/lit/ - Literature

More stuff similar to "The King of Elfland's Daughter"? Apart from "Little, Big".

Bakker is King.

Simple as.

>>20892671
king of shit

>>20892603

Mistborn 3 > Wax & Wayne 3 > Wax & Wayne 2 > Mistborn 2 > Wax & Wayne 1 > Mistborn 1

Cannot be refuted.

reject cukker, retvrn to wolfe

>>20892707
>traces the sign of addition in the air

>>20892694
Wasn‘t asked.

Bakker, you say?
Hello Newfag, welcome to /lit/ and /sffg/.

Chances are that you‘re heard the name Bakker thorn around this place quite a lot. Fear not, this is what you need to know.

First off, I would generally advise against reading him early on, especially if you're new to reading and just migrated from /v/ looking for a Dark Souls type of adventure. Read other, lighter, stuff first. There is plenty, just don‘t fall into the web-novel meme. Those are atrocious, especially Reverend Insanity, Cradle and the Wandering Inn. You should also know that a lot of people here suffer from PBS(Post Bakker Syndrome). Meaning that once you've read him, it will be hard to find other authors in fantasy as good as he is. Which is why Bakker memes are so prolific here.

Having that said, he is quite literally the most beloved writer in this general, and has been for over a decade, regardless of what filtered (Yes, some people here are unable to truly understand his prose) anons might tell you. And he is, in my humble opinion, the greatest living writer in fantasy right now.

If you enjoy dark fantasy series with intense battles, pitch black lore, highly intellectual themes that dovetail into real world philosophy, poignant character psychology, and just a hint of Lovecraftian horror, then R. Scott Bakker is the author for you. When the time comes, start with The Darkness that Comes Before from the Prince of Nothing trilogy.

Bakker, you say?
Hello Newfag, welcome to /lit/ and /sffg/.

Chances are that you‘ve seen the name Bakker thrown around this place quite a lot. Fear not, this is what you need to know:

First off, I would generally advise against reading him early on, especially if you're new to reading and just migrated from /v/ looking for a Dark Souls type of book. Read other, lighter, stuff first. There is plenty, just don‘t fall into the web-novel meme. Those are atrocious, especially Reverend Insanity, Cradle and the Wandering Inn. You should also know that a lot of people here suffer from PBS(Post Bakker Syndrome). Meaning that once you've read him, it will be hard to find other authors in fantasy as good as he is. Which is why Bakker memes are so prolific here.

Having that said, he is quite literally the most beloved writer in this general, and has been for over a decade, regardless of what filtered (Yes, some people here are unable to truly understand his prose) anons might tell you. And he is, in my humble opinion, the greatest living writer in fantasy right now.

If you enjoy dark fantasy series with intense battles, pitch black lore, highly intellectual themes that dovetail into real world philosophy, poignant character psychology, and just a hint of Lovecraftian horror, then R. Scott Bakker is the author for you. When the time comes, start with The Darkness that Comes Before from the Prince of Nothing trilogy.

>>20892707
Bakker is a noble man with golden hair, wolfe is a peasant man with bald head.

Think I might get into Wild Cards since it's the biggest series fucking nobody has ever read

>>20887979
Asking again

>>>/tv/173130874

>>20892707
Pringles are not real potatoes.

so Is it good?
Or do I read something else?

>>20892829
You'll read it.

>>20892829
>Ambercrombie
>Good

>>20892829
I didn't care for it. It's very cheesy, generic fantasy. All the early 80's cliches are there. Yes, of course there is an invasion of orcs.

If it had a cover like this you would better know what tone to expect.

>>20892671
Shut the FUCK UP! NO ONE CARES! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP! GOOOOOD!!!!

Sanderson is King.

>>20892813
It has nigger woman dwarves. So no.

>>20892892
No :)

can someone give me the name of that notoriously hyper-autistic book, the cover is blue with a color spectrum of dots. ine detail of it is the authors has hexadecimal colour codes in it.

>>20892896
Supremacy of Sandi is false
His popularity is nothing but a farse

>>20892896
King of what?

>>20892949
DELETE THIS!

>>20892935
Maybe it's something from this chart?

>>20892935
Did it have anything to do with Super Mario?

>>20892963
Yes!

>>20892966
I remember reading a synopsis of it years ago.. I don't remember what is was called though, sorry.

>>20892970
Mama Mia!

>>20892899
don't be like that

>>20893028
Stop forcing coons into every piece of media imaginable and maybe I'll stop.

>>20892899
Can somebody tell me if there's nigger dwarfs in this too?

>>20893036
you don't choose that, usa and the world has decided to have a new culture regardless of your opinion

>>20893045
The world is bigger than the US, in case you didn‘t know.

>>20893055
the world is becoming more and more like the US and its new culture, that's what I'm saying and almost everyone in the world will have the same culture

>>20893073
No, not really.

>>20893086
the children continue to be exposed to the new culture and so it will be over and over again... but you are going to die along with your beliefs and the former culture will not even be remembered to the point of misunderstanding or demonizing it if they take a look at old entertainment which would be the only way to see how ignorant people lived before
like, it would be difficult and annoying for us to live in the dark medieval times, where there was more ignorance and closed mind

Shit this threads becoming about race, better ask for cute/hot witches now to get it back on track

