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[Anonymous No.23850317]

Space Paladins Edition

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[Anonymous No.23850325]

>>23850213
>What's this board's honest opinion on Scalzi?
I had pretty much the exact same response to The Kaiju Preservation Society. I have a feeling Scalzi is just writing what he thinks will make him go viral with all the modern pandering. It's a bitch what 20 years of writing can do to someone.

[Anonymous No.23850382]

>>23850317
raised by wolves?

[Anonymous No.23850484]

>>23848452
>read
>standalone
>novels
I wish it were that simple. Everything has to be a doorstopper trilogy and that's been the case for over 20 years now.

[Anonymous No.23850604]

Yes hello /sffg/? I got my copy of Neuropath today, I'm about to embark on my journey into Bakker's early writing

[Anonymous No.23850629]

>>23850317
Holy mother of 40k slop I am enjoying this.

[Anonymous No.23850838]

>>23850629
Ironically some of the best 40k novels.

[Anonymous No.23850952]

Got a review :‐)
https://postliberalbookreviews.substack.com/p/improvidence-by-david-herod

[Anonymous No.23850974]

>>23850952
One that says almost nothing about the book itself in greater terms than word choice and is 90% not even about the book.

[Anonymous No.23851026]

[Anonymous No.23851033]

>>23850484
>I wish it were that simple
>over 20 years...blah blah
nigga read pre 20 year books
read the best book on sorcerers
>The Mask of the Sorcerer
read the best book on elves
>The Broken Sword
read what RR martin could not write in 5 books and still unfinished that John Crowley did in less than 200 pages
>The Deep
read David Gemmell my nigga come the fuck on it is that simple we have more good shit to read in a life time.

[Anonymous No.23851057]

>>23851033
nigga come the fuc kon

[Anonymous No.23851173]

Holy based.

[Anonymous No.23851263]

Rec me some books like the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. And please not Empress of Forever that shit was torture.

[Anonymous No.23851388]

>>23851263
Try reading the comics

[Anonymous No.23851475]

>>23851173
Kek

[Anonymous No.23851528]

Just started The Judging Eye and apparently there's Bene Gesserit now. Bakker pulling all the stops, eh

[Anonymous No.23852031]

>>23850484
Or million word litrpgs web novels.

[Anonymous No.23852043]

What science fiction series has the best power armor?

[Anonymous No.23852050]

I've finally realized after all these years, was Dark Eden just a dangers of the longhouse story all along?

[Anonymous No.23852086]

>>23851033
a certified NIGGUH moment

[Anonymous No.23852113]

>>23848443
Armour ofc

[Anonymous No.23852224]

>>23851033
>that pic
Finally, a realistic depiction of black people.

[Anonymous No.23852232]

>>23850484
Yeah I would like to know this phenomenon as well. Why does everything have to be a trilogy and not a standalone these days? It is well known that at best, author will peaked in the first novel, some are in the second, and rarely in the third, which gives a notion that trilogy is publisher talmudic tactic for moneymaking because of how forced they are

[Anonymous No.23852314]

>>23851263
Children of Time

[Anonymous No.23852336]

>>23852113
>>23848443
Dogs of War

[Anonymous No.23852472]

>>23852232
I assume because author has enough good ideas for one book, but publisher wants a trilogy and is paying good money for it. So now author has to come up with new ideas or stretch existing ones. Money, essentially.

[Anonymous No.23852501]

Bakker has finally come to Italy, the first 3 books collected in a single volume!
Is that a sign that the No-God series is coming?

[Anonymous No.23852603]

>>23852501
how many pages are we talking about here?

[Anonymous No.23852609]

>>23852603
1260 pages

[Anonymous No.23852626]

Continuing my journey through the Forgotten Realms books. Just started reading Shadowdale in the Avatars series. It's grim bros. I'm not even half way in and I've totally tuned out. Some of these FR books are so fucking bad I sometimes wonder how FR took off like it did. The Drizzt stuff and Finders stone were both really good, but everything else has been pretty bad so far. At least you can usually tell which ones are going to be bad pretty quickly so I can just chuck the shit ones on audiobook while I grind in games.

[Anonymous No.23852631]

>>23852626
most of the entertainment in D&D fictions comes from imagining how the author is fluffing up rules and hammering it into prose

[Anonymous No.23852637]

>>23852501
Getting Bakker published again is a pyramid scheme. 95% of people will be filtered, but their ill advised purchase will fuel the completion of the series.

[Anonymous No.23852645]

>>23850484
The last one I read was The Curse of Chalion, on the prowl for another.

[Anonymous No.23852682]

>>23852631
I'm happy with a fun adventure with decent characters. Lots of these books have atrocious character writing. They don't have to be deep but they need at least some personality. Finders stone had good characters, I could imagine them in my head easily. Alias, Olive Ruskettle, Akabar, Dragonbait, Giogioni Wyvernspur. All great characters. The characters in Shadowdale aren't even introduced we are just dropped into their bodies and expected to care about them.

[Anonymous No.23852717]

>>23850317
Is it just me or are these threads slow as fuck lately?

[Anonymous No.23852872]

>>23852717
/lit/ is not doing so hot...

[Anonymous No.23852874]

>>23852872
Where do you get this data from?

[Anonymous No.23852879]

>>23852874
https://4stats.io/

[Anonymous No.23852931]

>>23852872
there's less traffic cuz they're getting better at filtering shills. notice there haven't been any guenon, crocodile, tate, or lamp threads lately?

[Anonymous No.23852945]

>>23852872
we will be back

[Anonymous No.23852967]

>>23852872
dead board

[Anonymous No.23852978]

I haven't sat down to read in a long while. do you have any rituals that help get you comfortable and focused? Do you have a time you read more than other hours of the day? I'm practically starting from zero here, it's been so long. I know there's probably a chart for this already, but does anyone have a favorite post 2010 fantasy that isn't too terribly complex?

[Anonymous No.23852992]

>>23852872
illiteracy really is on the rise

[Anonymous No.23853020]

>>23852978
I just plan all of my days beforehand by the hour. On 3PM I'll go shopping, on 4PM I'll read, and so on. Helped with a bunch of things I was procrastinating on.

[Anonymous No.23853087]

What's the point of portal fantasies, anons? Surely the reader can find a secondary world immersive and relatable without a characters from our boring-ass world entering it as an audience surrogate?

[Anonymous No.23853125]

How come we don't get fantasy like this anymore and it's all GRRM/Tolkien/Sandersoy imitators now

[Anonymous No.23853135]

Name one (1) good standalone fantasy or sci-fi novel from the past 5 years

[Anonymous No.23853137]

>>23853020
Is it difficult living with autism?

[Anonymous No.23853166]

>>23853135
I was about to say Rejoice, A Knife to the Heart but that was 2018

[Anonymous No.23853187]

>>23853087
it's probs supposed to be like a metaphor for immigration or some shit

[Anonymous No.23853193]

>>23853166
That's 6 years ago anon...

[Anonymous No.23853207]

>>23852872
Note the highpoint of /lit/ engagement coincides almost exactly with the glory days of Bakkerposting.

[Anonymous No.23853208]

>>23853087
Having an audience surrogate is a great excuse to provide exposition and explain the new world to the reader.

[Anonymous No.23853211]

>>23853207
Looks more like Covid when everyone wanted to be a writer or publish a book.

[Anonymous No.23853225]

>>23852872
What happened on April 19th 2019 for this speak to exist?

[Anonymous No.23853276]

>>23853225
Most likely some raid. That or an issue with the data.

[Anonymous No.23853339]

Thoughts about this series? Anyone read it?

[Anonymous No.23853353]

>>23853339
>woman in a dress with a sheathed sword
this is waking something in me

[Anonymous No.23853355]

>>23850974
People who write reviews like that deserve the rope.

[Anonymous No.23853416]

>>23853353
Great ass, not gonna lie.

