/sffg/ Sci-Fi & Fantasy General

[Anonymous No.22095341]

Rocket Edition

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[Anonymous No.22095375]

Dunsany is king

[Anonymous No.22095388]

my cunt is dry

[Anonymous No.22095392]

>>22095388
my cock is wet

[Anonymous No.22095398]

litrpg

[Anonymous No.22095399]

/SFFG/ Recommendations:

Read Reverend Insanity, Lord of The Mysteries, Neuromancer, Hyperion, The Prince of Nothing

Also read The Wandering Inn, Between Two Fires, Mother of Learning, Cradle, I Shall Seal the Heavens, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Poppy

[Anonymous No.22095407]

/SFFG/ Recommendations: LITRPG Edition

Read Azarinth Healer, Primal Hunter, He Who Fight with Monsters, Dungeon Crawler Carl

Also read System Universe, Dissonance, Defiance of the Fall, Iron Prince.

[Anonymous No.22095459]

>>22095341
is this ai generated

[Anonymous No.22095598]

Not much of a sci fi guy but I recently read the 3 Body trilogy and Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu...other hard Sci fi authors like him I should check out?

[Anonymous No.22095607]

>>22095598
Greg Egan

[Anonymous No.22095659]

>>22095341
Good pic. Give me a books that takes place almost entirely on a space station.

[Anonymous No.22095706]

Heinlein was based.

[Anonymous No.22095763]

>>22095706
yes

[Anonymous No.22095852]

>>22095399
>>22095407
bait
all shit

[Anonymous No.22095864]

>>22095459
maybeh

[Anonymous No.22095868]

How long until the fighting breaks out again?

[Anonymous No.22095920]

Man I absolutely love Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series but EVERYONE on Reddit and just about every other platform fucking despise him

Every single online discussion of this series devolves into why he's a hack or why he's a shit guy with a bad personality.

Does everyone here hate his work too? I am working on my second read through of the books and am enjoying them even more this time around.

How can such a wildly successful fantasy series that sold so many millions of copies just be universally hated?

I don't get it, the man writes fight scenes and evil characters so well, his world is fully fleshed out and the way he describes environments, nature, castles, cities are some of the most immersive I've ever read.

Too much rape and violence? Do people just want near misses and sword fights where no is harmed and every woman is a girlboss?

[Anonymous No.22095947]

>>22095868
idk, /sffg/ fag and RIfag never never respond to provocations

it will probably be another case of reviewfag posting a review, the same schizo saying reviews are shit, someone will reply and he will have a meltie the exact same way as happened in the last 10 threads.

[Anonymous No.22095949]

>>22095920
He is, may RGB forgive me, a libertarian.

[Anonymous No.22095952]

>>22095920
It's good. Fuck the haters.

[Anonymous No.22095957]

>>22095947
>idk, /sffg/ fag and RIfag never never respond to provocations

not never, i saw some replys coming from them in the past but is pretty rare if u compare to the way reviewsareshit fag behave, i guess the schizo cant ignore his nature

[Anonymous No.22096020]

>>22095407
Make /litrpg/

[Anonymous No.22096042]

>>22095407
Only three on that list are remotely readable and (you) will undoubtedly pick the wrong three.

[Anonymous No.22096069]

>>22096020
It's been tried many times in the past and fares no better than /bakker/.

[Anonymous No.22096072]

>>22095341
ooooh myyyy.....

[Anonymous No.22096116]

is he proof some people should stick to being critics?

[Anonymous No.22096139]

>>22096116
best-selling author of lawful times

[Anonymous No.22096156]

>>22095407
Can someone explain litrpg to me? I've only heard the term recently.

[Anonymous No.22096160]

>>22096139
what does that mean?

[Anonymous No.22096172]

>>22096156
it's a book where instead of showing Aragorn was an experienced ranger by showing stuff like his knowledge of herbalism and the outdoors, the prose instead says he's a Level 13 Dunedain Ranger with a Longsword +4

[Anonymous No.22096175]

>>22096172
In what system?

[Anonymous No.22096188]

>>22096172
So it reads like someone's fanfic for their dnd character?

[Anonymous No.22096189]

>>22096188
no, it reads like this:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14059917/1/Harry-Potter-and-the-GUI

[Anonymous No.22096191]

>>22096189
Ahh ok thanks. Don't think it's for me

[Anonymous No.22096206]

>>22095920
I liked it a lot too but dropped it after the shitpost book.
>in the middle of a major climactic war arc built up to for half a dozen books
>an entire book about three random peasants in bumfuck whose only connection to the MC or the plot is that they heard about him once in a storyy and now hate him for some reason
>they spend the entire book wandering around accomplishing nothing planning to kill him somehow despite being obvious retards
>finally, in the LAST CHAPTER they stumble on him by chance as he's engaged in a battle with a much more interesting group of people
>they jump out from ambush and he decapitates them in one sentence
>the last paragraph of the book swaps back to his perspective and he turns to the camra and says "Woah, who the fuck were those guys? Oh well it's probably not important"
Like it's hilarious in retrospect, on par with the MC getting cucked by himself in a disguise, but having to ACTUALLY READ IT wasn't nearly as entertaining.

Still a great series with UNBEATABLE MEME POTENTIAL matching and exceeding Bakker a dozen times over while being, generally, more entertaining.
I mean is there any other series that could pull off a twist on the level of Frodo putting on the one ring in Mt Doom, revealing that actually he was Sauron the entire time and that really Gandalf was the evil one, and then having ten more books about leading the armies of Mordor to invade the western lands and liberate the elves from Eru's communist dictatorship? And also all the orcs are hot blondes in leather fetish gear who are genetically in love with him.

[Anonymous No.22096269]

>>22095375
so true
no other fantasy writer has even come close

[Anonymous No.22096292]

Gu Zhen Ren is boss

[Anonymous No.22096332]

>>22095957
Meanwhile this is /sffg/ recommendations fag and this underage ESL buffoon is easy to get a response out of.

[None !SFFG.n1h7M No.22096462]

>>22095341
Generation Ship - Michael Mammay (2023)

Generation Ship is among the best political drama SF I've ever read. Mammay has also excelled in providing a depiction of the crew members daily lives, how and why their government functions, and the technology required to maintain their society. I believe the limitations inherent to the setting provide for some rather intriguing dynamics.

The Voyager is a first-of-its-kind colony ship with 18,000 people, a number that is strictly adhered to, that is only months away from completing its 250 year journey to Promissa, a planet in Zeta Tucanae, thought to be habitable with 97% confidence. The expectation that everything is soon to change disrupts the routines that have lasted for centuries and many start to question the value of the traditions and laws that have brought them this far. Each chapter opens with how many days remain. It's at least somewhat allegorical about the contemporary United States.

There are five viewpoint characters and each provides a distinct societal perspective. I don't know if they were literally meant to represent these concepts, but I saw them as Science, Outsider, Populism, Enforcement, and Authority. This allowed for a nuanced and panoramic view of how these forces interact and present their side of the story to each other. This is a character drama and each one felt appropriately written. I enjoyed them all.

In other terms of representation there's a lesbian, a gay guy, two nonbinary characters, and an aromantic woman. There's various context clues that at least a few characters are neurodivergent. None of that is a focus, though doesn't it feel like a checklist either. It's simply who they are and it's only relevant when the situation involved something related to it, which isn't often. There may have been more, but that's what I noticed. All of is this is presented as a normal way of being.

The lead up to the ending and the ending itself were the only parts I didn't like as much as it introduced an idea that I'm as biased against as I'm biased for generation ships. I've never liked it in any media that I've come across and this wasn't an exception. It's not so much that it detracts from my enjoyment as it that I have a preference against its inclusion because it bothers me on both a practical and metaphorical level. That and other late introduced ideas that I felt were out of place did lessen my enthusiasm, but the momentum leading up to it and that this is a book much more about the journey than the destination, let me put aside my misgivings.