Three men sit at separate tables but all close to one another at an inn that stands on a tall hill, the inn is lit with candle light and smells of tobacco.
The strongest of the men dressed in high quality monk robes in a drunken haze stands up abruptly and thrusts his glass of ale into the misty air around them. "Bakker, he is the one true supreme king of this land" he proclaims loudly before looking at the other two men, showing a subtle smile of supreme supremacy that rules over them for just a moment.
"outrageous claim!" the second man answers and pulls up his hurdy gurdy from beneath the table and begins singing a song about the video streaming adventures of Rothfuss the bearded and how he is the one true supreme ruler.
After the song has ended the third man, an educated scholar and world hopper who has travelled far from the lands of Westeros finally speaks "George R. R. Martin has been prophesied to rule not only over these lands but the entire Cosmere which we live in, every book speaks of his return from his journey of becoming the supreme autarch".
The mist in the inn grew thicker, the men calmed down and sat silently, each deep in thought on how they should prove their creators supremacy.
Finally the waitress of the inn, a magical innkeeper enters their room ready to offer them more drinks, she had no limit on how much she fed and gave them to drink or smoke, she had a fetish to overfeed. Before she could explain her intentions the scholar points at her and asks her calmly "missy, who is the one and only ruler of these lands, the supreme king of the cosmere?" looking at the other two men with one eye brow raised "I think we can all agree such a wondrous beauty and Aes Sedai can answer for us" looking back at the innkeeper focusing on her name tag "could you not? Miss, Erin?".
Erin looked at the men before folding her arms (under her breasts of course) and showing them all a smug smile. "Why of course I can, for there is only one man who truly rules supreme as a king of these lands, and that is the author of Breach of Peace Mr Daniel B. Greene. Now would anybody care for some more ale?".
That night all men suffered from alcohol poisoning and Daniel Greene ruled supreme for all eternity with Sanderson in a dress by his side as his queen.

Does anyone have the archive link to that last ultimate colossal collection of science fiction and fantasy books?
Do you guys ever feel like putting in the effort into a different author/book series is kinda daunting, especially if the book ends up not being enjoyable?
It's interesting how it's easier to read something that's established(like, Halo or Warhammer or Lord of the Rings) versus a completely unknown series to you.

>>20893117
I wasn‘t asking-

>>20893138
fuck off

>>20893131
Just ask about a certain series and I will answer truthfully, if I have read it that is.

>>20893117
I wasn‘t asking.

>>20893123
>cute/hot witches

>>20893152
FUCK OFF ALREADY

>Shut the FUCK UP! NO ONE CARES! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP! GOOOOOD!!!!
>fuck off
>FUCK OFF ALREADY

Powerful.

>>20893123
>cute/hot witches
Are white.

>>20892829
A cast of murderous assholes, ponder how much of an asshole they're being, but the momentum of events make it so that they can't change who they are. So they just do asshole shit and murder until the plot resolves itself.

>>20893148
I mean, it isnt about any one particular series, just the feeling of it being a chore to start something new, learning a new setting and lore. Right now I've been listening to audiobooks and have nearly every warhammer black library book in ebook form on my tablet. But I see people rave about Stormlight Archive, I picked up the first book of the Traitor Son cycle but can't seem to commit. Also have Annals of a Nameless Dwarf book 1.
Also really need that archive link btw

>>20892742
>Web-novel
>Cradle

>>20893275
The Stormlight Archive starts of really strong but becomes unreadable after book 2.

>>20892829
it reads like a comedy that's not funny

>>20893123
>Shit this threads becoming about race, better ask for cute/hot witches now to get it back on track
The wanderin Inn, extremely well written Witches

>>20893275
>archive link
Do you really need to be spoonfed so much?

>>20892707
This. I've read both. Bakkerposting isnt funny even as a meme. And he doesnt hold a candle to the GOAT.

>>20893500
Bakkerposting is the only high quality posting on /sffg/, evem their memes are high quality and with effort, they created the best wojaks, charts and memes.

>>20893287
Yes.

>>20892630
Rhythm of War, The Stormlight Archive #4 - Brandon Sanderson (2020)

Rhythm of War is ok. Its greatest weakness to me isn't its length, but how it chooses to spend its narrative. None of the plotlines were engaging or interesting and a lot of it really felt like completely drawn out filler. When a certain event happened, I thought to myself, "Oh, so they're going to do cat and mouse scenes for the next several hundreds of pages" and so it was. There was so much that felt like it happened because it was required for the plot to advance in a certain way rather than as organic progression. It's quite probable that it was all intentional to build up towards catharsis, so that after reading it for so long, there's a sense of release. I don't know if that was intentional with the first book, but it felt like that this book was built around that rather than it being a natural part of the story's structure. Personally, I would prefer if it were more evenly distributed. I have no doubt that the next book will solidify a lot of what I think about The Stormlight Archive.

Maybe in the next book the characters will have new developmental arcs, but I'm not not expecting it. Kaladin especially with his relapses, but I suppose that's to be expected with his condition. Then there's Shallan's Past of Many Happenings, which I'm assuming in next book will all come together and provide some needed power increase at a critical moment. I think the narrative overly emphasizes in a reductive way that the greatest insights come from the darkest times. There's been a lot more about the Parshendi than I would've expected from the first book and I don't care for it. If it were done better, then I think it would be a worthwhile inclusion, but as it is, it's a not particularly meaningful mirror. I know that Sanderson has had a Semitic naming scheme for certain characters, which I still don't understand his intention, but he really has fully committed to it with this latest addition. It confuses me in relation to their Earthen counterparts. Is it a coincidence that combining their name with another results in Superman's name? Probably.

I've seen a lot of about how this book includes more and more and more stuff from the other Cosmere series, but aside from the epigraphs and a few trivial other details, I think that's an overstatement. Most of what's presented was already introduced in previous books. I don't really see that changing with the fifth and final book of this arc either. Maybe there'll be more integration with the second arc, because as it is I still don't see the Cosmere as much more than a marketing scheme. I don't know if there will ever be a full crossover. Also, Easter Eggs are overrated. I think far too many become excessively agitated about how much they believe that they're missing out on, or even feel coerced into reading more than they want to in pursuit of a mostly illusory full experience.

Rating: 3/5

>>20893564
Took you two years to write this shit?

>>20892694
I didn't imagine the God Emporer to be that big. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention when they described him.

>>20893584
That's the release date of the book, not when I began writing it. If you mean it took me two years to read the book a couple days ago, then yes. If you mean something else, I don't know.

>>20893564
That book was utter trash. You used to write decent reviews. What happened?

