/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General

[Anonymous No.19834669]

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[Anonymous No.19834675]

King of /sffg/.

Simple as.

[Anonymous No.19834684]

God of /sffg/.

Simple as.

[Anonymous No.19834697]

Why aren't there any good stone and sorcery books? I want to write one but I'm not sure what I have to write against.

[Anonymous No.19834702]

>>19834697
>stone and sorcery
Is this Conan but he's wearing a loincloth and using a club instead of a sword?

[Anonymous No.19834717]

>>19834702
It's basically that, but also a lot of speculation about paleolithic peoples and early humans. It's fertile ground for fantasy and even sci fi because it's a central question about the human condition: our origin, the difference between man and animal, language and metacognition, etc.

[Anonymous No.19834726]

I picked this up on a whim, not realizing it was a collection of essays, and I was pleasantly surprised by it. Any more essays and such about science fiction, and to a lesser extent, fantasy?

[Anonymous No.19834734]

>>19834684
>>19834675
Hello, based department?

[Anonymous No.19834753]

>>19834734
when you depict your opponents as butthurt wojaks sucking on black dildos and drinking basedmilk, am i correct in interpreting that you think they're butthurt basedboys who suck black cock?

[Anonymous No.19834757]

Why spam the same shit, over and over ad-infinitum?

[Anonymous No.19834761]

>>19834753
Nice projection, buddy. How do I unsubscribe from your blog-post?

[Anonymous No.19834768]

>>19834757
That's been newfag doctrine 101 since at least the mid-2010s, sadly.

[Anonymous No.19834771]

>>19834753
Stop outing yourself as a massive newfag. It's embarrassing. You know nothing of this general's history. Lurk moar.

[Anonymous No.19834776]

>>19834757
30% of all posts you see on 4chan are the result of borderline personality disorder sufferers continuing some invisible feud with an opponent who probably left the board a year ago

The anime tranny making all the /ssfg/ threads is one, the Bakkerfag is probably one or the anime tranny's nemesis or something I don't really care to inquire, other threads have their own variants

[Anonymous No.19834778]

>>19834717
I can't say there is, other than The Clan of the Cave Bear. Some of the sections of Hellboy's BPRD series are pretty close, but those are comics.

[Anonymous No.19834781]

>>19834776
The amount of false-flagging that goes on in these generals is off the charts.

[Anonymous No.19834789]

>>19834757
Is this your first general?

[Anonymous No.19834803]

>>19834697
Do the T'lan Imass in Malazan count?

[Anonymous No.19834818]

>>19834789
Nah, I just want people to talk about new shit even though I realize that there truly is nothing new under the sun.

Everything new is just well-forgotten old etc. I just want true novelty.. without having to resort to outright schitzo manifesto bullshit.

I'm old and tired, leave me be.

[Anonymous No.19834824]

>>19834818
I don't read sci-fi. But on the fantasy front everything that's been published for the past couple of years has been absolute trash.

It's no wonder this general doesn't change topics.

[Anonymous No.19834827]

>>19834818
Your best bet is to post threads outside the general. Nobody who actually reads posts in this shithole. There's no board rule for quarantining fantasy and sci-fi in these zombie threads.

[Anonymous No.19834833]

>>19834818
I've been trying for 6 years now to get -anyone- to read the radix tetrad lmao it's the same circlejerk of the same ~10 authors, with emphasis on bakker/sanderson shitposting but nobody really branches out beyond the relative safe zone of big authors
this is a normalfag containment thread

[Anonymous No.19834836]

Any good mech scifi that isn't tie-in fiction our anime derived that's actually good?

Shit, I been looking into this Volcanoid game and that aesthetic... what about steam punk? Is there any of that shit that's any good?

What about biopunk? I enjoyed Blood Music quite a bit.

[Anonymous No.19834839]

>>19834833
No one cares about Sanderson here.

[Anonymous No.19834843]

>>19834818
Unironically pray for a book thread in /tg/. They always have some interesting reads

[Anonymous No.19834856]

>>19834824
What about that... Vorrh series? Anybody read that? It seems mildly interesting. I abandoned sword n' sorcery fantasy epics a looong time ago.

I used to be a big Terry Brooks fan until I realized it was actually just really generic shit... Last fantasy work I read that I genuinely enjoyed was Piranesi.

Nowadays I'm scifi centric I tend to find it more mature, more philosophically deep etc.

[Anonymous No.19834859]

>>19834856
>>19834836
>>19834818
Nice reddit spacing.

[Anonymous No.19834862]

>>19834843
Yeah, but wouldn't that mostly just be tie-in fiction shit?

[Anonymous No.19834868]

>>19834859
>NOOOOOO, DON'T SEPERATE PARAGRAPHS!! THAT'S REEEEEDDIT

You don't know how to write, fuck big blocks of text, never even been to leading, fuck you.

[Anonymous No.19834872]

>>19834868
*leddit

[Anonymous No.19834873]

>>19834868
>You don't know how to write
>never even been to leading
I accept your defeat.

[Anonymous No.19834879]

>>19834873
It's called autocorrect and it's ALMOST as fucking gay as you are

[Anonymous No.19834880]

King of /sffg/.

Simple as.

[Anonymous No.19834882]

>>19834862
Surprisingly not. People usualy post about books that inspired them in creating settings/characters/whatnot, not books related to the IPs of the RPGs they're playing.

[Anonymous No.19834883]

>>19834879
Stop responding to shitposters, you stupid piece of shit.

[Anonymous No.19834885]

>>19834880
I'm into Daoism and I'd think I might enjoy something like this but isn't it like, a million chapters?

[Anonymous No.19834887]

>>19834879
>Imagine using auto-correct because you can't write properly.
Retard.

[Anonymous No.19834890]

>>19834883
Make me, BITCH

[Anonymous No.19834895]

>>19834887
It's automated by default and I'm too lazy to turn it off. Besides "leddit" isn't a proper word.

Cry more about it you little bitch

[Anonymous No.19834898]

>>19834885
Is that a problem?

[Anonymous No.19834900]

>>19834898
My attention span tends to hit the shitter after about 500-600 pages. There is such a thing as "too long"

[Anonymous No.19834906]

>>19834898
The longer the book, the shittier it is. So yes.

[Anonymous No.19834922]

>in one of the /lit/ discords
>someone claims to be OP of /sffg/
>this someone is also openly trans
i fucking knew it

[Anonymous No.19834925]

>>19834906
I agree with this notion, yeah. Just like multibook series

[Anonymous No.19834933]

>>19834906
It got banned by commies so it is definetely good

[Anonymous No.19834947]

>>19834885
read a thousand li instead

[Anonymous No.19834954]

Any good fantasy where it is implied to be somewhat post apocalypse? Maybe something like Book of the New Sun

[Anonymous No.19834957]

>>19834684
Wtf, based?

[Anonymous No.19834961]

>>19834717
Not a book but I think that’s what The Quest for Fire is about.

