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/sffg/ - Science Fiction and Fantasy General Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:14:20 2019 No.13909070 [Reply] [Original]

Monthly Reading
September: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
https://mega.nz/#!qt8RwCaT!G1qXcuMD1lEgJnpRFk0POXQXcnc9Y3_n9YgZBq6lfM0
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15ZwgDZVXB-nLqjbgcqgntZDyTddd0eqP

Threadly Questions:
Between Science Fiction and Fantasy, which is your preference?
https://www.strawpoll.me/18716444

Is horror relevant to /sffg/?
https://www.strawpoll.me/18716451

Choose Next Week's Theme
https://www.strawpoll.me/18716416

Charts
https://mega.nz/#F!ywtXwYjC!LXU3e7knFpZK_dnHeC9ixA

Threads
>>/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg
>>/lit/?task=search2&search_username=sffg&search_op=op

Author Consensus
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jYbJ0WLv4hI1JC7E37z9zSYbZoK9UeRmcUbFzgZe5Aw

Resources
https://pastelink.net/sffglit

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:15:56 2019 No.13909082 File: 1.27 MB, 2300x1737, cosmere_constellation_map.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] SOMEONE DISCUSS UNCROWNED WITH ME I ENJOYED MOST OF IT BUT BOY SURE FELT LIKE 3/4TH OF A FUCKING BOOK

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:17:24 2019 No.13909088

>>13909070
Got distracted and forgot to make the thread at least a few minutes before it archived.
Looks like I need a space to drop the Threadly questions below the image.

Also forgot to include the most recent thread, so here it is:
>>13898041

Feel free to discuss the questions as well as vote for them. They are there to be discussed anyway, in theory.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:20:02 2019 No.13909102 sanderfag a hack

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:22:51 2019 No.13909116 >>13908981 >Before I started therapy Is this a result of the medication or something else? Since this is the beginning of thread, no need for a lengthy post, so I'll put it here: https://pastebin.com/jBG5k6G7

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:34:13 2019 No.13909168

>>13909116
my medication hasn't changed. If anything, I suspect it's because therapy has absolved me of responsibility. Now it's not my fault I'm not writing, I don't have time to write, and it's my therapist's job to get me writing again. the fact that he's advising me to take a break is only making matters worse

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:35:13 2019 No.13909171

Does anyone remember the name of that one fantasy novel where the protagonist is a prince and his papa sends him of to some ranch to do that whole "practical experience" routine? Had a magic system based off of yin-yang and the protagonist was considered a pretty cool dude for having a high aptitude for both. Later on he does his cool "everyone, look at much of a great and well round leader I am" schtick during some war.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:38:10 2019 No.13909177 >>13909168 >therapy has absolved me of responsibility. Now it's not my fault I'm not writing, I don't have time to write, and it's my therapist's job to get me writing again Have you told him this?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:40:17 2019 No.13909192 >>13909177 no, it only occurred to me this past week

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:40:26 2019 No.13909194 >>13909171 Only thing that comes to mind is this based on your description of the magic system, but I doubt it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saga_of_Recluce

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:41:27 2019 No.13909197 >>13909192 You should tell him that. Well, that's enough of being off-topic for me.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:47:28 2019 No.13909222
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I believe BRANDON SANDERSON has a foot fetish. My reason for believing this is because I have a foot fetish so I pick up on things most humans do not. Take for instance the ever shitty House of Cards. Now, I do not like this show (House of Cards) but I did sit through 4 seasons of that crap hoping it would get better, and in that time I noticed numerous examples of blatant foot fan service. It is a good fetish to pander to because it occupies a gray area due to the lack of nudity, which is why its perfect for a guy like BRANDON SANDERSON. Reading Mistborn, I can't help but notice how many times we are reminded of Vin's cute bare footedness. She's barefoot on the roof, toes clutching the edge. She's barefoot on cobblestone, only to walk on marble. Vin walked to his bed BAREFOOT, making no sound. Of course the obvious explanation (for the mundane majority of men) is that Vin is a Mistborn -- a thief -- and strives to remain quiet. She has to make lots of sacrifices due to the magneto magic of BRANDON SANDERSON'S world, such as never wearing toe rings or anklets (unless they are wooden or something) but I do not believe this is the sole reason for the foot prose on display in these books. The author (BRANDON SANDERSON) has fueled my spirit with his depiction of Vin. I have a hard time getting through the pages when I keep seeing examples of her beautiful foot-based dexterity, yet its these very passages that push me further on. I see visions of Vin toying with Elend, giving her man a royal footjob that any king would crave with her expertly trained toes. I think about Vin embarrassed, painting her toe nails to match her dress while Zane watches from the window. I think about her wearing glass slippers to show off her new feminine toes at the balls! Oh what a sight to behold! I am not even on the third book so I can't begin to imagine how much footy goodness is still to come. Anyway, these are my reasons for suspecting BRANDON SANDERSON has a foot fetish.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:51:31 2019 No.13909232
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>>13909194
Thanks, anon. You were correct. Pic related is the specific one I was thinking about. It was pretty good, might check out the others (why I asked). Spot on about the the order and chaos, chap.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:52:57 2019 No.13909238 >>13909232 I've personally only read the first book in the series and never got around to reading any others. I liked it though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 00:53:52 2019 No.13909243 >>13909102 >>13909222 Get a room, you two.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 01:14:29 2019 No.13909326 >>13909243 but i like Boyo

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 01:18:55 2019 No.13909346 >>13909326 My condolences then for the mental state that brought you to post that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 01:28:45 2019 No.13909376 >>13909082 Yeah, it felt like he realized there wouldn’t be a better climax than the lindon yerin fight so he decided to just end it there. I am looking forward to finally getting some Eithan development. That’s been long overdo.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 02:00:13 2019 No.13909485 >>13909082 When is Lindon gonna grow some balls? Also there should have been more orthos

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 02:21:06 2019 No.13909541 >>13909485 Not to mention he has been jobbing for the last 2 books

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 04:10:05 2019 No.13909831
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Sorry for missing last thread but who cares because it's DISCUSSION TIME!

>Did you enjoy the collection?
>What was your favourite story? Least favourite?
>Do you like the short story format when it comes to SF&F? Why/why not?
>In Story of Your Life the author deals with determinism and language giving you such an understanding that it alters your interaction with space and time. Just like in the previous books we read, Babel-17. Who wrote it best?
>Regarding Liking What You See: A Documentary, would you get calli? Or would you, considering you're probably an ugly neckbeard, support enforcing it to level the playing field?
>Any other thoughts?
Considering "Understand" I will not bother to ask if it was autism.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 04:13:49 2019 No.13909843

>>13909082
About time the celestial storyline starts bleeding into the main story so that's a good development. Northstrider is a fun wizard hobo.
I dunno about the tournament though.
Especially the first challenge against the course could have been cut imo. Nothing new and zero tension. Only 1vs1 fights would have been a little but stale but the fortnite island section already spiced things up a little.
Team battle with the Akura dudes would have been interesting too but we never got that.
Not bad and since it won't take forever for the next book to come out I'm not too disappointed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 04:15:27 2019 No.13909849 File: 374 KB, 576x467, Always to late.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13909831 >tfw I forgot to ask for nominations for next month REPLY TO EITHER POST WITH WHATEVER BOOK YOU THINK WE SHOULD READ NEXT MONTH!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 04:16:22 2019 No.13909850 >>13909849 Yea, this one i never read these shitty monthly readings

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 04:21:22 2019 No.13909860 Should I read Lightbringer or First Law? Which series has better characters? Which series has better action scenes?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 05:40:35 2019 No.13909976 >>13909860 I tried Lightbringer and I really couldn't get into it, has one of those autist tier magic systems which just aren't fun for me. First Law has some really good moments, Glokta was probably worth reading the first book alone for.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 05:49:43 2019 No.13909995 >>13909860 First Law is the answer to all 3 of your questions.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 05:56:41 2019 No.13910010 >>13909849 Tigana It is long but some people might actually join in this time

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 06:44:24 2019 No.13910103

>>13909831
>Did you enjoy the collection?
Kinda. Its hard to pinpoint why I did not enjoy it more actually. I like short stories, I liked his ideas and I did not find the writing bad.
>What was your favourite story? Least favourite?
Favorite: Story of Your Life. Honorable mention to Tower of Babylon, the only other story where I really enjoyed the writing.
Least: Hell Is the Absence of God, which mostly read as a buildup to the irony of our hero going to hell anyway. I guess you could read some commentary on the randomness and unfairness of life into it but I mostly found it pointless.
>Do you like the short story format when it comes to SF&F? Why/why not?
Yes. It forces an author to get to the point, which can be quite challenging. I'm also a huge fan of short story collections as they let you sample and author. A good example is The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories by Wolfe that contain most of his typical themes and techniques.
>In Story of Your Life the author deals with determinism and language giving you such an understanding that it alters your interaction with space and time. Just like in the previous books we read, Babel-17. Who wrote it best?
I did not really like either. Delany did not spend enough time on the language part while Chiang made it to outrageous. Story of Your Life felt more like an wacky idea than commentary on how language shapes our perception.
>Regarding Liking What You See: A Documentary, would you get calli? Or would you, considering you're probably an ugly neckbeard, support enforcing it to level the playing field?
I would enforce it on 4chan because it would eliminate thot posting.
>Any other thoughts?
If we're comparing stories in the book to other stories (like Story of Your Life to Babel-17) one must mention Flowers for Algernon, which basically does what Understand does but better. Hell, I nominate Flowers for Algernon as next months reading.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 07:15:55 2019 No.13910164 >>13910103 >I nominate Flowers for Algernon as next months reading. I would be keen for this also

