Can you share a bit about how you implemented?
Seconding this :)
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From that list: “Senlin Ascends” is a journey up a steampunk Tower of Babel whose main character starts off as a bit of a prat, but over the course of the book (and series) really matures and becomes a great character. I highly recommend it.
Thanks - I'll check it out.
You’re welcome. I hope you enjoy it.
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#53While we are on the topic, if I didn't like the "Mistborn" series, is it worth trying other Sanderson books? I felt like he did a really good job finishing the Wheel of Time, so it's not his writing per-se I didn't like, I just couldn't get invested in any of the characters in the series.
I liked the first trilogy of mistborn but lost interest in the sequels. There were parts of the first trilogy that .. well, were better than others. I think the Stormlight archive is Sanderson at his fantasy best. Characters driving plot in a cohesive, complex world. Stormlight has huge tombs of books covering a story that feels like it is really moving and subplots that tie back and resolve.
I quite liked Mistborn - only read the trilogy.
I'm worried about reading the Stormlight Archive because it's unfinished and ASOIAF and The Kingkiller Chronicle have burned me in that regard.
Does it actually look like he'll finish Stormlight though?
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I find the commercial top-n lists not useful. top fantasy: #1 urban vampires #2 harry potter top scifi: #1 star wars book #2 star trek book recommended for you: author(s) you bought before
> recommended for you: author(s) you bought before They're not going to do better than that. The author is almost the only thing that matters in determining whether or not you'll like a book. Now, if it's an author you bought before and then you hated the book, there's room for improvement in the recommendation.
> They're not going to do better than that.
I can give you a few examples where there's room for improvement.
If you liked jules verne, maybe you'll like h.g. wells
If you liked isaac asimov, maybe arthur c clarke.
If you liked william gibson, maybe bruce sterling.
If you liked twilight, arrgh!
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I liked the first trilogy of mistborn but lost interest in the sequels. There were parts of the first trilogy that .. well, were better than others. I think the Stormlight archive is Sanderson at his fantasy best. Characters driving plot in a cohesive, complex world. Stormlight has huge tombs of books covering a story that feels like it is really moving and subplots that tie back and resolve.
I quite liked Mistborn - only read the trilogy. I'm worried about reading the Stormlight Archive because it's unfinished and ASOIAF and The Kingkiller Chronicle have burned me in that regard. Does it actually look like he'll finish Stormlight though?
Of all the authors I'm following right now I think Brandon is the most likely to complete his "work". The guy is a machine for writing, he's never let a year pass without a new book.
Of course death/accidents can happen to anybody, but I can't imagine he's going to suddenly drop his output, given how prolific he has been over recent years.
One of his nice tricks is to "relax" by writing different kinds of books, which seems to be working out really well for him.
I conciously avoid reading incomplete series, with only two exceptions and he's one of them. (The other is Steven Brust, who I've been reading for 20+ years. Slowly getting closer to the finish-mark there, the waits between books aren't as bad as with some authors, but they're still annoying!)
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#56neat site and usual suspects are there, would prefer if you could add more books and some filters
I've been mostly reading fantasy books for past 5+ years and /r/Fantasy [1] has been the major source to find books. I like that there are plenty of discussions to focus on different categories, self published, underrated, webserials, etc.
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You find Scott Lynch crass and obscene? It's been a while since I finished those books but that doesn't ring a bell. Do you mean metaphorically like a crass analogy or like full of swear words? The former would bother me much more than the latter tbh , especially since we're following orphan street urchins - seems in character almost.
In the case of Lies of Locke Lamora, the book is full of swear words. That's not true of American Gods. The problem is the same, but the details are different.
Hate to break it to you, but life is full of swear words also.