NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books: >imgoat.com/uploads/6d767d2f8e/21333.jpg SF&F author listing with ratings and summaries (incomplete, mostly pre-Millenium): >greatsfandf.com/authors-full-list.php
Does anyone havev any experience with the mission earth series? How did you find it to be?
Also any good satire scifi books you would personally recommend the charts werent specific about it.
Nicholas Collins
Reminder that Syl is best girl.
Logan Thomas
Hey, asking again here, but have any of you read pic related? It seems good.
It's less satire and more pastiche, but you might try Venus on the Half Shell by "Kilgore Trout" - can't guarantee you'll enjoy it though.
John Murphy
A pastiche or pulp fiction or something specifically? Was the book enjoyable?
Thanks for the recommendation.
Liam Lopez
It is a pastiche of the kind of pulp science fantasy that Kilgore Trout would write. But it also emulates Vonnegut himself, not in his cynicism, but definitely in his absurdity and humor. In a way it's a pastiche of both Vonnegut's and his character's works. It's a weird combo that ends up a bit like a proto Hitchhiker's Guide. It isn't always well received and KV himself didn't really like it, so you may or may not enjoy it. I thought it was perfectly fine and an apt recommendation because it isn't well known.
Ryan Cooper
That's just cause it was supposed to be an initial exposure in order to set up further arcs set there.
Parker Lewis
Any good Sci-Fi about VR?
Ian Wright
A lot of Cyberpunk books deal with the subject in one way or the other, see that section in the Sci Fi charts in the OP if you want some starting points, I would recommend seeking out William Gibson's Neuromancer or Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash if you're just starting out and then expanding from there.
John Hall
Cry more.
Levi Taylor
Night Angel Trilogy. I read that first then moved onto first law.
Jackson Wood
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Zachary Gonzalez
This was made before that one fagget. Look at the time. This was made 3 hours before that one.
Eli Butler
Anyone have the excerpt of kaladin btfo of the light eyes in the arena? When no one wanted to second Dalinar's son?
Daniel Brown
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Oliver Adams
so why was Oathbringer so bad?
Caleb Stewart
What you're looking for is "Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 56". Download the book and read it again if you want.
Kayden Parker
Holy.... more
Jack Cooper
>Honor is dead. >But I'll see what I can do.
How do you think Sanderson feels when he comes up with this stuff?
Justin Lewis
Like this.
Evan Walker
the enters the mormon ecstasy
Carter Smith
Yeah, he's probably smug for the whole day afterwards.
Brandon Turner
(You)
Lincoln Cook
Doin' our best, senpai.
Jack Baker
>new releases you are reading Nothing really, the two newest books I've read this year is All The Birds in The Sky, which was shit, and Norse Mythology by Gaiman, which was good enough for what it is. >upcoming expected releases Same, nothing really. I'm going to read Too Like the Lightning sometime soon, if I like it I guess I'll be looking forward to the rest of the series. >tell something of the last book you read Lies of Locke Lamora. It started out horribly, but got better and I ended up liking it. Good characters and a fun plot. Will most likely not read the rest of the series however.
Isaiah Cox
He loves that shit more than anyone else, probably. It's too bad good fantasy action can barely be found outside of anime.
Hunter Reed
>>new releases you are reading I have Seven Surrenders and Death's End in my to-read pile, will probably get to them before the end of the year.
>>upcoming expected releases The Will to Battle and Count to Infinity.
>>tell something of the last book you read The last book I read was Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife. I thought it was disappointing and the author relied too heavily on institutional British sources for information on the Malayan Emergency. There was also surprisingly little original content/synthesis given the amount of information the author collected.
The last SFF book I read was A Night in the Lonesome October. It was rather lightweight but quite comfy; I liked it.
David Lee
Man this was the best in the seris then kaladin cucked it up by wanting to duel
Cameron Phillips
Nah, Sadeas was probably going to weasel out of it one way or another.
He did owe Adolin a duel tho, so I'm not sure why Adolin is so bummed about what happened later. Guess he's got his own stuff to work through.