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 07:51:22 2019 No.13910230 >>13909082 What will happen with Northstrider and Dross? What will happen when Lindon's patron realizes that the gem she gave him came into contact with another judge? When will somebody get raped?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 07:58:24 2019 No.13910247 >>13909860 First law has only one good character. Gloktha. Everyone else is shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 08:28:01 2019 No.13910327 File: 5 KB, 259x195, 12331421865.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13909070 >Choose Next Week's Theme >LGBT >Politics & Ideology >Women

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 08:35:47 2019 No.13910346

>>13909860
Lightbringer is fairly solid until the back 4th of the 3rd book and all of the 4th book where every other chapter Weeks decided to drop some BOMBSHELL bullshit twist that makes no sense given the rest of the story that's already been told.
Here's a list off the top of my head:
Grinwoody being the leader of the Order
Ironfist being a member of the Order
Dazen killed Gavin on the battle of Sundered Rock, essentially making any chapter showing Gavin in prison during the first two books irrelevant and completely inside of Dazens head
Andross being Kips actual father
No one knowing Andross was a wight despite it being painfully obvious
Andross no longer being a wight and actually being one of the principle good guys, completely changing his attitude and personality in a matter of chapters
Andross knowing about Dazen taking place of Gavin all along
Grinwoody being the leader of the Order

Probably about a dozen I'm forgetting, too. That last book was just fucking awful. First three are solid though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 08:37:30 2019 No.13910350 >>13910247 Jezel had some moments. Black Calder and Bremer dan Gorst in the Heroes were quality too I reckon.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 08:40:12 2019 No.13910359

>>13910346
Forgot to add all that super fucking weird stuff about Tisis having "Vaginismus" and how he did a whole author acknowledgement page talking about how it's a series disease that some people suffer from - where their vagina literally clamps up tight and you can't even get a finger in. Fucking WEIRD to put that kind of shit in your book, bro.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 08:42:45 2019 No.13910367 >>13910359 Is this a joke. I haven't read the books.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:18:52 2019 No.13910491

Apparently liking Wolfe is pretentious now, so here's my rec list
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie (2019)
Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter (2018)
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (2011)
Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (2010)
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (2007)
Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (2006)
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks (2010)
Also every time someone unironically mentions Sanderson I will be responding with my finest chinkshit harems

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:21:36 2019 No.13910502 File: 279 KB, 462x735, iwishiwerekidding.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13910367 Like I said, it's fucking weird. And it's a very, very big plot point throughout the entire book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:23:24 2019 No.13910510 >>13910491 Absolutely hilarious to me that there's enough of you so butthurt over that list that you keep on about it long after I've stopped engaging with you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:24:59 2019 No.13910514 >>13910510 I am literally Brent Weeks, buddy, and I still got triggered by that list

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:27:17 2019 No.13910521

>>13910327
>Politics & Ideology
>Women
I stopped reading the OP for two months since those shits shat it up.
Now it looks like a pollie is openly trying to colonize our general.
Why the fuck can't they stay in /his/ or /pol/?
I don't visit your board telling you to read sff books, so why the fuck are they visiting our general to shit it up with politics?

Everyone remember if people start to talk about politics report them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:29:47 2019 No.13910529 File: 167 KB, 1024x768, 1478151042861.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13910346 >>13909860

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:33:28 2019 No.13910541 File: 1.80 MB, 2000x3000, Modern Fantasy Recs V2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13910491

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:35:19 2019 No.13910549 >>13910367 This meme wasn't made for no reason >>13910529

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:46:39 2019 No.13910591 >>13910541 Less cringe. Remove Lawrence, Ryan, Abernormie, Butcher, Bennet, FeetFag, and NiggerWoman and you've got a decent list. I haven't read quite a few of them though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 09:53:32 2019 No.13910626 File: 187 KB, 327x316, My sides.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13910502 >go to gynecologist and confess to having a serious problem >have sex lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 10:16:28 2019 No.13910717 What are you fags reading? I'm still listening to the wandering inn that was shilled a while back.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 10:28:27 2019 No.13910754 File: 201 KB, 680x1087, 29335d20f42b9c20f248fb900b92fe8f_original.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaelscottearle/tamer-king-of-dinosaurs-book-6-ebook-print-and-audio >$56,538

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 10:33:23 2019 No.13910782

>>13910754
>>Stretch goal is $50,000, so if we hit that in funding, I’ll make sure Tamer Book 6 is 100,000 words instead of the usual 80,000.
>I'll add 20k filler words to my book that has been finished for over a year

>>Ebooks will be delivered by the end of November, audiobook and print books by the end of December.
>Even though I'm doing a kickstarter for a book that's already finished, I expect you to buy it as well.

>>This is my first time doing a Kickstarter, so I’m going to under-promise and over-deliver. Future Kickstarters will have more fun tiers, and I’ll probably be able to get everything out to you much faster.
>I'll do this every time from now on, expect more kickstarters and give me more shekels, goys!

What did he mean by this?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 10:35:11 2019 No.13910788 >>13910754 And I bet you will give money for that shit book, then go out and buy it. Man I should migrate to Americlap. Those idiots have been breed to give away their money and make their betters rich.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 10:42:25 2019 No.13910824

>>13910717
I just finished The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood (which I was gifted, so no one have to get upset). It was actually quite bad. I guess it is criticism against the American prison system? It's actually quite unclear. Anyway the male main character is repeatedly raped by a female character over a period of several months and it's only ever held against him afterwards, which I found quite hilarious considering how woke Atwood is supposed to be.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 10:45:02 2019 No.13910841 >>13910247 You didn't like the Bloody Hulk?

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 10:55:29 2019 No.13910883

>>13910754
>"published" 46 "novels" in the last 4 years.
>"These are high octane and high dopamine fantasy and sci-fi stories about bad ass protaganists killing asshole villains and having sex with plenty of beautiful women."
>first paragraph of this garbage Tamer series is about how he just spent 4 hours cleaning up explosive diarrhea from kennel dogs
Yikes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 11:32:18 2019 No.13911041 File: 684 KB, 1200x908, hooded.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any Malazan chads here?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 11:44:44 2019 No.13911097 >>13910782 He's a greedy cunt

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 11:46:14 2019 No.13911104 >>13910883 Truly the thinking man's genre

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 11:56:11 2019 No.13911164

>>13910788
You can live in a low-cost country and take money from burgers remotely.
Personally, though, I am considering Svalbard. It's a bit expensive, but people won't really bother you, alcohol is cheap, you can shoot bears, and the environment would help with my new novel which I would peddle on reddit

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:14:27 2019 No.13911261 >>13910841 No I didn't like the fucking pink. I didn't like the gotta piss guy either. Since no one is posting the review I wil have to look for it.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:29:32 2019 No.13911349

>>13910717
Magician by Raymond E: Feist.
Even though i'm at the beginning i am already shocked with how good this is. I've probably been reading too much contemporary shit and now this feels like a masterpiece in comparison. I just hope the quality remains as high at least through his first three books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:34:20 2019 No.13911372 >>13911349 Serpentwar is his best work, if you make it that far.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:38:43 2019 No.13911398

>>13909070
Clearly someone is having fun rigging the poll. Unfortunately for them, this isn't a democracy so I'm going to invalidate that result.

>>13910521 Concern trolling.
>>13910327 Even if I had added all of your preferred themes, you'd still say the same.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:52:41 2019 No.13911468 Who are some younger scifi authors? Anyone notable /our guys/?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:54:59 2019 No.13911484 >>13911468 It's difficult to have /our guy/ without being a monolith. Almost always such thinking is mere delusion on the part of a single person.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:56:50 2019 No.13911498 >>13910359 >Vaginas are weird and icky! LOL! Unclear if gay, involuntarily celibate, or both.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:57:15 2019 No.13911502 I found the review. Can someone macro it and post it anytime some talks positive of joe abercrombie? https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/385334385?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:59:09 2019 No.13911510 >>13911484 Okay autismo you're forcing me to be explicit Anyone know scifi authors who are: - good - younger (< 35) - male - sympathetic to being online all day, "internet culture", etc

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:59:14 2019 No.13911511 >>13911498 None of the above. I just got real sick of reading about it every other chapter in Blood Mirror.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:01:11 2019 No.13911523 >>13911498 Why can't people be voluntary celibates? You are behaving like you have no self controll and if a girl offers you must accept.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:10:19 2019 No.13911579 >>13911510 Most litrpg authors

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:11:14 2019 No.13911585 >>13911579 - has published something which has more than 100 ratings on Goodreads

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:12:51 2019 No.13911593 >>13911585 >goodreads Are you a woman or have the taste of one?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:13:32 2019 No.13911597 >>13911593 rough measure of popularity

