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BravestOfTheLamps posted:I've read the first book all the way through, and it's bad. Counterpoint: I've read all of the Inheritance trilogy, and it's good.
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It's as bad as the Inheritance Cycle.
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Big Bad Beetleborg posted:Demon Cycle is consistent enough (if pulpy) all the way through.
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It sucks that there aren't any actual 'pulpy' books anymore and that people just use that word on the latest fantasy trash to denote its badness
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I like to think of Jack Vance as the thinking man's pulp author. But really, all true pulp is thinking man's pulp
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I mean it has a lot of one dimensional characters, obvious tropes, a number of big action scenes, and average prose; what term would you use?
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Big Bad Beetleborg posted:I mean it has a lot of one dimensional characters, obvious tropes, a number of big action scenes, and average prose; what term would you use? Fantasy
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Big Bad Beetleborg posted:I mean it has a lot of one dimensional characters, obvious tropes, a number of big action scenes, and average prose; what term would you use? Most books on the best-seller list.
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Feb 27, 2018 01:55
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The Elementals Was a spooky ride
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Started reading "The Half-Made World" by Felix Gilman, which had been recomended in this thread. It's pretty good at first sight)
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Are there any books with a more serious take on the Point of View Gun from Hitchhiker's Guide?
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cult member at airport posted:Are there any books with a more serious take on the Point of View Gun from Hitchhiker's Guide? Idk about books but there's a character in the movie Strange Days who uses that effect in the worst possible way.
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I've got a couple of requests: I think this one is a long-shot, but is there anything out there kind of like Library at Mount Char? Maybe also a long-shot, I'm looking for a book that's similar to the weirder supernatural/absurd/sinister parts of Twin Peaks. I've asked elsewhere and had Wayward Pines suggested a couple of times, but those books didn't really fit what I was looking for.
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MockingQuantum posted:Maybe also a long-shot, I'm looking for a book that's similar to the weirder supernatural/absurd/sinister parts of Twin Peaks. I've asked elsewhere and had Wayward Pines suggested a couple of times, but those books didn't really fit what I was looking for. Jeffrey Ford's The Shadow Year
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chernobyl kinsman posted:Jeffrey Ford's The Shadow Year Cool, I read his Twilight Pariah earlier this year and enjoyed it, so I'm all for that recommendation.
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Looking for books about early 20th century Sicilian history.
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MockingQuantum posted:I've got a couple of requests: The Gormenghast books perhaps (in the sense that they're about an isolated society of people driven by weird obsessions).
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Looking for sci-fi that's dark/violent/unsettling -- I suppose horror/sci-fi. Something like I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream or maybe Surface Detail. Bonus points for hard sci-fi -- and I must say I have little interest in military sci-fi.
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for sci-fi that's dark/violent/unsettling -- I suppose horror/sci-fi. Something like I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream or maybe Surface Detail. Bonus points for hard sci-fi -- and I must say I have little interest in military sci-fi. It seems to come up every other page, but are you familiar with Blindsight by Peter Watts? Starfish could work, as well.
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Currently about halfway through Solar Bones by Mike McCormack and, so far, it's every bit as good as the hype suggested. Having a really hard time putting it down.
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Looking for some quality/fun fiction books about the mafia or mob, that aren't Puzo or Elmore Leonard.
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Conrad_Birdie posted:Looking for some quality/fun fiction books about the mafia or mob, that aren't Puzo or Elmore Leonard. James Ellroy, start with Black Dahlia, folllow through with the rest of the LA Quartet, continue with the Underworld USA Trilogy. That should take a couple of months.
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Conrad_Birdie posted:Looking for some quality/fun fiction books about the mafia or mob, that aren't Puzo or Elmore Leonard. Check out Leonardo Sciascia. If you'd rather have comedy (and can tolerate some heavy-handed Italian stereotypes), Jimmy Breslin's The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.
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Those all sound like great recommendations and exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for! Thanks!!
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Conrad_Birdie posted:Looking for some quality/fun fiction books about the mafia or mob, that aren't Puzo or Elmore Leonard. Josh Bazell's Beat the Reaper. It might lean a little less mafia, but it's definitely a fun read
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Someone here recommended Guthrie's The Way West quite a ways back. I'm almost done with it and I want to thank you. It's been a great western; a gripping story and written very well.
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Can anyone recommend some books where the plot is that cliche joy of two people who hate each being forced to work together, similar to C.S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy? Protagonist and antagonist team up against a worse villain, or to survive in a hostile situation, etc. Genre isn't really important (as long as it isn't an alt-history what-if-nazis-were-cool-and-good wankfest.)
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coolusername posted:Can anyone recommend some books where the plot is that cliche joy of two people who hate each being forced to work together, similar to C.S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy? Protagonist and antagonist team up against a worse villain, or to survive in a hostile situation, etc. "Hate' might be a strong word and the relationship changes over time but if you just mean initial opposition (as per the standard cliche) then Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin
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coolusername posted:Can anyone recommend some books where the plot is that cliche joy of two people who hate each being forced to work together, similar to C.S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy? Protagonist and antagonist team up against a worse villain, or to survive in a hostile situation, etc. Dragon Ball Super
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coolusername posted:Can anyone recommend some books where the plot is that cliche joy of two people who hate each being forced to work together, similar to C.S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy? Protagonist and antagonist team up against a worse villain, or to survive in a hostile situation, etc. Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
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I'm looking for good sci-fi military books. Things like Old Man's War, Starship Troopers, WH40K stuff. Any suggestions?
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Karma Comedian posted:I'm looking for good sci-fi military books. Things like Old Man's War, Starship Troopers, WH40K stuff. Any suggestions? I assume you've read The Forever War by Haldeman and Armor by Steakley? If not, those two for sure. There's the Honor Harrington series and while I wouldn't exactly call them "good," they're entertaining and are intended to be space versions of Master & Commander. Lots of space ships maneuvering about and shooting tons of missiles at each other. AARP LARPer fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Mar 31, 2018 |
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Dadbod Apocalypse posted:I assume you've read The Forever War by Haldeman and Armor by Steakley? If not, those two for sure. I've actually never gotten to either of these two. quote:
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Honor Harrington is closer to Horatio Hornblower than M&C, still good silly fun though. Also if you never read Hornblower they're way better, not set in space though obviously.
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Dadbod Apocalypse posted:I assume you've read The Forever War by Haldeman and Armor by Steakley? If not, those two for sure. Honor Harrington is more Hornblower. For Master and Commander, David Drake's LT Leary Commanding is closer.
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Karma Comedian posted:I'm looking for good sci-fi military books. Things like Old Man's War, Starship Troopers, WH40K stuff. Any suggestions? You might want to check out Yoon Ha Lee.
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Can anyone recommend accounts of war crimes trials and truth and reconciliation commissions, like They Would Never Hurt a Fly or Country of My Skull?
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I posted something about Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States in the D&D Trump thread, and there were some tongue-in-cheek replies about going head-on into Marxism. Actually, I am interested in reading some modern Socialist literature. Any recommendations?
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How do you define socialist literature?
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China Mieville? But that's actually more Marxist.
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