Gene Wolfe is objectively the greatest living American author.
Bentley Roberts
Donate to my charity user
Jason Johnson
Second Gentleman Bastards book. Only a few chapters in but so far I'm enjoying it as much as the first - which is to say it's perfect for killing time, but not something I feel the need to pour through in a single sitting.
Evan Nguyen
What's some good political scifi? Without ayyyliens.
Jeremiah Reed
I took a Sci-Fi course, reading Delaney and Dick now, and watching Tarkovsky and shit.
Got any Sci-Fi criticism books you'd rec?
Josiah Sullivan
The ones I can think of are more fantasy-centered. What did your course tell you? The TTC course makes a big deal out of Delaney because he's gay and black but his language that makes you betray people sounds really interesting. Makes more sense at least than a language that lets you see the future.
Chase Nelson
Hey /sffg/ let's read a short story. e-reading.club/bookreader.php/69834/Le_Guin_-_Solitude.html Ursula K. Le Guin, Solitude, I read it once and thought it was kind of neat, came back to it and didn't speed read and it was a horror story. It's anthropological SF about a society where adults don't talk to each other, not even on the internet.
Asher Ramirez
They did give us some books, but I thought you'd have something more based here, as is usually the case.
Yeah, the language thing is interesting, but they are probably forcing him because he's gay as you said.
>Atwood >Le Guin Them too, because they are women, I guess. Although Le Guin is fun.
Joshua Barnes
Yeah, Le Guin's a legit good author, much, much better at shorts than novels though. I have never met anyone who likes Atwood.
I could give you some neat stuff about fantasy but I haven't found much good SF criticism. You might like Appendix N, it's about a guy reading the books Gygax recommended in the back of the first D&D and finding hidden gem after hidden gem. It's a neat perspective that goes back to way before anyone tried to make SF literary, taking all these works on their own terms and not for what they're subverting. There's a noisy fanbase springing up around it but Jeffro's got a good style.
Our very own Aramini published a couple of books on Wolfe, so technically SF criticism but it's all Wolfe-centered.
Ah, Le Guin's Language of the Night has some good stuff. A lot of her observations on SF are way off though imo.
Cooper Bennett
So I've watched The Magicians tv show. It was a good enjoyment. So I liked Julia story a lot, especially part about false goddess, Chrisitians symbols, you know. So any books about these themes: gods summoning in modern setting, good gods turn evil, like that?
inb4 Buffy novelizations
John Kelly
Has anyone read Sins of Empire yet? It's been out for a few days. I guess I was absent on launch day, probably missed the fans.
Easton Rogers
just finished Justin Cronin's Passage trilogy. I thought it was pretty good. Scott Brick was an amazing narrator otherwise I don't think I would've gotten through some of the slower parts in the first book...but once I got to the end of book one I was hooked. Also really liked City of Mirrors, wasn't at all what I expected from the third book in a trilogy.
...also Zero's backstory made me cry a bit.
Robert Myers
Gene Wolfe >>>>>> Your favourite author
Tyler Hernandez
And you wonder why people detest Wolfe fanboys. You don't actually like books, you just want to feel superior and smart.
Matthew Phillips
American Gods?
James Wright
Does anyone know anything similar to Blood Song by Anthony Ryan ? With a lot of fighting/battles and an op warrior MC.
Carter Gray
If you like books so much what do you have against good ones?
Josiah Lewis
How did you like Dhalgren and Hogg?
Jace Young
>So I've watched The Magicians tv show. I can assume you read the books that series was based on right?
Landon Williams
No one was shilling it, no one talked about it for that matter. The author didn't instill trust when he rushed that third book. I have it bookmarked and will get to it sometime this year, it's not something I would drop all my current books to read.
Same shit will happen with ADARE and the blood song guy when they drop their books this year.
Evan Foster
How is that Catholicism coming along?
Carter Jackson
I'm curious, which book is most 'catholic'?
William Cook
I like it when I read about it in books but then whenever I meet the real thing I feel uncomfortable and slightly disgusted and just want to go back to my books. I like Christian writers but IRL everyday Christians just aren't my kind of people. But then I don't like people in general. They're not like the ones in my books.