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:15:00 2019 No.13911603 >>13911579 Good excludes basically if not all, webnovels and self-published works.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:20:10 2019 No.13911634 >>13911502 >can someone do my autism for me? APPLAUD!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:23:28 2019 No.13911657 >>13911510 That's going to be difficult since almost all the discussion here is either about dead authors or authors much older than 35, let alone your last one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:31:25 2019 No.13911700 >>13911510 Cosimo Yap, the author of "The Gam3", a LitRPG webnovel beloved by many. >>13911502 Thanks, this will be useful, reminds me of the Dan Brown article. >>13911634 Cringe

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:31:34 2019 No.13911701 >>13911398 Fuck off retard, you should have left old anon to make threads, at least he didnt pollute general with sjw crap.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:32:28 2019 No.13911706 >>13911398 >Unfortunately for them, this isn't a democracy so I'm going to invalidate that result. Then what the fuck is the point of doing the polls in the first place?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:36:23 2019 No.13911731 >>13911041 just finished re-reading forge of darkness, it's nice

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:37:25 2019 No.13911739 >>13911701 What do you expect, he is this >>13891349 retard from last thread

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:37:44 2019 No.13911744 >>13911261 Dogman was unironically kino and I wish we got more of him in the last book, sadly he's old now

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:40:19 2019 No.13911755

>>13911701
You really ought to look into your being overly sensitive.
If you would, please name one "sjw" thing. Don't you think if I were, I would have said, I GUESS THIS MEANS WE'RE DOING LGBT NEXT WEEK! rather than saying that result is invalid?

>>13911706
The rigging is invalid. The rest is invalid. It isn't a democracy because there's no verification of individuals, as in one vote one person.

>>13911739
I'm not. I was the anon replying to him.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:42:57 2019 No.13911771

>>13911755
>The rest is invalid.
Oops, I meant the rest is valid.
I considered just putting it up again next thread, with 0 votes for all, but nah.

>>13911701
>have left old anon to make threads
How long would you like wait after the thread is archived to make a new one, or should I not again at all?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:43:02 2019 No.13911773 >>13911657 How new are you? There are at least 3 fags who post new shit all the time. >>13911510 The fractal Prince series is about battle autism and weaponized memes. Other than that, it's mostly fantasy or older guys.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:43:10 2019 No.13911776 I actually thought everyone was just trolling with the voting, and my brainlet ass didn't connect the dots that someone may have rigged it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:44:20 2019 No.13911782 >>13911773 New works have nothing to do with the author. Also, it's sci-fi only and the other requirements.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:47:26 2019 No.13911799 >>13911776 After I saw him complain I looked for the strawpoll and voted for the "rigged" question.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:47:31 2019 No.13911800 >>13911773 >fractal Prince >age 41 That's older than 35.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:51:01 2019 No.13911818 >>13911800 He wasn't 41 when I read quantum thief in 2012. Do you think I keep up with authors' ages?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:52:00 2019 No.13911824 File: 3.37 MB, 2048x1536, 1561555546940.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13909070 Me rikey this picture OP. It's a nice picture.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:54:07 2019 No.13911840 >>13911824 Plastic surgery is far too common in South Korea.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:57:44 2019 No.13911856

>>13911824
>the elf thot patreon is back

>>13911800
Not because 4chan was started in 2003, and if you were 18 when it started you would be 34 now means you should limit the age to 35. There were 20 and 30 somethings that joined years ago, remain, and shit on people. You better believe there are grandfathers in this general (they are the ones that like old books and shit on new) that call you faggot and tell you to an hero.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:00:10 2019 No.13911868 >>13911840 When you breed her and you get ugly kids is when the yellow fever wears off.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:01:03 2019 No.13911871 >>13911856 You need to improve your posturing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:04:59 2019 No.13911889 >>13911856 How much do you guys want to bet this is the faggot that said he's contrarian just to be contrarian because that's what you do on 4chan?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:07:37 2019 No.13911898 Book of then New Sun

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:09:37 2019 No.13911911 Blindsight

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:10:57 2019 No.13911914 File: 108 KB, 500x593, 1569513925316.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13909070 I just read the Kull stories. what did I think of them?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:13:38 2019 No.13911929 >>13911889 I am the anon you are referencing, and I am not that anon. Also, you are dyslexic.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:14:22 2019 No.13911933

>>13909070
>Between Science Fiction and Fantasy, which is your preference?
I mostly read fantasy novels, but mostly only read science fiction short stories. I think fantasy works a lot better in long form and science fiction works a lot better in short form.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:14:47 2019 No.13911936 >>13909860 haven't read lightbringer but I would say first law is worth a read, it kinda shits itself by the end but there are some good characters and great fights Logan vs. The Feared is one of the most hype fights in any book I've read

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:17:06 2019 No.13911944 >>13909070 >Is horror relevant to /sffg/? Sure, it's basically a form of fantasy and it's already talked about from time to time in the thread as is.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:19:23 2019 No.13911958 File: 145 KB, 910x640, Litm.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Don't mind me, just the best fantasy story coming through

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:27:29 2019 No.13911997 File: 48 KB, 220x164, mommy41.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13910359 >>13910502 kinda based >>13910717 I'm about to finish First Man in Rome that was shilled here too.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:31:55 2019 No.13912022

>>13911840
The solution then is plastic surgery at birth. We're entering an exciting new age of present day science fiction. Eventually there will be no need for the plastic surgery as we genetically engineer to have the all results we want for phenotype before conception!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:32:57 2019 No.13912026 >>13912022 meant for >>13911868

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 15:03:31 2019 No.13912184 File: 386 KB, 1000x1323, Draugr.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13911944 Recommend me some good horror /sffg/

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 15:06:41 2019 No.13912199

>>13909831
>Did you enjoy the collection?
Ted Chiang is a hack and despite being an academic and self proclaimed math lover he does not know that zero times infinity is NOT equal zero. Regardless of this I really enjoyed the Division by Zero story. The idea that math could be proven to be incorrect and the effects that would have resonate with me. The Evolution of Human Science was also interesting.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 15:14:11 2019 No.13912241 >>13911958 What should I read before trying to read this? I know the general answer is THE GREEKS, but is there like a specific series of myths that are particularly relevant?

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 15:19:45 2019 No.13912265 [DELETED]

>>13912241
If you're familiar with the greek gods and the locations around greece, I think you know enough. It's much more of a fantasy set in a Greek setting than a historical piece. I would recommend reading some of Wolfe's other work if you haven't already, just to see if you like his style

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 16:01:58 2019 No.13912498 Why isn't there more rape in books? I can't take these squeaky clean books recently.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 16:04:03 2019 No.13912511 >>13912498 Read prince of nothing

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 16:25:09 2019 No.13912640 >>13912511 I read every rape book there is.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 16:33:28 2019 No.13912687 >>13911914 You thought they were interdasting, but not as fleshed out and exciting as REH's Conan stories. Also you should watch Conan the Barbarian (1982) since it's more of a Kull movie than a Conan movie.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 16:34:45 2019 No.13912693 >>13912687 Are you hitting the gym, bugman fatty?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:00:19 2019 No.13912835 File: 4 KB, 104x125, constipated Tsuru.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >have to settle for the gay-ass filthy sub to get uncrowned discussion

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:08:58 2019 No.13912899 >>13912835 Who is a gay sub? Will will just focus on something else and not give you what you want like he did with turtle and sister chan

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:12:47 2019 No.13912927

>>13912835
I didn't discuss it much around here because there wasn't much to discuss. The book was completely underwhelming. If I were feeling generous, I'd say it was half a book. I guess the only thing that happened was the fight of the prisoner and between Lindon and Yerin. But the prisoner's fight was really just a setup for the fight with the stepharano-girl.

I think this was the worst book yet. At least ghostwater had the fight between lindon and the akura.

There was no development with sister, murderess yandere didn't show up to avenge her late master, northstrider was left to the next book, as was the tournament, nothing happened with the dreadgods and there was no sexy vampires with a love triangle.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:16:43 2019 No.13912953 >>13910754 Is the taming centered on the dinosaurs or is that green girl also brought to heel?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:17:46 2019 No.13912958 >>13912953 >or is that green girl also brought to heel? I guess.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:18:50 2019 No.13912966 File: 941 KB, 592x1280, 1569059946419.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13911840 She's Russian I think. >>13911856 No need to get all bitchy man. If you want to know where I get my stuff you just need to ask. I'll hook you up.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:19:52 2019 No.13912972 >>13912958 Nice... but not enough to make me read that crap.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:20:49 2019 No.13912975

>>13912927
Ghostwater was one of the better books. I believe this was definitely one of the worst for many of the same reasons, as it definitely felt as if it were 3/4th of a book. Could have easily benefited from another 50 pages. What the fuck was he thinking?