[Anonymous No.23853458]

Any fantasy series with vibes and atmosphere of Heroes of Might and Magic 3? Maybe something from the 1980s and 90s. I know that Might and Magic is science fiction, but I want its fantasy component.
I have read DragonLance, maybe it is the closest thing. What else? Forgotten Realms books have a lack of the "war between kingdoms" element.

[Anonymous No.23853519]

>>23850484
There are no stories that exist, let alone genre stories, that need more than 350 pages to be told to completion.

[Anonymous No.23853531]

>>23850382
Any books like it?

[Anonymous No.23853541]

>>23853531

[Anonymous No.23853631]

>>23853541
the one on the right finna get his wussy ate

[Anonymous No.23853654]

I finished The Temptation of Saint Anthony the other day and did not expect to like it so much. I was a bit lost in the beginning but then just went with the flow and couldn't stop reading.

[Anonymous No.23853660]

>>23852637
So thís is thê pôwer of the Dũnyâín...

[Anonymous No.23853674]

>>23852872
/lit/ was always a slow board, we're just returning to the natural order.

[Anonymous No.23853733]

>>23853660
I find it really weird that the Dûnyain didn't know about mathematics. You'd think that in 2000 years spent honing the mind they'd come up with that.

[Anonymous No.23853745]

Need something to replace the Red Rising kino. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed a series so much.

[Anonymous No.23854048]

>>23853745
I know the feeling, Neal Asher's stuff is fun for the combat, I'd start with Prador Moon or Dark Intelligence for similar sci fi action chaos

[Anonymous No.23854249]

How does one get their work featured on the Goodreads group shelf? Or is it just a dead end?

[Anonymous No.23854301]

>>23854249
It's not meant for putting your stuff on it. I'm not going to do that. The best you can do is post it here in this thread. I don't know that all that many members look at it anyway. The current system is I pick some books and a couple members vote on them. This is because almost no one nominated or voted for books since it switched over.

[Anonymous No.23854313]

>>23853654
Flubber is underrated on this board

[Anonymous No.23854369]

>>23854249
goodreads is owned by Amazon, so, contact their marketing goons and you'll find your way in.

[Anonymous No.23854378]

>>23854369
>Goodreads is owned by Amazon
holy shit.

[Anonymous No.23854385]

>>23854378
You didn't know? Amazon bought them 11 years ago. For my next obvious fact: Google owns YouTube.

[Anonymous No.23854389]

>>23854385
So the whole site is just an ad. Great.

[Anonymous No.23854432]

Just finished The Pariah and like I said last week I will write my review of it (including dei aspect) and you WILL read my effortpost (1/2)
>
The entire book theme was literally displayed on the title: a pariah, outcast, someone that didn't belong in society and the story revolves around that theme which lead to protagonist loneliness, alineation, etc, and throughout his journey, protagonist met bunch of people who present themselves as a father figure, mother figure, young sister/older brother sibling-type figure, a friend and mentor.
That's an enjoyable part indeed, taking a different approach for fantastical novel which hooked the reader greatly for its plot point alone, sadly it was also the one that probably filtering most of the reader once the theme was slowly retreated to the background and eventually leaving the protagonist purposeless in his journey, up until some time later he caught up with his own fate or destiny, that has something to do with prophecy, and love.
I bought this book in used condition, and after 300 pages or so, after the protagonist, Alwyn, escaped the pit mine and joining the covenant army, the book itself felt like a brand new, as if the previous owner dropped it midway, never flipped the rest, and decided to sell it instead. I can see why, because I myself got bored after the protagonist reached the 'enlightenment' phase and joining this schizo lady with vision of scourge (basically somekind of apocalyptic event). Speaking of schizoid, the protagonist was also schizoid to a certain degree where he listened to voices talking to him during some critical events throughout the novel, that's another plus point for me.
Regarding the protagonist, I have a love-hate relationship with this guy. Alwyn is a simp. At first he present himself as intellectual, a thinking man, observant, and cautious, but as the story progressed and he met this strong female captain soldier woman called evadine, he began to simp for her (but still act cold to her like a chud) to the point where it will be tiring for the reader whenever the scene of him with evadine was presented in the book, but knowing that every single character was somewhat share the same opinion of Alwyn stupidity, I believe that his decline of character is important for the plot so I'll hold this one.
What else? I dont like to talk about plot that much so lets get back to the theme and worldbuilding.
The pariah is a low fantasy, which mean the worldbuilding is not going to be something big or ambitious or too fantastical, you can pretty much visualizing a medieval age setting for this with a theme revolving around religion, culture, beliefs, etc. It did btw, since in book religion plays an important lore in this story, HOWEVER, I naturally wished that it would ascend to theological discussion (especially with a more intimate first person perspective), but it doesnt, sadly, and instead it shifted to military fantasy for the rest of the series

[Anonymous No.23854437]

>>23854432
>2/2
Evendoe the worldbuild was tight and fairly small, it was a messed up one, bunch of small thing that nobody would bother to remember was thrown throughout 500 pages of this book, I would advise to dont bother paying attention until the puzzle solve itself later in the story.
The prose was surprisingly good, something that I wouldn't expect from a first person fantasy novel in current day. The fighting scene was described really well and evocative, cant say the same for the inconsistent flow and pacing. Also there's bunch of usage of foreboding without rewarding outcome, That's for technical review
My verdict for The Pariah would be 3/5. Its good at some point, enjoyable, but the shifting theme would probably caused a disturbance for its reader. I prefer if this novel taking a path of alwyn playing assassin creed, hunting down some people who are responsible for the downfall of his outlaw band and father figure death, or looking for treasure before joining the military afterwards. But of course nothing happened.
>So how about the DEI aspect in this novel, anon? This novel was released in 2021, there's no way its DEI free right
Yep, there's DEI in this novel, most likely on the 'E' one.
Author preserve women soo much in here, that he lends a hand to save a one specific woman from Alwyn blade (who was also one of his own target) because he couldn't endure a single woman die in a horrible way in his novel.
I usually have a softer side for things like this, for it is a fantasy, a make believe thing. But I would get irritated once it was so obvious that it was there, attached itself in the story.
The treatment of women in this novel was somewhat ridiculous, they often presented as a victim but never enemies, even like I said, the long time nemesis of protagonist suddenly a victim as well (also pregnant, as cherry on top) despite half of this novel filled with his scheming on how to kill her, the traitor. A single chapter shorten that things out that makes protagonist softening himself and decided to not hunt her again.
There's a scene where a girl named Ayin wants to get roiped by a chud whose name I forget but he was also on protagonist killing list, and singlehandedly, Ayin cut his balls off and sometime later the strong captain woman evadine hugged her calling her sister for doing brave and powerful thing like that, I shed my tears in that scene
Well yeah, even the entire figure of evadine herself was taking the big portion of DEI aspect in this novel, and then there's also this gay knight who become alwyn mentor, apparently his father (a king) didn't care if his son is a faggot but he despise him for being a faggot to a commoner. Powerful isnt it?
That's for my review. I'm currently ordering shadow and claw for my next fantasy reading, I dont know if I should read the sequel: The Martyr, and apparently author newest, upcoming novel is in the same universe as this one? I'll wait for fellow anon review instead, that's all

[Anonymous No.23854455]

So I've red all the REH Conan stuff a hundred times over and was thinking about getting more into the pastiche stuff. I kind of remember reading some of the Carter and Sprague de Camp stuff when I was .. so much younger but when I recently did more research I found them to be more controversial than I ever realized way back then.

So what's your opinion. Half decent pastiche or ghoulish buzzards feasting off the work of a dead texan.

[Anonymous No.23854508]

I have mixed feelings on the Long Sun so far. I just wrapped up the first half and it seems like things are just starting to get interesting. The first book was good, the second was ok, I definitely got Wolfe'd a bit in the tunnels.

Silk just isn't that compelling, I get he's a good guy wrapped up in some bad things, but just not quite sure if I really dig it yet.