Summae Theologica
John Lee
>Summae Theologica
Eli Garcia
Should have used one of those breaking sound barrier effect just under the sledge to show how hard he is hitting home. The mound on the book is telling, but some more hints would have been nice.
Hudson Stewart
Nothing, but people who sperg the fuck out if someone likes a book that their favorite critic said had subpar prose are more annoying than an itchy asshole.
Michael Roberts
Nam2 of anime?????? Some context???
Nicholas Sanders
Nobody was talking about critics here. And I'm the only critic that matters.
Brayden Baker
boku no pico
Isaiah Long
My Little Sister Can't Cum This Much
Xavier Ward
You sure? The character does look kinda like a guy. And the condom could be from gay sex. Ep number? I already fap to tomgirls on sadpanda, my soul can't get more damned.
Eli Carter
watch from the start dude the plot builds up well
Matthew Peterson
Fucking degenerates.
John Taylor
Cream Lemon is the only officially Veeky Forums-approved hentai. Accept no substitute.
Anthony Martin
What should I watch else? I've watched all this shows on list.
Chase Rodriguez
Get the fuck out anime fags
Colton Watson
Are Saint Seya and CC Sakura on there?
Nathaniel Hill
I've never watched a book before. Is it fun?
Owen Myers
Do you read all books in Braille?
Lucas Lopez
I think GRRM ruined fantasy for me, nothing I read holds up to ASOIAF
Chase Young
lol
William Green
I am enjoying this.
Matthew Brown
Good for you.
Kayden Perez
How much longer til The Winds of Never Ever?
Julian Cox
Have any of you plebs read Ben Galley yet? If so, What'd you think of him?
Wyatt Scott
The Written looks interesting, might read.
Tyler Hernandez
haha
Gabriel Reyes
>space opera set in our solar system >Mars is a military dictatorship
Cameron James
>Earth are the good guys
Sebastian Barnes
>that one friend who always needs the author to explain things >Characters must also always have "logical" reasons for doing what they do, or they're shit >Likes "bad ass actions" Don't even understand why he liked Malazan so much.
And the daily tirades when he's whining about people who are whining about Trump, or why Nintendo is retarded
He used to be so much nicer but now 80% of the time on skype it's tirades.
How is Jeff Vandermeer or Virconium? I need some escapism.
Hunter Lee
hehehehe
Hunter Hill
The Grim Company was fantastic. Found it really funny at times too.
Jose Bell
What's the SF equivalent to asoiaf in terms of scale
Camden Hill
Asimov's shit.
Evan Martinez
I'm about to order The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and I'm thinking about also getting Stranger in a Strange Land. Thoughts? Are they shit?
Mason Fisher
You can just download them and read the first few pages yourself if you're unsure.
Robert Brooks
Is Jeff Vandermeer any good?
Ryan Foster
You already asked a few posts above. If you want opinions you can always use the search function and look in the archive.
Jace Roberts
>How is Jeff Vandermeer or Virconium? Anyone?
Blake Price
Shit nigga you aint even gotta download them, there are free pdfs online Also I damn near loved Stranger in a Strange Land but have yet to read Moon, so I would recommend it strongly
Easton Price
>You already asked a few posts above.
Different guy. I just jumped into the thread. I usually use warosu but I was feeling peculiarly social.
Owen Richardson
Yo, read The name of the wind, best book ever
Levi Sanders
What's the wind's name anyway?
Christian Parker
delet
Adrian Kelly
If you listen close enough you can hear it softly as a breeze passes you by. "Gary Stu" it moans as it travels the lands. "Kvothe is a Gary Stu" the wind whispers in its wake. "Rothfuss is a hack and will never ever ever release Book 3" say the rustling leaves to each other in frustration.
Ayden Morales
>what are you reading? Leviathan Wakes >how is it so far? It's shit, but it's entertaining enough. >expected releases? Too much backlog even think of new books. >>buyers remorse: what shit book were you shilled? Leviathan Wakes. I'm reading it to be up to date in the sphere of what everyone's talking about, but then again I could be reading something actually good.
Anthony Brooks
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Ethan Davis
In case you didn't read them, the books are quite different from the TV show. DESU after reading the books first, I couldn't stand the show.
