/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General

[Anonymous No.16002424]

Dark Magic Edition

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[Anonymous No.16002444]

Reading fiction is a waste of time.

[Anonymous No.16002464]

>>16002444
philosophy and history fall under fiction btw

[Anonymous No.16002518]

>>16002444
So is posting on 4chan(nel).

[Anonymous No.16002538]

thoughts?

[None !SFFG.n1h7M No.16002550]

Exhalation - Ted Chiang (2019)
Reduced from discord posts.

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
The ideas are fine but that's about all.

Exhalation
It was quite an interesting story and I liked it. It says one of its inspirations was PKD's The Electric Ant, which I also liked. I like self-examination in general.

What's Expected of Us
An enjoyable and amusing story. What's the difference between a Calvinist and a hard determinist? Semantics. Would people react like this though? I don't know. It wouldn't make any difference at all to me. Now, if we could see everything that is going to happen and still be forced to go through with it? That would be annoying. I remember reading another story where scientists proved that almost all people were philosophical zombies. That was amusing as well.

The Lifecycle of Software Objects
I didn't like it.

Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny
Silly and meh. Robots as rearers almost never work out well. Lack of human touch is a real problem.

The Great Silence
Nobody here but us birds. Unenjoyable.

The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feelings.
I don't think I'd use Remem. I think I'd get stuck in the past. It wouldn't be good for me or a lot of other people.
My past is an ever receding horizon and I don't know if I mind that.
I don't know what to think of the "right" versus "true". Who's to say that the initial information was ever true to begin with?
That's some real promotional testimonial with its optimism. People using technology to make themselves into better people? Since when? Since WHEN?
This is definitely my favorite story of his two collections by far.

Omphalos
My first thought was to take it face value. Creationism is real, because they're in a simulation, but it wasn't?
As far as I'm concerned, the simulation argument is a religious one.
It was ok.

Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom
I don't think I'd use this service, as Dana says, I don't have to wonder, I know I've made mistakes. I don't need something to tell me how my life could have been different, that's easy to imagine. I don't think this is the worst or darkest timeline by any means though.
This may be the worst social network possible. Rather than comparing yourself to all these people who seem to be Living Their Best Life, so why aren't you, except it IS you and you aren't doing that. Truly people will find all the ways possible to make themselves miserable.
"authors faced competition from pirated copies of books they might have written."
Ah, so you thought global competition was bad, huh? Better start preparing to compete against an infinite number of yourselves. Oh, but I never became a novelist in this timeline and I'd love to read the books I'd have written without actually having written them. Even only the absolute best of all worlds would be more than could be experienced than a lifetime.
What a nice ending. Enjoyable.

Rating: 4/5 Rating anthologies and collections is a bother.

[Anonymous No.16002576]

>>16002538
>woman author
>won several pozzed awards
>chink
Into the trash it goes

[Anonymous No.16002695]

>>16002576
I wonder how many good SFF authors we're missing out on because publishers choose to go with the diversity choice instead

[Anonymous No.16002706]

Severian is arguably an unreliable narrator. But it does not matter because it does not affect how the story is read or interpreted in any significant way.

[Anonymous No.16002732]

This was very disappointing, and awfully written. I gave up somewhere during book 2. Apparently every person in this world plasters their feelings on their face; it's so tiring to read books where I am being told what to think and feel. Also, what in the fuck is up with this guy and using 'ae'? Is that the most fantasy-sounding letter combination he knows?

>Caeden
>Taeris
>Aelric
>Aarkein Devaed
>Shammaeloth
>Raeleth
>Zvaelar

[Anonymous No.16002845]

>>16002695
Look at it this way, you know some of the good SFF authors you're missing out on because you're burdened with racism, but you continue to insist on missing out.

[Anonymous No.16002885]

>David and Leigh Eddings were the co-authors of the Belgariad, Malloreon, Elenium, Tamuli and Dreamers fantasy series, which cumulatively have sold almost 20 million copies. The Belgariad, in particular, is often hailed as a formative post-Tolkien fantasy series, serving as a frequently-recommended gateway book for new and younger readers to the genre.

>The Eddings married in 1962. They adopted a son in 1966 and a daughter several years later. In 1969, alerted by neighbours to the sounds of mistreatment at their South Dakota property, police arrived to find the adopted son locked in a cage in a dirty basement (the basement shared with several animals) and being beaten by his parents with a belt. The Eddings were arrested and the children removed into protective custody (subsequently their adoption of the children was revoked). During the subsequent trial, exacting details of physical and emotional abuse emerged, with the children imprisoned in the cage for the slightest perceived disobedience and corporal punishment being regularly administered. Both children were traumatised by their experiences.

[Anonymous No.16002890]

>>16002845
I have read several women authors and lefty/liberal authors and I can objectively say all of them were bad, bad writing and stories always contain sjw issues and identity polics. It is just trash.

[Anonymous No.16002893]

>>16002845
not racist, just don't like shit authors who were published for political reasons

[Anonymous No.16002923]

Since this is Dark Magic edition, what book has your favorite depiction of necromancy?

[Anonymous No.16002940]

>>16002923
The Return of the Sorcerer short story

[Anonymous No.16002965]

>>16002893
Bro if you think that non-whites can't be good authors, you're racist. Just spitting facts.

[Anonymous No.16002967]

>>16002845
>>16002893
Nah I am racist but it's no burden, it translates into being extremely pro human and anti xeno which makes reading sff more fun. Hell, isn't that basically the entire appeal of warhammer 40k for redditoids, kosher racism and genocide?

[Anonymous No.16002976]

>>16002965
they could be, but they aren't because they're coddled by wokeism rather than forced to become actual human beings like the rest of us

[Anonymous No.16002999]

>>16002976
lmao if you think that being isn't being coddled. You're the one who doesn't know what it is to be human.

[Anonymous No.16003008]

>>16002999
being white*

[Anonymous No.16003015]

>>16002999
>>16003008
nobody cares about your opinion: you're an incomplete human and worthless

[Anonymous No.16003050]

>>16003015
Ah, racist tears. Go neck yourself.

[Anonymous No.16003061]

>>16003050
the subhuman seethes and lashes out at his rightful superior

[Anonymous No.16003069]

>>16002424
August Books Selection (2 books, 2 weeks each)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 9
The Drowned World: 7
Armor: 6
Ancillary Justice: 5
The Rage of Dragons: 4
The Lathe of Heaven: 2
Ship of Fools: 2
35 total votes
Vote ends sometime tomorrow and requires being a /sffg/ goodreads member to mitigate ballot stuffing. It's to be seen if people switch their votes in the final hours or not. Could be interesting. Winning books will be provided. Will there be much discussion this time? To be seen.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg

[Anonymous No.16003080]

>it's an illiterare poltard teen is bored and shitposts non literature bait in the literature board episode
First, the thread reaching 450 replies and now this shit. Can't you faggots just move this shit to discord and send each other dickpics or something?