>>20893628
He spends time laying on a robotic chariot surrounded by draperies, so he doesn't seem that big.

>>20893649
>not when I began writing it
Is that you, Sando?

anyone here getting this?

https://www.foliosociety.com/usa/the-gormenghast-trilogy.html

>>20893671
Nothing happened. I read and write as I will regardless. If you mean that you used to agree with them more, then that's because we're different people and our opinions won't always align. Maybe they will again, they won't, either way.

>>20893675
I think he'd have a higher opinion of his own work.

>>20893724
Idk, is it worth reading

>>20893671
Probably lost his touch after reading so much shit. People in this general, in genera, have very low standards. There's a reason fantasy writers aren't taken seriously by the writing community.

>>20893749
Not for 1k $ it isn't.

>>20893763
Nah, it was more likely the case that what I've written never was. Also, imagine wanting to be taken seriously by the people you refer to.

>>20893782
Sorry, but who are (You)?

>>20893770
At the price I'd expect it never to be read and only to used for decorative purpose.

>>20893803
anon, as we are all.

A Bakkerpost a day
Keeps the janitor away

>>20893357
This is a perfect description.

Any decent stuff in German that is not overly difficult to read?

About to finish The Worm Oroborous. What should I read next?

1. Mistress of Mistresses
2. Amber
3. Knights of Dark Reknown
4. Gormenghast
5. The Eternal Champion

>>20893863
Are you honestly that much of a pathetic little bitch that you can’t decide on your own?

We have confirmed in the previous thread that harem fantasy erotica is a good topic
What can we add to the /sffg/ canon?

>>20893863
Amber is shit

>>20893871
I'm commited to making a reading chart for self-pub harem fantasy, but I still have some books to read.Expect me to finish sometime before the year is over. I've read around ~30 so far, now I'm branching into harem/erotica written by women. (I'm the harem poster/reviewer around here).
But if there was one book to be read in erotica/harem fiction, then it should be Good Intentions.

>>20893871
There is a G.R.I. list that someone posted a while ago.

>>20893907
Do you have any suggestions for father-daughter incest books? Asking for my daughter.

>>20893871
>>20893907
Speaking of spicier things, this book by William D. Arrand sounds interesting, especially after the review. Any D. Arrand readers here?

>>20893945
Sick disgusting freak.

>>20892829
Standalone novels are better. Red Country is probably one of my favorites but it lacks the same impact if you haven't read the original trilogy.

>>20892640
The Lyonesse Trilogy

>>20893275
I read the first stormlight book when I was in high school and I think I enjoyed it? I read it again last year and it was so fucking boring. So much shit has no purpose and ends up contributing nothing to the plot except to pad the word count. Maybe if Sanderson shaved off about 75% of the Shallan chapters it would be more bearable.

How come nobody here ever talks about Walter Moers' Zamonia novels? They're so damn great. Very creative fantasy. And they're illustrated by the author himself ontop of that. Especially the 3 main/biggest/best ones pictured here. Ideally read them in order from left to right, chronologically as like they came out. I can't recommend them enough and it saddens me that there's never been a movie or series adaption (although perhaps in the current times it's for the better).
>>2089384
I think they should be easy enough for you. An English translation exists and it is good, but in my opinion it doesn't quite reach the full greatness of the original. Something is always lost in translation, I guess. In this case especially names of things, people, places sometimes got english-ified i.e. became a little more dull. You wouldn't notice it if you haven't read the german original first.
Also, at least in the pirated epub of the English release I downloaded from libgen, the pictures are very low resolution and a lot of the creative formatting and fonts, which do add to the experience, aren't there.

>>20894021
>How come nobody here ever talks about Walter Moers' Zamonia novels?
Because a vocal minority would rather shitposts and spam and kill any discussion than let people talk about books here. It’s why you see the same shit every day.

The Raboniel and Navani chapters were the best out of any stormlight books out right now and I'm tired of niggas saying otherwise

B A K K E R
I I
N N
O O

American hours everyone.

>>20892829
They're worth reading, the sequels are literally just the same character with different names and more annoying

B A K K E R
A ---I--I
S ---NN
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D -

>>20894072
You really surprised? They were seething that their spam was getting deleted and they were getting ban because of it.

>>20894072
Canada > America

Simple as.

>>20894088
>that their spam was getting deleted
You deleted far more than spam, faggot.

Bakker is awesome. "The Prince of Nothing" trilogy is full of interesting characters, grand events and excellent worldbuilding. I found his portrayal of the Holy War to be gritty, realistic and pure EPIC. It truly rules supreme! I thought it was just a meme.

>>20894139
when was the last time you engaged in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex

>>20894088
>They were seething that their spam was getting deleted and they were getting ban because of it.
God, forbid we go a thread without spam. And people wonder why there's rarely any discussions here.

>>20894149
I'm not a simp like the ones who read sandi, Imagine reading the full cucksmere saga just to get some pussy.

>>20894157
I rest my case

>>20894166
I accept your defeat.

Is anybody looking for a writing buddy to regularly exchange works with for feedback and motivation? Drop a discord or burner email if interested.

>go to /wg/
No. I don't write gamelit and I'm not interested in writing real literature.

>>20894174
No, go to /wg/

>>20894174
Go to the writing general for this shit.

what's some fun, light-hearted sci-fi books? so far I've really enjoyed
>discworld
>hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
>Neal Stephenson

>>20894183
Jack Vance's Ports of Call

>>20894183
The ones wearing suites look sublime.

>>20894175
I accept your concession

>>20894065
They were nice but their resolution was rather lacking. The premise was as well, so really only the unsustainable middle part.

>>20894192
Didn't ask, not my problem, I accept your defeat, Bakker rules, sandi drools, sandersois are fools and they will never rule supreme, instead they rage and scream, rage so hard they blow steam, cause they can't compete even in a dream.

