https://twitter.com/Pierce_Brown/status/1513934960855379968?s=20&t=dmwz_YT6dHuH0TFqV4daQQ
Im glad that he listened to the backlash and isnt moving forward with this project.
Starting on April 5th, authors have reported that their ratings have dropped almost 99%. Many of us have gone from getting 20-50 ratings/reviews a day to 1-2 a day max. Sales have stayed consistent so the only change is in the ratings, with such a steep dropoff it has to be something internal with Amazon.
In discussions within various author groups, we’ve realized what is happening is that the ratings (where you just click the amount of stars to give without leaving a written review) are no longer doing anything. We don’t know if the ratings just aren’t showing up on Amazon, or if nobody is being asked to give ratings anymore, or what is happening.
All we know is that authors are seeing a 99% drop in ratings/reviews and it is making authors who just released a new book look like their book is absolutely tanking compared to every other book out there. Books that should have 100s of ratings after big opening weeks have 3 or 4 reviews total.
I just wanted to try to …
Hanging out on r/fantasy over the last year and some, I’ve noticed what feels like an odd trend in a place that advertises itself as “the internet’s largest discussion forum for the greater Speculative Fiction genre,” with 1.8 million members: the people who seem deeply miffed by the fact that not everyone here likes their favorite books. Most often I have noticed it in discussions of Brandon Sanderson’s work, where a minority of fans express dissatisfaction at the lack of unanimity around his books and can be dismissive toward those who dislike them, but it comes up in other contexts as well.
The problem? Well, people being a diverse lot and books being the same, not everyone does or should like the same things! As the biggest fantasy discussion board on the internet, this sub shouldn’t behave like a friend group with distinct tastes and similar opinions. There should be diversity - in age, in gender, in preferred subgenres and what people find …
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https://twitter.com/Pierce_Brown/status/1513594380942073861
As the kids say: big yikes. Disappointed doesn’t even cover it.
Having just started The Gunslinger by Stephen King, that first line was something else and got me thinking, what are the best opening lines you guys have encountered in your fantasy journey? It could be an opening paragraph as well like from The Lord of Light. Thank you!
We all know that some things will inevitably have to get changed for adaptions, but what adaption do you think missed the most of the original and why?
I’d have to say Witcher Netflix for me (Movie and first two seasons). It was a huge letdown and changed a lot of what made the books great, and missed a lot of important themes and lessons.
They took a deep and human character in Geralt and stripped him of all emotion. The whole father daughter relationship with Ciri and Geralt is erased for no reason in season one, four entire short stories are cut from the show (that’s 25% of the book). Not to mention only 15% of Season two is even vaguely adapted from the books.
I think the most offensive change is how the anti genocide theme got removed for the film
Lately I’ve been revisiting some YA books and wtf. It’s like the writing equivalent of water. Paragraphs will literally play out like “My mom walked in and gave me a glass of water. I didn’t drink it. I was too upset about my best friend going missing” No description of anything! There is nothing natural about the tone and even the dialogue is wooden. It’s almost always first person but reveals nothing about the characters mind. Bitches be like “I walked to school. It was so cold. My scarf blew about me. I got in late” Dude do you have feelings? Every single character is usually a cardboard cut out, bullies are unnatural and speak in corny pop culture references, everything is so damn plain and bland. Nothing is subtle, everything is spelled out. I read one about an abusive relationship that literally just said “I think I must stay because I am ugly. No one else will love me.” In the characters internal monologue. Can they not write that sentiment a little more complex and nuanced? …
I changed the font on my Kindle to OpenDyslexic a couple of weeks ago, and even though I’m not dyslexic I can read so much faster with it compared to the standard Bookerly font.
I was a pretty fast reader anyway but sentences just seem to glide by now. For me I think it has something to do with the spacing between the words.
You can even get an OpenDyslexic extension for Safari on the iPad which changes the font on webpages as well. Reddit works great with it.
More info on the creators website: https://opendyslexic.org
Edit: I wasn’t expecting this post to get the response that it has. I’m chuffed that it’s potentially going to help people read better/faster.
Just read what you like and stop shitting over books you don’t.
You don’t like YA? Great! Read something else. It’s not necessary to criticize people who enjoy it. Books with minimal descriptors aren’t for you? Awesome! Go read something with a different author’s voice and leave it those of us who enjoy it. Stylized writing pisses you off? Just…put the book down? The world will not end if you DNF.
Can we start celebrating the books we actually like and stop with the constant book hate? No, you’re not the only one who hates that book/style/genre/author/etc. Tell us about the books you did like and you might get actually get recommendations you’ll read.
Basically what the title says. Instead of aliens coming to earth us finding aliens somewhere else, we find extraterrestrial humans. They can be found on another planet, solar system, or galaxy. Any novel that has this concept would be great. Thanks!
I’m looking for stories about humanity trying to “deal with”, prevent or avoid the heat death of the universe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe). Anyone know of something?
Like many others, I’m doing the yearly r/Fantasy bingo. And I’m looking for Space Opera recommendation that fits the Set in Space square, with the Hard Mode option.
The square looks like this:
Set in Space: A book that takes place primarily (at least 50%) off planet. IE: on a spaceship, space station, asteroid, space whale, free floating in space, etc. HARD MODE: Characters are not originally from Earth. It is acceptable for the characters to be descendants of Earthlings as long as they are not themselves from Earth.
It should be easy to find space opera for this square, and it’s something I’d like to read more of. Sadly, I don’t remember much about where the characters come from. If they’re from earth, or if the story has colonized other planets and the characters comes from there.
I’d be appreciated of any recommendations! :)
I’m in the middle of this book and I just opened to a new Portia chapter in the part of the story >!where they’re dealing with the plague!< and there was a dead spider crushed between the pages. Deeply funny coincidence.
So I’m 16 years old, and I finally watched the first Matrix movie yesterday, and I found it amazing. Everything about it was wonderful. Anyway, I watched it with my mom and she was gushing over it again, telling me about how it blew her away when she watched it in the theaters when it came out.
And that inspired me to ask this question. To any of you in this subreddit who watched the movie when it was released, do you have any fond memories or stories about your experience in the theater that you can tell me about?
I’d really like to hear them. 👍