And can’t stop thinking about the line: “I later realised that some men see others success as a slight on themselves.” (Or something to that effect)
This is a very beautifully written book so far that is filling a void left since finishing The First Law series and I wouldn’t have found it without this sub so thank you all!
After doing some research it seems like back in February Rothfuss said on his Twitch channel that it was taking longer and would be released in the “coming months.” No official blog post has been made about this and he has not tweeted anything about it that I can see since December.
No real purpose to this post other than trying to keep accountability, I’m just honestly in awe considering the amount donated. One would think he would want to release the chapter as soon as possible, even if just in a text file or image I just don’t understand how there isn’t even a blog post at this point.
Figured it might be fun to reminisce a bit. I can’t believe it’s been 25 years.
I like dragons, but I might be one of the few that prefer the big, bad, strong and wild kind of dragon to the omniscent and immortal one.
It may be due to all my hours spent on Monster Hunter, but the idea of a big winged lizard that’s just a threat to everyone and might destroy and entire village just to feed… kinda grabs my attention.
The fact is, if you must have someone that’s really smart, lived thousands of years and is wise…why choose a dragon? Why not a ghost or perhaps a mage that achieved immortality? I feel like, when people use dragons as wise and peaceful being, it’s kind of a waste of potential.
But what about you? How do you like dragons to be represented? Is there a work that succeded at doing what you prefer with them?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753FP6SP
Also apparently owning the e-book gives a discount for the audiobook, and the audiobooks for this series are top-tier. Travis Baldree (author of Legends & Lattes) is the narrator and he absolutely crushes it.
Edit: I should probably also mention that book 11, titled Dreadgod, is coming out this Tuesday on July 5th!
The book would eventually go on to be the third best selling book of all time. It was also the first in a series of books that would go on to become the best selling book series of all time.
The story follows an orphan living at his aunt and uncle’s home who is neglected and mistreated. Later, he is invited to enroll at Hogwarts a school for witchcraft and wizardry. His life changes dramatically when he joins.
The series ignited the spark to read for many young readers that would become a habit, despite the author, J.K. Rowling, becoming a controversial figure recently.
For me, it accelerated my ability to read longer books because the next one in the series was usually longer than the one before it. Before that, I was reading the Goosebumps series as an primary/elementary school student, which were much shorter. The characters were funny and relatable and the plot was interesting and unpredictable.
Have you read any of the Harry Potter books? Did they affect your life or reading …
This might be an odd question but, I just had a small discussion with someone about this topic - and was wondering what the people of this Subbreddit thought about it.
My personal opinion on this: Yes, as you’d read the text while also look at the art. It is just “less reading” than an actual digital or physical book.
Do you consider Manga as reading?
Hi, so a year ago, I made a post about ranking every Hugo winning novel from pre 1990. It can be found here along with the writeups for those books without them. Since then I’ve read every Nebula best novel winner from that period, all the retro Hugo winners and all the Hugo and Nebula winners from the 90’s, so let’s add those to my previous rankings
As before I ranked them, because it’s fun to be subjective about things and half the fun of this is you telling my why you disagree with my opinion. I’ve only included blurb on the new ones so if you want to read about the ones I reviewed last time, see the link above.
One last thing, almost every book here is good, they all won awards so even if something is lower on my list it doesn’t mean to avoid it or that it is not worth your time.
74: The Big Time by Fritz Lieber (1958)
73: Ringworld by Larry Niven (1971)
72: They’d Rather be Right by Clifton and Riley (1955)
71: The Sword in the …
There are lots of aliens in SF, but in many cases it simply boils down to them being either quite similar to humans or rather straightforward monsters. However, as much as I enjoy things like Heinlein’s Starship Troopers, I find it more interesting when there is an almost anthropological exploration of something that is fundamentally different from us. But I have a hard time finding good stories on said theme.
I have read and greatly enjoyed novels like LeGuin’s Left Hand of Darkness, as well as Fiasco and Solaris by Lem – those three would probably be something of a personal gold standard for this type of story. Annihilation by VanderMeer would probably also be up there somewhere. And I guess I have something of an anti gold standard as well: before someone recommends it, I have already read Semiosis by Burke and simply detested it (to each their own, and all of that).
In other words: what are some good novels with alien cultures that are truly unlike us, where exploring …
Hi r/printSF. I’m feeling burnt out on sci-fi / fantasy that follows multiple POVs, has flashbacks / flashforwards, or an overly convoluted plot. I’m getting annoyed reading a chapter about Character A, then having to wait another 5 chapters until I get a chapter about them again. I know lots of people like these types of structures, but lately it’s just getting tiresome for me since I always forget what Character A was doing when I get back to their story. Yes, part of the problem is that I am dumb, I fully admit this.
Please give me your recommendations for sci-fi books that follow ONE character, in a linear fashion, from the beginning to the end of the story. Please no extended flashbacks or flash-forwards (or time travel, ideally). My dumb brain thanks you in advance.
My Le Guin journey started earlier this year. I had heard about Le Guin before but never read anything from her.
As someone who’s sympathetic to anarcho-collectivistic ideals, the Dispossessed rocked my world and I started with it because I was already predisposed to its theme. It was extraordinary. She built a world where that utopia was real but came at a cost.
A sci-fi book filled with concepts and themes but, unlike many other novels of its type, that did not forget the beauty of literature and how words, when correctly assembled, can convey things that words alone cannot convey. A novel filled with realistic characters who didn’t feel like they were just vehicles for a theme, plot or trope. A book that was at the same time utopic and dystopic. Just extraordinary. Made me realise that it was all possible, but it would come at a price, and maybe my lofty utopic ideals, that I say are unfeasible because “people are selfish”, are unrealistic starting with me. …
The professional writers organization known as The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) is now doing business as The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Just as with the last time they changed their name (adding “and Fantasy”), they will keep the same initials–although it’s less of a surprise this time.
From the official announcement:
Over a quarter of SFWA’s 2,300+ members live and/or work in non-USA countries and territories. Changing the name is not only a part of the natural progression of the organization, it recognizes that SFWA has grown beyond a once USA-centric focus. This is a work-in-progress, but one that SFWA has committed to through the adoption of its new name.
https://www.sfwa.org/2022/06/30/introducing-the-science-fiction-and-fantasy-writers-association/
The organization was founded in 1965, and is probably best known among the general public for their Nebula and Grand Master Awards.
I recently saw a video that stated that Europa is protected from solar wind by Jupiter’s magnetic field, and that got me interested in that far away satellite, so what are some good science fiction books set in Jupiter’s icy moons (or maybe the non-icy moons)?