I wish we had g otten more of Orthos and Kelsa, too. I wish we had gotten a different prologue instead of that little sliver.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:22:01 2019 No.13912985 >>13912927 What really bothered me, though, was how brief his period with the akura clan was. It was the perfect opportunity to introduce new characters and make Lindon go through some trouble. Maybe develop Mercy a little more.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:27:30 2019 No.13913021

>>13912975
>Ghostwater was one of the better books
I honestly don't think so. It had potential, but it was spent on just sitting around. He killed the skysworn lady before we even got to know anything about her. Some good points, but overall pretty bland. I liked book 2 and 3 and even 6 more than ghostwater.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:37:56 2019 No.13913082

>>13913021
>He killed the skysworn lady before we even got to know anything about her.
To expand on this a little more, it would have been nice if instead of killing her immediately like that, Will had them stuck inside and they managed to escape the initial attack and bonded a little, with Lindon eventually convincing her to trust him, and then dying by akura.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:53:57 2019 No.13913168 >>13913082 Oh fuck off with your bonding and feelings. People die without leaving an impact. If a worthless cunt was snuffed out, so be it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:57:01 2019 No.13913190 >>13912966 You did this shit the last thread when someone else accused you of funding e-girls. I don't want your source. They are all 3dpd. I like milf elves being breed by big dicks.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 17:57:35 2019 No.13913195
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>Ghostwater sucked because Lindon didn't become friends with the clinically-retarded Skysworn who wanted him and Yerin dead
wew lad it's like I really AM on the sub

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:00:22 2019 No.13913206

>123 post
>34 posters
The general is on it's last legs. I guess it doesn't help that there isn't a new link posted before the thread is archived, and a lot of people can't be arsed to refresh until a new thread is made.
5 years was a good run, and I don't need this general to survive anymore, so I won't pick back up with being a good dedicated thread slave.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:01:46 2019 No.13913214 >>13913195 Listen cosmerefag / one piece poster. Give (you)s to people and stop green posting replies.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:07:06 2019 No.13913243

Speaking of, I do like any major character in Cradle feels distinctly different, which is something even Sanderson can't fucking do considering 85% of all his females are the exact same.

Uncrowned created a lot of questionable decisions toward the future of the series but at least that has been a constant.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:10:52 2019 No.13913258 >>13913243 If you give me a (you) I will read an Alistair Reynolds or Stephen Baxter book and discuss it with you....

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:11:45 2019 No.13913265 A Canticle for Leibowitz: Walter M. Miller Jr. The Master and Margarita: Mikhail Bulgakov The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Gene Wolfe Cloud Atlas: David Mitchell A Wizard of Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:13:34 2019 No.13913273 File: 343 KB, 610x1147, Masan_Ghilani.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13911041 yes

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:14:32 2019 No.13913278

>>13913195
Look m8, you came here complaining there was no discussion and then you complain when someone tries to discuss things. If you are not happy, perhaps you should fuck off back to the sub.

>>13913243
Characters is one of the strengths of the book. Which is why I felt like a waste for Will not to introduce more characters on akura territory (he introduced three, I believe, Fury, Grace and mercy's brother, but only fury and the brother got any exposition, and very little).

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:17:21 2019 No.13913304 >>13912498 check out the steel remains

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 18:45:04 2019 No.13913431 >>13913304 Or don't.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 19:16:02 2019 No.13913597 >>13913304 I want pussy rape. Not homo rape. Where did the gri anon get to? I haven't seen an updated chart in years.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 19:18:07 2019 No.13913610 >>13913278 >>13913243 >>13913195 >>13913082 >>13913021 >>13912985 >>13912975 I can't believe that Will would put brother sister incest in his books. I never seen anyone want their sister like Pride did.

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 19:22:23 2019 No.13913635

>>13912927
>there was no sexy vampires with a love triangle.
with her blood shadow yerrin (who is sexy) could be seen as a vampire, now Mercy want that tall strapping blackflame fellow to advance and hold her down and do the dragon mating press on her.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 19:32:47 2019 No.13913689 >>13913206 I didn't because I thought I'd give others a chance to do so, but if that isn't the case I can make it sooner.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 19:33:46 2019 No.13913696 >>13913635 I really want to see more of her blood shadow lusting after Lindon.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 19:37:09 2019 No.13913715 >>13913696 Why the fuck does the blood shadow want lindon? is it because it got some of his blood when lindon helped heal yerrin when the Phoenix attacked?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 19:50:04 2019 No.13913775 >>13913715 My theory is Yerin's repressed urges showing through her. Yerin is 20 already, and she hasn't got some since the sage died.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 19:51:23 2019 No.13913782 >>13913715 My guess is it’s a manifestation of her repressed cocklust for him

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 20:02:32 2019 No.13913836 >>13913610 Incest is based. It's too bad kelsa isn't around more often to lust after lindon too. Also mommy whatshername, although she is probably completely sullied by now.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 20:34:56 2019 No.13913964 >>13913775 >Yerin is 20 already, and she hasn't got some since the sage died. She never fucked the sage. the winter sage would have killed her

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 20:38:10 2019 No.13913982 >>13913836 >Also mommy whatshername, although she is probably completely sullied by now. >spread your legs and give me the puss and I will not put effort into pulling your remaining clan out by the roots

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 20:41:29 2019 No.13913999 >>13913964 >when your almost fiancé runs off with his 16 year old loli apprentice

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 20:42:34 2019 No.13914005 >>13913964 Yeah, you keep believing that. >spoiler Only if she knew.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 20:46:16 2019 No.13914022 >>13913999 loli doesn't mean "under 18 years old".

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 20:55:28 2019 No.13914066 >>13913597 Have you considered just reading erotica or porn fiction in general?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 21:03:20 2019 No.13914093 >>13914066 I already live in sadpanda. I want more.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 21:12:30 2019 No.13914128 Any news about No-God?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 21:15:35 2019 No.13914139 >>13913775 >>13913782 You think Lindon can fuck the shadow? You think if it advances enough it can pass for human?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 21:16:47 2019 No.13914142 >>13914093 What's your favorite?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 21:27:34 2019 No.13914177 >>13914128 Overlook didn’t renew his contract after TUC, and Bakker turns up his nose at self publishing. Last I heard he’s on sabbatical larping as a carpenter building barns.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 21:33:01 2019 No.13914206 >>13914139 I imagine lindon can have the shadow deep throat his cock while yerin rides his face. Does the shadow even need to breathe?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 22:18:09 2019 No.13914444 Has there ever been this much discussion about such a shitty half book?!?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 22:25:41 2019 No.13914492 >>13914444 It's only two or three anons.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 22:25:53 2019 No.13914495 >>13914444 Yeah people talked even more about tsis “tight pussy” when that book came out.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 23:21:00 2019 No.13914699 >>13912498 Honestly read The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor by John Barth. Really good book with way too much rape

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 23:38:00 2019 No.13914768

What I read today.
All of these are short. Longest was ~20 pages, most were much shorter.
You may be thinking, "Why read so many you didn't like?".
I was going through what I had categorized as short, based on the automated word count, and since it was so short I figured I may as well read it all.

Liked
A Season of Broken Dolls - Caitlin R. Kiernan
I generally dislike epistolary works, in this case journal entries, but this worked well enough, despite some minor annoyances of style.
In 2027, A journalist with a messy relationship in a post-nuclear attack New York City is covering an art exhibit, though this exhibit isn't your standard sort. The walls are made of pulsating pig flesh and all the art is literal body art. The more grotesque it is, the truer and more evocative the art.

The Dry Spell - James P. Blaylock
Blaylock, was among various others, mentored by Philip K. Dick
This particular story is "fabulism", which basically means "literary fiction with some fantasy".
It was nice story. Man defies the weather report and nature itself to some comical effect.

Watchcrab - Neal Asher
A fine little futuristic police story.

Meh or Didn't Like
By The Liter - Ekaternia Sedia
Stone Eggs - Adriana Campoy & James P. Blaylock
Boiler Maker - R. Andrew Heidel
No Need of Wings - Tia V. Travis
Three Fancies From The Infernal Garden - C.S.E. Cooney
Stone Shoes - C.S.E. Cooney

Missives from a Possible Future #1: Alternate History Search Results - John Scalzi
I didn't like it when I watched it in LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS, but I since saw I had it in my calibre library, I thought I'd take a look. Still didn't like it.
It's about various alternate histories and when and how Hitler could have died and what that would have resulted it in.

Pluto Tells All - John Scalzi
This was dumb. Really dumb.

The Devil's Mailbox - Naomi Kritzer
A story of the slush pile, except for souls.

Eating Crow - Neal Barret Jr.
This attempted to be funny, but I didn't find it so.

Deliah and the Space Rigger - Robert A. Heinlein and Jack Seaman
This is a teleplay/screenplay. I don't think they make for good reading, but it was there and it was short.

Unrequited Love - Gene Wolfe
A story of a robot child with a robot dog and a human girl with a human dog and the protagonist has them swap dogs. Hilarity does not ensue.

Catch'Em in the Act - Terry Bisson
Guy buys a video camera. Turns out it causes people to commit crimes when they are being recorded.

Joe R. Lansdale
Dragon Chili: From the Grand Church Cookbook
After reading this, I had look at a few others to see if they were similar. If you happen to read this sometime, tell me of what you think of the "twist".
Surveillance
Big Man: A Fable
Coat
Summary of the 4 above, "U MAD?"

These are all flash fiction. I've only read a couple flash fiction that I've ever liked.
All by Michael Swanwick
Death and the Housekeeper
Hunting the Great White
nissassA
Ubiquitous Computing
Warren Zevron
What Would Bob The Angry Flower Do

Anonymous Mon Sep 30 23:51:51 2019 No.13914824
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>>13909849
>The Circus of Dr. Lao
A circusowned by a Chinese man namedDr.Laopulls into town one day, carrying legendary creatures from all areas of mythology and legend, among them a sea serpent, Apollonius of Tyana (who tells dark, yet always truthful, fortunes), a medusa, and a satyr.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 23:59:36 2019 No.13914847 >>13909831 Do you respond to your own post or only provide the discussion?

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 00:14:45 2019 No.13914922

>>13909831
I didn't read through it again, I read it some years ago. I looked through it again though.

>Did you enjoy the collection?
Yes.

>What was your favourite story?
Understand
I also quite liked Story of Your Life and Liking What You See: A Documentary.

>Least favourite?
From what I can remember, probably Tower of Babylon, but I may be wrong.

>Do you like the short story format when it comes to SF&F? Why/why not?
>>13911933
To expand on this, I think SF does better in short form because it can be very idea based and it can be difficult to sustain those ideas in long form. It allows for many ideas that wouldn't have otherwise been written if they required to be so long.

>Story of Your Life
I liked the story more than movie that was made based off of it, Arrival.

>would you get calli?
No. It is anathema.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 00:20:41 2019 No.13914950 >>13909849 Dying Inside - Robert Silverberg, 245 pages.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 00:55:13 2019 No.13915069 >>13912966 >where I get my stuff Probably the site that ends with .party If not from there, that's probably their source.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 02:04:37 2019 No.13915289 >>13915069 That place is dying thanks to the patreon thots. 3d egirl lovers are taxing the server and not donating.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 02:19:34 2019 No.13915349 >>13915289 WHO WILL THINK OF THE FURRIES IN THIS, THEIR TIME OF CRISIS!?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 02:30:38 2019 No.13915375 File: 46 KB, 314x500, Dracula.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is Dracula considered Fantasy?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 02:37:33 2019 No.13915398 >>13915375 Yes, of course.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 02:55:59 2019 No.13915452 >>13915375 Dracula is fantasy. The original story though is based on a historical figure with penchant for mounting his enemies heads on spikes.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 03:53:45 2019 No.13915592

>>13910103
>Honorable mention to Tower of Babylon
This one might actually be my favourite. I was a little disappointed that the "cosmos" was not closer based on how the ancients imagined the heavenly bodies. On the other hand the characters' theorizing about rain and how God did the flood was delightful. I'm not sure what to think about the ending with our main character crawling into the ceiling and out of the ground. Weird shape their world have.

>>13914847
I respond to others with my thoughts. I do respond to my own post it I want to nominate a book.

>>13914922
>Understand
I felt like it was to much. It became a keikaku caricature. I feel like Chiang have a tendency to go to the extreme to express his ideas. Story of Your Life is similar to Understand in that a human consciousness is radically altered, and in the same way he goes overboard and makes Louise see the future. I actually liked it better in Story of Your Life because knowing the future kinda is the logical conclusion of Louise's new concurrent thinking. And also because it lets the story talk about free will and determinism.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 04:23:03 2019 No.13915672 >>13913635 He better not pussy out on Lindon getting a harem, just imagine how many more people will want to kill him if he marries Mercy

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 04:36:13 2019 No.13915702 >>13913195 sub this, bitch grabs dick

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 04:54:26 2019 No.13915752 >>13915452 I thought he like impaling people through the ass on big spikes.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 05:56:35 2019 No.13915901 >>13909849 nominating The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Finnish author)

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 05:59:20 2019 No.13915906 >>13914139 Supposedly, the sage with a blood thingy Yerin is copying makes a perfect copy of himself, so I think so.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 06:02:10 2019 No.13915910 >>13915592 >>Honorable mention to Tower of Babylon >This one might actually be my favorite. Same, that one was the highlight of the collection. >>13915375 a horror novel like Dracula would be a good monthly read for October given its Halloween season.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 06:19:54 2019 No.13915944 >author says on twitter on he's finished his book but it won't be released for a year so the second book can be released closer to the first. Why do authors do this, don't they know I want it NOW.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 06:20:42 2019 No.13915945 >>13915944 To avoid the hype train running out of steam before they've got your dollars from you

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 06:27:14 2019 No.13915961 >>13915945 But i'm gonna buy it anyway, it would have to be terrible for me to drop it. I've read so many average books.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 06:54:27 2019 No.13916021

>>13909831
>>Did you enjoy the collection?
Yes, it was good. Decent mix of interesting ideas and solid writing for the most part. I wonder why he takes so long between collections, though?
>>What was your favourite story? Least favourite?
Story of Your Life. Not sure about least favourite.
>>Do you like the short story format when it comes to SF&F? Why/why not?
Yes, probably one of the best genres for it (alongside horror). Gives authors a chance to flex ideas without needing to worry about characters and themes over the course of a novel - though they should still take more care than they do, and writing a truly brilliant short story is in some ways more difficult. Chiang is one writer that probably heavily benefits from this.
>>In Story of Your Life the author deals with determinism and language giving you such an understanding that it alters your interaction with space and time. Just like in the previous books we read, Babel-17. Who wrote it best?
I preferred the writing of Babel-17, but Story of Your Life was a good exploration of similar themes.
>>Regarding Liking What You See: A Documentary, would you get calli? Or would you, considering you're probably an ugly neckbeard, support enforcing it to level the playing field?
Naturally!
>>Any other thoughts?
It was fun to do some short stories this time around, seems not many have jumped on board though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 06:55:46 2019 No.13916025 >>13909849 And I'll nominate The Riddle Master of Hed, by McKillip.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 07:55:53 2019 No.13916175 >>13915910 >Halloween season >reading >Not spending every day of October watching the classic 1998 movie Halloweentown wrapped in a warm comfy blanket and drinking some hot cocomoo.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 09:10:31 2019 No.13916396 >>13915672 Not gonna happen, mate. The readers are a bunch of normalfags that would definitely get triggered by that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 09:35:46 2019 No.13916482 >>13914768 You are doing good work, anon, but not liking Wolfe is illegal.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 09:37:30 2019 No.13916484 Reminder Jon survived the mutiny and used Mel's necklace to trick everyone in the watch.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 09:58:38 2019 No.13916567 >>13914444 Checked. Quads of truth.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:02:19 2019 No.13916580 >>13915901 We know who he is...

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:03:56 2019 No.13916591 >>13916175 >>>/tv/ You cunny lovers just out yourselves so easily.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:07:01 2019 No.13916605 >>13916021 Short stories a shit. They are for low attention span brainlets who can't concentrate long enough to finish a novel.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:10:09 2019 No.13916613 >>13914444 Years ago, the Dresden Files book where nothing really happened had large discussions. Sanderson's last stormlight book where he shit the bed had a lot of discussion. Many others.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:13:33 2019 No.13916627 File: 57 KB, 645x729, pqafkb6d9ba01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13916605 >Short stories a shit. They are for low attention span brainlets who can't concentrate long enough to finish a novel.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:33:07 2019 No.13916702 >>13916627 >shows a picture of himself while being unable to refute to fact, so he just repeats it like he does everything else when his autism is taxed

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:35:07 2019 No.13916713 File: 44 KB, 800x450, brainlettttt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13916702 >>shows a picture of himself while being unable to refute to fact, so he just repeats it like he does everything else when his autism is taxed

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:40:39 2019 No.13916740 File: 110 KB, 396x469, 1562212460848.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >search for some fantasy books with a great romance plot >they're all written by women

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:47:57 2019 No.13916771

>>13916740
Yes, and the worst thing is it's really hard to differentiate the normal books from the love triangle shitfest.

Romance books written by women are either male protagonist with self-insert female love interest, or some smut where the female MC sleeps around with everyone and is wanted by every male that appears.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 10:50:41 2019 No.13916783

>>13916740
Well ... yeah. You really expected anything different?

