in based China
>Literally tens of millions of RMB (0.14 dollars = 1 RMB) from sales

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 13:40:03 2019 No.14031642 >>14029522 >Miles Mommy no Cameron

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 14:15:04 2019 No.14031789 >>14031617 I'm all caught up on LoM. Now I'm suffering the slow drip

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 14:56:02 2019 No.14031940 >>14031617 Is this hypothetical or a real world example? How do know your data is accurate? Putting in dollars would be millions, which is still top tier for book sales. How does a webnovel be sold?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 16:02:47 2019 No.14032254 >>14031642 ?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 16:28:59 2019 No.14032348 >>14032254 It's a horribly disfigured combination of trolling, shitposting, and memes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 17:21:23 2019 No.14032577 >>14031468 A Little Hatred? I didn't mind it too much but there is a lot of man-hating feminist shit in it that irritates people.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 18:50:22 2019 No.14032956 >>14031468 Somehow he decided that everyone in this world became feminists in the last 30 years.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 19:12:53 2019 No.14033076

59 posts and 35 posters.
This is my 10th post, which means 49 posts from 34 posters. All the spammers may have left. Probably one other poster posted several times so that drops it down to nearly only 1 post per poster. May take an entire week for the thread to reach 310 posts without the spammers. Fine by me. I'll slow down my posting as well.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 19:28:46 2019 No.14033132 >>14033076 I've committed to finishing two books that are just okay so I have fuck all to talk about this week

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 19:57:27 2019 No.14033248 I need a fantasy audiobook to listen to at work. I'd prefer something 30+ hours to get the most out of my credit. Are there any good long standalone books that I should go for?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 20:02:13 2019 No.14033269 >>14031617 sauce?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 20:24:06 2019 No.14033374 >>14032577 >>14032956 Seriously?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 20:35:36 2019 No.14033420 >>14033374 no you retard it's the same whining poster from every thread

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 20:45:53 2019 No.14033460 >>14033374 No, but he’s a lot more heavy handed about the female povs than he was in The Blade Itself

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 21:00:30 2019 No.14033501 >>14033248 Could you maybe give some guidance on what you like? jfc.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 21:27:08 2019 No.14033626 >>14033420 >>14033460 Idk been reading some reviews seems like it. Fucking shame

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 21:42:17 2019 No.14033692 >>14033501 He may just want it as background noise so that it doesn't matter at all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 21:48:01 2019 No.14033711 >>14033692 >>14033248 Then the Wandering Inn

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 21:53:37 2019 No.14033747 >>14029490 am confused, this is a picture of analsybarite kilhouse, not akka or crabicus

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 21:56:51 2019 No.14033767 >>14029397 So cheesy

>>	thiskillsthedarkelf Mon Oct 21 22:08:49 2019 No.14033828 >>14031940 Usually when they release a light novel version of their webnovel it's been re-written and edited with some artwork included. Also either ad revenue from the sight or paid donations from their readers.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 22:09:22 2019 No.14033830 File: 200 KB, 432x432, 1570190473524.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Favorite scifi from past 10 years?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 22:11:32 2019 No.14033841 >>14033828 I don't know if China does that.

>>	thiskillsthedarkelf Mon Oct 21 22:16:02 2019 No.14033861 >>14033841 They do, their sites also have these things called "tickets," which you buy and give to the authors who are paid based on word count for their submissions.

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 22:18:23 2019 No.14033871

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dsetsuka_ni_Nar%C5%8D

"Let's Become a Novelist"

. The site hosts over 400,000 novels, has near 800,000 registered users and it receives over 1 billion page views per month.

Alexa rank 1,109

Self-publishing is the present and the future. Resistance is futile.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 22:51:43 2019 No.14034016 >>14033830 Does the term "calendrical rot" mean anything to you?

Anonymous Mon Oct 21 23:12:17 2019 No.14034103

>>14033871
>Users can upload their novels free of charge and the novels are also free to read.
>Over one hundred novel series uploaded to the site have been acquired by various publishers.

100+ published out of 400,000 hosted. Yes it's easy to self publish but it's really tough to make money from it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 23:24:58 2019 No.14034134 >>14033871 >What is quality control? >What is compensation? That's just retarded, self pub anon.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 23:30:03 2019 No.14034149 >>14034016 no :)

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 23:31:15 2019 No.14034154 File: 152 KB, 450x675, 97803162708091.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14029265 Thoughts on K.J. Parker's new book? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37946419-sixteen-ways-to-defend-a-walled-city

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 23:37:20 2019 No.14034173 Least SJW-influenced awards?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 23:47:34 2019 No.14034204 >>14034173 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Puppies

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 23:53:18 2019 No.14034232 >>14034134 The market will decide.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 21 23:59:16 2019 No.14034259 >>14034173 >>14034204 They've had more success with this award https://www.dragoncon.org/awards/2019-recipients/

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 00:25:04 2019 No.14034360 >read Dune >it's shit >read Way of Kings >it's shit >read Lies of Locke Lamora >boring shit >read Name of the Wind >well written shit Is there ANY good fantasy anymore?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 00:27:02 2019 No.14034364 >>14034360 Dune ain't that bad, come on now.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 00:49:14 2019 No.14034450
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What are some stories that end up taking place on something abnormal but isn't revealed until later on? e.g.,
>Xenoblade / Bionicles - setting takes place on a giant robot
>Tales of Legendia - setting takes place on an xboxhueg ship that is basically a continent

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 01:12:53 2019 No.14034538 >>14033711 Is this actually good or are you just giving me a meme response? Never read or listened to a LitRPG before.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 01:14:42 2019 No.14034549 >>14034360 I just read YA fantasy. Adult fantasy feels like it tries so hard to be mature and falls flat. Plus I love all the common fantasy tropes like orphan farm boy being the chosen one.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 01:17:59 2019 No.14034560 >>14034360 Try the Farseer Trilogy if you want well-written depressing shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 01:21:39 2019 No.14034577 >>14034360 what do you consider good fantasy?

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 01:21:55 2019 No.14034579

>>14034538
>litrpg
>good
pick one anon.

You know what The Wandering Inn's main selling points are? That it's "long" and "comfy", the latter as judged by shut-in autists. If you think these things are good, then go ahead and waste your time with literary shovelware.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 01:27:32 2019 No.14034604

>>14034579
I read the first few chapters of Wandering Inn, and I just could not stand the stupid pathetic female MC. I'm not asking for an ultra competent lead, or a gary/mary stu, but I prefer at least a modicum of personal ability from my protagonists.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 01:33:44 2019 No.14034631 >>14034579 >>14034604 I probably won't like it. It might make me an asshole but I generally dislike female leads.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 02:24:54 2019 No.14034796

Despite my despair, I think my writing is getting better. The shift from heavy dialog to mostly narration feels more organic and mature, even as I use the phrase "like a fart in the proverbial bathtub"

Joyce would be proud

>>14030385
you do realize people have differing opinions on literature, right? Your feelings aren't objective fact

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 02:33:13 2019 No.14034818 Where do you post your web novels?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 02:44:30 2019 No.14034842 >>14034154 I enjoyed it, don't know why it's considered fantasy though since it's essentially Byzantine fanfiction with names changed around for fear of copyright.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 07:29:56 2019 No.14035731 >>14034842 So it's basically like GGK's work?