Although Ursula K. Le Guin's Paradises Lost, a superb novella, focuses on religion while this doesn't at all, I was often reminded of it while reading this, especially about its ecological concerns. I'll definitely be reading Mammay's prior works, as though they are different from this, it's also the sort that I'm able to enjoy.

I received this DRC from Harper Voyager through NetGalley.

Rating: 4.5/5

[Anonymous No.22096474]

>>22096462
>In other terms of representation there's a lesbian, a gay guy, two nonbinary characters, and an aromantic woman

>Colony mission
>Send a bunch of people who wont breed

[Anonymous No.22096521]

>>22096206
>And also all the orcs are hot blondes in leather fetish gear who are genetically in love with him.
fine, I will now read Terry Goodkind.

[Anonymous No.22096532]

>>22096474
>current year generation ship story by some mainstream bestselling blah blah judging by the pattern of what yev reads
>anywhere near realistic
laugh out loud

[Anonymous No.22096536]

>>22096474
It's 250 years into the journey. None of the original crew members are still alive. The crew members' lifespans are forcibly limited to 75 years.

[Anonymous No.22096539]

Anything for cosmic horror?

[Anonymous No.22096570]

>>22096532
>current year
I have been getting a lot of books several months before they release from NetGalley, that's true.

> mainstream, bestselling
Neither really. Though the former is subjective/relative and the latter is often laughable in how its used.

>realistic
Euphemism.

[Anonymous No.22096574]

>>22096536
>Limited to 75 years
Do they just keel over or do the do Logan's Run ?

[Anonymous No.22096581]

>>22096574
Recycler. No resources can be wasted.

[Anonymous No.22096582]

I finished Kings of the Wyld. It was really good mostly because of the characters I think. The sequel features different characters so I'm a little apprehensive about it but I'll read it next. Maybe start MST after that.

[Anonymous No.22096595]

>>22095706
why did he like incest so much?

[Anonymous No.22096612]

>>22096595
the nose

[Anonymous No.22096640]

>>22096462
your """reviews""" are SHIT
fuck off

[Anonymous No.22096714]

>>22095341
Upon further reflection and having slept on it, I've decided that due to recent events in the thread the most fun option would be to split this into two months. June is now Progression month and July returns to Self-Publishing month, which won't have any progression works or similar relatively recent style developments.

The very tentative four books for Progression month, June, for the Goodreads group will be:

LitRPG Novel: Dungeon Crawler Carl
LitRPG Webnovel/Serial: Worth The Candle
Xianxia-inspired Novel: Forge of Destiny
Xianxia-inspired Webnovel/Serial: Virtuous Sons

If you'd rather it be different, let me know. You don't have to explain why. You have roughly 30 hours to do so because I'm not going to set anything until a while after I wake up tomorrow. I don't know that there's a suitable western Xianxia inspired novel that's liked enough and hasn't been used. Yes, I know that DCC was serialized and maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the books are more popular now, but I wouldn't know. Series like Cradle that were never serialized seem uncommon. Maybe just calling it episodic versus story arcs would be better.

Beware of Chicken seems too polarizing to use based on discussion and ratings.

Bastion isn't that well-rated, as is the case for a lot.

LitRPG seems to have a higher rating in general. Many Xianxia adjacent only have a one or two pulling for it here that I've seen. There are several I'd rather not put in general.

There are too many who seem to simply rate everything highly which complicates matter and a couple that rate most of lowly though still mostly read it overall.

For July, Self-Publishing, tentative choices:
Fantasy Novel: The Dragon's Banker
Science Fiction Novel:
Fantasy Webnovel/Serial: This Used To Be About Dungeons
Science Fiction Webnovel/Serial:

[Anonymous No.22096814]

The next book I read and wrote about, With Regrets - Lee Kelly, has sff elements but I don't think it would be suitable to post here because its other elements matter far more. That what I wrote, which went over the 3k limit for a post here, could unreasonably upset a few anons here wasn't a consideration for not posting it. That'd be a bonus really.

[Anonymous No.22096872]

Does anyone have the chart that shows complexity/difficulty of reading vs satisfaction? I remember Book of the New Sun at the top right of that chart, but I don’t see it in the mega anymore.

I finished Book of the New Sun, and now I’m looking for other things to read, so I’d like to see that chart again.

[Anonymous No.22097055]

>>22096872
That was just random stuff arbitrarily put together.

[Anonymous No.22097087]

>>22095375
>>22095304
>>22096269
Just got this. Has anyone read it?

[Anonymous No.22097099]

>>22096872
It's currently in the 2022-03 March folder in the !UNSORTED folder under the name Meme sffg book placement. That may not be the newest version. You'd have to check the archives for whatever changes random anons have made to it.

[Anonymous No.22097100]

I don't get what Far Country makes battletechfags seeth so hard?

[Anonymous No.22097106]

Someone in the previous thread mentioned the Chronicles of Hawklan. Anyone read it?

[Anonymous No.22097110]

>>22096595
His mom was a redhead

[Anonymous No.22097136]

h-hot

[Anonymous No.22097137]

>>22097087
Yes
Dunsany is king

[Anonymous No.22097146]

>>22097099
Wow thanks anon

[Anonymous No.22097182]

Name a better /m/ novel, /sffg/

[Anonymous No.22097356]

How would it do as a series?

[Anonymous No.22097358]

>>22095920
I don't give a shit about who authors/artists/musicians are as people. In fact, I do my absolute best to avoid learning anything about them. This isn't some "death of the author" shit, it's that I just don't care.
Also, I am a libertarian, so if he is a libertarian, ok. good for him. Doesn't change anything.

The first couple of books, maybe just the first, were ok (been at least a decade since I read them, so forgive the lack of specificity) and made me hope for the best.

From there it just went downhill so hard and fast. The whole election thing was pants on head retarded. Carving the statue was likewise huffing his own farts--I still remember getting annoyed everytime I'd come across him repeating something about the sublimeness of nature. The places he got philosophical were just such an artless trudge to get through. I felt like I was reading a watered down Ayn Rand, but with swords and less action for whole books that could be used as support columns. That just wasn't what I was there for. That wasn't the promise made by the first book or two. I mean, come on, fuck off with spending 500 pages running from city to city doing political campaigning, especially with the rug pull of "the other side is just coming behind us and saying "nuh-uh" and people believe them".

If I'm wrong about how long this went on and it was only like a book or a few chapters, then that says something too about the series: that and the disappointment about how it turned out (never read the last book, I think, so I probably missed the "it's you, you're the sword of truth" moment) and the tedium of reading someone's political intrigue but with SWORDS! and not even as good as Pratchett! that I remember.

[Anonymous No.22097368]

>>22096116
He's shit at that too.

[Anonymous No.22097432]

>>22096332
sure buddy, i guess im also the bakkerfag, the reviewfag and every other fag in this thread

take ur meds

[Anonymous No.22097441]

>>22097432
Ignore the schizo, every thread is the same shit with him

[Anonymous No.22097465]

>>22097358
>I felt like I was reading a watered down Ayn Rand, but with swords and less action for whole books that could be used as support columns.
Literally yes. This is not a just feeling you had. It was the reality of the situation.

[Anonymous No.22097501]

>>22097087
Yes, the whole book is good but my personal highlights are "The Sword of Welleran", "The Highwayman", "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" and "On the Dry Land" (surpasses Kino)

[Anonymous No.22097512]

>>22095920
>21 books
what the fuck is wrong with fantasy writers?
It's narcissistic and gay to think people want to read that much of your fiction world. To rape your mind for that long. To milk some cash cow to soulless slop. Probably how we got to ai chinkshit and rpg low iq Sanderson shit now. Disgusting.

[Anonymous No.22097514]

>>22095341
Saw this while browsing the library. I don't like reading a series out of order though and the first book is already checked out.

Anyone here read this? Should I bother looking for the first one?

