Reddit mentions: The best historical fantasy books

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.

From what I understand, the manga is only nearing the end of the anime at the moment. It is not very far at all. I have not read it myself to confirm though.

The novels are all around better. I actually like reading anime/manga related light novels and have read tons of them. I can say Spice and Wolf is definitely among the better ones in terms of quality. I bought the official Yen Press books. They're translated very well, and they even translate the author's at the end which is nice. You can usually find them on Amazon anywhere between $6 and $11. Amazon's prices fluctuate seemingly randomly and I have no idea why.

If you watched the entire anime, you would have seen novels 1-3, 5, and 2/3 of book 7. To continue the story, you'd want to buy 4, 6, then 8-11 (if you go for the Yen Press official English release). The fan translation has done the whole series though, so if you can't get enough, maybe you'd want to just read it that way. I've read stuff from that group and they do a good job most of the time with all their series. Sometimes the text is a bit weird and occasionally the flow is choppy, but for a free service they do a very good job. I haven't read their Spice and Wolf one, but you could probably ask the other guy who commented.

I would recommend reading just one of the light novels first though before buying or downloading several. Some people just don't like reading or dislike the style of light novels. I personally like them, but they don't have much literary depth which may not appeal to people used to reading higher quality literature. The classification pretty much sums it all up - it's just a LIGHT novel.

Anyways, I'd recommend buying book 4. Support the series, get a nice physical paperback, and see if you like it. If you do, get the rest via Yen Press or fan translation.

Here's an Amazon link to the 4th book

If you have any questions feel free to ask. I've read all Yen Press releases 1-10.

A Star-Reckoner's Legacy —
Fates Sealed in Death

Puns and incest and character-driven fantasy inspired by ancient Iran, Mushishi, Pratchett, and The Witcher.

— SPFBO Semi-Finalist
— Voted an r/Fantasy 2017 Underread/Underrated Novel
— #5 on The Fantasy Inn’s Best Reads of 2017
— #6 on Weatherwax Report’s Top 10 Indies of 2017
— Tome & Tankard’s Best Reads of 2017
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BINGO SQUARES

A Star-Reckoner's Lot

• Novel that was Reviewed on /r/Fantasy
  
• Novel Featuring a Non-Western Setting
  
• Self-Published Novel
  
• Subgenre: Historical Fantasy OR Alternate History (Hard Mode)
  
• Novel with Fewer than 2500 Goodreads Ratings (Hard Mode)
  
• Novel Featuring a God as a Character
  
• Novel by a RRAWR Author OR Keeping Up With the Classics
  
• (Note: I need to ask if this counts as Stand Alone, since it technically is.)
  
  An Ill-Fated Sky
  
  
• Novel that was Reviewed on /r/Fantasy
  
• Novel Published in 2018
  
• Novel Featuring a Non-Western Setting
  
• Self-Published Novel (Hard Mode)
  
• Subgenre: Historical Fantasy OR Alternate History (Hard Mode)
  
• Novel with Fewer than 2500 Goodreads Ratings (Hard Mode)
  
• Novel by a RRAWR Author OR Keeping Up With the Classics
  
• Novel Featuring a Mountain Setting

Hey guys! Is it Friday again?

Reminder: I have a couple of free book giveaways going on. DEAD WEIGHT: The Tombs and apparently Amazon decided to make Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate free too. Which is cool, but since we're in December, Halloween Jack and the Curse of Frost might have been more appropriate, seeing as it's the Christmas story. Ah well.

First audio book when live yesterday. Second is in production, hoping to have it out by Christmas.

Going to bite the bullet and start applying for MFA programs. One of my old teachers is retiring in five years, and he wants to groom me to take his place. That's flattering and exciting. Maybe after my MFA, I'll get a Ph.D. and y'all can call me DOCTOR Gallowglas.

Now I'm agonizing over my entry submission. Even more freaked out about this than I am on a book's launch day. It's weird though, because really it's me convincing people that my writing is good enough for them to allow me to pay them thousands and thousands of dollars to become a better writer.

Looks like I'm almost certainly going to Confusion next month. My mommy is taking care of my airfare. Now, all I have to do is figure out childcare for her highness.... and.... get my wife on board. Shouldn't be too hard since my mom is taking her and the 14 year old to Peru and the Galapagos this spring.

That's about all I have for now. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Cheers!

Tinker by Wen Spencer. Genius, runs a junkyard, races hoverbikes, works magic, Elves, Pittsburgh, etc. She's awesome.