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 08:04:37 2019 No.14035832

>>14033248
>I'd prefer something 30+ hours to get the most out of my credit.

Do yourself a favor. Write down a list of books or series you are potentially interested in. Log into your audible account on your desktop. Buy a book using your 1 credit, download it on your phone/device, return the book to get your 1 credit back but still have the actual audiobook on your phone/device. Repeat as needed. They'll let you do up to 50 returns in a month before you start getting thrown to support to do so, at which point all you have to do is tell them "yes, I want to return this book" and they'll return it for you.

I managed to, no shit, get the entire DragonLance saga (~18 books), the entire Drizzt saga (31 books at the time), all of ASOIAF, all of Wheel of Time, all of The Dark Tower, and about a dozen other books, within the very first month of using audible. That was three years ago, and I'm STILL going through the backlog of audio books. All for just one month. It's practically stealing, but it feels sooooo good.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 08:07:35 2019 No.14035848 File: 28 KB, 282x502, bw.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] just got delivered time to read this mess of an ending

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 08:53:56 2019 No.14035976 >>14030385 Lots of people don't read for prose or characters but for story.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 09:20:59 2019 No.14036055 >>14035731 I've alwys found Parkers stand alone books very similar to GGK so it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case. >>14035848 Good luck anon and let me know if should waste my time and actually finish the series. I'm going to either way

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 09:27:24 2019 No.14036089 >>14035832 >That was three years ago, Yeah. I think the multiple changes they did to their app and program may have fixed that loophole. My private tells people to use a specific version of the program, not the new ones.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 09:28:28 2019 No.14036094 >>14036055 >I've alwys found Parkers stand alone books very similar to GGK so it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case. What if... What if they were one and the same?

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 09:31:42 2019 No.14036105

>>14036055
Dazen and Kip die 2/3rds through the book, so there's that. Andross is the foretold Lightbringer, so there's that. Zymun solo kills the entire Mighty (minus Kip). A "nuke" goes off during the final battle between Koios and Andross, wiping the Jaspars from the map completely. Series ends with each of the Satrapies having their own king/queen in their color lord, with Andross existing in the White Reef as the Lightbringer, keeping magic in check in the world.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 09:34:53 2019 No.14036115

>>14036089
First off, it's not a loophole, it's part of the way Audible works. Secondly, that's why I specifically said go to the desktop site, because doing it through the app or through mobile leads to issues and is generally a giant pain in the ass. Third, they didn't fix it, because I literally just bought a book (Burning White), returned it, and bought a second book (A Little Hatred) not 10 minutes ago.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 10:07:08 2019 No.14036211
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i've acquired and read all other books by this author in pdf form but for some reason this one has been impossible to find and download.

i've tried all methods known to man, i tried library genesis, duckduckgo, pdfdrive, slideshare, the web archive, google books downloader, 4chan search engines, the pirate bay, obscure shady esoteric websites, and even the deep web at one point, and nothing came up

i need that douglas adams futurama-esque goodness once more and i can't find this goddamn book in pdf
im not giving money to this basedboy pedo that condones "gender violence" even if his books are good

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 10:23:39 2019 No.14036252 >>14036211 L-I-T-E-R-A-L-L-Y just google "Starship Repo PDF" and there's working downloads like 4 links down.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 10:27:26 2019 No.14036270 >>14036252 none work on my end, you have to sign up and pay for usenet in order for them to work

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 10:34:30 2019 No.14036302 >>14034450 Please respond. I should make a megapost and incorporate this setting ideal with my post last thread about twists. I definitely need unique ideas to comprehend.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 10:35:35 2019 No.14036306 >>14036302 Read China Mieville, he's probably right up your alley, pal.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 10:38:34 2019 No.14036313

>>14036211
I took a look at mobi and bibliotik, and no luck.

>>14036306
Isn't he/she the one who wrote Three-Body Problem? Heard too many complaints about ending asspulls, and some of the features in the setting I didn't care much for but I do appreciate the suggestion. Granted I love Revelation Space and the ending to that trilogy was asspull-y but the obscene amount of supplemental material makes up for it

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 10:45:03 2019 No.14036342 >>14036252 Those are not real sites....

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 10:51:54 2019 No.14036376 >>14036313 No that was an actual chicom. China just larps as a commie.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:01:27 2019 No.14036431 >>14036313 >Isn't he/she the one who wrote Three-Body Problem? No. A Chinese person wrote that. This guy's name is China.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:01:32 2019 No.14036432 >>14034232 >Once le ebul publishers are gone the market will surely favor my Chinese fapfiction Absolutely delusional

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:03:46 2019 No.14036444

>>14036432
>the market will surely favor my Chinese fapfiction
not him, but i think the top sales on amazon show that the bar is really low for self-published stuff
i doubt foreign stuff will ever catch on in the states, at least at the same level, but fapfics are terrifyingly popular

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:04:33 2019 No.14036450 >>14036376 >>14036431 Well okay, what is one or two of this dude's top works, and could you provide a brief synopsis so I know what it is about?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:06:49 2019 No.14036463 >>14036450 Why are you so averse to googling? Put some work in, man.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:17:47 2019 No.14036506 >>14033420 Read the book before commenting you fat tranny. >>14033374 It was still a decent read. But yes it’s there. Not sure what got into him. The feminist parts were very noticeable to the point of being irritating.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:23:36 2019 No.14036536 >>14034173 Used to be David Gemmell Awards for fantasy but it got discontinued for some reason. Still the prior years awards have some good recs

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:25:28 2019 No.14036547 >>14034259 Is Larry Coreia any good? His books never sparked my interest other than him being more redpilled than the soi open mouthed numales that make up a lot of fantasy these days.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:56:09 2019 No.14036713
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Why does western fantasy romance suck so much? Every love interest is either extremely bitchy or wants to cuck the main character. Usually both.
Either have good romance or don't even bother adding it in.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 11:57:12 2019 No.14036724 >>14036713 Because secular western women suck

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:00:45 2019 No.14036743 >>14034360 Malazan

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:01:00 2019 No.14036744 >>14036506 >Not sure what got into him His publisher

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:05:49 2019 No.14036768 >>14036547 They're cheeseball action-adventure stories, so if you're into that

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:08:21 2019 No.14036783 >>14036506 His first trilogy was criticized heavily by certain groups for the portrayal of female characters. This and Best Served Cold were his attempts to appease them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:22:47 2019 No.14036860 >>14031940 It's real, google china bestsellers list and one of the books will be a webnovel about a man reincarnating or some shit, forgot the name

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:36:56 2019 No.14036926 >>14036313 Do you happen to have a Galactic North pdf I could download? can't seem to find it.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:48:04 2019 No.14036981

>>14036211
>>14036926
Why do you people read novels in PDF form? I see no reason to do so.

Anyway, Bibliotik has Galactic North in epub. I can't find that Starship Repo book anywhere. It's on Overdrive (in epub) but no libraries have it. (Not sure what that means exactly).

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:52:24 2019 No.14036997 >>14036926 Not right now but Galactic North should be easy to find, and you can use Calibre to convert to whatever format you need.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 12:55:24 2019 No.14037014

>>14035832
>18 books in Dragonlance
But that's entirely wrong. It's shared setting same as Forgotten Realms and even has multiple "main storylines".

