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1. The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)

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2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

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3. Into the Labyrinth: Mage Errant Book 1

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4. Blood Song (A Raven's Shadow Novel, Book 1)

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5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

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6. Free the Darkness (King's Dark Tidings Book 1)

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7. Super Powereds: Year 1

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8. A Visit from the Goon Squad

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10. The Crafting of Chess: A LitRPG adventure

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11. Never Let Me Go

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12. Where the Waters Turn Black (Yarnsworld Book 2)

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13. Parable of the Sower (Earthseed)

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20. Never Let Me Go

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u/Integrated_Delusions · 2 pointsr/rational

Online fiction:

Pact: I'm enjoying Pact. Not as much overall as Worm, but there are some moments that are pretty awesome like [6.11](#s "not existing when the Behaim's do their thing with perception, and it goes straight from 6.10->6.12. Meta shenanigans are best shenanigans.")

Citadel: It's exactly what would happen if you cross Super Powereds' setting with characters from Worm. Not enough story yet to get a really good feel for how it's going to turn out, and the chapter length leaves something to be desired, although the update rate makes up for it. So far, I'm willing to keep reading it, which is more than I can say for most serials I start.

I second Hard Reset, and its sequels. Entertaining time loop shenanigans, and the characterization is pretty good ([Pinkie Pie](#s " narrator is best narrator.")). It's worth mentioning that I've never watched the show, or had any interest in watching the show, but I still found it fairly entertaining.

While we're on the subject of ponyfic, Fallout Equestria is one of my favorite pieces of fiction. Dark MLP!Fallout, not much else to say.

The Optimalverse, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, is also pretty good. Satisfying values through ponies and friendship has never been more gratifying. Or terrifying, depending on your viewpoint and whether or not CelestAI's actions creep you the hell out.

Leftover Soup is a webcomic that I enjoy almost as much as the author's comments. There were quite a few times while reading it and thought "Huh, you know, that's a good point. I never thought of it that way."

The SilverClawShift Campaign Archives: What everybody wishes their DnD group was like. Fairly epic campaign.

Old Man Henderson: what every GM is terrified their group will be like.

Inviolate: A DC universe spanning conspiracy. Probably better if you have previous understanding of the universe, but I found it entertaining with just a layman's knowledge base.

Good ol' paperbacks:

Finished up Blood Song and its sequel Tower Lord not too long ago. Really enjoyed Blood Song, had a few issues with Tower Lord, but overall two very good books.

The Red Knight was pretty good as well, although it did have a tendency to get caught up in medieval armor jargon. I have no idea what most of those word were, but understanding is not necessary to enjoy the story.

The Dragon's Path is the first novel in the Dagger and the Coin series, and it looks pretty promising. Some entertaining political/economic maneuvering.

For fans of the Dresden Files, Benedict Jacka's Fated and it's sequels have much the same vibe. So far, it's only about as good as the early to mid Dresden Files, but the author has been improving steadily.

u/Cdresden · 3 pointsr/suggestmeabook

I've definitely been intrigued by The Goblin Emperor, but I've bought a ton of great books I need to read first. It seems like a fresh take on common fantasy tropes.

I have The Dragon's Path because it came free when I bought the ebook of Leviathan Wakes, by Abraham & Ty Franck. I haven't read it yet, though I've really been enjoying the Leviathan Wakes series. Together, they are a great writing duo, and that series is currently in production as a TV series for Syfy, premiering next year. :)

I'm a fairly hardcore SF fan, and I've really only started appreciating fantasy in the past couple of years. Most of the genre is unreadable for me (due to elves & crystals), but I've been pleasantly surprised on a few occasions. Blood Song by Anthony Ryan was a well-written, notable 1st novel, but this year's sequel Tower Lord was hands-down outstanding, a remarkable improvement in plotting.

I also love Joe Abercrombie. He's written 6 books in the same universe; you need to start at the beginning with The Blade Itself. Abercrombie's stuff is long on swords & short on sorcery, it's a sort of fantasy noir. I love his dialogue, how he's able to turn a phrase & make it fresh rather than a cliche, and he excels at writing action scenes. He's now working on a new YA series, starting with Half a King. I avoid YA, but he's a favorite of mine, so I read it & loved it. The 1st sequel is out in 6 months.

u/WanderingWayfarer · 22 pointsr/Fantasy

Some of my favorite books available on Kindle Unlimited:

They Mostly Come Out At Night and Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict Patrick

Paternus by Dyrk Ashton

Danse Macabre by Laura M. Hughes

The Half Killed by Quenby Olson

A Star Reckoners Lot by Darrell Drake

Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe

Jaeth's Eye by K. S. Villoso


Here are some that I haven't read, but have heard mostly positive things about:

The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes

Revenant Winds by Mitchell Hogan

Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R Fletcher

A Warrior's Path by Davis Ashura

Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher

Faithless by Graham Austin-King. He also has another series, The Riven Wyrde Saga, beginning with Fae - The Wild Hunt

Ours is the Storm by D. Thourson Palmer

Path of Man by Matt Moss

Threat of Madness by D.K. Holmberg

To Whatever End by Claire Frank

House of Blades by Will Wight

Path of Flames by Phil Tucker

The Woven Ring by M. D. Presley

Awaken Online: Catharsis by Travis Bagwell

Wolf of the North by Duncan M. Hamilton

Free the Darkness by Kel Kade

The Cycle of Arawn Trilogy by Edward W. Robinson

Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw

Benjamim Ashwood by AC Cobble

The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson

The Queens Poinsoner by Jeff Wheeler

Stiger's Tigers by Marc Alan Edelheit 

Rise of the Ranger by Philip C. Quaintrell 

Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron

Devil's Night Dawning by Damien Black


Here are some older fantasy and sci-fi books that I enjoyed:

Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany - African inspired S&S by an extremely talented writer.

Witch World as well as other good books by Andre Norton

Swords and Deviltry The first volume of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber - Many of the tropes of the rogue/thief came from this legendary duo created by Leiber. And it's worth noting that Leiber actually coined the term Sword & Sorcery. This collection contains 3 stories, two average origin stories for each character and the final story is the Hugo and Nebula winning novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar" detailing the first meeting of Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser.

Swords Against Darkness - A '70s S&S anthology. It has few stinkers, a few mediocre stories, and a some really good ones. Poul Anderson and Ramsey Campbell both have awesome stories in this anthology that are well worth checking out. For some reason, there were quite a few typos in this book, it was slightly distracting, but may have been fixed since I read it.

The Best of C. L. Moore by C. L. Moore. I read this earlier this year and I absolutely loved it. The collection is all sci-fi and one Jirel of Joiry story, which is her famous female Sword & Sorcery character. I was suprised by how well her sci-fi stories held up, often times pulp sci-fi doesn't age well, but this collection was great. Moore was married to the writer Henry Kuttner, and up until his death they wrote a bunch of great stories together. Both of their collections are basically collaborations, although I'm sure a few stories were done solo. His collection The Best of Henry Kuttner features the short story that the movie The Last Mimzy was based on. And, if you are into the original Twilight Zone TV series there is a story that was adapted into a memorable season 1 episode entitled "What You Need". Kuttner and Moore are two of my favorite pulp authors and I'm not even that into science fiction, but I really enjoy their work.

u/SmallFruitbat · 2 pointsr/YAwriters

Adult Dystopian Recommendations:

  • Oryx and Crake – Jimmy/Snowman coasts through life fueled mainly by ennui. His only rebellion is to be mediocre when his advantages in society (white, upper (maybe middle) class, Western male) have him poised for success. Glenn/Crake deliberately turns himself into the Big Bad in order to correct the wrongs he sees in society. Whether his main issue is with human nature, sucking the planet dry, socially stratified capitalist society, willful ignorance, or insatiety and curiosity is unclear. Oryx sees it all and accepts them all, knowing that she’s too unimportant to do anything except pick up the pieces and provide comfort in the meantime.

  • The Year of the Flood – The world and especially capitalist society is stacked against you, but resourcefulness and an open mind will serve you well.

  • The Handmaid’s Tale – Quiet rebellions like memory and record-keeping can be subversive also. But it’s only actions that set the stage for change. And the people you (maybe?) save will interpret everything differently from your intentions anyways.

  • Never Let Me Go – Is it truly a dystopia when only a small group is affected? If you’re thinking of reading this, do not under any circumstances watch the movie trailer. The slow build to “something is not quite right” is part of the charm.

  • Into the Forest – Literary fiction. More about acceptance and regression to a [“natural”](#s "and feminist, which apparently means incestuous but Deep! and Thematically! incestuous") state.

  • Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress – Historical fiction about Chinese reeducation camps, but still pretty dystopian. Bourgeois teenage boy questions his educated, upper-class roots and teaches peasant love interest about Western literature. [She](#s "abandons him for a capitalist dream because the lesson she took from it was that love was worthless. Basically, they both take away the worst parts of each other’s starting philosophies and smash them together.")

  • Wild Ginger – If historical fiction is happening, why not another Cultural Revolution one? If you keep your head down, you might just survive long enough to grow up and really see the hypocrisy – stuff even greater than what you saw as a kid.

  • 1984 – Isn’t this more about how the system will break you and leave you a husk of your former self if you trust anyone completely? So you should be smart and skeptical and never assume things are in your best interest just because someone’s telling you so.

  • Brave New World – Have to admit, at 12 this had me thinking that maybe fascism wasn’t such a bad idea after all. The despair and existential crisis aspects weren’t hitting me then: I just noticed how happy almost everyone else was.

  • The Road – All about bleakness and futility and carrying on because the hope of family’s the only good thing left?

  • Fahrenheit 451, where the people in charge are corrupt specifically concerning that thing you're fighting against.

  • World War Z – I’m almost hesitant to call this dystopian, because even though it’s about a freaking zombie apocalypse, it’s uplifting to hear all the stories of human resourcefulness and ingenuity and the mental strength you didn’t think was there. Of course, some of the stories covered are “logical responses” gone bad.

    YA-ish Dystopian Recommendations:

  • Feed – It doesn’t work out for the only [person](#s "(Violet)") who truly fought the system (she’s beaten down so horribly that it’s heartbreaking that even the reader wants to look away), but she does technically inspire one other person to at least notice what’s going on in the world, even if it’s probably too late.

  • Hunger Games – Katniss is really only involved because she has nowhere else to go. Side characters have real motivations for being involved, but she really is a figurehead along for the ride and that’s OK. The story is about that and how she copes.

  • The Selectioncough Popcorn cough. America is highly motivated by money (For her struggling family, of course). Ignoring the love triangle stuff, her ideal is to move from serfdom to literally any other [political system.](#s "And this never happens. The political buildup you see in The Selection and The Elite is stomped all over in the vapid cheesecake of the love hexagon finale.")

  • Incarceron & Sapphique – Finn’s rebellion is that he just wants out to someplace that must be better. Claudia lives in artificial luxury and rebels mostly just for personal rebellion, not anyone else’s sake.

  • The Giver – Probably more MG, but how did running away from one collective society automatically become “capitalism is best?” Jonah runs away because he’s learned enough to make his own moral decisions about one of the helpless members of his society (and artificial protection sounds socialist to me). I can’t remember reading the sequels.

  • The Book Thief – Again, MG and historical fiction about a bombed out German town in WWII, but I think a setting like that qualifies it as dystopian. Technically, Liesl fights the system by stealing (possibly forbidden) books from the wealthy and by not reporting the Jew in the basement, but that last one is just showing loyalty to her new family. Her entire upbringing predisposed her to not trust the System, especially a War System, anyways.

    Other Dystopias:

  • Matched and Delirium will be considered together because they are the same damn book, right down to the Boy-Who-Could-Have-Been-Chosen-If-Not-For-Rebellion! and the protagonist’s government-approved hobby. Delirium has better writing. Matched is easier to read and has more likable characters. We get it, teenagers should be allowed to date who they like and mommy and daddy non-biological guardians shouldn’t say no. Also, it sucks to have a guidance counselor Make A Schedule for you in order to prepare you for an office job equivalent that’s full of busywork but one of the few respectable positions left. The horror! Seriously, in what world is that rebelling against socialism? You know, that thing that promotes trade schools and equal rights for everyone, even the people you don’t personally like?

  • Divergent – I’m going to let someone else handle that one because urgh. I know a lot of people like it, and it’s YA, so someone else, please support, qualify, or refute.

    I’d also be curious to hear what /u/bethrevis has to say about the societies on Godspeed and elsewhere and where they fit into this opinion piece.

    Guys, I think I just wrote an English essay. And probably put more work into it than I did in high school. And I won’t even get an A because it’s the internet and we deal solely in lolcats.

    But tl;dr: Adult dystopias (that I’ve read) tend to be about the futility of existence or the necessity of self-sacrifice to get a result. The YA dystopias I liked were a little more hopeful (usually) and didn’t support this opinion piece’s thesis. The ones I didn’t like made me understand the hate for dystopias.
u/NorwegianGlaswegian · 7 pointsr/norsk

It takes time to get your brain tuned in. Some suggestions:

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  1. Try a VPN service, and watch a lot of stuff from NRKs web TV service. Can also switch on subs and read the whole transcript independently.

  2. Look for podcasts in Norwegian on topics you are into, doesn't matter if you don't catch it all, just concentrate and keep doing your studies. You will begin to pick up more and more of what is going on, as long as the dialect is familiar, at least.

  3. Read lots of articles in Norwegian, both news stuff, and content about stuff you are into.

  4. Check out the excellent, if tricky to install and initially get used to program "Learning With Texts": http://lwt.sourceforge.net/ (A lot to take in, but so worth it, make sure to read up on setting up your own dictionaries)

  5. Set up your dictionary using www.ordnett.no and use the username oslo2 and password 2oslo and change the flag next to the search field to the UK one for English results first.

  6. I highly recommend the book Naiv. Super. by Erlend Loe. You can get it in Englsh translation as well, though the very very occasional sentence gets dropped for some reason.

  7. If you want the easiet to read version of Naiv. Super. then check out the "nels norsk-engelsk lesebok serie version: https://www.amazon.com/Naiv-Super-Nelsbok-1-Norwegian/dp/0976307200

    If you can, try and track down the audiobook or "lydbok" version to listen to along with it. Reading novels along with the accompanying audiobook can help you get used to parsing the sounds of Norwegian, The nels version has translations for more difficult words and idiomatic language in the margins, along with help with some prepositional phrases. I am finding it to be excellent, but the translations are very much based on the context of the line. Sometimes you might want to look up a word on ordnett to get more synonyms.



    I have found listening to as much Norwegian as possible while learning vocabulary in context very valuable. And with a novel like Niav. Super. which has quite simple sentences, it is easy to memorise some sentences to help nail down a certain word or phrase and you get to see it in a greater context. Hope this helps and gives you some ideas.

    Edit: Tidied up a couple of things.
u/Salaris · 14 pointsr/Fantasy

I personally tend to enjoy the magical combat in stories that have very clear magical rules, so that you can try to figure out how characters will use their abilities tactically in order to defeat their opponents.

Some examples:

  • The Way of Kings is the first book in the Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson. It’s a bit of a slow start – the book is around a thousand pages – but Sanderon excels at world building, internal consistency, and “avalanche” endings where many plot threads come together at once. There are some huge, amazing set piece battles in both the first book and later books in the series.

  • Unsouled is the first book in Will Wight's Cradle series. Will’s series emphasizes intense action and long-term character growth. They’re much shorter and faster paced than most of the other options on this list, but absolutely have a lot of magical combat. (They're probably more focused on that than any of the other ones, really.)

  • Mother of Learning is about a novice mage who gets stuck in a month-long time loop. The magic system is something of a mix between D&Dish schools of magic and anime-style training exercises. We learn more about the magic system as the protagonist does. Lots of fun twists on the genre in there, too.

  • Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers by Ishio Yamagata is fantastic if you enjoy fantasy mixed with mysteries. There's plenty of magical combat in there, with several magic users in the main cast, each with different magic types.

  • Sufficiently Advanced Magic is one of my own books. It's a magical academy novel, but with a style inspired by anime and Japanese RPGs like Final Fantasy, the Tales series, etc. It's very heavy on the magic system side of things, with the main character spending a fair bit of time in classes and studying to learn how magic works. If what you’re looking for is a story where learning how to use magic creatively is a major focus, you might enjoy this.

  • Into the Labyrinth by John Bierce is another magical university novel in a similar style to Mother of Learning and Sufficiently Advanced Magic. Each of the central protagonists has a clearly distinct magical specialization, and learning magic is a huge focus of the story as a whole.

  • Forge of Destiny by Yrsillar is a web serial that started out as a Quest (a form of interactive fiction with user interaction). It involves a young woman studying the art of harnessing her qi in a school-like environment with numerous rivals and dangers. It’s essentially a magical school story, but with martial/spiritual artists, rather than traditional wizards. I strongly recommend it.
u/bobd785 · 4 pointsr/Fantasy

I'll add some of my favorites that you didn't mention. They are mostly Superhero, because that's what got me into self published authors that are frequently on KU.