Torin Kerr from the Valor series and Vicki Nelson from the Blood series by Tanya Huff are great female leads. Torin is a scifi series and Vicki is early urban fantasy.

Either the Kate Daniels series or Edge series by Ilona Andrews ... great female and male characters. Lots of depth and variety, very well-written.

Lily Yu and Cynna Weaver in the Lupi series by Eileen Wilks.

Any of Patricia Briggs's books - Mercy Thompson, Alpha & Omega, her fantasy novels ... all great female leads.

So many great female leads, I can give a ton more if you want them.

Bjorix the Brave is an action-adventure fantasy novella set in the dark ages kingdom of Mercia. It contains swashbuckling adventure, political intrigue, romance and sorcery.

Bjorix the Brave is a tale of a tormented hero in a struggle against a monstrous and conspiratorial tyranny. When he sees all that he holds dear in jeopardy, Bjorix the Brave will summon the strength to prevail over the nightmare forces aligned against him.


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I wrote this book for myself, because it was the kind of book that I would want to read. Maybe you'll like it too? (I hope you do)
https://www.amazon.com/Bjorix-Brave-Tale-Ancient-Mercia/dp/1543089860/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=


https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bjorix-the-brave-cedric-foster-gilbert-rolfe/1125847063

Michael J. Sullivan's Riyria books. He has a free short story, *The Viscount and the Witch that you can try to see if you'll like them.

The Shanarra series by Terry Brooks

J.D. Hallowell's War of the Blades books were a lot of fun. From looking at the Amazon page, it looks like the first book might be on sale right now.

If you haven't read the Dragonlance books by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman, you might want to give them a shot.

If you haven't read them yet, Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword are great takes on the heroic fantasy tradition.

Okay, I'm at work and mobile typing is not conducive for rant-level word dumps, so I'll be brief for now.

I implore anyone who hasn't seen this show to give it a shot. I further implore anyone who has seen the show to read the source material. Spice and Wolf is hands down my favorite story in fiction that I've read in years, and is the closest thing to a modern fairy tale you can get this side of Shiriyukihime.

The show on its own can be clever with staging, selective edits and omissions, but the Second Season from OVA to ending is one of the most thematically coherent and motivated pieces of media I've seen.

Which makes me all the more insistent that people read the source material to understand why demand for a third season is so prevalent. Whether it be the Side Colors stories fleshing out Eve's rise to prominence, the Town of Strife arc and summary badassness with which Lawrence navigates it, to just having more time to spend with these two, whiling away the hours with some of the sharpest wit and writing I've ever seen.

Spice and Wolf is a story that matters, and even if I can't convince someone to love it as much as I do, I will never stop recommending it. Please please please give this show a shot; I can almost guarantee it will be worth your time.

EDIT: Lowkey hijacking my own comment to remind people that the eighteenth light novel just went up on preorder as well in various locations, and will be releasing towards the end of this month. Spring Log is a partial setup to the new spinoff series Wolf and Parchment which should be arriving towards the end of this year for English audiences.

Then of all of those you must read at least the first of the Barry Hughart series, https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Master-Li-Number-Ten/dp/0966543602, Bridge of birds. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15177.Bridge_of_Birds It is one of my favorite books of all time. A wonderful romp through "the Tang dynasty as it should have been". Exciting, funny, touching, and very very well researched. NOT a martial arts novel, but sort of a sage(with a slight flaw in his character) and earthy sidekick story as they stumble into one of the great mythic love stories of China.

I'm not sure if I can loan my kindle copy, but if you are interested let me know in a PM and I'll check.

Well, I think it's worth reading - but I may be biased ;-). Seriously though I have a number of free short stories. If you try one or several of them, and like what you find, then the chances are good that you'll enjoy the larger novels. Here are some Amazon links:

• The Viscount and the Witch
  
  
• The Riyria Sampler
  
  
• Del Rey 2016 Sampler - contains the first chapter of Age of Myth
  
  
• The Crown Tower Sampler - first 5 chapters
  
  If you prefer audio books, I have two shorts on audible.com that you might like.
  
  
• Professional Integrity
  
• The Jester

Aye. It's expensive but has the whole collection together so I am happy as can be. I'm pretty sure I saved money buy ordering the series this way.

It does require more effort to read though. The book is heavy and has small text. It basically means you physically sit/lay differently to read the book. I also take really good care of my books too so it makes reading this edition even more difficult, lol.