>>14034450
You didn't respond to me last thread, but here's some stuff about last thread.
https://pastebin.com/MBkcie7J

>>14034538
It's not.

>>14036211
Just convert them to PDF then. PDF is a bad format anyway. It also have very polluted search engine results. I briefly looked on IRC and it doesn't seem to be there, but doesn't mean it isn't there. It may just not be served by the bots and is in their archive. Looks like you may have to buy it or borrow the ebook from a library.

>>14036926
Yes, that is extremely easily found and I already have it and I could convert to pdf but I don't want to. Maybe if you explain why you need pdf.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:06:58 2019 No.14037079 >>14036981 >no libraries have it A quick search looks like at least this library has it. https://lvccld.bibliocommons.com/item/show/4265449980 Only 1 copy and 4 on hold, may be the case with others.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:08:19 2019 No.14037086 >>14037079 Did you do that search via Overdrive?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:10:29 2019 No.14037100 >>14037086 No, it was a google search. May be why.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:10:43 2019 No.14037102 File: 339 KB, 500x500, dune.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What is there anything with a similar style of prose of pic-related? Besides the sequels, obviously.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:11:07 2019 No.14037103

>>14037014
>But that's entirely wrong. It's shared setting same as Forgotten Realms and even has multiple "main storylines".

Yeah - I was talking about the Chronicles mainline by Weis/Hickman, as well as War of Souls and the Soulforge/Brothers in Arms books, totaling at 18 and doing the "main story" of the series (much like the Drizzt books are the "Main story" of the Forgotten Realms books)

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:12:34 2019 No.14037116 >>14037100 Ah, nvm. I see. The Overdrive availability function means "available to checkout right now"

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:14:36 2019 No.14037125 >>14037103 > Drizzt books are the "Main story" Actually they aren't. There is a "main story" though. I don't know about how it's been in the last several years though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:15:33 2019 No.14037127 >>14037103 >someone else actually read beyond War of the Twins What did you think of the later stuff, including War of Souls? Did you read Dragons of a New Age?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:19:49 2019 No.14037148 >>14034796 and yet, still, literally no one gives a shit

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:21:36 2019 No.14037164

>>14035832
>I managed to, no shit, get the entire DragonLance saga (~18 books), the entire Drizzt saga (31 books at the time), all of ASOIAF, all of Wheel of Time, all of The Dark Tower, and about a dozen other books, within the very first month of using audible

Man can't live on no sleep for an entire month straight.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:22:34 2019 No.14037174

>>14037127
>>14037014 here
In my younger years, I had basically every Dragolance novel published at the time, which was mid 2000s. I read a lot of them as well. Honestly, I don't remember much. The officially presented timeline was a mess because of corporate concerns, including retroactive continuity which resulted in branching timelines. All I can really remember liking was the original Chronicles Trilogy and the The Raistlin Chronicles. I eventually gave them all away to people who appreciated them more.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:29:16 2019 No.14037200 >>14035832 Why lie?!? ASOIAF alone would take you 8 1/4 days to listen to without stopping for a second. It's literally impossible to listen to all you claim to have in one month.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:30:29 2019 No.14037205 >>14037200 >>14037164 Both of you have either misunderstood or are trolling. This anon wrote that they ACQUIRED all of those, not listened to them.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:33:47 2019 No.14037218

>>14037103
As for the Forgotten Realms, Wizards of the Coast used to have an image of a three tiered circle of how important the novel series were to the setting overall. The Drizzt novels at the time were secondary, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were primary now since Forgotten Realms was made the official D&D campaign setting in 2008. Before that the official D&D campaign setting was still Greyhawk.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:35:33 2019 No.14037229

>>14037200
>>14037164
Those are the books that I spent about an hour and a half going through on the last day of my month membership before I cancelled it for 2+ years. I mean I LITERALLY wrote in the very next sentence that it had been 3 years and I'm still working through that backlog.

Jesus, for a fucking reading board and thread the lack of reading comprehension here is STAGGERING.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:36:50 2019 No.14037237 >>14037229 >not realizing it's willful ignorance and inattention because they don't think your posts are worth reading but they want to reply anyway

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:43:16 2019 No.14037282 >>14029265 I need some high fantasy that DOESNT take place in a medieval setting. Any reccs?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:45:19 2019 No.14037288 >>14037282 Really ought to have a community effort to make a list for similar things, but good luck with that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:51:20 2019 No.14037332 >>14037282 That's rather non-specific. Do you mean only not Europe? Do you mean ANY setting aside from medieval? Since you use "high fantasy" I assume you also mean not-Earth.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 13:53:29 2019 No.14037348 File: 226 KB, 1536x1536, goblin emperor.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14037282 Goblin Emperor Though the book seems to mostly be the opposite of action-centric, you might find it "comfy"

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:00:38 2019 No.14037396 >>14037282 You bring up a good point. Is futuristic fantasy not possible because if it's set in the future it's automatically sci-fi?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:02:06 2019 No.14037406 >>14037396 and similarly it is possible to have science fiction without reference to Earth?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:03:40 2019 No.14037413 File: 239 KB, 925x663, 1520457116833.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14037102 That's an atrocious cover art

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:12:15 2019 No.14037453 >Ask for Fantasy suggestions >someone tells me Lord of Light I'm three chapters in - roughly half the book. Does this ever actually get interesting? Also fuck you I wanted Fantasy,not Sci-Fi, you piece of shit

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:16:10 2019 No.14037474

>>14037127
Eh, it was all the same shit. The only stand out stuff is the first Chronciles trilogy, and that's only because it plays like a perfect DnD campaign which is pretty neat.

Helps that I only read the Weis/Hickman stuff and none of the other books, and their through line was mostly self contained to the main series they wrote.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:17:20 2019 No.14037485 Anons, were there any interesting sci-fi novels released this year? I want to read something new but all I can find through awards and goodreads is muh feminism stories. How do you find new book to read?

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:32:03 2019 No.14037562
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Because those western authors don't know how to write, they've been so warped by today's standards and definition of romance that the old fashioned concept man and woman fall in love without any love triangles, unnecessary drama, cuckery, forced bittersweet endings etc. Most western fantasy fans are the same in that they think what they're getting is "subverting expectations" when they're actually just getting shitty writing.

If you want a good example of what I'm talking about look at pic related. This is consider a good and compelling fantasy romance these days.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:32:38 2019 No.14037565

>>14037282
I'm just going to throw stuff out

Bas-Lag series - China Miéville
A Little Hatred - Joe Abercrombie
Rithmatist series - Brandon Sanderson
The Woven Ring - M.D. Presley
Winter's Reach - Craig Schaefer
Construct - Luke Matthews
The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids - Michael McClung
Starship's Mage - Glynn Stewart
The City of a Hundred Rows - Ian Whates
Servant of the Underworld - Aliette de Bodard
The Kingkiller Chronicle - Patrick Rothfuss
One - LeighAnn Kopans
Binti - Nnedi Okorafor
The Dark Star Trilogy - Marlon James

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:33:07 2019 No.14037568 >>14037562 This autistic rant was meant for >>14036713.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:36:51 2019 No.14037588 >>14037485 This covers all of 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190213083956/http://locusmag.com/forthcomingbooks/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190417134125/http://locusmag.com/forthcomingbooks/ http://locusmag.com/forthcomingbooks/

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:44:07 2019 No.14037630 File: 1.08 MB, 640x1280, burningwhitebookinhand.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Alright boys time to dive in

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:45:53 2019 No.14037637 >>14037588 For more info on specific books, you can look at https://www.tor.com/tag/new-releases/ Of course, this only covers traditionally published.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:46:20 2019 No.14037638

>>14037562
>This is consider a good and compelling fantasy romance these days.
nigga wtf are you talking about practically everyone that read the book has said the shit with Denna is not only incredibly cringy but also super stalker-bait and creepy as fuck and one of the worst examples of how to write a romance.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:47:57 2019 No.14037645 >>14037638 It's almost like you don't realize he's just pushing a narrative that he may or may not actually believe.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:49:50 2019 No.14037657 >>14037630 I recognize that bookshelf. >>14015892

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:53:10 2019 No.14037673 >>14037588 Thanks but do you have any recommendations for new scifi?