/blog

[Anonymous No.23854549]

>>23854455
I've yet to find a pastiche that really captures the spirit of the originals, despite how formulaic—and thus presumably easy to imitate—they can be. A typical Howard story is cringy as fuck in a lot of ways but it's delivered with such earnestness and conviction that the cringiness is somehow transmuted to awesomeness. Howard really believed in Conan(and Kane, and the rest) on some level. His characters stood for something deeply meaningful to a very troubled young writer, and this quality exists in a strange yet brilliant symbiosis with the pulpy subject matter of the individual stories. The pastiches can't replicate that.

[Anonymous No.23854558]

>>23854549
I liked a few of them over the years. Reread Emerald Lotus when it got a rerelease and it was pretty solid. But Howard just had a way with prose you can't replicate. Conan's not just some buff dude fighting monsters and fucking harlots. The way REH composed the stories is almost song like.

[Anonymous No.23854615]

>>23850325
Kaiju Preservation Society had some of the most dogshit prose ever put into an award-nominated book. Picrel.

[Anonymous No.23854623]

>>23854615
Its just stylized post modern prose

[Anonymous No.23854628]

>>23854615
Reminds me of Ready Player One

[Anonymous No.23854634]

>>23854615
I want to do a thing to this "writer". In minecraft of course.

[Anonymous No.23854640]

>>23852872
I can't believe 2024, and it is almost over.

[Anonymous No.23854668]

[Anonymous No.23854696]

any recommendations for super hero fiction or something similar? preferably not an adaptation or licensed property, but if you think it's really good, throw it out there

[Anonymous No.23854743]

>>23854696
Why not just read a comic book. There are a lot of good ones.

[Anonymous No.23854752]

>>23854668
I hate Gamification design so much bros

[Anonymous No.23854759]

>>23854752
Agreed. Why does everything need to be a cheevo. I swear we're entering a point where everything needs a little DING or nobody is going to do anything.

[Anonymous No.23854774]

>>23854759
Reward system. People wants to get rewarded for thing they did, achievement as profile decor, or simply bragging. But ultimately, its a reward system, a childish one to be exact.
t. ui designer for living (ironically) and getting debated constantly with brain reward system by ux roastie whenever I was arguing against their gamification flow (hence why I hated it so much) sorry lads

[Anonymous No.23854775]

>>23854759
It makes controlling the populace easier.

[Anonymous No.23854803]

>>23854743
You're right, I'm mostly curious to see if it's been done. Only example I can think of is Soon I Will Be Invincible

[Anonymous No.23854811]

>>23854803
There's been a few actual prose novels by DC and Marvel over the years. I remember the audio book of Batman No Mans Land being good.

[Anonymous No.23854874]

>>23854696
For novels there's Devil's Cape, which is an amateur effort but decent enough by capeshit standards. I don't think the author ever followed up with anything else, so it's a one-off despite having sequel hooks. Then there is Villain's Code, which has likeable characters but is otherwise the sloppiest sloppy slop imaginable and is written at a weirdly juvenile reading level(though not nearly as bad as that Kaiju Preservation Society excerpt posted earlier). If these recommendations sound lukewarm, well, capeshit just doesn't seem to have much going on when it comes to actual books for original properties.

[Anonymous No.23854879]

>>23854508
Yeah it's very similar to New Sun in that way, but by the end of the fourth book you'll want to start it again and Silk will be your favorite character.

[Anonymous No.23854884]

>>23854696
>any recommendations for super hero fiction or something similar?
If you want a somewhat different take on superheroes check out The Violent Century.

>A bold experiment has mutated a small fraction of humanity. Nations race to harness the gifted, putting them to increasingly dark ends. At the dawn of global war, flashy American superheroes square off against sinister Germans and dissolute Russians. Increasingly depraved scientists conduct despicable research in the name of victory

>British agents Fogg and Oblivion, recalled to the Retirement Bureau, have kept a treacherous secret for over forty years. But all heroes must choose when to join the fray, and to whom their allegiance is owed—even for just one perfect summer’s day.

[Anonymous No.23854996]

>>23854696
Have you ever heard of a collaborative project called Wild Cards? They sound like just what you're looking for, young man.

[Anonymous No.23855111]

>>23850317
I read Nature of predators and I really liked the premise even if the execution was fairly bad. It's about mankind finding other sentient life but they're all evolved from prey animal, so mankind's predator characteristics and omnivory makes the aliens scared of us (at first).Then I was told that if I liked that I should look at Deathworlders. I also liked that premise a lot. It sort of makes us into kryptonians, with our world being very inhospitable compared to other sentient cradle worlds, so we're smaller and a lot stronger than they are. The prose, however, was very poor and the plot wasn't all that well planned.

Would you know anything along these lines? I like the ideas of multiple alien species and how humanity would interact and possibly integrate with them, especially these that have a twist on mankind being just "normal" or "average". Like some default user class in a game. I like the idea that mankind is special somehow. Any recs appreciated.

[Anonymous No.23855120]

>>23853541
Any books for this feel? I'm an unironic furry and would love a sci-fi or fantasy novel where the mc fucks or at least theoretically could fuck Awoos.

[Anonymous No.23855153]

>>23854455
I have read a first third of them and I really liked "The Thing in the Crypt" and "The Castle of Terror".
The main "problem" with them all - they are very simple in structure (revealing a problem - one act of action - ending). Howard' stories are more complex, they have a couple of acts, more fleshed out relations between characters, etc.

[Anonymous No.23855158]

>>23855120
There is furry-fucking in "The Steel Remains" by Richard Morgan, but it's a tiny part of the book.

[Anonymous No.23855160]

>>23855111
maybe Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson

[Anonymous No.23855163]

>>23855153
A few of these got adapted to the comic book and were honestly better there

[Anonymous No.23855167]

>>23852872
good.

[Anonymous No.23855403]

Is there any way, aside from separation, that magic would stay secret from normies? I mean, some retard magister would try to become a Sorceror King.

[Anonymous No.23855432]

>>23855403
Perhaps a cynical answer but it's actually not that weird to just assume people just aren't buying it. People are too into their phones their own business and aren't even looking up to notice. You can have someone post footage of a wizard casting spells, upload it and all the comments reacting with LOL FAKE AND GAY. People are too in their own ways that so much magic can simply just go unnoticed right under the noses.

[Anonymous No.23855450]

>>23855403
Muggles just don't notice it because 'hand wave-y bullshit'

[Anonymous No.23855459]

>>23855432
No that's an absolutely fine explanation.
I mean, modern governments don't even need magic to delude people into believing things that are obviously untrue.
I'm just trying to decide to what extent magic will be known in my setting, and even though it's a technologically backward one, you can't really stop people from talking.

[Anonymous No.23855474]

>>23855403
the magical community has cast a subtle spell on a global scale that makes those not initiated into its workings dismiss magical happenings as supernatural/UFO activity

[Anonymous No.23855483]

>>23855459
>you can't really stop people from talking.
So let em talk? Urban legends and that kind of stuff exists now. How many people believe in junk like big foot, ghosts and ufo abductions. Just have magic be in the same realm as that. Urban legends written off as such.

[Anonymous No.23855617]

>>23850317
if they have the skill to machine a rifle, why couldn't they produce better armor?

[Anonymous No.23855623]

>>23855483
That's what I'm doing, except the world is a smaller hold out of enclaves that are left after the Cold War went hot.

[Anonymous No.23855633]

>>23855474
>global scale
Why can't they just turn everyone who would oppose them into a loyal sycophant then?

[Anonymous No.23855636]

>>23855483
I think this explanation only works if the wizards are also both very rare and very good at hiding their existence.
I bet more people would believe in UFOs and alien visitations if there was good, clear, unambiguous footage. Which would be almost inevitable if these things were actually real.

[Anonymous No.23855641]

>>23855636
>>23855483
If the guy who runs your community and demands you pay him taxes is in a robe and can swing a staff and make someone catch on fire, you're going to have more stories about how he's a very powerful wizard than about urban legends.

