Science Fiction and Fantasy General

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Science Fiction and Fantasy General Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 10:23:51 No.7284638 [Reply] [Original]

Dyson sphere Edition

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>Fantasy
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>Who is your favorite Author that utilizes Dyson spheres in Science Fiction/Fantasy?
>What are your favorite books that deal with with Dyson spheres?
>How would man utilize all that energy? How would covering the sun affect the other planets?
>As a supposed Dyson sphere was discovered a few weeks ago, do you think there will be a flood of books to hit the market centered around the Spheres to ride on the popularity?

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>>7246345

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 10:27:04 No.7284649

That image looks more like a Matroishka brain under construction to me.
They'd use the energy to power all the processing going on inside the structure itself, which would in turn be their own minds and virtualised environments.

If you're talking about the large objects that were in the news last week after being discovered literally years ago, they're in no way a Dyson sphere, you're retarded.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 10:28:18 No.7284654 >>7284638 what the fuck is a dyson sphere OP

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 10:28:37 No.7284656 Why would you waste your time building a dyson sphere instead of making your own mini fusion reactors? Are there any books that portray a dyson sphere as a deprecated, abandoned project? Or just space ruins in general if that's too specific.

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 10:29:14 No.7284658

>>7284633
>So you will be reading books to past time until you die?
Yes. I can see TWOW in 2016 tho tbh.

>Just like the Long Price Quartet was, The Dagger and Coin is historical fiction with "SMALL" hints of magic and the fantastical.

I don't mind that, although I couldn't get into TLPQ either, I think because it was so different from the regular medieval setting of ASOIAF.

>It was shit for me, but if you like history with a few glimpses of the magical(which is what GURM does) you can go for it.

I'll give it a try tbh fam. Thanks.

What I like about ASOIAF is the epic scope, which encompasses a variety of genres, moods and settings. So it's like 5 books in one.

Like someone on here once told me "if you like the gritty battles of ASOIAF try Black Company," but the truth is I like the variety.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 10:30:05 No.7284662 >>7284656 Homeworld 2 wallpapers?

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 10:35:28 No.7284682 >>7284658 If you liked the gay, rape and incest of ASOIAF you'll enjoy Prince of Nothing.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 10:41:20 No.7284707 >>7284682 You are the only one forcing the meme friend. When will you give up?

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:19:50 No.7284813 >>7284707 It doesn't even make grammatical sense.

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:24:46 No.7284829

>>7284649
What do you mean "in no way"?
The evidence shows that it's a big cluster of lightweight objects that don't radiate infrared light. It's either a lot of comets in a really weird configuration or something artificial, it's still up in the air.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:28:13 No.7284847 >>7284829 If it was a completed Dyson sphere, we wouldn't be able to see them as they wouldn't radiate light. Not all megastructures are Dyson Spheres and there's no reason to assume they are.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:30:31 No.7284853 >>7284847 It's could be a Dyson swarm which is technologically feasible even for us in the near future.

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:36:06 No.7284867

>>7284853
Yeah, and it could be Azathoth's corpse or a herd of mega-butterflies, so what? Maybe they're made out of milkshake, it's possible. Do you think there'll be a flood of books to hit the market centred around mega-butterfly milkshake to ride the popularity?

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:42:13 No.7284888

>>7284867
You are implying that a Dyson structure is pure fantasy made by sci-fi stoners.
It's actually a serious concept with logical reasoning behind it.
It's no more preposterous than a generation ship or terraforming for example, which are "fiction" but well within the real of possibility.

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:45:12 No.7284896

>>7284888
I think he's saying that there's no reason to get excited about it being a Dyson superstructure (sphere or swarm or whatever) until we have more reason to think it is, not that the concept is inherently dumb.

I don't agree btw. I don't really give a fuck about pop authors or sensationalist journalists or Reddit getting excited about how it's Space Jesus, but I do get excited thinking about how we might have find the first alien thing and it's a massive fucking superstructure. It's worth looking into and it's perfect fodder for nerds to banter about. But obviously I'm not clenching my asshole shut 24/7 waiting for more news about it, since it's *probably* nothing.

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:48:11 No.7284904

>>7284888
No, I'm implying that you're leaping to conclusions. Lots of serious concepts for future technologies with logical reasons behind them turn out to be completely pointless by the time we've reached the level of sophistication needed to actually create them. It's not a supposed Dyson sphere, it's what appears to be some large objects in space that we haven't seen before. There's even less reason to suspect they're Dyson Spheres than there was in the '60s to believe the signals we were receiving were from aliens and not, as they turned out to be, pulsars.

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:53:39 No.7284924

>>7284904
I never implied that they MUST be alien structures, I'm just peeved by how you dismissed the possibility even though not even the scientists studying it dismissed it, it's more likely to be something natural but we just don't know yet and neither do you.

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:55:45 No.7284925

>>7284924
I haven't dismissed it. If you read my posts, the words "it's possible" are in there.
You'll note that the scientists studying it haven't dismissed the Azathoth or mega-butterflies theories either, they would be natural after all. My point is that you're leaping to conclusions.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 11:59:10 No.7284940 >>7284925 "Possibility" is not "conclusion". Also you did dismiss it in the first post I quoted. >in no way And bringing the Azathoth theory won't reinforce your argument because it's pure fantasy unlike the other possibilities.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 13:38:14 No.7285222 What's the best metaparody in fantasy?

Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 16:24:30 No.7285842

>>7284638
>Who is your favorite Author that utilizes Dyson spheres in Science Fiction/Fantasy?
Neal Asher explored it in one of his agent Cormac books, but haven't heard of it since the person in charge of building it went on a killing spree.

>As a supposed Dyson sphere was discovered a few weeks ago, do you think there will be a flood of books to hit the market centered around the Spheres to ride on the popularity?
I can already visualize fantasy writers using some ether derived device to harvest magical properties directly from the sun.

Hell, Jim Butcher might use it in his next Cinder Spires book.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 16:37:45 No.7285891 File: 167 KB, 655x562, alloy_symbols.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Who /waiting for Southern Scadrial to start World War I/ here?

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 17:55:57 No.7286263 File: 767 KB, 1516x1456, IMG_20151026_173511603.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] bought some books today. How'd I do, lads?

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 18:07:30 No.7286317 >>7286263 ugliest set of covers i've ever seen in my life

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 18:09:12 No.7286319 >>7286263 Pretty good, so long as you actually read them. That's a good silver-age SF collection. >>7286317 You didn't see your mum's debut in Maxim then? Seriously, shut up about covers, they're irrelevant.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 18:17:00 No.7286360 >>7286317 You may be sad to know these books also don't come with pictures, lad

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 18:20:26 No.7286373 Vurt is my favourite sci-fi book What's yours?

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 18:27:39 No.7286415 >>7286319 listen not only are the covers crap they're slightly oversized the way they make them now. they don't fit into your hand right and the words are oversized and overspaced

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 18:31:51 No.7286430 >>7286263 Hah, dick!

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 18:58:14 No.7286574 >>7284654 Essentially, it's a solar array that entirely encapsulates a star.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 19:45:27 No.7286780 >>7286263 What collection is that? I've never seen it before. Ugly as shit, but still interesting. Door Into Summer, City and the Stars, Under Pressure, The End of Eternity, and The Dream Master are all strange choices for the authors imo.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 19:55:06 No.7286834 >>7286263 That's a pretty good selection. Now you have to actually read them.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 20:31:58 No.7287018 >>7286263 A lot of good books with nothing but god awful covers.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 20:45:32 No.7287075 i know, i know, the dust jackets are shit. I can always take them off. >>7286780 SF book club 50th anniversary edition. They're the SFBC's top 8 selections from each decade. Almost half of them were already on my reading list.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 21:03:51 No.7287183 >>7286263 I don't love the covers but it's cool that they're all in the same collection, there's a lot there I'd love to read, plus the Dick and Le Guin are classics

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 21:04:01 No.7287184 >>7287075 They're all hardback? How much did all of those cost? I thought they were cheap paperbacks.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 21:57:05 No.7287458 >>7287184 would you believe fewer than 50 dollars?

