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United States6429 Posts
On August 28 2013 04:29 AsmodeusXI wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 04:24 ketchup wrote:
If the topic is random books, you lot might want to try out "The Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear"(Patrick Rothfuss). They are great books, and quite easy to read despite how lengthy it might seem. Can't wait for the third book of the series, and hopefully a few more afterwards.
Also, going to say "The Way of Kings"(Brandon Sanderson) as well. Although only one part of that is released, and there's supposed to be quite a lot. THE KINGKILLER CHRONICLES ARE SO FUCKING GOOD. I just DON'T UNDERSTAND how he can fit everything he needs to in the "final" book of the "trilogy." My favorite Sanderson stuff is the Mistborn trilogy. That's some awesome fantasy right there.
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it's totally poised to be a trilogy of trilogies. the next book could get up to present day. the books allude to shit going down as the story is told, so the second trilogy could be about Kvothe dealing with that. meanwhile there's some even greater danger in the background, which gets resolved in the third trilogy.
I'm hoping to start reading Hyperion sometime this week.
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Does Atlas Shrugged count as a fantasy? lol.
Really though, on the topic of books, I've been meaning to start Infinite Jest, but been so busy.
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On August 28 2013 04:52 caelym wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 04:29 AsmodeusXI wrote:On August 28 2013 04:24 ketchup wrote:
If the topic is random books, you lot might want to try out "The Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear"(Patrick Rothfuss). They are great books, and quite easy to read despite how lengthy it might seem. Can't wait for the third book of the series, and hopefully a few more afterwards.
Also, going to say "The Way of Kings"(Brandon Sanderson) as well. Although only one part of that is released, and there's supposed to be quite a lot. THE KINGKILLER CHRONICLES ARE SO FUCKING GOOD. I just DON'T UNDERSTAND how he can fit everything he needs to in the "final" book of the "trilogy." My favorite Sanderson stuff is the Mistborn trilogy. That's some awesome fantasy right there. + Show Spoiler +
it's totally poised to be a trilogy of trilogies. the next book could get up to present day. the books allude to shit going down as the story is told, so the second trilogy could be about Kvothe dealing with that. meanwhile there's some even greater danger in the background, which gets resolved in the third trilogy.
Gonna spoiler everything just in case.
+ Show Spoiler +I can only hope this is true
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I think the only adult fiction book that I've read since graduating university is 1Q84 by Murakami Haruki.
That book is... strange. In the middle and in the end I felt like it was a real page turner, but... I couldn't figure out why.
I also read a novel in Japanese for the first time (and it took me two years!) but it was cheesy and crappy so it'll be a while before I start reading another one.
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Pootie too good!4331 Posts
On August 28 2013 00:09 obesechicken13 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 27 2013 17:31 JonGalt wrote:On August 27 2013 14:23 cLutZ wrote:On August 27 2013 14:00 obesechicken13 wrote:
Pokemon stadium is impossible. What? o my sentiments exactly. what part is impossible? mini game championships is the best anyway. The level 5 cup is quite hard. You get these rentals with shitty movesets and low to nonexistent IVs and EVs. The AI isn't that smart, but if all it does is use beatdown teams then it can invoke hax clause and eventually get lucky since it's 3v3 instead of a much more respectful 6v6. Then meanwhile, the opponents get whatever movesets and items they want, and if it's a level 50 battle, they get 5 levels on you for free.
way too tryhard bro. always mini games, never not mini games.
On August 28 2013 04:54 wei2coolman wrote:
Does Atlas Shrugged count as a fantasy? lol.
Really though, on the topic of books, I've been meaning to start Infinite Jest, but been so busy.
I think it goes without saying that I think Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic book.
a great guilty pleasure fantasy read is the black magician trilogy by trudi canavan. ender's game and bean's shadow of course are must reads.
if you didn't like harry potter you have no imagination and never knew what it meant to be a child.
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On August 28 2013 04:29 AsmodeusXI wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 04:24 ketchup wrote:
If the topic is random books, you lot might want to try out "The Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear"(Patrick Rothfuss). They are great books, and quite easy to read despite how lengthy it might seem. Can't wait for the third book of the series, and hopefully a few more afterwards.