[Anonymous No.23855704]

>>23855633
They are still humans, and while certain factions would probably do that, so as a whole they can't agree on anything

[Anonymous No.23855725]

>>23854615
this is stunning to me

[Anonymous No.23855790]

I still haven't read Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 , is Bradbury worth reading? I hope it's not more lolbert stuff

[Anonymous No.23855794]

>>23855725
it certainly stuns the intellect of the reader

[Anonymous No.23855795]

>>23850317
Been reading Hyperion recently, I'm only 1/3rd through, and I don't know if it's because I've been avoiding SF past few years at all, but God this reads so nicely and feels so fresh in terms of ideas presented and the narrative.
It's some good shit.

[Anonymous No.23855806]

I like his writing style and the world seems interesting, but are the main characters literal faggots?

[Anonymous No.23855819]

>>23855806
>prince of nothing
>are they faggots?

probably. sounds like some broody, edgy shit from a nihilistic fagboy

[Anonymous No.23855839]

>>23855806
Only one.
>>23855819
The irony is that the Prince of Nothing title is very literal and the least edgy and philosophic aspect of the book.

[Anonymous No.23855841]

Im starting hussite trilogy, brehs

[Anonymous No.23855888]

>>23855841
>the hussie trilogy
QRD?

[Anonymous No.23855891]

>>23851173
whats it from

[Anonymous No.23856085]

>ank morpork’s dollar is based on the amerigolem
What the fuck did Pratchett mean by this?

[Anonymous No.23856092]

>>23855790
Start with Fahrenheit. Martian Chronicles is a selfsucking contest

[Anonymous No.23856114]

>>23856085
In Ankh-Morpork we believe in one man, one vote. Lord Vetinari has that vote becuase he's The Man.

[Anonymous No.23856169]

Why does Sci Fi hate bio tech?
I think it's a lot more likely to invent a living machine that can self-repair so long as it has the required matter/caloric intake than it is to ever pass the speed of light.

[Anonymous No.23856280]

Just started the judging eye. Fuck is wrong with this lil nigga Kelmomas? Also where is Cnaiur? Is he safe? Is he alright?

[Anonymous No.23856297]

So instead of elves and dwarves, which are played out, what should we use instead?

[Anonymous No.23856310]

>>23856297
Gnomes. Nobody ever cares about gnomes.

[Anonymous No.23856330]

is zlib tor down for you guys as well?

[Anonymous No.23856334]

>>23856310
Death to gn******

[Anonymous No.23856375]

The contagion is spreading. Bakker needs to come out of silence. His poor family are now bwing subjected to the autism of the Bakkerfags.

[Anonymous No.23856381]

>>23856375
holy fucking fedora

[Anonymous No.23856412]

>>23856375
link

[Anonymous No.23856420]

>>23856375
Topkek. This can't be real.

[Anonymous No.23856428]

>>23856375

A Bakker just flew over my house

[Anonymous No.23856462]

>>23856169
It's gross

[Anonymous No.23856469]

>>23854743
>Why not just read a comic book.
Comics are for midwits and children.

[Anonymous No.23856483]

>>23854696
Worm

[Anonymous No.23856576]

is YA hated or liked here

[Anonymous No.23856619]

>>23856576
Yes

[Anonymous No.23856748]

>>23854996
GEORGE JUST FINISH TWOW ALREADY YOU FAT FUCK

[Anonymous No.23856875]

>>23856483
reading first person perspective of a girl lusting for a negro is absolutely revolting
I've haven't touched the author since

>>23854696
super minion
practical guide to evil
check webfiction rating sites. there are some others

[Anonymous No.23856908]

HE UNITED THE THREE SEAS IS WHAT HE DID. HE WAS A BRAVE NORSIRAI WARRIOR-PROPHET, AND IN THIS HOUSE ANASURIMBOR KELLHUS IS A HERO!

[Anonymous No.23857049]

>>23856469
>midwits
Only children use this phrase.

[Anonymous No.23857057]

>>23855806
Only one of them. Not telling which though!

[Anonymous No.23857074]

series like this?

[Anonymous No.23857491]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjC5bezSaWU

[Anonymous No.23857505]

>>23853519
Name your top 5 favorite fantasy ones then

[Anonymous No.23857512]

>>23857505
Name yours. I guarantee they could be cut to that length and lose nothing.

[Anonymous No.23857518]

>>23856469
He asked for a comic book why not toss him a comic book.

[Anonymous No.23857529]

>>23857518
No serious adult reads comic books.

[Anonymous No.23857555]

>>23857512
Lord of the Rings.

[Anonymous No.23857566]

She seemed younger, somehow, more fragile with beauty. The curve of her cheeks, like the outer edge of an opened oyster shell. Her compact lips. Her wide eyes, lashed with quill strokes. For the first time, it seemed, he noticed how much lighter her skin was than his or her mother's. For the first time he wondered about her real father, about the twist of caprice that had seen her born, rather than aborted by Esmenet's whore-shell.

Wait a second. Could she be Moengus's daughter?

[Anonymous No.23857572]

>>23857512
I wasn't arguing. I agree and want your reccs.

[Anonymous No.23857702]

Im under the impression a lot of classic sci-fi/fantasy/horror/weird fiction got their start publishing stories in magazines specifically catered to that kind of thing, but is there any sort of equivalent nowadays?

[Anonymous No.23857760]

>>23856412
https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/1fcxdbs/ive_got_religious_ocd_and_on_top_of_that_im_gay/

[Anonymous No.23857882]

Give me fantasy novels where the villain is motivated at least partially by revenge in some form

[Anonymous No.23857891]

>>23857702
Yes, websites where stories are published according to the author's schedule. Fanfiction and webnovel sites mostly.

[Anonymous No.23857907]

I think Bakker quit the internet after GPT-3 was released and he knew what was coming. The timeline adds up.
It's possible he collates everything that has happened in the years since into the final trilogy. He said he was a little empty of thought and only had a few vignettes prior to that.

[Anonymous No.23857913]

QUICK! give me a novel within 5 minutes and i'll read it!

[Anonymous No.23857925]

>>23857913
Fugue for a Darkening Island

[Anonymous No.23857933]

>>23857925
thank you

[Anonymous No.23857969]

>>23857529
You poor, deluded fool.
Grant Morrisons Superman is okay.
Bissette - Todleben era Swamp Thing is good.
Sandman is okay, if you are into goth stuff.
Nemesis by Pat Mills is fun.
Doom Patrol by Grant Morrison & Invisibles is aquired taste, but ok.
Poison Elves by Drew Hayes is okay - better if you like goths.
All Valerian are fun (Méziers - Christin - Le).

[Anonymous No.23857977]

>>23856169
Try Schismatrix:
- scifi
- biotech
- cybernetics
- first contact

[Anonymous No.23857979]

23856334
Trolls.
Is it better to avoid them, or trap them, gnomebros?

[Anonymous No.23858058]

>>23857529
No serious adult goes to such lengths to be taken serious

[Anonymous No.23858187]

>>23857969
Of all the good comics in the world, you chose nothing but slop
At least tell him to read Chris Ware or something

[Anonymous No.23858336]

Hi all, /wg/ native here. I'd like to shill my recently-released scifi technothriller for a moment because I'm incredibly proud of what I accomplish in terms of plot, the twist, and world building. Here's the dust jacket:
>The cataclysmic event known as the "Deathfall" happened with little warning before drowning Earth and leaving Humanity on the brink of extinction. Those that survived turned to self-augmentation and mechanization in order to reclaim that which was lost under the dark waves. Humanity found a new foothold, and with it new dangers.

>Arivia is a twenty-something user of a cyborg frame. Her life is simple, safe, and fulfilling. At least, until one fateful job sees Arivia's entire world turned upside-down and herself thrust into a harrowing journey into the deep to discover the truth behind the Deathfall.