[Anonymous No.16003083]

>>16003061
You can't handle being around someone better than you. Your reality is so easy to shatter.

[Anonymous No.16003095]

>>16002890
>I can objectively say all of them were bad

imagine being this infantile

[Anonymous No.16003096]

>>16002999
Imagine being brainwashed enough into actually believing that white people are coddled in the 21st century.

[Anonymous No.16003099]

>>16003083
I'm often around people better than me because I only interact with whites and not subhumans

[Anonymous No.16003113]

>First, the thread reaching 450 replies and now this shit. Can't you faggots just move this shit to discord and send each other dickpics or something?

[Anonymous No.16003123]

How YA is this book? I've seen it mentioned a few times in previous threads and it looks interesting, but it gets called YA at least once per thread and I'd rather avoid it if that's the case

[Anonymous No.16003126]

>>16003080
There's literally no reason for them to use discord because it wouldn't have any the reasons for why they are posting here.

[Anonymous No.16003144]

>>16003123
just read Shogun instead

[Anonymous No.16003145]

>>16003099
>I only interact with whites and not subhumans
Silly Anon, whites are the subhumans.

[Anonymous No.16003146]

>>16002576
she is kind of cute

[Anonymous No.16003156]

>>16003145
coperino

[Anonymous No.16003174]

>>16003156
yikes!

[Anonymous No.16003182]

I'm trying to figure which book I read in middle school.

The plot was this guy getting to the bottom of a ufo conspiracy theory. He finds out that the aliens are just very old humans who used to work for the nazis, discovered immortality and spaceflight, and moved to Antarctica after WW2. At the end he travels there, meets their leader and joins the group. Can't remember the name for the life of me and not much else besides the general plot. Ring a bell for anyone else?

The plot twist was that it was just really advanced Americans from like the mid 19th century

[Anonymous No.16003194]

>tons of books in my to-read list
>keep adding new shit
>never actually read any of them and instead start something new entirely

[Anonymous No.16003220]

>>16002538
if you liked the first book, you like the second.

[Anonymous No.16003270]

>>16003145
why dido they succeed while niggers failed?

[Anonymous No.16003276]

>>16003270
they monkey

[Anonymous No.16003277]

>>16003146
Yeah I’d box her rebellion, if you catch my drift.

[Anonymous No.16003318]

>>16003270
Go ask >>>/his/, I'm not spoonfeeding you.

[Anonymous No.16003326]

>>16003318
Or should I say, I'm not coddling you, white boy. Stop being a lazy fuck.

[Anonymous No.16003327]

>>16003182
NVM found it

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1726142.Genesis

[Anonymous No.16003342]

>>16002923
Book of the New Sun

[Anonymous No.16003343]

I want a fantasy book where men get raped by succubus

[Anonymous No.16003378]

>>16003145
>>16003318
>>16003326
>whites are subhuman
>why
>NOOOOO YOU CAN'T JUST ASK ME THAT REEEEE
not the guy you're talking to, but you should unironically hang from a lightpole, bait or no.

[Anonymous No.16003385]

>>16003318
>>16003326
the seethe on this nigga lmao

[Anonymous No.16003387]

>>16003378
Another lazy subhuman detected.

[Anonymous No.16003391]

>>16003387
yo momma

[Anonymous No.16003392]

Fuck off with your political shit. There's enough of it in books already and I'm tired.

[Anonymous No.16003398]

>>16003392
read the pulps anon, they are waiting

[Anonymous No.16003505]

>>16003387
Based retard

[Anonymous No.16003531]

Do I read Fall of Reach or start on the expanse books next anons?

[Anonymous No.16003557]

>>16003531

The first 3 books in The Expanse are incredible, and you should read them asap.

[Anonymous No.16003623]

>>16003557
Am I the only one who felt book 2 was a rehash of book 1? Slightly expanded cast but the same plot.

[Anonymous No.16003799]

>>16003557
It was good until they introduced that indian woman and more povs, holden and miller were good, after that it quicly went to shit, and when they got to alien planet that book was terrible and the one after it was even worse. Somewhere along the way I dropped the series, it just became too pozzed even without openly showing sjw identity politics into my face and with a ton of shallow unbelievable characters.

[Anonymous No.16003804]

>>16003799
it was full of pozzed cringe since the beginning from what I remember

[Anonymous No.16003840]

>>16003799
I don't disagree, after the alien stuff happened it got uninteresting. The dynamic between Mars, Earth and The Belt was super interesting to follow, and the mysteriousness of the proto-thing Miller was hunting was very intriguing.

[Anonymous No.16003864]

>>16003840
>>16003804
>>16003623
>>16003557
>>16003531
What does /sffg/ think? Let's see.
Looks like it has a steep drop off read rate.
As a note, the 1 for the 7th and 8th book aren't the same person. The 1 for the 8th didn't rate most of the books in the series.

[Anonymous No.16003934]

>>16003840
>>16003864
It feels that the the story was planned until millers death. That probably was supposed to be the end, at least until syfy channel came knocking with jew money asking for more books and continuation of story.

[Anonymous No.16003991]

>>16003934
Let's look at the timeline.
>On April 11, 2014, Syfy announced a straight-to-series commitment to a television adaptation of the book series
>4th book Published June 17th 2014 by Orbit
>"Miller's story" ends in season 3 / book 3 (2013), which is all it covers while at sy fy
Your theory seems unlikely.

[Anonymous No.16004276]

>>16003991
you know Syfy were probably in discussion with the authors for a long time before the announcement right?

[Anonymous No.16004300]

>>16003387
Nigger

[Anonymous No.16004311]

>>16004276
More likely they just in talks with the representatives.
I'm sure could find out if anyone cared enough.

[Anonymous No.16004370]

>>16002538
I really need to read Dragon Republic before Burning God comes out.

WWII era Asia is a kino setting and I love the fact that the protagonist is a genocidal edgelord who ignores the wise mentor character's warning at every turn.

What does everyone think of the Dandelion Dynasty?

[Anonymous No.16004397]

Lads, I am completely, utterly and hopelessly in love with Merphy.

There is no other woman as beautiful who I can read Fantasy with. There is nobody else with such an easygoing personality as her, as funny as she is. She still has innocence, because she was homeschooled.

Yet she is married. She has a child and is on her way to adopting another one.

I know I can never have her, yet I still want her.

What am I to do? This lust will not pass. Perhaps it is time I become the hero of many of my Fantasy books and try rescue her from her mundane life?

[Anonymous No.16004416]

>>16004397
Parasocial relationship gone wrong.

[Anonymous No.16004422]

>>16004300
Why are whites so uncultured?

[Anonymous No.16004444]

>>16004397
>What am I to do?
kys

[Anonymous No.16004500]

>looking at a Urban Fantasy Horror published in 2009
>"Calm down, Donald Trump" I say.
How prescient. If only he would.