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:55:34 2019 No.14037680

>>14037562
Rothfuss is a literal spineless cuck, he shouldn't be used as an example. Even normalfags despise Denna to the point where he had to come out and defend her. That said western fantasy romance does suffer from a lot of bullshit, it's why I actively avoid it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 14:56:31 2019 No.14037685 >>14037673 No, the most recent scifi I've finished is from 2011.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:02:09 2019 No.14037709 File: 1.81 MB, 1440x1920, 1571428126854.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14029265 At least the OP is improving.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:03:57 2019 No.14037719 >>14037709 I assure you it won't ever be what you want it to be. You won't like the next one.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:05:26 2019 No.14037730 >>14037719 That's where you're wrong.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:06:42 2019 No.14037735 >>14037730 You're right. I didn't qualify my statement. It won't ever be what you want it to be as long as I'm making the OP.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:07:49 2019 No.14037740 File: 3.42 MB, 1920x2880, dc98ebbcf5648b3fde1367f7b344baff5de14584.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14037719 I'll be the judge of that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:10:15 2019 No.14037756 >>14037735 I've been making OPs long before you have cunt. All those waifu OPs that used to be the norm? That was me. I stopped months ago but just because of you acting like a sperg every thread I'm going to start again.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:11:24 2019 No.14037762 >>14037756 As I've said every time, feel free to do so.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:13:29 2019 No.14037771 >>14037719 >>14037735 >>14037762 Why do you reply like that? Are you from reddit or something? Are you trying to be unique? If that's the case just be a tripfag so we can properly filter you.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:17:13 2019 No.14037791

>>14037771 Sometimes, I do. Sometimes I don't. I find to to be more aesthetic since it takes less space. It also has other uses.

Sure, if that's what people want.
Should I post in /sffg/ using one of my various tripcodes?
https://www.strawpoll.me/18830496

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:19:50 2019 No.14037809

How do I read more than 20 pages in a sitting bros? My focus starts to dwindle after that (or sometimes before), I get tired and my eyes start going over the text without comprehending it. I've noticed being in a comfortable mood helps, so I've ordered a desk lamp with some dimmable light bulb. Hopefully that improves it a bit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:21:23 2019 No.14037822 >>14034549 What's the best YA you've read?

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:23:05 2019 No.14037835

>>14037809
For me it all depends on how much I'm immersed with the book. If I'm immersed enough then 100s of pages and several hours will go by without me even noticing. Focus becomes irrelevant because there's no sense of awareness other than the book.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:41:23 2019 No.14037929

>>14037835
>If I'm immersed enough then 100s of pages and several hours will go by without me even noticing
I wish this was me so much. Even for things I love I can't do that.
Can you answer some basic questions about yourself?
Do you exercise?
Eat well?
Drink coffee daily?
Do you have or had depression/anxiety?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:46:42 2019 No.14037966 >>14037929 no, no, I only drink water and have never drank coffee or alcohol and haven't had a carbonated drink since childhood, yes.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 15:53:32 2019 No.14038002

>>14037966
Very interesting, thanks anon. We're the same except I do coffee. I've been suspecting chronic coffee use has fucked with my dopamine receptors which affects attention span. I remember a period some time ago where I didn't have coffee and felt really good, but I only now connected those two things. I'll try quitting it and track how I feel the next few weeks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 16:09:48 2019 No.14038108 >still using 4chan >not using a new superior technology such as discord When did you realize you had become the dinosaurs?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 16:19:28 2019 No.14038168 Why do all Chinese books talk about “ better nutrition nourishing the body” do they really just eat noodles every day?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 16:20:01 2019 No.14038173 >>14037809 >>14037929 do you read regularly? I recently got back into reading and getting into the flow was difficult at first, but is improving. Indistractability is a skill

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 16:24:58 2019 No.14038210 >>14038168 Rice, not noodles. That’s why they get beriberi.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 16:32:05 2019 No.14038254 >>14037485 https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1654-the-24-most-popular-sci-fi-fantasy-novels-of-2019-so-far

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 17:02:13 2019 No.14038443 >>14029265 Updated the Resources pastelink in the OP. Still not sure what I want to be doing with it and how inclusive I ought to be. Suggestions encouraged.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 17:04:14 2019 No.14038456 >>14037657 Cool, glad you like it!

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 17:11:44 2019 No.14038500
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I'm currently on my second Laundry files novel and its surprisingly fun.
Decent take on mythos stuff while still not name-droping all the big players constantly.
Its like an alternative Delta Green take and I'm enjoying it a lot.

Some of the covers are hilariously bad though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 17:28:52 2019 No.14038598 >>14034103 >Yes it's easy to self publish but it's really tough to make money from it. That's why writing should only ever be a hobby and not a profession for 99% of the people who write.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 18:19:51 2019 No.14038849

>>14038500
I'm on the second book and whilst I adore Stross' over series (Merchant Princes) Laundry books are taking a bit longer to hook me.

Think it's because he can't seem to decide if the lovecraft stuff the spy spoof or the bureaucracy should be the main focus at any one moment

