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Forgall posted:Sometimes it's a lich, and the book is surprisingly good. How the hell do you have sex with a lich. They have no fleshy parts! I'm going to regret asking this, aren't I?
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Liches are cool but skeletons are cooler. Polish up dem bones. What I'm saying is are there any good or even not entirely poo poo skeleton-based paranormal romances. Skeleton-skeleton preferred. Just a whole bunch of skeletons, making terrible jokes and going on romantic dates in the crypt.
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Sep 10, 2015 17:55
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Autonomous Monster posted:How the hell do you have sex with a lich. They have no fleshy parts! Anyone can be a lich if they've got a phylactery, right? Walking skeletons not mandatory.
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Forgall posted:Sometimes it's a lich, and the book is surprisingly good. No, but seriously, what book is that.
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Darth Walrus posted:Anyone can be a lich if they've got a phylactery, right? Walking skeletons not mandatory. One lich one soul jar
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Sep 10, 2015 17:57
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Patrick Spens posted:No, but seriously, what book is that.
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Sep 10, 2015 17:58
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I got nothing against anyone's genre preferences but it saddens me when I search dark fantasy or horror in hopes of getting a more spooky flavor and it always comes up paranormal romance / whatever you want to call it
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I just bought this for my Kindle: I'm almost afraid to start it, because this is it. The last novel, the last story set in this fantastic world. I feel like when I finish it, I'll be leaving that whole world behind me.
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Ah, I should get around to reading it too. I'm a huge Discworld fan but Raising Steam was rough. I re-read Feet of Clay and Witches Abroad and it's so hard not to make comparisons.
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Sep 10, 2015 18:18
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RoboCicero posted:Ah, I should get around to reading it too. I'm a huge Discworld fan but Raising Steam was rough. I re-read Feet of Clay and Witches Abroad and it's so hard not to make comparisons. Yeah I'm not a huge fan of the Moist Von Lipwig novels, and this one was probably the weakest of the three. Much more a fan when the focus is on Vimes or the Witches.
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flosofl posted:Yeah I'm not a huge fan of the Moist Von Lipwig novels, and this one was probably the weakest of the three. Much more a fan when the focus is on Vimes or the Witches.
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Sep 10, 2015 18:25
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Yeah, I'm happy to think of Discworld as ending with Unseen Academicals.
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anilEhilated posted:Snuff wasn't that good either. I like it better than Going Postal. I think it took a few more chapters than usual for Pratchett to get his feet on the ground for Snuff, but once it gathered momentum I thought it was pretty good.
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RoboCicero posted:Ah, I should get around to reading it too. I'm a huge Discworld fan but Raising Steam was rough. The Shepherds Crown is better. Failure to tear up is punishable by death, though.
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Sep 10, 2015 18:36
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Autonomous Monster posted:How the hell do you have sex with a lich. They have no fleshy parts! It's called 'boning' for a reason.
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Sep 10, 2015 18:39
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Autonomous Monster posted:How the hell do you have sex with a lich. They have no fleshy parts! Max answered in a recent AMA.
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I'm not sure what freaks me out more, that the question was asked by Django Wexler or that Gladstone is a fan of Oglaf.
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This is an excellent book and everyone should read it. And then read everything else Catherynne Valente has written, starting with The Orphan's Tales because that is what more fantasy could be.
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Autonomous Monster posted:How the hell do you have sex with a lich. They have no fleshy parts! Liches are high level spell casters and tend to have access to polymorph and/or transformation spells. 
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Finally started reading Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga. I'm not much of a fantasy guy outside of Pratchett and Gothic Lit, but I'm really enjoying it so far. I get a feeling that his work is responsable for a lot of the lore behind stuff like warhammer and morrowind. I love the literal metaphysics of alternate worlds and soul reincarnation etc. Lots of beautiful hero-incarnates having sick adventures while being dramatically melancholic. The in your face social/traditional system critique thing isn't bothering me too much, as I guess I agree with it. I've smashed through the first 3 books in an evening each. I can see Elric getting boring if he is just all powerful the whole way through, but it's a fun ride. Which other Moorcock should I get lined up after these? Does he ever write a female protagonist? Any other fantasy that has similar metaphysics?