[Anonymous No.22097524]

>>22097514
Fuck, the pic didn't attach

[Anonymous No.22097570]

>>22097514
>>22097524
I have about as much respect for Gideon the Ninth as I do for the dogshit on my shoe. It is reddit. It is video game hot pocket. It is capeshit. It is cheeto dust. I'm literally screaming right now and slamming my arms down on my desk just thinking about it. It is the most depraved video game infantilized manchild degeneracy. It is saturday morning cartoon. It is non-neurotypicality. It is memes. It is video game. It is tarantino. It is imdb.
It is coca-cola puberty. it is axe body spray. it is a white stain on boxer shorts. it is arri alexa hot dog caffeine on disney channel.

[Anonymous No.22097634]

Does anyone know who wrote this? Or if there's more in this style?
https://hoo-ahkooaltar.neocities.org/

[Anonymous No.22097709]

Ursula K. Le Guin says read books written by mothers.

[Anonymous No.22097714]

>>22097136
Anyone got some sadist/guro-kino recs?

[Anonymous No.22097730]

Is Steel Remains a good grimdark fantasy book to read? I really liked the books of Abercrombie for what it’s worth. Are there other and perhaps better grimdark fantasies out there? Will post feet if helped

[Anonymous No.22097745]

>>22095920
Do you even know what objectivism is? What a strawman argument is? What actual human relations look like?

[Anonymous No.22097746]

>>22097730
I've heard nothing but the highest of praise from anyone who's read it. I'm planning on starting the series relatively soon.

[Anonymous No.22097752]

>>22097746
What a wonderful thing to read before diving into it.

[Anonymous No.22097758]

>>22097524
it's good if punk rock necro lesbo vibes and increasingly annoying mindfuckery is something you enjoy.

[Anonymous No.22097800]

>>22097730
>>22097752
>>22097746
>Ringil Eskiath is a war hero from a conflict between humans and the lizard-like Scaled Folk, although he is now shunned by his aristocratic family in the city of Trelayne, part of the Northern League, due to his homosexuality and cynicism
wtf is wrong with modern fantasy writers? Why write the most generic fantasy plots but then add, but wait... how about gay. It's all so tiresome.

[Anonymous No.22097812]

>>22097800
If Heliogabalus was real then you can put anything in fantasy

[Anonymous No.22097831]

>>22097730
Kill yourself attention whore

[Anonymous No.22097835]

>>22097570
> It is reddit. It is video game
Why are you activating as if 99% of 4ch don't use reddit and play vidya?

[Anonymous No.22097864]

>>22096714
>LitRPG Novel: Dungeon Crawler Carl
>LitRPG Webnovel/Serial: Worth The Candle
>Xianxia-inspired Novel: Forge of Destiny
>Xianxia-inspired Webnovel/Serial: Virtuous Sons

>Yes, I know that DCC was serialized and maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the books are more popular now, but I wouldn't know.

Bro, every single of those were serialized. Hell, Forge of Destiny is first and foremost a forum quest, then it was turned into a webnovel, to then be turned into a self-pub novel. Not arguing against it, your rationale just seems weird.

What I would question however is puting Forge of Destiny into a 'progression' month, given that...the story isn't a progression story. Yes, it's probably the only xianxia (with exception of maybe Beware of Chicken) that's NOT quite a progression story. It's a character driven drama set in a xianxia sect which has a talented cultivator for a protagonist. No more than any typical YA story where the main character is exceptional.

Beware of Chicken is a solid choice if you only want to read the first book as it degenerates into a normal xianxia in the second one, with the third being a massive failure among fans from what I've seen. But the first book is popular for a reason.

Possible replacement:
Speedrunning the Multiverse - The protagonist is a god-king of Time, Dorian, cultivator of the highest possible rank. Out of boredom, he regularly strips his soul of power and significant memories and then sends it into the lower realm to posses trash people on the verge of death, trying to achieve the fastest zero-to-Godkind time possible. Solid story, not a masterpiece but enjoyable anti-hero story. Theoretically has some litrpg elements, but they basically don't exist, so it doesn't count. Got a solid laugh from me a few times.
Releases on kindle July 11.
As for JULY:

For a sci-fi webnovel I want to recommend you Kitty Cat Kill Sat, haven't read it myself due to lack of time, but heard only good stuff about it from many people with better than average taste. However, it was taken down recently and the author is publishing it on Kindle on June 13. My other recommendation would webnovel '12 Miles Below', yet another story I haven't read and heard only good stuff about from the same aforementioned people. Some post-apo with very advanced technology on a frozen Earth, a lesser hit in a webnovel community.

Yet another possibility would be The Perfect Run - a known hit by an author who's written several finished webnovel. You must've seen it mentioned around here. Post-apo super-hero story with a protagonist capable of stoping time and even turning it back by 'loading a save-point.'

If you want something unconventional and risky, try System Overclocked written by (likely) the best harem author in the genre. The only book of his that doesn't use harem and erotica elements as the gratification but social commentary. Sci-fi set on a alien ship where humanity is enslaved and treated as pets by slien slimes.

[Anonymous No.22097865]

>>22097812
Of course you can put anything, that's my point. These contemporary writers DO NOT put anything new or interesting. They also act like they just discovered homosexuality and no one else has before them. Groundbreaking. Brilliant.

[Anonymous No.22097874]

>>22097800
That's Goodreads bait, he's shunned because he's a pessimistic piece of shit, not because he likes cock

[Anonymous No.22097893]

>>22097864
your """reviews""" are SHIT
FUCK OFF

[Anonymous No.22097902]

>>22095706
Yes. Can anyone list more authors like him?

[Anonymous No.22097913]

>>22097906
Forgot pic.

[Anonymous No.22097953]

>>22097800
It's not the author's fault. A fag is a fag, and there will always be fags. It's the publishing industry refusing to publish anything else. I don't care if they publish shit about fags being fags, but for goodness sake publish some other shit too.

Why wouldn't they want a well-rounded publishing shit.

>avant garde
>classic
>light reading
>something actually bordering on literature

What's wrong with this? It can't all be virtue signaling.

Weeks is a middling fantasy author, that would be YA if it wasn't for his explicit themes. Although I respect that he doesn't suck woke cock throughout the whole book.

[Anonymous No.22097955]

>>22097893
To be fair your replies are the same unoriginal cut & paste and add nothing to the thread. At least review-anon is contributing something.

[Anonymous No.22097957]

>>22097524
Cows mourn for other cows and looks at sunsets

[Anonymous No.22097964]

>>22095341
>>22097926
>>22097926
>>22097926
Lovecraft Story Rankings

[Anonymous No.22097966]

>>22097864
Yes, I know they were all serialized. I said in previous posts, that wasn't the first, that if it wasn't possible to do so then it would be ignored. Having such stuff not be serialized seems be an outlier, which is why I said exceptions could be madem As it says, it's all very tentative. This is something I know all that much about, which is why I've been asking.

Speedrunning the multiverse doesn't seem suitable. Too obscure and doesn't suit my purposes in general.

Kitty Cat Kill Sat is a possibility.

Yes, I've seen the posting about 12 Miles Below. I don't remember if I looked into it. It's a possibility. >>/lit/?task=search&ghost=yes&search_text=%2212+miles+below%22

From what I've seen of The Perfect Run, that would be more something for June, but I could be wrong. What I've seen about it is all over the place as to which subgenre it belongs to.

Not going to put System Overclocked. Seems too niche even within the niche.

[Anonymous No.22097987]

>>22097953
>there will always be fags
not if I have anything to say about it

[Anonymous No.22097992]

>>22097864
Dropped Forge of Destiny the moment the MC pledged herself to be someone's servant

[Anonymous No.22098018]

>>22097992
>>22097864
desu I only added Forge of Destiny as a placeholder and reply bait. I guess I'll replace it The Perfect Run, even if it doesn't really fit. Virtuous Sons doesn't seem like the best choice and I may just replace it with Beware of Chicken despite it's problems. Maybe Street Cultivation even. It's all really in flux until I put something.