> some smut where the female MC sleeps around with everyone and is wanted by every male that appears.
so exactly like the male author smut posted here where the male MC sleeps around with everyone and is wanted by every female that appears.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 11:02:33 2019 No.13916828 >>13915944 If it's self-published, because they want to. If it's traditional published, because the publisher wants to.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 11:18:45 2019 No.13916911 >>13916482 Wolfe is not /ourguy/ as someone in a certain pastebin has asserted.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 11:35:46 2019 No.13916993 >>13916911 >Wolfe >not /ourguy/ How does it feel to be a brainlet?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 11:57:35 2019 No.13917106 >>13916993 Being the brainlet I am, I am unable tell how it feels to be a brainlet.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 12:45:57 2019 No.13917360

Question for people who read shitty webnovels. If I were to write a shitty webnovel, how often would I need to update it to get a following? I have an outline I like, but haven't decided whether or not I have it in me to finish a novel nobody will buy. If not, I might just say fuck it and do a webnovel and see if people will read it that way. But the only one I've read is Worm, and that was after it was done - I've got no idea how you're supposed to handle actually keeping one running.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 12:51:03 2019 No.13917376 >>13917360 Look on RoyalRoad

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:01:44 2019 No.13917426

>>13917376
I tried looking at the "weekly popular" list the other day and I think 9 out of 10 were litRPG and the other one was being ported after already having been finished elsewhere. I figure people into litRPG have different desires/standards, so I figured it maybe wasn't a good point of comparison.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:11:01 2019 No.13917471 >>13917426 Look in the archives then of the ones that are in their own sites then to see how often they did so. Then look at their patreons, such as this, https://www.patreon.com/pirateaba and pretend you'll make as much.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:15:12 2019 No.13917487 >>13917471 or the writer of worm for that matter: https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow A look at worm shows updates every 3-4 days, but that's probably a breakneck pace compared to the average.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:21:47 2019 No.13917525 >>13917360 The most important thing is that once you establish a schedule, always keep it, and give notice if you can’t. People will keep coming back if you keep it regular.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:30:27 2019 No.13917564 File: 101 KB, 1024x576, 1568290005814-lit.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13909849 The Mirrorshades anthology or Snow Crash

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:33:37 2019 No.13917578

>>13917360
It ranges vastly. Wandering Inn is like 15k+ words a week IIRC. Mother of Learning updates once a month with medium-length chapters.
I would say you should go for at least a chapter a week (1500-2000 words) with extra chapters released at launch

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:42:12 2019 No.13917605 >>13912498 >>13913597 >>13914093 Have you considered that you're on the wrong fucking board?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:47:31 2019 No.13917637 >>13917605 No. Every classic I read had rape or forced sex in it. Why should mordern works be different?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 13:49:53 2019 No.13917653 >>13917637 >Why should modern works be different? Because they wouldn't make as much profit and that's all that matters.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 14:18:18 2019 No.13917787 >>13912199 >that zero times infinity is NOT equal zero. How large is infinity and how small is zero here? Did you check with l'hopital's rule or did you analytically continued the functions?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 14:22:58 2019 No.13917819 File: 8 KB, 211x239, grug.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13917637 Because this thread is for science fiction and fantasy, you fucking cumbrain

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 14:27:45 2019 No.13917844

>>13909831

I read this book two years ago, so, if memory serves me:

>>Did you enjoy the collection?
Yes, very much.
>>What was your favourite story? Least favourite?
"Tower" as my favourite and "Division by zero" as the least favourite. Actually, I think Division made almost zero sense.

>>Do you like the short story format when it comes to SF&F? Why/why not?
Yes. As someone mentioned: it forces the author to go to the point. Also, short stories are a good place to experiment with ideas, which can be expanded if needed.

>>In Story of Your Life the author deals with determinism and language giving you such an understanding that it alters your interaction with space and time. Just like in the previous books we read, Babel-17. Who wrote it best?
I just began with Babel-17.

>>Regarding Liking What You See: A Documentary, would you get calli? Or would you, considering you're probably an ugly neckbeard, support enforcing it to level the playing field?
No. People should just be smarter when analysing a message. Also, the claim about old women been screened by younger ones, although being truth, misses the point about fertility. Beauty and health go hand in hand.

>>Any other thoughts?
Yes, what was the shape of the earth in the Tower -world? A Moebius strip, maybe?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 14:44:20 2019 No.13917938 /sffg/, can you recommend me some post-cyberpunk books?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 15:01:42 2019 No.13918022 >>13917637 There's insinuated rape in A Spell For Chameleon, the best fantasy book ever.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 15:05:30 2019 No.13918034 >>13917938 The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 15:17:58 2019 No.13918093 >>13911398 >Not realizing that everyone is just shitposting

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 15:58:38 2019 No.13918345

>>13917471
It's ok; I already make more than that with other things and don't really give a shit about money anyways. This is just something I want to do as a hobby. Plus, the real jackpot isn't a patreon salary, it's merchandising rights or some shit.

>>13917525
I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

>>13917578
My initial plan was to start with 3x weekly posts (Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday) and move to 1x or 2x weekly once I run out of pre-written chapters to post. I don't know how many weeks I would want to run 3 chapters, though. Probably would just depend on the writing, I guess. I think I could stick to 5000-6000 words per week. Does that seem fairly normal?

>>	Donkey !HOTAY/zB0Y Tue Oct 1 16:09:37 2019 No.13918427 I would like to solicit opinions of Philip Jose Farmer's "To Your Scattered Bodies Go". I have just finished it and I am curious what other /sffg/ readers thought of it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 16:40:14 2019 No.13918588 >>13917938 Beggars in Spain

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 16:43:47 2019 No.13918613 File: 44 KB, 294x500, 51fYtDbLN1L.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Found this book on the street for free. Is it any good? 2 chapters down and Im really asking myself how tor could ever publish such a POC (piece of cshit)

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 16:47:53 2019 No.13918638 >>13918613 They threw it away for a reason.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 17:08:13 2019 No.13918735

I've got a writing related question myself.

Have any of you had to deal with a crippling anxiety that's kept you from writing, if so, how did you get over it.

I'm kind of desperate. I have many series that are ready to go, but I just can't get past those first sentences.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 17:09:27 2019 No.13918739 >>13918735 No

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 17:12:34 2019 No.13918758 >>13918613 It's pretty good if you're 14 and need something to fap to

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 17:13:09 2019 No.13918761 >>13918613 people wonder what went through terrys mind when he made this. the story gets progressively better over time but not by much. the first book is mostly bdsm nuns torturing mc and love interest.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 17:13:24 2019 No.13918763 >>13918739 That's disheartening.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 17:14:12 2019 No.13918766 >>13918735 get drunk.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 18:19:53 2019 No.13919119 File: 184 KB, 637x1000, 71tBWL86yGL (1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How's this lads?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 18:20:57 2019 No.13919125 >>13919119 And for that matter, how's the all girl sequel too?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 18:25:50 2019 No.13919153 >>13919119 dropped it. didn't mind the concept of a fantasy still crazy in theory but shit just wasn't very funny.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 18:29:17 2019 No.13919171 >>13919153 What were your big issues before you dropped it?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 18:32:46 2019 No.13919183 >>13919171 mostly stretching the has been musicians getting the old band back together metaphor beyond what for me was breaking point. it wasn't offensively bad or anything but outside of that particular gimmick didn't seem to be offering much else.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 18:39:50 2019 No.13919214 What do you think Barristan's role in The Winds of Winter will be? I reckon he'll give up hope that Daenerys is alive and side with Aegon during a bout of crisis after the Battle of Fire doesn't go well.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 18:42:49 2019 No.13919229 >>13919214 Daenerys will also come back some point in the novel and consider this a huge betrayal under misunderstood circumstances causing her to sink into madness.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 18:47:20 2019 No.13919255 >>13918735 know that you're writing rough drafts, and everything will be tidied up in the editing/rewriting process get the clay down first and then form it

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:14:05 2019 No.13919371 >>13919255 I really should just sit down and nut the fuck up. I'll give it another shot.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:16:02 2019 No.13919383 >>13919119 Was shit. One of the few books that I dropped over my 36 years as a completionist reader.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:17:04 2019 No.13919388 >>13919214 >>13919229 The next book isn't coming.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:21:00 2019 No.13919416

>>13919214
I don't see him betraying his oaths so easily. He didn't abandon Aerys II while he was burning people alive, or after Robert rose in rebellion with 3 major houses backing him. It wasn't until Robert had achieved total victory and the Targaryen dynasty seemingly destroyed that he was willing to step away from his old loyalties. It's not that he is incapable of betraying his oaths, but I think it would take a lot more than a more promising Targ candidate showing up for him to jump ship.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:26:45 2019 No.13919436 >>13919255 This. You don't write a book, you write several manuscripts. The editors make the book.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:31:13 2019 No.13919455 >>13919119 Good if you like reddit tier humor.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:33:43 2019 No.13919467 >>13919436 >trad publishing in 2k19

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:49:23 2019 No.13919550 >>13909831 >>13909849 Awake in the Night Land by John C. Wright

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 19:56:11 2019 No.13919598
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>>13919550
T. Just finished the first story and it's surprisingly good so far. It's like a more bleak and human Dying Earth, but without Vance's prose.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 20:40:49 2019 No.13919812 >>13917360 A chapter a day or you aren’t even an author

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 20:49:11 2019 No.13919852
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>>13913214
Is it just me or does anyone else get the feeling that Will Wight, Litrpgfag, Chartfag, and Cosmerefag are all the same anon relentlessly samefagging himself? I'm beginning to suspect he actually IS Will Wight trying to meme others into reading his shitty, unpublishable stories with these autistic, obviously samefagged conversations he has with himself.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 20:49:56 2019 No.13919854 >>13918345 >I think I could stick to 5000-6000 words per week. Unless you've already done it before, it's difficult to say whether you'll be able to.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 20:50:15 2019 No.13919856 File: 257 KB, 640x480, c4d.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >tournament arc Cool >tournament arc split into rounds each with their own objectives and rules Lame

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 20:53:24 2019 No.13919875 >>13919852 considering there are less than 70 unique IPs in this thread, I really doubt it.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 20:54:49 2019 No.13919885

>>13918427
I liked it when I read it several years ago. Never did read the sequels. Maybe one day, but it seems ever more unlikely. I didn't care at all about the historical figures, but I did like the concept. Just have to go along with all the reasons for why it exists and everything else. I've read a few other similar works since then.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 20:56:42 2019 No.13919896 >>13919852 Anon you might be overestimating the amount of value sffg is to an author when we were literally posting download links to his book before it released in usa.