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field balm posted:Finally started reading Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga. I'm not much of a fantasy guy outside of Pratchett and Gothic Lit, but I'm really enjoying it so far. I get a feeling that his work is responsable for a lot of the lore behind stuff like warhammer and morrowind. Elric is the most popular of his Eternal Champions. There's the Prince Corum series The Hawkmoon books Kane of Old Mars Von Bek Jerry Cornelius That's what I'm remembering off the top of my head as there's quite a few more. The Eternal Champion/Multiverse is a big theme with him. He's a prolific writer, just those I listed I think are probably more than 25 books. You used to be able to find omnibus editions of each "hero" containing three or four of the novels. I know Elric, Hawkmoon and Corum were broken up into two volumes each. Kane is the most swashbuckling and the Hawkmoon books are a bit darker, but still escape the nihilism of some of his other champions. I liked the Corum novels a lot as well.
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Jedit posted:The Shepherds Crown is better. Failure to tear up is punishable by death, though. Based on the content of the book or the fact that it is his last book? Cause the second is compulsory. Still can't believe he is dead and it will feel weird to read the final book from an author, whose books you have read and loved the last 25 years.
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Cardiac posted:Based on the content of the book or the fact that it is his last book? Cause the second is compulsory.
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coffeetable posted:Yeah, I'm happy to think of Discworld as ending with Unseen Academicals. Unseen Academicals is probably the worst Discworld book though.
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field balm posted:Finally started reading Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga. I'm not much of a fantasy guy outside of Pratchett and Gothic Lit, but I'm really enjoying it so far. I get a feeling that his work is responsable for a lot of the lore behind stuff like warhammer and morrowind. I couldn't get past the first few pages of the first book. But the series gets really fun and interesting? Darn it. Guess I have to try reading it again.
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FlowerPattern posted:I couldn't get past the first few pages of the first book. But the series gets really fun and interesting? Darn it. Guess I have to try reading it again. Moonglum is still great, though.
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FlowerPattern posted:I couldn't get past the first few pages of the first book. But the series gets really fun and interesting? Darn it. Guess I have to try reading it again. It does get better and more interesting than the opening sections. I remember Elric as being too over the top in the beginning, but the stories improving. It took a while though, not like after the first 5 pages or anything. I wouldn't say "really fun and interesting," really, but good enough to be worth reading.
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Battuta, Tor just gave you one hell of a blowjob. Eagerly awaiting  Though I'm pissed that the Yanks are getting that cool crumbling face/mask cover while us Brits have to settle for some boring fire/shield thing.   boooooooooooo
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Battuta I'm sorry your novel got replaced with a historical fiction thriller in the UK 
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Autonomous Monster posted:Battuta, Tor just gave you one hell of a blowjob. Eagerly awaiting The crack about Destiny was low.
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Autonomous Monster posted:Battuta, Tor just gave you one hell of a blowjob. Eagerly awaiting That review is what convinced me to buy the book day of release, because all the Tor reviews I've trusted so far haven't let me down. Can't wait for tomorrow!
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Kesper North posted:The crack about Destiny was low. Especially because everyone likes the parts of Destiny I wrote I'm proud of that dumb Grimoire and all those items!
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Sep 14, 2015 17:38
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You personally made Tyrion sound like he was reading washing instructions, confirm/deny
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Blindsight really is as good as it was hyped up to be. I wasn't expecting that.
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General Battuta posted:Especially because everyone likes the parts of Destiny I wrote You can set the record straight at your Hugo acceptance speech. 
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Sep 14, 2015 21:21
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Library at Mount Char is OK but the characters are all terrible and annoying.
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Kesper North posted:The crack about Destiny was low. Not necessarily inaccurate (about Destiny) though. I don't know what part of the Destiny writing Battuta was involved with but the writing that actually made it into the game was underwhelming at best. Maybe there's volumes of back story that we'll see someday and make me go wow, and certainly some of the hints of the complexity of the world are interesting.  I don't want to take away from the book being published! The story looks pretty drat interesting and I'm going to have to buy a copy. Congrats Battuta, I'm sure you're excited!
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I worked on item descriptions and the Grimoire fiction companion. The script was already locked down by the time I joined the company.Rough Lobster posted:Library at Mount Char is OK but the characters are all terrible and annoying. I thought the same at first but in the back half of the book I came around to a lot of them, since I started to understand exactly what had happened to them. The protagonist in particular is about eight times more interesting than her lovely early scenes suggest.
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Speaking of General Battuta, Amazon just oviposited your book onto my hard drive! I will read it shortly.
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