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Ragnar34 posted:Are we still recommending Malazan Book of the Fallen, or did that guy turn out to be like a zoophile or something? If you're going to read 15 of a thing then read that. Unless Steven Erikson is some other kind of rear end in a top hat, in which case keep reading the meme thread. Nah he's a completely normal person with decent to good political views. It's great because he'll post political poo poo on his social media and fantasy book fandom, which is full of...uh..."traditionalist" white dudes, gnashes their teeth and try to explain how his books, which explicitly are about being empathetic to people who are worse off than you, actually support their batshit far right buffoonery. But yeah the series is kinda aimed at people who look upon 10 brick-sized books full of apostrophes and elves and get excited.
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burexas.irom posted:Poor Ji'rakh Battlesteed, thought of T'tah Shashuks and died. An old bud of mine noted words to the effect: "I enjoy fantasy and science fiction, and am probably missing out on a lot; but when I start hitting super-weird names, unpronounceable poo poo, I'm out."
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Big titty gandalf throwing off his cloak and cursed theodin looking shocked
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Why Gandalf, you've... you've enhanced yourself!
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Zore posted:They've covered basically just book 1 with some minor things thrown in from the prequel novel in the first season. I believe the showrunners have also said that their adaptation is a turning of the wheel, just not necessarily the turning from the books. The people, places and story are largely the same but the roles each play have changed a bit.
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Heath posted:Wizardry is stored in the breasts do you think when he became gandalf the white they got bigger or he got an extra one haha
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Heath posted:Wizardry is stored in the orbs
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PainterofCrap posted:An old bud of mine noted words to the effect: "I enjoy fantasy and science fiction, and am probably missing out on a lot; but when I start hitting super-weird names, unpronounceable poo poo, I'm out." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5xnznFzLek
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Heath posted:Wizardry is stored in the
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Ragnar34 posted:Are we still recommending Malazan Book of the Fallen, or did that guy turn out to be like a zoophile or something? If you're going to read 15 of a thing then read that. Unless Steven Erikson is some other kind of rear end in a top hat, in which case keep reading the meme thread. I can't read past this post without saying that these are books you definitely want to read if you like good books. I put it off for the longest time and when I started I mocked the guy who recommended them relentlessly; 'Gardens of the Moon' had some Pinocchio like marionette running around and names of characters that were cheesy as gently caress. I'm happy to say that I was so wrong and the series was outstanding. I'd even say that it taught me the true meaning of nihilism. I particularly liked the authors foreword where he essentially said if you cant make it past the first few chapters then give up and if you make it to the middle of the first book you will probably read them all. He was right.
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euphronius posted:Great ponderous orbs https://i.imgur.com/XZjmwPH.mp4
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deported to Canada posted:I particularly liked the authors foreword where he essentially said if you cant make it past the first few chapters then give up and if you make it to the middle of the first book you will probably read them all. He was right. Iirc I read the first three then when I learned 'book four is book three again but focusing on different characters' I quit
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Killingyouguy! posted:Iirc I read the first three then when I learned 'book four is book three again but focusing on different characters' I quit That's wrong, books 2 and 3 occur simultaneously but in different places, 4 is a time progression from 2 & 3. Jordan did a much worse version of that on Wheel of Time where he had a whole book of characters reacting to the events of the previous book. But honestly if you didn't want to finish the series after 2 and 3, you're probably fine. They're some of the best in the series.
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Killingyouguy! posted:Iirc I read the first three then when I learned 'book four is book three again but focusing on different characters' I quit Book 4 charts the rise of Karsa Orlong and this made you stop reading? Madness my friend, simply madness.
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deported to Canada posted:I can't read past this post without saying that these are books you definitely want to read if you like good books. I read like 3 or 4 books and gave up because of the outrageous pompousness of it all. Imagine writing a professional soldier with inner monologues like this quote:This burden – you have taken it before, assumed it long ago, haven’t you? This burden, that now assails my soul, it is what you live with – have lived with for centuries. The price for the sword on your back– Like drat Whiskeyjack shouldn't you be at your amateur dramatics class?