[Anonymous No.19834966]

>>19834947
Thousand li is just boring

[Anonymous No.19834992]

>>19834966
Because it's not progression-prioritized, and the author takes 4-5 books to become a decent writer.

[Anonymous No.19835102]

>>19834954
Shannara series but that doesn't become apparent until quite a bit later

[Anonymous No.19835107]

>reads The Book of the New Sun once

[Anonymous No.19835112]

>>19835107
severian is the most based protagonist of all time

[Anonymous No.19835139]

>>19835102
>Shannara is a 34 book series

Jesus

[None !SFFG.n1h7M No.19835174]

>>19834669
Hexarchate Stories, The Machineries of Empire - Yoon Ha Lee (2019)

Most of these stories are flash fiction and the author has written more flash fiction on his patreon. There are commentaries after each story. They're all interesting and provide a significant amount of insight into the author and his writing process. I admit to some mild disappointment, but that's only because I'm uninterested in various fandom matters, such as ao3 and tvtropes. They also confirmed a few other assumptions for me, such as that the author has autism and aphantasia. Knowing that helped with understanding the characters and the descriptions, among other peculiarities. For me that makes it all the more intriguing. I could've researched beforehand, but I almost never look up anything about the author before I read their work. I'm generally of the mind that the author and their works should remain separated, if for no other reason than the potential for disappointment. If anyone else had written this stories, I'd call them fanfiction, so instead I'll say they're mostly fanservice stories. This should be read after the trilogy, if only because it'll be more meaningful that way. I have a lot of other thoughts, but I'd prefer not to start rambling on.

[None !SFFG.n1h7M No.19835179]

>>19835174
Chameleon’s Gloves (2017)
This is a heist story that takes place at least 1,250 years before the trilogy. It features a weapon that causes destruction measured in lightyears. The story's connection to anything else is tenuous at best.
Ok

How the Andan Court (2012)
A poem featuring roses.
Blah

Seven Views of the Liozh Entrance Exam (2017)
Self-described by the author as a "gimmick flash story". The title is self-explanatory.
Meh

Omens (2017)
A story about Jedao's parents on their home planet.
Meh

Honesty (2015)
A family story of Jedao's childhood.
Meh

Bunny (2017)
Another family story about Jedao's childhood.
Meh

Black Squirrels (2017)
A story about Jedao at school with a friend.
Meh

Silence (2019)
Another story about Jedao's family life told from the perspective of a sibling.
Meh

Extracurricular Activities (2017)
Jedao goes on an undercover caper to the Gwa Reality.
Ok

Gloves (2019)
Jedao has explicitly described gay BDSM sex on the receiving end with a prostitute at a brothel. I don't have anything against the content or how it's written, but if I'm going to read erotica, it isn't going to be like this.
Blah

Hunting Trip (2017)
Yet another story about Jedao with his family.
Meh

The Battle of Candle Arc (2012)
This was the first work I read from this author. Now that I've read the trilogy, it wasn't as interesting as I remembered or quite as enjoyable. The author notes that Ninefox Gambit was written before this story, which may at least partially account for why the second and third books in the trilogy were considerably different.
Ok

Calendrical Rot (2016)
Originally intended to be the prologue to Ninefox Gambit, but omitted.
Meh

Birthdays (2017)
A story about Cheris's childhood.
Meh

The Robot’s Math Lessons (2016)
A servitor meets Cheris as a child.
Meh

Sword-Shopping (2017)
Cheris goes lightsaber shopping with her girlfriend.
Ok

Persimmons (2017)
Servitor 135799 seeks out and prepares permissions while thinking of Cheris.
Meh

Irriz the Assassin-Cat (2017)
A family story about Zehun.
Meh

Vacation (2017)
Brezan on Vacation
Meh

Gamer’s End (2015)
Yes, both the title and story are based on Ender's Game. This was written in second person.
Ok

Glass Cannon (2019)
This novella was a sequel to the trilogy. More than anything else it reminded me of an expansion to a videogame. By that I mean it's primary purpose seemed to be for fanservice for those who already read everything and while not necessary at all still provides enjoyment. It's once again different from what came before, as this is basically a quest story. There was a lot that was highly questionable as symbolism, but I decided to instead just take it all at face value and not worry about that. The ending really sets up for more possible continuations, but I don't know if there would be any, aside from flash fiction. Finally the complete and utter obliviousness of basically every human in the series to the non-humans was addressed.
Enjoyable

[Anonymous No.19835248]

>>19835179
gay

[Anonymous No.19835257]

>>19835248
That's a weird way of introducing yourself anon

[Anonymous No.19835284]

>>19835179
>>19835174
>consuming all this filth and mediocrity
Why don't you just read real books

[Anonymous No.19835312]

>>19835139
Yeah, it's basically his only claim to fame/bread and butter. If you want, you can start with the Word/Void series that begins in modern times and work your way in from their or just start with the base Sword novels.

Armageddon's Children and it's sequels are the apocalyptic setting that changes the world, those were cool at the because it was speculation for years whether Shannara was the post apocalypse of the modern Word/Void series.

I generally skipped the Heritage books and went straight to the Voyage novels I jumped ship after the apocalypse arc was finally finished... I remember enjoying it a lot.

YMMV

[Anonymous No.19835346]

>>19834922
There is more than one?

[Anonymous No.19835363]

>>19834922
>I was on a discord
>There was a tranny
>And it wasn't me!
imagine my shock

[Anonymous No.19835410]

>>19835312
Shit, I guess he actually finished the fucking thing since I dropped it in like, 2013 or so

[Anonymous No.19835440]

>>19835410
Jesus... I guess I dropped it in 2010 actually. Time sure does fly.

[Anonymous No.19835594]

The Lord of the Rings is the only fantasy novel worth reading

[Anonymous No.19835605]

>>19835594
Basically.

[Anonymous No.19835607]

>>19834833
Sell me on Radix sir

[Anonymous No.19835613]

>>19834922
What's your problem with that?
Did you think that there weren't many trans women here?

[Anonymous No.19835620]

>>19834833
>Radix

I smell post-apocalyptic

[Anonymous No.19835626]

FINE. I will PIRATE The Darkness That Comes Before

HAPPY NOW, YOU INSUFFERABLE FUCKING FAGGOTS!?

[Anonymous No.19835642]

>>19835248
Correct

>>19835284
Such as?

[Anonymous No.19835710]

>The Darkness That Comes Before
>First chapter
>ALREADY gay boy rape

I see why you faggots love this shit so much

[Anonymous No.19835718]

>>19835710
>Read book by a degenerate homosexual coomer
>Be surprised when it's full of degenerate homosexual coomer shit

Let me spoil it for you: The entire series is about gay rape. The antagonists just want to gay rape everyone and everything. The entire focus of the series is gay rape, with explicit descriptions of men getting other mens cum on their faces after being forced to suck dick.