I've read Bridge of Birds, Enchantress from the Stars, and the Stainless Steel Rat. All are excellent fun. I've never heard of the other two, looking them up on Amazon I see that both were published in the past few years and like "Enchantress" are meant for young adults. Anyone who has read all five is likely either in high school with access to a good science fiction library selection that includes older books or is a teacher or librarian.

Did you know Bridge of Birds is the first book in a trilogy? Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen. You can buy an omnibus version from Amazon under the title "The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox": http://www.amazon.com/The-Chronicles-Master-Number-Ten/dp/0966543602

If you enjoy the Stainless Steel Rat, you may enjoy The Deathworld Trilogy, also by Harry Harrison.

I heavily recommend RAW's "Historical Illuminatus! Chronicles" as well. I love Illuminatus! but I have to admit that his writing style improved greatly by the time he started on the Historical Illuminatus! Chronicles. Basically they are a historical fiction that takes place in the 1700's and touches on a lot of the ideas that Dan Brown and other authors would make more popular years later. However, I prefer RAW's attitude towards the material as he allows certain revelations and discoveries to take place while still effectively maintaining a sense of ambiguity and mystery around the bigger picture.

The three books of the series that he managed to finish before he died are The Earth Will Shake, The Widow's Son and Nature's God. Also, there is a quite good audiobook of The Earth Will Shake that can be bought here.

>You are a contradiction, my friend.
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>You choose. You decide. You hold responsible and are held responsible. But at the same time, you’re a machine, something that can be conditioned, repaired, turned on or off, piloted with greater ease than a drone—so long as you remain convinced that you choose and decide.
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>I’ve devoted the bulk of my adult life to exploring this insane predicament with as much honesty as I could muster. The theory I leave to journals and my blog. My fantasy opus, The Second Apocalypse, tells the story in the language of heroes and gods, the idiom of our lost innocence. With The Unholy Consult, the conclusion to The Aspect-Emperor, on the shelves, I’m at last free to discuss everything in the books so far.
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>We have come to the very crash site of meaning. Let us rage and cower beneath the Horns of Golgotterath together.
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>You are a contradiction, my friend.
>
>You choose. You decide. You hold responsible and are held responsible. But at the same time, you’re a machine, something that can be conditioned, repaired, turned on or off, piloted with greater ease than a drone—so long as you remain convinced that you choose and decide.
>
>I’ve devoted the bulk of my adult life to exploring this insane predicament with as much honesty as I could muster. The theory I leave to journals and my blog. My fantasy opus, The Second Apocalypse, tells the story in the language of heroes and gods, the idiom of our lost innocence. With The Unholy Consult, the conclusion to The Aspect-Emperor, on the shelves, I’m at last free to discuss everything in the books so far.
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>We have come to the very crash site of meaning. Let us rage and cower beneath the Horns of Golgotterath together.
>

Do you mean hardback copies? As far as I know, the individual novels only come in paperback. There is the Collector's Edition, which combined first 17 volumes in one hardback monster of a book, but it isn't really recommended for casual reading. If you just mean physical copies, those should be pretty widely available.

And good luck avoiding the spoilers, since they are pretty much on all the promotional material and even on cover of some of the later volumes (vol. 17 especially). I wouldn't worry too much about them though, as the story doesn't rely on spoilers too much.

Awesome, check out "Bjorix The Brave: A Tale of Ancient Mercia" (there's some synopsis's of it on the amazon customer reviews (https://www.amazon.com/Bjorix-Brave-Tale-Ancient-Mercia/dp/1543089860/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=#customerReviews) and goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34342253-bjorix-the-brave) but based on your opening post I'd say it's most like A Song of Ice and Fire, The Kingkiller Chronicles and Wheel of Time, though significantly shorter. Very action-packed, very fast paced (each chapter ends on a cliffhanger which makes it easy to binge), the sequel is called "Bjorix The Ghost: A Tale of Ancient Cymru", for what it's worth "Ghost" in the title of the sequel is a metaphor for being hard to find by the enemy in a sort of guerilla warfare context and "Cymru" is the Welsh name for Wales (similarly "Mercia" in the title of the first one is a real place, it was a dark ages kingdom in what's now central England). Anyway, it sounds like you'll like both, in my opinion I think the sequel is slightly better than the first one but I'd still recommend starting with the first one for story-continuity reasons (and you'll definitely like the first one).