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis Taylor. Great sci fi with plenty of humor and nerdy pop culture references, but also a fare share of danger and adventure. KU has all 3 books in the Bobiverse.

Sensation: A Superhero Novel by Kevin Hardman. This is a YA Super Hero novel, and is the first of 7 along with a couple spinoffs and short stories. The author also has a sci fi series and a fantasy series, but I haven't read them yet. I'm pretty sure all of his books are on KU.

Into the Labyrinth by John Bierce. This is the Mage Errant series. The 3rd book just came out, and there is a post here by the author. This is a book centered on a magical school, and it has a very good and detailed hard magic system.

Fid's Crusade by David Reiss. This is a Super Villain novel, and is darker than a lot of superhero books out there. There are currently 3 books in the Chronicles of Fid. I've only read the first one but I really liked it, and I even bought it when it was on sale so I could go back and read it again sometime instead of relying on it being on KU forever.

Arsenal by Jeffery H. Haskell. Another Super Hero novel, this one is probably in between the other two I mentioned in terms of tone, being darker than Kid Sensasion, but lighter than Fid. The protagonist is disabled and in a wheel chair, but made an awesome suit of armor to become a hero. There are 8 books in the series, and there is another series set in the same world with the 4th book coming at the end of the month. All of them are on KU.

u/seanomenon · 2 pointsr/alcoholism

I'm sure your friend has access to all the recovery literature he can handle, and more. I wouldn't even go there, if you are considering it.

I might go for some light entertainment.

Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods is about hiking the Appalachian Trail, it's an easy read and it's hilariously funny.

Cheryl Strayed's Wild is about hiking the PCT and is also a fun read.

For novels, I have to recommend A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, and Middlesex by Jeffery Eugendes. They are both big huge sprawling books that are also super enjoyable and easy to read. (So they are not a new Moby Dick.) I've never read them, but I hear the Lord of the Rings books are completely absorbing too. They would take up a huge chunk of his time.

You might also send some comfort clothes. Some warm socks or slippers or sweatpants or a hoodie, something like that. (I'm a huge fan of LL Bean's sweats, they are super comfy and well made.) Also maybe an iTunes gift card if he's got an iphone or ipod.

Out of curiosity, what's the scifi book you're sending? I'm a big scifi fan too.

u/kylco · 3 pointsr/printSF

Snow Crash and Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson talk about it some, but it's not the libertarianism that most libertarians are familiar with. It's more a "freedom to choose your own society and its rules" than a "government does not interfere with choices" liberty. The Common Economic Protocol of SC/DA is technically a government, but the only thing it regulates are the formation of new phyles (societies, etc) and the use of nanorobots for warfare (Nell's foster father, at one point, has to go off to combat against some rebels that violate the terms of the Protocol, IIRC).

Diamond Age has a lot of what you're looking for, though in a very high-technology environment that enables the lifestyle, and with different implementations of libertarianism. Sea-steading is not done by building a colony and floating off into the sunset, but by building new landmasses off the coast of Shanghai and connecting them to the mainland with a large bridge. The phyles with the expertise to do this (Neo-Victorians (stuffy Brits), Japanese engineers, and the Germans Hindus, IIRC) are fabulously wealthy for their ability to create new housing zones, commercial areas, and industrial zones more-or-less on demand for the overpopulated cities of China. On the other hand, in the American Southwest you have small (in population) phyles that dominate the landscape: homesteaders whose only duty to the phyle is to mind their own land, and provide for the common defense. There are plenty of other systems described however: a Zulu phyle that protects its own by hunting down and bringing to justice anyone who harms one of theirs, a communist phyle that requires you to give up your possessions and live as if you're in a reeducation camp 24/7, a Hidu phyle that is mostly a bank for anyone who wants to borrow, with collection policies in the form of indentured service, etc, etc.

It's an excellent character study for societies: you see the good and the bad of every one of them, where they work and they don't, and why. It's all enabled by technology that makes it possible (more or less) to provide everything to the masses at little or no cost, with money being exchanged only for premium design, service, or honest-to-god handmade goods (which are astonishingly expensive - entire phyles live a pastoral existence and create them for wealthier societies - the "Amish"/Luddites are billionaires). People do what they want to: become hackers, live in drum circles, homestead, work for Software Kahns, join theatrical troupes, work as scenario writers for a bordello, or in the semi-feudal administrative system of the Middle Kingdom. Most of this is implied, not explicit, which only makes it better reading, if you ask me: Stephenson may hit you over the head with the details of nanotechnology and ponderously describe encryption services (which personally I like anyway), but the wonder and cleverness of how the whole society works is rarely stated directly, meaning you can tease it out slowly and marvel at the way it all fits together.

TL;DR Yeah, Snow Crash. Also the Diamond Age. And I probably should write some sort of critical analysis of the Diamond Age to get something out of my system.
*edited for clarity and accuracy.

u/nomoremermaids · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

China Miéville's Un Lun Dun. It's a kids' book, but it's fantastic. Miéville turns a lot of the standard fantasy tropes on their heads, with thoroughly enjoyable results.

Dathan Auerbach's Penpal. Horror/suspense, written by a redditor, and debuted on reddit. The Kindle version is less than $4. Seriously creepy but totally worth it.

Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens. I have never laughed so much while reading. It's phenomenal.

Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. What happens to poor people once nanotechnology can be used to make anything? It's my favorite of the Stephensons I've read, but it still ends like a Neal Stephenson novel. :|

Cory Doctorow's Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town. It's about the first-born son of a mountain and a washing machine. It's also about setting up wireless networks. Also: it's FREE.

Hope you enjoy some of these! :)

u/Zodep · 7 pointsr/audible
  • We Are Legion (We Are Bob) is a hilarious trilogy that is a bit cheaper to buy the kindle and then add on audio narration. Ray Porter, the narrator, makes his series amazing.


  • Off to Be the Wizard is a great series with good humor and can be less expensive if you buy the kindle and then add on the audio narration. I liked books 1-3, with 4 and 5 being not as great. The first books is well worth the purchase though!


  • Super Powereds Year 1. This is one of my favorite series. Kyle McCarley does an amazing job narrating this saga (4 in the main story and 1 side story that could stand alone). Probably the worst covers and really made me not want to read the series, but Drew Hayes has become my favorite author. Every series he does is pure gold.


  • Expeditionary Force: Columbus Day. RC Bray, sci-fi and lots of hilarious dialog when Skippy shows up (about halfway through the book). The series is great, and book 6 is coming out next week. Great starter price 0.99+7.49 for the kindle and audiobook.


    There are so many more options like this, but I don’t want to overwhelm you! These may not all be your cup of tea. But they are some of my favorites for a somewhat reasonable price.
u/thagusbus · 1 pointr/Fantasy

Free the Darkness is the beging of a series that has 4 books out currently with more to come. These books are only available as Ebooks or audible (which is fine with me). They create one of my favorite worlds at this point, with characters who don't seem complex at first, but develop very well.

Red Rising is a completed trilogy that is not my typical fantasy cup of Tea, but give it an honesty try and by the end of the first book you will be amazed by the ride you just took! This one is hard to explain how it is good without spoilers, but I would say it is similar to a roman opera with mid evil, fantasy, and sci-fi space elements. The MC starts off with a basic personality but gains tremendous depth as the book progresses.

Riyria Revelations This books honestly sounds like exactly what you are looking for. This completed series of 6 books is perhaps the outline of how a great fantasy should be written. While my other two recommendations are more from a personal level, this series is "objectively" better. This book follows multiple plot lines that weave together masterfully for one of my favorite resolutions of all time.

u/iampaulh · 1 pointr/norsk

Thanks for this, I'd never heard of the Anki software before so will be checking it out for sure. Pity about the verb conjugation deck, but I'm sure the other you linked will be a great help.

I started off using BYKI; it's free on the web, or a paid desktop app. http://www.byki.com/category/norwegian

Naiv. Super - En Norsk-engelsk Lesebok, was pretty good, once you have some understanding of Norwegian. It has some of the more difficult words/phases translated in the margin. http://www.amazon.com/Naiv-Super-En-Norsk-engelsk-Lesebok/dp/0976307200

u/Accomplished_Wolf · 1 pointr/suggestmeabook

One of my favorite series is Super Powereds by Drew Hayes. It's about Supers if you couldn't guess. The last book isn't in KU, but it is available to read free on Drew Hayes's website.

I just finished the Bobiverse series by Dennis Taylor and was enthralled! It's sci-fi/space exploration.

Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron is about a magic, spirits, and a nice dragon thrown into trouble by his viperous family.

Silvertongue by Casey White was fantastic (and it came from a reddit writing prompt!), but the series is not finished yet, if that matters to you.

Scott Meyer writes many hilarious books, nearly all in KU.