[Anonymous No.22098020]

>>22096582
Those books are good but the best parts are all the quick stories of what Saga got up to during their prime when monsters were everywhere and plagued humanity. They're always so much more interesting than what Fable gets up to. I get that it's the point of the books that they are not about Saga's prime, but it would still be nice to see more of that. I'd read a novel, novella, short story or whatever about the good old days.

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>>22097992
She pledges herself to a handsome man and submits to all his whims, right?

[Anonymous No.22098046]

>>22098023
No, it was some noble lady. Turns out it's a popularity contest on the forum that decides what happens at pivotal points of the story

[Anonymous No.22098051]

>>22097874
did morgan actually write a gae segs scene for that book?
I can't imagine him doing that with his love of writing pussy eating scenes kek

[Anonymous No.22098083]

>>22098018
Street Cultivation is average as fuck story that's known only because it has a servicable plot and it's the only known finished modern-setting xianxia. Otherwise, it's perfectly average. The picrel meme is real.
I'd recommend Defiance of the Fall, but it takes time for it to hit its xianxia stride, too much of a progression litrpg in the first two books. Other than that, there is very little xianxias worth recommending, like at all. The trashiest genre around. Only Infinity Realms is seriously good, but it's a hardcore litrpg at the same time.

[Anonymous No.22098100]

Would love some feedback for this setting
https://gaslightchronicles.com/

[Anonymous No.22098131]

>>22098083
What about Ave Rem Xia Y or whatever it's called? I've heard that's fairly good.

[Anonymous No.22098138]

>>22098083
Hmm, yeah. I really should just put Defiance of the Fall. I was discounting it because Of 20 disliked it so much. The other 8 who rated it like it much more. I'll replace Virtuous Sons with that.

So, currently:
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Worth The Candle
Perfect Run
Defiance of the Fall

I'm not seeing this Infinity Realms though. Provide a link or author and if you would.

Might still yet replace Perfect Run with something closer to Xianxia though. The other 3 will be fine I guess. I have some reservations about Worth The Candle, but may as well include it I suppose.

[Anonymous No.22098145]

>>22098138
It's Infinite Realm, not Infinity Realms. By Ivan Kal, if that helps narrow it down. It's honestly more LitRPG but with a lot of cultivation involved too. It's leaning into some more heavy xianxia stuff lately, but it takes a while to be more.

[Anonymous No.22098148]

>>22097987
You are one interpretation of the word fag.

[Anonymous No.22098160]

>>22098145
Infinite Realm #1
Monsters and Legends
Ivan Kal

Ok, sure, why not.

[Anonymous No.22098170]

>Finally get around to reading Ender's Game
>That fucking retarded plot twist near the end
The worst part is I saw it coming, but only because I briefly thought "heh, wouldn't it be REALLY stupid if Card did that"

[Anonymous No.22098192]

>>22097524
First one is fun. The rest get really slow and dreary. Definitely read in order.

[Anonymous No.22098210]

Can Jim Butcher stop divorcing his wives and finish his books before he dies?

[Anonymous No.22098217]

>>22098138
How could you miss it? Just write Monsters and Legends: A LitRPG Cultivation Saga (Infinite Realm Book 1) into Google.

Worth The Candle has my personal seal of approval. It's not a typical story, a deconstruction of power fantasy and isekai cliches. Has flaws, probably too many to be called great, but it's one of the few seriously worthwhile reads among webnovels.

>>22098131
The first book is good, then it gets bogged down by the typical xianxia bullshit, although with a twist. I dropped it at some point, but another person told me it gets good again at some point. idk, maybe will check it again some day.

[Anonymous No.22098227]

>>22098217
I always find it funny how people keep using that image for Infinite Realm even though it's not the first book's cover.

[Anonymous No.22098237]

>>22095388
>>22095392
Martin?

[Anonymous No.22098255]

>>22098217
Because the post that had it first says Infinity Realms, so I wanted to confirm.

[Anonymous No.22098278]

Editorchad just delivered another project and is free again if anyone is working on something

[Anonymous No.22098283]

Last point of contention. Which of these four should it be?

Worth The Candle
Posted about a lot, but surprisingly only 2 in /sffg/ have rated it, but as they both post reviews I place more into their opinion, if only to encourage doing so. On the downside it may be overposted about by one or two anons which I don't want to encourage. I also don't like the fanfiction elements I've seen people post about it. It's still the favorite to be chosen though.

He Who Fights with Monsters
The Primal Hunter
Most of the people I look at the opinions of don't like it at all, but a few do and it's popular.

The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound
5,4,3 ratings and I wanted to include four.

[Anonymous No.22098320]

>>22097992
>>22098018
I dropped Forge of Destiny as soon as she got a they/them headmate

[Anonymous No.22098325]

>>22095398
Yours?

[Anonymous No.22098329]

>>22098227
You hardly see a knight nigga, cool looking cover

[Anonymous No.22098344]

its fucking happening:
https://www.subscribestar.com/william-s-corner

[Anonymous No.22098346]

Post xianxia that isn't described as xianxia.

[Anonymous No.22098350]

>>22098283
Primal Hunter is too mid to be read unles you are into prog-fantasy/Litrpgs. HWFWM is jsut fucking cringe. Like, it's competent, published-author competent, but it's fucking cringe and not being an edgy redditor will make your spirit leave the body.

Do not fucking touch Randidly Ghosthound. Take Primal Hunter, even fucking HWFWM, but don't touch Randidly. There is nothing to be gained from reading it. One of the trashiest stories among big litrpgs, it's all over the place, with setting-swings depending on the author's mood. The plot's trash too. Worse than an average harem novel and I read tons of those, so believe me that I know what I'm saying.

[Anonymous No.22098351]

>>22098346
Dragonball Z

[Anonymous No.22098354]

>>22098350
Randidly is one of the few of the bigger ones that I just couldn't even bring myself to read past the first book. It's bafflingly boring.

[Anonymous No.22098387]

>>22098354
>>22098350
Worth The Candle it is then I suppose.

[Anonymous No.22098389]

>>22098283
>>22098350
>>22098354
I liked the ghosthound book. Like He Who Fights, it goes weirdly off track when the venue changes, but rights itself even there. I'd put it in mid tiers of the big ongoing series in the genre.

[Anonymous No.22098408]

I'll give it few more hours for arguments why it should something else, though these seem solid choices for this time overall. If no one has anything else to say I'll put these up later.

Dungeon Crawler Carl
Worth The Candle
Infinite Realm
Defiance of the Fall

[Anonymous No.22098411]

>>22098389
Maybe it got better after the first book, but I just found myself unable to care about the characters or where the story was going.

[Anonymous No.22098443]

/lit/ is the only board that doesn’t bow down to roasties like the foot whore earlier. Well done lads, keep talking fantasy

[Anonymous No.22098453]

>>22098411
No, if you didn't like the first book I don't think you'll like it later. But if you did like the first book and think it fell off when he left earth, you might like it later. I know you didn't, I'm just speaking to the room.

[Anonymous No.22098467]

Just finished this series and really enjoyed it. Cool action, and cool magic, liked the characters (especially the various mercs). Felt more real since it tried to do historical fiction x fantasy. The main character became less cool over time but that's a small issue. The first book was definitely the best though. Has anyone else read it?

[Anonymous No.22098474]

>>22098453
I thought it COULD have gone somewhere before he left Earth, but then it's just a lot of really meandering nonsense with mostly really flat/lifeless characters. Randidly was the only one with any decent characterisation and that was just "awkward social trainwreck", and if I wanted that, I'd read Primal Hunter because at least Jake is entertainingly written as that.

[Anonymous No.22098513]

>"Rape 'em"

[Anonymous No.22098522]

I haven't decided how much I'll personally be reading in June of the progression fantasy I've been talking about here for the group books. Mostly because my previous brief experiences have have been rather negative. It can be good fun to write up a few highly negative thoughts about books, but after a certain point it becomes malicious and self-destructive. So, we'll see how that goes.