Dune and Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert tell the story of the rise and fall of the most powerful man in the universe. "The flesh surrenders itself... Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not, yet... I occurred"

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is an eccentric narrative of two men battling a great evil. "It is hungry. It is immortal. Worse, it knows nothing of whim."

In Latro in the Mist by Gene Wolfe, the hero remembers only the last day's worth of memories. Consequently, he is manipulated by all manner of men and gods. "Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets, perhaps, whose singing we hear with pleasure, though some of us smash them with our heels when they venture into sight."

If you're looking for a novel, check out the new YA historical fiction novel about St. George by Taylor Marshall, Sword and Serpent. My nephew loved it. It's primarily about Jurian/Georgius (who will become St. George) as a teenager, but there are appearances by other saints like Nicholas, Blaise, and Christopher, who all lived in the same time period. They're not cardboard cutouts, either! Hope that helps!

http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Serpent-Taylor-Marshall-ebook/dp/B00Q09BFH2/

I'm currently reading Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher. It's a recently released self-published novel that strikes me as a combination of Avatar: The Last Airbender and Princess Mononoke.

Division of the Marked by March McCarron has a detailed magic system with character-specific powers, but also includes elements of romance that I don't typically see in magic system heavy fiction.

If you're in the mood for science fantasy, I'd recommend Without Bloodshed by Matthew Graybosch (/u/asuraemulator). Excellent characters, science, magic, and some heavy metal.

Tao Wong just came out with one today!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PKGSDDQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

His 'System Apocalypse' and 'Adventures on Brad' are pretty great, so I imagine this is going to be good too.

Hey, you're in luck - I'm currently reading A Star Reckoner's Lot by Darrell Drake and it would fall into this category, and it's currently on sale! Plus it's based in Iranian myth which is super interesting and a refreshing change from the pseudo-medieval Europe setting.

I'm only about 20% in but I'm loving it so far. :)

Thanks for the info, what a great comment. I am a big fan of mesoamerican cultures. Recently been reading Graham Hancock's War God, a very fascinating historical fiction of the spanish conquest of Mexico. Check it out! http://www.amazon.com/War-God-Nights-Graham-Hancock/dp/1780361904

Your wife has read everything! Damn. Ok, some more suggestions:

• Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. They are awesomely awesome, and there are a lot of them. You could start anywhere, but I recommend starting with Guards! Guards. It's got dragons!
  
  
• The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe. A two-volume short series comprised of The Knight and The Wizard. It tells the story of a 12-year old boy who is transported to Faery, one of reality's several parallel universes. Having arrived, he soon meets a sort of elf goddess who transforms him into a young man. Wolfe really turns the fantasy genre on its head, and it's a weird and wild ride. It takes all the usual fantasy elements (magic, elves, dragons, giants) and reinvents them in a unique way.
  
  
• Gene Wolfe's Latro sequence is also excellent: Latro of the Mist (combines the first two novels) and Soldier of Sidon. Tells of a young soldier in Ancient Greece who sustains a wound in battle that destroys his long-term memory, so he has to continually write down everything that happens in his life to remember it. (The novels were written long before Memento used the same device.) While a historical novel, there is plenty to engage the mind. For one, Latro's wound has given him the ability to communicate with the gods.
  
  
• Gideon Defoe's The Pirates! series. Hilarious sequence of short novels about a traveling band of pirates.
  
  
• The Thief of Always by Clive Barker. Reminiscent of Neil Gaiman.
  

Might be worth checking out A Star Reckoner's Lot by Darrell Drake. I just started reading it and while the main character can't 100% take care of herself (she has some physical issues that make her become incredibly tired, really fast), but she's an incredibly strong person who tries to give everyone a fair chance. https://www.amazon.com/Star-Reckoners-Lot-Darrell-Drake-ebook/dp/B01I5WBOUO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1492274509&sr=1-1&keywords=a+star+reckoners+lot

For light-hearted fantasy, you can't go far wrong with Bridge of Birds. It's an adventure across a China that never was, in search of a cure that will save a village, and possibly also righting a crime against Heaven a thousand years old. The first book is good, great, definitely read it, the other two in the series are not so great, but I never regretted reading them.

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It isn't a short story, but Firehurler by J.S. Morin is brilliant.

If you want some Snark & Sorcery then Sorcerer's Code by Christopher Kellen is right up your alleyway.