>>20894152
And to think, it’s literally just one faggot who ban evades because he has no life.

>>20892640
Similar how? I felt gyped by how rushed the ending was after all that buildup.

>>20894207
>>20894192

I’m looking for high fantasy with good prose and heavy on the romance (not sex). What do you recommend?

>>20894288
idk, imajica

>>20894278
The janny would allow the acceptor of concessions roam free while productive fantasy posts like >>20894139 gets deleted, welcome to the new /sffg/ ruled by sandi.

READ CRADLE

>>20894302
It will never rule supreme.

>>20894293
Sanderson did win after all, not sure what point you're trying to make here

>>20894311
Win at being a miserable writing machine that writes garbage.

>>20894308
Is that Will Wight? Or did Sanderson bald his head?

Why on earth are people so insanely angry on goodreads? I've used this shit of a site obviously and even I'm surprised with the pure hatred some of these people have within them on high-ranked reviews.
They write in all-caps to show that they're screaming, they're often extremely condescending and sometimes towards the readers or authors, they go in depth about their own despisition on a book while regularly bringing little actual critique and say childish shit like, I HATED it, THERE I FUCKING said it! And sometimes put ironic words in the authors mouth. What the fuck?

>>20894330
Will Wight selling his soul to the mormon god of goons, trying to imitate his kickstarter campaign.

>>20894335
>760,462$
holy shit

>>20894332
"IT WILL NEVER RULE, THE WRITER IS A FOOL"

- Book Reviewer Supreme -

>>20894339
>760,462
but at what cost? he owes this money to the mormon goons and if he doesn't pay, he will be turned gay.

>>20894327
but rich

>>20894344
he's also a mormon? Like Sanderson.
Why are american writers mormon?

>>20894288
>I’m looking for high fantasy with good prose and heavy on the romance (not sex). What do you recommend?
Hobb Robbin's Assassin's apprentice, I guess

>>20894349
I don't think so, but he treaded on their property like the naïve kid he is, so he owes them a big chunk of that money if not all of it.

>>20894332
>Why on earth are people so insanely angry on goodreads? I've used this shit of a site obviously and even I'm surprised with the pure hatred some of these people have within them on high-ranked reviews.
>They write in all-caps to show that they're screaming, they're often extremely condescending and sometimes towards the readers or authors, they go in depth about their own despisition on a book while regularly bringing little actual critique and say childish shit like, I HATED it, THERE I FUCKING said it! And sometimes put ironic words in the authors mouth. What the fuck?
People on goodreads sound extremely elitist and entitled, but the ones using gifs and 'cute' images are still the scum of the earth.

>>20894332
They probably expected the book to be good, but then it turned out to be bad. They feel like they've wasted a lot of time and that they've been lied to. It's understandable to get angry.

>>20894367
>but the ones using gifs and 'cute' images are still the scum of the earth.

Longshot, but does anyone have a link to an audiobook of the french version of the three body problem?

>>20894380
Do you not see the state of the thread?

>>20894368
just stop reading?

>>20894327
he looks kinda cool in that pic no homo

>>20894392
>just stop reading?
And then what? Leave a 5-star review in goodreads?

>>20894332
people on g**dreads are woke trash

>>20894378

>>20894400
no, you shouldn't review something without finishing it but you can give it a shitty star rating. I just don't get it I guess, it's like these people want to be angry.
They wasted their own time for reading something they didn't enjoy, they should be angry at themselves if anyone.

>>20894088
Nice false flag.

>>20894332
What did you expect, some kind of professional critique? They're random blokes airing their grievances. That they get so worked up is just a sign that they care. And that is a good thing.

You wish you had that much passion, you soulless turd.

lmao

>>20894332
Username based forums are a cesspool. All of them. With fan websites being on a league of their own. None of the discussions there are organic by fear of being ostracised from the community.

>>20893849
Hallo?

>>20894445
Anon, no one is going to answer your questions, spammers and shitposters are ruining the thread.

>>20894332
>Why on earth are people so insanely angry on goodreads?
90% of gr is women

>Anon, no one is going to answer your questions, spammers and shitposters are ruining the thread.

>>20894430
getting uncontrollably angry, name calling and hateful at a book and an author for having written a book for people to read is more "soulless" from my perspective.
In modern times kids usually have far stronger souls than adults, they don't force themselves to read or watch a show they don't like because why would they? They're watching for entertainment. People with lesser souls who obsessively mimic others in media consumption for entertainment are the ones with lesser souls. They can't control themselves, they need to be "in on it" and get extremely angry when they don't get to be "in on it" because they didn't enjoy the book. A kid with a soul who hasn't been completely brainwashed yet just stops reading the book and goes playing with legos or finds a different book.
So with your comment and letting me think about why it was wrong I think I came to the answer to my question.

>>20894445
This guy already responded to you: >>20894021

>>20894461
Well thank you for paying attention kind anon.

>HEY YOU HERETIC FUCK! STOP DOING A HECKING DISRESPECT OF HERBERTS MASTERPIECE AND BURN YOUR COPY OF "THE HUNTERS OF DUNE" BEFORE I NAIL YOU TO A CROSS! YOU CANT JUST READ A STORY WITH A BEGINNING AND AN END!!!

>>20894460
When the modern times souls are not like the grown ups soulles controls, they mimic the lesser souls of the book reads.

>>20894021
As someone who speaks 4 languages 2 romance ones, English and German, German is by far the one that's harder to translate into English. You can translate English easily into Romance Languages and vice-versa, but with German you are forced to do a lot of "gymnastics" more often than not. People would think otherwise since English and German would (historically) be associated more closely.

>>20894468
blowing steam

>>20894381
No, that's why I need audiobooks

>>20894474
it's only when the shows are entertained if the soulles adults have lesser souls, because they don't enjoy playing legos instead the force the brainwash.

>>20894460
Are you new?

>>20894508
I guess he made her rage and scream, I bet he also made her pussy cream.