[Anonymous No.22098530]

>>22098474
I thought the time in the dungeon was great, I liked the little arc around Donnyton and the kid having to grow into his role, I liked the psychological aspect of the bosses, the secret manipulation of the town spirits, the trip to the town trying traditional defense. To me it was unusually rich for the genre, which maybe isn't saying much but is still true. Anyway, not trying to sell you. It's good to be able to bail on things that don't appeal. For me I think I'd put it above Defiance but below Primal Hunter in terms of the level of engagement it gets from me.

[Anonymous No.22098533]

Im 100 pages in and reallly not digging the writing style

[Anonymous No.22098544]

>>22098533
Put it down a couple of days and try again. If you're not feeling it, drop it. It's very much a vibe series.

[Anonymous No.22098547]

>>22098530
Oh, yeah, I actually really quite liked the opening portions in the dungeon, but then it was just "and then he founds a town with a bunch of characters I don't care about". Founding a town, especially where the character seems to not get involved but also simultaneously seems like they spend too much time there, always seems to make me lose focus and stop caring.

[Anonymous No.22098552]

>>22098533
What even is this writing style desu there's basically no descriptions and nothing happens until the very end, how is it a whole book?

[Anonymous No.22098561]

>Will Wight free ebooks
>amazon only
kys

[Anonymous No.22098580]

>>22098533
I had a hard time getting into it too, it started to click in the Raker chapter.

[Anonymous No.22098601]

>>22098552
I had the feeling he was influence by Vietnam memoir writers of the time, like Michael Herr or Phil Caputo, or even Apocalypse Now. The focus being on the men, with the plot (the war) intruding here and there.

[Anonymous No.22098631]

>>22098561
fuck, glad i came to check the thread in my food break, was busy all day almost forgot to get the books

[Anonymous No.22098646]

>>22097709
Agreed.
Based and motherlypilled

[Anonymous No.22098657]

>>22098646
ugg that cope shirt. Those shitty tattoos.
I'm gonna puke

[Anonymous No.22098696]

>>22098210
Unlikely. Cinder spires 2 is out this year and then he has to get married and divorced again before he can release the next dresden novel.

[Anonymous No.22098754]

>>22098646
wtf that's my cousin...

[Anonymous No.22098790]

>>22097570
This but unironically

[Anonymous No.22098793]

>>22097758
>increasingly annoying mindfuckery is something you enjoy.
If this piece of shit series mind fucked you, you should really reevaluate your own intelligence because you’re an idiot.

[Anonymous No.22098796]

>>22098696
Did he abandon another spouse for a con bunny? Good lord.

[Anonymous No.22098799]

>>22098533
Have you tried not being a retard? Christ the morons in this shithole of a general really have gone to shit. I’ve met rocks with a greater capacity for critical thinking than you idiots.

[Anonymous No.22098838]

>>22098799
Wtf does critical thinking have to do with a shit writing style? Am I not thinking critically enough about the utter lack of descriptions in a FANTASY book, and the constant scene-jumping within single paragraphs? On a scale of 1-10 how angry are you that your pulp garbage got mentioned in a slightly negative light?

[Anonymous No.22098990]

>>22098325
>Harem shit
>Poorly disguised as a Garry Stu's day out
I sure hope not.

[Anonymous No.22098996]

>>22098990
>NEET to God
>disguised as a Garry Stu's day out
>disguised
I hardly think so.

[Anonymous No.22099044]

>>22098996
The title could only lead the logical mind to concur that the character somehow overcomes his neetdom to become a god.
>Nothing in it about laughable plot armor nor harem shit
>
Its like (you) are so wrong (you) do not even know it.
Also the second book is a total rush job filled with a litany of errors and grammatical mistakes by the authors own admittance.

[Anonymous No.22099051]

>>22099044
omg you actually read it?

[Anonymous No.22099055]

[Anonymous No.22099220]

Just finished this one that released today, i liked

i will prob read Beastborne Chronicles Book 1 now, 5 days left before Cradle Waybound releases, gotta kill some time

[Anonymous No.22099261]

>>22095341
cringe

[Anonymous No.22099268]

Damn I need to finish Dreadgod before the series concludes

[Anonymous No.22099275]

>>22097913
Funnily enough, guy did something like that for Stranger in a Strange Land.

[Anonymous No.22099278]

Damn I still haven't read Dreadgod and still don't care about reading it

[Anonymous No.22099287]

>>22099268
>"Just plan Awesomesauce" -Brandon Sanderson
Jesus christ why do you people read such dogshit?

[Anonymous No.22099391]

To the anon in this general a few threads back who said he started Gunmetal gods: how was it? It seems kind of cool so I might pick it up

[Anonymous No.22099399]

>>22099391
It wasn't me, but I tried reading it in. I dropped it in like 100 pages because it presents itself as trying to be even handed, then goes on a spiel about how the not!muslims AKSHUALLY treat their slaves well and they don't abuse them at all and they're multicultural and diverse while the not!christians are baby murdering psychopaths.
I'm not religious and I find Christoids annoying at the best of times, if you want to use the Crusaders as the bad guys, sure go ahead, but it was offensive how obviously the author was simping for Islam.

[Anonymous No.22099401]

>>22099391
Here's what that anon thought:
>>/lit/thread/S21994015#p21997936

[Anonymous No.22099437]

>>22098467
What kind of dragons this series has and how much are they involved in the plot? I'm looking for fantasy books with dragons.

[Anonymous No.22099483]

https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1685561581714947.webm
https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1685561581714947.webm

[Anonymous No.22099484]

>>22099051
I only give opinions of things I've ahcktually read. Strange thing to do on a Tibetan sea food exchange forum, I know.
>>22099220
Your picture related starts well but ends in side character tick-boxing filler trash.

[Anonymous No.22099506]

>>22095341
How does Robert Howard's El Borak stories compare to the Conan stories?

[Anonymous No.22099572]

>>22096072
>ooooh myyyy.....

[Anonymous No.22099574]

>>22097864
i absolutely LOVED The Perfect Run
has a crazy fast/engaging start and never lets up

[Anonymous No.22099579]

>>22099574
I thought it started good, but roadblocked about when they pulled in other characters into the loop.
I liked the MC at the start, but he got ruined by 'character development'. Many such cases.

[Anonymous No.22099585]

>>22098513
lol reading this right now. What were they thinking?

[Anonymous No.22099596]

[Anonymous No.22099640]

>>22099596
reading this right now

[Anonymous No.22099863]

>>22098533
I'm at chapter 5 and am enjoying it, though I feel like it peaked with the first chapter.

[Anonymous No.22100043]

Circle of Inevitability vol. 2 ain't bussin bros...

[Anonymous No.22100049]

>>22095659
Solaris
Downbellow Station

[Anonymous No.22100063]

>>22099572
Best succubus in fiction, no questions.

[Anonymous No.22100104]

We can agree that Heinlein was a legendary degenerate who would have posted here with us if he could, right?

[Anonymous No.22100135]

>>22098513
Kill miniature Moties. Behead miniature Moties. Roundhouse kick a miniature Motie into the concrete. Slam dunk a miniature Motie baby into the trashcan. Crucify filthy watchmakers. Defecate in a miniature Moties food. Launch miniature Moties into the sun. Stir fry miniature Moties in a wok. Toss miniature Moties into active volcanoes. Urinate into a miniature Moties gas tank. Judo throw miniature Moties into a wood chipper. Twist miniature Moties heads off. Report miniature Moties to the IRS. Karate chop miniature Moties in half. Curb stomp pregnant miniature Moties. Trap miniature Moties in quicksand. Crush miniature Moties in the trash compactor. Liquefy miniature Moties in a vat of acid. Eat miniature Moties. Dissect miniature Moties. Exterminate miniature Moties in the gas chamber. Stomp miniature Motie skulls with steel toed boots. Cremate miniature Moties in the oven. Lobotomize miniature Moties. Mandatory abortions for miniature Moties. Grind miniature Motie fetuses in the garbage disposal. Drown miniature Moties in fried chicken grease. Vaporize miniature Moties with a ray gun. Kick old miniature Moties down the stairs. Feed miniature Moties to alligators. Slice miniature Moties with a katana.