Lindsay Buroker writes sci-fi/fantasy, and she has a decent amount of KU books (and frequently has 1st book/boxsets for free for series not in KU).

K. M. Shea if you like fairy-tale retellings.

Cassandra or Elizabeth Gannon (sisters) for kind of odd, over-the-top, funny romance adventures (both write explicit sex scenes, fyi). Also while bad/crude language can be found in both sisters' books, Elizabeth has some absolutely magnificent crude expressions in hers. Like, if I ever want to be fired with extreme prejudice, I know how to go out with style now.

And that seems like a decently long list of possibilities to leave you with, so I'll stop here.

u/BenedictPatrick · 1 pointr/Fantasy

Hey all - I've recently released Where the Waters Turn Black, a standalone fantasy adventure inspired by South Pacific island mythology. This is a follow up to my novel They Mostly Come Out At Night, which was a semi-finalist in this year's SPFBO, and the cover art for the new book is by the same award-winning designer as the last one :)

Here's the full pitch for Where the Waters Turn Black:


When gods and monsters battle, her music will not protect her…

The Crescent Atoll is a remote string of tropical islands, connected by long canoe journeys and a love of stories.

When Kaimana, a young ocarina player, discovers the lair of a taniwha - a legendary monster - she finds herself inspired. The song she is composing about their encounter will be her masterpiece, but her disturbance of the beast attracts the ruining gaze of the god of war. She must convince the taniwha to trust her if they are both to survive.

Where the Waters Turn Black is a standalone novel from Benedict Patrick’s Yarnsworld series. Inspired by the myths and legends of South Pacific island cultures, this book is perfect for those seeking fantasy stories with a hint of the unfamiliar.

Start reading today to discover this epic tale of friendship, gods and monsters!


And here are the links:

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

u/KitFalbo · 1 pointr/Fantasy

Hey r/Fantasy!

New News from me is that I'll have a LitRPG Sci-Fi novella out as soon as I line up all my ducks. (they like to move around and quack) In the meantime you can look at me and what I've done.

My books are Science Fiction with dashes of fantasy elements. From the near future to the far fantastical ones. I like AI, GameLit, character driven stories. I consider myself a hard working self-published author.



For the BookBingo readers.

Crafting of Chess

  • Slice of life / small scale SFF

  • Self Published SFF novel

  • Locality : Oregon

  • Published in 2019

  • LitRPG

    Intelligence Block

    *Self Published SFF novel

  • Locality : Oregon

  • Published in 2019

  • Has many AI characters through out the novel, though not the MC



    My first book is The Crafting of Chess a teenage chess hustler plays a fantasy VR game to improve his life. A LitRPG that focuses less on combat and more on crafting.

    In Intelligence Block a Techno-Wizard performs and battles it out for fame until a mystery disrupts his settled life. All in a futuristic AI filled universe.


    I have a new eight thousand word short story you can get for 99 cents or free on Kindle Unlimited. Progression of Power It's a dungeon diving, progressive fantasy, female MC story.


    I love the craft of writing. I've done guest posts on blogs about strangeness in fiction and Crafting Believable Characters . I've written about use of tropes in LitRPG. As well as how Autism has effected my writing.

    My latest one is a guest post on Trauma in Fiction if you are interested in the craft of fiction writing. Or at least how I view it.
u/neje · 1 pointr/books

When the Lights go out Tanith Lee was a book that made a very strong impression on me.

The tombs of Atuan by LeGuin was another book I kept on rereading as a teen.

The Woman who Loved Reindeer by M.A. Pierce I only read once as it got knicked from my library. Over 15 years later I still carry it with me, or at least the feeling I got from from it.

I'm also slightly thinking The Darkangel trilogy by Pierce as well. Another series that got read, re-read and re-re-read.

Come to think of it, I think a lot of the books that really got to me as a teen were the fantasy starring alienated but strong teens and women.

Nowadays I think one of my favourite books are The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, which, aside from being absolutely awesome scifi, I guess also touches on the topic of strong but misfitted women.

u/1point618 · 8 pointsr/SF_Book_Club

China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh.

From Amazon:
> When talking about this book you have to list the awards it's won--the Hugo, the Tiptree, the Lambda, the Locus, a Nebula nomination--after that you can skip the effusive praise from the New York Times and get to the heart of things: This is a book about a future many don't agree with. It's set in a 22nd century dominated by Communist China and the protagonist is a gay man. These aren't the usual tropes of science fiction, and they aren't written in the usual way. But, wow, it's one heck of a story.

> With this groundbreaking novel, Maureen F. McHugh established herself as one of the decade's best science fiction writers. In its pages, we enter a postrevolution America, moving from the hyperurbanized eastern seaboard to the Arctic bleakness of Baffin Island; from the new Imperial City to an agricultural commune on Mars. The overlapping lives of cyberkite fliers, lonely colonists, illicit neural-pressball players, and organic engineers blend into a powerful, taut story of a young man's journey of discovery. This is a macroscopic world of microscopic intensity, one of the most brilliant visions of modern SF.

u/-Untitled- · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Congrats and thanks for the contest!

This makes me happy because I love Neil Gaiman!

I ain't birthed no babies!

Speaking of books, I would recommend that one for you (The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman) because it's supposed to be really good.

Happy Birfday

u/jynnjynn · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

The book I am currently most excited about is probably The Ocean at the end of the lane Because I have never read anything by Neil Gaiman that I did not love. Unfortunately, it's not actually released yet , so probably doesn't count. Second choice would be January First It is a memoir from a man raising a young daughter with early onset schizophrenia. I have a 3 year old Niece whom I adore, but she is coming from a long line of paranoid schizophrenics on her mother's side (her mother included) and a host of other psychiatric disorders on my side of the family... and While I hope she manages to escape her genetics, I worry... I don't know how I expect reading the book to help the situation or anything.. but maybe I could just gain better insight and understanding as to how the mind works and the troubles faced by someone in such a situation and be better at helping and dealing should I have to.


I know you said "favorite" and neither of these could realistically BE my "favorite" as Ive never read them, but I already own my favorites :P p.s. my name is Jynn

u/autumnfalln · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

It's all about the karma!

Aw, well I'm glad to hear you're experiencing the awesomeness and generosity of this sub first-hand! That makes me happy to hear. =)

If I win, I'd really like this book! Thanks for hosting this contest! =D

u/ob1jakobi · 2 pointsr/Stormlight_Archive

I really enjoyed Blood Song by Anthony Ryan. The book is fantastic, and has a really high rating on both goodreads.com and amazon.com. The book started out as self-published, but due to its success Ryan now has a publisher. Best part is that Ryan just finished the second book in the trilogy a few months ago and is planning to have the third book finished next year.

Also, I was just on Brandon's website, and he's already 25% finished prewriting the third Stormlight Archives book. I was at a book signing event a few months ago, and Brandon said that he would like to have the next book finished by the fall of next year. Supposedly Peter later said that next fall is a pipe dream, but I'd believe Brandon is capable of completing it by then.

u/Poorrusty · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

My mom's been gone for 14 years in Novemeber. I had a great relationship with my mom. However, she loved her pain pills and her blood disease and liver disease caused her great pain, which, apparently, the doctors thought they could control with more pain pills. My mom died at 38 years old due to a heart attack. There were no drugs in her system when she died. Her heart finally gave out from too much...I guess. And as sad as I was for the first few years, over the past few, I have grown incredibly angry with her. For loving her drugs so much. I honestly think that if she had just stopped doing the drugs, she might still be alive today. And while I do believe my life is better/turned out better than it would have had she still been alive...I am so fucking angry about it that when I think about it my heart beats hard out of my chest and I can't breathe. When I think about that anger it breaks my heart. Because I had a great relationship with her, and as an adult who is in control of my emotions, I should be able to forgive her and love her again. But...the anger. :-(

That being said, my mom's aunt and my mom's mom raised me since I was 14 all the way until recently when I moved out on my own. I am 28 now and I feel as though I have 3 moms. My great-auntie is a saint. Absolutely the most caring individual ever. She took care of my mom when she was around 14, and is now taking care of her granddaughter(her son's daughter) on the weekends. She deserves the world, and I hope one day I can give back to her as she's given to me.

Hey Bean!

Book

u/Aztecka2016 · 2 pointsr/noveltranslations

Originally they were free to read but now only the 4th year of the story is free. I hadn't found the first three years for free anymore you might have a better chance but here is the link any way

And then here is the free fourth year

u/Hollyw08 · 1 pointr/Fantasy

That was a great book! I can't wait for the sequel. Are you looking for those sort of 'young boy coming of age' type of stories? What else have you read?