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 22:27:55 No.7287633 Can you guys rec some fantasy that isn't autistic and escapist?

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 22:28:29 No.7287638 >>7287633 fantasy that isn't autistic and escapist is called fiction

>>	Anonymous Mon, Oct 26, 2015 23:55:55 No.7288086 I'm reading the second book in the Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox and I can safely say this is a really, really good series.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 04:18:11 No.7288785 >>7284680 >I thought Shallan's secret was that her father diddled her. Had a hard on waiting for the reveal. >IT NEVER CAME HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 05:44:37 No.7288952

As the only person in thread to have apparently read the paper about KIC-8462852, I feel I should point out that while the scientists (and there are a mess of them) don't mention any kind of artificial structure specifically, they also put forward every other possibility you can think of, and then dismiss them as not quite fitting the bill.

Either way, it's neat.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 07:28:56 No.7289168 >>7286263 When I saw the covers I expected a bunch of Rothfuss tier fantasy. As it turns out a lot of this is pretty good, nice haul

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 07:39:22 No.7289189 >>7287458 Less

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 10:26:35 No.7289633 I've ordered: 1) Perdido Street Station 2) The City and the City 3) Embassytown How am I doing?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 10:35:36 No.7289655 File: 626 KB, 1575x2400, boCa2x2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] So this is getting an English translastion next year....

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 10:36:32 No.7289659 >>7289655 That's actually pretty cool, I've been wanting to dip into that - the series is too long for my taste

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 11:39:53 No.7289838 >>7289633 Depends. If you like Mieville you're doing pretty well.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 11:49:09 No.7289869 >>7289659 There's a new chinese cartoon adaptation coming in 2017

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 12:12:04 No.7289975 File: 724 KB, 1200x1200, ucr.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm going to share some relevant music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpE0pZsM1Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPAR0P-8vGM

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 15:02:06 No.7290606 DId not know Gavrial Kay has a new novel out next year.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 15:39:25 No.7290736 Where should I start with Elric? What are some Elric collections worth getting?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 17:29:48 No.7291211 >>7286319 >>7286360 >buying physical books >not caring about covers why even bother?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 17:33:30 No.7291235 >>7284638 Tbh I think Star Wars got the cool aspect of dyson spheres right and cut out all the nerd shit. Giant space ball --> we have the power of space is the essential aesthetic core of the concept, Kardashev-whatever is fluff.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 17:34:59 No.7291239 Who is the best modern prose stylist in fantasy fiction?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 17:45:24 No.7291290 >>7286263 Is the End of Eternity worth reading? I read All You Zombies recently and was pretty blue-balled about the lack of time agents having fun time travel adventures, killing Hitler and stuff.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 18:00:48 No.7291346 >>7289655 ugh

Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 19:32:36 No.7291727

>just finished listening to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I didn't think that i would feel so confused with the ending after... Well, after the whole mood and comedic tone(save for the 4th book) of the whole series.

What the hell happened? All i could understand was that, apparently, the Vogons end up destroying Earth again, with Trillian and AU-Trillian in the same room, and then somehow that fixes the whole problem of the time and dimentional distortions that happened in the solar system.

I feel like i missed a page or two, or at least a paragraph, because it feels like i'm missing information.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 20:36:12 No.7291977 What fantasy books(prefer magic, but sci fi is ok too) have a villain protagonist, who isn't a thug/mercenary/barbarian type, but a genuine overlord wannabe?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 20:38:36 No.7291985 >>7291239 George R.R Martin Joe abercrombie Amazing writing.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 20:53:32 No.7292035 >>7289838 >If you like Mieville No, I like rad quality stuff.

Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 20:54:23 No.7292040
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I sure am happy I saw someone post about this book, it's nice to find a entertaining book to read.

Also does anyone dislike knowing if the author is religious or not when reading books that deal with religion?

Whenever I read a Brandon Sanderson book I just remember he's a mormon and it just makes me second guess everything he writes about religion.

Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 21:09:50 No.7292096

So, given that i started listening to audiobooks recently, i was wondering, did any of you listened to Book of the New Sun? Since it's so highly regarded in here, i was thinking that if i didn't read it i would miss on the experience or something like that.

Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 21:36:07 No.7292219

>>7284638
>>Who is your favorite Author that utilizes Dyson spheres in Science Fiction/Fantasy?
John C. Wright
>>What are your favorite books that deal with with Dyson spheres?
Probably going to be the upcoming Vindication of Man by John C. Wright.
>>How would man utilize all that energy? How would covering the sun affect the other planets?
Building fantastically large AIs.
Other planets? You mean those piles of construction material?
>The Power christened Vonrothbarth of 61 Cygni was a hyperjovian and a fire giant, a Brown Dwarf who failed to ignite, swinging rapidly in a submercurial orbit around his primary. Over millennia, he had extended the topless towers of exotic-particle material upward and outward from his fiery globe, a trailing braided tail, threads of material two hundred twenty million miles long, held aloft from the star by 61 Cygni’s immense solar wind pressure. The twin telluric worlds of the system were unable to comprehend Vonrothbarth’s arts, or analyze the building material, dubbed orichalchum. The material was the alloy of artificial elements not found on any periodic table, isotopes possible only through engineering on the subatomic scale. Odile looked on with awe and Odette with dread, and each sought to ship her surface populations elsewhere, before the distant age arrived when project was triumphant.

>The orichalchum megascale structure housed both inhabited and uninhabited continents. These continents coated the inner surface of hollow cylinders indefinite in length, absorbing and digesting particles from the sun, and ever growing. The flexible cylinders rotated at various rates to imitate gravity. The array was as if composed of countless beanstalks set end to end, or, like a loosely woven arc of odd, superplanetary noodles.

>As ages passed, the threads expanded ever farther along the orbit of Vonrothbarth as he circled the star, eventually forming a work encircling the solar equator. And still, as centuries passed into millennia, it grew ever onward. When it reached three full circuits of 61 Cyngi, a three-banded strandworld, it awoke, and shrieked, and named itself Zauberring.

...

>Rumors filtered down to the posthumans that Cold Potentates had overheard the radio messages, spanning the years and lightyears between the Powers and their new and incomprehensible masters, these Principalities. Cool and remorseless Catallactic of Tau Ceti, serene and detached Consecrate of Altair, patient and sly Toliman of Alpha Centauri, and young Zauberring of 61 Cygni, whose zeals and ideals were based on mathematical models no Power and no Potentate could comprehend.

Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 21:43:35 No.7292255

>>7286263
If you want gay:
>Forever War
>Left Hand
>City (gay as in gay for Lopers [I mean me being gay for Lopers])
Rape:
>Stars my Destination
>Door into Summer (Debatable, statutory)
>Canticle for Leibowitz (I might be remembering this incorrectly)
>Smoke Rose Up
Incest:
>Mote in God's Eye (alien only)
David Bowie:
>Under Pressure
Now this is not a complete list, but it should get you started.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 22:04:45 No.7292355 File: 28 KB, 316x317, 1444534650017.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7292255 >Door into Summer >not pure and consensual

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 22:05:04 No.7292357 >>7290736 Pls respond

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 23:34:27 No.7292681 >>7292040 >Whenever I read a Brandon Sanderson book I just remember he's a mormon and it just makes me second guess everything he writes about religion. Like how? Knowing Wolfe is Catholic makes New Sun ten times better.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Oct 27, 2015 23:35:29 No.7292689 >>7292355 It can be pure and consensual and still be statutory.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 00:28:35 No.7292894

Superheroes are kinda fantasy right? I think this is the right thread to ask.

