Ok, so in the canon it’s well established that most demigods have ADHD, and yet it seems like such a common practice for them to turn their weapons into small objects. I can tell you damn well as someone with ADHD who can’t go two minutes without fooling around with something, if you gave me a pen that turns into a sword, I would cut my leg off mindlessly fiddling with the cap.
I’m a big fan of the fantasy genre. Last year I read the Raven’s Shadow and the Raven’s Blade saga, also The Kingkiller chronicles books 1 and 2, and rn I’m reading The Farseer saga by Robin Hobb. I completely love all of these books, I truly do.
However, I have a thirst for seeing some real good fights or battles scenes in which a powerful mage makes fire fall from the sky, summons a dead army, blasts thunder and lightning into their enemies, becomes a giant or whatsoever. Do you get what I mean? It feels like I simply can’t find a book like this.
You see, I used to watch animes as a kid. I suppose Fairy Tale is a good example of what I’m trying to say. There are very powerful characters and their fights are thrilling and exciting due to their magical power!
Anyways, I just wanted to see some massive magical battles. Do you guys know where can I find some?
Edit: it’s worth mentioning I’m not much into stories that look more …
The Wheel of Time video game is available again for the first time in many years. Gaming service GoG has made the title available again at a low, low price.
Developed by Legend Entertainment and published by GT Interactive, the official tie-in Wheel of Time game was released on 11 November 1999 and was a cheerfully-greeted failure, selling less than 30,000 copies in its first three months on sale. The game attracted so-so reviews, with particular praise for its graphic and level design but criticism of the game’s genre as a first-person shooter, rather than a roleplaying game. The game’s position in the canon is ambiguous, with it appearing to take place in an alternate reality (one of the Portal Stone worlds) rather than main timeline where the books take place.
Despite the oddity of switching between different, weaponised *ter’angreal* instead of guns, there is fun to be had in fighting Trollocs in the White Tower, Whitecloaks on a remote highway and evading …
Scenario: You have unlimited time and unlimited funds, but the time is now, no time travel or made up places.
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I don’t think George R.R. Martin is a bad author or a bad person. I am not going to crap all over him for not releasing Winds of Winter.
I don’t think he will ever finish the stort because in my opinion he has more of a passion for Westeros and the world he created than he does for A Song of Ice and Fire.
He has written several side projects in Westeros and has other Westeros stories in the works. He just isn’t passionate or in love with ASOIF anymore and that’s why he is plodding along so slowly as well as getting fed up with being asked about it. He stopped caring.
One of the stories (Story of Your Life) is what the movie Arrival was based on, and lots of the other stories are even better!
Most short story collections are hit and miss, with a few good stories and a lot of duds. Not the case with Ted Chiang! He only writes about one story every two years, and says he only writes when he has a really fascinating idea, and you can tell from the results. These are pretty incredible books from front to back, with only a couple of stories that don’t pass muster.
In addition to being super entertaining, he also illustrates (and explains) lots of cool science concepts through the stories. The story Exhalation provides maybe the most intuitive explanation of entropy I’ve ever read, and it illustrates how our minds are a pattern of connections between neurons as well (and so much more - that might be the single most interesting short story I’ve ever read). Story of Your Life includes an exploration of Fermat’s Principle of least …
I’ve read a lot of Jack Vance, and this series is definitely one of his best. His imagination is unparalleled and the dialogue is clever, typical Vance. It’s almost as good as Tales of the dying earth and moon moth. #3 on my list of Vance works. Check it out! First one is called Suldruns garden
Not necessarily the best book or without flaw. Just one that made you pat the books spine and say “mhm!” to it because you like it so much.
I’m looking for good books made in the last 5 or so years that are fast-paced space adventures. Something with a small band of cool characters, interesting tech, and relentless antagonists a plus.
I’ve got a craving for something like Sphere or Starfish. The strange beauty of the ocean floor, the mystery, the psychologically stressful and claustrophobic environment. Doesn’t have to be on Earth, but a psychological horror vibe wouldn’t go amiss, and ideally somewhat modern. Bonus points if there’s a good audiobook version of it, the longer the better!