I'm more than happy to send out teaser or even full PDF copies if you can't afford/don't want to buy anything. Just email me (michael.d.cinder AT gmail) and I'll set you up!

[Anonymous No.23858388]

>>23858336
I suggest not using the verb "shill" even ironically on 4chan as it makes your work look unserious and you insecure. I think it's better to come off overconfident than unprofessional/unassertive which is the aura you give off when you say you're "shilling" your book. Why do you need to "shill" it? Can't you just promote/advertise it like every other respectable author?

Also, I know that Amazon allows you to add a sample chapter that anyone can access. I suggest doing that so you can simply share the link and we don't need to email you, as most of us won't bother. We might bother to click an Amazon link though.

[Anonymous No.23858407]

>>23853339
The series is divided in three story arcs, the first trilogy is the best, second trilogy goes to some weird places and retcons some worldbuilding but is still enjoyable, third story arc is just awful and completely unnecessary.
>>23853458
Rfitwar
Legend and othe david gemmell's books
The Wayfarer Redemption
Dread Empire
DragonCrown War
Darksword and Deathgate Cycle
Monarchies of God (this one is low fantasy tho)
>Forgotten Realms books have a lack of the "war between kingdoms" element.
Then Dragonlance is the best choice, almost every dragonlance novel is about a war.
>>23853458
Superfolks (1977) by Robert Mayer

[Anonymous No.23858417]

>>23858336
Just drop the pdf in here, let the other read your text, its not like we're going to plagiarize your idea or something

[Anonymous No.23858423]

Bros, any update on Bakker?

[Anonymous No.23858425]

>>23858423
he's jacking off to gay thug porn

[Anonymous No.23858428]

>>23858336
>>Arivia is a twenty-something user of a cyborg frame. Her
Stopper reading there.
Go kill yourself you trash coomer.

[Anonymous No.23858442]

>>23858407
Ok, thanks, I will check your HOMM recommendations.

[Anonymous No.23858471]

>>23858336
Michael, you have not paid your dues. For one to shill in this thread, you must post a teaser. The inhabitants of this thread would like to sit in judgement.

[Anonymous No.23858623]

>>23858388
>as it makes your work look unserious
did you look at the cover...?

[Anonymous No.23858648]

>>23858623
There's quality coomerslop and then there's Royal Road-tier coomerslop.

[Anonymous No.23858652]

>>23858336
This looks like something >>>/jp/ would appreciate more.

[Anonymous No.23858833]

i know there are recommended reading charts but, what can you guys recommend to me? i'm mainly interested in science fiction, what classics (and not) can you recommend for a beginner? i'm currently reading hitchiker's guide.

[Anonymous No.23858842]

>>23858833
Asimov is a good place to start with scifi, try some of his collected short stories or Foundation. Nothing wrong with Hitchhiker's Guide either, but I do admit it aged poorly due to the style of humour.

[Anonymous No.23858879]

Do all cyberpunk novel falls under speculative fiction spectrum?

[Anonymous No.23858881]

>>23858833
Try going to a library or bookstore (yes you need to go outside) and go to the Science Fiction section. Then put on your big boy pants and start looking through the books. I know you find it hard to concentrate but now you have to read the backs of prospective books to get an idea of what they're about. Finally, you take the lead for once and decide on a book you'd like to read.

[Anonymous No.23859015]

>>23858879
Sci-fi is speculative fiction. Do you know any cyberpunk that isn't sci-fi?
You might be able to do cyberpunk with today's technology, but I doubt it would ve very good.

[Anonymous No.23859150]

Is picrel worth reading or is it feminist dogshit?

[Anonymous No.23859170]

>>23859150
Feminist rewrites of Greek myths are always feminist dogshit

[Anonymous No.23859390]

>>23858471
>>23858417
Here you are. It should be significantly more than the sample that Amazon shows: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p8K7PuFN4BH0xMzrqNvjrs60zHaF3Ffe/view?usp=drivesdk

>>23858388
You can see the sample if you switch from the ebook version, but the ebook version doesn't have the sample yet. It's probably lag time on processing.

[Anonymous No.23859395]

>>23859390
>All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without the prior written permission of the copyright owner, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
literally what are you going to do if someone does just that

[Anonymous No.23859476]

>>23859390
Ok you've served your due and now I will read the teaser.

[Anonymous No.23859481]

>>23859395
Sue?

[Anonymous No.23859486]

>>23859481
you don't have the money for that

[Anonymous No.23859553]

>>23859486
Maybe writer anon does.

[Anonymous No.23859570]

>>23852978
i just pick the book and start walking laps around the house, no thinking. the more i think about if i want to do it or if i should do something else, the less likely it is i read anything

[Anonymous No.23859584]

>>23859390
i've only read prologue but it's pretty fucking bad, i had hoped /wg/ was better than this

i find the tone and the mannerisms in it extremely cringe, maybe that's biasing me a bit. but still it doesn't look good at all. congrats on publishing though. if i read more i'll let you know

[Anonymous No.23859610]

I wonder if newjeansfan is a Bakker sock. He's been known to do this sort of thing before. The profile pic was an AI image of a girl which changed when it was posted here.
Bakker, if the lockdown has given you gender issues, it's ok. We accept you, but you need to release NG.

[Anonymous No.23859760]

>>23858058
Reading comic books as an adult hinders that progress, yes.

[Anonymous No.23859765]

>>23857969
shit taste. good lord.

[Anonymous No.23859817]

>>23857969
>You poor, deluded fool

[Anonymous No.23859914]

>>23850317
Any way to make numerous factions feel authentic, powerful/influential and distinct without relying on gimmick whilst maintaining some aura of mystery? I find I tend to introduce factions for plot reasons and I have a hard time making them just as literary as I make my characters.

[Anonymous No.23859994]

What thriller/adventure books does /sffg/ like?
I remember liking James Rollins and Shibumi as a kid but my millennial heart now years for some well-researched boomer stuff. Will Tom Clancy books hit the spot?
inb4 read more Trevanian

[Anonymous No.23860008]

>>23859994
I liked a couple of Jack Reacher's novels, but they are pretty the same.

[Anonymous No.23860062]

I’ve been told Wheel of Time is basically compulsory fantasy reading, but fucking hell 14 books is an investment. Will it pay off? I’ve been putting it off for too long now.

[Anonymous No.23860066]

>>23860062
>compulsory fantasy reading
by fags maybe

[Anonymous No.23860084]

Gotta say I don't much care for this bitch boy Sorweel

[Anonymous No.23860090]

>>23860062
Read the first book and see if you like it

[Anonymous No.23860099]

>>23860008
Good call, I remember liking Killing Floor a lot.
>>23860062
>>23860066
Boooring. Try something weird.

[Anonymous No.23860121]

>>23860062
I recently read the first three books. If you’re a fan of intricately planned, well set-up and executed endings like Brandon Sanderson's works, I would pass on Wheel of Time. The story isn’t bad per say, but each ending of the first three books feel extremely rushed with little closure. Villains come out of nowhere, get vanquished, and the main baddie fails again, only to come back alive and kicking in the next book.

[Anonymous No.23860240]

Why does no one make Sci Fi with Fantasy elements?
I want to see a dwarf with a plasma torch.

[Anonymous No.23860380]

>>23860240
Almost all sci-fi has fantasy elements.

[Anonymous No.23860396]

Whichever one of you dorks recommended this trilogy could have warned me what a chore it is to read. I enjoyed BotNS, so the idea of a megalopolis locked into history and traditions so old no one understands why anything is the way it is, really appealed to me. Fuck though, I'm almost done the first book and it has yet to "grab" me. The prose is nice, the very British witticisms are cute, but the dialogue, oh my heart, the dialogue. Prunesquallor and Steerpike are the only characters whose lines aren't nails on a chalkboard. I understand it's a creative decision. Picasso made his paintings look like they do on purpose, doesn't mean it's not gobbledygook.