I really enjoyed The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler (the first in a new series). It's central character is a young boy who has to go live at the King's castle as a hostage to ensure his parents don't turn traitor. Like anything I've read by Jeff Wheeler, it's well written and I enjoyed it a lot.

Another suggestion would be the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher. I loved this series and I wish Butcher would write more high fantasy instead of just urban fantasy.

u/ItsAConspiracy · 2 pointsr/Futurology

My favorite post-singularity fiction is the Golden Age trilogy by John C. Wright. Superintelligent AI, virtual reality, and mind uploading, and he still manages a deeply human tale of epic heroism. It's a little hard to get into for the first three or four chapters, but then it really takes off. I've read it three times.

Greg Egan's work is pretty interesting, eg. Permutation City, which is mainly about uploading etc.

For more of the near-future speculation side of Accelerando, Cory Doctorow writes a lot of good stuff. And there's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom which is post-singularity.

Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age is pretty much a classic, covering nanotech, AI-based education, and all sorts of craziness. One of my favorites.

u/qqpugla · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I don't have specific music I listen to while I write, but I definitely have to have some background noise whether it be music or TV or whatever. I do not have a totem. I use my netbook, and I just use Microsoft Word. I am definitely a pantser and always have been. I just go where the story takes me. I have not actually completed any of my books yet, but I have one in progress, and several ideas.

I also have written many songs, which I also am a total pantser in that regard too. However, I handwrite those and just write on whatever is available at the time.

I don't specifically have any writing related stuff like paper or pens or anything, but books and music both inspire my writing. So, take your pick :-).

u/myddrn · 3 pointsr/netsec

Since searching wikipedia turned up the Timeline of Non-Sexual Social Nudity(TIL) I'm just going to guess you're you're looking for a more techie true to life rendition of the hacker archetype based on the amazon synopsis.

Based on that I'd recommend:

Cryptonomicon

just.go.read.it.right.now.

It may take a little effort to get into, damn thing is a tomb, but give it a chance. You will not be disappoint.

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Stealing the Network Series

How to Own a Box

How to Own a Continent

How to Own an Identity

How to Own a Shadow

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These are told in a chapter/viewpoint style, each chapter is usually written by a different knowledgeable, and sometimes security famous, security dude. Out of those I've only read How to Own an Identity so far, but it was pretty good and and my guess is that the rest hold up to that standard, so dive in. They are a series from what I understand so reading them in order is probably a good idea, but not completely necessary.

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And then for flair (these are more scifi/cyberpunk-ish; so if that's not your thing avoid):

Snowcrash

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The main character's name is Hiro Protagonist. No seriously. He's a ninja, he's a hacker, he lives in a U-Store-it container, and he delivers pizza for the Mob in a post-collapse USA, can you really not read this book now?

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The Diamond Age

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All about the practical social implications of nanotechnolgy told through the eyes of a young girl, her father, and an assortment of disposable associates.

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The Sprawl Trilogy

Neuromancer

Count Zero

Mona Lisa Overdrive

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I've only read Neuromancer and Mona Lisa Overdrive, which were both great, so I'm guessing Count Zero is probably good too.

Similar to Snowcrash in the lone gun hacker sense, except with more drugs a little bit more of a scattered tone.


And if all else fails there's always the DEF CON reading list.

ninja edits because I suck at markdown

u/teacakegirl · 3 pointsr/Fantasy

I'm pretty sure Jeff Wheeler's entire catalog is available in KU. Love him. I especially enjoy the Kingfountain series, which starts out heavily inspired by Richard III, except he wins at Bosworth.

u/punninglinguist · 1 pointr/TwoXChromosomes

This is a special interest of mine, so I hope you'll excuse the long response. In short, there is a fucking truckload of good stuff out there. Besides the obvious recommendations of Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler, there is...

u/SentimentalFool · 3 pointsr/santashelpers

A light board for tracing. A Wacom tablet for digital drawing. A selection of your own favorite dystopian novels, or even better- pick three you haven't read yourself yet either, get copies for both her and yourself, and plan to read one a month and then go out for coffee and discuss, two-person book club stylie.

The Wanting Seed is by the same author as A Clockwork Orange and is great. Classics- Brave New World, 1984, Animal Farm. Branch out a little maybe? Fight Club, or other books by Palahniuk. CS Lewis is great- Till We Have Faces, The Screwtape Letters. Margaret Atwood- Oryx and Crake, or The Handmaid's Tale. Tideland, and then watch the Terry Gilliam movie together. Never Let Me Go, which also was made into a fantastic movie.

u/gangviolence · 4 pointsr/AskFeminists

I'm not familiar with books about body image but I don't think that books need to be about body image to make young black kids comfortable with their blackness - just reading about normal, well-written black characters is enough for some kids. (Even seeing a black face on the back of the book or illustrated on the cover is a good thing for young people.) There are a bunch of books out there that address the topic of fitting in and what it's like to be black in America and feel "normal," but those books are usually catered to pre-teens and I don't know enough about them to give any recommendations.

There are a bunch of good books out there by black writers (all of the ones I can think of right now are by women) that have black main characters and convey a positive message (not just about being black) that I think might help. Check out these books and their authors:

u/FourIV · 0 pointsr/Fantasy

There is a series called Super Powereds in which one of the 5 or so main characters has power over luck. Its a great series above and beyond that though. Its set in a super hero college and main characters are all 18 trying to get there hero certificate.

u/MunsterDeLag · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon
  1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - This book affected me quite deeply. I'm itching for a copy to own and reread. It was last month's RAOA book club pick, but the list at my library is still epically long.
  2. Doraemon Vol 4. - My friend from Singapore introduced me to this little fellow. It is finally being translated officially into English after 45 years. I definitely plan on owning all of them eventually.
  3. If I were a book, I hope that I'd be a great one.
  4. I live for book contests. They comprise at least 90% of my lists (even for work).
u/avenirweiss · 7 pointsr/books

I know I must be missing some, but these are all that I can think of at the moment.

Fiction:

Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

White Noise by Don Delilo

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot

Everything that Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by DFW

Infinite Jest by DFW

Of these, you can't go wrong with Infinite Jest and the Collected Fictions of Borges. His Dark Materials is an easy and classic read, probably the lightest fare on this list.

Non-Fiction:

The Music of the Primes by Marcus du Sautoy

Chaos by James Gleick

How to be Gay by David Halperin

Barrel Fever by David Sedaris

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

Secret Historian by Justin Spring

Of these, Secret Historian was definitely the most interesting, though How to be Gay was a good intro to queer theory.

u/bradle · 3 pointsr/books

Yes, Diamond Age is such a great spiritual successor to Snow Crash. Where Snow Crash has that frantic pace and hyper compressed events, Diamond Age takes its time and describes every molecule of the beauty in the book's events. These two works are such great testaments to Stephenson's skill because it's obvious he worked really hard to make them describe similar themes, but also compliment each other.

Have you seen the new covers? I like them, they do a good job of presenting them as companion pieces.

Snow Crash

Diamond Age

u/crash7800 · 2 pointsr/technology

related sci-fi reading - "The Diamond Age"

This is a great book from the author of Snowcrash. If you haven't read either, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

Snowcrash was written in 1992 and predicated so much how the Internet works and how it affects our world that it seems more like near-term cyberpunk entertainment written around the early 2000s

I can only imagine that Diamond Age holds similar promise regarding a "replicator's" effect on economy, government, education, and class.

u/JDRSuperman · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I've read that The Thinking's Woman's Guide to Real Magic is like an adult oriented Harry Potter book.

The Night Circus is a fantasy romance novel involving magic and a circus. This is set in the late 1800s or early 1900s.

Monstrumologist and its' sequels are really interesting monster hunting novels. This is set in the late 1800s.

Have you read the Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman yet?

Jonathan Strange & Mr.Norrell was a great read. It's another book about magic. I have a copy and I really like it.

u/ofnoaccount · 3 pointsr/scifi

I think Parable of the Sower is far and away her best novel. Dystopian post-apocalyptic west cost with awesome politics. Didn't care for the sequel as much though - too preachy. Kindred is also fantastic literary sci-fi (though some would argue it's not sci-fi at all). Other suggestions for good political and/or feminist sci-fi novels?

Edit: Here's a good list from China Mieville, slanted towards socialist politics as is the author.

u/hazelowl · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon
  1. A hard-copy book. I love Neil Gaiman and I've been wanting to read this one for a while!

  2. A Kindle book. I've seen the movie and really enjoyed it, now I need to read the book!

  3. If I were a book, I hope that I'd be a great one.
u/Bizkitgto · 10 pointsr/INTP

I spend more time trying to figure out what to read than reading. I have been addicted to amazon reviews for over a decade. I love reading book reviews and people's opinions. If I ever buy a book, and I lose interest after one or two chapter's - I ditch it. If I like it....I'll devour the book and read reviews as I go along.