Also, going to say "The Way of Kings"(Brandon Sanderson) as well. Although only one part of that is released, and there's supposed to be quite a lot. THE KINGKILLER CHRONICLES ARE SO FUCKING GOOD. I just DON'T UNDERSTAND how he can fit everything he needs to in the "final" book of the "trilogy." My favorite Sanderson stuff is the Mistborn trilogy. That's some awesome fantasy right there.
I read "THE KINGLER CHRONICLES ARE SO FUCKING GOOD" and then I was wondering how a pokemon fanfic ended up in this book discussion.
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On August 28 2013 05:12 JonGalt wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 00:09 obesechicken13 wrote:On August 27 2013 17:31 JonGalt wrote:On August 27 2013 14:23 cLutZ wrote:On August 27 2013 14:00 obesechicken13 wrote:
Pokemon stadium is impossible. What? o my sentiments exactly. what part is impossible? mini game championships is the best anyway. The level 5 cup is quite hard. You get these rentals with shitty movesets and low to nonexistent IVs and EVs. The AI isn't that smart, but if all it does is use beatdown teams then it can invoke hax clause and eventually get lucky since it's 3v3 instead of a much more respectful 6v6. Then meanwhile, the opponents get whatever movesets and items they want, and if it's a level 50 battle, they get 5 levels on you for free. way too tryhard bro. always mini games, never not mini games. Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 04:54 wei2coolman wrote:
Does Atlas Shrugged count as a fantasy? lol.
Really though, on the topic of books, I've been meaning to start Infinite Jest, but been so busy. I think it goes without saying that I think Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic book. a great guilty pleasure fantasy read is the black magician trilogy by trudi canavan. ender's game and bean's shadow of course are must reads. if you didn't like harry potter you have no imagination and never knew what it meant to be a child.
For people who still like HP, try Groosham Grange by Anthony Horowitz. It's kind of the same subject matter, but still quite different.
And yeah, I grew up with HP too. Book 7 came out when I was 17 iirc.
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On August 28 2013 05:12 JonGalt wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 00:09 obesechicken13 wrote:On August 27 2013 17:31 JonGalt wrote:On August 27 2013 14:23 cLutZ wrote:On August 27 2013 14:00 obesechicken13 wrote:
Pokemon stadium is impossible. What? o my sentiments exactly. what part is impossible? mini game championships is the best anyway. The level 5 cup is quite hard. You get these rentals with shitty movesets and low to nonexistent IVs and EVs. The AI isn't that smart, but if all it does is use beatdown teams then it can invoke hax clause and eventually get lucky since it's 3v3 instead of a much more respectful 6v6. Then meanwhile, the opponents get whatever movesets and items they want, and if it's a level 50 battle, they get 5 levels on you for free. way too tryhard bro. always mini games, never not mini games. Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 04:54 wei2coolman wrote:
Does Atlas Shrugged count as a fantasy? lol.
Really though, on the topic of books, I've been meaning to start Infinite Jest, but been so busy. I think it goes without saying that I think Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic book. a great guilty pleasure fantasy read is the black magician trilogy by trudi canavan. ender's game and bean's shadow of course are must reads. if you didn't like harry potter you have no imagination and never knew what it meant to be a child.
Playing stadium with rentals is silly. Just import pkmn from your cartridge and dominate.
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Pootie too good!4331 Posts
oh and the eragon series is great!
@doctor I like Horowitz. what else has he done?
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United States23745 Posts
On August 28 2013 04:06 Ryuu314 wrote:
supernaturalist by eoin colfer is super underrated and overshadowed by artemis fowl series.
the Bartimaeus trilogy by jonathon stroud is super good too
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Dracula will forever be the best child/young teenager book ever.
It's just so incredibly well written !
Except the end. Fuck the end.
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Still waiting for GRRM to release AWOW. I'll probably be waiting for a decade if the gap between AFFC and ADWD is anything to go by. 
Beyond that, too busy reading social science literature. I think I'm the only person who actually enjoys reading Durkheim's Suicide. And who doesn't enjoy a good, academic paper positively correlating armed intervention with civilian victimization in intrastate conflicts? <_<;
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On August 28 2013 04:57 ketchup wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 04:52 caelym wrote:On August 28 2013 04:29 AsmodeusXI wrote:+ Show Spoiler +
it's totally poised to be a trilogy of trilogies. the next book could get up to present day. the books allude to shit going down as the story is told, so the second trilogy could be about Kvothe dealing with that. meanwhile there's some even greater danger in the background, which gets resolved in the third trilogy.