I understand Peake was a poet and artist besides a novelist, but he will spend ten paragraphs describing a view from a window and it's... pretty, I guess. Maybe I'm just a brainlet, am I missing something? I don't drop series often, but I don't think it's worth reading two more of these.

[Anonymous No.23860404]

>>23860240
Deep Rock Galactic

[Anonymous No.23860420]

We need to make a new, updated, fantasy charts, especially for dark fantasy

[Anonymous No.23860430]

>>23860380
????
I don't see very many elves in most sci fi.

[Anonymous No.23860432]

>>23860420
What's good dark fantasy?
Don't suggest Bakkershit

[Anonymous No.23860433]

>>23860062
Brandy Sandy botched the ending so not really.

[Anonymous No.23860439]

>>23860420
>there have been so many good new releases since that chart was made like, uh, um

[Anonymous No.23860463]

Ive finished Crossroads of Twilight. Currently on New Spring. My ratings so far out of 5 (2.5/5 is ok, 3 is good, 2 is bad etc):
Eye of the World: 2
The Great Hunt: 3
The Dragon Reborn: 2.5
The Shadow Rising: 3.5 (I absolutely loved the flashback and still think about it often)
Fires of Heaven: 3
Lord of Chaos: 2.5
A Crown of Swords: 2.5
The Path of Daggers: 2.5
Winters Heart: 1.5
Crossroads of Twilight: 1
I’m too committed to stop now. I really like some characters, but I feel like all the female characters are a different variation of one person and it drives me insane. I just hope the end is worth it, because I do like this series, even if it’s really slow. It feels like all the books are edging my mental cock towards the massive orgasm that is supposed to be the last battle. I even like nynaeve now, but I think it’s either Stockholm syndrome or she mind broke me.

[Anonymous No.23860470]

>>23860432
I dont know that's why I suggested the idea

[Anonymous No.23860475]

>>23853733
For mathematics you need writing which I assume the Dunyain are vehemently against since to read is essentially being controlled by another man's voice. But I guess they could have theorems memorized

[Anonymous No.23860484]

>>23860396
I wouldn’t waste my time unless you want to read pretty prose. It’s good reading before bed, 5 pages a day or so.

[Anonymous No.23860491]

>>23860463
>I even like nynaeve now, but I think it’s either Stockholm syndrome or she mind broke me.
It's neither, Nynaeve was actually based the entire time. You just never realise it because she has a cuntish personality. It's honestly such a good twist I'm doubtful Robert Jordan actually intended it. EGWENE ON THE OTHER HAND

[Anonymous No.23860493]

>>23855806
the only real faggot in the first trilogy was literally groomed as a child. there is a faggot in the second series thoughever

[Anonymous No.23860494]

>>23860420
Probably almost all of them were made by individuals rather than a group effort. You'll have to do it yourself.

[Anonymous No.23860502]

>>23860430
Faster than light travel is somewhat more fantastical than some guy having pointy ears.

[Anonymous No.23860535]

>>23860484
That makes a lot of sense, actually. The chapters are almost self-contained stories now that I think about it. Didn't even occur to me not to read it like a novel. I'm not a clever man.
I'll try putting Gormenghast on the backburner and take it a little slower. Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.23860539]

>>23860121
>per say

[Anonymous No.23860543]

>>23860430
>I don't see very many elves in most sci fi.

[Anonymous No.23860568]

>>23850317
In "Demon in White," the third book in the "Suneater" series, humanity lives tens of thousands of year in the future. The current empire formed after it waged war, know as the Foundation War, with the Mericanii, a civilization of human-fused machines.

Turns out the Mericanii was the former United States. The last president was Julian (((Felsenburgh))), a business man who promised cures to "injustice and inequality" using artificial intelligence. His planned work, and he got rich. After his death, however, the machines seized power and enslaved humanity.

After the war, humanity removed all Mericanii knowledge and technology from the societal psyche. Any mention of its history or use of its technology is a capital offense.

tl;dr: America's last president was a Jew businesman whose artifical intelligence led to the decimation of Earth and removal of the United States from history.

[Anonymous No.23860586]

>>23860539
az langh az u undastand wut iz mint eet duzzint matta.

[Anonymous No.23860623]

>>23860586
You're right. Who cares if everyone just speaks whatever flavor of pidgin they want, fuck rules and shit.

[Anonymous No.23860685]

>>23860623
nao ur gettan eet. Wir goin bak tu tha tradishanul waiz uv no standurdaized spel

[Anonymous No.23860707]

Best scifi to read after Rendezvous at Rama?

[Anonymous No.23860747]

>>23860586
You're not just spelling "per se" incorrectly, you're also using the phrase incorrectly. If you knew how it was spelled you would have a better chance of knowing what it actually means.

[Anonymous No.23860795]

>>23859914
Bump

[Anonymous No.23861117]

>>23860568
>decimation
1/10th were killed? Harsh...

[Anonymous No.23861122]

>>23860707
Book of the Long Sun

[Anonymous No.23861132]

Well that was a fun read. I’m glad he’s back to making comfy time-travel isekai instead of post-apocalyptic slop. Although the author is a libtard with a hate-boner for Germans (he’s been hanging out with Harry Turtledove I guess), his portrayal of modern-day people interacting and culture-clashing with ancients is top-notch. Although it has the usual Stirling problems like flawless main-characters and gratuitous plot armor, I’ll devour an alt-history novel set in the Roman Empire any day.

[Anonymous No.23861188]

>>23859914
Bump

[Anonymous No.23861195]

>>23861117
>The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.

[Anonymous No.23861221]

>>23858336
>The cataclysmic event known as the "Deathfall"

[Anonymous No.23861292]

>>23859390
I think the prologue sucks and it would be better if it was dropped completely. Also, this line on the third page of the prologue
>“Well I’m certainly not going to blame some higher power that doesn’t exist,” answered Russell.
comes across as you (the author) being a dogmatic atheist and forcing it into your work when it doesn't need to be there. For that reason, I'm out.

[Anonymous No.23861293]

>>23861221
Kek

[Anonymous No.23861353]

Fantasy novels with a lot of female characters getting killed?

[Anonymous No.23861429]

>>23860543
I would gladly betray huamnity if I got a cute abh wife out of it

[Anonymous No.23861465]

>>23861429
Jinto didn't betray humanity. Humanity betrayed Jinto.

[Anonymous No.23861495]

Would you read this?
>In an isolated valley stands the lone Mount Niatas, worshipped by the people as a god. Faith and stability are tested when Niatas comes under an assault of quakes that shatter its skin and crack it down the centre, their cause unknown. A druid and a blacksmith guide a mighty Goliath to the peak where with chains and divine strength he holds the two sides of the god-mountain together. Yet the solution is temporary, and the tremors continue. A quest to dispel the evil within - whatever it may be - begins.

[Anonymous No.23861783]

>>23861495
I'm not NOT interested but some parts are vague or poorly expressed. Is the Goliath going on the adventure? What's the heroes real objective? What is actually so bad about the mountain splitting apart? Is there something bad in their threatening to come lose? Is their conflict on either side? Perhaps a cold war esque tension that leads each side to blame and fear the other? Is this kind of thing happening anywhere else? What is the hero's personal stake in all this? Beyond the giant holding the mountain together it's not really a story so much as it's a .... blurb.

[Anonymous No.23861796]

Is 'The Shadow of What Was Lost' good?

[Anonymous No.23861821]

>>23860463
It's a 14 book series, you've read 10 of them and only genuinely liked 3 without loving any of them. Are you really not going to cut your losses at this point? Bear in mind the Sanderson books (which you'll soon run into) are a massive drop in quality from even Jordan's serviceable if tiresome rambling.

[Anonymous No.23861847]

Why are all the fictional novel set in Greece or about Greek mythology always about women whining?
Just want a book about some oiled up slightly gay conan looking fucker spearing dudes and spearing goddesses.
It isn't fair bros.