After reading the first few chapter's if The Diamond Age, I wanted to throw it away...I was so bored, but since Neil Stephenson wrote it I pushed on. One of the best books I've ever read.

I tend to enjoy non-fiction more, and even science/text based books I tend to use for self-study. I guess you could say I'm on some kind of quest for knowledge...what kind of knowledge, I'm still looking. I guess I'm still searching for something.

u/rxpatient · 3 pointsr/feminisms

You mention Atwood but I'd like to put The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake out there as well. Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower is a great one as well.
One I read when I was quite young and I still have vivid mental images from it is John Wyndham's The Chrysalids.
Also... I am saving this for all of the other suggestions!

u/akillertofu · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

pecksniffian :D

http://www.amazon.com/kindle-store/dp/B009NFHF0Q

This would be an amazing read, methinks. Gotta love Neil.

Thank you for the contest, and thanks to your dad as well!

EDIT: Can't spell pecksniffian correctly, silly me. :P

u/remlover · 1 pointr/audiobooks

Even though it is considered Young Adult, my vote goes for the KingFountain series. It is free on Kindle Unlimited (including audio). There are 6 books in the series. It is entertaining and well done. Narrator does a great job w/ the voices and it's a fun listen.

https://www.amazon.com/Kingfountain-6-Book/dp/B01MU2DVWN

u/ChrisWubWub · 3 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon
  1. Ocean at the End of the Lane I want it because I love Neil Gaiman!

  2. [Tuf Voyaging](http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0092EE5HY/ref=aw_ls_1_6?$ colid=3TBDYF0DPUHT9&coliid=I27LW2ESUFPTZQ) I want it because it's another George R.R. Martin book, but not in the GoT series! Plus it'll be my first ebook!

  3. If I were a book, I hope that I'd be a great one.
u/InFearn0 · 11 pointsr/ProgressionFantasy

You must have a super strict definition of what you consider "progression fantasy" (vs I guess other fantasy that doesn't have strict RPG quantification).

Some other series that I consider progression fantasy and I enjoyed:

  • Into the Labyrinth by John Bierce (two sequels are out, although these books tends to be on the shorter side). Like, this book is shockingly short. If I hadn't checked the length after, I would have sworn this was at least twice its 178 pages (which is probably good if the author is crazy like me and considers crazy stretch goals like "adapt this into a feature length film").

  • Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe is a very western magic school progression series.

  • The Fire Within by DK Holmberg is about a good friend that accidentally passes the test to get into magic school, then has to work his ass off to not get kicked out and forced to serve the school as a janitor. (6 books in this series right now)

  • Hollow Core by Gage Lee is basically Wuxia/Xianxia High School (sequel comes out October 29th)

  • Azyl Academy by Chris Vines is another Wuxia/Xianxia High School (sequel comes out November 8th) -- This book has two main weaknesses, the first is the author has way too much meta internal monologue that I think he uses as a "lampshading" trope to justify that a person positioned by a god has a lot of inherent talent (I mean, he already justified it by having a literal god intervene). The other is the lack of a coherent goal (MC just wants to "git gud" because a god told him he would be the difference between a good and bad outcome). But this series is admittedly aimed at "grade level: 5-12" (which seems like a big range to me).

    To me "normal" length book is 300-350 pages.

    > why aren't established fantasy authors rushing to deliver?

    New niche (niche-ier?) genre labels appear all the time, so there are probably a ton of fantasy stories out there that have that "progression" aspect to it that you are overlooking.

    Seriously, just climb down through Amazon's category labels to the bottom of fantasy limb and read there.

    The difference between "fantasy" and "progression fantasy" is how much the author details the main character(s) montages.
u/brotorious · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

One of my favorite books is The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

I've read it twice now since 2008; the first time I was captivated by the world he created. The second time, I began to understand what he was trying to explore with culture and what it means to "belong" to something or to subscribe to a belief system.

An entertaining read set in a fantastic world that you will not forget :)

u/yeropinionman · 1 pointr/collapse

Neal Stephenson's [The Diamond Age](http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Age-Illustrated-Primer-Spectra/dp/0553380966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314797352&sr=8-1 "fuckin great book") has an interesting situation. It's not a post-collapse world, but it is a semi-anarchic "not-so-far-future" world where governments don't have very much power. In this world, people have separated into "philes" (same root as in "audiophiles like sound equipment"), some of which are based on religion, or ideology, others are based on habits, values and aesthetics (for example some groups choose to live like Victorian-era Britons with steam-punk technology).

u/aducknamedjoe · 1 pointr/Anarcho_Capitalism

Yeah, I don't think he's all that libertarian/AnCap (see his novel "Scratch Monkey") but a couple good sci-fi/singularity writers that are would be Vernor Vinge, (Marooned in Realtime and The Ungoverned being prime examples) and Neal Stephenson (with his Cryptonomicon and The Diamond Age).

Highly recommend both of them.

u/AsABoxer · 5 pointsr/scifi

You should read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. There are no spaceships of laser guns, but it kept me wanting to turn the page, and it's more science-fiction than most Holly Wood blockbuster sci-fi movies.

Warning: DO NOT watch the movie, or even the trailer. Part of the enjoyment of the book is the pace and the way in which the world is revealed. I haven't seen the movie yet; It might be really good, but if you are a book reader you should avoid it until after reading the book.

u/knaves · 2 pointsr/books
  • Christopher Rowley's Bazil Broketail series

  • David Gemmell's Drenai series

  • Katherine Kerr's Deverry series

  • Christopher Stasheff's Wizard in Rhyme and Warlock of Gramarye series

  • Joel Shephard's Trial of Blood and Steel series

  • Anthony Ryan's Raven's Shadow series

  • Michael A. Stackpole's DragonCrown series

  • Glen Cook's Garrett P.I. series

  • Tim Akers' Horns of Ruin book but hopefully a series

    Just trying to get some of the lesser known series in there.

    EDIT: woops some of these may not be Epic...hmm...I honestly don't know how to distinguish...I think Most of them are Epic, and the only really out of place one in Cook's Garrett series, but to be honest it does get pretty epic, I mean...it builds slowly but...ok, make of the list as you will.
u/Noexa · 4 pointsr/TheHandmaidsTale

Just off the top of my head aside from the genre staples (1984, V for Vendetta, Brave New World, etc.)

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Shades of Grey: A Novel by Harper Fforde

I am currently reading The Passages by Just in Cronin

Sorry for the formatting, on mobile. I will clean it up later.

Goodreads has a lot of great lists of dystopian books.

u/brennancadams · 1 pointr/Fantasy

If you're willing to try out an indie author, the King's Dark Tidings series by Kel Kade has an extremely OP character with an interesting take on romance.

Also (shameless self-plug), my own series, The Eternal War, has at least one OP character, although the romance doesn't really come into play until book 2.

Edit: Added links to suggestions

u/sqwirk · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

This bathroom clock would help me out a lot when it comes to getting my butt out the door to work on time. I've also wanted to read this book after having read a short story by the author.

Good luck with the training! My ex went through marines training and he wrote to me saying how much easier it was than he thought. I still think he lied about it to seem like a tough guy but maybe it wasn't really that bad. Hope your Army training went swimmingly!

u/Eviscirator · 1 pointr/Fantasy

Hey man, I'm also from Australia and I just searched up "John Bierce" on the Kindle app and it showed up. For free! I tried finding a link on Amazon for you but I couldn't. Weird. If you have the kindle app, you can download it from there. Or download the app :p Good luck!

EDIT: I tried some more. Try this link?

https://www.amazon.com/Into-Labyrinth-Mage-Errant-Book-ebook/dp/B07J675X2C/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1539174516&sr=1-1&keywords=john+bierce&dpID=51I9IvuaRFL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

u/RotenHahnBooks · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

I recommend the Witch Hunter by Troy Smith. Obviously, there are witches, but is a dark, adult fantasy. Multiple points of view, dark theme.
https://www.amazon.com/Witch-Hunter-Trials-Freedom-ebook/dp/B071NM35J3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510646223&sr=8-1&keywords=witch+hunter+troy+smith

I have not yet finished this next book, but so far Blood Song by Anthony Ryan is pretty good. I am still finding out more about the book, so I would not compare is to Thrones, but it has a cool world so far.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Song-Ravens-Shadow-Novel-ebook/dp/B00ABKGG0C/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510645487&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+song

u/drbold · 1 pointr/IAmA

Excellent. Good writers, all! Have you tried out Neal Stephenson? If no, I highly recommend A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer and The Baroque Cycle, although almost all of his books are excellent (except his first :P).

u/Apex_Series · 6 pointsr/scifi

I wouldn't go with Snow Crash, but The Diamond Age is one of the most beautiful novels you'll ever read with a solid nanotech foundation.