[Anonymous No.19835724]

>>19835718
b-b-but I saw'd him posin' with purdy girls!! Gay isn't based, it's CRINGE! CRINGE I TELL YOU

[Anonymous No.19835729]

>>19835724
There's only one "pretty" female and she's the definition of a typical fag hag.

[Anonymous No.19835833]

>>19834954
Prince of Thorns is basically this but it's gradually revealed as the story goes on.

[Anonymous No.19835844]

Do you enjoy engineering and machining? Do you enjoy autistic protagonists who can do Death Note-tier 4d chess? Then this trilogy is for you!

[Anonymous No.19835845]

>>19835844
I don't like any of those things.

[Anonymous No.19835853]

>>19834818
last good sci fi i read was gantz and Universal War and both were marred with jap memery and blatant anti-americanism respectively

[Anonymous No.19835857]

>>19834833
all small hooby boards are like that
mu, vr, lit, etc all have this problem

[Anonymous No.19835864]

just like my animes

[Anonymous No.19835934]

>>19835864
he cute

[Anonymous No.19835939]

I don't sure if I have autism but I'm pretty sure I have ADHD or something like that...
So I have no hope of getting into books like you guys? :( really wanted to start reading.

[Anonymous No.19835940]

>>19835939
ADHD is technically on topic for this thread due to being fictional. Pick up a book and read nigga, read.

[Anonymous No.19835947]

>>19835940
I have tried Children of time but after more than one month I have only been able to read 100 pages
It's hard to understand it fast like I guess you guys do

[Anonymous No.19835956]

I only really liked Berserk post Eclipse desu, I'm not really one to enjoy gratuitous edginess either
I think edginess can be good but only in order to give the story meaning and not to colour the world or give it 'realism'

[Anonymous No.19835972]

>>19835947
Your problem is you're trying to read a slav author and their entire schtick is being dry, cerebral and dull. Personally I can't stand that type of fiction.
It's hard to give recommendations to people who don't know what they like, so I'll just throw shit at the wall here.
Try Cradle, by Will Wight (First book is titled Unsouled).
The Powder Mage series by Brian Mclellan.
The Undying Mercenaries series by B.V Larson.
The Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold.
The Penric series, also by Bujold.
Jurassic Park, by Michael Chrichton (it's very different to the Spielberg movie).
Storm Front, by Jim Butcher.

These are all easy to read and cover a very broad variety of genres, styles, and tones. If you don't like the style of one of them, just drop it and try something else. Once you have a better idea of what you're interested in then it's much easier to give recommendations.

[Anonymous No.19836031]

>>19835972
THANK YOU for that variety, I'm going to check them right now. maybe it's all because I don't know what exactly I like
The only books I've read before and enjoyed were the Song of Ice and Fire, just because of the interest the show generated in me and it was still exhausting like Children of Time is. Btw I don't think Children of Time is boring.. Or I don't know.. I think I'm enjoying it too, it's just that after an hour or so I can't read anymore, my mind gets cloudy

[Anonymous No.19836045]

>>19835107
>once
Remove 3/4 the pixels in that image, add one quarter back for each reread.

[Anonymous No.19836157]

>>19836031
To add to his thing, pic related because pulp is easy to read and keeps things interesting without having to learn hundreds of names and an encyclopedia worth of lore.

[Anonymous No.19836196]

Two questions.

What's a good scifi or fantasy book if I like Klingons/orcs/barbarian/vikings?

And any fantasy books with a weird Morrowind or Planescape: Torment-like setting?

[Anonymous No.19836218]

>>19836031
if i may add to your list, i'd suggest codex alera. it's no great literature but i was actually astonished by how fast i went through the series and how easy it was to read. and obviously was engaging enough to keep me going.

[Anonymous No.19836229]

Do you think Tolkien just killed off Gandalf because he was thinking of Jesus and decided to do it?

[Anonymous No.19836232]

>>19836229
If Gandalf died for the Fellowship's sins, what sins did each of the Fellowship commit?

[Anonymous No.19836233]

>>19836229
Yes why not

[Anonymous No.19836241]

>>19836232
Gluttony mainly. And pride.

[Anonymous No.19836260]

>>19836196
Orcs: First Blood

[Anonymous No.19836265]

>>19836229
No, he was thinking of Odin. Which is why Gandalf comes back wiser and more knowing after his death, whereas Jesus is perpetually Jesus.

[Anonymous No.19836288]

>>19836232
All of them participated in flaming faggotry, just before they decide to go to Moria.

[Anonymous No.19836456]

i won't read a single bakker book until you faggots stop talking about him

[Anonymous No.19836463]

>>19836456
you're right for the wrong reasons. you shouldn't read a single book until the series is finished

[Anonymous No.19836466]

What are some sci-fi books about a crew of a space ship and the characters feel like people

[Anonymous No.19836488]

>>19834954
maybe you'd like Shadow of the Torturer

[Anonymous No.19836528]

>>19834669
Midge on a horse lol

[Anonymous No.19836582]

>>19834954
A canticle for Leibowitz

[Anonymous No.19836588]

>>19836582
that's not really implied to be somewhat post apocalyptic. it just is

[Anonymous No.19836717]

>>19836588
Well in that case, perhaps wheel of time.
Tangentially, you can try dying of the light and windhaven by grrm

[Anonymous No.19836747]

>>19836717
yes, wheel of time is a good example actually. haven't read the grrm novels you mentioned. are they self contained stories? i'm wary of grrm's ability to conclude stories, for understandable reasons.

[Anonymous No.19836864]

>>19835833
>gradually revealed
It beats you over the head with it.

[Anonymous No.19836888]

>>19835594
Tolkien was a shit writer.

[Anonymous No.19836907]

>>19835174
Not 100% sure if you're the same anon, but is started reading pic A Shadow in Summer your (or a fellow detailed review anon's) recommendation and it's been great so far. Appreciate these diverse reviews m8

[Anonymous No.19836908]

>>19835718
No, not really.

[Anonymous No.19836912]

>>19836908
name one page of one book that doesn't include gay rape or reference to gay rape

[Anonymous No.19836913]

>>19836912
99% of them.

[Anonymous No.19836925]

>>19836913
are you telling me that 1% of this series is dedicated to gay rape?

[Anonymous No.19836928]

>>19836925
No, not really.

[Anonymous No.19836933]

>>19836466

[Anonymous No.19836935]

>>19836933
>Blindsight
>Characters that feel like people

[Anonymous No.19836942]

>>19836466
Seveneves

It is NOT good, but there is a certain verisimilitude to the characters

[Anonymous No.19836948]

>>19836928
honestly your inability to respond to these obvious questions makes me think there was more gay rape in the series than i thought there was.

[Anonymous No.19836949]

>>19836948
Does it trouble you?

[Anonymous No.19836950]

>>19836935
Those augmented freaks are still more socially well-adjusted than half the people ITT, let's be honest.

