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If I wanted to astroturf support for my self-published series, I could do a lot worse than to spin up a fake account that constantly dragged my name into easily-dismissed controversy.
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Cardiac posted:Well, there is a Malazan thread, a Sanderson thread and a Pratchett one as well, so why not. Given how the CJ Cherryh thread died I will be shocked if a much less prolific author can sustain a thread.
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Cardiac posted:Well, there is a Malazan thread, a Sanderson thread and a Pratchett one as well, so why not. the matrix but agent smith keeps trying to hand neo a copy of the commonweal series
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Oct 28, 2021 18:03
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Ccs posted:Is this any good? Lotta not so thrilled reviews. It's low fantasy in a historical setting, written from a pretty cynical viewpoint. The protagonist is an insufferable prat but he kinda gets better as the series goes on. I guess.
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wizzardstaff posted:If I wanted to astroturf support for my self-published series, I could do a lot worse than to spin up a fake account that constantly dragged my name into easily-dismissed controversy. I cant believe hit self published fantasy author Graydon Saunders (available on google play and that other one) has called for mandatory beans in chili
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wizzardstaff posted:If I wanted to astroturf support for my self-published series, I could do a lot worse than to spin up a fake account that constantly dragged my name into easily-dismissed controversy. Cardiac is a frothing anti-communist so it's entirely likely they are more mad about the implicit politics than the actual writing, but has decided to claim otherwise.
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Oct 28, 2021 19:19
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Should we split off commonweal chat into its own thread? Genuine question as someone who knows nothing about the series and probably won't read it, no, imo. I like hearing about books.
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Danhenge posted:Cardiac is a frothing anti-communist so it's entirely likely they are more mad about the implicit politics than the actual writing, but has decided to claim otherwise. I'll be honest, I was on the fence about the series before; it sounded interesting but I wasn't sure it was worth the investment. Knowing that it alienates anti-communists is tipping the balance.
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Oct 28, 2021 19:29
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Should we split off commonweal chat into its own thread? Genuine question I'd imagine Commonwal discussion is going to die down pretty soon unless all five thread regulars start reading it.
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genericnick posted:I'd imagine Commonwal discussion is going to die down pretty soon unless all five thread regulars start reading it. Fine, I'll start reading it soon  Finished book 3 of WoT. Real anticlamax ending to 600 pages or whatever of getting everyone to the same place (again) Reading some litrpg thing I found in another thread now to cleanse my palette. Might pick up book 4 of WOT in a week or two
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Oct 28, 2021 21:07
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Aardvark! posted:Finished book 3 of WoT. Real anticlamax ending to 600 pages or whatever of getting everyone to the same place (again) honestly that's the worst kind of clamax
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Oct 28, 2021 21:21
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Thankfully that pattern dies down a bit.
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silvergoose posted:as someone who knows nothing about the series and probably won't read it, no, imo. I like hearing about books. This, but I might read it. Also the thread has gone from loads of posts about the Commonweal books to loads of posts about the posts about the Commonweal books, and I'm intrigued to see where we go next.
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The Killing Moon (Dreamblood #1) by NK Jemisin - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005SCS4IK/
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the guy who implied I was graydon saunders after I posted about it the first time was very funny if nothing else. ive been thinking about that and laughing for like a week. we're in an entire forum about reading and discussing books and somehow your first instinct is someone talking about a book is a sock puppet lol.
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I hate the word 'commonweal'. It just looks like it's going to be 'commonwealth' and then isn't. Makes me nuts.
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It's its own word; it means the common good.
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Sham bam bamina! posted:It's its own word; it means the common good. Seems like an intentional differentiation. The Commonweal is about people, not things.
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I always interpreted it as a magic reference but I'm used to people only digging out the old Anglican words for that. Like, I thought it was sort of a reference to focuses, the common pool of will or something.
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HopperUK posted:I hate the word 'commonweal'. It just looks like it's going to be 'commonwealth' and then isn't. Makes me nuts. Agreed, especially since there’s already Hamilton’s Commonwealth series. Makes me picture a pig trying to say it, like Commonweeeeaa weeea 
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Sham bam bamina! posted:It's its own word; it means the common good. Didn't mean to imply it wasn't, I just hate it! Probably because we hear 'commonwealth' quite a lot here.
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HopperUK posted:I hate the word 'commonweal'. It just looks like it's going to be 'commonwealth' and then isn't. Makes me nuts. Clearly should have been 'commonveal'.
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I always read it as a common weasel
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Hah, I assumed it was also a fantasy skewing of the word Commonwealth, but yeah it is a real word meaning “the general welfare.” Thanks for helping me learn new words, Graydon alts. I still haven’t progressed reading the book at all cause I’m stuck on the first battle and also I was fighting breakthrough covid. For the general welfare, buy some aura N95s masks, don’t rely on those cloth things.
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Ccs posted:For the general welfare, buy some aura N95s masks, don’t rely on those cloth things. https://www.razer.com/gear-accessories/Razer-Zephyr/RC81-03870128-R3M1 I got one of these because it's dumb and so am I, but I'm gonna wear it when reading my sci-fi books and feel totally rad.
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"Commonweal" just makes me think of the magazine for liberal Catholics.
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HopperUK posted:I hate the word 'commonweal'. It just looks like it's going to be 'commonwealth' and then isn't. Makes me nuts. Same. It's like when ma and pa store signs are misspelled so that they catch your eyes.
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Aardvark! posted:Finished book 3 of WoT. Real anticlamax ending to 600 pages or whatever of getting everyone to the same place (again) Are you are you didn't miss half a dozen chapters? Book 3 ends with the fall of the Stone of Tear, Moiraine killing Be'lal, Rand gaining the loyalty of the Aiel and the first time an open proclamation of the Dragon Reborn is accepted by a major power. It's about as far from an anticlimax as you can get.
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Jedit posted:Are you are you didn't miss half a dozen chapters? Book 3 ends with the fall of the Stone of Tear, Moiraine killing Be'lal, Rand gaining the loyalty of the Aiel and the first time an open proclamation of the Dragon Reborn is accepted by a major power. It's about as far from an anticlimax as you can get. lol and mat blows a hole in the stone with a giant bag of dynamite and kills a bunch of guys too!!!
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When you write it out like that it certainly feels like a lot happened. But actually reading it the other night, I just didn't get excited about reading on the way the first two books did. So maybe anticlimax is the wrong word, I don't know.
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i'm now reading this Commonweal series just so I can figure out whether all the reports it generates are justified or not so far: setting is at least interesting and the writing isn't irritating and it isn't a litrpg I've spent a lot of hours reading much worse books
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:i'm now reading this Commonweal series just so I can figure out whether all the reports it generates are justified or not Reported for commonweal posting
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complaining about ppl talking about books in the book thread ftmfw
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Has anyone ever seen Jeffrey and Saunders together in the same room? 
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The word "commonweal" sounds to me like something from a Dusty Rhodes promo. We talkin' bout the commonweeall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2PpmQilJbI
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:so far: setting is at least interesting and the writing isn't irritating and it isn't a litrpg
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multijoe posted:Who the gently caress is reporting fantasy book discussion in the fantasy book megathread Who is standing outside my file yelling at me to leave the standard-focus!?
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