>>20894355
heavy on the cuckolding maybe

>>20894460
it's mostly silliness and people believing their opinion has a stronger foundation than it really does or means much of worth. this one short story collection i like involves the MC being effectively mind-coerced to do shit for the big bad and this dumb girl leaves like a 2 star saying something along the lines of "he should have tried harder"

>>20894537
dumb girls rule supreme
short stories rage and scream

>>20894355
Fuck off

>>20894288
There's no romance without sex.

What is some good fantasy with a middle east /desert setting?

>>20894656
Yes, unironically.

And Dune if you count that as fantasy. I do.

>>20894656
https://www.goodreads.com/series/190347-immortality-and-chaos
The desert is important.

>>20894656
The Dark Eidolon

>TWI 7.61
this feels really stupid and i hate it. i hope it pays off. i like the titan part of the chapter but not the other stuff.
i like the idea of her being gone for a while, but i don't like how it was executed.

also i'm starting to get sick of how utterly useless lyonette is.

>>20894661
I unironically picked that up to check what all the fuss is about. Going to be next on my list.
Aside of that I noticed the cover of a "City of Brass" in the bookstore. Any opinions on that? Based on the online reviews seems like it's targeted for female simps, but still wondering.

>>20894655
Sex is fine but I would prefer it not be too pornographic with the focus being the romantic lead up. I realize that’s quite specific so I appreciate any responses.
>>20894292
>>20894355
Thanks
>>20894525
>>20894635
You guys seem mad

>>20894707
>Sex is fine but I would prefer it not be too pornographic with the focus being the romantic lead up. I realize that’s quite specific so I appreciate any responses.
You have to be more specific. There's a fine line regarding what I believe to be sublime, tasteless, edgy, obscene and cheap regarding sex in books. Most authors fail miserably, especially in genre fiction.

>>20894714
I want to be moved by the extent of the characters love for each other.

>>20894192
I have sex all the time

>>20894748
with your dad

>>20894755
You are projecting, Sandersoi readers have daddy issues, while Bakkerchads get called daddy by sandi twinks.

To the guy that recommended me Ave Xia Rem Y a few weeks ago.
I'm really fucking pissed. It's a bit of a slow burn but the last 40 or so chapters I really enjoyed. I'm pissed because it's 4 years old and the story isn't even past it's half way point yet. What a fucking joke.

I also skimmed through the other recommendations someone else posted:
- A Journey of Black and Read
- Dungeon Crawler Carl
- The Perfect Run
- Vainqueur The Dragon
- Never Die Twice
- Infinite Realm: Monsters & Legends
- Beware Of Chicken
- Worth the Candle
- This Used To Be About Dungeons

Sorry buddy but when some of those are tagged as "Sexual Content" and "Profanity" you know it's gonna be written like shit. The only appealing one to me is Vainqueur but I'm not sure I wanna read a fucking french author.
Beware of Chicken I started and while it's a really fun read at the beginning, the pace becomes shit and turns into slice of life garbage.

I might just give up on self published novels. It's too difficult to find something decent.

>>20894868
>Never Die Twice
>Not a cool story about a ninja with immortality powers

>>20894868
Those are serialized webnovels. Self-published novels are a different format.

>>20894764
Both sound like faggots

>>20894868
your complaint is pretty silly. so what, you wish the story was further along? are you gonna cry about GRRM as well? i guess it's because you're not used to webnovels. if you don't want this to happen, only touch finished novels. if you're interested in chinese shit, read lord of the mysteries.

>It's a bit of a slow burn but the last 40 or so chapters I really enjoyed
nice. i probably have around that much to catch up. i'm around the beginning of that arc, the MC and a bunch of people just came out of a giant snake or worm in some desert iirc.

Looking for some reading recs for Warhammer (not 40k) . The recommended reading charts only seems to list 40k books.

>>20894945
AXRY is slow-paced even by webnovel standards.

>>20894508
>I sincerely hope the author had an awakening about his ridiculous sexism and toned it down by a million in the next book
Well... did he?

>>20894288
>heavy on romance
>What do you recommend
Testosterone injections

>>20894986
Quite the opposite.

Loving Project Hail Mary so far, no idea why /lil/ hates him, he's basically the modern era Crichton.

>>20894986
The depravity of the first book is nothing in comparison to the build up to the Unholy Consult.

>>20894288
The Chalion Series

What am I in for?

>>20895019
HE TONED IT UP!

>>20894684
You've arrived there way faster than I thought. As you are almost at the end, how was Volume 7 for you? Assassin run, Saliss chapters etc. What did you think about the (in)famous scene with Flos and Rasea's ship?

As for the 7.61 stuff... When Pirateaba was writing the chapter, near the end he shut down the stream and told the chat his internet shut down and he's going to finish it offline. It was a lie, of course.

The final stretch of Volume 7 is fucking wild, big stuff happening, stuff beyond your comprehension. I personally liked this outcome, it was foreshadowed in the story a lot with Erin doing batshit crazy stuff and almost dying, never wearing protective artifacts...the bill had come due. Not it's the time for reaping.


Damn, I re-read 7.61 and 7.62 because you mentioned them and it hit particularly hard today because my dog was poisoned to death just a few hours ago, fuck.

>>20892859
That is truly an impressive lack of reading comprehension. Wow.

>>20894868
>Sorry buddy but when some of those are tagged as "Sexual Content" and "Profanity" you know it's gonna be written like shit.
Those tags, especially on Royalroad, are fucking useless. They tell you nothing about the story.

>>20895149
They basically tell the story is shit

>>20892829
I enjoyed them all. It's very cynical, with dry British humor. Focus is more on characters than world building. One of its best strengths is extremely well written action scenes / sword fights. He's probably the best since Robert E Howard at describing medieval, bloody fights. He gets a bit too edgy at times and loves to abuse his characters, but overall one of my favorite series.