[Anonymous No.19836954]

>>19836950
The majority of people ITT are absolute normies who read nothing that isn't written by big name authors.

[Anonymous No.19836963]

>>19836948
He answered all of your questions. You just didn't like the answers.

[Anonymous No.19836970]

>>19836949
the question is does it trouble you? if it didn't, why were you being so evasive?

[Anonymous No.19836972]

>>19836954
>4chan
>absolute normies

[Anonymous No.19836973]

>>19836972
Yes.

[Anonymous No.19836974]

>OMG 4chan is not mainstream, I am telling you! It's still 2007!!!

The absolute state of this general.

[Anonymous No.19836978]

>>19836950
midwit that you are, you missed the point. the point is that those augmented freaks aren't characters, they're just roles. this guy's the cybernetically enhanced linguist, this guy's the cybernetically enhanced biologist, this guy's the cybernetically enhanced whatever the fuck. their superpowers were introduced at the start of the book and they stuck to their superpowers throughout. the only people approaching character status were the main character and the vampire.
>>19836954
and i suppose you're a non-normie, here to enlighten us normies about small name authors? what are your small name author recommendations?

[Anonymous No.19836983]

>>19835947
>>19836031
Don't worry, I had trouble getting through Children of Time as well, even though I technically enjoyed it enough to want to try the sequel at some point. The author is pretty unsubtle on the whole
>WE'RE ALL JUST DUMB APPPPEEESS
point.

[Anonymous No.19837018]

>>19836978
Is your shift key broken?

[Anonymous No.19837021]

>>19836970
You didn't answer the question. So who's being evasive now?

[Anonymous No.19837063]

>>19837018
is your ability to engage in meaningful conversations broken? i think it is. that's why we have to play this game where i respond to what you say in good faith and instead of engaging with what i say, you attack my writing.

>>19837021
neither did you, really. you attempted to slime your way out of my questions three different times in a row. yes, i find graphic depictions of rape unpleasant and unsettling. i think it's very telling that you tried to obfuscate the rape scenes that were going on and then when you realized you looked ridiculous you tried to incredulously ask me if i mind, as if anal rape was a controversial issue.

[Anonymous No.19837068]

>>19837063

[Anonymous No.19837074]

>>19837068
kek

[Anonymous No.19837093]

I look at my non-pozzed library
As I chug my farm milked dairy
I sneer and laugh at sandersois
At their stack of books and toys

[Anonymous No.19837107]

>>19837063
>neither did you, really.
So you admit to avoiding my questions?

In that case, I accept your defeat, then.

[Anonymous No.19837110]

>>19837063
>Unironically thinking that any one here gives a shingle fuck about what she finds unpleasant or unsettling.

[Anonymous No.19837135]

Alright, I'll give Bakker credit, his writing is effective. Will I still give a shit two novels in? Remains to be seen.

[Anonymous No.19837144]

>>19837135
The second book is arguably the best one in the entire series. Book six and seven are as good as the second one too, but for different reasons.

[Anonymous No.19837146]

>>19837135
Second book is sublime, keep reading

[Anonymous No.19837157]

>>19834818
It's probably best to go in blind and try new books yourself. Only you can be the best judge of what is good. If it's shit, then never read it again. But if it's good, maybe you can convince others to read it and start new discussions on this board.

[Anonymous No.19837164]

>More people starting to read Bakker day by day.

[Anonymous No.19837244]

>>19836972
Looks at this thread. This isn't pre-2012 4chan.

>/b/ is just porn
>/pol/ is America-central
>/int/ is family-friendly /b/
>/s4s/ exists
>/his/ is just meme discussions
>/tv/ is waifu+Disney central
>/sp/ lost its bro-culture
>SJW/woke everywhere

At least /v/ was always shit

[Anonymous No.19837308]

>>19837244
Hard to find non-sjw and non-woke threads

[Anonymous No.19837377]

Best one-and-done fantasy novels?

[Anonymous No.19837389]

>>19837164
If you don't shut up about it I WILL stop reading it.

[Anonymous No.19837397]

>>19836031
Bro, you're reading for an hour and complain? I think that's a lot. I can't read for longer than 15 minutes before I have to get up, do something else, and to return after for another 15 minutes.
If you want to read and find something you like to read, you'll find a way to make it work.
For me, an e-reader helped. I would load it books, start one, if it didn't got me, I chose another, until one sticks. More often than not, I return to one of the former ones after I'm done with that.
I can also read, put it down, and put it up all the time when I can go on again without having to open it first. It makes stuff easier.

[Anonymous No.19837428]

>>19837389
Not my problem, shitter.

BAKKER

BAKKER

BAKKER

[Anonymous No.19837432]

>>19836907
It's not a shared tripcode, so yes, I'm the same. I'm glad that you've been enjoying it.

[Anonymous No.19837434]

>>19837063
>you attack my writing
No, it's a genuine question. We are on the literature board. It's very strange that you intentionally do not capitalize your sentences but have otherwise normal writing. What's up with that?

[Anonymous No.19837488]

>>19837428
That's it. DROPPED. You could have gained another Bakker buddy but you chose to run your mouth instead. Good job, fucko.

[Anonymous No.19837495]

>>19837063
Is this you?

Also, reddit is no better than this shit-hole, it seems.

[Anonymous No.19837496]

>His little brother called out for him. He found him, grasped him, cold fingers opposite a burning palm. And he coupled with the sinuous image writhing before him, arched in answer to the man's black-haired grunting, spilled his seed to the girl's high blonde cries.

[Anonymous No.19837499]

>>19834669
I avoided The Diamond Age because I didn't think I'd like the main character but damn I was wrong. Even if it isn't really an action novel damn did it get me. I will now read your Baroque Cycle.

I'd also like to complain somewhat about about another novel I've just finished: Necroscope, by Brian Lumley. The basic premise is Cold War fiction, but there's supernatural shit like aliens, vampires, werewolves, psychics etc. MC and antagonist are similar opposites: both talk to the dead as a main source of power, one as a medium who befriends them and one as a necromancer who disembowels the bodies to gain their knowledge. Lumley did a good job of setting the two up as classically "good" and "bad" and squaring them away for confrontation at first. However, he decided to upgrade the characters and upgraded the necromancer way too far, and had to make the MC God to compensate. Necromancer becomes a vampire and necromances another psychic, then kills a KGB boss so at the time he must be confronted he is: supernaturally strong and fast, all knowledge of the vampires, shoots psychic killing bolts on a whim, big boss in KGB so all of that shit is wrapped up in a literal Siberian fortress. The MC responds to this by digging up a theoretical physicist who teaches the MC some math that somehow allows him to access a metaphysical slipstream and teleport anywhere, also, MC just learned he can raise the dead as well as commune with them. So he raises a bunch of zombie Tatars from 1000 years ago, teleports them to Siberia to kill Russians, and *teleports behind you*s the vampire with a fucking WoW Backstab. Roll credits. It was so good until the ending, I'm fucking mad.