[Anonymous No.16004530]

Remember to report pol posters, and ignore them. They want attention because they didn't get any as a child from their parents.

[Anonymous No.16004556]

>>16004530
>further continues the derailment of the thread

[Anonymous No.16004564]

>>16004556
At this point the thread is permanently derailed. Go to discord if you want non-pol discussion.

[Anonymous No.16004574]

>>16004564
>go to discord
suicide is your only viable option

[Anonymous No.16004590]

>>16003144
Good rec but I've already read it. You wouldn't happen to know of anything else that's similar to them, would you?

[Anonymous No.16004593]

>>16004574
This is the type of quality post that only happens in 4chan.

[Anonymous No.16004629]

>>16004593
maybe you should leave
>>/reddit/

[Anonymous No.16004638]

>>16004370
>I love the fact that the protagonist is a genocidal edgelord
the protagonist of the series is a parallel or analogue of mao zedong, according to rf kuang

[Anonymous No.16004741]

>>16004444
Considering it m8

[Anonymous No.16004776]

>>16002576
>>16002976
if it makes you feel better, she writes about a girl becoming a dictator, see >>16004638

[Anonymous No.16004798]

>>16004741
A bit drastic, but aren't we all.
Make sure to send her a note then though

[Anonymous No.16004924]

what is the consensus of this series?

[Anonymous No.16004977]

>>16004924
There isn't one because only one person in the group has all three rated and also is the only one who rated the first book. Maybe there are others in the thread who have read it as well. That one person gave them 5 stars.

[Anonymous No.16005001]

>>16004924
for more info:
>>/lit/?task=search&ghost=&search_text=nevernight

[Anonymous No.16005026]

>>16002880
That's the one yeah. Wasn't really expecting it.

[Anonymous No.16005062]

>>16002706
Yes it does? Correct me if I'm wrong, but he doesn't straight up lie to you, only by omitting relevant information from the reader. This does change how you read it because it is on the back of your mind, "how am I being tricked".

[Anonymous No.16005095]

>>15993843
>>16002880
>>16005026
I read this story in the Alien Sex anthology.
I was looking what the popular reaction to it was and I'm surprised. Personally, I thought it was so ridiculous and absurd that I couldn't help but laughing at it in amusement. I thought it was ok.

[Anonymous No.16005188]

>>16004977
what about his other series, aurora rising?

[Anonymous No.16005221]

What is the single most "alien" alien in science fiction?

[Anonymous No.16005247]

>>16005188
It's the opposite. Only 1 person rated 1 star. Different person. Not really any discussion about it in the thread archive either.

[Anonymous No.16005330]

The Thorn of Emberlain when bros?

[Anonymous No.16005395]

i'm willing to read a female author, but i won't read about a female mc written by either gender

[Anonymous No.16005400]

>>16005330
Never. All popular fantasy were crushed under the weight of their success.

[Anonymous No.16005403]

>>16004500
>>>/lgbt/

[Anonymous No.16005409]

>>16005400
this cannot beeeeeeeeeee

[Anonymous No.16005412]

>>16004924
I don't know, but I wanna repeatedly thrust my fully erect penis into the vagina of that girl on the third cover, if you catch my drift. I'll probably read them just because of that, then get back to you.

[Anonymous No.16005422]

>>16005395
I am but only if there are lots of mentions of her big tits

[Anonymous No.16005716]

>>16004397
You could channel those feelings and write a Fantasy book that will entertain us and other readers and make its' way to her channel, where she will utter your name in a brief book review, if it is popular enough.
But you will most likely fail because she, as a Muse, isn't that great to begin with. The unnamed booktuber that I'm on the edge of having a parasocial relationship with is way nicer.

[Anonymous No.16005760]

>>16005716
>Parasocial relationship gone wrong.
A correction is in order.
All parasocial relationships are unhealthy.

[Anonymous No.16005812]

>>16005221
Check out Stanislaw Lem for truly alien aliens. You've got an ocean planet mind, nanomachine swarms, and possibly something from a previous universe (but it's always only a guess).

[Anonymous No.16005814]

>>16004397
Don't worry anon I feel the same way with Elliot Brooks.

[Anonymous No.16005861]

how is the mistborn series? how does it compare to the stormlight archive series?

[Anonymous No.16005901]

>>16005814
10 secs in she sounds like she used to be a man

[Anonymous No.16005959]

>>16005716
Name your Muse

[Anonymous No.16005976]

>>16003145
That's racist. Why are you complaining about about racism when you are one too?

[Anonymous No.16005978]

>>16005976
You don't seem to know the difference between bigotry, prejudice, or racism.

[Anonymous No.16005989]

>>16005814
I like her voice when it kind of cracks and she sounds super nerdy.

[Anonymous No.16006020]

>>16005989
I don't tend to agree with her book opinions but she's one of the only booktubers that I like to watch.

[Anonymous No.16006036]

>>16004397
>>16005814
baka no one mentioning Kat

[Anonymous No.16006038]

>>16005978
>>>/lgbt/

[Anonymous No.16006068]

>>16005395
Based, but pic related was decent. And I say that as an alpha chad woman-hater.

[Anonymous No.16006089]

>the Idea
Guy walks into some store in the most racist place in the USA.
He is black(it will really fuck with people's mind), somebody gives him some racist slur or some shit, and he shoots them.

People in store also has guns, they gun him down, he gets up and kills them all, even the children.
Police arrive, they gun him down, he gets back up kills them all.

Later he approaches the on scene TV Crew and makes an announcement on a Live Broadcast, telling everyone that anyone one insulting or attempting harm on his person will be executed.

The reporter says something along the lines of "What gives you the right to kill people, who he thinks insulted him?"

He shows a perfect 3d holographic image, that has strange characters/images. He then goes to explain that he has the "right" to do as he because because he is now the ruler of this solar system.

He says the image shown is the Deed of the Solar system and he just bought it off the being we called God, then goes to list other deities that are found throughout other faiths and through the ages, explaining they are one and the same being trying different ways of rule.

He says unlike our former creator, he likes to take a personal interest in his work.

After other forms of law enforcement and military fail at killing him, a tremor goes through the world as they try to reassess their life and their place in it.

Story follows the new god, has lost of heavy mysticism, magic/energy that defies the laws of physics and advance technology that we can't even comprehend, even when we are sat down and it's explained in depth.

[Anonymous No.16006091]

>>16005814
You don't stand a chance with her, loser. Her partner is a great guy.

[Anonymous No.16006113]

>>16006089
Ok Uwe Boll.

[Anonymous No.16006120]

>>16006068
If you're a woman hater, you're not an alpha chad.

[Anonymous No.16006125]

>>16006089
Isn’t that immoral?

[Anonymous No.16006135]

>>16005978
So, calling black people subhumans is racist while calling whites subhumans is just bigotry? Nice double standards.