I'm mad. I've read 2 of his books and both of them end in the climax.
Just, "oh man, shit is happening!" and then it's over.
What the fuck were the things coming out of the gates? Not only were they just things but they took calculated qim to try to kill the ship. What the fuck happened to humanity? You can't just say millions of years passed and then not tell us in even a shitty, unsatisfying blurb. What the fuck was the Chmp doing to the crew at the end? Why did it blast Liam and the other dude? What in the nigger fuck happens after that fucking singular was wrecking the ship? He ends the God damn book with it tearing the ship up. What the hell was that in the end where {someone} was talking some other AI? Where did they go? When did that happen? How?

If nothing else, give me a fucking book with some fucking answers at the end. That's twice I had to read about a cool anomaly and he goes "lol make up your own mind."
Fuck. Off. You wrote all of that. Finish it. I guarantee the authors come up with answers before discarding them.

Why even bother with these threads anymore? Its just endless meme bickering about Sanderson and Bakker endlessly with just of regurgitated shit inbetween.

God I fucking hate you people.

>>20895387
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, sweetie.

>>20895387
Despair-posting feeds the discord faggots.
I know you want to make a point, but the (I hate saying this) real ones know and trudge through.
You take it back by just posting about what you're reading.
Make a post about a book you read 3 books ago. Say what you still remember about it. What stuck with you, or if you literally forgot everything bit how it wound up.

>>20895406
Currently reading: The Beetle by Richard Marsh.
Thoughts: How the hell did this manage to outsell Dracula, like, ever?

>>20895406
>3 books ago
Leviathan Wakes
>still remember about it/stuck with you
mormons just easily pushed over. lol my ship now!
the cheap excuse for no gunz at the protogen black site
and Holden's thoughts and dialogue being painfully bad

I watched the show years ago (only the scifi seasons 1-3), but I don't remember Holden being that bad.
the adaptation might actually be better

Bakker memes are not funny, never have been funny and never will be funny.

Simple as.

>>20895487
>I watched the show years ago (only the scifi seasons 1-3), but I don't remember Holden being that bad.
>the adaptation might actually be better
It is not or at least it was ok until that irritating indian woman showed up amd after it went downhill fast

>>20893564
>There was so much that felt like it happened because it was required for the plot to advance in a certain way rather than as organic progression
sandersnoy in a nutshell

>>20895387
If the last thread is anything to go by, it sounds like just reporting the spammers works since they seethe about it. Just do that. Better than letting them shit up by spamming supreme over a dozen posts.

>>20895176
The story being on royalroad is clue enough for that.

>>20895544
Didn't they also prove they literally ban evade just to continue too shitpost?

>>20895565
>Royalroad bad!
>Hugo awards good!
Face it the state of SFF right now is you can either give fans what you want or give "critics" what they want. No one can do both.

>>20893564
I'm too sick of his shit after Oathbringer. No more Sanderson for me.

>>20893485
Yes you goober, not everyone automatically knows where stuff is or how to navigate it.

>>20893485
Not that anon. Posts like yours are useless. What are you, 20?
You have helped exactly 0 people read with that post.

>>20895578
What's wrong with Sanderson?

>>20894956
My recommendations
Riders of the Dead
Claw of Chaos
Dreadfleet
Blood for the Blood God
Palace of the Plague Lord
Any of the Time of Legend series, about Malekith,Nagash, or Sigmar.

>>20895609
Come up with some better bait.

>>20895603
Not my problem.

>>20894956
Gotrek & Felix
The ones what with Malus Darkblade.

>>20895583
Then they should teach themselves. The phrase "lurk moar" genuinely is an instruction, not just an insult.

>>20895623
You use it as an insult. Dont be disingenuous. You have never once typed those words with hope in your heart that it will change an anon's life.

What's a novel with a protagonist who is a poet and philosopher who goes around rampaging with his merry band of men, raping and plundering and being a thug

>>20895623
>Watch me to learn how to drive!
>Stay outside the car though
Yes so sorry I'll teach myself after I develop super human mind powers.

>>20895638
I have no idea if this is a trick question but that sounds like a good read.

>>20895638
...
Seconding.

>>20895583
They don't, which is why they have to learn. It's in the /t/ archive. The OP of this thread links to an off-site 4can archive which links to other archives at the top. Or, just look at the OPs kf the previous sffg threads and copypaste the link into Google.
>>20895603
It wasn't my intention to help.

>>20895682
Then why did you lie?

Is this a good explication of the political philosophy from Tolkien's Legendarium?

>>20895638
>>20895649
>>20895665

It's not the Bible.

>>20895638
Hogg

>>20895638
Reverend inanity

>>20895688
Lie about what?
I'm these two posts
>>20893485
>>20895682

>>20895705
Well if you're not the fellow who said the advice about the "lurk more" then you're just useless and added nothing. But only you know that for sure. Unless there's some samefag detecting spaz here.

>>20895726
>>20895726
Also, I've provided it multiple times. I don't make the OPs. If the creator wants to include it again then that's their decision, if not then not. I don't have an obligation to always answer every call for spoonfeeding every time.

Why do you exempt yourself?

>>20893275
This is the last time I'm linking this. It's by no means the only similar sort of resource.
https://archived.moe/t/thread/1023504/

>>20895797
All you're doing is showing that if they whine hard enough, they get idiots like you to spoonfeed them basic bitch knowledge.

>>20895806
We have different goals.

Has anyone actually downloaded the colossal archive? How many Gb of data are actually in there? And is it only in the English language?

>>20895816
Sounds like questions that can be answered if you do it yourself.

>>20895822
You sound resentful.

>>20895638
>>20895665
That would be the prince of thorns series. Imo its not very good

>author is vaccinated

Dropped

>>20895816
Yes, I downloaded it all. I posted my analysis in one of the /t/ threads. It's well over 500GB. Tons of dupes and the dabe works in like 10 file formats. The magazine PDF scans take up most of that. It's almost entirely English.

