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On August 30 2016 08:03 Crusnik wrote:
I need fantasy recommendations, I'm almost done with First Law, then I'm going to read Kingkiller, but after that I'm out and I'll still have like, 4 weeks until I'm laid off for the year...
um the Dragon and the George is pretty great light fantasy from the guy who write the Childe Cycle. The full series is called the Dragon Knight series but dragon and the George is the first book. doesn't take itself seriously at all. Basically guy and his girlfriend get trapped in fantasy england and he's a wizard who can turn into a dragon. It's not a full parody but it's hilarious. Great characters. If you're looking for something serious or heavy though it's probably not your cup of tea.
dresden files got boring after a while to me. maybe someday I'll go back and read it some more. They just kept coming out with them and I lost all interest. Plus for some reason it annoyed me how like every single book it was up to him to save the world.
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On August 30 2016 08:07 Requizen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2016 08:03 Crusnik wrote:
I need fantasy recommendations, I'm almost done with First Law, then I'm going to read Kingkiller, but after that I'm out and I'll still have like, 4 weeks until I'm laid off for the year... Dresden Files Dresden Files Dresden Files Discworld
I second Discworld.
If you're a big fantasy reader you will appreciate it's satire and parody of the entire genre, without mocking it outright.
I read a Discworld book in between each Malazan: Book of the Fallen to lighten the mood.
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On August 30 2016 09:36 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2016 08:03 Crusnik wrote:
I need fantasy recommendations, I'm almost done with First Law, then I'm going to read Kingkiller, but after that I'm out and I'll still have like, 4 weeks until I'm laid off for the year... ... dresden files got boring after a while to me. maybe someday I'll go back and read it some more. They just kept coming out with them and I lost all interest
Is it actually any good?
I made it like 3 pages into the first Dresden Files book and put it down because it struck me as youth fiction and I'm not 15 anymore.
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Malazan seems more like what I would enjoy, its more dark fantasy, right?
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On August 30 2016 09:44 Nemireck wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2016 09:36 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote:On August 30 2016 08:03 Crusnik wrote:
I need fantasy recommendations, I'm almost done with First Law, then I'm going to read Kingkiller, but after that I'm out and I'll still have like, 4 weeks until I'm laid off for the year... ... dresden files got boring after a while to me. maybe someday I'll go back and read it some more. They just kept coming out with them and I lost all interest Is it actually any good? I made it like 3 pages into the first Dresden Files book and put it down because it struck me as youth fiction and I'm not 15 anymore.
I thought it was good I just never really got invested in the characters and kinda lost interest. It got the the point where I was reading a novel to see what happened and at the end realized I had lost all interest in the story and wasn't really feeling like they were worth reading. still enjoyed them mostly.
I should note that I can't make it through any long Novel series and this is not unique to the Dresden files.
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The Black Company yo. Also Garrett PI if you're into detective+magic, but instead of adapting fantasy to IRL, it adapts the Noir genre to fantasy (with its cliche and stuff).
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Hmm, I'll look into these, and any others I end up coming across, not sure what I'll do over the long, cold, winter months, bundled into my room and chair 
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joe abercrombie has an ongoing series if you're interested
the lies of lock lamora
the painted man
name of the wind (though you've probably read it)
the way of shadows
the scar (and other china mieville novels)
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one more suggestion is the Darwath trilogy. I remember reading the first book and liking it although I never finished.
have the books with me right now but can't really remember them and summaries aren't super informative. first one is The time of the Dark, which as far as I know is the only cover that has a wizard sitting in a kitchen drinking a beer. then its the Walls of air and the Armies of daylight
basicaly wizard shows up pulls people to another world where something called the Dark has shown up.
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On August 30 2016 07:18 Requizen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2016 06:09 jcarlsoniv wrote:On August 30 2016 05:12 Requizen wrote:
2016 sucks. can confirm Did you ever find your buddy?
nope
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Might be worth checking out The way of kings/ Stormlight Archive books if you havent already.
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These legion pre events really hammer home how bad the average WoW player is.
300 people fighting raid boss, for some reason I'm the only one there that interupts any spells.
o.O
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On August 30 2016 09:44 Nemireck wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2016 09:36 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote:On August 30 2016 08:03 Crusnik wrote:
I need fantasy recommendations, I'm almost done with First Law, then I'm going to read Kingkiller, but after that I'm out and I'll still have like, 4 weeks until I'm laid off for the year... ... dresden files got boring after a while to me. maybe someday I'll go back and read it some more. They just kept coming out with them and I lost all interest Is it actually any good? I made it like 3 pages into the first Dresden Files book and put it down because it struck me as youth fiction and I'm not 15 anymore.
They're extremely good. The first two are not his best work but that's the norm for any authors first published works. Unless you don't like action/mystery.
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On August 30 2016 10:25 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2016 07:18 Requizen wrote:On August 30 2016 06:09 jcarlsoniv wrote:On August 30 2016 05:12 Requizen wrote:
2016 sucks. can confirm Did you ever find your buddy? nope
Dude 
((
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On August 30 2016 06:09 jcarlsoniv wrote:can confirm
I was going to come in here and be all like "naw man, 2015 was worse than 2016".
But then I read the next page, and it sounds like 2016 has been pretty bad for you.
So I know that it probably doesn't mean much, but I can relate to bad stuff happening, especially bad stuff happening to good people.
You're a cool dude Soniv. I sincerely hope for the best for you.
Also: Music Monday submissions:
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Hope you guys like Samurai Champloo!
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On August 30 2016 10:25 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2016 07:18 Requizen wrote:On August 30 2016 06:09 jcarlsoniv wrote:On August 30 2016 05:12 Requizen wrote:
2016 sucks. can confirm Did you ever find your buddy? nope
=(
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On August 30 2016 11:29 Frudgey wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2016 06:09 jcarlsoniv wrote:On August 30 2016 05:12 Requizen wrote:
2016 sucks. can confirm I was going to come in here and be all like "naw man, 2015 was worse than 2016". But then I read the next page, and it sounds like 2016 has been pretty bad for you. So I know that it probably doesn't mean much, but I can relate to bad stuff happening, especially bad stuff happening to good people. You're a cool dude Soniv. I sincerely hope for the best for you. Also: Music Monday submissions: + Show Spoiler +Hope you guys like Samurai Champloo!
RIP Nujabes
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Jun Seba dabes
Hai frudgers
League of legends confirmed for fun game when you're a casual. Soniv, they changed Viktor a little. He felt super weird when I tried him.
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@Crusnik
from what ive heard, black company per alarics tip is quite dark.
malazan imo is not very dark, more like a swirly murky grey.
i love it though. People say the first book can be hard getting in to.
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I think I'm going to not bother with Malazan, trying to figure out how to read it will be annoying and more trouble than it's worth I think, lol.
Kinda wish I had a day off so I could spend some time talking with the friend who recommended Kingkiller and First Law without waiting for the weekend...curse the different shifts we work
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