[Anonymous No.16006147]

>>16006135
Racism against whites is possible in South Africa.

[Anonymous No.16006157]

>>16006089
Something like that already exists, in video games. There are people who will intentionally throw every game if their team insults them, which conveniently happens every single game. There was an AMA on r*ddit about someone who threw Dota games, but I can't find it with a quick search.

[Anonymous No.16006168]

>>16006147
Racism against whites is possible everywhere. Are you really this retarded?

[Anonymous No.16006178]

>>16006147
Changing the definition of words to fit your agenda is intellectually dishonest and I can’t believe people in higher education can push this garbage with a straight face.

[Anonymous No.16006189]

>>16005861
Reads like its written for a YA audience

[Anonymous No.16006191]

>>16006120
Yikes

[Anonymous No.16006201]

>>16006189
Reads like it was written by a YA audience.

[Anonymous No.16006215]

Remember to report the pol derailleur anon. He's trying to shit up this thread too.

[Anonymous No.16006232]

>>16006191
Cringe!

[Anonymous No.16006245]

Anyone read it? Is it as bad as I expect it to be?

[Anonymous No.16006246]

>>16006215
There are multiple racists in this thread, it's not just one anon.

[Anonymous No.16006256]

>>16006246
It's the people who believe that races exist that are the true racists.

[Anonymous No.16006257]

>>16006246
New to 4chan huh.

[Anonymous No.16006262]

>>16006245
>cunt writer

[Anonymous No.16006286]

>>16006245
>the abortionist

[Anonymous No.16006307]

>>16006245
No and probably.

[Anonymous No.16006362]

>>16006257
Sure thing buddy.

[Anonymous No.16006409]

>>16006245
Spoiler free review

https://youtu.be/gNe275_ur8Q

[Anonymous No.16006450]

>>16006091
Damn dude, thanks for dashing my hopes and dreams. I was sure that I would have a chance with a random woman on the internet that is nowhere near where I live because I like watching her videos.

[Anonymous No.16006472]

>>16006409
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDxFNJ1P_ek

[Anonymous No.16006487]

>>16006472
>>16006409
She's 27.

[Anonymous No.16006495]

>>16002424
whats the best magizine to subscribe to?

[Anonymous No.16006530]

>>16006495
http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2019/01/finding-science-fictionfantasy-magazine.html

[Anonymous No.16006533]

>>16006495
I do not know, but I hope someone answers

[Anonymous No.16006618]

>>16006495
Depends on what you're wanting to read.

[Anonymous No.16006666]

Can someone please explain to me, why is it after seeing an anon spam this general for months looking for mermaid books, that all of a sudden mermaid books are releasing on Amazon and audible?

[Anonymous No.16006672]

>>16006666
>mega satan doesn't know about synchronicity

[Anonymous No.16006682]

>>16004924
I read the first book and didn't pick up the second. It reads like it's trying really, really hard to not be YA, but instead of having an adult-level plot or characters it just shoves in a lot of explicit sex and violence.

[Anonymous No.16006683]

I haven't gotten any replies, but one anon asked me to post my work.
fanfiction net/s/13620869/1/Aurea-Puellae

[Anonymous No.16006696]

>>16006487
And?

[Anonymous No.16006703]

>>16003864
It’s garbage, I didn’t read any of it, contemporary sci fi is horrendous
I dropped the tv series like 15 minutes in too, too many accents

[Anonymous No.16006709]

>143 replies
>no one told e william brown to fuck off yet
Fuck E William Brown
Loli marine space princess will not be release in 2020. Brown is learning from the greats, such as Rothfuss, GRRM, Lynch, etc, on holding your book hostage. You pay them money through twitch, patreon, etc, so they don't have to work and can just write all day, and they still don't release shit.

[Anonymous No.16006856]

>>16006409
Was more interested in the take of anyone here instead of someone that has to whore themselves out for views, but thanks.

[Anonymous No.16006892]

>>16006856
You shouldn't listen to female reviewers in the first place.

[Anonymous No.16006971]

>>16006409
>woman
No thanks!

[Anonymous No.16006994]

>>16006971
>t. penis, yes please!

[Anonymous No.16007103]

Has anyone read this book? How is it? All I know about it is that apparently the protag is a murderer and that it's a ghost story. How would you compare it to BotNS?

[Anonymous No.16007135]

>>16007103
i started it twice now and i have no idea whats happening

[Anonymous No.16007653]

>>16004422
Nigger

[Anonymous No.16007660]

>>16003145
You'll never be white.

[Anonymous No.16007671]

>>16005330
He for me too’d

[Anonymous No.16007687]

>>16003318
SEETHE

[Anonymous No.16007698]

>>16006487
Why isn’t she married with kids?

[Anonymous No.16007713]

>>16007698
But she is though

[Anonymous No.16007740]

>>16004924
Depends on what you're looking for. I read all three, and enjoyed the series overall. I even reread parts that were done particularly well like some of the gladatorial combat. I thought books 1 and 2 were the best in terms of world building. Some plots were not resolved in the best way in the third (imo), but conclusion was satisfying.

Spoilers: main chic goes girl-on-girl by book 2 which was kinda hawt ngl. There was some disgusting fag stuff, but it was only alluded to.

Tropes of interest: Rome, assassin school, death God, vengeance, gladiators, monster-whisperer. I thought the magic was fun, and the assassin school trope in particular was well done ...but perhaps everything just tickled my buttons because I loved the overall Roman basis of the series.

[Anonymous No.16007972]

>>16004924
>Jay
womans name?

[Anonymous No.16007983]

>>16007972
Did you know search engines exist?

[Anonymous No.16008056]

>>16007972

[Anonymous No.16008070]

>>16008056

[Anonymous No.16008184]

Once again- I bless you with my presence.

Humble yourselves and be grateful I have wandered the halls of SFFG.

[Anonymous No.16008288]

You must smell one of their undergarments.

Who do you choose?

[Anonymous No.16008327]

/sffg/, I already know as I'm writing this I'm just going to get a bunch of antisemitic shitposts, but how would you create an epic fantasy character who's obviously jewish but actually pretty cool?

[Anonymous No.16008341]

>>16008327
Please stop shitting up this thread with your b8 posts, you imbecile.

[Anonymous No.16008343]

I'm bored at work. I want to start big series. Which has the best worldbuilding, characters, and is not for children but has serious tone? I like when main guy is not a Gary Stu. Already read ASoIaF, Lotr, Hyperion, Commonwealth.

[Anonymous No.16008393]

>>16008327
>an epic fantasy character who's obviously jewish but actually pretty cool?
I would read it if he killed a lot of inbred goatfucking muslim characters. I loathe jews less than I loathe mudslimes.