>>20895822
He doesn't even have to download it to know how many Gb it is. The posts literally say how many GB it is for each link. He's just too lazy to do basic additions.

>Why is anyone posting here and asking questions when you can literally google anything you want!!

>>20895833
>Confirmed for jobless irresponsible NEETcel

>>20895835
I just don't see the point of it when libgen already exists. It's virtually impossible to skim through 500Gb of, what I can only assume is mostly trash.
>It's almost entirely English.
It's pretty useless for me then.

>>20895848
Then why the fuck did you bothered asking for it?

>>20895857
The only one who's bothered here is you.

>>20895689
Doesn't explain Aragorn's tax policy, so no.

>>20895739
I'm arguing against useless posts like "lurk more", which is what "Do you need spoonfeeding?" is.
That's all. If you don't want to help, don't.

>>20895857
>>20895822
>>20895836
Does it trouble you that the Janny is no longer here?

Is this any good?

>>20895797
A hundred "anyone have any of(western porn cosplayer) stuff?" threads were born when there is a western whore thread already after that particular thread died.
All because of Microkitty and princessburpl.

>>20895876
There's a difference between asking whether someone is capable of doing something and them to lurk more.

>>20895623
We used to have mods who enforced and encouraged lurking moar but the mods are just as newfag as the newfags themselves.

>Then they should teach themselves. The phrase "lurk moar" genuinely is an instruction, not just an insult.

>>20895923
You are the newest newfag here how would anything about mods on 4chan. Lurk more stupid newfag

>>20892812
Guess I'd recommend you A Thousand Sons. I'd describe it as "scientific fantasy", in terms of genre.

Is there such a thing as actual Medieval fantasy?
No, I don't mean every single piece of sword and sorcery kings and peasants living in hovels garbage. I mean something genuinely and deeply inspired by the European Middle Ages, their religious beliefs, their philosophies, their cosmology, their occultism. Written by someone with knowledge of and love for this period in history, not just by some wikipediafag using it as an edgy setting. I desperately want this but I've been unable to find it.

>>20895976
Between Two Fires is pretty good about that, as I recall the author had a historian friend help him with it

I've been using 4chan since 2005. I'm not proud of this.

>>20895976
I honestly thought that's what Game of Thrones was until people told me about I heard it had dragons and stuff. Never saw the show or read the books myself though.4damg2

>>20896000
One of my guilty pleasures is reading historians rip apart GRRM's claim that it's a realistic depiction of medieval society. Especially because the tax policy quote is so famous, and GoT is so much less historically accurate than LotR when you actually compare them.

Book of the Long Sun is really testing my patience brehs. It's not confusing in a fun way like New Sun, just finished Caldé I just can't make myself give a shit about the civil war stuff.
Is Short Sun really the hidden masterpiece I've seen people say it is, or is it three books of more "protag passes out and wakes up to people arguing obtusely about something that happened offscreen"?

>>20895982
>looked it up
This sounds pretty based, thanks anon.
>>20896000
Nice digits and it's really not. The first few books have their moments. But ultimately it's yet another case of vaguely pseudo-medieval aesthetic being used as a backdrop to a story that's nowhere near as unique as it's cracked up to be.

>>20895638
The Man Who Would Be King

>>20896018
Reminder that nowhere in GRRM's 5 books does he devote a single line to a single ruler's tax policy beyond "king dumb king spend too much money" and there being a magic bank that you can just borrow infinite money from with no repercussions.
Also post links I want to read it too

>>20895986
Its time stop browsing 4chan

>>20896050
This is the one I think back on most often
https://acoup.blog/2019/05/28/new-acquisitions-not-how-it-was-game-of-thrones-and-the-middle-ages-part-i/

>>20895976
You could read actual fantasy written during the middle ages bro. Beowolf, Mabingion, Tirrant le Blanc, Faerie Queen.

>>20895129
damn, I'm sorry to hear that bro

>>20896065
This is retarded.

>>20895976
Have you read any Icelandic sagas? They have superb storytelling and it doesn't get any more authentic than the thing itself. I strongly recommend Njal's Saga, which will give you everything you get from a cable TV serial drama plus what you wish they were trying to create.

How to Survive at the Academy is a below average korean web novel.

>>20895976
>Is there such a thing as actual Medieval fantasy?
You mean, like The Legend of King Arthur? Yeah, hundreds.

>>20896390
Is there even one piece of Arthurian fantasy that's autistic about the accuracy of its setting? I know there are non-fantasy ones like that, but I've never seen one that had both magic and a competent understanding of, like, population distribution in 1200AD. And frankly, it doesn't even make sense to place Arthur in the Medieval period, does it? Aren't his stories supposed to be pre-Roman or something?

>>20896405
>Is there even one piece of Arthurian fantasy that's autistic about the accuracy of its setting?
Yeah, the Matter of Britain.

>>20896416
"based on its contemporary setting" is not the same as "autistic about accuracy". Le Morte is certainly not a great source for getting a deep dive into the social fabric of Medieval Britain.

>>20896434
>deep dive into the social fabric of Medieval Britain.
Not him, but nobody but autist care about that, and they’re rightfully ignored.

>>20896461
Incredible deduction, were you able to make this conclusion solely through the observation that I used the worth "autistic"? I think you should consider a career in linguistic analysis, they could use your talents.

>>20896468
Thanks, sometimes you have have to be blunt about certain things or else autists won’t get a clue. Its one of the many things I’ve learn since posting on 4chan.

>>20896434
>Le Morte is certainly not a great source for getting a deep dive into the social fabric of Medieval Britain.
Who gives a shit oh my god

>>20896405
no, he's after rome. 5th-6th centuries, right at the beginning of middle ages

>>20896497
I'm not demanding you care, I'm saying The Matter of Britain does not meet the standard I asked for.
>>20896499
Ah, my bad.

>>20896504
>The Matter of Britain does not meet the standard I asked for
The matter of Britain, the basis for literally every Arthurian fantasy, and made during the Middle Ages doesn’t fit your view of Medieval fantasy?