The only flaw is the ending. It isn't bad per say. It just ends like a kung-fu movie where they roll credits as soon as the hero delivers the death blow to the villain.

u/psyferre · 7 pointsr/WoT

Sounds like you might enjoy Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. I think Snow Crash is meant to be in the same universe - it's hilarious but not as dense. You might also like his Cryptonomicon, though it's not technically Sci Fi.

Tad Willams' Otherland Series is Epic Sci Fi with a huge amount of detail. Might be right up your alley.

Dune, Neuromancer and The Enderverse if you haven't already read those.

u/gilliananderson · 1338 pointsr/IAmA

I'd say it was Victoria at ID who I work with suggested it, and she has her finger on the pulse of contemporary digital stuff.

The last book I read - I only just recently read A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD - oh my god I LOVED this book. I found that there are moments in the story in this book that are so profound, that I was moved to tears. I love being moved to tears in literature, and this book had me from page 1 and I think that this writer is so talented.

I'd say probably Meryl Streep. I met her last year at the BAFTAS. I was pretending not to be very nervous, tried to play it really cool, and wanted to sit next to her and just talk to her about her work and the craft of acting for hours and I'm sure I said really embarrassing things instead.

u/matticusprimal · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

Hit up Benedict Patrick's Where the Waters Turn Black. If the cover isn't enough to sell you on it, its a standalone in a world steeped in fokelore/ magic where everyone has a magical gift they dedicate themselves to. Throw in a troupe of traveling performers, a plucky heroine, and maybe a monster, and you've got yourself an amazing book.

u/salydra · 1 pointr/books

I'd like to point out that as a woman, I'm as likely to be alienated by a male protagonist. If I let that stop me, I'd miss out on a lot of great books.


As far as gay protagonists go... I don't remember reading a large number of books with gay protagonists. The one the really sticks out in my mind is China Mountain Zhang and it was fantastic. I certainly did not feel alienated or have trouble relating to the protagonist. I wish I could think of some others I've read... Now I'm thinking that I'm lacking in a category of literature!

u/jenfolds · 3 pointsr/gaming

I know this is slightly off topic, but let me play Grandma here and suggest some books for you that have gaming influences which you might enjoy. Coincidentally, my nerd book club is reading these three for April:

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson, and Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks by Ethan Gilsdorf.

Also, happy late birthday!

u/mkraft · 3 pointsr/whattoreadwhen

For sheer 'play in the virtual world' stuff, you MUST read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. You'll blaze through that, so follow it up with Stephenson's The Diamond Age


Good YA dystopic future stuff:
The Windup Girl

Station Eleven


Finally, get into Neuromancer, by William Gibson. It's a fantastic--some would say genre-defining--cyberpunk novel.

Then go devour everything Stephenson and Gibson put out there. That should get you through at least the first half of the summer. Happy reading!

u/Kedoro · 11 pointsr/litrpg

If you enjoy that type of setting then I highly recommend Mage Errant, I've read the first three books and they are only through 2 years of schooling (albeit they start at like 16). But lots of learning, training and improving.

Into the Labyrinth: Mage Errant Book 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J675X2C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_KFYXDbX0H4XEY

u/orejo · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I just finished The Long Earth (excellent read!) yesterday and now I need to start my next one. I have taken to reading on my phone (e-books) while walking from my car to the office in the morning since it's a few blocks. These days it tends to be one of my longest dedicated reading times since I am so busy otherwise.

What book do you have right now? Pardon if you already answered in earlier comments. I will refer you to my lack of time reference earlier :)

I would love the new Neil Gaiman book. You ALL still have Zoidberg!

u/wockyman · 9 pointsr/reddit.com

>Hackworth got all the news that was appropriate to his station in life, plus a few optional services: the latest from his favorite cartoonists and columnists around the world...

>A gentleman of higher rank and more far-reaching responsibilities would probably get different information written in a different way, and the top stratum of New Chusan actually got the Times on paper, printed out by a big antique press that did a run of a hundred or so, every morning at about three a.m....

>Now nanotechnology had made nearly anything possible, and so the cultural role in deciding what should be done with it had become far more important than imagining what could be done with it.

>One of the insights of the Victorian Revival was that it was not necessarily a good thing for everyone to read a completely different newspaper in the morning; so the higher one rose in the society, the more similar one's Times became to one's peers.

-The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson

u/Derelyk · 11 pointsr/printSF

Try Fallen Dragon by Hamilton..

Also Snow Crash, which does have another book in it's universe but is stand alone, the other book is Diamond Age Which I also recommend. If you end up liking Stephenson then try Anathem.

I too am a fan of stand alone novels, I wish author weren't pressured to turn everything into a saga.

u/Miramosa · 5 pointsr/Fantasy

Into The Labyrinth is a group of Very Special Teens from Wizard School That Has A Labyrinth Under It. The whole setup promises plenty of weird and interesting magic. The latter half of the book takes places in the aforementioned labyrinth, where it basically turns into an old-school dungeon crawler. It's interesting and well-written, the world is vivid and alive, the twists are nice but it doesn't lean on them no one is The Supreme Magus.

u/CrankCaller · 1 pointr/books

I haven't read that myself, but based on the description and notes elsewhere in the thread I might recommend these:

u/mr_snow · 3 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

It is technically a science fiction book, but it doesn't really feel like one, and I think it fits thematically with some of what you are looking for. It's beautifully written, romantic and very sad. I wouldn't read too much about it if you care about spoilers, but the Amazon description doesn't give much away. link

u/bix783 · 3 pointsr/SRSWomen

Recently finished: A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan -- read it all in about two sittings, this book is amazing!

On now: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach -- really enjoying it thus far, and it is not what I expected.

Next up: Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon -- Pynchon is my favourite author and I've been saving this one for a while because of how long it is.

u/TheLeaderIsGood · 2 pointsr/TwoXChromosomes

Right, I have a bit of a terrible memory so here are some... not all of them have a woman as the main but generally more than just 'supporting' or 'girlfriend' roles :)

Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear. This is part of a series and I'm pretty sure this is the first in that series with Darwin's Children the next one.

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

Ender's Game.

Mainly my favourite authors are Greg Bear, Greg Egan, Neal Stephenson, Stephen Baxter, Philip K Dick - the usual crowd. Do you have any recommendations?

u/ecstatic1 · 3 pointsr/OutreachHPG

Bad Omens is great!

I recently finished Gaiman's new novel, The ocean at the end of the lane. Very good read, I recommend it.

u/Copterwaffle · 3 pointsr/booksuggestions

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler! I just finished it, loved it, can't wait to go onto the next one. It's the perfect border between YA/adult.

u/SnowblindAlbino · 1 pointr/TwoXChromosomes

Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer. It actually has two main characters, only one of which is female, but she's awesome!

u/dfaraci · 6 pointsr/Xfilesfiles

One thing I think should be mentioned, since it connects with a previous guest - DC Pierson has a book called The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To

The book, like Sleepless, deals with someone who doesn't sleep. I personally really liked this book (read it a few years ago) and I think a lot of you may as well, being fans of not just X-Files, but of a similar sense of humor as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Couldnt-Sleep-Never-Vintage-Contemporaries/dp/0307474615

u/edlwannabe · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

D.C. Pierson of "Derrick Comedy" wrote a pretty good book on the topic called The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To. It's the first book I read that referenced Invader Zim.

u/Voctus · 3 pointsr/norsk

Naiv Super - Erlend Loe

This version has some of the vocab translated into English on the sides which makes it perfect for a beginner.

Edit: Erland > Erlend

u/Echollynn · 1 pointr/RandomActsofeBooks

That is so generous of you! Happy birthday!

Here is a book from my list.

Have a good one!

u/Foxyfox82 · 24 pointsr/tumblr

There is a book I think every person who enjoys reading should take a chance on. It's called "The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" by Neal Stephenson. It was written before we had smart phones and tablets, but predicted the use of similar things using nanotechnology. There is a "book" (tablet) that is a prototype and falls into the hands of a poor little girl. A little animated mouse on the page teaches her all kinds of fun things and leads her on an adventure very similar to what is described here.


