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dihaploidy posted:Chiming in during Baru chat to complain once again that there's no sign of a kindle version of The Monster Baru Cormorant showing up on Amazon in Australia, regardless of whether browsing from the .com or .au addresses If you can find a DRM-free .epub (format for basically any reader that isn't an amazon kindle) version for sale in your region, you can use Calibre to convert it to kindle-compatible .mobi format
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Feb 19, 2019 05:07
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Future titles in series:
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Feb 19, 2019 05:10
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General Battuta posted:It was gonna be Tyrant but now that the series is 4 books not 3 I want to save that one for last. I'm still kinda stumped on book 3, gotta get one of those 2 syllable words that fits the themes... And so it starts. I guess we will get Tyrant in book 9 then? Cause once the story expands beyond 3, there is no stop (ex the expanse, Got).
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Feb 19, 2019 05:19
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The Warlord Baru Cormorant
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Feb 19, 2019 05:52
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The Trochee Baru Cormorant
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Feb 19, 2019 06:19
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The Permabanned Poster Baru Cormorant
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Feb 19, 2019 07:01
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Bilirubin posted:The Permabanned Poster Baru Cormorant Not empty quoting this. For content, try Susan R Matthews' Jurisdiction series if you like a little BDSM in your ethical dilemma SF.
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Feb 19, 2019 07:29
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:The Black-Faced Baru Cormorant Just 400 pages of, "It was a different time. I've grown and learned since then. I'm sorry for any pain I've caused. I'm a different, better person now."
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Feb 19, 2019 15:34
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Cardiac posted:And so it starts. No joke, literally, Robert Jordan initially planned Wheel of Time as a trilogy.
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Feb 19, 2019 15:41
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Baru of a Space Cormotyrant: Traitor Baru of a Space Cormotyrant: Monster ....
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Feb 19, 2019 15:54
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It seems like the theme is two syllable words that work as epithets (alternately: work as video game boss names) and also have pretty strong negative connotations. I like Warlord as mentioned above or Leader, but they're probably not negative enough. Devil or Demon could work depending on where the story is going. Terror could be an option. Maybe Shadow? It's a tough challenge when three of the best options are already taken
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Feb 19, 2019 18:12
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Feb 19, 2019 18:26
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Hmm, what about something like 'Blight', 'Scourge', 'Menace', 'Bane', or perhaps 'Vile'? Admittedly I haven't read the Baru Cormorant books (yet! I intend to, but I need to cull my to-read pile first) but well, who doesn't like throwing words at a wall, to see what sticks?  They might not be the right 'kind' of word though, I guess.
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Feb 19, 2019 18:26
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Major Isoor posted:Hmm, what about something like 'Blight', 'Scourge', 'Menace', 'Bane', or perhaps 'Vile'? Admittedly I haven't read the Baru Cormorant books (yet! I intend to, but I need to cull my to-read pile first) but well, who doesn't like throwing words at a wall, to see what sticks? Baru Cormorant: Threat or Menace?
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Feb 19, 2019 18:32
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papa horny michael posted:the Democrat Baru Cormorant the greatest sin
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Feb 19, 2019 18:38
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Feb 19, 2019 18:40
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The Increasingly Obnoxious Forced Meme Baru Cormorant
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Feb 20, 2019 00:03
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dihaploidy posted:Chiming in during Baru chat to complain once again that there's no sign of a kindle version of The Monster Baru Cormorant showing up on Amazon in Australia, regardless of whether browsing from the .com or .au addresses i had the same problem during preorder, posted the same thing here then too. no one from Tor or Amazon responded to an email so I gave up. The Unread Baru Cormorant
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Feb 20, 2019 00:08
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The Terror Baru Cormorant
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Feb 20, 2019 00:08
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The Schism Baru Cormorant
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Feb 20, 2019 00:46
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The Centrist Baru Cormorant.