Anyway does anyone know any stories not written thousands of years ago where gods and goddesses walk the land influence mortals and fight each other? Doesn't need to be based on actual mythology.

[Anonymous No.23861864]

>>23861847
Maybe Gods of Pegana? The Broken Sword, sort of.

[Anonymous No.23861904]

>>23861847
>Why are all the fictional novel set in Greece or about Greek mythology always about women whining?
The Latro books aren't particularly whiny, although he's not exactly conan.
Has gods influencing mortals, but not walking the earth.

[Anonymous No.23861947]

>>23861465
I was just randomly rewatching some or Banner (the prison planet arc) and debating picking up the light novels, only to see the series was never properly finished and last got a book like 10 years ago.

It just seems odd to me that series deemed popular enough/worthy of several seasons of animation would never be finished. And there's a total black hole of information about it online in terms of author interviews, etc.

[Anonymous No.23861963]

>>23854432
I knew the author's name was familiar, it's the fucking Blood Song scammer. Does this series have any of the beats the first Blood Song book did or is it just a pile of shit like the rest of that series turned into?

[Anonymous No.23861993]

>>23861847
The Last of the Renshai
Bifrost Guardians
>Doesn't need to be based on actual mythology.
Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen

[Anonymous No.23862056]

[Anonymous No.23862065]

>>23862056
hello, reddit!

[Anonymous No.23862078]

>>23862056
>goodreads users actually believe this
SAD!

[Anonymous No.23862088]

>>23862078
>be Donaldsonfag
>nobody ever acknowledges him
Sad
Many such cases!

[Anonymous No.23862095]

>>23856375
These are the Bakker fans that will openly state that they would side with genocidal alien rape demons when faced with the threat of hell.

[Anonymous No.23862108]

>>23862088
the average modern reader can't get past the rape completely unaware that the rape scene represents the deteriorated mental state Thomas is in, he believes the rape to be a dream yet Covenant hates himself so much that he cannot even have a normal wet dream, he's depressed to his very core so that's why his sex dreams are about having twisted rape sex.

[Anonymous No.23862130]

>>23862108
What does it matter what it represents? It's still the same actions regardless. It's possible to excuse away literally anything with that logic.

[Anonymous No.23862149]

>>23862088
I'm reading the first book now (a Norwegian translation), it's page 70 and it seems like it's some The Eye of the World slop. I know that there will be the rape scene with Lena, but what it is like after that?

[Anonymous No.23862168]

>>23862149
I dropped it because the world was too fantastical for my tastes. It's has more in common with pulp sci-fi than with by the book fantasy.

[Anonymous No.23862177]

>>23860240
Lurk more

[Anonymous No.23862185]

>>23860240
Urban Fantasy often has fantasy races and other stuff in a modern day setting.

[Anonymous No.23862188]

>>23861132
He's always been better at writing villains than heroes. He has a talent for humanizing evil characters even while dialing their mustache twirling up to maximum wattage. Though he seemed more like a libertarian than a libtard when I read his stuff in the 90s.

[Anonymous No.23862193]

>>23862149
If this is what you call slop, I think it's best you move on from genrefiction entirely.

[Anonymous No.23862199]

>>23862078
Goodreads users love Maas

[Anonymous No.23862265]

>>23853339
I'd give them a shot. First three are the best, and if you're not attached to the characters you can drop out after that without feeling like things are unfinished. Its does have some pretty creative takes on standard fantasy ideas and I found the love story arc really charming when I was a kid. The main character can be annoying but its balanced by her companions being unreasonably based.

[Anonymous No.23862270]

>>23854508
I dread that part when I re-read the series, because reading it makes you feel like you've actually been wandering around in a bunker with no food or water for three days. I'd say stick with it. I like New Sun better but Long is still very good.

[Anonymous No.23862334]

>>23856375
>Stone Age codex
My sides, holy based.

[Anonymous No.23862335]

> Sci-fi
> Focuses on adventure and thrills (no military wank, politics or "anticipation")
> Is not LitRPG trash
> Is not pulp garbage
> Is not YA slop
> Has a more original cover than another fucking spaceship in space
What's her name, /lit/?

[Anonymous No.23862337]

reading Wizard of Earthsea, it is pretty interesting so far. It feels like Patrick Rutherford really stole quite a few concepts from it lmao.

Also thanks for the recommendations on grabbing a Kobo, this thing is awesome

[Anonymous No.23862338]

>>23862335

[Anonymous No.23862340]

Had a very pleasant dream about a sci-fi combination military college and finishing school where the daughters of oligarchs and nobility spend four years learning command and running around in ultra-feminine power armor as low-key FBI/Gestapo and parade propaganda pieces so they have some skills and credibility when they take over the space family business or join the real military. Then there was some Operation Barbarossa type deal and our girls got sent to the real shit but the logic broke down after that. I know there's gotta be some schlock out of Asia or the self published favela that will scratch this itch.

[Anonymous No.23862345]

>>23862338
Upon rereading Use of Weapons, did anyone else find that the big twist didn't make much sense and actually make no difference to the plot at all?

[Anonymous No.23862352]

>>23862335
Maybe try looking into technothrillers.

[Anonymous No.23862355]

>>23862345
I'm with you. I think the book is a great read and interesting (like all of his books), but yeah that aspect of it didn't really make me think "damn, Banks is a GENIUS" like everyone else says. I do think he's a genius for other reasons though

[Anonymous No.23862356]

>>23862340
So basically you want Red Rising told from the perspective of Mustang without the existence of Darrow.

[Anonymous No.23862362]

>>23862340
sounds a bit like ancillary justice (without the power armor)

[Anonymous No.23862371]

>>23862356
yes nothing screams ultra-feminine to me like a genetically enhanced female oligarch rippling in muscles and ruling with an iron fist, able to kill 30 fully armed and armored men with her bare hands.

[Anonymous No.23862378]

>>23862338
I'm looking at those titles and I'm liking some of their synopses. Thanks.
>>23862352
I've been thinking of getting into Tom Clancy so that's not a bad idea to check the rest.

[Anonymous No.23862380]

>>23862337
Patrick Rothfuss*

[Anonymous No.23862387]

>>23862378
sure, start with player of games or use of weapons, those are generally the entry novels. None of them are directly connected, but they all take place in the same universe.

[Anonymous No.23862394]

>>23862371
Women being in the military is by definition not feminine.

[Anonymous No.23862398]

>>23862394
In that sense yes, but if they are spies or assassins in bikinis or something then I could see them still being feminine. But yes, the willingness to fight and kill is masculine. I suppose I always imagined the women in Red Rising to be incredibly butch because they exist in such a competitive world while martially operating on an equal footing with men. That is to say, a lot of the strongest characters in the series are women, and not because they are great socially/beautiful, but because they are feared duelists/admirals/commanders etc etc.

[Anonymous No.23862437]

>>23862356
Have heard this title a few times, will give it a shot.
>>23862362
I'm pretty sure I tried to listen to it during a long shift at a shit job like 10 years ago, can't remember anything, but I keep seeing all the awards it's won and have been meaning to give it another shot.
>>23862394
The only reason I thought this was interesting enough to post was that contrast, and sort of an exaggerated "grizzled Mississippi grunt following fresh ROTC kid" dynamic. Like yeah these are basically sorority chicks in Barbies Dream T-45d, but also legally political officers wearing top of the line bespoke suits because this is like space Lichtenstein and they love that ostentatious feudal shit.

[Anonymous No.23862488]

>Author writes the protagonist as a socially awkward non handsome loser
>Has still had girlfriends

[Anonymous No.23862553]

>>23862356
I still haven’t read anything that has filled that red rising void, either fantasy or sci-fi.

[Anonymous No.23862568]

>>23862553
You never will because you can't replicate subjective personal experiences.

[Anonymous No.23862600]

>>23862568
You’re right. Still I can try, are there any notable series with a driven, ambitious protag rising through military/leadership ranks? Bonus if there’s a focus on swordsmanship or power level wankery and the like. Razor duels were cool as shit.