[Anonymous No.19837501]

>>19837496
dp?

[Anonymous No.19837505]

>>19837496
That scene was very disturbing.

[Anonymous No.19837521]

>>19837488
Didn't ask.

[Anonymous No.19837533]

>>19837521
Lmfao, thats him and me you've guaranteed will never read this author.
I think bakker needs more fans like you so he can fall off the face of the earth already =)

[Anonymous No.19837540]

>>19837533
Not my problem.

[Anonymous No.19837565]

>>19837533
Many such cases.

[Anonymous No.19837587]

>>19837533
>hey let me skip on objectively great fantasy series because some random stranger on the internet is obnoxious about it
What sort of self-cuckoldry is this?

[Anonymous No.19837614]

>>19837587
Does it not feature gay sex and gay characters? I frankly do not understand why it is being shilled so much given that on average most people are straight.

[Anonymous No.19837617]

>>19837587
>objectively great fantasy series
No, bakker writes gay sex.

[Anonymous No.19837622]

>>19837614
Hard gay rape is the most hetero genre. Get filtered, poofters.

[Anonymous No.19837631]

>>19837614
You have to be a cuck if you're afraid of gay sex in a book.
>>19837617
There's nothing wrong with being gay.

[Anonymous No.19837635]

>>19837587
>objectively great fantasy series
I think I'm gonna have to give this a try soon.

[Anonymous No.19837640]

>>19837635
It's great. Pic related, esme's behind.

[Anonymous No.19837651]

>>19837631
>There's nothing wrong with being gay.
Jumped the shark honestly. Trolling is a subtle artform.

[Anonymous No.19837655]

Anybody have suggestions for a writer in the same vein as Weir?
The Martian - Loved it.
Artemis - Not bad.
Project Hail Mary - Loved it.

Super nerdy, explains the math
Real science mixed with fiction science
Sarcasm
Elevated and decelerated throughs of intensity
Along-for-the-ride feel, Keeping story in the moment, not getting too wrapped up in uber epic larger than life superarchs.

Open to any suggestions.

[Anonymous No.19837659]

>>19837651
Only beta cucks care about other men's sexual orientation.

[Anonymous No.19837661]

>>19837659
Sure, that's why he wrote and you read an entire book about it LMFAO

[Anonymous No.19837668]

>>19837655
He doesn't tick some of the boxes, but have you read Greg Egan?

[Anonymous No.19837674]

>>19837661
A swing and a miss.

Try again, for real this time.

[Anonymous No.19837685]

>>19837668
No, what's your favorite of his work?

The internet recommends "Diaspora"

[Anonymous No.19837687]

>>19837674
So we agree that Bakker isn't to be read then. THANK YOU for fucking agreeing with me, jeez. Like pulling teeth with you gaybos.

[Anonymous No.19837700]

>>19837659
I'm not other anon, but caring about whether or not a character is gay is pretty pathetic, but at the same I do not want to read a gay sex scene any more than I want to read any other purely uninteresting scene.

It detracts from the flow of the story. Like a commercial in the middle of your favorite movie. Bad writing element.

[Anonymous No.19837701]

>>19837640
Esme is a washed up whore nobody wants. That's Mimara's ass.

[Anonymous No.19837702]

>>19837687
I accept your concession.

[Anonymous No.19837704]

>>19837685
Yeah I've only read Diaspora and Permutation City. I liked Diaspora a lot.

[Anonymous No.19837709]

>>19837704
Okay I will check it out. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.19837717]

>>19837702
It's too late, anon. It was always too late. I accepted your concession the moment your slovenly Polish father emptied his atrophied sack into your cone-titted crone of a mother. Your whole life is just one big concession to some retard on the the internet. Sorry, not sorry, BUD.

[Anonymous No.19837738]

>>19837702
I guess you really upset him.

[Anonymous No.19837739]

>>19837700
>caring about whether or not a character is gay is pretty pathetic,
I don't care about characters, I read countless books and not once I cared about a fictional character, however I do not want to read about anything
related homosexuality, it is disgusting.

[Anonymous No.19837751]

I tend to ADD between deciding on like 3 books and I fucking hate it. I don’t know what to do

[Anonymous No.19837759]

>>19837751
analysis paralysis rules my life and i end up shitposting it away

[Anonymous No.19837760]

Is Conan based or is it just glorified simpcore?

First impression upon Conan you see a hard man ready to break necks and to rule supreme, he would rape and pillage for the sake of being hard, but its all crumbles down the moment you keep reading the stories of this barbarian simp. many of his story you see him severing heads and breaking ass but not for the sake of being hard but to save a w*man.... yes a w*man! wtf? I think he is not hard at all, its just a farce to get some p*ssy!

[Anonymous No.19837773]

>>19837760
Conan EXPOSED as a simp

Anyone who reads Conan needs to stop immediately and repent by reading Bakker

[Anonymous No.19837786]

>>19837773
Conan BTFO by Whale mothers.

[Anonymous No.19837789]

>>19837397
>For me, an e-reader helped. I would load it books, start one, if it didn't got me, I chose another, until one sticks. More often than not, I return to one of the former ones after I'm done with that.

Personally I find this to be horrible advice for someone struggling to read. I went through a period where I read everything on Kindle, but it had gotten to the point where I had loaded it with so many books that I would constantly start one book, then shortly drop it because I was sure one of the other many books I had would be a better choice, and eventually I just stopped reading altogether.

[Anonymous No.19837793]

>>19837760
Is there a Conan canon? Because I just wrote a story where he pooped his pants, not a good look. Try Bakker for some real heroes.

[Anonymous No.19837806]

>>19837793
>Because I just wrote a story where he pooped his pants
Not surprised at all, a simp like Conan would shit himself in Eärwa, yeah he can flex his muscles in hyboria but he would get anally raped in Eärwa the moment he starts flexing his big bronze muscles.

[Anonymous No.19837844]

>>19837759
My thing is that I start something and 20 pages in I tell myself that other one I was planning on starting might be a bit better

[Anonymous No.19837851]

>>19837789
>would be a better choice
That's a personal problem. Try not to allow yourself to be overwhelmed by maximalism, fomo, and choice paralysis. Know when enough is sufficient.

[Anonymous No.19837853]

>>19837844
Same, its only the first 20-40 pages that I think its pozzed and might be sjw but when I keep reading I realize its non-pozzed and actually based.

[Anonymous No.19837861]

>>19837853
What terrible brain problems you have!

[Anonymous No.19837869]

>>19837861
>terrible
Its not a big deal, just happens when trying new things

[Anonymous No.19837872]

>>19837851
Thanks you’re right

[Anonymous No.19837877]

Sometimes I think what i'm reading is based and I enjoy it and finish it but then I analyze what I just read and I think it might be pozzed and unbased, then I have this guilt that forces me to tear the pages and throw the book in the trash (or use it as toilet paper if I really hated it) or delete the book if it was on my kobo.

