Dastardly New Age Edition>Old:>>24975110>Recommended reading charts (Look here before asking for vague recs):https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb>Archive:https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg>Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg
first for Egan
>>24981975>series returns properly after 25 years>barely anyone has opinions on itIs Lies Weeping ass or not?
>>24981983I just want to see his face, is that too much to ask?
>>24981984my cock lies weeping
Saw Avatar: Fire and Ash today, and no w I have a hankering for evil women. Who are your favorite evil bitches? Since Black Company has already been brought up in the thread, there's obviously a few there
>>24981984When you're 10+ books into a series only the most dedicated can give you their opinion. And like you said, it's an old series at this point.
Erikson is reaching Sanderson-levels of productivity.
>>24982008always has been. Nigga is a writing machine
>>24982008not that shocking. it's usually two years between books for him and it used to be one back in the day.
>>24982026>nigga has ghost-writers
>>24982036they are consistently great to amazing so that is probably not the case
>>24982036seethe bakkerfag that the king of sffg releases quality books regularly
>>24982046Having read both Bakker is so much better it's not even funny.
>>24980847spoiler: it is what we need
>>24982046>the king of sffgSanderson, fuck yeah!
>>24982036They're too consistent in style and subject matter to be written by more than one person.
>>24982026>cranked out Malazan in a decade>did a lot of his writing inside bars on a tiny thinkpadI can't even imagine
>>24982054I miss good cover art.
>>24982008>>24982026Tchaikovsky is also up there although I think he definitely has legit ghostwriters.
>>24981796I'll definitely look into it, cheers anon
>>24982062me too bro. We must go back
did someone say king of /sffg/?
>>24982070>he's continuing Children of Time in 2026Not sure if want that.
>>24982070bizarrely he also writes licensed fiction
>>24982074>king of Sodomites, Faggots, Feminized Gays
>>24981990I do too anon, I do too...
>>24982082Perfect for the king of /sffg/ then
>>24982081>bizarrelyBills must be paid, anon.
>>24982074Where the FUCK is Red God, Pierce?
>>24982088bizarre because he already shits out so many novels AND gets nominated for awards on yearly basis
>>24982085>tfw Red Rising is in fact /gri/
>>24982093lolred rising fags are too new to know what GRI is
>>24982090Buy my comic book, faggot
>>24982091Pro tip: being prolific AND nominated won't make you necessarily rich.
>>24982081I can't think of any fate lower than writing for Age of Smegmar
>>24982101>being prolific AND nominated won't make you necessarily richFeels bad, man.
>>24982090soon I hope
I'm in the last quarter of The Bonehunters now.Still probably my least favorite Malazan so far, but I did warm up to it and started liking it way more after I got past the really annoying parts where the POV just shifts constantly and Erikson is introducing like several dozen new character names in like one chapter.I read a bit online that The Bonehunters were actually 2 books that Erikson squashed together, that made it more clear why I didn't enjoy some parts. It's super huge.
>>24980839i really like the way the Witcher was constructed before it got caught up in the epic fantasy meme with all the Ciri stuff, just interconnected short stories that focus on one character that give you more of a look into the world.
>>24982133Good news: you know all those other characters you liked more than the Bonehunters? Well the Bonehunters are going to get all their screentime from here on out.
>>24981997gif catcher waif
>>24982070never doubt those eyebrows, anon
>>24982008TRAKETRAKETRAKE
>You can’t do all the worldbuilding you need. Tolkien tried, and it took him 20 years, and there’s still holes. You can't ever worldbuild an entire world. Focus on what's relevant to your characters and plot.Brandon Sanderson
>>24982008>Erikson is reaching Sanderson-levels of productivity.Erikson actually finished his series though. Sanderson is a smug asshole who doesn't even plan on finishing stormlight until the 2040s. Basically Erikson is god and everyone else sucks compared to him.
