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Anno posted:I’ve been out of the fantasy novel game since book two of the Stormlight Archive (so….2014?) but want to get back in. Sanderson stuff aside, any suggestions on books that have come out since then? Especially if they’re of the “epic fantasy” series sort. The Mage Errant series is fun. The basic premise is "outcast kid goes to mage school and discover awesome magical powers and also the power of friendship," but it's well executed and it goes interesting places.
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Anno posted:I’ve been out of the fantasy novel game since book two of the Stormlight Archive (so….2014?) but want to get back in. Sanderson stuff aside, any suggestions on books that have come out since then? Especially if they’re of the “epic fantasy” series sort. Graydon Saunder's Commonweal books are very popular here. There's a thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4006013
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Anno posted:I’ve been out of the fantasy novel game since book two of the Stormlight Archive (so….2014?) but want to get back in. Sanderson stuff aside, any suggestions on books that have come out since then? Especially if they’re of the “epic fantasy” series sort. Most of the fantasy action is urban fantasy these days -- Rivers of London, etc. Dresden Files were king poo poo of that mountain for a while but have tapered off in quality lately. The two best recent fantasy novels I know of are Between Two Fires and Library at Mount Char but they're both one offs.
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I’ll take a look at all those. Thanks folks!
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OneMoreTime posted:Hey everyone! That's my mom's favorite genre, and she loves Sue Grafton.
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I'm looking for a "warts and all" biography of the Beatles. The more comprehensive the better, interested in the whole history from the Quarrymen to present day. Particularly interested in topics of drug use and romanctic involvements, both positive and negative. Not too interested in biographies that ignore those aspects, gloss over them, or only talk about the good.
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Heran Bago posted:I'm looking for a "warts and all" biography of the Beatles. The more comprehensive the better, interested in the whole history from the Quarrymen to present day. Particularly interested in topics of drug use and romanctic involvements, both positive and negative. Not too interested in biographies that ignore those aspects, gloss over them, or only talk about the good. The answer should be All These Years by Mark Lewisohn, but there is currently only one volume, taking us to the end of 1962 (in 1700 pages). Still, Lewisohn is by far the most comprehensive Beatles-writer alive, and maybe the next volume will be out by the time you're ready for it.
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Bandiet posted:The answer should be All These Years by Mark Lewisohn, but there is currently only one volume, taking us to the end of 1962 (in 1700 pages). Still, Lewisohn is by far the most comprehensive Beatles-writer alive, and maybe the next volume will be out by the time you're ready for it. This sounds like just what I'm looking for. Thank you.
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OneMoreTime posted:Hey everyone! Not always murder mysteries but I bet she'd like Robert Harris. Idk about his newer stuff but everything he wrote before 2010 is good. e: also John Grisham. Neither are as "good" as Agatha Christie but they're suspenseful page turners. E2: was bugging me for days. P D James is good distortion park fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Jan 7, 2023 |
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hallo spacedog posted:I have a sort of odd request: please recommend to me your favorite books under 300 pages. There have been some great answers already - I'd add A Wizard of Earthsea (and the rest of the series individually)
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What are some good prison books in non-totalitarian societies?
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FPyat posted:What are some good prison books in non-totalitarian societies? Woman On the Edge of Time sounds like it fits to me
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FPyat posted:What are some good prison books in non-totalitarian societies? I'm not sure if you think 1960s Nigeria qualifies at totalitarian, but Wole Soyinka's The Man Died is a very good prison memoir.
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FPyat posted:What are some good prison books in non-totalitarian societies? In non-totalitarian societies, you can read any book in prison.
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hello friends does anyone have a reccomendation for a nonfiction about egyptian mummies? or even mummies around the world too but im particularly interested in egyptian ones
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Thread, I want zombie survival novels. Zombie books. Books about zombies. What I've read/heard of: - World War Z (fascinating, fun, deeply flawed) - Lilith Saintcrow's Roadtrip Z (platonic ideal imho) - Mira Grant's zombie novels - Girl with all the gifts - White Trash Zombie series by Rowland - Zone One Specifically I'm in the mood for generic "zombies are breaking out / have broken out, and now we must survive!", hopefully with a theme of humans teaming up. I'm down with series, kindle unlimited, anything, as long as it's cool zombies. (I'm also down for less generic stuff, but not as much?) I'm also listening to Zombies, Run! on my iphone as a fitness app, and I adore zombie games ala Project Zomboid, State of Decay 2, Days Gone, and so on.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Thread, I want zombie survival novels. Zombie books. Books about zombies. You might or might not appreciate Ex-Heroes, which is basically "what if zombies but also superheroes"? https://www.amazon.com/Ex-Heroes-Novel-Peter-Clines-ebook/dp/B00AKJFEOS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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The horror book thread has several good ones in the OP
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FPyat posted:What are some good prison books in non-totalitarian societies? I have no idea if this is what you're going for, as they're all non-fiction, but I 'enjoyed' all of the following: - Live from Death Row by Mumia Abu-Jamal (been in prison for 40 years, a good chunk of that on death row, Black Panther activist) - Are prisons obsolete? by Angela Davis (think this speaks for itself?) - Bang up and Smash by Anonymous (sort of a survival guide for women's prisons in the UK, but worth reading even if you're not a) a woman b) in the UK or c) likely to go to prison) On a different note, I'm looking for some of those fun, reference-style hardback books about unexplained mysteries (UFOs, Mary Celeste, crytpids etc.) for children-ish. For my son, who loves books like this: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59709608-monsters?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_34 because they are engaging and informative and about folklore and weirdness. The kind that might talk about the same stuff as an episode of Lore but a bit more accessible for children without being too dumbed down. Any suggestions?