Oliver Anderson
brapap
Ayden Price
Are there any good SFF out there with bisexual characters?
David Ward
So is everyone ready to praise the greatest piece of fiction ever created? You guys know what I mean.
Luis Foster
At least the rat is dead >putting the killer in charge of investigating his own crime Dalinar a cuck
Hudson Roberts
no
Isaiah Perry
B5
Joseph Reyes
Oathbringer. The stormfather is bisexual.
Isaiah Perez
I don't know what that means.
I specifically said good to avoid Sanderson and his likes.
Jayden Jones
Babylon 5, a sci-fi TV show.
Jace Williams
This was a fun time travel novel from L Sprague De Camp (1939.) A 20thC American archeologist is in Rome when he is struck by lightning and transported to AD 536, and Ostrogothic Italy. He uses his wits and knowledge of 20thC invention and science to make a living - beginning with brandy and book-keeping. This in the face of local Gothic ignorance, Roman venality, and Church superstition, from which many of the novel's humorous moments arise. The protag eventually becomes embroiled in local and international politics, where he undertakes grander schemes to strengthen the Ostrogothic Kingdom in the face of Belisarius' Byzantine invasion; in come the printing press, catapults, and army modernisation, and a good deal of clever scheming. A good mix of historical detail, light hearted comedy, romance, action and intrigue, 5 dinos out of 5.
Landon Morales
can someone PLEASE post the David Foster Wallace bear?
Noah Hall
>the Dragon Reborn to confront the Shadow at the Last Battle, and his blood shall give us the Light. Does this mean rand will die at the end? if not dont tell what will happen
Kevin Bell
Fantasy prophecies always have not-what-you-expected-but-technically-true results.
Aaron Fisher
Guess I should have specified that I'm looking for books.
Andrew Lee
how is the pic related
Juan Bennett
He basically steal Mordins body while his own dies, thus technically dying.
Asher Taylor
Why? He's isn't exactly relevant here.
Mason Hughes
It does. His blood on the rocks of Shayol ghul. Rand knowingly marches towards insanity and death.
Angel Stewart
Readable. You should read it.
Elijah Campbell
will it be a too big spoiler? wew i expected a good ending sort of a series, sad.
Jayden Lopez
Remind me why this thread isn't in Veeky Forums
Austin Wilson
It is a good ending to the series, just read it.
Hunter Garcia
Varying quality and long as fuck.
Charles Long
>will it be a too big spoiler? What do you think? It's the ending of a series spanning 14 books. The actual ending was planned and partly written by Jordan, the last chapter in particular is quite good.
Nicholas Rogers
sad cause i like rand as fuck will also be sad for the woman who love him
Jose Young
I feel like I remember a bi character in one of Peter F Hamilton's erotica tomes
Jason Turner
I wouldn't worry about it. 14 books is a lot of buildup, it's not a particularly sad ending.
Jeremiah Flores
What series would you recommend someone who just got into reading?
Adam Cooper
Doctor Seuss
James Lee
ABC
Ethan Fisher
Sticky is no help? What do you want to read?
Luis Cook
books
Liam Cook
Is Dalinar really a cuck? Let's look at the evidence: >Fell in love with and lusted over his brother's wife for years and married her after his death. This is pretty close to textbook cuckoldry. >Got married for political reasons. To bow to the whims of the State is cuckoldry, especially when the State was his brother Gavilar. Later murders this wife on a mission for Gavilar. >Wasn't even present for the birth of one of his sons, while his wife was back in Kholinar. Who knows if Renarin is even his? >Gave up a shardblade to a man who tried to kill him in exchange for some bridgemen, though he did get a shardbearer out of the bargain, but the shardbearer almost let an assassination attempt through. Even, I guess. >Ineffectually shouts at the Stormfather, who is a pathetic old man aping the actions of an even more pathetic man who is now dead. Plugs the Stormfather into his own mind, and then can't even summon a Shardblade. What a cuck. >A kindly trustworthy elderly man with absolutely no ulterior motives, who sends Dalinar nice dreams of peace rather than the Stormfather's dreams of war, asks Dalinar to give up the burden of his pain, which has been haunting him for years even though it wasn't his fault. Dalinar dwells on his pain hard enough to warp reality, when entrusting it to the nice and friendly man who genuinely cares about him would have been a much better way to go. He turned down limitless power and passion and a position as Champion. This is the ultimate cuckold.