>>24982070Something off about him. The eyebrows. Brit with a Polish name with Russian spelling(?) His wife is an author too so that might be it. I think he finished Apt which is a 10 book epic. I wanted to like Tyrant Philosophers but the wacky tophat and cane vaudeville zombies were a little too much for me - felt extremely british. He writes so many fucking books crossing genres, TONS of POV characters in some books, even writing from the perspective of animals and second person POV in others. Wacky premises, like the post apocalytpic time traveler with a dinosaur pet novella, OGRES, spiderlight, and the recent Alien ripoff. Some of his books feel like China Mievelle too with the obfuscation and dream sequences, the Apt characters are all humans with bug powers.
>>24982464His legal name is Adrian Czajkowski. He just thought the different spelling would go over better for marketing reasons.
A cycle of hatred which begins and ends with rotten vegetables.Another visceral and uncensored gritty sword & sorcery story. Right from the starting line, you have gore'n'guts in medias res, quickly setting up the plot for this novella. The author has a well-established pattern of no brakes, keeping you tuned into the action and feeding you what you need to know without overt padding.A soldier battles the internal demons of duty and honor, sent to protect a perceived enemy, one he has persecuted and evicted for some time. Thrust into unfortunate circumstances causing his entire belief system to shatter, how could a lowly captain change his ways?****To my /sffg/ brethren, this was a kickass book, my niggas.
>>24982503Congrats on being literally the only rating and review on Goodreads. Not only of /sffg/, but also of Goodreads as a whole. Considering it says that the book has been out for almost a year, that's really unfortunate for the author.
>>24982161???
>>24982520Oh baby. If you only knew how bad things really are.
>>24982520AI covers don't tend to fill anyone with confidence.
>>24982522>physical kane novels
>>24982535Is this also you?>>24982350
>>24982407Or just become a master in anthropology and mog. Redmask's tale alone in Reaper's Gale is a masterful example of worldbuilding that Sanderson could never write in 5 stormlight books.
>>24982520>>24982535Because no one can really FIND your book. You basically need to be an established personality already or do one-man army marketing.
>>24982535Is there some rule that kindle covers have to be the worst thing imaginable? Because it feels like even long standing franchises that have had good covers will still use crap.
>>24982557People also don't look for books either. Unless something is pushed into their eyes they won't see it, and even then may not.
>>24982559because they have to look good in tiny thumbnails
Would you read this?>Fantasy races are all just misunderstood birth defects like blue skin (Argyria from drinking silver contaminated water in mining towns) hypertrichosies (full body hair, Wulven "beast men") primordial dwarfism ("menlings", little people)>Magic system is just misunderstood electricity called "Blue Light". Circuit diagrams are sigils, electrical engineers are "greybeards" (sorcerers)>Neoluddite agrarian village of 7th generation survivors of the war follow a religion which venerates folk hero John Henry, slayer of machines. It's a source of comfort, meaning & rebuilt dignity after humans badly lose a war with AI. Clerics are referred to as "steel drivers".>"Demons" are leftover robotic war machines in a world without a concept of "robots". Shaped like various insects, malformed to varying degrees due to damaged fabricators>Taron (MC) inadvertently destroys his village & kills almost everyone there by reactivating a dormant demon in the church basement, kept as proof for doubters. Homeless and wracked with guilt/PTSD, he embarks upon quest of revenge to hunt down the demon & put things right.>Stumble across old world ruins like McDonalds, shopping mall, zoo, etc, baffled as to their purpose. Interpreted through quasi medieval eyes as a temple, castle, and prison. Mall sequence reads like dungeon crawling
>>24982544Yeah.>>24982557It really boils down to luck (lots and lots of marketing money).
>>24982576Beyman does try.https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search&search_text=Beyman
>>24982576It's a YA version of Book of the New Sun?
>>24982576That's a lot of white kids for a book about John Henry
>>24982617Oh my god do I tryI try all the timein this institution
>>24982619Canticle for Leibowitz + Book of Eli + Terminator with swords & horses
>>24982576That sounds like the exact kind of cynical self aware, self deprecating, ironic new era garbage that I despise the most. Fantasy for people who want to say they like fantasy without liking fantasy.
>>24982630And I prayOh my god do I pray
>>24982576Working that poor AI to the bone, huh?