>>	Donkey !HOTAY/zB0Y Tue Oct 1 20:58:33 2019 No.13919905 >>13919885 >I did like the concept Are you referring to the respawn ability or something else?

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 20:58:40 2019 No.13919906

>>13919852
You found me out anon. I am Will Wight, but I am also Sanderson. I Shill both my books when I publish them. Will is just a paid actor that I use for social Media presences, since I don't to confuse my stellar work with litrpg trash.
Your deductive capabilities are just too good.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:02:01 2019 No.13919932 >>13919906 How come you don't make passable dialogue and characters in your stormlight books if you're capable of doing it in cradle? Don't get me wrong, they're not great in cradle, but they aren't sanderson autism tier imitation humans

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:03:39 2019 No.13919947 >>13919875 And out of those 70, I'm supposed to believe that 5 of them actually read that shit? Nah >>13919896 Pushers always offer a free sample >>13919906 You're not fooling anyone, will

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:05:35 2019 No.13919957 >>13919947 Cradle is enjoyable anon.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:06:58 2019 No.13919968

>>13919905
Yeah, the respawn. All the other stuff was ok, but rather indifferent to it.

>>13919852
It's possible, but not likely. I'm doing various stuff in every thread and and the OP, but still other doing stuff as well.

>>13919119
Based on the negative responses, I just had to look at this for myself with my usual, "I'll look at a few pages and then draw a conclusion for that"

Then I looked at the thread to see if I should just download anything else I haven't looked at, but it was this >>13910754 and I'm just not going to do that. A couple others, but meh .

Conclusion: Seems rather meh. Would not read.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:11:34 2019 No.13919998 >>13909849 I nominate Cradle by Will Wright

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:15:44 2019 No.13920024

>>13919998
The reason I've nominated Unsouled, the first Cradle book, by Will Wight is so that everyone can read it and see how terrible it is. Then during the very active discussion we can explain in detail why it's complete trash. Then whenever it's posted we can all sincerely, honestly, and ruthlessly tell them how terrible it is every time until they never post about it again.
I'm a different anon posing as the anon I'm replying to

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:20:00 2019 No.13920040 >>13909849 Cradle by William Wight

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:33:38 2019 No.13920108 Is the new cradle book worse than the others because the reviews are lower. im not reading it for a while

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:36:07 2019 No.13920123 >>13920108 Yes. Wait for the next book if you are interested in reading them. This one was half a book.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:38:02 2019 No.13920132 >>13920024 But Unsouled is the best one, we'd give an overly optimistic take on the series if we only talked about it!

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 21:40:55 2019 No.13920154 >>13920024 >Implying anyone wants to read it

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:05:40 2019 No.13920281 >>13919856 Yeah I was looking forward to just having straight up fights with the drama going on outside the ring. Really uninteresting to waste pages on rules and gimmicks instead of characters and plot

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:09:02 2019 No.13920310
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What is Malazan trying to achieve with fantasy? It's setting feels so disjointed, almost like all of the events and motives are randomly attributed. The setting has very, very little character. At Least that is what I gleaned from reading the first book.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:19:17 2019 No.13920352 >>13919856 The Tournament was inspired by the Chuunin exams from Naruto, unfortunately. >>13920108 It was 3/4th of a book and ended on a huge cliffhanger, while building up plot points that were not covered within the same book.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:23:34 2019 No.13920378

>>13920352
More like the hxh exams. It's hardly such a new concept. It's really uninteresting though, I think the worst part of the series is honestly the hide and seek stuff, blackflame is my favorite for not doing it as much, even though not so much happens.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:37:19 2019 No.13920445

>>13920310
The scale of events in Malazan is enormous, the shape of the overall story and course of events is too big to grasp from reading one book, or even 3 books. I've often described Malazan Book of the Fallen as a jigsaw puzzle where you don't know what the final picture is supposed to be at the outset. You won't get all the answers to everything you read about in one book. If you were expecting a quick read where you understand everything in one book, you should drop the series now, because you won't understand anything for several more books. You've got a lot of puzzle to fill in before the broader picture starts to become clear and seemingly unconnected events start to connect and make sense.

I will say again: the scale is enormous and you absolutely cannot be expected to understand the shape of the plot after reading the first book. If your appetite hasn't been wet then I'd suggest dropping it. If you are exhausted with trying to keep up with the characters and places, then I have bad news for you: you've met maybe a fifth of the important characters and the entire content you're on is the second least important one in the entire story, out of the 4 total we see. You're going to jump to entirely new lands with entirely new characters several times, and it's going to be books before these characters ever meet and interact with others.

So yeah, if you just want something quick and easy where one book = one story, might as well move on. Malazan requires a lot of investment and unless you're super invested in figuring out the world and piecing together the story like a puzzle, you're just going to have a bad time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:49:26 2019 No.13920503 >>13919998 >>13920024 >>13920040 >>13909849 Maybe I should nominate Cradle too. That anti cradle anon who accuses everyone of being Will Wight is getting annoying, and him seeing the entire general discussing it would send him into a tizzy

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:51:12 2019 No.13920515 >>13920445 >wet It's whet.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:52:28 2019 No.13920522

>>13920445
Okay, I'm not one to deny myself a challenge. The ending of the first book just felt a bit; disappointing because it just amounted to some really angry orc pops out of a hole in the ground and the "heh, nothing personal" character turns into a dragon and he kills the orc.

I did enjoy Lorn's arc however.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:52:38 2019 No.13920523 >>13920515 That is only one of a few typos I made in that post, can you find them all?

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:54:55 2019 No.13920536

>>13920522
Yeah that's kind of a recurring thing in Malazan. Often you'll have these ancient monsters that are supposed to so terrible and powerful and they get anticlimactically mogged by sapper mines or something. The first book does kinda take the rug out from under you by making him the centerpiece of the book's narrative, but others later on are less central to the plot of their books. There's seemingly no shortage of hoary monsters from millennia past in Malazan's world though, world is practically littered with ancient forgotten tombs and burial grounds.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:56:23 2019 No.13920546 >>13920536 Oh thank god I thought I was just being a pleb being disappointed with the DBZ ending of this book. you nailed my feeling right on the head.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:56:59 2019 No.13920550 >>13920523 >>13872594

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:57:43 2019 No.13920554 >>13920550 Whose pretending friend? I simply forgot to proof read my post after typing a novella.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 22:58:31 2019 No.13920560 >>13920554 It wasn't a typo.

Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:01:08 2019 No.13920571

>>13920546
There's lots of DBZ wizard battles to come (particularly wherever Quick Ben is involved, the guy has a really cheesy flair for the dramatic), but for me the highlights of the series are the really sad conclusions to some character stories and the really funny interactions between some characters. Or in Iskaral Pust's case, just his batshit insanity.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:03:20 2019 No.13920581 >after several books, the entire reason for Hellian's spiderphobia is "who wouldn't be scared of spiders?"

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:28:35 2019 No.13920688 Damb, rewatching the chimera ant arc of Hunter, why doesn't anything I read compare to this?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:38:32 2019 No.13920716 >>13920688 Because you are bad at picking stuff you'd like to read.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:49:47 2019 No.13920751 >>13920688 >ant arc of Hunter maybe if you spent time reading instead of watching anime, you could find something.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:52:55 2019 No.13920754 >>13920688 You lack imagination so you prefer visual stimulus that does all the imagining for you. Possibly aphantasia as well.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:54:51 2019 No.13920761 >>13919854 I write about 3000-8000 words a day when I'm writing kinky smut shit. Obviously I don't expect to churn out "real" content at the same rate, but I think about 1000 words a day 5 days a week is pretty doable for me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:56:01 2019 No.13920766 I have never read Guy Gavriel Kay, should I read Tigana or Lions of Al Rassad? Which one do you find overall better /sffg/?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 1 23:57:24 2019 No.13920769 File: 57 KB, 244x244, Disappointed Crocodile.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13920688 Read better manga.

Anonymous Wed Oct 2 00:12:57 2019 No.13920811

>>13920716
>>13920751
>>13920754

Damn, ya'll are mostly righr except reading is really my primary hobby. I rarely ever am able to start watching or playing something (I end up playing one or two video games a year) without dropping it because I started reading something more interesting. The thing about Hunter is it reminds me more of classics I've read than any speculative fiction I pick up. If I had to pick SF equal to it I'd say Earthsea or New Sun, but really it intills in me feelings more akin to Brothers Karamazov or Rememberance of Things Past

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 00:46:14 2019 No.13920897 >>13920811 Don't listen to these guys, Chimera Ant arc is one of a kind kino. There's nothing else like it

Anonymous Wed Oct 2 00:55:04 2019 No.13920929

What I read today.
All of these were relatively short, with the shortest being ~20 pages and the longest being ~37 pages.