[Anonymous No.16008404]

>>16008343
Tad Williams "Shadowmarch" series is pretty good, as long as you keep track of all the names of all the gods. Epic worldbuilding and epic ending.

David Anthony Durham "Acacia" series is also pretty good with the worldbuilding. Ending is somewhat less epic but decent enough.

[Anonymous No.16008421]

>>16008341
it's not bait, It's a legitimate question. The problem is this entire world is so utterly fucked up I can't ask a single fucking question about my own culture without people thinking it's bait.

If I posted this somewhere else I'd get banned immediately, so unfortunately the only place I can ask about it is the worst place possible to get an answer from

[Anonymous No.16008465]

>>16008421
You should look up Lavie Tidhar's works.

[Anonymous No.16008520]

>>16006856
Ellis failed to get a starred review from Kirkus and they basically said it was solid but boring.

The woman in that video only casually watched Ellis's video essays and said more or less the same thing.

From what I've gathered, it's a standard first contact story but with Lindsay Ellis humor and Lindsay Ellis fetishes (see her videos on Beauty and the Beast and The Shape of Water). It apparently also tries to ape Arrival by dealing heavily with linguistics.

I'm probably going to read it just to see what a Lindsay Ellis book is like. I think people pretty much already know whether or not they're going to like the book based on how much they like/dislike her YouTube videos.

[Anonymous No.16008640]

>>16008343
i haven't read this series, but maybe malazan and the black company

[Anonymous No.16008664]

>>16008640
*these

[Anonymous No.16008811]

>>16008343
Dune if you haven't read it is great. Avoid any and all books that don't have the word "Frank" on them though.

Also Three-Body Problem is fantastic but only a trilogy.

Those are both sci-fi- for Fantasy-ish I would recommend Dark Tower. It's not Tolkein fantasy but its great imo.

[Anonymous No.16008818]

>>16002885
What the fuck

[Anonymous No.16008824]

Currently reading this and The Witcher books as my first fantasy series due to them not following the "1000 pages per book in a long 15 books series lmao" meme and I am enjoying both of them a lot, are The Elric Saga and the Tolkien books worth reading? I also have all GOT books at home but I still have to start them seriously, but I remember enjoying the first one years ago despite not having even finished It. Should I read them too if I want just one long series to follow?

[Anonymous No.16008832]

>>16008811
Brian raped Dune more than Alejandro Jodorowsky ever wanted to do.

[Anonymous No.16008847]

>>16008832
It is criminal.

[Anonymous No.16008857]

>>16008824
Yes you should read Tolkien. Understand that it is classic high literature though and not exactly "easy." If you can appreciate it though you will love it. There is a reason it has the reputation it does.

For GOT- IMO no. That series will never be finished by the original author, so unless you are ok with being eternally blue-balled I would stay away. I read the first two myself years ago, I liked them but dropped them before I got too attached once I realized the author was not going to finish.

[Anonymous No.16008861]

Once again, I am here to shill Books of Babel, the Chathrand Voyage and How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It.

[Anonymous No.16008862]

>>16008056
Is this guy a ticking #metoo bomb?

[Anonymous No.16009169]

>>16002424
are the children of the forest fae?

[Anonymous No.16009672]

>>16007103
It's one of his best standalone books. In terms of subject matter and quality it's no BotNS, but it still has Wolfe's distinctive writing characteristics. I'd recommend it.

[Anonymous No.16009731]

It's August the first.
What are you fags reading in August?

[Anonymous No.16009776]

>>16009731

No it isn't. I just finished Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora, Decent first third. Disagree with basically everything he seems to be trying to say with it though.

[Anonymous No.16009943]

>>16009731
Finishing Mistborn hopefully, maybe starting on Earthsea.

[Anonymous No.16010097]

>>16009731
Conan

[Anonymous No.16010184]

>>16009731
>reading

[Anonymous No.16010209]

>>16009731
As per usual, probably the first hundred pages of a book I bought months ago that I'll eventually get bored with and stop reading

[Anonymous No.16010335]

can anyone recommend a series with good twists? I just finished The First Law series.

[Anonymous No.16010356]

>>16010335
"twists" are kind of vague. The foundation trilogy has quite a few good ones. As does the Elijah Baley series, just skip the last book.

[Anonymous No.16010443]

>>16005095
Part of it might be the frame of mind I was in. I read it in Fire Watch. None of the previous stories were anything like it and neither were the two books I'd read of hers previously. If I'd read it in a title called "Alien Sex" I'd have probably been in a less serious frame of mind.

[Anonymous No.16010544]

How do I into Alistair Reynolds? I've got three of his books on hand: House of the Suns, On Steel Breeze, and Poseidon's Wake.

[Anonymous No.16010730]

>>16010544
I suggest reading the books.

[Anonymous No.16010818]

>>16010730

But where do I start. His works seem massive in scope and all interconnected which is what I'm exactly looking for but I have no clue on a decent starting place. I should be fine with just starting with House of the Suns?

[Anonymous No.16010867]

>>16008184
he looks like he sucks cock in gas-station restrooms

[Anonymous No.16010878]

>>16008421
you're a faggot and your idea is shit, but fiddler on the roof and the long goodbye are the only stories I can think of with jewish protagonists

[Anonymous No.16010918]

>>16010544
>House of the Suns
It is pretty good.

[Anonymous No.16010932]

>>16008857
>tolkien
>"not exactly easy"
Get the fuck out of here, Tolkien doesn't do anything interesting, just one boring, dry sentence after another.

[Anonymous No.16010940]

>>16010818
HoS is fine. Chasm City is a good introduction too, kind of a prequel to Revelation Space.

[Anonymous No.16011005]

>>16006472
Skimmed through this a little and wow, it's crazy the kind of shit she gushes over. Like that scene she reads around 16:50. Has she never come across a scene where the rabble crew turn around to rescue one of the heroes? She's a booktuber right? She must read loads of books. How has she not come across this exact same shit hundreds of times, and usually better executed/written than this?

Guess this offered some insight into just how basic a person you have to be to love Sanderson.

[Anonymous No.16011198]

Who are some decent low-audience booktubers? Particularly ones that enjoy science fiction?

[Anonymous No.16011288]

>>16011198
Fuck off

[Anonymous No.16011292]

>>16011288
balding glasses wearing pudgy loser

[Anonymous No.16011300]

so there is a new board for the litrpg fags to occupy
>>>/vrpg/

[Anonymous No.16011329]

>>16011300
What an odd board to create.

[Anonymous No.16011409]

>>16011300
Bets on how long before it becomes another /vpol/ board like /v/ became and /vg/ always was?

[Anonymous No.16011459]

>>16010356
i guess im just bored of the same old tropes and want something new

[Anonymous No.16011505]

>>16010818
He has one big series in Revelation Space, and none of your books are set in that universe. House of Suns is standalone, Breeze and Wake are books 2/3 in a standalone trilogy.