>>24982636I pray to see the dayof revolution>>24982635nofun.jpg. It's like if a party of Elder Scrolls characters entered the world of Fallout & could only understand what they saw through a fantasy lens
>>24982642and that's retarded.
>>24982645UH OH somebody's got a case of the GRUMPY DUMPIES
>>24982576Make it so the basement demon is a decommissioned sexbot and I'm in.
>>24981990>>24982084
>>24982656There's already a swashbuckling Japanese falconer waifu & love triangle when his mentor (Steel Driver Declan) initially cucks him. They're patterned Kamina/Simon/Yoko from TTGL
>>24981990He claims to be a university professor in Australia. The country has only a finite number of schools; within them, a narrow number of old white men. Put a bunch of spergs into a Discord channel, and they'd find him within 24 hours.
>>24982576>Fantasy racesNo
>>24982675>implying any of that precludes a demon sexbot subplot
I've been reading a lot of John Le Carre and while his writing is immaculate, I really need a palate cleanser. Is there anything you guys read that felt very magical, with different ethereal races, that was comforting and stimulating to read? Whatever you think is best. Thanks.
Strange how no one talked about that sequel series to His Dark Materials. The reviews for the last book (The Rose Field) were bad as well. I guess Lewis won in the end.
If Lyonesse is so good why isnt it being published anymore?
Are the Witness series books by Steven Erikson good?
Is there seriously anything that even matches the Hobbit in terms of a short adventure that packs fun, whimsy and just straight up awesome? I don’t necessarily want a “little guy proves his worth” type of adventure but just a thing in a similar vein. Also, happy new years. Thanks for the recs across the years, anons.
Thoughts on The Will of the Many by James Islington?
>>24982576I'll give this a read later.
>>24982536This, public domain art is the better choice, why use AIslop when you use plenty of paintings by Goya and Bosch? At least IMHO.
>>24982855This isnt bait btw its a real question.
>>24982855Same reason most of those oldschool SFF authors aren't still in print. Has nothing to do with the quality of the work.
>As it happens, books by women dominated most-borrowed library lists in 2025. All of the top 10 books on Libby were by women. Three of the top 10 titles for the country's biggest public library system, in New York City, were part of a bestselling romantasy series by Rebecca Yarros: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm
>>24982054Vancouver Island?
>>24983127Is there a single male author not on book 15 of their 30 year long fantasy series that hasn't been good since book 5?
>>24983127>reading npr
>>24983149>Is there a single author who isn't Brandon Sanderson?
>>24982522checked AND based. I don't wear hats but if I did, you bet your ass I'd wear that hat. have you read Clark Ashton Smith and if so, anything good? I see Zothique posted here a decent amount
>>24982816Chalion is comfy.
>>24983206Given you didn't post any I going to assume no.
someone in the last thread (or maybe the /v/ thread that was linked) was doomposting about how "physical paperbacks were killed", what happened? some new printing law or something?
>>24983313Mass market paperbacks have been killed by the ebook.
>>24982522The shelf that saved /sffg/
I really, REALLY wanted to like this book as I did all of the others this author has written. Unfortunately, the amount of typos ruined the mood the story was trying to set for me. I counted close to thirty in all. That’s a lot more than the onesies and twosies in their other books.
>>24983397You're quite the outlier here..
>>24982929Terry Pratchet novels. Try hogfather for something seasonal or his main series disc world. Also try Howls moving castle
>>24982931I finished it the other day. It was alright but well written. My friends over hyped it to me but it just felt like Roman goblet of fire. It had an interesting ending and I’ll check the sequel out soon.
What is the closest novel we have to Jodorowsky's Metabarons?
>>24983433Dune
>>24983313Basically what the other anon said but also the profit margin for mass market paperbacks is significantly tinyTrade paperbacks are still kicking but the big money comes from hardcover sales
>>24983439Maybe paperbacks will become a niche thing like vinyl records.
>>24983437Huh
>>24983445PerhapsPlaces like Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million have stopped carrying mass market paperbacks for the most part outside of super popular authorsUsed book stores nearly always have huge selections of mmpbs and it'll probably be that way for a long time