Leo White
He edited some fuck huge Anthologies with his wife. The Weird, Time Travelers Almanach, The Big Book of Science Fiction. Great stuff. Just ignore the few token Authors who obviously were included because diversity.
Easton Kelly
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Blake Young
croats should be banned
Asher Carter
Is this more entertaining than anime?
Christian Wilson
yeah
Alexander Perez
Not really. I'm only here because I already watched 300+ anime and there's nothing interesting left.
Austin Campbell
I'm sure the answer will be different today than yesterday. Be sure you keep posting it in every thread!
Ryder Bennett
How do all these professional writers live without writing anything? What do they do all day? Is all their income from Patreon?
Ryan Moore
Rothfuss gets huge word-of-mouth sales. Lots of my normie friends try to get me to read NotW. He's probably just living off royalties still. Jemisin makes five grand a month off Patreon though.
Juan Bennett
The more people that read you, the less you have to write. The less people that read you, the more you have to write.
Justin White
Has any author ever set a work in the fantasy universe where Rothfuss prose=Wolfe prose? Cause this butthurt little fella could use some validation.
Camden Hall
Pierce Brown writes anime.
Josiah Rivera
Does anyone here keep up with Kingkiller or ASOIAF and can tell me what the latest news are?
Nathan Jackson
>the solar system is ruled by corporations under the iron fist of a large military contractor that has the monopoly on the production of top end military hardware >off-world workers and colonists are downtrodden and only people on earth live in prosperity >the story is infantile, edgy bullshit
Adam King
I read Walter Miller's 1951 post-apocalyptic novelette Dark Benediction, where a space borne virus has landed on Earth. Those who are contaminated by it turn grey and are inflicted with a frenzied desire to lay hands on others, thereby passing on the contagion. With no cure found, the virus soon spreads widely, and society regresses to murder and brigandism; civilisation collapses.
Two years on, a young man scavenges for food around Texas (Houston and Galveston) where the action takes place. He encounters dangerous men, a love interest, and a religious hospital who aim to research the virus and rebuild society. Here there is much of the same imagery and meaning as can be found in Miller's later novel A Canticle For Leibowitz. However, this is arguably better written: a more concise treatment of similar aspects in a more approachable package. Overall it deserves four 'dermies' out of five.
Kevin Jenkins
Did not read stranger, but moon is a great book, although I did not read it in english.
Gavin Rodriguez
Last I heard rothfuss had his draft for book three sent back for serious reworks
Tyler Cox
Any gay SFF kino?
Christopher Perez
GRRM postponed his book another year. Just like he did last year. No idea what the other fat fuck is doing.
Parker Harris
I googled that and he says he's mentally ill and has to focus on health, therapy and hobbies right now. Also he's hysteric about Trump, because we all know Trump will exterminate the Rich. Fuck.
I remember being hyped last year.
Time to pirate some Sanderson I guess. Just feels so empty and soulless.
Adrian Wright
The steel remains
Logan Cooper
>Just feels so empty and soulless. Well, he is a Mormon.
Levi Kelly
Why are you not reading this right now? How do you deal with never being as cool as Lord Juss of many mountained Demonland or as cunning as Lord Gro?
Alexander Brown
Thanks dinon. What collections are you reading these out of? I have fond memories of an SF novella collection than had some I barely remember, like one where a guy walks across the US to avoid teleportation booths, and Enemy Mine.
Brody Lopez
But Card's a Mormon and he's got too much soul, everyone mooning around talking about how they feel.
>Why are you not reading this right now? I was skeered and awa' from Brandoch Daha.
Kevin Roberts
I'm going through an Asimov and Greenberg edited anthology called The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?35507
But there are a lot of cheap old anthologies out there with similar stories, usually edited by Greenberg, Silverberg, or Asimov. ISFDB and then Amazon is handy for finding them. This goes for you fantasy folks as well.
Gavin Robinson
This book is amazing. It's like what a ten year old boy would write if he were some sort of genius.
Kevin Allen
any tips on writing a sci-fi book?
Cameron Sanders
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Cameron Green
I just finished it yesterday. Fantastic read.
Luis Stewart
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