[Anonymous No.16011516]

>>16011300
>>16011329
It makes sense.
Post per minute:
pol: 113
v: 91
vg: 90
int: 54
b: 45
a: 34
tv: 32
lit: 6
vr: 4

vrpg seems to be going roughly 55 right now, but it'll probably slow down a lot after the initial excitement wears off.

[Anonymous No.16011556]

>>16009731
Thus Spake The Kiwi

[Anonymous No.16011589]

>>16008421
Post on jewish forums, ask jewish writers, /lit/ board is a right wing fasvict board, you will not get your answer here.

[Anonymous No.16011614]

>>16010818
Just read his wikipedia, start with chasm city and then revelation space, also check out his standalone novels. Also House of suns I couldn't get into, in my opinion it's pretty bad, and poseidons wake I hear is pozzed, I wouldn't recommend reading it.

[Anonymous No.16011776]

>>16011589
>/lit/ board is a right wing fasvict board,
God I wish if only I could kill pollies. They raped my /lit/ and ruined her, now no one can enjoy her again.

[Anonymous No.16011831]

>>16011776
If you want to be a commie you can go to literally any other website in the entire world, this is the one place I can call you a nigger and not get instantly banned LEAVE ME ALONE

[Anonymous No.16011897]

>>16011831
Dilate, tranny.

[Anonymous No.16011912]

is the new cradle book out yet

[Anonymous No.16012074]

>>16011831
>literally asking for a safe space
horseshoe theory is 100% true for pol & sjw.

[Anonymous No.16012235]

>>16011776
That is false. Many posters here have fascist ideas and ideals, one of them is appreciation of good literature.

[Anonymous No.16012360]

>>16012235
Yeah, they appreciate good or bad literature so much they have to derail discussions into ideological racebaiting and name calling contests, all the while not even bothering to namedrop a book title or author.

[Anonymous No.16012440]

>>16012235
One of the ideals presented by posters here is a rejection of good literature.

[Anonymous No.16012457]

>come back after two days
>resident pol posters are still making retarded claims
see you guys again on monday

[Anonymous No.16012485]

Please recommend me books about or heavily featuring Amazons.
Thank.

[Anonymous No.16012525]

>>16012360
Not everyone is like that.

[Anonymous No.16012542]

>>16012525
No, just the poltard fascists.

[Anonymous No.16012577]

>>16002424
This was the /sffg/ book for July.
4 people in the group finished it this month. A 5th has it marked as currently reading.

The Snail on the Slope - Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (1966), 2018 translation edition, Russian.

I've tried reading other books by these authors and wasn't interested. Their novel Roadside Picnic is well regarded by those who have read it on /sffg/. I don't tend to enjoy allegory and this very much was one. Of the two viewpoint characters, I liked Peretz better, because Candide was even sillier. Both are stuck in nightmarish limbo, Peretz in a bureaucratic one, and Candide in a surreal one. Nothing interested me. Not the characters, setting, plot, themes, or whatever else. The prose is fine and does well in establishing its thematic content. There were so many random antics that intended to disorient both the reader and viewpoint characters. Basically, stuff happens, or it doesn't, and it'll matter or it won't.

>If you see something without understanding it, you may as well have thought it all up. I'm living it, seeing it, and not understanding it; I'm living in a world that someone else has thought up without bothering to explain it to me, or maybe even to themselves...

>And everything will be full of deep meaning, in the same way that the behavior of any complicated system is full of deep meaning, and it will all be strange, and it will therefore be meaningless to us, at least to those of us who still haven't gotten use to the meaninglessness and accepted it as the norm.

The Afterword was far more interesting to me than the novel itself. It's a nice summation of their attitude, outlook, and much else.
>How should he behave, when he realizes that the direction of progress, and he finds it abhorrent?

>The novel stopped being science fiction (assuming it ever had been) and became simply fantastic, grotesque, symbolic

>on the whole remained entirely inaccessible to the general reader. I can count on one hand the number of people who fully grasped the entirety of the authorial intent.
Intentional obscurantism isn't something I tend to enjoy.

2/5, not my sort of novel.

TL;DR An atmospheric novel where the reader is meant to be as confused as the characters.

[None !SFFG.n1h7M No.16012603]

This was the /sffg/ book for July.
4 people in the group finished it this month. A 5th has it marked as currently reading.

The Snail on the Slope - Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (1966), 2018 translation edition, Russian.

I've tried reading other books by these authors and wasn't interested. Their novel Roadside Picnic is well regarded by those who have read it on /sffg/. I don't tend to enjoy allegory and this very much was one. Of the two viewpoint characters, I liked Peretz better, because Candide was even sillier. Both are stuck in nightmarish limbo, Peretz in a bureaucratic one, and Candide in a surreal one. Nothing interested me. Not the characters, setting, plot, themes, or whatever else. The prose is fine and does well in establishing its thematic content. There were so many random antics that intended to disorient both the reader and viewpoint characters. Basically, stuff happens, or it doesn't, and it'll matter or it won't.

>If you see something without understanding it, you may as well have thought it all up. I'm living it, seeing it, and not understanding it; I'm living in a world that someone else has thought up without bothering to explain it to me, or maybe even to themselves...
>And everything will be full of deep meaning, in the same way that the behavior of any complicated system is full of deep meaning, and it will all be strange, and it will therefore be meaningless to us, at least to those of us who still haven't gotten use to the meaninglessness and accepted it as the norm.

The Afterword was far more interesting to me than the novel itself. It's a nice summation of their attitude, outlook, and much else.
>How should he behave, when he realizes that the direction of progress, and he finds it abhorrent?
>The novel stopped being science fiction (assuming it ever had been) and became simply fantastic, grotesque, symbolic
>on the whole remained entirely inaccessible to the general reader. I can count on one hand the number of people who fully grasped the entirety of the authorial intent.
Intentional obscurantism isn't something I tend to enjoy.

Rating: 2/5, not my sort of novel.
TL;DR An atmospheric novel where the reader is meant to be as confused as the characters.

[None !SFFG.n1h7M No.16012620]

>>16002550
I didn't think of it at the time, but 3 people read this in the discord.

[Anonymous No.16012692]

>>16004590
Musashi by eiji yoshikawa is a pretty epic book

[Anonymous No.16012737]

>>16012620
>>16012603
Weekly reminder that Aeos (the tranny who runs the discord) is a faggot degen from reddit and trying to bring his redditor friends here
FUCK
YOU

[Anonymous No.16012778]

>>16012737
weekly reminder that I'm living in your mind rent free

[Anonymous No.16012780]

>>16012737
That's wrong though because he doesn't really use the thread and certainly isn't bringing anyone here.

[Anonymous No.16012793]

stop procrastinating here and write your book you meme loving tardo

[Anonymous No.16012822]

>>16012485
>heavily featuring Amazons.
"The word for world is forest" is an amazon rainforest like environment, I think.