Jeremiah Turner
Try the Kharkanas trilogy for some light entry-level reading.
Brayden Allen
Warbreaker -> The Way of Kings
Threads are mostly about this currently.
Daniel Rogers
I mostly read thrillers and know shit about fantasy so that
James Harris
On Hoid: he said he knew where to go when his help is needed, but not the details on how he can help. He only knew he wasn't there to help Shallan. Was it made clear what his purpose was?
Noah Gray
Presumably he was there for Elhokar's poor spren.
Kayden Hughes
Tell me about our lord and saviour jordan peterson
Jayden Allen
broken empire
Mason Richardson
Peterson likes this stuff btw. He's a big fan of Harry Potter.
Lucas Jackson
so how does Adolin feel about being actively cucked by two thirds of his wife? because that ending clearly shows that Shallan as a whole and "Shallan" as the persona assumed by her are two distinct things
is it some sort of mormon fetish?
Colton Rogers
There's really no point in going through Stormlight. Warbreaker is Sandersons best book, once you've read it there's no point wasting time on a somewhat worse epic series that's not yet finished when you could go experience other authors.
Justin Lopez
Shallan is completely fucking bonkers. Honestly at this point Kaladin and Adolin are genuinely better off going gay for each other.
Levi Ward
There are any other book like wheel of time(good romance good plot good characters)?
Eli Hernandez
NO MATING
Ethan Diaz
True, their interactions were certainly healthier and less cringy than either's with Shallan (although I think Kaladin only spoke about personal matters with her once in the whole book).
Julian Nguyen
brapap
Jose Perez
Ruin>odium
There, I said it.
Joseph Hill
Yeah for now. Hoid has been really playing up Odium, and while he off screened three shards , his intent isn't really clear.
Asher Gomez
They should just move to shadesmar and marry their spren
Liam Watson
The ANIME moments tho.
Seriously, it scratches the same itch but since it's a book series you get a better more consistent story
Oliver Nguyen
Honourable ronin Szeth flies through the air and destroys a massive rock monster with a single draw of his magical shadow katana to save the loli
Josiah Bennett
>reading a million words for one or two great moments (Kaladin in the arena and Dalinar vs the giant crab are the ones that come to mind) I have no idea what you mean with a series giving a more consistent story, but I probably disagree. With one book you get a more concentrated story where the author actually have to focus on bringing the story forward instead of filler and useless worldbuilding.
Sebastian Diaz
>memetropes back to /leddit/
Elijah Murphy
>Adolin walks in on Shallan changing >W-why are you in here!!! Baka!!! and then she throws something at him and he runs away blushing
Tyler Bailey
user he almost saw her sweaty stinky safehand! It was only natural!
Brandon Cruz
>safehand That scene where she stripped in feont of the entire gang was maximum lewd.
Cameron James
>Kyaa!! Now I can't get married anymore!
Ethan White
>only Kaladin picks up why she did it
why is he such an autismo?
Jaxson Torres
The others are royalty, women probably flash their safehand at them all the time. Fucking whores.
Matthew Hall
>h-hentai! baka!!
Jordan Allen
Sanderson has said that he specifically makes it a point to have every book in the series stand well on its own in terms of plotting. The end of every book so far has had several hundred pages of "pay off", and he's not been afraid to progress his story and give answers.
John Gonzalez
>A kindly trustworthy elderly man with absolutely no ulterior motives kek
Christian Hall
>tfw you’ll never be able to lick Shallan’s safehand after a long, hard day of sword practice.
Why even live at this point
Luis Diaz
>the DESTROY EVIL >moment My fucking dick. I swear I heard the sword's voice and scream in my head.