The Fantasy/Sci-Fi Books Thread Book • Page 107

I did always mean to go back, just always got sidetracked. It's a good reminder. For one thing @Garrett was the one who rec'd it to me awhile ago and I trust his taste.

 

I just rec’d it to another buddy and about 1/2 of the way in he was like, “I’m not seeing your praise…” and I was like “wait for the moment it no longer feels YA” and about three days later he was mid-book 3.

 

I need this.

 

I think I want to dive into that series before the Licanius stuff

 

you've got plenty of time. I've yet to read Licanius though

 

Some of you may have already read it as we talk about this series a lot, but happy official 'Disquiet Gods' (Suneater) release day. I am not rereading 4 / 5 as they're recent, but plowing through a reread of 3 to start this one by the end of the week. Super, super excited especially as 3 is every bit as good, if not better in hindsight, as I remember it.

 

Yeah were probably a couple of years out from the hierarchy series being complete.

 

Buckle up. Disquiet Gods is my favorite after some reflection this month.

 

I went from no Sci Fi to deciding between 3, continuing Red Rising, Defiant (little late on this one) and Disquiet Gods. Will probably be Defiant first since I've waited too long.

 

Defiant is good stuff. All good choices though haha.

For everyone: Chirp is having a deal on a couple Poul Anderson audiobooks—The Broken Sword and The Boat of a Million Years, each for $2.99. Poul Anderson is a criminally underread SFF writer who was foundational to the genre starting in the 1940s. Every book I've read of his has been phenomenal.

The Broken Sword is read by Bronson Pinchot and it's marvelous. It came out in 1954, the same year as The Fellowship of the Ring, and there is a genuine conversation to be had about which novel is the better-written, more poetic, more powerful fantasy novel. Seriously. It's a Viking Age fantasy with trolls and heroes and bright swords and dark sorcery and it's crazy good.

Check it out friends.

 

thank you very much for the heads up. those are great prices, and I'm extremely intrigued by your description.

 

I think you’ll like his stuff. He did mostly science fiction and I’m slowly working my way through his catalogue. Really inventive, great characters, and superb voice and writing style.

 

I just started Light Bringer and can confirm the Red Rising series gets much less YA feeling as the series goes along.

 

Anyone have any thoughts on Acts of Caine? It was recommended to me, but I'm trying to avoid spoilers and not quite sure what kind of book it is. It looks up my alley. Any fans or not fans of it here?

The Acts of Caine Series by Matthew Woodring Stover

 

I picked this up in a charity shop and it has one of the worst covers ive ever seen but ive yet to read it. I'm not sure who it was but i think it was @Garrett who loved it? I can't remember who. It does have great reviews bar the cover!

 

I have never heard of it, but @Vivatoto gave it 5 stars on GoodReads.

 

If its not you then its @Vivatoto , i took my 50/50 and failed :(

 

started Babel last week as part of my library's fantasy book club. I'm also nearly halfway done with the final book in The Poppy War so I'm in a bit of a Kuangassaince, if you will

 

I totally forgot that was the name of the series and was like, how am I giving 5 stars to something I don’t remember, lol. But yeah Heroes Die fucking rules, its like a grimdark Ready Player One. Definitely a favorite.

 

I picked it up in a charity shop but Grimdark Ready Player One sounds awesome!

 

Well, all files have been finalized and uploaded for Tangleweed ahead of publication on Friday. Whew. Now I'm going to go sleep for a week.


Or maybe...



No maps in the book this time around, because I want to make sure they look good and would print well, but I anticipate by 1.5 that'll be all squared away and we'll have like 5 or 6 nice maps going forward.

But I'm going to be posting maps to the website as soon as they're finished, so by Friday I should at least have one up that covers the region of the book. Fingers crossed.

 

Congratulations! That is really awesome. I cannot wait to get my copy soon.

 

Stoked for this!!!

 

finished up the Poppy War trilogy and now fully focused on Babel. I liked the former, but it's crazy how much of an improvement Babel is. I also had no idea Kuang was 19 when the first Poppy War book was finished and 23 when the trilogy was done. Wild stuff!

 

Thats insane lol, I had no idea. Her career is gonna be massive