[Anonymous No.22100244]

>>22098513
>>22099585
I read this ages ago wtf are you two talking about

[Anonymous No.22100255]

Severian looks like THIS???

[Anonymous No.22100313]

>>22099506
They're straight pulpy adventure tales, one one having any "weird" element to it
Good anyway although some are written less well than conan which is understandable due to many of them being written when howard was a teenager

[Anonymous No.22100342]

Just finished reading this. Really enjoyed it but I wish it was a longer series.

[Anonymous No.22100387]

>>22100255
That's not accurate at all, he looks Chuck Norris

[Anonymous No.22100526]

>>22100255
>>22100387
Both wrong. He looks like discount sandman

[Anonymous No.22100651]

>>22100255
I never imagined the torturer mask to look like that

[Anonymous No.22100713]

>>22100387
This places highly on my 'worst cover art list'
They seriously got some guy to paint this, like I can see that's supposed to be the necklace that lets him breath in space
It's just so boring

Got it sitting next next to Long Sun, who got most gorgeous cover art

[Anonymous No.22100728]

>>22100713
which in turn is next to Short Sun, whose covers is something else...

[Anonymous No.22100738]

>>22097745
Do you?

[Anonymous No.22100758]

>>22100728
Still better than 99% of contemporary covers.

[Anonymous No.22100764]

>>22100728
Horn is supposed to be bald and ugly

[Anonymous No.22100776]

>>22100713
we need a cover art thread
I just saw this book with one of the best covers I've seen
the frogs are kind of embossed so they catch the light. looks really good. if only they didn't have that stupid author quote at the top

[Anonymous No.22100803]

>>22098344
>its fucking happening:
>https://www.subscribestar.com/william-s-corner
Oh my. I hope he revisits the mother daughter whore pair in Valhalla.

[Anonymous No.22100809]

>>22099572
>>22100063
>Cuck hands typed these posts

[Anonymous No.22100958]

I wonder who they gonna cast as Shivers, The Rock or Dave Bautista?

[Anonymous No.22100985]

>>22100958
>yfw Jack Black as Cosca

[Anonymous No.22101023]

[Anonymous No.22101032]

>>22101023
>“Children are dying."Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”
Malazanfags think this shit is deep
LMAO

[Anonymous No.22101048]

>>22101023
that was a very bold decision for the deadhouse gates art

[Anonymous No.22101086]

>>22101023
That capital G looks so fucking bad.

[Anonymous No.22101089]

Guess it's up to me to post the goats of sff cover art. Stand back cucks

[Anonymous No.22101094]

>>22101089

[Anonymous No.22101166]

>>22096042
Oh wise and mighty sage, tell me which of these illustrious tomes are worth my 5 second attention span.

[Anonymous No.22101240]

What the FUCK is up with Fantasy authors and putting fucking POTATOES and TOBACCO in their setting? For fuck's sake, it's every time. New worldlets especially. Their born yesterday sensibilities, I swear.../gag

[Anonymous No.22101308]

Girls of /sffg/, what's your favorite SF or F book?

[Anonymous No.22101319]

>>22101048
These copies cost 200 dollars each. If you're even looking at them you know what's up already.

[Anonymous No.22101322]

>>22099572
this series unironically got me into cuckolding
10/10

[Anonymous No.22101400]

>>22101240
It's not Europe.

[Anonymous No.22101401]

>>22101240
By your logic, human beings shouldn't exist in fantasy settings either.

[Anonymous No.22101468]

>>22101319
deadhouse gates. spanish mf'ers don't care

[Anonymous No.22101538]

>>22100958
>Rebecca Ferguson
Mommykino is back on the menu boys!

[Anonymous No.22101620]

How is The Sowers Of The Thunder By Robert E Howard? Been going through all of his work. This is next up, and this collection looks great as well.

[Anonymous No.22101638]

>>22095949
>>22096156
It's simple, it uses RPG stats and levels to represent progression. Usually created by people who never played an actual cRPG which leads to constant asspulling of skills, classes and so on. If you want something good then read "I'm a spider so what?", it's the only one that actually does something interesting with it.

[Anonymous No.22101650]

>>22101620
>How is The Sowers Of The Thunder By Robert E Howard? Been going through all of his work. This is next up, and this collection looks great as well.
Yes
Great historical fiction
Not his best stories by any stretch but all are pretty good

[Anonymous No.22101669]

the blade itself incites to deeds of violence

[Anonymous No.22101759]

>>22101638
>If you want something good then read "I'm a spider so what?", it's the only one that actually does something interesting with it.
Endless solo PvE with a schizophrenic spider protagonist with asspulling of skills is interesting to you?

[Anonymous No.22101914]

I was thinking, "I wish there was a middle ground between a Narutoian nakamagasm and RI's 'everyone is shit only if you become a solo god will you succeed'" and then I realized that's the whole point of Eithan's story in Cradle.

[Anonymous No.22102040]

>>22101914
I mean, yeah. Ozriel is literally just "standard super xianxia solo protag" who is incredible at everything, rises to the top absurdly fast, and then he just looks back at his life and realises how fucking lonely it was and how lonely it IS.

[Anonymous No.22102195]

>>22099437
Well there are tiny dragon creatures (barghests?) that just attack people, wyverns that are dumb but basically act as CAS throughout the series and then there are the Dragons which are bigger than warehouses, are super magic casters, immortal (kinda), and super schemers. The big dragons play a big role in the series, more as it goes on (very little in books 1 or 2).

[Anonymous No.22102347]

Disc world is an easy 10/10 and should be required reading. Currently on Interesting Times, its so good.

[Anonymous No.22102393]

>>22100049
Downbelow Station sounds great. Thanks.

And Ive seen the (2002) Solaris movie, which I enjoyed because it reminded me of Silent Hill, in the idea that something (a town or planet) can manifest someone's memories, fears, desires, inner demons. Do you know if the book is similar?

[Anonymous No.22102394]

>>22102347
It's better if you don't oversell it.

[Anonymous No.22102398]

>>22102394
I mean, even the worst book in the series is probably still like a 7/10. Not all of them are 10/10, but there's a lot of really great ones. Men At Arms, Night Watch, Lords and Ladies, etc.

[Anonymous No.22102467]

>>22102398
My 12-year-old self would totally agree with you.

[Anonymous No.22102512]

>>22102467
Well, I'd like to meet your 12-year-old self.

[Anonymous No.22102523]

>>22102512
>Well, I'd like to meet your 12-year-old self.
Why don't you take a seat over there?

[Anonymous No.22102550]

>>22102393
>Do you know if the book is similar?
Yes, it feels like playing one of those old vydias with pre-rendered graphics with lots of exploration.

[Anonymous No.22102587]

>>22102550
Not sure if sarcasm, but I meant is the book similar to the movie.

[Anonymous No.22102598]

>>22102393
>Do you know if the book is similar?
The premise is similar, but the tone is much different from Silent Hill.

[Anonymous No.22102625]

>>22102598
OK I shouldn't have mentioned Silent Hill. I enjoyed the idea in the Solaris movie that a planet can manifest someone's memories and desires. Is the book similar to the movie?

[Anonymous No.22102629]

>>22102625
book?

[Anonymous No.22102640]

>>22102625
It recreates a single person from each of the crewmen's memories, but it's implied that a few of these clones are weird creatures from fantasies, although those aren't seen directly.

[Anonymous No.22102653]

>>22102640
Such a great premise.