>>20896504
Just read A Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England or some historical fiction you dumb fuck. The reason people write and enjoy fantasy is so that they don't have to think about autismo bullshit like the annual yield of shit in Shittingdale.

>>20896523
I can't say I've read every story within it, but for the most part, no, obviously not. Canterbury Tales is solid on the history part, but there's no Arthur in it. Le Morte d'Arthur is strong on Arthur, but by an Author who was himself writing a fantasy tale with little desire for realism. It's good Medieval Fantasy, I'm not criticizing it, I'm saying that there is a sub-genre of fantasy that is also deeply invested in creating a fully fledged simulacra of the medieval society the story takes place in. That isn't what the writers in the Matter of Britain cared about, though, they were writing modern day mythology, which is just a different sort of book.

>>20896545
But getting a large harvest in shogun total war was interesting. Watching peasants go wide eyed at a fat tirnup is interesting. Because now you'll throw in a whole digorno and eat the whole fucking thing and not think twice.

>>20896545
Gotcha, cool. So to conclude, when I made my original post questioning the idea that there were Arthurian fantasy stories which were autistic about their setting, I was correct to be skeptical.

>>20896562
You're very smart. Clearly too smart for this thread. You should leave.

>>20896553
Anon, I’m going to be honest with you, but I don’t know what you want. Are you sure you didn’t mean something else entirely?

>>20896591
I'm asking if there are examples of Arthurian lit that follow through on GRRM's tax policy idea. The Round Table written, not as mythical figures whose plots are necessarily unbound by the tedium of daily life, but as a class of nobility who also happen to interact with magicians and inherit miraculous powers. Essentially a blend of serious historical fiction with the quest for the holy grail.

>>20896620
To add to this, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court gets close. It's mainly held back by Twain's understanding of the period.

>>20895638
Quran, duh.

>>20896620
>I'm asking if there are examples of Arthurian lit that follow through on GRRM's tax policy idea
Literally none, because lo and behold, nobody wants to waste their time reading page after page of tithes, poll tax, as well as property and church taxes not to mention land tax or annual tax.

>>20892829
>dat ending for book three where the status quo hasn't shifted whatsoever

i loved it but i was genuinely heartbroken by the ending for logen because i really hoped it was going for the unironically sappy and cheerful route, and not the unreliable narrator, he's actually a murderous pyschopath and one of the villains thing instead

>>20896627
Twain wrote that book because he hated the medieval period and wishes to mock it. You apperantly also hate the medieval period, or you'd be reading history, historical fiction or medieval books instead of looking for fantasy novels about tax policies.

>>20896680
Anon, I'll give sincere answers to any questions you care to ask, you don't have to neg me for (you)s

>>20893873
Fuck you.

>>20896648
>nobody wants to waste their time reading page after page of tithes, poll tax, as well as property and church taxes not to mention land tax or annual tax.
I think most people would also agree with that sentiment.

>>20896065
I stopped reading when he mentions the tv series. Disingenuous.

>>20893175
fuck you stupid arrogant asshole

>>20896620
It's not Arthurian, but the red knight is set in a similar time period, has empire building, tax policies and all the logistics that go with it.

what did rincewind’s one spell actually do? why didn’t he learn more after he used it?

>>20896852
I like the look of it, added to my reading list

>>20896854
Wasn't he expelled from wizard school? I assume he couldn't learn any more

Would you /ssfg/?

>>20896863
I am a natural hetero woman, so I don't think so

>>20895026
Because Andy Weir is popular.

>>20896997
Sounds about right.

>>20896863
Would I what?

>>20895638
my diary desu

>>20896913
I need recommendations from girls because all mine come from dudes. Can you recommend me something?

>>20896620
>I'm asking if there are examples of Arthurian lit that follow through on GRRM's tax policy idea
No, and it's extremely stupid to Hyperfixation on this.

>>20897099
>Can you recommend me something?
no

>>20897108
I just want to have representation of female opinion because I believe women are necessary to balance the strong independent qualities that men have with what girls like you have, like the mother/daughter nurturing, dependence instinct.

>>20897099
this, fucking incel chuds of here

>>20897124
Anon, just accept the no.

>>20892935
one of the editions of Lord of Light has a cover with blue dots. maybe that's what you're thinking of. But idk if it's hyper autistic since i never read it.

@2089235

>>20892803
I have the first book and it’s great so far.

>>20896913
Kys fag YWNBAW

>>20894183
discworld

>>20895816
its gigantic in size, i use it to download my newlyfoundfavoriteauthors works in bulk. I really want to revive its thread on /t/ somehow

>>20896863
I don’t know who she is.

>>20897237
Her name is amber carving

>>20896854
What are you talking about?

>>20896416
Why stop at that? Why not just read Shakespeare’s Beowolf, or the rest of his works.

>>20897280
Shakespeare isn't fantasy.

>>20897282
I know, but it still what that other anon wants.

>>20894956
Just read whatever catches your interest.

>>20897285
He’s asking for an extremely niche sub genre that I think doesn’t exist.

What novel you read that could've been a 4/5 or even 5/5 if it wasn't for one major flaw that was too big that your rating for it became 1/5. for me it's Sand Omnibus, the setting and story are really decent but the prose is so RETARDED it's infuriating, the faggot author writes actual nonsensical "purple prose" page after page. what a dogshit writer.

>>20897303
Under the Pendulum Sun. Really liked it until the author's incest fetish took over at the end and suddenly became the focal point of the entire story.

>>20897323
>Really liked it until the author's incest fetish took over at the end and suddenly became the focal point of the entire story.
It's interesting how these things affect people completely differently. Incest does not bother me at all. I kind of like it, actually. Interracial and rape make me drop a book pretty much instantly, though.

>>20892630
Where is the new thread

>>20897499
When this thread reaches page ten, like it’s been done for months now, retard.

New thread
>>20897669