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Feb 20, 2019 00:51
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Feb 20, 2019 00:56
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:No joke, literally, Robert Jordan initially planned Wheel of Time as a trilogy. It probably would be a pretty good trilogy if it only followed the protagonist, instead of following him, his friend, his ex, his other friend, a girl who likes him, the town witch, the other girl who likes him, his teacher, his friends' wife, his fencing teacher, the other other girl who likes him, and his ex's beau, and those are only the POVs with more than 20 chapters. https://wot.fandom.com/wiki/Statistical_analysis
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Feb 20, 2019 04:52
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my bony fealty posted:The Sanders Bernie Communist
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Feb 20, 2019 07:29
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pseudanonymous posted:It probably would be a pretty good trilogy if it only followed the protagonist, instead of following him, his friend, his ex, his other friend, a girl who likes him, the town witch, the other girl who likes him, his teacher, his friends' wife, his fencing teacher, the other other girl who likes him, and his ex's beau, and those are only the POVs with more than 20 chapters. Yeah, we all know this part, but it should be pointed out that the whole POV thing only became egregious after something like book 5-6. Until that point, the WoT series was and is a solid fantasy series with some excellent epic scenes. But hey, at least the series is done with a somewhat decent ending compared to other well known examples that is never going to be finished.
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Feb 20, 2019 07:32
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Cardiac posted:But hey, at least the series is done with a somewhat decent ending compared to other well known examples that is never going to be finished. Personally, I thought Sanderson's writing was so egregiously bad I'd have preferred it not have been written. There were very few surprises at all, as it was.
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Feb 20, 2019 18:11
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pseudanonymous posted:Personally, I thought Sanderson's writing was so egregiously bad I'd have preferred it not have been written. There were very few surprises at all, as it was. IMO the ending of a large series is not when you start doing surprises since it is mostly tying story lines together in an epic way. Especially in the cases like WoT where prophecies is an important part of the story.
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Feb 20, 2019 18:23
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Feb 20, 2019 18:28
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:No joke, literally, Robert Jordan initially planned Wheel of Time as a trilogy.
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Feb 20, 2019 20:20
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Wikipedia says that the original plan was six books. Still absurd that it dragged out as long as it did. Technically, the original plan was "three to six." It depends on whether you mean "original" as in "from conception" or "from EotW publication" though. https://dragonmount.com/forums/topic/40087-so-was-wot-supposed-to-be-a-trilogy/ Basically Jordan initially thought it would be three books and that was his initial pitch to Tor, but Tor had him sign a six-book contract anyway. (I know far too much about the Wheel of Time)
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Feb 20, 2019 20:29
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A planned trilogy that turns into 6 (or 13) books is in some way better than the cases where the author wrote one book and then the publisher wants an entire series out of it. The former at least means there should be some overarching plot line behind it, instead of something glued on afterwards.
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Feb 20, 2019 21:03
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Cardiac posted:IMO the ending of a large series is not when you start doing surprises since it is mostly tying story lines together in an epic way. Especially in the cases like WoT where prophecies is an important part of the story. I think good writing often means prophecies are fulfilled in surprising ways, and that our expectations of what is going to happen are violated.
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Feb 20, 2019 21:16
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pseudanonymous posted:I think good writing often means prophecies are fulfilled in surprising ways, and that our expectations of what is going to happen are violated. I guess that means that you liked Bakkers unholy consult? good writing is a matter of taste here, unless you are botl
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Feb 20, 2019 21:26
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I'm reading Ruin of Kings right now. I almost skipped it because whenever anyone says "Epic Fantasy" I get twitchy flashbacks about Wheel of Time/Game of Thrones/Rothfuss, but so far it's pretty enjoyable. I'm getting a strong sense that it draws on the world of Vlad Taltos for some of its inspiration, but I think the writing is a little more engaging.
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Feb 20, 2019 21:40
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2018 Nebula Finalists Who's ready for God of War to win best game writing?
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Feb 20, 2019 21:59
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I think I need Novik's Spinning Silver. I really enjoyed Uprooted and that might be in same spirit if I'm looking right.
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Feb 20, 2019 22:10
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StrixNebulosa posted:2018 Nebula Finalists It's not bad, apparently. And they also nominated three Choice Of titles, which is cool.
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Feb 20, 2019 22:16
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Man, I like Trail of Lightning, and it's great to see more representation and fantasy from a different framework than just reworked Tolkein/DND or whatever, but it's hard for me to see that as book of the year. Granted, I haven't read the rest of them.
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Ben Nevis posted:Man, I like Trail of Lightning, and it's great to see more representation and fantasy from a different framework than just reworked Tolkein/DND or whatever, but it's hard for me to see that as book of the year. Granted, I haven't read the rest of them. It's the only nominee I've read too, but just from gut reaction I have to agree. It was a cool book and a refreshingly different take on standard Urban Fantasy tropes, but the actual plot and prose weren't totally glowing or anything. It was firmly the kind of book that I finish and think "That was neat, I'm excited to see that writer do more"
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