[Anonymous No.19837899]

>>19837877
>Kobo
Pozzed.

[Anonymous No.19837905]

>>19837738
He’s aggravated because he can’t handle defeat.

Many such cases.

[Anonymous No.19837918]

Are we being raided by ameribakkers again?

[Anonymous No.19837919]

>>19835710
well it's dark fantasy. so you already should have expected some fucked up sexual violence. i guess this is what happens when you read ya all your life.

[Anonymous No.19837920]

>>19837899
I know.. they are Canadian and Canada is pozzed, its supposed to be in the trash by now but I want to get my money's worth before destroying it with a sledge hammer and throwing it in its rightful place.

[Anonymous No.19837946]

>>19837700
There are no gay scenes in the second apocalypse.

[Anonymous No.19837953]

>>19837918
bakkerfags are an itch. the more you scratch it the worse they will get.

[Anonymous No.19837978]

>>19837953
just like hard gays, the harder they get it the harder they want it

[Anonymous No.19837985]

>>19836218
THANKS good thing those books seem to be that popular and the first 3 are translated in my language while the last three were translated by a community, wow.. and the author is the same as Storm Front like previously some nice anon >>19835972 recommended me, because I'm starting to get interested in that book.
>>19837397
In my best moments it can reach more than an hour, yes.. but I always progress quite slowly. Last night I tried Children of Time again and I ended up so exhausted that I ended up sleeping lul.. almost two chapters took me more than an hour. I think it's like 7-10 pages, even when I got to a part that really interested me (that chapter 3 where the colonists don't want to go to that moon and they kidnap Holsten lol) Sometimes I just don't understand anything and I have to repeat most of the paragraphs :( mainly because suddenly I don't pay much attention to reading,,, then later the same energies/attention/interest that I lose in wanting to read is fucked up. Same thing happened to me with A Song of Ice and Fire back then (I only read the last 4 books btw).
That's why I got to the point of thinking that I have something wrong that prevents me from reading like everyone else does, don't know

[Anonymous No.19837991]

Give me books with Hard GAY in it.

[Anonymous No.19838003]

>>19837844
>and 20 pages in
If I get 20 pages into a book and I am still aware of the outside world enough to think of another book? then I'm never finishing that book.

[Anonymous No.19838004]

>>19837985
I think it’s really a skill that needs to be developed I’ve found. I’ve only read maybe 10 books and I have a really hard time focusing

[Anonymous No.19838007]

>>19837991
The hardest it can get

[Anonymous No.19838011]

>reading books is hard
Read The Castle of Endless Woe. It's
>~56 pages
>about a loli stuck in a scary castle

[Anonymous No.19838022]

>>19837655
Blake Crouch

[Anonymous No.19838039]

Been a while since I've checked out /sffg/. Has Gene Wolfe been bested yet?

[Anonymous No.19838056]

>>19838039
According to this poll, yes.

[Anonymous No.19838102]

>>19838039
Yes, because Bakker Rules Supreme

[Anonymous No.19838111]

>>19838039
Wolfe is dead, anon.

[Anonymous No.19838116]

>>19838111
So is Bakker.

[Anonymous No.19838129]

>>19838116
Bakker is eternal, Wolfe decays.

[Anonymous No.19838150]

I hate this general.

[Anonymous No.19838185]

>>19838150
Not my problem.

[Anonymous No.19838193]

>>19838004
>I think it’s really a skill that needs to be developed
Hope so, I am hopeful about that. that's why I still try to get into reading, even if it takes me a long time
>I’ve only read maybe 10 books and I have a really hard time focusing
oh..

[Anonymous No.19838368]

>>19838129
Wolfe got a proper burial and sits at the right hand of the Lord. Bakker's little atheist "hard-gay" corpse probably got rolled into a ditch to become wormfood.

[Anonymous No.19838386]

>>19838368
Wolfe will slave away at the right testicle of Lord while Bakker reigns supreme eternally in /sffg/

[Anonymous No.19838723]

>>19837789
It probably differs from person to person. It helped me to stick to reading, because it felt like it was okay to put the book aside, read something different, and find something I personally enjoy. If I would have bought the book and didn't like it, I'd either read it anyway and come to resent reading ,or put it aside and refrain from buying another one.
Like I wrote, I was struggling to read and still do at times, but for me, it helped. I think if you have any kind of condition that hampers your concentration or attention, you have to find the tricks that help you specifically. For me, it was making reading as acccessible and easy as possible.

[Anonymous No.19838745]

>>19838193
Don't give up, anon. Find something that oyu enjoy, don't fret if it takes time to get through it. See if there's things to do to help you concentrate. Experiment with places to read, positions, try reading while drinking a mug of tea and taking a break when the mug is empty. See if a specific kind of light helps you, air the room beforehand, etc. For a time, I unironically wore welding glasses and ear plugs while sitting in a corner with the back towards the room to read without getting distracted. But don't force it. Maybe reading short stories at first gives you a sense of accomplishment that gives you some momentum.

[Anonymous No.19838809]

Get absolutely fucking dabbed on George, you shitty ingrate of a twin brother. Even Wolfe's simplest books are better than 98% of /sffg/

[Anonymous No.19838833]

>>19838809
>introduction by tim powers
Extremely based writer.

[Anonymous No.19838961]

Non-Adulterated KINO

[Anonymous No.19838979]

>>19837434
not him, but i intentionally don't capitalize my writing because of my autistic belief that it looks more informal and conversational. doesn't really matter to me which board i'm on, as long as it's A board. i only capitalize sentences for work or otherwise official correspondence. idk why i do it or whom i got it from. just feels too formal to capitalize shit on the internet, especially on 4chan.

[Anonymous No.19838999]

>>19838979

You're retarded.

[Anonymous No.19839011]

>>19838999
well, maybe. you're not so great yourself either.

[Anonymous No.19839061]

>>19838809
Who is George, who is he a twin brother of and are you actually recommending this book or not? The cover gives me A Night in the Lonesome October vibes, which is a comfy little book I have a soft spot for.

[Anonymous No.19839065]

>>19838961
Based.

[Anonymous No.19839066]

>>19838999
That's literally what he's telling you step by step.
that you cannot grasp that makes you the bigger retard.

[Anonymous No.19839107]

>>19838979
>i intentionally don't capitalize my writing because of my autistic belief that it looks more informal and conversational.
No, it just makes you look dumb.

[Anonymous No.19839127]

>>19839107
i will concede that i've noticed that whenever i write a post that's approaching paragraph length, let alone multiple paragraphs, it does look retarded and comical so i usually rewrite it in those cases. but my belief that it makes shorter posts look more casual and conversational is unshakable.

[Anonymous No.19839187]

Why is there no christian power fantasy equivalent to xianxia anymore?