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 18:44:09 2019 No.14038992

>>14037485
2019 FANTASY:
THE BONE SHIPS: Nautical fantasy about a ship of condemned prisoners being given a purpose by the sudden appearance of a captain.
Loved it.
DRAGONSLAYER: Protag is the last Dragonslayer left alive after the dragons were all killed off and has descended into being a fat alcoholic, then a dragon reappears and some politicking dickhead from his past forces him to go and kill it.
Loved it, despite the fat alcoholic detail it's more serious and melancolic than comedic.
FOR THE KILLING OF KINGS: Wot if the three musketeers happened in a weird land of shifting planes. Conspiracy forces the protags on the run/and on a quest whilst a war is about to break out.
Loved it.
AN ILLUSION OF THIEVES: The king/ruler's Courtesan is thrown out after her brother gets caught using magic which is illegal and she goes back to the slums, after like 150 pages of good writing about them struggling to survive they begin to uncover a plot to overthrow the king/ruler and start to plan a heist to prevent it.
Fun book I'm going to happily read the sequel.
SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY: It's KJ Parker doing the most KJ Parker novel possible, an unreliable narrator of a protagonist tells the reader how they pretty much single handedly fought off a siege from the grandest army in all of history even though there's no light at the end of the tunnel if they defeat it.
I loved it and I'm someone who hasn't been sold on all of Parker's past work.
THE RAVEN TOWER: Something narrates to the protagonist the story of how they came to be whilst plots go on in the protags world.
Didn't like it much, didn't think the narrative gimmick was worth putting up with given how it paid off.
THE RUIN OF KINGS: Protag is discovered to be a long lost prince of one of the branches of the royal family and this leads them into a world of threats and intrigue, this is split with narrative from a second timeline where the protag is (IIRC) in jail after a failed revolutionary plot.
Great book, wasn't sold on the split timelines but it paid off well enough.
THE OUTLAW AND THE UPSTART KING:
So this is the fifth book in a series that started off with the protag doing heists in a steampunk england mainly thanks to them disguising themselves as a brother that doesn't actually exist.
By this book the protag and friends are stranded in Newfoundland which has developed into a sort of harsh feudal state of exiles, the protag has to find a way off the island even if it takes starting a civil war.
I loved this, started the series after I saw this book in new releases and read the whole thing in a week, the first trilogy was fun but the second one is really good.
Blood of an Exile: Exiles are dragonslayers, protag is one and gets called back to the city to go and try to steal back a kidnapped princess from a secretive rival nation.
Interesting because it's fantasy where everything boils down to dragon biology but other than that not remarkable might not read sequel.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:06:21 2019 No.14039102

>>14037485
>>14038992
I realise you said scifi but I typed the whole fantasy post out first as I was gonna do both sffs before I reread it
2019 SCIFI:
CRY PILOT:
Most fun book of the year. Protag wants to repent for their past actions so forces themselves into a prison troop programme where they're strapped into weird pseudo-mechas which need a human pilot to work but seemingly can't be controlled by one, most pilots die but if you survive you get into the army proper.
Set in the distant future where humanity has terraformed a destroyed earth but now finds themselves fighting dormant weapons from past wars which are revived into pseudo-kaiju by the terraforming process.
So much fun and so well paced. It's very obviously an attempt to just shove a military scifi framework over a mecha anime plot but it turns into a great scifi novel.
FINDER:
The best book I've read this year. Protag is a repo man in the near future where most of his jobs involve taking back stolen merchandise from crimelords. He's sent to a small colony orbiting around a gas giant in the farthest corner of occupied space to repossess a ship stolen from a local trade boss but pretty much the moment he arrives the space cable car he's in with another passenger is attacked and the colony launches into civil war. So now he's got to work his way from one end of the colony to the other to try and get the ship whilst becoming more and more involved in the local conflict.
Amazing book, there's more to it than that as the book advances but to say much would be to spoil it. I thought it was standalone and thought it was perfect and then found out there's gonna be a sequel and was even happier with it.
AFTERSHOCKS:
This is by Marko Kloos who previously wrote a milscifi series that had a strong opening but gradually lost my interest.
This is different because we move from war into a tale of life 15 years after an interplanetary war. The protagonist is a POW from the defeated side finally released back into the world who is trying to adapt and find his way whilst in the background intrigue and mysterious events suggest that war might threaten to break out again.
This was good as so much better than I expected from Kloos, can't wait for the sequel.
WINDS OF MARQUE:
It's a nautical novel in space with the protags commissioned onto a secret mission to try and prevent pirates from causing another interspecies war.
Fun enough
WE ARE MAYHEM:
Second (and final?) in a series of "star wars but" novels that has a great premise but ends with power of friendship rubbish don't bother with the series (Black Star Renegades)

Stuff that I either haven't started or finished that caught my attention: THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR, EMPRESS OF FOREVER, THE MUNICIPALISTS, ROSEWATER BOOKS 2 and 3.

So yeah weaker year for scifi than fantasy for the stuff I like within the genres but the peaks for scifi are much higher, there's stuff out there but 80% of scifi new release blurbs sound the same to me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:10:59 2019 No.14039127 >>14039102 >>14038992 Well done on providing posts that are actually relevant to /sffg/.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:11:01 2019 No.14039128
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>>14034842
>Byzantine fanfiction with names changed around
I'm sold, the world needs more good monastery/monk fiction, but having a story like that with some light fantasy elements sounds like a good combination.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:12:24 2019 No.14039135 >>14033248 Twinborn by JS Morin, you get three books totaling 60ish hours for a single credit. Its decent enough, Rashawn's an interesting charecter.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:13:32 2019 No.14039142 >>14039127 ironically the trouble with this thread is that the more time you spend reading the less time you have to actually post

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:19:51 2019 No.14039174

>>14037406
>is possible to have science fiction without reference to Earth?
There are hundreds of scifi books that don't reference "earth/Terra". If you mean earth as in soil, there are plenty of books that take place in space without touching a planet.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:21:36 2019 No.14039183 >>14037565 >Construct - Luke Matthews >The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids - Michael McClung We meet again, family friendly self publishing (Read YA).

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:22:06 2019 No.14039186 >>14039174 It's unclear if you understood what I meant. As in Earth, the planet, doesn't exist in the book as far as anyone could tell.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:22:30 2019 No.14039187 Stupid question here but does anyone here follow Craig Alanson's Exforce series? I honestly know its not "good" in a deeper sense, but goddamn is it just fun to relax to.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:23:09 2019 No.14039192

>>14037396
>Is futuristic fantasy not possible because if it's set in the future it's automatically sci-fi?
nah look at something like Gideon the Ninth just to list an example off the top of my head.

It's set in a distant future world where there's very fast space travel but it's fundamentally a novel about necromancers and their attempts to ascend in magical power.
Or Black Sun Rising, set after humanity colonises a wyrd planet which causes all the magic to exist but the novel's a fantasy quest about magic and vampires.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:24:27 2019 No.14039198 >>14039192 Isn't that more Science Fiction Fantasy then than just Science Fiction?

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:28:25 2019 No.14039220

>>14039198
Nah science fantasy is stuff like Deathstalker or Star Wars where it's traditional fantasy stories like the heroes quest and the evil magical monarch who has to be overthrown but set in a world where everything is full of scifi stuff like space battles.

The previous examples are novels where the world and the plot is fantasy and being in the distant future is a fairly incidental detail.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:31:52 2019 No.14039239 >>14039220 Oops, I just realized I put "Science Fiction" rather than fantasy in >>14039198 I suppose so.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:35:12 2019 No.14039258 >>14037237 >>14037645 >not realizing that all your posts are starting to develop a seen pattern

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:38:08 2019 No.14039273 >>14039258 Thanks for paying enough to attention to notice.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:51:46 2019 No.14039355

>>14038108
>using a glorified irc machine where someone can ban you because you weren't being rebbit enough
I can call lord of the shits or Cuck-killer Chronicles utter shit here without reprisal. Why would I put myself into the power of some basement cuck who wants to go on a power trip?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:53:21 2019 No.14039362 >>14039355 That's exactly why. Because a lot of people don't want to wallow in their own filth, let alone that of others.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 19:54:25 2019 No.14039369

>>14039142
The trouble is also everyone acting like they're well-read and talking about books that they've never touched or that they've never finished, so there can be no actual discussion and everyone shallowly repeats the same shallow skeletal outline they read several others type.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 20:03:50 2019 No.14039411 >>14039186 Yea. There are books that don't reference earth/ Terra, which is our planet.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 20:06:06 2019 No.14039418 >>14039273 I read all the posts anon, I'm not one of those speedreading anons.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 20:06:10 2019 No.14039420 >>14039411 Name a few if you would

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 20:38:53 2019 No.14039587 >>14039420 Dune, Foundation, and really anything else set in the extreme far-future because of how influential those two were.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 20:40:58 2019 No.14039603 >>14039587 But that's wrong. https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_and_Earth

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 20:46:35 2019 No.14039640 >>14039603 Dune itself and the original Foundation trilogy don't reference Earth.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 20:59:34 2019 No.14039708

>>14039640
Dune
2. The Commission of Ecumenical Translators.
C.E.T. convened on a neutral island of Old Earth, spawning ground of the mother religions. They met "in the common belief that there exists a Divine Essence in the universe."