Liked
Fire in the Lake - Chris Roberson
An alternate history murder mystery set in The Forbidden City of ancient Imperial China.

The Ascendant - Ted Kosmatka
I didn't like this at first, but by the time I finished it, I found myself wishing it were a novel.
Concept summary: Snowpiercer, but in a "tower", the setting is somewhat unclear. I could use other examples, but that'll suffice.
Two young boys from some of the lowest inhabited levels dream of making it to the top.

?
TVA Baby - Terry Bisson
This was a surreal story and I don't know what to make of it.
Summary: PKD writing a sociopathic random guy acting like an action hero parody.
The version I read had some content changes from the original, due to reader complaints about a certain something in the story.
I looked at the original as well.
I wonder how often a writer changes a story when republishing it. Probably not often, or maybe I'm entirely wrong.
Spoilers: It's unclear if any of this is real and the guy is in a severe state of psychosis or if it's not real and it's more like a narration of some work of media the protagonist is experiencing. Could also be a straight telling, but that'd be a bad choice. Probably the first choice.
Full spoiler: In the ending, the protagonist may or may not escape by going into a TV, I haven't played Persona 4, but I know it involves going into TVs as well and they were released in the same year. So there's the slighest of chances that may be related, but that seems doubtful considering the author's age.

Didn't Like

Grail-Diving in Shangrilla with the World's Last Mime - Ken Scholes
This was ridicolous in a bad way. A crossdressing reverend, two nuns, a French Mime, a retired amateur wrestler, and some kid are traveling in an RV across the wasteland that is the United States which is infested with hobgoblins because of aliens to find The Holy Grail.

Show of Hands - David Prill
Hand obsession, fetish, and phobia all-in-one with a "twist" ending of zombies (?) .

Livia Llewellyn - The Four Hundred Thousand.
The War needs soldiers. Your 400,000 egg follicles have all been drafted.

The Pile - Michael Bishop
Under The Honey - Liz Williams

Anonymous Wed Oct 2 01:09:01 2019 No.13920969

>>13918735
I have anon. I post about it here frequently.

Anxiety is hard to master, and it very much depends on the reason and variety

blank page anxiety? write down the literal first thing that pops into you head even if it's shitty or you don't know what comes next. Then do it again and again.

Anxious about quality? Remember that shitty writing can be fixed in editing. Nonexistent writing can't. Also, keep in mind that most books people praise as classics are complete and utter garbage, and most popular fiction is trashy as hell.

Anxious about the pointlessness of it all? remember that you can either have a slim chance to achieve your dreams, or a small chance, and recall that even if a book fails to sell, a good sequel's a second opportunity, and most writers have to try more than once to succeed

>>13920769
>posts an image of Smoker
>Disappointed_Crocodile.png

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 01:12:41 2019 No.13920983 >>13920969 >most writers have to try more than once to succeed more like have to try dozens of times.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 01:28:02 2019 No.13921025 File: 56 KB, 959x958, 1562427903331-sp.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13920769 >Posts one piece >Cosmemefag >Questions the taste of others Whoo boy

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 01:30:39 2019 No.13921033 >>13921025 >>/lit/image/UT0DMMEiSk6J_8vMDjrnvg

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 01:33:44 2019 No.13921047 File: 7 KB, 235x214, 1548536510577.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13921033 Only one of those was me tho, stalkeranon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 01:48:43 2019 No.13921080 There's usually around the same number of unique posters each time. Who knows what % regulars and what % are the churn.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 01:56:20 2019 No.13921097 >>13921080 t. Chum

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 01:58:51 2019 No.13921100 >>13921097 That's c h u r n not c h u m.

Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:01:04 2019 No.13921106

>>13917844
>Actually, I think Division made almost zero sense
Do you remember why you thought this? Of course the main character is extremely autistic but math is in extension used to describe basically everything and it would be very strange and concerning if some part of that description was suddenly proved to be false. If, as example, airplanes working was just a fluke and not science, why should we trust the next great invention?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:03:30 2019 No.13921112 >>13921100 >churning chum

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:03:47 2019 No.13921114 >>13921025 It's that same faggot that is always saying his shit taste isn't shit because everything is shit

Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:04:49 2019 No.13921116

>>13917787
>How large is infinity and how small is zero here?
>how large is infinity
The simplest proof I'm able to come up with is taking two functions, x and 1/x, and let x approach infinity. One function will approach zero and the other infinity. Multiply them with each other and solve the limit, the result will approach 1. You could get other results showing that the behaviour of zero times infinity is not easily defined.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:13:29 2019 No.13921137 >>13918763 Just write lmao. Maybe you can go to the gym and stop chronically mastrubating and you might have a few more balls so you wont be intimidated by a piece of paper.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:15:46 2019 No.13921143 Anything for fans of Vonnegut and Sturgeon? Most other sci-fi books I've picked up had interesting premises but were not that great to read.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:18:10 2019 No.13921148 >>13921137 Nofap is a delusion.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:19:31 2019 No.13921154 >>13921025 Post her every thread.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:24:11 2019 No.13921159 >>13921047 It will be more eventually.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 02:25:21 2019 No.13921160 >>13920766 Tigana is mentioned in this thread and previous ones.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 03:16:36 2019 No.13921274 >>13909070 Apparently someone is having fun disabling the link sharing. I thought of keeping it in the OP for a while longer to discourage such behavior, but I'm going to do as I said I'd do.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 03:22:20 2019 No.13921280 File: 797 KB, 1214x1144, Screenshot_20171023-193221.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13921159 But you won't know which

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 03:27:41 2019 No.13921290 File: 67 KB, 399x351, 10325.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13921154 It would be better if it were a different anon each time since this guys spergs and posts the warosu every time he sees it

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 03:35:52 2019 No.13921306 >>13921290 >>/lit/image/XNsU3bdWZsHyc1wSFBGICw

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 04:03:18 2019 No.13921356 >>13921148 t. Chronically depleted Coomer addicted to jewish pornography At least be honest with yourself and admit youre an addict lmao

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 04:07:37 2019 No.13921368 >>13921356 All things in moderation.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 04:11:58 2019 No.13921378 >>13921356 Are you even able to communicate anymore without using the latest forced memes created in this shithole?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 04:30:10 2019 No.13921409 >>13920310 Malazan is like LOST, he kept adding more magic, characters and world to make it seem deep. Not much really happens in the whole series when you think about how long it is.

Anonymous Wed Oct 2 04:42:17 2019 No.13921430

>>13909070
As with these polls and all future polls, you'll have to decide for yourself how accurate they are. Feel free to continue voting on any past polls.

https://pastelink.net/sffgpastpolls
This will be in the next OP.

>Between Science Fiction and Fantasy, which is your preference?
Looks like Fantasy has won out for now. 31 votes.

>Is horror relevant to /sffg/?
No is winning out. It's unclear if the 45 votes show an actively contested opinion with supporters on both sides or simply two people ballot stuffing their preferred option.

Next Week's Theme
Cities, as LGBT was disqualified for blatant vote rigging early on.
Next time will be at the end of the week.
Thought about it being weeklong, but nah.
42 votes

I'm going to sleep soon, so I'll either make the next thread soon, or I'll just leave it as it and let it archive and if someone else wants to make it they can. Thoughts on this? Doesn't matter to me either way as I can just link a post to the OP with whatever.

Seems won't have the Monthly Reading nomination vote in the next OP, but that's just how it is.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:00:05 2019 No.13921449 >>13921378 >>13921368 I can also say without memes that mastrubation to sick pornography is bad for you. Sjeezzzh, the fucking addicts are riled today.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:00:59 2019 No.13921452 >>13921449 Define "sick pornography". Not all porn is sick?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:09:50 2019 No.13921472 I just started Quantum Thief, and Wright is one of my favorite modern scifi authors, but I will be voting for cradle. Can't let an opportunity to trigger chinkshit general fag to slide.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:10:41 2019 No.13921473 >>13921472 >implying "cradle" will be allowed and not excluded from the voting

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:12:35 2019 No.13921480 >>13921473 We clearly meant Unsouled, buddy. If he tries to wrong us by excluding it (it doesn't break length constraints or anything ele), I will just sperg out

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:13:39 2019 No.13921484 >>13909849 I nominate "Unsouled" by Will Wight https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30558257-unsouled <- this book

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:13:54 2019 No.13921485 >>13921480 >I will just sperg out I hope you, I hope you do.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:20:56 2019 No.13921500 New Thread >>13921499 I'm off to sleep.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:47:56 2019 No.13921543 >>13910367 >>13910502 I had a gf that had vaginismus and even for me it was surreal to read about

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 05:51:50 2019 No.13921548 >>13912184 Pontypool Changes Everything

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 08:42:00 2019 No.13922012 >>13909849 Unsouled by Will Wight

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 10:43:36 2019 No.13922331 >>13912498 Melusine by Sarah Monette has a rape scene early on. There's also a more lengthy one in the last book of the series.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 2 10:44:46 2019 No.13922332 >>13913265 >Wizard of Earthsea I hated Left Hand of Darkness so much I am reluctant to try this one. How different are they?

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