Same as title. Sexual violence bothers me, I get very distressed seeing it in books and shows.
So, please let me know of any fantasy books that dont include rape, genital mutilation, sexual humiliation, etc.
This isnt a criticism of books with it. I simply cannot take getting neck deep in a series and having to quit because the subject turned bad.
(Anything from YA to adult)
Yesterday r/Fantasy hit a milestone of 3 million subscribers! This community would not exist without all of you and everything that you have contributed over the many years. We have had so many good moments over the years and we wanted to share a few stats from r/Fantasy:
I’m on the last book of the Liveships and I’m determined to finish the elderlings series but Fucking Hell it is hard to read. Why must she torture everyone? Fuck. That’s all.
Hi hi, long time looker first time poster! I have a weekly commute on the train to work that’s an hour both ways, and want to find a good book to read instead of doom scrolling. I love reading manga but miss having a novel to dive into.
Like the title says does anyone recommend a book / series that follows the stories of both the protagonist and antagonist? I love the juxtaposition of getting to see both sides of the same story. I’m not afraid of darker themes, action or violence, etc. and the more suspense the better. Thanks in advance :)
So…2011 till 2023 being 12 years, that means only another 4 years till released!
(75% of 16 = 12)
Hello there! I’m New York Times bestselling author Mike Chen and I write science fiction, though apparently VAMPIRE WEEKEND is classified as urban fantasy and/or horror. My other novels include HERE AND NOW AND THEN (time travel), WE COULD BE HEROES (superheroes), and LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME (alien abduction).
VAMPIRE WEEKEND is about a woman named Louise Chao who struggles with the generational culture clash that comes with being a child of immigrants. She copes by finding community in the 1970s punk rock scene, where she’s then turned into a vampire. She lives a solitary life, unsure of how to deal with the trauma of losing the two humans closest to her. She also has a really good corgi named Lola. Publisher’s Weekly called it “a love letter to the power of music, this thoughtful, humorous exploration of what constitutes living versus mere survival.”
I also wrote STAR WARS: BROTHERHOOD about the transition between Attack of the Clones and The Clone Wars …
I typically only see maps in some fantasy and sci-fi books, but I think just about every book could be improved with a map.
I love seeing the layout of towns or buildings where the story takes place, and following the characters as they travel. I find myself looking up fan made maps for most books that I read.
I’m not really complaining about the lack of them, just wondering if anyone shares this sentiment.
A few examples of what I’m talking about based on books I’ve read recently:
Lonesome Dove - I’d love to see a map of the trails that the characters took and the towns they visit
The Institute - I’d like to see a map of the institute itself and the town of Dupray
The Expanse Series - A map of the populated parts of the solar system and some of the key ships/stations would be awesome.
Annihilation - A map of Area X would be a nice addition
Cat’s Cradle - A map of San Lorenzo would be really cool
I have started reading the book, Stride Towards Freedom The Montgomery Story by MLK jr and it has opened my eyes completely. MLK tells the story of the Montgomery boycotts and his participation in the boycott. He paints a picture of segregation in the 50s, and its effects on the African American population especially Montgomery.
When I started looking at past Reddit posts/comments and even Youtube political commentaries I started to see blatant lies about what happened during the Montgomery boycotts. This led me to think about how many things in my life have I been lied to about? This has sparked a love for reading for me. I don’t want to live a life of ignorance or blatant lies. It feels like the internet is a huge source of misinformation and an easy spreader of it. My goal is to read 25 books this year. Almost one down.
Have any of y’all seen that reading has opened your eyes towards past misinformation?
Every time I read reviews of a book on Goodreads it makes me feel stupid for liking the book or even considering reading it. Not every book is meant to be a grand thought provoking piece of literature. Sometimes I just want to read my silly little book and have a silly little time without feeling bad about it damn it.
Technically the real anniversary date would be the 1st of September, but we are at least in the same year!