Not only that but all the stuff that discusses the Orange Catholic Bible.

Foundation
I don't remember enough of the fine details to say if there were any indirect references, but for my purposes it's still excluded for later being introduced and that it was always there.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:13:09 2019 No.14039772 >>14039420 Define science fiction

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:18:01 2019 No.14039798 >>14039772 In this context, let's go with anything that doesn't include magic.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:23:34 2019 No.14039830 >>14039798 Define magic.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:26:19 2019 No.14039838 >>14039830 In this context, let's go with anything that doesn't have the slightest scientific basis.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:27:46 2019 No.14039845 best way to write science fiction/ fantasy without being labelled as such?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:29:06 2019 No.14039851 >>14039838 So anything with faster-than-light travel?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:29:16 2019 No.14039852 >>14039845 Already be known for writing mainstream literary novels then claim by fiat that what you've written isn't SFF because you don't write SFF.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:33:23 2019 No.14039873 >>14039851 I knew you were going to bring that up. Also, of course that's included, but I'm not going to argue with you about it since you're doing this in bad faith but I've been replying anyway.

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 21:55:08 2019 No.14039996

>>14039420
>Name a few if you would
I can't recall off the top of my head. I've read 200 books already for the year. I started forgetting those slight details years ago. But there are books where earth isn't mentioned, it's just that it's been so many years that I can't recall.
I think if you ask for books with alien as the protagonist you might get more luck.
If my pc was working I could've looked through my library (book folder) and I would have remembered which one was the alien world.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:03:16 2019 No.14040040 >>14039996 >200 books for the year >Day 295 of the year That's 1 book per weekday and taking the weekends off. Seems like an unreasonable amount.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:07:37 2019 No.14040058 >>14039852 Fucking Ian Mckellen writing a 130 year old scifi concept in 2019 and claiming he's the first person to think of it

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:10:04 2019 No.14040071 >>14040058 *Ian McEwan

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:17:18 2019 No.14040111 >>14040071 that's his penname

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:21:43 2019 No.14040129 >>14040111 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McEwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McKellen

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:40:00 2019 No.14040198

>>14040040
>That's 1 book per weekday and taking the weekends off
That's assuming all the books are of equal length. I'm an artificial bugman. I just consume books one after the other. When one is done I chose another.
it helps that i use audiobooks, which allows me to "read"(be read to) anywhere and in situations where my eyes and hands are needed.
Can you read a kindle or dead tree while cooking or washing dishes?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:41:57 2019 No.14040203 >>14040198 Audiobooks take several times longer than reading them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:44:28 2019 No.14040217 >>14040058 >Ian Mckellen >Partner(s): Brian Taylor; (1964–1972); Sean Mathias; (1978–1988) He either has some wives with weird names, or he's a faggot.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:47:25 2019 No.14040231 >>14040203 Can I can consume so many.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:57:50 2019 No.14040270 >>14040217 You're shitposting right?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 22:59:24 2019 No.14040276 Is 60 pages in an hour and a half slow?

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 23:02:48 2019 No.14040291

>>14040276
That depends on how many words are on a page, which is mostly a matter of font size and book size, and how complex the book is. It also depends how much you are trying to comprehend everything you are reading by basically having a running movie in your head. There are various other factors as well.
If it's an ebook, "pages" are even more nebulous. All that matters in the end is if it works for you.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 23:39:52 2019 No.14040467 >tfw you thought you finally had your plot nailed down and then suddenly decide to swap the third quarter out with something more generic

Anonymous Tue Oct 22 23:42:17 2019 No.14040484
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A big thank you to whoever recommended I read the Jerusalem Man series. I loved the trilogy, and it made me hungry for more. Is there anything similar, post apocalyptic fantasy western like?

Also what happened to Shannow at the end? Did he die in the bombing test? Why didn't Sarento see him?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 22 23:55:23 2019 No.14040534 >>14034818 Wattpad

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 00:08:28 2019 No.14040601 File: 2.92 MB, 257x388, whore.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is the Amber Chronicles good?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 00:11:31 2019 No.14040616 >>14040601 A lot of people in these threads have stated they enjoyed them and it's basically a "classic". As to whether you'd enjoy it is a mystery.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 00:12:59 2019 No.14040622

>>14040484
It wasn’t me, but I’m always happy to see Gemmell in these threads as I’ve read almost all his books. But I haven’t read this trilogy in years and don’t remember the end.

There are technically two other books in the series but they aren’t westerns, they’re prequels based on Arthurian legend called Ghost King and The Last Sword of Power.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 00:23:49 2019 No.14040664

>>14040622
Shannow tricks the Bloodstone-corrupted Sorento into taking him to 1945 at the trinity atomic bomb test. Sorento realizes this and tries to hurt Shannow, but can't find him and is destroyed in the blast.

So I'm not sure what's implied to have happened to Shannow at the end.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 00:39:44 2019 No.14040740 >>14040601 The first series is good. The second isn't so much.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 00:52:36 2019 No.14040792 File: 54 KB, 296x450, notatrid.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] my brain......

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:09:30 2019 No.14040885 File: 48 KB, 317x475, 25451852.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14037822 Definitely one of the best I've read. I mostly read YA schlock though so my opinion should be taken lightly.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:15:53 2019 No.14040920

>>14030367
Stormlight is the epitome of long set up for big climax.

He does a slow burn setting up the characters and the stakes. A lot of the characters spend most of the book apart and then all collide at the end. Its very satisfying almost to a guilty pleasure level.

So basically if you 600 paged in you owe it yourself to finish. You'll be super into as it ends and be stoked to read the next one. Then you'll get bored half way through and the cycle repeats.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:17:17 2019 No.14040934 >>14037014 >honestly recommending Darling in the fucking FranXX to anyone an hero

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:19:06 2019 No.14040942 >>14039128 There is absolutely no fantasy elements in the book at all.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:19:47 2019 No.14040952

>>14040664
I just pulled out my copy and reread it.

Obviously it’s left ambiguous. But it does say that, from where they first arrive, Sorento walks up a hill to get a better view. Shannow follows him up there, says “I am become death,” and then walks back down, meaning he returns to the teleport location. When Sorento realizes where and when he is, he looks back for Shannow and he’s gone. So I think it’s obvious that he teleported away again. But where to isn’t clear. And also whether he survives his gunshot wound also isn’t clear. He says his stone doesn’t have enough power to save him and also carry out his plan.