Recently I've read a really cool series called Ex-Heroes, about superheroes in a zombie apocalipse. That made me curious, are there more books about superheroes? Any you guys would reccomend?

Please don't tell me to go to /co/, they barely read comic books, I don't think they can read actual books.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 00:32:18 No.7292905 >>7292894 >they barely read comic books Wow you're dumb.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 01:25:31 No.7293087 >>7292096 I listened to the old recording made for the blind in the 90's /80's and the recently re-recorded one made cor audiobooks listeners. If i got all the story you can too.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 02:25:04 No.7293251 >>7284656 Well we have the technology for a dyson sphere currently so there's that. Not the means, but at least the technology.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 03:32:42 No.7293418 >>7292894 The Reckoners by Sanderson has a shit protagonist but some good side characters.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 03:56:19 No.7293471

>>7293418
I was severely disappointed that TWO MAIN CHARACTERS had superpowers. I mean, I get that it's a magic system and you can be super and not evil under certain circumstances, but he marketed those books as non-supers beating supers.

And the MC is just a self-insert, because it's YA.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 04:01:46 No.7293479 File: 526 KB, 1589x1200, alloy_map_2_elendel_color-webres.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7292040 He lurked atheist forums so he could write Jasnah properly. I think it's safe to say he researches beforehand.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 04:13:30 No.7293499 File: 19 KB, 196x300, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I got a question for Michael Fabre's under the skin Why is the alien's original appearance like dogs? Is it an irony that men's best friends are eating men

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 04:37:38 No.7293523 File: 79 KB, 719x539, 1374512443854.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Seveneves for all its flaws was a fun ride. >mfw the transhumanist gets physically uploaded into cannibals

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 04:53:44 No.7293548 >>7292681 But Catholicism isn't retarded.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 04:55:05 No.7293553 >>7292096 >>7293087 Yeah I did the same thing. Just as long as you focus on it you'll be fine.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 04:56:09 No.7293556 >>7291239 Gene Wolfe is still alive and writing.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 05:01:48 No.7293566

>>7292219
Finally, another JCW fan.

Count to a Trillion might be a little uneven, but there's so much going on. Wright's sort of a combination of Wolfe and Van Vogt. A shame so many won't give him a chance because of muh progressive ideals. So far the books have basically mapped the evolution of posthuman intelligence as a progression from a godless present/near future, to a pagan age of legends, to the host of angels. I can't wait to see how he deals with wrapping everything up...hopefully his spat with Tor didn't screw things up on either end. Yes, lots of Dyson sphere are involved.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 05:07:02 No.7293573

>>7293548
But Mormonism isn't retarded either, at least no more than Catholicism. It just holds Hermetic beliefs in a time when Christianity is overwhelmingly Gnostic.

>>7293566
I love his idea that enhanced intelligence enhances the magnitude of our mistakes. I'm really looking forward to them sending neural signals through galactic filaments and still being a Texas gunslinger who stole the Princess from a dreadful Spaniard, and still getting their duel interrupted.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 05:24:47 No.7293597
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>>7293471
Well, I think it was a pretty predictable plot twist. I also think it'd be pretty boring if it turned out the MCs just had unlimited luck at beating super powered villains out of a sheer plot armour book after book.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 05:34:36 No.7293617

>>7293597
Well it's Sanderson, of course there's a twist. But it could have been a different twist.

See, in heists, as he explains on his podcast, you either explain what they're going to do and it goes wrong, or you go in blind and they pull it off. Variations on that theme could keep a no-supers Reckoners series going as long as he wants. No major revelations necessary.

Inaho explained his plans, and then they worked. That was a big part of that show's problem. He was never wrong, not even when his opponent could predict the future.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 05:43:43 No.7293627

>>7293617
The Reckoners is probably just the Aldnoah of Sanderson's series. But I agree it was better when there were no super powers, but on the other hand the stakes are much higher in the third book if they're going against Prof rather than 'just another' epic. I guess instead of epics they could just go for the source Calamity but I think it'd be underwhelming especially as Sanderson is going for the blockbuster feel.

Wonder how they're going to get around Meg now she's practically invincible, but I guess I didn't see the TLR twist coming either.

>Inaho explained his plans, and then they worked. That was a big part of that show's problem.
I always thought that Aldnoah was going to pull a Sanderson-esque Atium twist but it never ended up happening and they never really discussed it again. Big disappointment.

The power levels are getting a bit too high in the Reckoners though, I agree, but it didn't go straight into OP like Mistborn did. (I noticed that he significantly toned down the Mistborn super powers with the Wax/Wayne stuff)

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 05:49:18 No.7293634

>>7293627
Oh, I never read the second Reckoners. Couldn't even make it through... the chalk magic one. I was fine with Alcatraz and I'm flagrantly homosexual towards Stormlight, so I don't know if I'm the problem there or not. There's a pretty big quality drop when you read the stuff he writes to take a vacation from writing his other stuff.

I think the Mistborn power levels were handled pretty well aside from that slog of a Sazed fight, really. One of the big payoffs in fantasy for me was when Vin collapsed that steel palace and threw herself into the stratosphere.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 05:51:28 No.7293639

>>7293634
Mistborn power levels were handled quite well. But it must be pretty difficult to have to factor that into all of your plot. The Wax/Wayne stuff has more twin borns/limited powers than its predecessors, it's quite interesting to see the difference in the way he tackles those.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 06:40:43 No.7293693

>>7293639
A lot of it reflects his growth as an author. Nowadays he likes to take a little power and stretch it a long way. He's not going for as much gee-whiz, as we can see in Wild West Mistborn, and I can see where it helps him focus on more human characters but I can't say I love it.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 07:02:48 No.7293724 >>7293693 >but I can't say I love it. that's true

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 07:03:54 No.7293727 >>7293479 >He lurked atheist forums so he could write Jasnah properly >he couldnt even be assed to read Atheist philosophers Bravo Hackerson

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 07:08:12 No.7293732 >>7293727 But if he based a character on atheist philosophers none of his atheist readers would recognize it.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 07:09:04 No.7293735 >>7293727 >atheist philosophers Are you implying that before I decided to become an atheist I went up and read a shitload of arguments?

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 07:37:45 No.7293781 >>7292894 Steel Heart by Brandon Sanderson

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 09:25:59 No.7293996 >>7291977 hours later, no reply

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 10:50:45 No.7294197 >>7293996 No one owes you a reply.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 11:16:49 No.7294265

>>7293996
What you want anti hero?

Losts of books with evil villians usually resolves itself with th protagonist sacrificing himself for the greater good. Books with a evil guy doing wvil things and living happily everafter doesn't sell well.

Fucking public and their "muh morals".

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 11:25:59 No.7294292 >>7293996 Literally the Book of the Fucking Sun

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 11:35:29 No.7294319 >>7294265 >i haven't had the chance to entertain myself with an undone trope >better complain about society's morals

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 11:45:10 No.7294336 [DELETED]

>>7292894
>Ex-Heroes
The first 3 books are pretty good, the 4th is pure shit. Have you read the 5th? is it any good?

Other superhero stuff i read:
>Soon I Will Be Invincible
>It's Superman!
>Grimnoir Chronicles
It's a magic based power system, but it definitely reads as a superhero series.

>>7294319
Not that anon, but do you seriously think this is an "undone trope"? or are you just baiting?

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 11:53:40 No.7294354 >>7294336 Neither, actually. I know that it's been done heavily due to how wide is the spectrum when it comes to books, but i was mostly referring to known authors and shit.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 13:39:51 No.7294646

>>7294319
I said "muh morals" because Authors try to resolve the book with good conquering evil(or the evil guy not being so evil) because of the public.