[Anonymous No.16012843]

>>16012822
Amazons, females. Not the terrain type.

[Anonymous No.16013076]

>>16007103
His best stand alone novel and the most cryptic. When you realize the horror of it you'll love it.

[Anonymous No.16013147]

>>16008327
Either Hererics or Chapterhouse Dune or both are pretty focused on some Jewish characters, but they're not the protags.

Silk in Book of the Long Sun is a very Moses-like character, but this may not e what you're looking for.

Ellison or Turtledove are bound to have major Jewish characters in their works, I just can't name any but do some digging there.

[Anonymous No.16013176]

>>16003123
It's coming of age and rightfully called ya although it has more mature themes and explicit scenes. Interesting series which I enjoyed as a teenager and think that aged well after reading the books again.

[Anonymous No.16013201]

>>16006683
thanks

[Anonymous No.16013208]

>>16011912
yeah, the main character is a pussy bitch and apologizes after losing for the 1000th time

[Anonymous No.16013217]

>>16004638
That sounds awful. Frank herbert already did this in dune.

[Anonymous No.16013236]

>>16013217
Same goes with Severian

[Anonymous No.16013250]

>>16011912
It’s looking like a September or October release. He got it written, just going through revisions currently.

[Anonymous No.16013259]

>>16008327
It's already been done, check out the new testament.

[Anonymous No.16013493]

What's the separation between ghost stories and fantasy?

[Anonymous No.16013783]

>>16012843
I know what you meant, I was fucking with you.

[Anonymous No.16013882]

>>16013783
I don't want to be doing that with you. I want to doing it with the amazons.

[Anonymous No.16013913]

So I’m trying to come up with a title for my story, which is about a magical forest that holds many secrets. I already have titles for the individual books, but it was only recently that I came up with the main title for the series.

Main title: lands beyond the horizon
Book 1: a forest of wonder
Book 2: among wooden giants
Book 3: the grassy sea

There will be more books than just 3, but those are the ones that have titles to them. Do you think they’re any good, or should I keep thinking?

[Anonymous No.16013927]

>>16006135
so why do black people smell so bad when they sweat then?

[Anonymous No.16013945]

>>16013913
>lands beyond the horizon
>the grassy sea
Not thematically appropriate

[Anonymous No.16014022]

>>16013927
Can you fuck off already.

[Anonymous No.16014026]

>>16010443
There was a distinct lack of aliens though and the title ought to have been Alienated Sex

[Anonymous No.16014079]

oh i was about to read a little Abercrombie but I saw that he eventually made all his characters stereotypical Strong Females, easy drop

[Anonymous No.16014090]

Does historical fiction count as fantasy? Either way, is this any good?

[Anonymous No.16014201]

Fuck the shitbird that recommended Walking to Aldeberan. Snarky prose-writing authors deserve the rope and so do you. **I'm still going to hate-finish it though because autism**

[Anonymous No.16014233]

Seems I read 16 books this month, a good bit.
That doesn't include manga or anything else like that. Prose only.

[Anonymous No.16014270]

>>16014233
yikes

[Anonymous No.16014300]

>>16014270 You're welcome.

[Anonymous No.16014327]

>>16014233
is skin deep by sanderson?

[Anonymous No.16014343]

>>16014079
Cringe.

[Anonymous No.16014351]

>>16014327
Yes
>>/lit/thread/S15827379#p15827771

[Anonymous No.16014426]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/23/brandon-sanderson-after-a-dozen-rejected-novels-you-think-maybe-this-isnt-for-you

[Anonymous No.16014437]

>>16014426
Based

[Anonymous No.16014511]

Calling it now. Arya kills Sam in The Winds of Winter. It'll be the next Snape kills Dumbledoor and a good OH SHIT moment I can think of. Maybe Faceless mind are keeping tabs on Sam and ask Arya to kill him before he discovers something in the Citadel

[Anonymous No.16014518]

>>16014511
Want to read ASOIAF but every time I try I can't get the show actors out of my head, which I feel ruins the experience.

[Anonymous No.16014536]

>>16014518

This is why I'm glad I read it before the show was announced

[Anonymous No.16014573]

>>16014511
If TWoW is ever released that'd be interesting. Sadly Martin seems content holding the book hostage indefinitely
>>16014518
They're good but not amazing, you aren't missing out on too much. As for the actors I can't help you there; I read the series while I watched S1&2 but fortunately they never crossed over, especially after I dropped the show. Might I ask how far in you get before you give up? It might just require some perseverance before you can imagine characters however you want

[Anonymous No.16014694]

What are the best resources for learning about how to create good stories? And what's the best place to discuss the topic? /lit/ seems surprisingly averse to discussing the crafting of narrative.

My focus is on science-fiction and fantasy but good general theory that still applies is fine too.

[Anonymous No.16014706]

>>16014694
Read a lot and write a lot.

It's the best practice IMO.

Anything else is just a waste of time where you could instead be reading or writing.

You'll soon discover your taste is out of sync with your own ability, and over time you will try to match them up.

[Anonymous No.16014751]

Don't read Sanderson

[Anonymous No.16014758]

>>16014751
Only read Sanderson

[Anonymous No.16014764]

>>16014751
>>16014758
don't read anything

[Anonymous No.16014774]

>>16014764
Only make low effort posts

[Anonymous No.16014779]

>>16014694
Here’s general advice from Wolfe

[Anonymous No.16014790]

>>16014706
You're probably right but I wouldn't want to discount theory entirely. For instance I read Poetics and found it helpful, even if too limited and incomplete(understandably).

>>16014751
>>16014758
I listened to some of his youtube lectures and it left me with the impression that he just takes successful plots that have already been done and recycles them in a generic fantasy setting. Not exactly what I would want to do.

Anyone out there sharing knowledge that actually knows their stuff?

[Anonymous No.16014797]

>>16009731
Prince of Thorns

[Anonymous No.16014809]

>>16013493
ghost stories tend to fall under supernatural

[Anonymous No.16014813]

>>16014790
>Anyone out there sharing knowledge that actually knows their stuff?
Here's what you should do then.
Choose an author who you believe knows their stuff and then see what they have to offer.

[Anonymous No.16014821]

Is there any good, new horror fantasy out there? 2000 and on?

[Anonymous No.16014824]

>>16014821

I liked The Ritual it was alright

[Anonymous No.16014830]

>>16014790
>he just takes successful plots that have already been done and recycles them
everyone does it and there is literally nothing wrong with that. creativity doesnt exist in a vacuum. everything is a combination of other things and more often than not a direct response to previous works or tropes

[Anonymous No.16014837]

>>16002464
>history
what

[Anonymous No.16014843]

>>16014830
True, I am unashamedly ripping off other things in my story lol

[Anonymous No.16014849]

>>16014779
Anyone ever tried writing a short story every day?