[Anonymous No.22103047]

>>22101048
>>22101468
crucifixion isn't something Christian
Spartacus was crucified
it was just a way to torture people to death

[Anonymous No.22103124]

>>22101759
>>22101759
Right after the solo PvE ends is where stuff becomes interesting.
This includes by not limited to:
>Destroying an UFO with an ancient bazooka(picrel)
>MC swallowing a nuclear reactor, becoming a god in the process
>Having the devil get dragged back to work from her room in downtown Tokyo.
>Vampire Rockefeller

[Anonymous No.22103258]

>>22097182
Gundam book? Tell me more.

[Anonymous No.22103262]

>>22103124
Wow that's fucking retarded

[Anonymous No.22103265]

So when are those new novellas from Lynch coming out?

[Anonymous No.22103269]

>>22103262
Yeah but it's funny.

[Anonymous No.22103328]

>>22101400
No, it's, in fact, not-Europe, 99% of the time. The next 0.9% is the rest of not-Eurasia.
>>22101401
not-humans can still go without potatoes

[Anonymous No.22103351]

My thoughts on reading 155 chapters of RI:
>Fang Yuan is a bit too evil, it was fine when he was amoral but he's turned completely immoral
>The wolf gang arc ruined the flow of the story up to this point

[Anonymous No.22103352]

>>22103351
It gets better when the investigator arrives.

[Anonymous No.22103619]

>>22100104
pity the world for never allowing Heinlein access to AI porn generation

[Anonymous No.22103704]

>>22103351
Fang Yuan is never immoral, but yes the wolf arc sucked dick until they reached the blessed land. Luckily the author never makes that mistake again and side character interludes only last a chapter or two in later arcs.

[Anonymous No.22103719]

>>22103704
>Fang Yuan is never immoral
What about that time he kills the kids?

[Anonymous No.22103726]

>>22103719
You're gonna have to be WAY more specific than that.

[Anonymous No.22103880]

>>22101538
I loved her developments in White Queen.

[Anonymous No.22104003]

Recommend me more fantasy that explores a nationalist perspective in a fair way, like Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay.

[Anonymous No.22104008]

>>22101089
>>22101094
>no naked lady clutching the protagonist

Why even bother?

[Anonymous No.22104063]

Which author is YOUR reason for no longer starting an unfinished series, anon?

[Anonymous No.22104089]

Wow what a fucking disappointment. The first arc was great until the end when suddenly the author decides "hey let me just reveal every single mystery built up until now" and where the fuck is the "grimdark"? technically no one has died so far and I'm at chapter 32 of book 2.
And these fucking PoV changes, I can't handle them anymore. Every third chapter is from a different character's perspective. I especially hate To'Wrathh or whatever the fuck its name is, just there to spell out exactly what is going to happen later on in the arc.
I'm out

[Anonymous No.22104092]

>>22104008
Is the naked lady pregante?

[Anonymous No.22104099]

>>22104063
I hate these faggots so much.

[Anonymous No.22104102]

>>22104063
Rothfuss.

I hate that I even like him. He's such a sissy talking about pro nouns and mental health all the time. But goddammit, I do like those books.

[Anonymous No.22104124]

>>22104102
He needs to do a podcast with Jordan Peterson, or at least read one of Peterson's books. They both talk about mental health all the time. Pat is what you get when a midwit+ falls prey to the university system. I think Pat could help Jordan be more empathetic and Jordan could help Pat write, feel self confidence, stop making excuses and get shit done.

Clean your room Pat.

[Anonymous No.22104128]

>>22104102
I only liked the first one. Wise Man's Fear was very disappointing and made basically no progress for much of the book, then had Kvothe become a martial arts master and a sex god who even impressed the sex fairy, both of which might've been cool if explored properly but no, we had to rehash so much of the first book.
That being said his actual prose is of very high quality and I cannot fault his skills.

[Anonymous No.22104149]

Are these chatGPT posts?

[Anonymous No.22104173]

>>22104128
Agree'd for the most part. I think his following books will be better. I do think he will continue to write or start writing again.

The fairy sex and training were necessary because of Kvothe's reputation, but I admit he spent way too long on those parts. There is a charm to a meandering story, but when you are two books into a trilogy and you have barely done anything, it's a problem.

He's constipated right now. This novella coming out in November is like a piece of a small turd. Next we'll be a glorious shut that has stopped him up for over decade and after that, he will shit normally again. Hopefully.

[Anonymous No.22104186]

>>22104173
>but I admit he spent way too long on those parts.
No it's the exact opposite, he didn't spend enough time on those. It's the university where he spent too much time. Kvothe should've been expelled at the end of the first book so we wouldn't have had to spend more time there in the second.
>This novella coming out in November is like a piece of a small turd.
It's just a remake of a story he's already written, so it's more like a small turd he passed already with some paper wrapped around it

[Anonymous No.22104440]

Why is sword and sorcery basically dead as a genre? I can only name one magazine that publishes it, how did it get this bad?

[Anonymous No.22104475]

>>22104102
>I do like those books
second book was awful

[Anonymous No.22104489]

Read Wagner

[Anonymous No.22104506]

>>22104440
>masculine anti heroes saving women bad!
>queer teens saving the world and girlbosses good!
that's how. The black lesbians and leftycuck boys have taken over. Don't worry you ill see my based sword and sorcery soon.

[Anonymous No.22104537]

>>22104440
Its cultural moment has passed.

[Anonymous No.22104563]

>>22104089
The audio is coming out. The guy tried to shill it as a "non system" but it is still a progression novel.

[Anonymous No.22104571]

Dicks out for harambe.

[Anonymous No.22104619]

>>22104563
The author says in the book 3 prologue that he had plans for it to be litRPG but decided to cut it. Which is good but should have been the case from the beginning. I don't know if I would count it as progression. The MC doesn't really grow in power, it's all external factors like being granted admin access to the armor and all the perks that come with it. If you take it all away he's extremely useless, at least as far as I've read.

[Anonymous No.22104640]

>>22104619
>Don't miss the start of this Progression Fantasy Epic set around a pseudo-medieval society clinging to existence on frozen post-apocalyptic Earth. Impossible odds, weak-to-strong progression, epic battles, scavenged tech, prophecy, magic, and mystery—12 Miles Below has something for everyone. Grab your copy today!

https://www.audible.com/pd/12-Miles-Below-Audiobook/B0C1PZR5TS

[Anonymous No.22104690]

>>22104537
Why? Why does no one want to read about characters like Conan or even Elric anymore?

[Anonymous No.22104703]

>>22104186
Fair enough. He did spend too long at the university. I'm guessing the underthing houses something important and Auri is integral to the story.

I think he spent too many words on

>MAN MOTHERS LOLLOLOLOL

culture. The training etc. If he had had soe actual fight scenes where Kvothe learned by experience it would have worked out. The best part of book 2 was the fight against the bandits. I also think he used too many words on Denna. She best have something to do with the Chandrian. It's hard to read this cuckold bullshit.

[Anonymous No.22104710]

>>22104690
They do. Women don't though and they are the main demo now. And look at the "men" in this thread. Promoting sanderson/YA trash/chink RPG shit. The future is bleak if it continues down this path of mediocrity

[Anonymous No.22104736]

Where should I start with Guy Gavriel Kay? Or should I at all?

[Anonymous No.22104864]

>>22104736
A Song For Arbonne

[Anonymous No.22104882]

>>22103265
Once he learns to stay clear of women.

[Anonymous No.22105152]

Currently reading Starship's Mage. It's surprisingly decent and fun. Characterization is weak but the biggest issue are constant continuity errors. From the top of my head, people changing hair color (one particular character was described as being a redhead and later a brunette in the same bookk, and then a blonde a few books later), some people being described as having X position and uniform and having a different one a few llines later. It's not constant but prevalent enough to notice.

I have minor nitpicks with the writing which is nothing to write home about but constantly repeated things like "eyes blue as ice" for half the characters in the first book but that seems to have improved after the first book.