What book did you read that the person you detested the most, survives in the end and continues to kill and pillage and doesn't answer for his crimes?

Please let me know so I can read it.

Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 14:14:19 No.7294726

>>7284638
The structures probably aren't dyson spheres, they're probably huge chunks of molten metal caught in orbit around the star.

I personally think the human race will run out of the resources required to build something like that long before we get anywhere near colonizing other planets.
Which is a shame because exploring the galaxy would be bad ass.

>>7289655
Why would you want a translation?

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 17:21:31 No.7295410 Have anyone of you read "Prince of Thorns"? and if so would you recommend it for someone who liked The first law series alot?

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 17:58:38 No.7295544 >>7295410 Yea I would, but don't touch the sequels. Just read the first Law Trilogy and the Broken Empire Trilogy. Don't touch anymore of their books.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 20:45:01 No.7296217 >>7284638 Try Ring World for Dyson Sphere books.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 22:03:43 No.7296490 >>7293087 >and the recently re-recorded one made for audiobooks listeners. Do you know where can i find it? KAT doesn't have it and the thread on /t/ has only the cassette recordings, which i can't hear when going on the bus.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 22:26:33 No.7296571 >>7284638 Does Ringworld count? Of course, a ring is used instead of a sphere, but in the same way for the same purpose. Plus, the novel is amazing, if you haven't read it yet, do so soon.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Oct 28, 2015 22:49:17 No.7296632 >>7292040 Was Dick religious? I thought he was just nuts.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 06:56:25 No.7297682 >>7295410 I liked the rape, gay and incest in Prince of Thorns series.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 07:03:08 No.7297693 Why is it there's hardly any literary science fiction?

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 07:28:55 No.7297726 >>7297682 Didn't you say you liked the gay rape incest of Prince of Thorns 2 threads ago? Prince of thorns starts with rape, brother Sim was a good bugger boy, and the incest? Jorge fucking his sister/aunt-in-law counts?

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 07:30:50 No.7297730 >>7297693 Because this isn't a dfw or gravity's rainbow thread.

Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 07:40:30 No.7297734

>>7297730
I used to love science fiction but I can't get over the lack of prose. Most writers have such a simplistic style of writing I can't handle it. I was hoping that there would be some serious suggestions otherwise I'm just going to order the Barsoom series at the library and see what happens.

Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 08:18:56 No.7297787
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So, it's been a long time since I've read this, and I still think about it all the time. I don't quite understand it, mainly the ending, but it still blows me away. It also seems right up /lit/'s alley.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 08:49:05 No.7297830 >>7297787 It's an amazing work. One with literary merit beyond the narrow trappings of science fiction.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 08:54:21 No.7297834 >>7297787 >that cover No thanks.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 10:52:28 No.7298084 >>7297787 Looks like a scene from the movie avatar (the cover that is)

Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 13:50:34 No.7298571

Anyone here read the "Night Watch" series by Sergei Lukyanenko? I've been reading the first four books over the last few days and I liked them, kind of a different, Russian take at urban fantasy for a change.

... just don't try to watch the movies. Cringeworthy at best.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 13:54:22 No.7298585 i want a fantasy in space that isn't called 'science' 'fiction'

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 13:56:50 No.7298598 File: 169 KB, 1586x700, Needs Updating.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7298571

Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 14:05:59 No.7298635

>>7298585
So dreams and prophecy guide characters, spells and curses have real consequences, like attracts like and evil contaminates, but they're also concerned about injection orbits, delta-v, and atmosphere scrubbing?

Not that most SF cares about that last bit anyway.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 14:16:02 No.7298666 >>7298598 Lolita sure looks lonely amongst all that trash.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 14:21:24 No.7298680 >>7294292 you mean book of the new sun?

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 14:22:40 No.7298681 >>7295410 I have read and I'm currently reading the third book of the trilogy. Very fun. Unfortunately, I wouldn't know what to recommend, I'm looking for similar books myself too. Abercrombie probably works for that.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 14:38:15 No.7298729 >>7298598 I liked the rape, gay and incest in all the books in your picture.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 14:58:11 No.7298799 Guys, you read a lot of scifi, how do they cure diarrhea in the future? I get it every day and it's exhausting. I have to take my shirt off when I defecate it's so bad. I also can't wear belts.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 15:07:02 No.7298835 >>7298799 Drink less milk(milk, cream, ice cream, cheese) if you are dairy intensive. To help the shittings, get Guava leaves or Green Tea leaves. Brew every dark. That will clog you up nicely.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 15:21:00 No.7298878 >>7298799 They must have cured diarrhea in the future since all restaurants are Taco Bell.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 15:21:03 No.7298879 >>7298835 Thanks, man.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 16:13:06 No.7299073 >>7294646 Not a book, but Nightcrawler is a movie like this.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 16:14:35 No.7299084 >>7298879 Eat a lot of high fibre foods too, or get some psyllium husk and drink it with water. You'll be shitting comfy shits

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 16:15:44 No.7299088 >sci-fi general talking about diarrhea Sounds about right :^}

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 16:43:45 No.7299192 >>7299084 I can't wait. The future is now.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 16:46:58 No.7299199 >>7298799 >Guys, you read a lot of scifi, how do they cure diarrhea in the future? The basic solution is blowing up the USA -- no more American "food" and no more stomach problems and obesity and diabetes. Problem solved.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 16:51:16 No.7299207 >>7299199 You would still have Africa, where in many countries the leading cause of death is diarrhea.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 20:48:19 No.7300117 >>7298799 I liked the rape, gay and incest in your diarrhea.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Oct 29, 2015 22:43:29 No.7300506 >>7285222 Fuckin' Xanth.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 04:00:13 No.7301381 Is Dhalgren worth reading?

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 05:10:58 No.7301489 >>7298585 Maybe give the Pern novels a try? It's not exactly in space, but it is a series of fantasy novels set on another planet and sort of still is SF. I'd start with Dragonflight, Dragonquest and The White Dragon.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 05:12:56 No.7301494 >>7301489 It's recommended to read Dragonsong, Dragonsinger and Dragondrums in between Dragonquest and The White Dragon.

Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 05:46:53 No.7301533

>>7284638
Loved the Riftwar Books tbh.

They start off as really generic but start getting interesting, then they go back to generic.

Loved The Empire Trilogy especially. Only read up to Shards of a Broken Crown because I heard the books after are shit.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 06:07:38 No.7301556 >>7298799 I'd go to the doctor mate just to check.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 09:06:14 No.7301851 >>7301533 Erik Von D best character, Calis a shit

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 12:51:58 No.7302561 >>7300506 >Xanth Is Piers Anthony good? Been meaning to read him for years but the blurbs are so meh.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 17:46:18 No.7303550 Why is a board relevant thread dropping to page 8, while non literature threads(what film, what music, what painting, etc), are upon page one?

>>	southpawhustler Fri, Oct 30, 2015 17:52:30 No.7303568 >>7284654 easily said it is when a civilization can utilize the power of the sun creating an almost infinite amount of power

>>	The cats Fri, Oct 30, 2015 17:54:33 No.7303576 >>7303550 Because sci-fi is shit and you're from another board

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 19:07:03 No.7303807 >>7303550 Different threads have activity at different times of the day. >>7303576 And you're a faggot.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 19:14:44 No.7303831 >>7302561 I read Tarot which was a nice enough read, I still remember some parts of it five years later so that's something at least.

Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 19:23:55 No.7303854

>>7302561
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Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 19:40:44 No.7303922

>>7303576
>been here for years
>vaporware, /mu/, /tv/, /pol/ and /v/ shit spammed almost daily
>relevant threads stays close to page 5 for days
>recently more asinine shit spammed
>relevant threads drop to page 8 within 5 hours

>new
I guess some /an/ namefag would know whom is from which board

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 19:42:53 No.7303933 >>7303576 >>7303922 I've been here for years, my favorite authors are Pynchon and Nabokov, and I think the SF/F threads are reliably some of the best on /lit/

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 19:50:24 No.7303953 I need some spooky books about space Like event horizon

>>	Anonymous Fri, Oct 30, 2015 20:59:30 No.7304238 >>7298799 >having diarrhea when your entire civilization is uploaded into machines

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 01:15:22 No.7305008 File: 440 KB, 860x1240, hugobookstack.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What's a good name for a science fiction library? I named mine The Datalinks in honor of Sid Mier's Alpha Centauri.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 04:21:41 No.7305311 So I decided I should read atleast one cyberpunk book in my life and I chose Snowcrash. When does it get good? I am at the first grill-centered chapter, where she's being a smug little slut about catching some minivan.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 04:23:26 No.7305312 >>7305311 You chose badly.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 05:26:24 No.7305373 File: 46 KB, 599x387, BMNG2h4CQAI2dtY.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7305311 Try Vernor Vinge's True Names instead.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 05:42:13 No.7305400 >>7303953 Ship of Fools/Unto Leviathan bye Richard Paul Russo reminded me a tiny bit of Event Horizon.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 06:13:47 No.7305431 >>7305312 No that anon should hold out until she gets culturally enriched by Aleut dik it's truly the climax of the novel.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 06:57:50 No.7305471 >>7305008 >Harry Potter and American Gods are the only fantasy book there This makes me sad.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 11:40:55 No.7305915 >>7305373 Damn I knew it was Reddit trash. Thanks for the rec sempai

Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 14:57:11 No.7306382
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>>7292894

Worm by J.C. "Wildbow" McCrae is the Superhero Story To End All Superhero Stories; it's like Watchmen in book form. The only catch is that after you read it, you will never be able to look at other superhero stories the same way again; it's a category killer.

https://parahumans.wordpress.com/table-of-contents/

https://github.com/rhelsing/worm_scraper

Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 15:01:02 No.7306392

What do you think is China Mieville's best book? I finished Perdido Street Station and it was dope af. I feel like it kind of took a dip in quality in the second half though, when it became less about ideas and atmospheric stuff and more action-y. I was thinking of reading either The Scar, Embassytown, or The City and the City Next. Not sure which one though

Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 15:43:21 No.7306520

>>7284638

Any of y'all read Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee?
It's sci fi-ish mixed with fantasy and some ancient Chinese myth. It's honestly pretty good, my only complaint is that they rarely feel like complete, self contained stories, rather like the sketch or outline of a longer one (she introduces too much and expounds too little). But I'd rec it anyway, especially if your library has it

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 15:49:38 No.7306544 >>7289655 What exactly would you miss out on compared to just watching the show? It's clearly story-oriented fiction. Or does the book feature more insightful inner dialogue or something? I thought the show was pretty clear.

Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 15:52:54 No.7306557

>>7301533
I loved Empire and original, then snakewars was pretty meh, brief revival with Talons of Silverhawk (which he ripped off from Count of Monte Cristo but who cares, it was awesome), then quality dropped again.

I quit after Pug dropped a moon on some planet

Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 15:58:53 No.7306579

>>7306392
The Scar is his best book for me. Rightly paced, excellent unusual-but-not-bizzare prose, tight plot and story, and engaging characters. Second best is Embassytown which similarly well paced and well written, but shorter and more of a science fiction than fantasy. The theme Mieville explore in Embassytown is dope as fuck though.

Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 15:59:43 No.7306584
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I finished Fool's Assassin today, on one hand I'm excited that we can expect Fitz adventures again, on the other hand...hadn't Fitz and the Fool suffered enough already, Hobb?
Goddamn.
and what's up with Nighteyes showing up, is he somehow living on in Bee's mind as well?

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 16:02:02 No.7306591 Currently reading the Book of the New Sun, and while I have trouble understanding parts of it, I still enjoy it. Is there anywhere I can read about for more info on the book, some clarification for certain things?

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 16:05:15 No.7306599 >>7306591 A lot will fall into place towards the end. But yes, afterwards there's plenty of fan discussions you can look up online. And some stuff will just always remain speculation. Anything particular that has you wondering?

Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 17:21:00 No.7306789

>>7306599
Yeah, a lot of it. I'm pretty new to fantasy (I just finished ASOIAF before I started TBOTNS). Some of my questions already fell into place, but right now I'm just wondering what happened to the kid Severian when climbed up a statue to retrieve a ring.
Besides that, is the Severian telling the story reliable? He occasionally mentions things I never noticed before, but feel they already have been told, and just went way over my head.

Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 17:24:11 No.7306799

So I'm currently reading Shadow of the Torturer as my first Gene Wolfe book and I'm having a hard time following it most of the time.
Was it a mistake to start with this one? I chose it because it's generally regarded as his best work, but I feel like it assumes I know many things that I don't.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 17:31:47 No.7306816 Hey /lit/, pleb here. I want to start on either Asimov or Wolfe, with whom and where should I start?

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 17:43:16 No.7306844 >>7306789 Severian is not a reliable storyteller. At all. BOTNS is a good example of postmodern fantasy. I seem to have forgotten about the ring. >>7306799 Nah, I started with that one too, it should be fine.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 18:08:51 No.7306923 >>7306816 I feel like the two aren't really comparable, but I've only skimmed one Wolfe book before. I'd say start with I, Robot or Foundation

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 18:52:34 No.7307038 File: 354 KB, 1280x720, tumblr_mipyzeediN1s6o4nio2_1280.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What's some Sci-Fi that deals with the shadier side of future life? Preferably not Cyberpunk.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 21:04:33 No.7307436 >>7306392 The City and the City

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 22:57:06 No.7307698 >>7306816 Try one of Asimov's short story collections, such as "Nightfall and Other Stories" or "The Best of Isaac Asimov". That'll let you know if you like his style.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 22:58:32 No.7307704 >>7307038 >not cyberpunk Well, fuck. Can you be more specific anon?

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 23:11:26 No.7307733 >>7296490 The one narrated by Jonathan Davis? Its on audible, so you could listen to it with their free trial

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 23:20:31 No.7307764 >>7306392 Read the Scar next since it's set in the same world and is the next book in chronological order.

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 23:23:17 No.7307769 >>7284649 >virtualised environments literally a caveman imagining flying on tamed birds

>>	Anonymous Sat, Oct 31, 2015 23:37:40 No.7307799 >>7304238 >goddamnit phil, now the whole dyson sphere's full of dysentry

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 04:56:55 No.7308426 >>7307038 Richard Morgan's stuff

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 06:14:28 No.7308536 >>7308426 Butt boy Morgan.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 06:19:00 No.7308553 >>7306816 Go with Asimov, he's far more accessible. Start with I, Robot if you want to ease into his oeuvre or Foundation if you want to read his best/most iconic work first.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 07:31:51 No.7308685 >>7286263 >The end of eternity >The stars my destination You did good, son. It's basically just books that are considered classics so you can't really do bad.

Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 07:43:32 No.7308707
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>>7291290
It's good but it's not about time agents having fun time travel adventures, killing Hitler and stuff.
It's relatively short but still very compelling so if you put your mind onto it you can finish it in a few hours.
And time travelling is different than you are used to.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 08:45:56 No.7308833 >>7308707 >time travelling is different than you are used to. Based on your oic, do they literally nuke themselves into the past/cuture?

