My last post got removed due to lack of context. I’m referencing this post from the mods.
To save some clicks here’s the results:
37% want the sub open while 63% want some form of protest.
I don’t understand why the decision was to stay open instead of doing further polls. Wouldn’t of it been better to do another with:
I’m making this post again with further context. If conversations about this decision are auto removed then please let me know and I won’t post again. I just think you’re looking at the numbers incorrectly. It should be the “Stay Open” option vs the rest. Not which is the singularly most voted option. I guess I’m talking about the spirit of the poll. To me it said 63% prefer some form of protest.
Edit: Ok to break it down
Do you …
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Title. Looking to see what new authors have hit the shelves recently as most of my favorites have come more from the 5-20 years ago range. Only recent debut I’ve read is The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (and its sequels) which I thought was great.
Thanks mods for letting me post this.
With many subreddits going dark soon, I wanted to share the book community I’ve been building on Discord for around two years now. We’re a server full of sci-fi and fantasy book nerds, named after the restaurant in our favorite fantasy series, The Green Bone Saga. (Fonda Lee actually endorsed the server name herself on her old server.)
Our server has a vibrant, active, and growing community. We also have channels for movies, games, shows, ttRPGs, chess, and more. We have community events like watch parties and buddy reads, and we also discuss the r/fantasy bingo challenges from time to time. I also have many ideas for future events, including our own set of reading challenges and monthly community-sourced book recommendations.
So I hope you join us! Make a friend, grab a refreshment, and have a great time during your stay at the Twice Lucky After Hours: https://discord.gg/Y69uptgMdP
Hi everyone, I’m a huge fan of fantasy series, especially long we’ll developed world building. Series like Malazan book of the Fallen, Wheel of time, Kingkiller and Stormlight archives. I’ve dabbled in sci-fi but was wondering if there is a series or trilogy that’s scratches the same itch? FYI I’ve read Dune, Children of time series, Enders game, Martian, project Hail Mary, Seven Eves, foundation series and a couple of Arthur C Clarke novels. Thanks
Edit: Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply. This is way more than I expected but exactly what I was hoping for. Looks like I have the next 2 years of books mapped out. Really appreciate it!
When I was younger, I absolutely adored the fantasy book genre. Recently though, I found myself enjoying the genre less and less. At first I thought that maybe it just wasn’t for me anymore, but I’ve discovered this isn’t the case. It’s just that the fantasy books I’m finding feel different…?
During recent years, especially on booktok, (as a teenage girl who does use TikTok and stuff, I absolutely hate booktok and their book recommendations), I’m seeing fantasy books advertised that are basically just edgy erotica fiction. If you like that, that’s completely fine. I don’t mind, that’s your business and this is mine. What pisses me off though is that nowadays, all the elves and fairies and whatnot are basically just hot men with pointy ears and big dicks that bang our edgy not-like-other-girls main character. I’m sorry, but it’s just not the fantasy vibes that I’m looking for. But that’s all I’m …
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Hi, it’s my yearly update on my attempts to read every Hugo and Nebula winner. I’ve ranked them, because I think it’s a fun way to start discussion, but I also accept it is silly to rank art and frankly my opinions change on a daily basis. This is more just a guide on which ones I personally enjoyed. If you read any or all of this, I appreciate your time. Thank you
90: The Big Time by Fritz Lieber (1958) - Guests at a temporal guest house attempt to solve a mystery against the clock. It’s the height of pulp sci-fi set in what can generously be described as a cabaret and at worst a brothel for an epoch spanning time war. The idea of a place for soldiers of different species from across history to RnR has some merit, but it’s all a little sexist. Even if we forget that most of the characters are forgettable, the plot isn’t anything special. That said, it is short so it’s not like I found it a chore to read. I think someone could take the location and make a …
Gnomon is a book that kept me turning the pages breathlessly late at nights and early in the mornings, and it’s been a very long time since any book has given me such excitement. It’s literally a layered novel, and somehow each layer was both individually satisfying to read and fit the mystique surrounding the larger narrative.
The story is set in London in a somewhat near-future, and at its centre is an inspector who is tasked with the investigation of an unexpected and mysterious custodial death. The futuristic setting involves an omnipresent, omniscient ‘System’ which is in charge of all administration and law keeping, and which seems to be working very well.
Within this ‘main’ story, there are subsumed four ‘sub’ narratives - stories-within-the-story - involving a middle-aged woman in medieval Rome, a genius banker from the late 2000s, an ‘old geezer’ from a contemporaneous period, and a super-mind from the far future.
Each of these tracks reads like a novella that works well in …
I picked these up for 25c each from book sale. According to the unanimous praise all over each book, Varley should be ruling the world by now. I don’t know if I’ve ever been beaten over the head with how good the author is this much. I kind of wanted to know what the books were about, but hey, there’s only space for so much text. I get it.
Should I be ashamed I haven’t heard of him until now? I’ve never seen him recommended, but I’m looking forward to giving these a shot.
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ETA: It might stir some memories to see the interior artwork.
There’s of course ‘The Martian’. Not as advanced stage as Mars Trilogy. I am looking for something like a small group of scientists/ solo explorer.
But what else ? Something that explore more exotic planets. There was a short story I once read of an expedition in Europa.
I like stories which have themes like these - survival, research work, trouble shooting, geology / biochemistry of new planets etc. Sciency stuff !
Thanks in advance
Does anyone know why books by Harlan Ellison are now impossible to find - either as actual physical books or as ebooks?
If I go to amazon.co.uk and search for Harlan Ellison I get almost no results at all. There are a few physical books from sellers (and it’s actual physical books I am looking for), no physical books at all from amazon, and no Kindle books either that I can find. I have also looked at waterstones.com (the one surviving high-street bookshop chain in the UK), and here I get about 100 results of which 99 say “this book is unavailable” and 1 result that says that they have a single copy of one book in a store about 30 miles away from where I live. That’s it.
And while I’m asking about Harlan Ellison … About a year ago there was a big announcement from J. Michael Straczynski about The Last Dangerous Visions that was going to be published in 2023 with the rights having been purchased by Blackstone Publishing. They (Blackstone …
I just re-watch the animated movie A.E. Titan. And I was really interested in the premise of the Movie. A story about Humanity becoming a Diaspora across the universe. Attempting to settle, however they could, to survive.
I feel ashamed to admit that I just watched Hot Fuzz for the first time. It was hard for my wife because I kept stopping the movie to point out all the ways that it was brilliantly made. There isn’t a wasted moment in it. It’s like every line of dialogue is important to the plot or to another line of dialogue that’s going to come later. Is a parody while at the same time actually being a great action movie. I would love for a few people to chime in on their thoughts regarding this movie and hopefully educate me on some things that I didn’t notice that make it so well made.
We all know Casino Royale is one of the great Bond films, and possibly even one of the best action films of all time, but I think it’s sometimes easy to overlook how masterful that B&W opening scene is. It feels to me as a sort of “microcosm” of the rest of the film, and shows us many key characteristics about Craig’s new incarnation of Bond, all in just a few minutes;
I can’t think of another action film with an intro that does character exposition so succinctly and effectively.
(Then launching straight from this scene into the Chris Cornell track [rest his soul] just puts it over the top).