Prince of Thorns came out in the USA on August 1st 2011.
Even though I’m on my 14th published book it really doesn’t seem like a decade. It has been a privilege.
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Hey all,
I’m Michael J. Sullivan, and I’m a New York Times, USA Today, and Washington Post bestselling author of four series and one standalone tale. All told that’s two completed series, one ongoing, and the start of my latest series begins releasing today! That’s 20 books in all, which seems kinda crazy when I think about it.
I’ve been a member of r/fantasy for over 13 years, won 2 Stabby awards, and this is my 7th AMA’s (I can’t believe the last one was so long ago). I’m thrilled to be with you all today. What amazing growth this forum has had over the years, and I’m always grateful for the amazing support my books have had here.
As for my writing, I’m what’s referred to as a hybrid author – someone who has worked with traditional publishers as well as self-produced indie works. Many people think I started out in the indie world, but that’s not quite true. My first book was released in 2008 by a very …
I think the idea of fantasy worlds are so cool. I love seeing dragons and magic and struggles between good and evil. It’s all amazing to me. But when some people get their panties in a twist about forced diversity because one background character is darker than others it just makes me think that you’re too indoctrinated by this political climate we live in to enjoy the actual story. There’s a fucking dragon getting slayed but you are pissed there’s an Asian wizard in the background in the climatic fight scene? That doesn’t sound like an actual grevience. Sounds like a personal problem.
I’ll take it a step further. I don’t care if main characters are diverse. If it’s a fictional world not based on any real people I say go nuts. People say it’s pandering but litterally it’s all pandering. White dudes get pandered too so much they don’t even notice it like a fish in water. Let me have a bad ass Asian dude on a quest to …
Even if you had a day off from work, I can’t see how some people have the mental stamina to read 100k words in a day. I remember hearing teenagers in 2007 getting The Deathly Hallows opening day and reading until midnight. Unlike TV shows where it’s more of a passive medium to absorb, reading requires a lot more effort so I am wondering how some of you, who read a lot in a day, do it? Is it easy or do sometimes feel like you miss out on small details by not spreading the book out over days?
The feeling of being so immersed in a book is one of my favourite things. I’ve almost finished Starsight by Brandon Sanderson and I just can’t. I’m not ready to say goodbye to the characters or the world yet and the closer I get to the end the less I want to carry on! (I have pre-ordered book 3)
What other books have grabbed you like this? I’m talking books that literally take over that you can’t stop thinking about, that when they finish you feel just a little bit empty.
I am clinically depressed and I love science fiction and the Leviathan Wakes series makes me want to stay alive and finish them. Please suggest more!
I am half into the first book and I’ve already finished watching the series till Season 5 and finding out about this book, about this world was one of the best things that happened this year. I am in love with James Corey’s writing- such a smooth read with the eventual contemplative, heavy poetic lines sprinkled throughout and so effortlessly funny when you’re paying attention. And the characters are (OH MY GOD) so brilliantly written.
Space operas give me this feeling of awe and cosmic loneliness (which is soothing) which makes me want to understand the world better and dive into the lore. The feeling that a huge expansive world already exists and the mystery is so deep rooted in its nuances that I can choose to either follow the main story or just think about different details that makes the world work is what draws …
I could not for the life of me find a nice comprehensive list of all of Tor’s standalone novellas in a format I could make sense of. So I’ve made one myself! Posting here because the most helpful thread on Google directed me here.
This is a list of all standalone novellas (under 300 pages) by the Tordotcom imprint, which started in 2015 and includes all novellas to be released up to April 2022. I have a comprehensive spreadsheet with everything from Tordotcom so could share novellas in series/with sequels another day!
If this should go somewhere else or if there are any errors, please let me know! I’d just love for someone else to get use out of the idle time I put into this. :)
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I’m always looking for that hit when you read a great space opera for the first time, and last night I got it. Artifact Space has it all, enigmatic aliens, cool ships, sense of wonder, alien archaeology, well rounded characters that you grow to like, even has plucky middies. A big doorstop of a book, and I’m going to start reading it over as soon as I finish this post. Enjoyed it, recommend it.
I recently watched Back to the Future trilogy and I can now say that it’s my favorite movie(s) about time travel. Beside that, I loved the TV adaptation of 11/22/63 and read these books-> Replay, Dark Matter, Recursion, Timeline, The time machine.
So what’s your suggestion? I would prefer something like BttF 3 where the main protagonist travel back to Old West. Or suggest anything you read and really liked. Thanks!!
Obviously, you should of course read Book of the New Sun. It is extraordinary. It’s unique - it’s uniquely unique. It’s the apex of science fiction, it’s peak literature - it’s somehow Classic, Modern, and Postmodern all at once. As Ursula K. LeGuin said of Gene Wolfe, “He is our Melville”. That is, he’s the man at whom SF fans can point at and say, here’s someone writing real literature that’s every bit as literary, thematically complex and sophisticated in its use of language as your Penguin Classics and Booker Prize winners - and he’s writing real science fiction complete with space ships, robots, time travel, and aliens. Book of the New Sun is immensely rewarding and even now 40 years after publication it still has unsolved mysteries and revelations to be discussed, dissected and marvelled at.
It’s also really bloody hard to read.
Now, downvoters, I’m clearly being a little facetious when I say this. …
As the title say, Gene Wilder’s performance in Wilily Wonka and the Chocolate (1971) is utterly fantastic. Almost everyone knows how great he is, but whenever I see lists that talk about the greatest acting in film history I almost never see him on it. Not only do I think he should be on more lists but I thin he should be ranked pretty high. It’s no secret that dramatic roles tend to overshadow comedic roles.
I wouldn’t call it underrated, everyone sees it as his best role and he’s given a lot of credit for what he brought to the character. The performance is a fantastic homage to Charlie Chaplin and other silent film stars.
I might not put it next to dark roles like Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice or Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood. But as a comedic role it’s defiantly one if not the best. I would rank up with roles like Peter O Tool in Lawerence of Arabia or Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest.