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Computer war edition

Ask for vague recommendations.

>Banned Authors:
Joe Abercrombie
A.A. Attanasio
R. Scott Bakker
C.J. Cherryh
Glen Cook
Steven Erikson
R.A. Lafferty
Mark Lawrence
George R.R. Martin
Walter Moers
Patrick Rothfuss
Gene Wolfe

>Archive:
https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg

>Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg

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>>25530893
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Stop making these threads.
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>>25539808
Suck my dick.
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>Goodreads
Tranny thread
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>>25539810
No, FAG.
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Had a few weeks of listening to someone do pretty decent readings of old pulp stories while at work.

Sadly their channel got hacked and now is spamming scams and valorant cheats.
Yet again it feels like you just can't have anything nice these days without some scammer coming in to ruin it.

Channel was called Golden Age Fiction.
Probably only a matter of time before even that is changed too. Wasn't a big channel so there is almost no hope of Google doing anything about it, since they rely on broken AI systems for everything.
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>>25539808
Why?
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>>25539842
You know why.
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>>25539535
newfag general
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>>25539852
I don't actually.

I only pop into these threads when I finish a noteworthy good or bad fantasy or sci-fi story.
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>>25539535
>A.A. Attanasio
>wrote The Last Legends of Earth
>dimensional entity from the center of the galaxy pops out into normal space
>creates a solar system populated with humans in order to lure out and genocide the zōtl
>intelligent sapient flying spiders who pith your brain, releasing chemicals that keep you in constant lucid agony and pain while they feed and control your body
The only people who would hate this are Jews.
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>>25539887
>Resurrected Vikings in space
>Le love story subplot
I'll pass. Almost sounded good though.
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>>25538206
>A class based system with no maneuverability where the protag has to hide amongst the ranks of the higher classes, who all might as well be walking gods due to enhancement etc, with the aim of fucking the system
A serving of good ol' power fantasy would be a nice addon
Was chuckling at this being an overly specific ask, and there being no way there are many books like that. Then I got to thinking

Crazy how The Will of the Many, Suneater, Red Rising, Ironbound all kinda did this
I feel sure I'm forgetting some
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>>25539884
It's because he keeps trying to ban authors from the discussion, despite having no authority to do so.
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Shiet
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>>25539924
Oh, I didn't even notice.

OP of generals tend to be giga-faggots so I just ignore the copypaste at the top of generals by default.