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 09:27:00 No.7308934 >>7293573 I've still never read any of his ebooks, because I'm a pro-paper-copy Luddite. I heard The Book of Feasts and Seasons was meh, but City Beyond Time and Somewhither both looked decent.

Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 10:44:17 No.7309157
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What is everyone's opinion on Heechee series. I just started reading pic related. So far it seems nice and i'm just wondering if it's going to turn to shit in sequel books.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 11:37:44 No.7309289 >>7309157 I liked the rape, gay and incest in Heechee Series.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 15:55:53 No.7310000 File: 394 KB, 1920x1200, Star-Wars-Shared-Universe-Movies.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Recommend me some Space Fantasy senpai

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 16:12:17 No.7310022 >>7310000 >quads wasted on star wars shit You want books similar to star wars or are you just shit posting?

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 16:15:15 No.7310033 >>7310022 Not him, but you trying to say all star wars books are shit?

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 16:19:29 No.7310045 >>7310033 Yeah, something fantastical but set in a futuristic space setting. Already read Dune btw.

Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 16:33:33 No.7310085

>>7310045
>>7310045
Paradox Trilogy, by Rachel Bach.
Wouldn't call it objectively "good", but more of a guilty pleasure.
Basically involves Samus Aran fighting space lizards and space magic shenanigans, and while I couldn't really identify with her romance plot, the action scenes were exciting and the different aliens were varied and interesting, with their culture and physiology.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 16:36:00 No.7310098 File: 2.22 MB, 2560x1600, 0025.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What sci-fi should I read if I want to go on a motherfucking adventure? Strange worlds, life or death situations, all that good shit. I want something grandiose and fun.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 17:16:09 No.7310282 >>7310098 Why only Sci-fi? No fantasy?

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 17:17:34 No.7310288 >>7310282 We don't have Coke, is Pepsi ok?

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 17:20:45 No.7310303 >>7310098 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes to mind, but i'm sure there's a better example out there. Also, the ending is shit, but overall worth it.

Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 17:46:48 No.7310399
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If anyone here likes alternate history, you need to read For Want of a Nail. It's amazing, it's a alternate history written like a freshman level college textbook, with footnotes and everything.

The historical change is that the rebels lose the American revolution. However unlike basically every single other alternate history I've read, things keep changing in a butterfly-effect like way. Like in a typical one if the Brits won the war then modern society and map boundaries would be exactly as they are now, the only difference being that US is part of the Commonwealth or whatever. In For Want of a Nail, history changes completely past the point of divergence, getting weirder and weirder as time goes on. The book covers history all the way up to the 1970's.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 18:07:08 No.7310476 >>7308833 no, they use elevators to travel through time

Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 18:20:36 No.7310530

>>7284656

Because the Sun is an unbelievably gigantic fusion reactor which processes half a billion tons of hydrogen per second, nearly all of which is wasted.

That kind of energy would render those in control of it capable of godlike accomplishments.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 18:33:43 No.7310585 >>7310288 Rather a Sprite, don't like dark drinks.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 19:11:19 No.7310732 >>7310399 >Burgoyne >Saratoga I don't even know any of those places or people, why would any of that matter

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 20:19:03 No.7310993 File: 36 KB, 500x495, 1446293785238.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >just thought to my self that the gameplay sounded good this time around >see this >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoV7X9B35Xs >mfw

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 20:31:24 No.7311033 >>7310993 copyright claim etc no one can access it, well done.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 20:44:54 No.7311084 >>7310993 top video m8

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 20:56:57 No.7311125 >>7310098 Revelation Space, as always.

>>	Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 21:23:22 No.7311236 >>7310282 Because I felt like reading a fun sci-fi book. I dunno. If you have some good grand adventure fantasy books to recommend, I'll check them out as well.

Anonymous Sun, Nov 1, 2015 23:46:47 No.7311826

>>7310732
The title of the book comes from a poem/proverb. Small changes in seemingly unimportant events create large unpredictable changes in larger things. I don't mean to be a meme-science person, but it's the butterfly effect.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 03:01:55 No.7312247

>>7310098
Expanse series is the closest one that I can think of, but the writing starts to slit its own wrists halfway through book 3.

Surprisingly, there aren't that many sci-fi books that fall into the "adventure" category.
Then again, modern sci-fi books are a rather unexplored territory, for a reason too. You'll probably have a better luck at looking at fresh releases on your own.

Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 10:54:02 No.7312968

>>7309157
Gateway has some really cool ideas IMO. The whole old-alien-thing-that-is-found is always fun, the idea of not knowing exactly how the ships work, how to control the ships, where you'll end up etc. are all fun. It could have been even better though.

I've read the first sequel (Beyond The Blue Event Horizon), which was ok, but definitely not as entertaining. I'm also going to give the second sequel (Heechee Rendezvous) a try, but I'm not going to read any further, unless I'm positively surprised.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 11:06:36 No.7313004 >>7306382 >Superhero Story To End All Superhero Stories No it isn't. It isn't even on Watchmans level. It's a couple of good ideas poorly handled. Fuck off back to Space Battles with that shit.

Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 11:20:28 No.7313050

>>7291290
>time agents having fun time travel adventures, killing Hitler and stuff.
Are there any books like this though? I've never seen one but maybe I just didn't look at the right authors. Any one can recommend something like this?

Hell any books that are just fun? Just lighthearted, good wins, the MC doesn't get shat on, the victory isn't pyrrhic? But isn't straight up comedy? Maybe something comfy?
After Joe Abercrombies First Law trilogy And Perdido Street Station I need a good pick me up. I'll even accept YA.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 15:04:05 No.7313569 >>7313050 Belgariad

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 16:26:19 No.7313761 Is Poul Anderson good?

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 16:43:16 No.7313793 >>7311826 weird how I always just assumed it was about man's desire to build bigger and bigger hammers that would eventually destroy himself. All because there weren't enough nails to hammer.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 17:09:50 No.7313876 >>7313050 Have you already read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? >isn't straight up comedy Well, the tone gets more serious by the 3rd or so book.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 19:20:11 No.7314482 >>7306844 >>7306789 The ring vaporized anyone who touched it. The kid was vaporized. Would have been better off in the alzabo tbdesu.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 19:21:28 No.7314492 >>7306799 >I feel like it assumes I know many things that I don't. Shoulda started with the Greeks. Honestly a dictionary might help.

Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 19:24:57 No.7314508

>>7308934
Somewhither looked like a kitchen sink and I've never really gotten into it. Feasts and Seasons had some cool stuff in it, City Beyond Time too, but if you really want good Wrighting go for Awake In The Night Land, which is actually available in hardcover. The other short collections are hit-and-miss.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 19:27:21 No.7314520 >>7310098 Stephenson. Baroque Cycle. Science fiction set in the dawn of science, when phosphorus and sunglasses were advanced scientists, with pirates.

Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 22:20:09 No.7315159

How good are you at imagining the things you read?
Very often when I'm reading something, I have a hard time imagining things unless they are explicitly described, so for example unless they give me some info about the location, I end up imagining characters in some... bland, almost void-like place.

What's a good way to improve that?
Just reading more, I guess?

Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 22:35:12 No.7315232

>>7315159
If you don't have a good imagination, I don't think there is a way to improve it.

Look at a lot of movies, photos of people and places.
When someone is described to you in a novel(no matter how blandly) you would be able to (subconsciously) pick from the pieces of movies and photos you saw and the places you visited.

Try "watching" a movie with your ears. Close your eyes and listen to the entire movie and try to imagine what is happening. You can also try graphic audiobooks.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 22:54:53 No.7315312 >>7313876 I don't think the Guide series is for them if they don't want the MC getting constantly shat on, and for everything to be alright in the end.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 23:24:44 No.7315423 >>7315232 Thanks m80, those actually sound like pretty good suggestions, I'll try them out. I'm also aware that I need to slow down when I'm reading, I got too used to reading in College, something that always involved a deadline.