[Anonymous No.16014890]

>>16014694
r/writing

unironically

[Anonymous No.16014898]

>>16014821
The Fisherman by John Langan, Lovecraftian horror. If you stretch 'horror' to mean 'weird', then VanderMeer has some good shit.

[Anonymous No.16014940]

>>16014779
>first bulletpoint is >Dont

[Anonymous No.16014943]

>>16014849
Yes, I did so in college for a while.

[Anonymous No.16014951]

>>16014943
What insights did you gain from it?

[Anonymous No.16014957]

>>16014951
That he sucks at writing.

[Anonymous No.16014970]

>>16014957
Pretty much this

[Anonymous No.16015081]

>>16014779
>Don't
Good first point.
>If you can stop yourself from writing, you are not a writer.
What?

>Read.
No shit.
>You cannot please the master until you have been a master and know what is pleasing
So he's confusing Master with trend-follower but okay.

>Write.
No shit.
>Do a writing prompt every day
Yeah sure, cool to do that but then you're not writing what you want so you'll start to hate it.

Overall 3/10 advice to be honest. I'd get more out of learning how to write prose from Sanderson than that.
If it was 'Don't, or Read and Write' He'd save himself a lot of trouble.

>>16014706
This, and to an extent >>16014790.
Coming from a background of studying Drama (plays) and Literature (""""""""Serious"""""""" literature) at Uni; I'd say broad influence outside of the genre you wish to write could be more helpful than learning from the same robotic voice.
Drama helped me nail dialogue and pacing. Lit helped with structure and general writing practice.

>But anon I just want to write sff
Learn to write well first. Then you can write fantasy or sci-fi.
Conventions stay the same, your voice is the changing factor.

[Anonymous No.16015101]

>>16015081
>>If you can stop yourself from writing, you are not a writer.
>What?
He's saying that if you aren't already strongly compelled to write then you aren't a writer

[Anonymous No.16015124]

>>16015101
In other words, if you don't have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergraphia
then give up being an author.

[Anonymous No.16015133]

>>16015101
I see.
Still it feels like very safe 'advice' despite being mocking/negative in tone.

>>16014233
You're really getting into anime man.

[Anonymous No.16015144]

>>16015133
>getting into
Oh, it's way past that, I assure you.

[Anonymous No.16015159]

>>16015133
I agree it's pretty vague and not very useful but I think there's a kernel of wisdom in there, namely that creative works are a byproduct of an inspired mindset, and not the mindset of 'i want to be a writer/i want to write something'

[Anonymous No.16015213]

>>16015144
Bro I think you're starting to become something of a reader.

[Anonymous No.16015221]

>>16015159
I heard it this way:
> There are those who want to be writers, and there are those who write.

[Anonymous No.16015222]

>>16015213
I'm at 81 "books" for the year.

[Anonymous No.16015231]

Anyone know of any books that are similar to The metamorphosis of prime intellect?
AI and future humanity focused.

[Anonymous No.16015232]

>>16015222
What's your dayjob

[Anonymous No.16015284]

>>16015232
>job

“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so? ” - Charles Bukowski

links
https://pastebin.com/zh6pzbVQ

[Anonymous No.16015333]

>>16015231
> AI and future humanity focused
Literally hundreds, it not thousands of books about that. For a downer one try Blindsight.

[Anonymous No.16015342]

>>16015284
ne plus ultra based

[Anonymous No.16015343]

>>16015284
Ah, unemployed it is then.

[Anonymous No.16015356]

>>16013913
>Main title: Silent Roots
>Book 1: a forest of wonder
>Book 2: blue grasping canopies
>Book 3: the green horizon

[Anonymous No.16015372]

Is he based?

[Anonymous No.16015377]

>>16015333
Yea thats why I asked, I tried looking some up, there is a lot.
>For a downer one try Blindsight.
Thanks, ill give it a look

[Anonymous No.16015386]

>>16015372
He is okay.
His book is going to suck, but he's popular so it'll be 4.xx on GR.

[Anonymous No.16015419]

>>16015284
>mention of bathing before going to work
Americans truly are filth.

[Anonymous No.16015440]

>>16015081
>>You cannot please the master until you have been a master and know what is pleasing
>So he's confusing Master with trend-follower but okay.
I've no idea what the fuck you're saying but by master, he's clearly referring to the reader, and a reader knows what he likes to read, not just subject but style wise.
>Trend follower
Wolfe wrote in imitation of other writers. Sure, Hemingway was a trend setter. But Proust? Chesterton? What reader and aspiring writer followed those trends in the 70s lmao

[Anonymous No.16015448]

>>16015372
Nah he hates Goodkind

[Anonymous No.16015479]

>>16015440
So not only is it poor word choice on Wolfe's part when talking about craft; he uses master in the sense that you're always going to be the lesser rather than the equal of the reader/author relationship?
Anyone else when talking about 'master' in relation to 'doing' something (other than hospitality) would not assume that meaning.

Wolfe's a sex pervert for sure.

[Anonymous No.16015572]

>>16015479
Sorry but only a low iq retard would fail to understand what he meant by master in that context.

Maybe stick to Wikipedia? Simple English might be better for you. Try to avoid the portions in italics, between quotation marks (these " " symbols) or indented text (also known as quotes). They might be too difficult for you to understand.

[Anonymous No.16015594]

>>16015372
>hails Sanderson as the God of action scenes

You tell me

[Anonymous No.16015622]

what is the quintessential wolf book?

[Anonymous No.16015658]

>>16015622
White Fang by Jack London

[Anonymous No.16015721]

>>16015479
>Poor word choice
>In a book literally about how to get better at writing

Not a surprise.

[Anonymous No.16015999]

>>16015594
He's partly right. Name 5 authors in the current year that is better than Sanderson.
He's easily top 10.

[Anonymous No.16016177]

We at page 7. Slave come do your thing.

[Anonymous No.16016205]

>>16016177
It's hardly more effort to make the next thread than it is to post that.

[Anonymous No.16016296]

>>16015622
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

[Anonymous No.16016400]

>>16015999
If we're talking hacks then I'd say Abercrombie.

[Anonymous No.16016486]

>>16015622
Way of Kings by Brian Sanderson

[Anonymous No.16016504]

>>16015999
His action scenes are retarded. I can't think of anyone but a teenager actually enjoying Way of Kings prologue.

[Anonymous No.16016515]

>>16016504
that prologue is bad ill give you that, but the ending is actually really good

[Anonymous No.16016516]

>>16016205
It's far more effort when you factor in tablet posting.

[Anonymous No.16016571]

>>16016515
The ending is the only good part of the novel, but it's still poorly written and overlong and hardly worth almost 400k words of nothing to get to.

[Anonymous No.16016635]

Page 10 soon.
Let it die

[Anonymous No.16016850]

Threadslave!

[Anonymous No.16017011]

...and yet a new thread appeared
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