It's for sale on Amazon

u/victor_erewhon · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

I loved that book! You should try reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and Submarine.

u/chadwittman · 88 pointsr/IAmA

Because I looked up each of these, here are links for reference:

u/Anachronaia · 4 pointsr/steampunk

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Some reviews here call it 'difficult' to read but I couldn't put it down! If you're more technically-oriented than I, you will derive yet another layer of joy from this little masterpiece, as if it needed one.

u/ZavonSAD · 20 pointsr/litrpg

I really enjoy Kit Falbo's The Crafting of Chess, and I don't feel like it gets a lot of advertising/talk. https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Chess-LitRPG-adventure-ebook/dp/B07P1YRHTX/

Also, Sarah Lin's trilogy New Game Minus https://www.amazon.com/Changing-Faces-LitRPG-Adventure-Minus-ebook/dp/B07KMMT9TX/

She has a superb Urban Fantasy Wuxiua coming out too.

u/the_narf · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

Does she have a kindle, or other e-reader? If so Jeff Wheeler has a couple of really entertaining series Legends of Miurwood and The Kingfountain Series that are free on Kindle Unlimited.

u/eatsdownvote · 10 pointsr/Futurology

Lots of people are asking the question "Are you ready for mass unemployment?" But how does someone "get ready?" My solution was to move into software development and hopefully into running my own business on the web some day; but developing software is not for everyone.

This reminds me of "The Diamond Age." http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Age-Bantam-Spectra-Book-ebook/dp/B000FBJCKI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449699124&sr=1-1&keywords=stephenson+diamond+age

u/JohnBierce · 1 pointr/Fantasy

Definitely Andrew Rowe's Arcane Ascension books- exactly what you're looking for there.

Will Wight's Cradle series is another good bet.

Also, I kinda might have just released the first book in a series kinda like that, Into the Labyrinth.

u/VacillateWildly · 2 pointsr/litrpg

My favorite LitRPG read for 2019 so far has been The Crafting of Chess. IIRC the author has stated he couldn't afford an editor or to commission cover art, so he did everything flying solo. And boy, can you tell.The cover art is basically stick figures, he seems to think "martial" (as in law) should be spelled "marshall," (as in sheriff) and on and on...but if he'd not published it I'd have felt I was missing out. Dunno. 🤷‍♂️ But it sounds like he brought the book to market for effectively no money out of pocket, so it can be done.

Having said that, I think it was the cover art on Travis Bagwell's books that made me immediately gravitate to them. So different from typical LitRPG covers, yet so arresting in their own right. (I think he said his sister in law does them. Lucky him.)

u/JourneyIntoMystery83 · 1 pointr/RandomActsOfGaming

http://www.amazon.com/Couldnt-Sleep-Never-Vintage-Contemporaries/dp/0307474615

The only book to ever make me laugh out loud.

Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

u/lotoflivinglefttodo · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffennegger Super good

or if you like something that makes you go "Is this really the way that the world is going to go?" try Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro then if you can't get enough of it, they recently made it into a movie with Keira Knightly

u/borge12 · 4 pointsr/KingkillerChronicle

Blood Song is great book. I'd recommend it.

u/knichole · 1 pointr/books

I don't know about his other stuff. How about Kazuo Ishiguro? I wouldn't really consider his writing style similar to what you mentioned or Delillo, but I really enjoyed Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go

u/venturanima · 9 pointsr/Fantasy

[Blood Song by Anthony Ryan] (http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Song-Ravens-Shadow-Novel-ebook/dp/B00ABKGG0C) is pretty similar in many regards, though the sequels are slightly less so. They both have both a story and a meta-story (Kvothe tells his story to the Chronicler at the inn, Vaelin tells his story to the imperial historian).

It's quite good, I highly suggest it.

u/Daigotsu · 5 pointsr/litrpg

The Crafting of Chess kind of fits from what I remember. There are plots about past situations, game company things, but most of what he MC does meets that description.

https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Chess-LitRPG-adventure-ebook/dp/B07P1YRHTX

Spinward an artifical dreamstate novel also works. It takes place almost entirely in the game.

https://www.amazon.com/Spinward-Artificial-Dream-State-Novel-ebook/dp/B01KQOSHYK

Also look at: You need a bigger sword, Battle Spire, Codename Freedom, Stonehaven league.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/books

Go out and buy Snowcrash
Then I'd read The Diamond Age
If you enjoyed both of those two, then I'd make the jump to Cryptonomicon

u/HopelessSemantic · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

[Neil Gaiman's most recent novel] (http://www.amazon.com/Ocean-End-Lane-Novel-ebook/dp/B009NFHF0Q/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=) would be lovely, and is certainly dark. The kindle edition is 7.99.

u/moguapo · 13 pointsr/books
  1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
  2. 8.0/10
  3. Fantasy, Fiction
  4. Neil Gaiman. Short novel with fantasy elements and amazing story.
  5. Amazon, Goodreads.
u/I_Cant_Math · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

My favorite book of the year has been The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. I think they're even making it into a movie, which would be very cool!

Mmmmmm, books.


This is my most wanted book right now, but this would be the runner up if the first goes over $5 by May. Used books in any condition are just fine!

u/NottaNoveltyAccount · 6 pointsr/booksuggestions

Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go might be the exact kind of book you're looking for. It's not necessarily for a young adult audience, but at times it does read like it could be. NLMG has a very unique take on a sci fi dystopia and it's all from the point of view of a female protagonist.

There's a film version of the book which I've never watched, but I'm told it's actually pretty bad so I'd say just stick to reading the novel.

u/TwistedStack · 1 pointr/compsci

Nice. I've been trying to think of a good automata book. Diamond Age just popped into my head. Hehe.

u/linuxlass · 1 pointr/technology

You may be interested in this novel - it starts a bit slow and cryptic so you have to be a little patient before it gets good.

u/TheDuke33 · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

I would highly recommend another book here, I read indie fantasy almost exclusively and I haven't seen or heard of any of these books. Although I would highly recommend Blood Song by Anthony Ryan.

http://www.amazon.com/Ravens-Shadow-Book-One-ebook/dp/B00ABKGG0C/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1369100256&sr=8-1&keywords=blood+song

He has been picked up by a publisher and book 2, while already mostly finished is going through Penguin and will not be released for a while.

u/GherkinJerkin · 3 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

My favorite book is Blood Song by Anthony Ryan if you like fantasy I consider this a MUST READ.
Us Kindleclaws are a bit wishy washy. It's cuz we're so full of loooove <3

u/BeowulfShaeffer · 8 pointsr/programming

Have you read Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer? I have a feeling you will like it.

u/kama_s · 1 pointr/AskReddit

27 here, and have been an avid reader since the age of 5. I probably read at least an average of 60 a year.

Currently reading (and loving): Elegance of the Hedgehog
http://www.amazon.ca/Elegance-Hedgehog-Muriel-Barbery/dp/1933372605

u/thejazzmann · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

> Which brought me to the book on amazon, easy enough. Except I can't actually buy the ebook. "Not currently available for purchase." Googling suggests regional issues are the reason, but the tutorials I found for changing location hasn't been working.

I have no issue purchasing it on AU Amazon

I've found it's generally easier to find a somewhat generically named book by searching the author rather than the title. If you put John's name in to Amazon, for instance, Into the Labyrinth is the first result to come up.

u/CaligoAccedito · 1 pointr/sciencefiction

Have you read "The Diamond Age," by Neil Stephenson?

You may also enjoy The Madness Season by C. S. Friedman.

If you can give me more examples of stuff you like, I may be able to offer more suggestions.

u/MoonPrisimPower · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

OMG BOOOOOOKS!

Books books books, and not a bookmark in sight!

Thanks! <3

u/MIUfish · 1 pointr/atheism

The Diamond Age By Neal Stephenson is a top contender.

u/CWFP · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

I need to give We Are Legion another shot, I DNF'd it a while back. I think I had been reading too many books with pop culture references then and had gotten sick of it. I've read the first two Sensation books, but I didn't like the second one much so I didn't put it on the list.

I've been meaning to read Into the Labyrinth for a while, it looks good from the reviews I've seen. I'll have to check out the other two superhero books as well.

u/pantherwest · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

Maybe The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had to is something you might enjoy?

u/kalede · 3 pointsr/femalefashionadvice

I'd be interested in a book club! How would that work? As far as recommendations, I'm really excited about Neil Gaiman's new book, but it isn't coming out for another ~11 days.

u/dasqoot · 4 pointsr/ThingsCutInHalfPorn

That's the only book of his I have read.

You can look at basically anything by Gibson if you want the same general setting.

And of course Snow Crash and The Diamond Age are heavily inspired by KWC's culture but the locations are very different.

u/postapocalyptictribe · 1 pointr/books

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler and the sequel to it. It's an amazing read just on an entertainment level, but there's a lot of social commentary too if you're looking for it.