If you haven't read any Michael J. Sullivan then The Viscount and the Witch is a perfect start.

You've no doubt read this, but Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard is classic Conan.

If this violates any rules, let me know and I'll delete! :)

A Gift Freely Given

The second is the the works and now my sister (equally late in her 30s and equally as childfree) is working on her own book with no babies!

I just finished Michael J. Sullivan's Hollow World last night and really enjoyed it. It's one of the best time travel stories I have read and I don't normally enjoy time travel.

Check out Tinker and its sequel(s). The protagonist is a genius inventor type chick and lives in near futuristic world that's been thrown into contact with a parallel earth where magic and elves are the order of the day. She deals with magic in a scientific manner. Space travel is even touched on a bit at some point, but not in a galaxy-spanning manner...

Slight spoiler, but what I enjoyed most about the book is she's transformed into an immortal elf.

Great decision! I've been enjoying them quite a bit, although waiting for them to release after finally catching up is a bummer.

In case you didn't notice, you can also preorder 14 and 15 on Amazon right now, if you're so inclined. 14 comes out late next month; 15 is out in late August. If you keep checking, you'll be able to preorder 16 and 17 soon, too. Usually the next one becomes available soon after one releases (e.g. 16 will probably be available to preorder soon after 14 releases).

It's still literally just a fucking ad.

Which is good and cool, because it's a cheap copy of a book this sub seems to adore and I really can't wait to read it. Thanks for posting literally just a fucking ad, man!
I was going to buy your book but Amazon told me I already had, so, uh. I'm used to that from Steam, not from Amazon.

Sullivan is a redditor too, and he posts regularly.

If you're interested in his work, he offers The Viscount and the Witch for free on Amazon. This is a short story set in the same world as his first major series The Riyria Chronicles.

I'd keep them all intact. Hopefully by the end of the month we'll have more information.

According to Amazon the second print isn't shipping till November, so you'll have time to request a refund or cancel if you're stuck with the second edition.

If you're extremely lucky and hit the jackpot with 2-3 first editions, then consider selling at cost to those who missed out. I'm sure it will be easy to offload any additional copies.

I have all the LN + the special summary.

Just wanted the summary, cause it's a nice collectable.

This one: https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Anniversary-Collectors-Isuna-Hasekura/dp/0316469920

And got it for free, cause Amazon was incompetent with shipping the thing from UK to GER

Ok, here's the thing... he has fiction and essays. Both are equally mind blowing but in different ways. The essays are easier to read, I think.

Fiction series:

Illuminatus Trilogy

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440539811/therobertantonwi

Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440500702/therobertantonwi

Historical Illuminatus Trilogy (I think these are the easiest to read of the novels):

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561841625/therobertantonwi

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561841633/therobertantonwi

http://www.amazon.com/Natures-God-Historical-Illuminatus-Chronicles/dp/1561841641/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236806921&sr=1-15

Essays:

Everything else. I'd start with the book that I linked to here "Illuminati Papers" then "Right Where You Are Sitting Now" and Cosmic Trigger 1, 2 and 3.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1579510027/therobertantonwi

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0914171453/therobertantonwi

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561840033/therobertantonwi

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561840114/therobertantonwi

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561841129/therobertantonwi

Cosmic Trigger 3 is subtitled "My Life After Death", it was written after it was rumored that he died...

Unfortunately he did pass away in 2007.

[Cradle]
[Mother of Learning]
[Sufficiently Advanced Magic]
[Street Cultivation]
[The Land]
[The Divine Dungeon]
[The Dark Herbalist]
[Ascend Online]
[The Way of the Shaman]
[The Wheel of Time] (Low Quality)
[I Shall Seal the Heavens]
[A Will Eternal]
[Coiling Dragon]
[Patrick Rothfuss] (Author)
[The Thousand Li]
[Savage Divinity] (Low Quality)
[The Dao of Magic]
[Dante's Immortality]
[Forge of Destiny]
[Veilverse]
[Way of the Immortals]
[Sundered Soul]
[Edge of Eons]
[Soulship]
[The Wandering Inn]
[Delvers LLC]
[Dodge Tank]
[World Tree Online]
[Life Reset]
[Viridian Gate Online]
[The Crafting of Chess]
[Reverend Insanity]
[I Eat Tomatoes] (Author)
[Er Gen] (Author)
[The King's Avatar]
[Against the Gods]
[Martial World]
[Dragon Heart]
[Purple Days]

It's not on Amazon, yet. Vol. 18 is up, but they won't put up New Theory until Vol. 18 is basically released. The reason I am confident that it'll be November/December is because that's Yen Press' average delay for an active light novel series. Fastest it could be is 4 months, but I doubt that'll happen.