[Anonymous No.19839197]

why is fantasy and scifi so centered around violence and conflict? please recommend me some good books that don't fall for this. i'll start:

Hospital station

[Anonymous No.19839222]

>>19839187
Read the bible if you want that.
Seeing as god doesn't like gay, rape or suffering a witch to live, you can't have any of the Xianxia themes and keep it 100% christian. Incest is okay though.

[Anonymous No.19839229]

>>19839107
>No, it just makes you look dumb.
"Who is the greater fool? The man who admits himself a fool, or the man who argues with him?"

[Anonymous No.19839230]

>>19839197
Because why else bother? The good thing about fantasy is characters can go around murdering orcs. They don't let you do that in real life, so you can only do it vicariously through fantasy.

[Anonymous No.19839235]

>>19839197
So you want a slice of life book?
The character is just going about their day?

[Anonymous No.19839256]

>>19839061

It's a story about a felon who has just been released from prison for fraud, and he moves to Medicine Hat Alberta. He starts to squat in an old, dilapidated manor in the hopes of gaining employment and a place to live when the owner comes to check up on the house- but through an interesting set of coincidences, he finds that the house's deed is already in his name. The entire book is written as a series of letters from the Felon to his twin brother, his brother's wife, and his former cell-mate. It contains talking foxes, werewolves, dwarves, a serial killer, or maybe it contains none of that and the ol' felon Baxter is making it all up and gaslighting his brother. Solid book worth reading, it's a lot easier to get into than most of Wolfe's stuff.

[Anonymous No.19839280]

>>19839235
I, for once, would love reading a slice of life fantasy book. Sounds like a nice diversion from the usual fantasy action and drama.

[Anonymous No.19839296]

>>19839235
Slice of life hard science fiction?!

[Anonymous No.19839305]

>>19839280
Based. Shame it's mostly LNs that fill this niche, because there's some real comfy potential in these.
I'd recommend Spice and Wolf as a nice, low conflict fantasy story. It's a LN about a trader whomeets an old goddess, and they go around trading and explaining economics to each other.

[Anonymous No.19839309]

>>19839296
Planetes?

[Anonymous No.19839310]

>>19839296
>hard science fiction
You fuckers have ruined the scifi genre with your hard "it must be real peer-reviewed science" shit.
I can't enjoy scifi anymore because of you faggets.

FUCK YOU

[Anonymous No.19839317]

>>19839197
>The series derives its name from the setting of the majority of the books, the Sector 12 General Hospital, a huge hospital space station located in deep space, designed to treat a wide variety of life forms with a wide range of ailments and life-support requirements, and to house an equally diverse staff. The Hospital was founded to promote peace after humanity's first interstellar war, and in the fourth book the authorities conclude that its emergency services are the most effective way to make peaceful contact with new species.

>In order to treat patients of other species, doctors must download into their brains "Educator tapes" containing the necessary medical knowledge, and these tapes also transmit the personalities of their donors. As a result, doctors have to struggle with the tastes imported from their donors, ranging from a dislike of their own species' normal food to sexual attraction for members of the donor's species. Other running gags include the acerbic tongue of the Chief Psychologist and one very senior non-human doctor's love of gossip, especially about the sexual behavior of other species.

For some reason this strikes me as horribly boring to read about but comfy and watchable as a television series.

[Anonymous No.19839334]

>>19839235
>>19839296
The Sun Of China by Cixin Liu might interest you.

[Anonymous No.19839340]

>>19839305
I've actually read three volumes of Spice and Wolf years ago, but there still was lots of drama for my taste in there and it got a bit repetitive. I appreciate the rec, though. Any others?

[Anonymous No.19839347]

>>19839309
i tried to watch the anime long ago but dijdn't make it past the third episode, it was ok but it didn't engage me at all

>>19839317
i admit it's not the most exciting book of all time but it's not boring at all either. it's quite fun and very comfy, and also a quick read. i often recommend it. i don't know if it could work as a tv show because of how fake the different aliens and everything would look, and also irc there is no stupid love story

[Anonymous No.19839350]

>>19839310
>I can't enjoy scifi anymore because of you faggets.
You mean fantasy.
I want a vision of a tomorrow that may be, or at least one close to it.
Star Trek? Fuck you, simultaneity across interstellar distances, ftl phonecalls to admiralty back on terra while you're at the neutral zone, an entire galaxy of bipedals.
That's fanatasy, that story could be told on one planet or one star system where it could make sense.
Fuck YOU faggots for filling MY science genre with a whole bunch of bullshit, for making me have to relearn everything just to properly visual space beyond sol.

[Anonymous No.19839355]

>>19839309
fits the bill perfect, already have it and love it.
Actually the last few epsiodes going on to a terrorist plot and MC being a hero was a bit of a stretch for this particular itch

[Anonymous No.19839362]

>>19839340
>I've actually read three volumes of Spice and Wolf
Well I didn't, was recommending it based on general talk around this and otehr threads. Good to know abou the drama, I'll probably still give it a try
> Any others?
Unfortunately not. I'm not a big slice of life guy, even though I appreciate its comfyness
>>19839347
> i tried to watch the anime long ago
From what I've heard the anime is sub-par compared to the manga, but I can't vouch for either.

[Anonymous No.19839372]

>>19839362
>>19839347
The problem with the Planetes anime is that it starts off real rough with a lot of overly slapsticky moments, but several episodes in it gets more inline with the manga.

[Anonymous No.19839377]

>>19839347
You're recommending just the first book or the whole series?

[Anonymous No.19839417]

Only the mentally ill enjoy slice of life bullshit, anime or otherwise.

[Anonymous No.19839418]

>>19839334
Nah, the overtones of being a propaganda piece are a huge turn off.
Al;so that's not slicve of life, thats the stereotypical protagonist story: peasant boy becomes big hero and saves the day.

[Anonymous No.19839449]

>>19839417
You want to consume extraordinary media to escape from your ordinary life
I want to consume Slice of life media to have a reprieve from my estraordinary life
Cope

[Anonymous No.19839456]

>>19839377
the first book. but i will check out the rest of the series now that i know it exists

i treally is uncommon books with little violence and conflict, the only other thing that comes to mind is The Dispossesed. we should make a chart about this

[Anonymous No.19839460]

>>19839449
Ignore the shitposter.

[Anonymous No.19839485]

>>19839449
Nuh uh, ackshually your life is so boring and meaningless that either the bar for extraordinary for you has been set extraordinarily low or you're so stunted and boring you can't accept that anything interesting might ever happen. The same kind of stunted that makes "people" (read: austists) think that hard science fiction ever appealed to anybody with a functioning mind.