I like to think he lived.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:21:48 2019 No.14040963 Am I the only one that really hates the 'visitor from another world, especially Earth' trope? I don't care if it's objectively the greatest thing ever written I just can't stomach that shit.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:21:51 2019 No.14040964 >>14040952 I mean, he says his stone doesn’t have enough power to heal him and carry out his plan. I don’t think it’s clear whether or not the wound is fatal. And obviously that is done on purpose.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:24:08 2019 No.14040979 >>14040934 It was fun melodrama like some of Trigger's works. Little Witch Academia > Kill la Kill > Kiznaiver > Darling in the Franxx For the TV series anyway.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:29:12 2019 No.14041013

>>14040964
>>14040952
He had restored his youth when he healed the broken ribs earlier, the other characters note that his beard was getting darker and his skin was getting less leathery. So if you're right, our man Shannow might finally have his chance at life.

Now hopefully he picks a better woman. He's two to two on thots who abandon him/

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:31:00 2019 No.14041027 >>14040963 I love most tropes in books if they're done even slightly ok and the story is different enough from others. I can't stand tropes in movies though.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:33:12 2019 No.14041040 >>14041013 I hope so too. Gemmell characters have a tendency to die heroically in battle. I choose to believe he’s happy.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:41:11 2019 No.14041080 >>14041040 At least Clem went out like a total badass. Shannow deserves some piece, the miserable son of a bitch.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:41:42 2019 No.14041082 hey guys how do I webnovel it sound fun

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 01:46:44 2019 No.14041097 >>14041080 I know you asked earlier for more western recs but if you liked this you might also like Gemmell’s Rigante series. It’s not a western but it’s his best work imo.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 02:07:03 2019 No.14041192 >>14041097 I was asking specifically for post apocalyptic western recs, but I ain't picky.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 02:10:50 2019 No.14041217 >>14029747 Dying Earth, Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 03:07:58 2019 No.14041477

What I Looked At Of What's Been Posted In Recent Threads
VARIOUS
Lies of Descent - Troy Carrol Bucher: Seems like an imitation of something I'd want to read, which in this case means that I won't.
Benjamin Ashwood - AC Cobble: Nope.
The Ruins of Gorlan - John Flanagan: I most certainly don't want to read this.
Company of Strangers - Melissa McShane: Don't like the prose.
Byzantium - Stephen R. Lawhead: I really don't like the voice.
Firehurler - J.S. Morin: Meh.
Columbus Day - Craig Alanson: Not the kind of prose I want to read.
Machines Like Me - Ian McEwan: The beginning read like self-published erotica under the guise of self-serious hypocritical sophistication.
Dawn of Wonder - Jonathan Renshaw: Bleh

FANTASY
THE BONE SHIPS - RJ Barker: Probably not. I may have a bias against anything nautical.
DRAGONSLAYER - Duncan M. Hamilton: Even though this is about hunting a dragon, it doesn't like seem like something I want to read.
FOR THE KILLING OF KINGS - Howard Andrew Jones: Probably not.
AN ILLUSION OF THIEVES - Cate Class: Didn't like the first person voice. I should look into if I have a bias against first person point of view.
SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY - K.J. Parker: I haven't liked his novels. This isn't an exception. First person. I did like his Novelette "Amor Vincit Omnia".
THE RAVEN TOWER - Ann Leckie: Seems to be second person narrative. I don't think I've finished one before. May be interesting. I haven't read Ancillary Justice yet.
THE RUIN OF KINGS - Jenn Lyons: Looked at some time ago. May read eventually.
THE QUEEN OF ALL CROWS - Rod Duncan: 1st book of a 2nd trilogy. I like the idea of steampunk, but I don't remember any I've wanted to read, so maybe I don't actually.
BLOOD OF AN EXILE - Brian Naslund: Having everything be based around dragons could be enough for me. To be seen how it actually goes eventually.

SCIENCE FICTION
CRY PILOT - Joel Dane: Don't really like like the first person voice or the prose, but I like the premise and the possibility of fun. I'll have to think it over.
FINDER - Suzanne Palmer: Seems like it could be good.
AFTERSHOCKS - Marko Kloos: I didn't like his previous series, but I may read this. The Lucky Thirteen episode of LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS was okay.
WINDS OF MARQUE - Bennett R. Coles: Seems like it could be okay, even though I don't seem to generally like nautical themed novels.
BLACK STAR RENEGADES - Michael Moreci: I've watched all the live action Star Wars movies and think they are worth watching. This doesn't seem worth reading.

OTHER
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone: I don't know which side of interesting this will fall on.
EMPRESS OF FOREVER - Max Gladstone: Could be good. His Craft Sequence seems it may be as well.
THE MUNICIPALISTS - Seth Fried: Don't quite know what to make of it and it's relatively short, so eventually I suppose.
ROSEWATER - Tade Thompson: Seems good.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 03:16:39 2019 No.14041496 Literally no one fucking cares. Go blogpost on goodreads.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 03:30:50 2019 No.14041528 >>14041496 Thanks for the amusing post.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 03:34:31 2019 No.14041537 >>14041528 You're welcome. Your own post wasn't as amusing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 04:03:08 2019 No.14041609 Are the books of this whore J.V. Jones worth it? Which ones in particular if yes?

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 04:08:08 2019 No.14041615

Been reading a self published series called the chronicels of the black gate lately. Just finished the 3rd book and it just keeps getting better and better and better for ever book and every page. I wasn't really a huge fan after the first book but continued from the lack of anything else to read and after the 3rd book it's turning into a favorite and a masterpiece.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 05:33:22 2019 No.14041778
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Read Children of Hurin recently. Now I recognise it's just a retelling of Kullervo's cycle from Kalevala with some details changed, but it's pretty fucking great. Thankfully it's obscure enough(as much as Tolkien is) so it's not gonna get film adaptation that will mangle it.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 06:21:24 2019 No.14041870

>>14039798
Anything that doesn't include magic? That would include plenty of genre fiction novels. And lots of fantasy as well.
My point was going to be that science fiction is based around being speculative science fiction, which is speculating about future possibilities.

Also, if you want to get real nitpicky, all the books are written in English and have characters speaking in English. So any non-direct references could be said to have been "localized" in translation for us to better understand them. Either that or they natively developed the exact language we have with an entirely different environment and history but somehow every word's etymology remains proper and usable.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 09:02:51 2019 No.14042291

Hey guys, I'm looking for a new fantasy series to start reading, but I can't seem to find anything I like. Can someone help me out?
A mix of Black Company and the Witcher would be great, set on medieval world, low magic, great character development and dialogues, fast paced with some action going on.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 10:02:45 2019 No.14042459 File: 772 KB, 1000x4000, Suggestion Chart.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14042291

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 11:06:06 2019 No.14042715 >>14041615 I found I really disliked the later books by that may have been due to the fact I had to wait for the books to be published to read them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 11:23:26 2019 No.14042770 >>14040217 Welcome to 2019, you severely underage autist.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 11:50:16 2019 No.14042871

So I’m reading this reincarnated as the strongest sword god webnovel and it’s so unrealistic how a high level player knows so much about shit that happened 10 years prior for him
Also how being a high level player enables you to master low level solo power leveling

Very silly

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 12:10:55 2019 No.14042947 Why is THE E L E P H A N T such a powerful weapon? It blows up all challengers.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 12:13:00 2019 No.14042957 >>14042770 >35 is underage b& Okay