[Anonymous No.23862605]

I want a cute girl that solves fantasy or sci-fi mysteries like Nancy drew.

[Anonymous No.23862630]

The prose was good enough during the first chapter, but holy shit did this devolve into female victimhood slop real fast.

How am I supposed to find this family dynamic even remotely realistic? Nobody is this petty or worthless, and the idea that her whole family is this way is just nonsense. "I'm so great, that's why I'm a victim" is such an trite female fantasy, does the book ever go beyond this?

[Anonymous No.23862865]

>You’ve often joked that you're the most anonymous, best-selling author in the field. You'll soon have 86 novels under your belt, the majority of them still available and still selling, a couple of New York Times bestsellers, titles in both the fantasy and science fiction genres, how can you explain that you essentially remain the genre's best-kept secret?

[Anonymous No.23862971]

>>23856908
He was gay, Cnauir?

[Anonymous No.23862978]

Do you think Kellhus was a virgin before he went to the Three Seas? Do you think Dunyain have non-procreative sex just so they can learn to suppress the unique carnal pleasure it provides?

[Anonymous No.23863134]

So, I finished the Malus Darkblade novels

[Anonymous No.23863138]

>>23860502
No an Asian elf was very fantastic.
Light speed is boring. Oh, you pretend to use science to do what is actually magic, how quaint.

[Anonymous No.23863190]

>>23852336
NTA but thanks for this recommendation, I'm loving it so far. Rex is a good boy

[Anonymous No.23863449]

>>23855120
A Fire Upon the Deep and its sequel. Also you should read a Deepness in the Sky just because it's fucking awesome.
>>23862088
Bro I'm re-reading the Last Chronicles and they are so much fucking better the 2nd time around now that I know halfway what the fuck is going on. I finally understand what Donaldson was going for in the Last Chronicles. Damn it feels good to enjoy them as much as I did the 1st and 2nd trilogy. His newest trilogy (Great Gods War) didn't really do it for me, I'm hoping he shits out some more decent short stories/novellas before he croaks out.
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>>23862338
Based. I've read all the Culture books except the Hydrogen Sonata. Great series
What am I reading right now? The Malacia Tapestry by Aldiss, I'm also re-reading the first 3 Abarat books in anticipation of the 4th one, since Barker is back writing in earnest again.

[Anonymous No.23863537]

>>23854432
>>23854437
Thanks for review Anon, was thinking about buying it but decided to not up until second book will be released, from your review I gather that I wouldn't really like it, so that saves few pennies.
>because he couldn't endure a single woman die in a horrible way in his novel
This shit was one of reasons why I decided to drop Legends of the First Empire by Sullivan.

[Anonymous No.23863547]

>>23862488
“Not handsome” in a literature protagonist just means uncouth rough/weathered-looking face on a 6’ body. In real life that’s still a 8/10 chad-lite.

[Anonymous No.23863833]

I'm looking for a specific kind of genre /sffg/, the thing is I don't know what to call it. And it's definitely a thing, I just haven't actually found it in book form very often. Basically its stories set in the late 1800s-early 1900s setting, like steampunk or dieselpunk, with weird/surreal shit going on. For actual books I have Crooked God Machine, the Atomic Sea series, and the Leviathan series, for video games there's Fear and Hunger: Termina, Fallow, Lies of P, for anime/manga there's Youjo Senki, Sugar Dark, Last Exile, honestly a bunch of anime/manga have this vibe to them but I'm looking for books. Is it just, like, Weird Fiction set during the time period it was popularized? I dunno.

[Anonymous No.23863930]

>>23863833
Have you considered weird westerns?

[Anonymous No.23863934]

>>23863930
I am actually reading Red Rabbit right now. It's an even more specific niche of my specific niche but its doing it for me. It got recommended as something for Crooked God Machine enjoyers so my curiosity is piqued.

[Anonymous No.23863940]

>>23863833
There's not really a name for it. It's fantasy in an Age of Exploration setting.When it's more military focused I've seen it called Gunpowder Fantasy.

[Anonymous No.23863949]

>>23863940
>There's not really a name for it.
That's what I figured, unfortunate. I'll try using gunpowder fantasy though.

[Anonymous No.23863982]

>>23863934
>>23863930
>>23863833
post apoc but you should check this out when you get a chance

[Anonymous No.23864037]

has anyone else here read the Age of Fire series? if so do you have any thought on the story or worldbuilding in it? picked the series up again after a decade and im glad i still enjoy it. i missed these dragon siblings.

[Anonymous No.23864048]

>>23863982
Thanks, I'll look into it

[Anonymous No.23864166]

I love Jack Vance.

That is all.

[Anonymous No.23864200]

>>23861195
If large portion is defined as exactly one tenth, then yes.

[Anonymous No.23864209]

>>23862108
I didn't really care about the rape (even if it felt like it came out of the blue)
I dropped it because the prose was unbearably bad and it just seemed to devolve into generic fantasy with literal elves and shit after the promising start.
Is there a point where he learns to write and it becomes actually good?

[Anonymous No.23864229]

>>23862378
>no military wank
>I've been thinking of getting into Tom Clancy
This will end well.

[Anonymous No.23864242]

>>23862600
>are there any notable series with a driven, ambitious protag rising through military/leadership ranks
I haven't even read them but aren't the Honor Harrington series supposed to be exactly that?
I also remember Piers Anthony's Space Tyrant though it had less of a military focus.

[Anonymous No.23864246]

>>23863138
There's nothing scientific about FTL, it's one of the least plausible tropes of sci-fi.
>boring
You don't have to find it interesting for it to be a fantasy.

[Anonymous No.23864334]

>>23864229
I was talking about sci-fi military wank à la Warhammer.

[Anonymous No.23864363]

>>23864334
What board are we on?

[Anonymous No.23864504]

>>23864363
Nta, but warhammer does have good military science fiction/fantasy(?) ranging from the bad to good. Ciaphas Cain and Gaunts Ghosts are generally quite above average

[Anonymous No.23864508]

>>23862177
Stop recommending this slop

[Anonymous No.23864646]

>>23862978
>Do you think Kellhus was a virgin before he went to the Three Seas?
No. He was selectef to be a Father and fathered Koringhus.
>Do you think Dunyain have non-procreative sex just so they can learn to suppress the unique carnal pleasure it provides?
No. Well, maybe. The Whale Mothers are always available.
One scary thing to realize is that the Whale Mothers must have been selected for their intellect as well as their fertility. So they were conscious and aware of their role as rape-hog axolotl tanks all along.

[Anonymous No.23864794]

>>23862630
Maybe you can try to not being a chud and enjoy things, ever think of that?

[Anonymous No.23864938]

ESL here. Do you need to be white and a native speaker to enjoy Sanderson's Way of Kings?
I don't get why the internet is so crazy about it.
It's garbage.

Dropped it, and I'm reading The Dying Earth right now. The book is fine, just a bit disappointed it's a bunch of short stories instead of a full-length novel.

[Anonymous No.23864945]

>>23864938
No, you just need to be a redditor to enjoy BrandoSando's hecking magic systems

[Anonymous No.23864963]

Basically SDL is used for input and random tedious stuff only. The actual game. if I actually use SDL, requires me to write all of the raw opengl by hand? And there is no free portability (3 main desktop os + mobile + console), I need to write OpenGL ES in a very portable way to achieve it. Unless I wait for SDL3 or something. Or unless I write a basic 2D games, then I can use the built-in SDL rendering. Is that correct?

I want to leave godot, but the best portable alternative (SDL) seems crazy for me. Should I acclimate by making games with pygame first? I read it's just an SDL wrapper with extra convenience.

[Anonymous No.23865007]

>>23864938
Sanderson is dogshit, several anon analyze his prose works once and they found it repulsive

[Anonymous No.23865188]

new thread
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[Anonymous No.23865517]

>>23864200
Now you're just being a faggot.