[Anonymous No.19839544]

>>19839222
Christians used to write about shit like going down to hell and chilling with the devil now they have jews write hallmark christmas movies for them

[Anonymous No.19839553]

>>19839197
Lathe of Heaven wasn't violent as I recall

[Anonymous No.19839566]

>>>Kelhaus just fucking DROPS the wounded trapper in the snow and runs for it, leaving him to die slowly or for the Sranc

Great protagonist

[Anonymous No.19839572]

https://www.tor.com/2020/03/20/books-in-which-no-bad-things-happen/
https://www.tor.com/2021/10/07/mark-as-read-personal-stakes-sff/
https://www.tor.com/2019/08/26/sff-works-in-which-violence-is-not-the-solution/
https://www.tor.com/tag/comfort-reads/

[Anonymous No.19839582]

>>19839566
Total bruh moment no cap frfr

[Anonymous No.19839590]

>>19839572
Don't click on these links. They'll create mustard gas and turn you gay.

[Anonymous No.19839596]

>>19839582
I don't speak retard zoomer, what did this idiot just say?

[Anonymous No.19839599]

>>19839596
It's like a mating call, a way to signal to other newfags.

[Anonymous No.19839638]

>>19839572

[Anonymous No.19839657]

>>19839572
interesting that the first two articles are written by women and are extremely meandering, useless and unreadable.
the third article is written by a man and is also meandering and unreadable but damn if it isn't well organized and presented. i could at least tell what his recs were.

[Anonymous No.19839722]

>>19839596
I honestly don't know 0-o

[Anonymous No.19839754]

>>19837377
The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson

[Anonymous No.19839759]

>>19839596
>I don't speak retard zoomer, what did this idiot just say?

>Total bruh moment no cap frfr
I think it said "That was a great moment that captured my heart, and emotionally attached me to this piece of literature, I will not lie to you, that's true, that's true".

[Anonymous No.19839789]

>>19839759
Huh. He could've just said that instead of sounding like an insufferable fucking faggot.

[Anonymous No.19839810]

Someone explain to me why people think Brandon Sanderson is a good writer. I've tried to read several of his books and they are simultaneously dry and mucky (that's an Elantris joke) like eating a peanut butter sandwich. I can only get so far into the books before I put them die or else I'll die of boredom. Yet he's constantly heralded as a good writer.

[Anonymous No.19839820]

>>19839810
Memes

[Anonymous No.19839894]

Any decent recs for series similar to Red Rising, but not targeted towards children and adolescents?

[Anonymous No.19839949]

>>19839810
Mistborn Era 1 is about as good as he gets and I say that as someone who's read all his (cosmere) work.

[Anonymous No.19839951]

>>19839759
I think you may be close but
>no cap
If I am interpreting this correctly (based on your analysis) it is actually :no capture
So would it not be
>"That moment failed to capture my heart, and emotionally attach me to this piece of literature, I will not lie to you, that's true, that's true".

[Anonymous No.19839979]

>>19839951
If you want me to translate into zyzz 4chan speak.

>Total bruh moment no cap frfr
"That was a bro moment, no lie, for real for real".

No cap means no lie.

[Anonymous No.19839997]

Why not just speak English? Why make it more difficult with faggot buzzwords and abbreviations?

[Anonymous No.19840000]

>>19839979
>No cap means no lie.
Child I have been playing ciodya since before you were born.
Cap is a hat, Cap is a captain, Cap is a capture or Cap is a bullet.
But Cap has nothing the fuck to do with lie, both are three letter words sharing no fucking letters.

[Anonymous No.19840003]

>>19839997
Niggers don't know any better. Literally.

[Anonymous No.19840006]

>>19840000
>ciodya
wtf did my fingers do there?
Vidya.

[Anonymous No.19840008]

>>19839949
>Mistborn Era 1 is about as good as he gets
More like Mistborn volume 1. You can see that Sanderson planned to make it an unique volume it the sequels deal didn't pan out.

[Anonymous No.19840023]

Memes aside, does Bakker's work really have a lot of gay sex? If it's a scene or two, that's fine. But if his works center around a homo who does it every other chapter, I think I'll pass.

[Anonymous No.19840024]

>>19840000
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-cap

I don't know what vidya gaems has to do with zyzz and bro speak

[Anonymous No.19840029]

>>19840008
While you're not wrong, the rest of the trilogy was quality considering his original plan not panning out. HoA in particular was very good, even eclipsing the first entry in certain moments.

[Anonymous No.19840050]

Anything not set in metal cannot be trusted

[Anonymous No.19840052]

>>19840023
even worse his book centers around a literal cuck

[Anonymous No.19840067]

>>19840052
You're shitting me. Why tf is this general obsessed with it? Trying to be le funny?

[Anonymous No.19840105]

Did JRR Tolkien want me to read The History of Middle Earth?

[Anonymous No.19840107]

>>19840105
No

[Anonymous No.19840111]

>>19840067
because some faggot who wants to suck bakkers cock can't let 15 fucking posts go by without pushing this tired closet homosexual hack on us.

[Anonymous No.19840158]

>>19840105
Tolkien never even thought of you, scrub

[Anonymous No.19840176]

>>19840158
Yes he did
>>19840107
Alright, thank you

[Anonymous No.19840193]

>>19840029
>HoA in particular was very good, even eclipsing the first entry in certain moments.
I know, it's just that volume 2 dropped my overall excitement for the final volume.

[Anonymous No.19840254]

Books about technological progress stagnating or going backwards?

[Anonymous No.19840255]

I really hate Raymond E Feist's novels, should I read Wheel of Time?

[Anonymous No.19840263]

>>19839127
On a side note, can you answer pic related for me?

[Anonymous No.19840273]

>>19840263
Oh no, I read it and was confused and then read the question and thought she'd look into the box and then realised it's wrong because she had no information that the balls were moved
Tfw autist with no theory of mind

[Anonymous No.19840279]

>>19840254
Warhammer 40,000 shit

[Anonymous No.19840287]

>>19840254
Dune

[Anonymous No.19840307]

>>19836747
yes, they are self-contained stories. The setting is thus:
humans have colonies on multiple planets-> war with other species-> advanced knowledge lost
the stories are set in the period after that

[Anonymous No.19840309]

>>19840307
Sounds interesting.

[Anonymous No.19840318]

New thread
>>19840315

[Anonymous No.19840337]

>>19840318
Not even five minutes and the new thread is about to be derailed.

[Anonymous No.19840340]

>>19840337
Faggots like this >>19840067 just wants to see the general die.

[Anonymous No.19840444]

>>19840067
Zoomer population is predominantly homosexual or gay/trans accepting.

[Anonymous No.19840789]

>>19834833
>red bok!
Meh. I bet there's no e-copy floating around.
>all four can be found on the usual suspects
Huh. So they can. So. I'm skipping the "Foreword to the Second Edition."
Otherwise ... for the first book at least ... challenge accepted

[Anonymous No.19840811]

>>19839810
>Yet he's constantly heralded as a good writer.

Yes, as in he is good at writing, not that his writing is good.

[Anonymous No.19840836]

>>19840789
Oh boy. Comes with a map. Lessee...
"Messebôth Protectorate." Huh. Wonder what they're being protected from. Oh, and some coastal cities ... various names ... "CNN?"
Oh ... kay ... then. 'ERE WE GO!