I know we can’t take anything promised by William Goldman seriously, he is a comedian at heart, but it does make me sad he is no longer alive to write Buttercup’s Baby or publish a 50th year anniversary letter to us fans.
I wanted to ask if anyone could think of an author who you would trust to write it, seeing how Stephen King was recommended but turned it down, or is it best the way it is? A single chapter at the end of a great book.
Side note: I once convinced my entire class of seniors that if they could find a Florinese unabridged copy of S Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure I would give them 100% in their English Capstone class for the year and have to do no other work.
Just finished reading Lonesome Dove after seeing it recommended, buried deep in the comments of an East of Eden post months ago.
Wow, what a story. Long but I loved every page of it. Engaging dialogue and characters. One death (no spoilers here) has to be one of the most impactful I’ve experienced while reading a book.
1 part East of Eden, 1 part Grapes of Wrath and 1 part Oregon Trail old school video game.
Considering the love for East of Eden on this sub, this book should be a hit for many readers here. Enjoy.
“At the age of twenty five I was still such a child that I had to amuse myself by insulting a fool for no reason other than that he was a fool. Since his folly was not his fault I was the greater fool to do it.”
I’ve been engaging in this sub for many years, and in the larger SF community for even longer. One thing I’ve noticed over and over again is that everyone has a slightly different definition of what is meant by “hard” science fiction.
Here are just a few interpretations I’ve witnessed, off the top of my head:
Hard SF is when:
The fictionalized science is one of the “hard” sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, etc) as opposed to a “soft” science (e.g. anthropology, psychology, sociology, etc)
The fictionalized science is physics (and especially NOT biology)
The story focuses on exploring a science concept instead of a something else (like a dystopian setting, an alien culture, a societal problem, etc)
The story is fairly dry and focuses on the science fiction concept to the exclusion of character development
The story tries very hard to make all of the science real-world believable with few, if any, “big …
I just finished the Three Body Problem (book one) and I’m feeling pretty underwhelmed. Now, what happens, as in, the setup with mysterious deaths of scientists, the depiction of society on a world with three suns, the idea of a covert run up to an alien invasion, the concept of sophons et cetera are really fresh and engaging and wonderful. Let that be said. BUT.
While what happens is really interesting and surprising and good, I feel that how it’s told is really, really lacklustre, and that this poor storytelling doesn’t give the content of the story itself the chance to shine.
RACE TO THE GOOD BITS
For example, it already suffers from a problem more generally seen in big ideas SF in that there aren’t really any characters. Only Ye gets any real exploration and that’s mostly so that we’ll understand her motivations in inviting the Trisolaran invasion. Da Shi the policeman is also memorable but that’s mostly because he seems to have walked in …
I am very excited to announce the results of r/printSF’s inaugural Top Book poll!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the voting thread. A total of about 160 people voted, casting 1557 ballots for 506 discrete books or series.
For the curious, here is a link to the full list, along with the raw data and the second ranked results list that I also made (which did not end up changing the results very much).
Without further ado…
|No. |Author|Series|Score by Count| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|Frank Herbert|Chronicles of Dune|55| |2|Iain M. Banks|Culture series|47| |3|Dan Simmons|Hyperion Cantos|47| |4|Ursula K. LeGuin|The Dispossessed|30| |5|Ursula K. LeGuin|The Left Hand of Darkness|27| |6|Cixin Liu|Remembrance of Earth’s Past|26| |7|Adrian Tchaikovsky|Children of Time|25| |8|James S.A. Corey|The Expanse|23| |9|Gene Wolfe|Solar Cycle|22| |10|Alastair Reynolds|Revelation Space|21| |11|Orson Scott Card|Ender Series|21| |12|Joe Halderman|The Forever War series|20| |13|Peter …
I love reading scifi with underwater content but its quite rare. The Bobiverse had one book about an ocean planet that I really enjoyed. Also my favorite part of Star Wars is the underwater scene on Naboo. Can you recommend me scifi books or stories that feature underwater scenes?