[Anonymous No.22105176]

Pathfinder Core Rulebook Appendix 3

[Anonymous No.22105186]

>>22104736
I started with Tigana and have no regrets

[Anonymous No.22105193]

If you're looking for a Sci-Fi for July under self publishing this guys book was pretty fun. Reminded me of Heinlein a bit and I'm pretty sure he threw in some Heinlein easter eggs as one of the ships is called the Sisu ala Citizen of the Galaxy. Plus there were definitely Dragon Lance easter eggs in there since some ships were named after main characters like the Fireforge,Brufoot, Brightblade etc.

Author seems to have an unatural love of commas but I did enjoy it. Good book if you're not looking for anything too serious.

[Anonymous No.22105197]

>>22095341
Any sci-fi books about like an intergalactic 007. Fucking alien chicks and catching body’s that would be cool

[Anonymous No.22105199]

[Anonymous No.22105228]

>>22105197
There's Space Adventure Cobra. Don't know if it has any books, but it's exactly what you're asking for.

[Anonymous No.22105319]

>>22105197
Urth of the New Sun

[Anonymous No.22105460]

>>22105197
Matador by steve Perry
Widowmaker by mike resnick

[Anonymous No.22105466]

>>22104440
D&D and epic fantasy took it's place
>>22104506
Mental illness
>>22104537
This

[Anonymous No.22105483]

>>22104440
>I can only name one magazine that publishes it
Please do so

[Anonymous No.22105499]

>>22104440
>Why is sword and sorcery basically dead as a genre?
>I can only name one magazine that publishes it
You answered your own question

[Anonymous No.22105507]

>>22105199
stop shilling this

[Anonymous No.22105688]

>>22104440
Pulpy stuff survived by attracting new readers by offering titillation and excitement with its lurid escapism, and there are far more accessible media for that now. It's hard for S&S serials and novels to compete with video games. The kind of person who, 50 years ago, would've picked up Conan and loved it now just plays violent video games where they traipse around in a fantasy world with a controllable avatar and do the kind of stuff Conan does in the books. Granted it's never as richly detailed as the books would be, but doesn't require an active imagination to bring to life, and so it's easier for people to get into.

[Lunafag No.22105693]

>>22095341
>>>/vg/430821905
Artificial Academy 2 General /aa2g/ #1280
Sleeping Edition

Welcome, this general is for the discussion of ILLUSION's Artificial Academy 2.

COPY ERROR MESSAGES WITH CTRL+C, PASTE THEM WITH CTRL+V INTO GOOGLE TRANSLATE. JUST CLICK THE WINDOW AND PRESS CTRL + C, IT WORKS.

>Downloads:
/aa2g/ Pre-Installed Game, AA2Mini: https://tsukiyo.me/AAA/AA2MiniPPX.xml
AAUnlimited updates: https://github.com/aa2g/AA2Unlimited/releases
Anon's Modded Pre-Install: https://pastebin.com/42JS3q6E

>Information:
AA2Mini Install Guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS8Ap6CrmSNXRsKG9jsIMqHYuHM3Cfs5qE5nX6iIgfzLlcWnmiwzmOrp27ytEMX03lFNRR7U5UXJalA/pub
General FAQ:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200216045726/https://pastebin.com/bhrA6iGx
AAU Guide and Resources (Modules, Tans, Props, Poses, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qb1X0oOdMKU4OIDp8AfFdLtl5y_4jeOOQfPQ2F-PKQ/edit#gid=0

>Character Cards [Database], now with a list of every NonOC in the megas:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1niC6g-Xd2a2yaY98NBFdAXnURi4ly2-lKty69rkQbJ0/edit#gid=2085826690
https://db.bepis.moe/aa2/

>Mods & More:
Mods for AAU/AA2Mini (ppx format, the mediafire has everything):
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vwrmdohus4vhh/Mods
/aa2g/ Modding Reference Guide (Slot lists for Hair/Clothes/Faces, List Guides, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gwmoVpKuSuF0PtEPLEB17eK_dexPaKU106ShZEpBLhg/edit#gid=1751233129
Booru: https://aau.booru.org

>HELP! I have a Nvidia card and my game crashes on startup!
Try the dgVoodoo option in the new win10fix settings.
Alternative: Update your AAU and see if it happens again. If so, disable win10fix, enable wined3d and software vertex processing.
>HELP! Required Windows 11 update broke things!
winkey+R -> ms-settings:developers -> Terminal=Windows Console Host

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[Anonymous No.22105734]

>>22105693
are you ok?

[Anonymous No.22105782]

>>22105734
He's spamming it everywhere.

[Anonymous No.22105796]

>>22105734
>Lunafag
What do you think

[Anonymous No.22105842]

>>22098533
Yep. I went from Vance, Dunsany, Peake etc to this "classic" series/writer and his prose feels so juvenile (for want of a better word)

[Anonymous No.22105849]

>>22105176
Why does Amber continuously get put in these Appendix N style lists? It is so unbelievably shit.

[Anonymous No.22106145]

>>22096462
>In other terms of representation there's a lesbian, a gay guy, two nonbinary characters, and an aromantic woman.
I'm out. There's been way too much tranny shit in SF going on a decade now.
How about write a story about an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation like every other author.
>inb4 Nigel Walmsley

[Anonymous No.22106218]

>>22106216
>>22106216
>>22106216

[Anonymous No.22106249]

To the anon who tricked me into reserving a Freewrite Alpha: I suffered buyer's remorse and returned it. Shelled out $60 for an Alphasmart Neo2 instead. Neat little device.

[Anonymous No.22106277]

>>22106249
Any shots of her feet?

[Anonymous No.22106282]

>>22106145
What does "tranny" mean to you in this context? No transgender characters were mentioned. What is an "ordinary person"? Are you one? Is 4chan a site for ordinary people?

[Anonymous No.22106603]

>>22106249
>bought a keyboard with a screen on it
Why?

[Anonymous No.22106653]

>>22105152
>It's surprisingly decent and fun.
>Only brings up negatives for the rest of the post

[Anonymous No.22106786]

dragon heart was book 1 was pretty good, for what it is. book 2? retarded nonsense

[Anonymous No.22106797]

once more shilling my dead altchan for scifi readers
scifichan.space

[Anonymous No.22106828]

>>22106786
klevanski? i felt the same way, book 1 was misery porn and book 2 dragged on and on
HOWEVER i enjoyed books 3 and 4 a lot, so if you are already 2 books deep i recommend giving 3 at least a try
i havent started 5 yet

[Anonymous No.22106894]

>>22106828
yea, i might.
he made so many careless mistakes/oversights in book 2, but i figure as soon as he's not failing at writing military shit, i'd start enjoying it again.

[Anonymous No.22106957]

>>22104124
this is one of the most retarded posts i've read in the last 24 hours, which is saying a big thing since i browsed /v/ for at least an hour this morning

[Anonymous No.22107348]

>>22106282
Freak.

[Anonymous No.22107480]

Necro or Barb???

[Anonymous No.22107517]

>>22106797
>can't even link PDFs/docs

[Anonymous No.22107668]

>>22106249
That was me
heehee

[Anonymous No.22107856]

I have been trying to pinpoint why sci fi is so gay and hardly any of it is good, especially hard sci fi. And I've come to the conclusion that its because space is fake and gay and we all know it instinctively. It's all a lie yet we have books going over the "science" of it all. Explaining in great detail the ins and outs of the experience. And this is also why magic systems are retarded. It takes away the magic and turns it into a tangible science but it too is also fake and gay. It's just embarrassing to make stories try to be scientifically accurate when that is not possible. Just accept the whimsy, accept the unknown. You are never going to space in some nihilistic Blindsight space ship to see shitty aliens, sorry. The best I can give you is for you to take CIA drugs that make interdimensional reptilians come and rape you to death.

[Anonymous No.22107917]

>>22105319
My initial reaction to this was "naw dude, this ain't it", but then I thought about it and yeah you're right.