Glad your back

I’m halfway through my first read of Malazan but decided to sprinkle in the Esslemont books and the Erikson Novellas as well as the main 10. Enjoying so far although have taken a long break due to life

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I knew there were other authors writing in the universe I just don’t know what the reading order is supposed to be

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I get the nostalgia thing;I love The Chronicles of Narnia!!! It was my gateway for all things fantasy!

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Embarrassing confession but I never finished all of the chronicles

@adampruitt3399

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. cool how many did you read? O mysterious stranger Strike the bell and bide the danger Or ever wonder till it drives you mad What would have happened if you had

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I think I got to the one with the tower in the desert, think it was something caspian?

Malazan is awesome fantasy I have so many favorite characters :) The world of Malazan is so epic, there is battles that makes you O.o :D You even love some of the bad guys xd

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Liking it so far!

Percy Jackson is peak

Absolutely NOT me crying that you found a UK edition of Nevernight for fifty cents 😭 my fave series ever, definitely recommend!!!

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Haha will definitely be trying it out in the future!

I listened to a lot of Asimov audiobooks and enjoyed them. There is a recommended reading order you may wish to look into. He wrote many short stories and series which relate to robots and their three laws. They weren't necessarily all written to fit together, but he did end up weaving some together.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Got a favorite?

@jonathanoneal3915

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. I think my favorites are with Detective Baley.

Nevernight, he'll yea. That's a phenomenal series 👏

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it, are there sequels?

The Foundation series by Asimov is quite possibly my favorite hard sci-fi series. Worth a read at any point in your reading journey.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

What’s your favorite entry?

@browser30

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. Of the original trilogy, Foundation and Empire is possibly my favorite (with a great psychic adversary in The Mule). But of the expanded series, Foundation and Earth is possibly my favorite as it ties Asimov's Robot series into the Foundation series.

I have finished the PJO series. The plot is formulaic but it is still fun. Red Rising is kind of good that turns bad but Golden Sun cleans it up and gets five-star to me.

@TheJackedNerd.

Жыл бұрын

Percy Jackson was the best when I was growing up it got copied so much. Red Rising is probably my favorite book series of 2022

@deanryanmartin

Жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. Still on Book 3 of Red Rising here. Got to catch-up...

I recently finished Book of the New Sun. I'm not smart enough for the symbolism in these books but the tone, prose and surface story made it worthwhile though I'll be honest I don't really have a clue what happened in the last 8 or so chapters of Urth. I also read Dune and Dune Messiah, loved both books, Dune more than Messiah. Also a bit too smart for me to get all the symbolism but Dune is probably going to be my favourite book of all time, trying to delay stamping that because of recency bias. I'm halfway through Book 3 of DJ butlers witchy eye series. I loved Malazan so far, I'm at the start of Book 5, looking forward to your thoughts on it. There isn't exactly an "a-ha" moment and you never truly settle into a small key cast of characters who you follow, though I felt really emotionally connected to the ones erickson chooses to focus on in a given book. The end of book 4 hit me so hard emotionally that i started reading Science Fiction to get away from anything similar. Bit of an overreaction but dang did it hurt. The time stuff is a little odd in the start of GOTM but it's just a bit of inversion sequence of events regarding the siege, while the fishergirl stuff can be pinned as generally set before the siege being specific is unimportant. If you don't mind having what happened to the fisher girl explained to you I'd recommend you look at a critical Dragons youtube channel (he's a doctorate in Fantasy, developmental editor, personal friend to Erickson and the advanced reader for the series) for the video on understanding warrens. It begins as a specific explanation on warrens as a concept but really focuses on how erickson embeds meaning and foreshadowing in prose, with the particular example being the fisher girl scene. I'd also recommend his analysis of the prologue for that matter. Unfortunately I haven't read any Asimov, Kristoff? or Williams so I'd just be regurgitating what I've heard from videos.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Wow just looked up book of the new sun and there are some sick special editions. I think I might make it my goal to start reading those more introspective “smart” people novels during the breaks in the school year

Forgot to mention that there was a 10 year break between when Erickson wrote GOTM and Deadhouse Gates and his writing improves substantially between the break, though certain stylistic idiosyncrasies are retained till book 10.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t mind if it’s funky I’m sure I’ll get used to it

Percy Jackson IS peak fiction, and I’d defend it to my death.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

The undisputed GOAT

If you want to read Sci-Fi/Fantasy *and* read philosophy we should have a little chat about one Ursula K. LeGuin.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Another author I’ve gotta read

@basillemming442

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. Dude, you have no idea... EDIT: Here's a sample; just fifteen minuets long, though you may wish to allot more time than that. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mIhms8ywf7KbnJc.html ^^ Pigeon Extremist ~ "The Ones Who Who Walk Away From Omelas"

Have you read gene wolfe? I am new to channel he is my favourite author outside of Tolkien u should check out the book of the new sun series :D

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I have not, but somebody else also recommended that author!

Read the horus heresy, it will add 50lbs to your bench.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Books=steroids Sounds like a sweet deal