I don't know why but they always end up using the first post in generals to fight some sort of petty imaginary feud.
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>I don't actually. I only pop into these threads when I finish a noteworthy good or bad fantasy or sci-fi story
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>>25539924
wow op is a fag who could've foreseen this after 25-odd years of 4chan
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>>25539924
Sounds based desu
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this book sucks
despite being 'epic fantasy' there is nothing epic about it; darn it! there's barely any fantasy in it!
I'm over 1/3 through this and nothing has happened; the fmc, despite carrying the title of demon hunter, hasn't killed any demon in over 60k words!
most of the story is either the fmc dealing with no-sex depression or thinking about having sex at the same time she socializes with a crew of freaks and think about who suits better as mate to have sex with
she found one, but guess what, he has a terminal illness, and must likely dies within a few chapter just so she found another lover, most likely that guy's brother... or the other brother... of her friend's boyfriend
also, she has traume, was resurrected or something... what happened to her during childhood? well, take a fucking guess!
I swear, is like hearing following the story of a femsel who is about to have her womb run dry and is just desperate
it's hard to believe this was written by a man; actually, I think it's a foid who impersonated her (ex)husband and pasted his picture on GR's profile just so people would give her book a chance
this is not even a expuse to write smut for the sex scene are fade-to-black
authro tried me to convice me that, as a fan of Salvatore, this would be entertained, but it's just a snooze fest
DNF... I need my testosterone back... maybe Lords of Dûs can help me with that
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>>25540358
Is fem mc a dragon lady?
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>>25540365
basically, and you know what's worse: there are humans in this setting yet she only has eyes for freakshit males
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why is cover art so awful now?
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>>25540394
Not really a recent problem.
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>>25540394
Because shit literature comes with sloppy covers. An author that loves his work will make sure his cover is clean
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I'm horny. Please rec me some well-written, raunchy books.
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>>25540515
lol no way this goonslop won a hugo award
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>>25540550
Having tits on the cover doesn't diminish the book's literary merit.
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>>25540552
sure thing gacha bro
kek amogus
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>>25540560
Perhaps this cover would be more to your liking, then?
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>Sci-fi & fantasy thread
>except you can't mention major established authors or the troon gets mad
yeah, fuck you
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>>25540588
What's he going to do, shoot you through your monitor? Just ignore him.
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keep making these threads
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>>25540515
Sexbot in the Sea of Time on QuestionableQuesting
It's a web novel though and you need an account on that forum to read it, but here's an EPUB download.
https://files.catbox.moe/rc3et4.epub
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>>25540588
it's a litmus test for redditors. regular 4chan poster isn't going to give a shit about "banned" topics or authors, he will probably purposefully talk about those things just to prove he doesn't care. a redditor will be like, ummm is it ok? gosh, why are they banned tho? ok, i don't have to talk about them fellow 4channelers... i follow the global and board-specific rules. i'm sure there is reason they are banned, i don't question authority :)
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>>25540604
No, Baynefag, it's you getting mad that people aren't reading your self published slop
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>>25540662
how did you know it was me?
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wtf is this
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>>25540358
>>25540694
and this
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>>25540487
What author, besides self-pub slopsters, have a say in what cover the publisher will use? 99% of genre fiction novels have atrocious covers regardless of novel's quality. P.S. Even some of the special editions (eg. from Folio Society) have horrendous art work.
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>>25540575
one thing that kept annoying me while reading Kane: Theres multiple mentions of him being left handed, but whenever he's described it says his scabbard peaks over his right shoulder. Even when the character is looking at Kane's back.
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>>25540487
>>25540729
Authors sometimes don't even get to choose the title of their own book.
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>>25540897
is it because of editor's fault? I hate editors
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I am so confused
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I think the "Bobiverse" series should have remained a trilogy. Every new book feels like filler, dragging the setting on and everything is convenient as fuck. "Oh, you know those cool technologies in all your favourite sci-fi? Well they're all real and Bob finds and implements every single one!" The original trilogy at least had limitations and a villain who had to be beaten with insane yet grounded physics. Now it's all convenient FTL ships they found drifting in the middle of nowhere, wormhole networks and one of the original trilogy villains showing up and being oddly tech savvy for being a military grunt.
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>>25540920
>I hate editors
So does GRRM.
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>>25540982
Agreed but I like the universe a lot. The beaver world is pretty cool, but definitely a filler episode. It stands as a trilogy just fine.

Wish they'd release the ebook same time as audio tho
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Red God?
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>>25541013
Yeah, I love the concept and it has some cool ideas, but the more books he writes the more stupid the world gets with aliens and their tech just being movie and show references. I miss when it was its own thing.
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>>25540515
>censored
FUCK YOU ANON
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>>25540694
>trans-furries
What a time to be alive.
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>>25540920
Your post really needed an editor.
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So I hit them with the grandma stare
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>>25540930
confused by what?
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what are the best of the DnD novels?
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>>25541022
At 200,000 words according to Pierce.

I am very concerned because he also said that a name he pulled out of a hat basically threw the entire book in disarray. He also accidentally slipped up and referred to Atalantia as Sovereign.

In short, I fear for my Sovereign Virginia.
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>>25541247
Well, it just felt like the rules were deliberately unclear or changing all the times, and some characters were just removed entirely for the plot halfway through until the very end. Like
>Celcha just fucks off from the story to find the center, and then she does (ok)
>Arpix dies, but actually not, but actually yes, he did, but actually it doesn't matter, and it's never mentioned by anyone again
>Elvar completely absent from the climax
>That one friend who somehow ended up as a queen, why ? It ended up not mattering at all. The second friend too, why the hell was she here for?
>The entire thing turns out to be an allegory about how huuuuuh you shouldn't burn books
>the two brothers never existed, but then who created the library, and Yute?

Anyway, it was all very, very messy. The first book was definitely the best of the three.
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>>25540394
That's a fucking bold choice for Deadhouse Gates.
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>>25539887
>>creates a solar system populated with humans in order to lure out and genocide the zōtl
Picked the fuck up.
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wanking to Brandon Sanderson
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>>25541484
only book you could do this with is Warbreaker
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>>25541202
would you become my editor, anoni?
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>>25539924
It's another attempt by Bakkerfag to sow discord within the general. He must have eaten a 3-day or got put in time out by his mom.
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>>25541509
Book?
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>>25541532
oh
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>>25541518
I don't work for free.
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