>>	Anonymous Mon, Nov 2, 2015 23:24:47 No.7315424 >>7313876 Already read it. Also what >>7315312 said. >>7313569 Will try this one.

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 00:14:43 No.7315580

Can anyone here recommend some mindfuck scifi/fantasy?

I'm talking about something like the Matrix, Lost, or Homestuck that draws on eastern religions (or dead western ones), philosophy, modern pop-culture, and possibly real technology to create something that you can endlessly dig apart for theories and symbolism

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 03:11:43 No.7315974 File: 991 KB, 1440x900, 2346453.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Best Space Operas?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 06:43:33 No.7316233 >>7315580 >Homestuck

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 07:57:33 No.7316336 So are there any good books with loli main characters or cute girls doing cute things in space?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 07:58:14 No.7316338 In what order should I read the Foundation series?

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 08:43:49 No.7316409

>>7291290
Dinosaur Beach by Keith Laumer doesn't involve any real-world characters, but might scratch the itch of "time agent have time travel adventures".

Really, why would someone traveling back in time from a radically different universe/timeline/period of history give a shit the same people you do anyway?

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 08:49:38 No.7316419

>>7314508
I actually own the hardcopy Awake in the Night Land. An amazing work.

Kitchen sink is Wright's specialty. I'd buy a hardcopy Somewhither. I wouldn't buy a collection of his blog posts though.

>>7310098
As long as we're talking about him, John C. Wright's Count to a Trillion series. The eponymous first book is a little mediocre, but sets up the better follow-on books pretty nicely.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 08:50:39 No.7316420 >>7315580 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and VALIS, both by our beloved PKD. The Book of the New Sun.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 08:51:40 No.7316425 >>7316338 Chronological, and like Dune you should drop the whole series the very moment you're not having a good time.

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 08:55:21 No.7316429

>>7316338
Publication order. So start with Foundation, followed by Foundation and Empire, followed by Second Foundation. This is the original trilogy. Then read Foundation's Edge, followed by Foundation and Earth. These are direct sequels. Then read Prelude to Foundation, followed by Forward the Foundation, both prequels. I loved all of them when I first read them, back when the last few ones were coming out, but I was a kid back then. When I read them now, I prefer the original trilogy, but Asimov is always entertaining.

There are Foundation books by other authors, but haven't read those.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 08:56:23 No.7316431 >>7316425 No, with Dune, the second and third book are the weakest, so you should definitely give the fourth a try, IMO. And I really liked the fifth and sixth book as well.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 08:58:50 No.7316435 >>7316425 Shit, I meant publication order. Listen to this guy. >>7316429. Advice about dropping the series still applies.

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 09:00:05 No.7316436

>>7315974
Revelation Space-series. Read Revelation Space, Chasm City, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap if you want a cool series written by a physicist working at the European version of NASA.

Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton.

I was pleasantly surprised by the Succession-duology by Scott Westerfeld, consisting of The Risen Empire and the Killing of Worlds.

Read Dune, at least the first six books.

The Hyperion Cantos, consisting of Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion and the Rise of Endymion.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 09:01:06 No.7316438 >>7316435 Yeah, here I can agree that the quality of the Foundation novels generally drops along the way, although they're still enjoyable IMO.

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 09:15:36 No.7316457

>>7313050
Sounds like you're after Adventure books.

The Princess Bride if you haven't read it yet. It's a classic.

Escape from Hell! by Hal Duncan. Short but a lot of fun.

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. Another classic. It's YA, perhaps even a children's book, but it's brilliant.

If you like China Mieville, then Un Lun Dun, it's a YA romp through a fantasy alternative London.

The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker is a strange one, I liked it but didn't love it. Difficult to explain what it's about so look it up if you're interested.

And The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway because it's one of my favourite books.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 09:17:15 No.7316459 >>7315580 The Book of All Hours by Hal Duncan. The Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 10:07:08 No.7316546 >>7316336 There was a book about a cute loli going to hell(she calls satwn her uncle). She gets raped in hopes of breaking ber spirit. Its called Black jewels trilogy.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 10:09:10 No.7316548 >>7315580 The perfect state by Brandon Sanderson mind fucker me.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 10:47:47 No.7316646 >>7316425 >>7316429 Thanks guys, I'll follow up on the dropping advice too

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 11:24:13 No.7316747 >>7315312 >and for everything to be alright in the end. To be fair, except for the very end, everything was always alright. Also, what the hell happened to Zaphod after the 3rd book? I somehow missed it and never heard of him again.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 17:21:07 No.7317740 bu8mp for quality

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 17:31:35 No.7317834 Sending out aaaarrrgg invites >>/g/51165985 Please quote me here and I'll get to you asap

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 17:32:36 No.7317850 >>7317834 oops >>>/g/51165985

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 17:35:10 No.7317875 Science fiction (and fantasy) isn't really literature. It's fan-fiction of vague characters.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 17:37:20 No.7317897 >>7317875 when you make something, has the concept of that thing always existed before?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 17:38:44 No.7317909 >>7317897 That's vague.

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 17:41:20 No.7317939

>>7317909
it's also highly derivative, as you can't write anything that isn't deeply affected by the author being human, having human physiology, perception and experience.
You can't write something truly new. Especially since all books are technically already contained in a segment of Pi.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 17:44:33 No.7317974 >>7317939 k.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 18:00:35 No.7318129 Can anyone tell me if The Sword Bearer by Glen Cook is worth reading?

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 18:22:22 No.7318278
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>>7315580
Is there any related book that can mindfuck harder than ever17?

>>7316436
>Read Revelation Space, Chasm City, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap
The Prefect was a good novel, too, and you're forgetting the numerous novellas and short stories.

Hyperion Cantos was awful. Don't recommend that shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 18:31:36 No.7318347 >>7305471 but it's a science fiction library

Anonymous Tue, Nov 3, 2015 19:55:20 No.7318733

>>7286373
Hard to say.
From older authors, Starship troopers is great and fetching propaganda.
For not-so-depressing and thought-provoking sci-fi, Diaspora or Incandescence from Greg Egan.
For absolutely depressing but great and really thought-provoking scifi, Blindsight from Peter Watts is nice.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 06:13:04 No.7320448 >>7318278 Hey cosmerefag, did coppermind carve up Shadow of self and explainn all the hidden details?

Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 09:43:02 No.7320776
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>>7320448
Uh, yeah I guess. Most the 'hidden' stuff is on 17th Shard. Unfortunately, coppermind itself isn't updated too much, and for some reason, they love to make it needlessly difficult to keep up on new findings because most information is revealed through Q&As/interviews/signings/etc but you have to actively scan and monitor that specific subforum to keep up with everything.

Is there anything specific you want to know?

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 09:58:34 No.7320797 >>7320776 I can't even recall. When I just finished SoS i went to coppermind to read their summaries and links leasing to little tidbits... but no dice. Just wanted to know if that changed.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 10:09:52 No.7320820 >>7316457 Already read Princess Bride. I will search for the others, Thanks for the reccomendations.

Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 10:50:10 No.7320912
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>>7320797
Well, to reiterate, coppermind itself isn't THAT great for explicit little details so 17th Shard is where you'll want to start lurking at. I tend to use coppermind for basic information like Shard/Shardworld names, maybe something about a major character (found a citation on Hoid's page about something I was looking for a few weeks back), that kind of thing.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 11:11:21 No.7320976 Is there a good book based on traveling into someone's dream?

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 11:41:47 No.7321042 >>7320912 Is your autism high enjoy for you to make that? I know I couldn't finish making that pic.

Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 12:58:08 No.7321233

>>7320976
Books centered around that?
Not that I recall at the moment, but both Alex Verus and Dresden Files did the whole dreamscape trope.

Um.. American Gods
Black Jewels Trilogy
Charlie Bone (lel)
Dreamblood(very close to what you want)
Lock in by John Scalzi

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 13:09:02 No.7321262 File: 123 KB, 569x360, Luffy casts Confusion.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7321042 >If somebody posts a picture, he made that picture Okay anon.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 13:23:04 No.7321291 >>7292894 Soon I Will Be Invincible

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 13:31:46 No.7321313 >>7310000 I liked the X wing series, you could try that

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 18:35:06 No.7322098 >>7321262 You a one poop fag?

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 19:33:47 No.7322290 File: 4 KB, 104x125, huff!.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7322098 Of course but that's neither here nor there.

>>	Anonymous Wed, Nov 4, 2015 23:35:51 No.7323121 File: 90 KB, 672x712, 5503953+_d0d2e83ca0f052c640b4401527806cee.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Hard Sci-Fi

Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 00:06:39 No.7323205
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>>7323121
>not reading a novel about one ship chasing another across systems while both ships use inertial dampening devices
>and how the reduced inertia affects the ships and the people on the ships
Does your ass get jealous of all the shit that comes out of your mouth?

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 04:26:09 No.7323765 What is it /lit/ has against fantasy? and what sort of fantasy is ok by /lit/s opinion?

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 04:28:12 No.7323768 >>7292894 I tried reading one of those Wild Cards books that are a collusion between a bunch of different authors and edited by GRRM, but it was shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 04:35:11 No.7323778 >>7323205 >Made up nerd shit >somehow something valuable to read not likely

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 05:14:09 No.7323829 >>7323765 >What is it /lit/ has against fantasy? /lit/ hates fun, and books, but mostly fun.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 05:15:45 No.7323833 >>7323829 leave

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 07:13:32 No.7324004 >>7323829 This They don't even want to discuss books on the lit board, they tell us to go to /r/ or reddit. They just to meme and dicuss philosophy and christposting, without actually reading a book.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 07:17:06 No.7324009 >>7323829 >people can't find high-brow things naturally fun Fuck off >>7324004 I always knew /his/fags were genre fiction plebs. This is a literature board, not a book board >>>/r/books

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 07:18:28 No.7324012 >>7324009 >people can't find high-brow things naturally fun He never said that, go strawman somewhere else.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 07:31:19 No.7324031 >>7324012 He implied that, by saying that /lit/ hates fun, even though /lit/ posts about a wide variety of fun high-brow literature. Fuck off

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 08:45:24 No.7324174 >>7284638 There's a manga called 'Blame!'. Nothing to do with Dyson sphere's but it's set in an epic megastructure. I can't recommend it highly enough.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 09:55:48 No.7324314 File: 12 KB, 105x225, so innocent and pure.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7323778 >make up nerd shit >back it up with theoretical concepts rooted in reality Works for me. Worked for the author. >>7324174 The Dyson sphere's what, anon?

Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 12:57:05 No.7324738

>>7293251
What do you mean? Construction of a dyson sphere, in contrast to something like a dyson sworm, would be really tricky because of the massive preasures the polar regions would need to withstand just to stay in place. Materials like that strong don't exist even in theory.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 13:26:37 No.7324835 >>7298571 I've read a lot of Lukyanenko as a kid. Either I'm getting old or his work is getting. I guess the former is more likely. I wonder which elements in you opinion distguish Night Watch as Russian urband fantasy?

Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 14:03:20 No.7324938

Any recomendations for singularity/transhuman? I've really been enjoying fiction about focused on neurology more than physics, lately. I've read Stross's Accelerando and Reynold's House of Suns, really liked Watts' Echopraxia and especially Blindsight, fucking loved Rajaniemi's Quantum Thief trilogy - I wish I could get an ebook of his new collection.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 14:11:45 No.7324979 >>7324938 >>7324938 Forgot about Greg Egan, Diaspora is one of the best books I've read in the last couple of years.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 14:16:34 No.7325002 >>7323765 It's probably because fantasy is a trend, most boards on 4chan dislike current trends but also because there's some really bad fantasy that tries to mimic tolkien

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 14:27:19 No.7325050 >>7316436 >Read Dune, at least the first six books. And indeed at most

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 18:55:52 No.7325772 >>7324938 The Golden Age by John C. Wright.

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 22:56:15 No.7326500 What best book by Wolfe for somebody new to his work? Should I just dive into New Sun right away?

>>	Anonymous Thu, Nov 5, 2015 23:51:33 No.7326633 File: 13 KB, 257x386, Seveneves_Book_Cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7284638 Is pic related book any good?

Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 01:19:04 No.7326849
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Anyone got any recommendations for some good old-fashioned adventure fantasy or sci-fi? Something with a POV that stays pretty much with one character going on some adventure with all sorts of strange and fantastical encounters? I've got a bunch of medical stuff coming up soon, and find that the best way to kill time while doped up after procedures is to just read some quick and easy sword-and-sorcery style adventures. Sadly a lot of modern fantasy seems to be riding the ASoIaF popularity and spend entire books just introduce a dozen different characters and focusing way too much on politics and what not to stretch it out as many books as possible.

I've read a lot of the big-name stuff like Tolkien, Wheel of Time, Conan, Fafhrd and Grey Mouser, and all the David Eddings stuff. I think Eddings' stuff was my favorite among them all, despite being rather cliche. He really nailed writing interesting and relatable characters.

How are Riftwar, Dragonlance, and Shannara? Worth reading?

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 01:44:43 No.7326894 >>7326849 Codex Alera hit that Eddings nerve for me.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 05:27:55 No.7327360 >>7326849 The Demon Princes by Jack Vance The Eyes of the Overworld & Cugel's Saga by the same guy if you don't mind the protagonist being a very non-sanitized "rogue".

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 06:57:41 No.7327467 Can someone please recommend me some good literary science-fiction?

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 07:30:24 No.7327518 >>7327360 Good recs! I'd add Tschai to that, which is survival adventure.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 08:23:41 No.7327682 >>7325002 >fantasy is a trend Well it's a trend that has been going on for decades.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 08:25:42 No.7327687 >>7327682 i meant that for the moment there are a lot more people writing fantasy, than there would be 20 years ago

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 08:37:51 No.7327731 >>7327687 The world is more shit now,nthan 20 years ago. People need something to take the stress off, just relax your mind and give you much needed chuckles.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 08:48:08 No.7327752 >>7327731 I wasn't saying that i dislike fantasy, just that i think /lit/ does because it's a trend You are right, the world is shittier now

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 11:23:24 No.7328146 File: 92 KB, 960x720, 1445909832765.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any good sci fi published in the last 6 months? Gimme something brand new, best if it's a new IP.

Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 18:40:40 No.7329434

Picked up The Well of Ascension pretty cheap this week, haven't started it yet but is it really the worst out of the entire Mistborn series? I liked The Final Empire but I wasn't completely crazy about it like a lot of people seem, very cool ideas in some parts, very boring in others.

>>	Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 21:34:19 No.7329962 >>7326500 pls respond

Anonymous Fri, Nov 6, 2015 21:43:23 No.7329996

>>7329434
>is it really the worst out of the entire Mistborn series?
I would say so. It's just so SLOW. Sure, there is plenty of character development and worldbuilding but it you're a little bored, you're not alone. The third book picks up the pace again but (to avoid spoilers) I'll just say that shit gets real crazy and off the rails (which may or may not annoy you).

>>	Anonymous Sat, Nov 7, 2015 02:25:30 No.7330571 >>7329962 >>7326500 Yes, read the book of the New Sun first, pay close attention, and it requires rereading anyway. Don't look up anything or ask about it.

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