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 12:26:26 2019 No.14043019 what are some good fantasy romance books? seems like they're aren't any.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 12:31:15 2019 No.14043040 >>14043019 Godly stay at home dad It’s a webnovel with romance

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 12:36:41 2019 No.14043069

>>14041609 Not to me.
>>14041870 Going meta is irrelevant.
>>14042957 You seem to think that was a good response, but it only makes you look worse.
>>14041615 Runner-up of SBFBO 2016. I understand why certain people would like it, but I don't.
>>14043019 Do you even know what kind of romance you'd enjoy? What are some examples of romance that you've enjoyed?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 13:05:57 2019 No.14043215 >>14041609 I liked the book of words trilogy as a kid. Don’t know if I’d like it today. Didn’t realize she was a woman at the time or I likely wouldn’t have given it a chance.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 13:07:31 2019 No.14043226 >>14042715 >>14041615 Books 2 and 3are the best in the series. Book 5 is kind of a let down imo. It suffers from the usual trying to tie up too many loose plot points that a lot of final books suffer through. Asho is best boy btw.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 13:26:58 2019 No.14043319 File: 3.88 MB, 480x270, gotshm.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14042957 >claims 35 yet completely ignorant of Ian McKellen

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 13:28:18 2019 No.14043330 >>14043215 Hence the initials because of such prejudice.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 13:44:38 2019 No.14043430 >>14039128 This is a very Christian book.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 13:57:11 2019 No.14043491

>>14042770
>>14043319
>>14043069
>why doesn't a person who reads and isn't a tv cunny fag not know of this actor
>you must be underage because you don't watch tv on the LIT BOARD!!1!
When I looked at his movies I see that he was fagdolf in shit of the rings, and fagneeto in axemen. Go fuck yourselves and an hero.
>>>/tv/

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 13:57:28 2019 No.14043493

>>14038849
>it's because he can't seem to decide if the lovecraft stuff the spy spoof or the bureaucracy should be the main focus at any one moment
Just finished the second book.
Not as strong as the first one. I definitely see what you mean. The spy theme definitely tried to push itself into the front (due to the story of course) and it didn't really feel that natural.
I'm giving the third book a chance and see where it leads. So far I really dig the single POV writing style a lot. I've grown really tired of multiple POVs where I don't really give a shit about their side of the story. I hope Stross doesn't change that in the following books.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 13:59:06 2019 No.14043507 >>14041477 post bobs

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 14:04:54 2019 No.14043531 >>14043507 >>14037709 >>14037740 >>14040601

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 14:12:25 2019 No.14043568 >>14043491 T R U L Y A G R E A T P O S T W O R T H Y O F R E S P E C T B Y A L L W H O R E A D I T !

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 14:33:18 2019 No.14043675 >>14042947 Based A R D N E H poster

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 14:43:54 2019 No.14043730 >>14042291 Acacia by David ANthony Durham

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 14:57:30 2019 No.14043788 File: 25 KB, 425x365, dumber.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14043491

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 15:02:07 2019 No.14043804 File: 23 KB, 480x274, master.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14043491 >Wearing utter ignorance of a globally renowned and culturally acclaimed icon of stage and screen as a badge.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 16:01:30 2019 No.14044142 File: 87 KB, 838x410, mad.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Yeah, fuck you Pringlesman, this is the 14th time you pull this trick, you anticlimactic catholic heck!

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 17:04:30 2019 No.14044470 Any scifi novels with mecha in them? Failing that I'll settle for suggestions of military/action scifi where it's focused on personal/infantry combat over space battles ship battles never excite me for some reason

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 17:35:00 2019 No.14044639 >>14044470 Not a novel but I remember a kinda neat mass effect crossover fic with Cthulhutech https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9361592/1/Mythos-Effect

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 17:36:25 2019 No.14044646 File: 10 KB, 900x900, death.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14044639 >crossover fanfiction

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 17:39:12 2019 No.14044665 >>14044470 I haven't read it yet, but there's a western novel called Mecha samurai empire and has a mecha on the cover

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 17:51:44 2019 No.14044745 >>14044142 What a cheap trick. I love it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 17:58:09 2019 No.14044780 >>14044470 Battletech novels

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 18:03:42 2019 No.14044799

>>14044780
I like the aesthetics but it makes my blood boil how they handle the modular nature of battlemechs.

Either go full spergmode with weapon variety or simplify it all the way, assholes.

Even the way it's done now could work if it was done in a not retarded way.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 18:19:31 2019 No.14044843 >>14044470 No mechs but I and lots of people here have enjoyed the Undying Mercenaries series for sci-fi ground combat. Favors bantz over grimdark and lone gunman over grand strategy so decide accordingly.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 18:20:35 2019 No.14044847 >>14029397 Bumping this thread because you guys have been unhelpful so far.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 18:27:19 2019 No.14044864 >>14044646 Different anon but in this instance it might be quite possibly that the fanfic has better quality than any official Cthulhutech text.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 18:33:27 2019 No.14044892 >>14044847 >past bump limit >bumping

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 18:36:04 2019 No.14044904 >>14044892 >Not knowing that you can sort by last reply

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 18:47:11 2019 No.14044939

>>14044843
I need to get back into that stopped earlyish into the second book
Kinda torn on how to get back into it since I loved the bit before they landed on the planet in the first book but then enjoyed the planet stuff a bit less until it ramped up for the ending.
So I might read like half of book 1 and then start book 2 lol

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 19:00:15 2019 No.14044993 >>14043430 >about monks >Christian Glad we cleared that up.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 19:01:52 2019 No.14045000 >>14044993 No need to be a smartass. It's spiritually Christian, not just about monks.

Anonymous Wed Oct 23 19:37:48 2019 No.14045148

>>14044470
some guy on /m/ has spent days trying to get someone to give him an opinion on this series
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25734355-bane-of-the-dead

could be the author shilling but it looks like it might fit what you want if they can actually write

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 19:46:51 2019 No.14045188 Why is Andrea Parsneau getting so much audiobook deals? I know she is a braphog, but why are so many beta males choosing such a high test narrator?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 20:48:50 2019 No.14045429 >>14045188 She is actually talented, I listened to the wandering inn and the narration was top notch.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 21:01:31 2019 No.14045464 >>14045429 I'm now noticing most of the books I got this year was by her.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 21:48:38 2019 No.14045661 >>14044904 >thinking people are autistic like him to set it that way

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 22:12:10 2019 No.14045745 >>14037756 I won't be making the next thread as this anon claims to want to do so. >>14037771 I will be using !SFFG.n1h7M for the duration of the next thread as was requested. If you disagree with either of these, let me know.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 22:21:41 2019 No.14045777 >>14045661 If you aren't going to help, then stop giving me (you)s.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 22:59:21 2019 No.14045931 >>14045188 >>14045429 >>14045464 Andrea, is that you?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 23:28:38 2019 No.14046071 RIP /sffg/

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 23:31:24 2019 No.14046086 >>14046071 Such a flare for the dramatic

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 23:32:45 2019 No.14046092 >>14046086 I cry everytime.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 23:32:54 2019 No.14046093 where is desolate era fag

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 23 23:33:47 2019 No.14046097 >>14046086 *flair

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