Gonna spoiler everything just in case. + Show Spoiler +I can only hope this is true
Spoilers into Wise Man's Fears
+ Show Spoiler +The lamest copout:
1. Kvothe is a people of storytellers.
2. Characters dumbfounded by Kvothe's inability in present day
ONLY LOGICAL CONCLUSION: HIS PAST WAS ALL ONE MASSIVE MADE UP STORY TROLOLOLOL.
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On a more serious note, I'm really interested if the 'drunken capitalization' in Denna's letter has a meaning revealed later on.
My only beef with Sanderson is his need for every main/side character to have a nickname. EVERY TIME. Dunno why it bothers me really. That said, love his world building and implementation of magic systems. My reading path was actually Way of Kings into Mistborn into Elantris, lol.
From Wiki:
"Words of Radiance is an upcoming epic fantasy novel by American author Brandon Sanderson. The book is intended to be a sequel to The Way of Kings and the second in a planned ten-novel[1] series called The Stormlight Archive."
wat
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United States23745 Posts
On August 28 2013 05:44 Lord Tolkien wrote:Still waiting for GRRM to release AWOW. I'll probably be waiting for a decade if the gap between AFFC and ADWD is anything to go by. Beyond that, too busy reading social science literature. I think I'm the only person who actually enjoys reading Durkheim's Suicide. And who doesn't enjoy a good, academic paper positively correlating armed intervention with and civilian victimization in intrastate conflicts? <_<;
Well hopefully the gap between books is a little shorter.
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On August 28 2013 05:52 onlywonderboy wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 05:44 Lord Tolkien wrote:Still waiting for GRRM to release AWOW. I'll probably be waiting for a decade if the gap between AFFC and ADWD is anything to go by. Beyond that, too busy reading social science literature. I think I'm the only person who actually enjoys reading Durkheim's Suicide. And who doesn't enjoy a good, academic paper positively correlating armed intervention with and civilian victimization in intrastate conflicts? <_<; Well hopefully the gap between books is a little shorter.
Hopefully yes. But given we were promised 1 year between AFFC and ADWD (ha), I'm not holding my breath. -.-
Anyone read the Mistborn series? Fantastic worldbuilding.
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On August 28 2013 05:57 Lord Tolkien wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2013 05:52 onlywonderboy wrote:On August 28 2013 05:44 Lord Tolkien wrote:Still waiting for GRRM to release AWOW. I'll probably be waiting for a decade if the gap between AFFC and ADWD is anything to go by. Beyond that, too busy reading social science literature. I think I'm the only person who actually enjoys reading Durkheim's Suicide. And who doesn't enjoy a good, academic paper positively correlating armed intervention with and civilian victimization in intrastate conflicts? <_<; Well hopefully the gap between books is a little shorter. Hopefully yes. But given we were promised 1 year between AFFC and ADWD (ha), I'm not holding my breath. -.- Anyone read the Mistborn series? Fantastic worldbuilding.
There was a lot of shit with AFFC and ADWD (multiple rewrites, scarping a time jump) that hopefully can be avoided with TWOW. I mean I don't expect it super soon or anything, I'm not delusional.
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The Abhorsen trilogy was a good one I remember.
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United States15536 Posts
On August 28 2013 06:13 mordek wrote:
The Abhorsen trilogy was a good one I remember.
Ugh. Also so good.
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Abhorsen was great, glad to see that ya'll read a lot of stuff that I love.
If you guys are interested in that sort of kind of gritty fantasy, try The Night Angel trilogy (Brent Weeks), the Demon Cycle (Peter Brett), The First Law (Joe Abercrombie), The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch), the Dagger and the Coin (Daniel Abraham) or Codex Alera (Jim Butcher). A couple of them start off real strong but admittedly start to drag a bit. A pretty good standalone is Tigana.
For epic feelz, read the Fault in Our Stars. Not fantasy, but oh my god the feelz.
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The Stone and the Flute by Hans Bemmann is a quite nice novel. Probably better in German, as I think it's the original language, but very good in English also.
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