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Beeswax posted:I read like 3 or 4 books and gave up because of the outrageous pompousness of it all. Imagine writing a professional soldier with inner monologues like this poo poo's depressing yo! But seriously I get your point, the series does find itself becoming more existentially bleak as it goes on and the writing style can be a lot to chew on.
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deported to Canada posted:poo poo's depressing yo! I rather enjoyed the bleakness of it all, but the overwrought writing just killed it for me. It constantly bordered on self-parody to say the least. Still, different strokes and all that, my opinion is no more or less valid than anyone else's.
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Man that Wheel of Time show is really bad Which is weird because I remember liking the first few books as a kid, but I tried rereading them and drat those are almost as bad as the show Truly a shameful thing to enjoy
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Beeswax posted:I read like 3 or 4 books and gave up because of the outrageous pompousness of it all. Imagine writing a professional soldier with inner monologues like this That's not a real quote, is it?
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Beeswax posted:I read like 3 or 4 books and gave up because of the outrageous pompousness of it all. Imagine writing a professional soldier with inner monologues like this WJ was being groomed to be the emperor before things went south. But yeah he's emo as gently caress and the dark elves are all incredibly emo, like hilariously so as the books go on. Played straight sometimes, for comedy others. Jaxyon has a new favorite as of 23:44 on Dec 21, 2021 |
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PainterofCrap posted:An old bud of mine noted words to the effect: "I enjoy fantasy and science fiction, and am probably missing out on a lot; but when I start hitting super-weird names, unpronounceable poo poo, I'm out." My mate used to say that a fantasy series was good inversely proportional to the number of made up words it used. He also used to say that as soon as there was a wizard, he was done with the book, so he may not have been the target audience.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Nah, it's a Telepod for kitties. Holy poo poo lmao
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I just want to say thank goodness someone else pointed out Heavy Metal is orb dense. You didn't go in to PS or anything to make it blue. Been feeling pressured to do that myself but the whole movie is about an orb.
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Hollandia posted:My mate used to say that a fantasy series was good inversely proportional to the number of made up words it used. I can think of counterexamples but honestly this isn't a bad way to-- Hollandia posted:He also used to say that as soon as there was a wizard, he was done with the book, so he may not have been the target audience. your mate is scum and I long for his destruction. e: Honestly I just stick with Patricia McKillip, Jeff VanderMeer and Jorge Borges. I'm sure I'm missing out, but I really need authors to keep their made up words under control. Ragnar34 has a new favorite as of 00:45 on Dec 22, 2021 |
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Malazan is loving great but whoever said it taught them the meaning of nihilism is 110% on the money.
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Tree Bucket posted:That's not a real quote, is it? It is, Erikson was an archeologist/anthropologist before getting into writing so he decided to write his book as an in universe history like the works of Plutarch or Polybius.
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But it's the 22nd year of the 21st century. Don't give me none of that "no year 0 bullshit". I will never accept 1990 being in the 80s and 2000 being in the 1900s. I officially declare the year before year 1 being year zero. It can also be 1 BC. No problem being both.
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Hollandia posted:My mate used to say that a fantasy series was good inversely proportional to the number of made up words it used. Gene Wolfe (on campus) is great and never used a single made up word. checks out
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Biplane posted:Malazan is loving great but whoever said it taught them the meaning of nihilism is 110% on the money. It was me but I just wanted to  the post/avatar right there.
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Master Twig posted:But it's the 22nd year of the 21st century. (Decades are different than centuries)
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euphronius posted:(Decades are different than centuries) Not in this context. 0 is where you start counting.
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Master Twig posted:But it's the 22nd year of the 21st century. Just declare yourself an astronomer. They use a year zero.
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