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crazyvanman posted:I have no idea if this is what you're going for, as they're all non-fiction, but I 'enjoyed' all of the following: "After Man" by Dougal Dixon, of course. My son was utterly obsessed with it for a number of years, I had to read the whole thing aloud at least three times.
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yaffle posted:"After Man" by Dougal Dixon, of course. My son was utterly obsessed with it for a number of years, I had to read the whole thing aloud at least three times. This looks great! Thank you. I've seen an early 2000s National Geographic (I think?) mini-series on this, but hadn't heard of this book. It's on the list, cheers.
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I want a philosophical Western that also has some violence. I read Blood Meridian and All The Pretty Horses, so no more Cormac but something similar would be great, or like Deadwood Feel free to mock me but give me a good recommendation too, I know nothing about westerns
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escape artist posted:I want a philosophical Western that also has some violence. Brimstone, The Propisition (maybe) edit: oops i thought this was the movie reccomendation thread sorry. Theres some movies for ya if youre into that vibe tho
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escape artist posted:I want a philosophical Western that also has some violence. Try Warlock by Oakley Hall. It helped inspire Deadwood.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Have you tried the Lord Peter Wimsey or Campion books? Hey, just wanted to thank both you and Rand Brittain for the book recs. I ended up getting a couple of my girlfriend and her mom (Strong Poison and Crocodile in the Sandbank) and they both loved them, with both books being finished within days!
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Glad to hear they were a success!
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Another Book Bran success!
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escape artist posted:I want a philosophical Western that also has some violence. I still like Lonesome Dove a whole lot.
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I have been swapping between Sci Fi and fantasy series for the past few months burning through books and I've hit a little bit of a wall after I worked through much of my kindle reccs. Stuff I've read and really enjoyed in the last year or so: Malazan Series (re-read) Red Rising series Gideon the 9th (couldn't do the 2nd book and gave up) Black Tongue Thief (enjoyed this more than anything in years) Pretty much all of Christopher Buehlman's bibliography Both series and what's out of the third by John Gwynne The first two books of the Pariah/Matryr Series Expanse series Project Hail Mary R Scott Bakker's books - some of these were a slog though I also just recently tried to get into the Sun Eater series but found it pretty tedious after the first book and I'm cutting bait on it. Also read the standard high points ASOIAF, Wheel of time, Dune etc. I read for the escape mostly and I don't care if it's super high brow philosophical naval gazing or violent horror shlock as long as its entertaining. StrixNebulosa posted:Thread, I want zombie survival novels. Zombie books. Books about zombies. Have you checked out the rising books by Briane Keene? Has a little bit of a different take - Zombies including animal and insect zombies come about as a result of a collider experiment opening a portal to allow demons to possesses the bodies of the dead. So Zombies, but talking zombies.
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BlindSite posted:I have been swapping between Sci Fi and fantasy series for the past few months burning through books and I've hit a little bit of a wall after I worked through much of my kindle reccs. Gaunt's Ghosts sounds perfect for you. Sci-fi military series about a scout recon unit that keeps getting thrown into the toughest battles of a decades-long war against an army of extremely evil guys. A lot of stuff about the day to day annoyances of military life, but also stuff like they can't look too closely at the graffiti left behind by enemy forces because their symbols can literally hurt your soul.
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Gripweed posted:Gaunt's Ghosts sounds perfect for you. Sci-fi military series about a scout recon unit that keeps getting thrown into the toughest battles of a decades-long war against an army of extremely evil guys. A lot of stuff about the day to day annoyances of military life, but also stuff like they can't look too closely at the graffiti left behind by enemy forces because their symbols can literally hurt your soul. Sold!
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BlindSite posted:I have been swapping between Sci Fi and fantasy series for the past few months burning through books and I've hit a little bit of a wall after I worked through much of my kindle reccs. Sounds like you read very similar things to me. Someone here recommended Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. It is loving fantastic and I recommend checking that out. Thanks for the rec, gentle recommender
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Looking for some gritty fantasy akin to Joe Abercrombie and Ed McDonald. Anything similar out there?
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StrixNebulosa posted:Thread, I want zombie survival novels. Zombie books. Books about zombies. Try Keith Blackmore’s Mountain Man series.
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RCarr posted:Looking for some gritty fantasy akin to Joe Abercrombie and Ed McDonald. Based on an earlier recommendation I'm almost done with Between Two Fires after looking for the same and it's been absolutely great. In fact, I came here to report that I'm loving the book and see what else folks might recommend.
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Jack B Nimble posted:Based on an earlier recommendation I'm almost done with Between Two Fires after looking for the same and it's been absolutely great. In fact, I came here to report that I'm loving the book and see what else folks might recommend. Have you read North American Lake Monsters? I think I liked it for the same reason I liked Between Two Fires.
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tuyop posted:Sounds like you read very similar things to me. Someone here recommended Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. It is loving fantastic and I recommend checking that out. Added to the list. Thank you.
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