From this very subreddit, I found A Thousand Li, by Tao Wong. There are only two books out so far, and the second one is a lot more expository than the first, but I enjoyed it.

I've also started Way of the Immortals, by Harmon Cooper but I literally just started it today and don't have an opinion yet.

That thing weigh like 5 pounds and the text is both tiny and has 2 normal pages as one page, separated by a blank column and is like $400

But seriously. All 20 books plus Wolf and Parchment are on Amazon so with Prime shipping it doesnt really matter if you buy them all separately or not.

So someone asked me what Gene Wolfe book I would recommend, and I replied, but my post isn't showing up which leads me to worry that it might've been lost to the depths of the internet.

Without a doubt, get this one.

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This omnibus of two acclaimed novels is the story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who while fighting in Greece received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory but gave him in return the ability to see and converse with the supernatural creatures and the gods and goddesses, who invisibly inhabit the ancient landscape. Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives him a poignantly tenuous hold on himself, but his story's hold on readers is powerful indeed, and many consider these Wolfe's best books.

Best use of the unreliable narrator I have ever seen, in my life. And I have a literature degree.

If you like his writing and read SF as well as fantasy, you might check out Hollow World, which is his latest release.

I am reading [War God] (http://www.amazon.com/War-God-Nights-Graham-Hancock/dp/1780361904). It takes place during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, it has fantasy in it but it is written by a [very interesting guy] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hancock)

Season 3 isn't happening but you can always buy the light novels in English!

English version Amazon links(keep in mind that the anime covers books 1,2,3 and 5):

• Book 1
  
• Book 2
  
• Book 3
  
• Book 4
  
• Book 5
  
• Book 6
  
• Book 7
  
• Book 8
  
• Book 9(Rightstuf)
  
• Book 10
  
• Book 11
  
• Book 12
  
• Book 13
  
• Book 14
  
• Book 15
  
• Book 16- December 2015
  
• Book 17- April 2016
  

This book is free today on Amazon.

I just received confirmation that the copy I ordered on September 1st is guaranteed to be a numbered edition. If you have questions about yours, you should also include references to the numbered (first print) and unnumbered (second print) on amazon.com, it will make the process much easier.

Latro in the Mist by Gene Wolfe is probably one of the most uniquely interesting books I've ever read. It's written as the journal of a Roman solider wandering around ancient Greece. The catch is he has anterograde amnesia and can't remember anything he did the day before, and he also sees gods and monsters.

Dr. Taylor Marshall is writing a fantasy/historical fiction series that gets good reviews:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Q09BFH2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Graham Hancock's;
America Before - https://www.amazon.com/America-Before-Earths-Lost-Civilization/dp/1250153735

& War God - https://www.amazon.com/War-God-Nights-Graham-Hancock/dp/1780361904

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Awesome reads!

If money is no object I'd say: Go for it, of course. ;)


You will have a hard time finding the Anniversary Collector's Edition at a reasonable price I'm afraid.
It was a limited edition, sold out at all official retailers by now, all you will find are copies sold by resellers at insane prices.

Amazon - New

Amazon - Used

You could try your luck on Ebay but chances aren't high.


Personally,..... if at any time, after collecting all books for Spice & Wolf, Wolf & Parchment and the manga I will probably direct my attention to figures.

You should read The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox

The Spice and Wolf Anniversary Collector's Edition that I got weigh 6.7 pounds/4 Kg.

May 23, 2017

I know when I pre-ordered I chose Kindle edition...if you look on this page does it show Kindle as an option?

https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Wolf-Vol-light-novel/dp/0316471674

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spice-Wolf-Anniversary-Collectors-Ayakura/dp/0316469920/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480771351&sr=8-1&keywords=spice+and+wolf+collectors+edition

Is this the second edition? I thought only the international edition was being sold outside North America?

Yup! All 18 Volumes tightly packed into a Collector's Edition!

The Latro books by Gene Wolfe:

• Soldier of the Mist
  
• Soldier of Arete
  
• Soldier of Sidon
  
  The first two books can be found as a single volume Latro in the Mist

Biggest height? 11”...
https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Anniversary-Collectors-Isuna-Hasekura/dp/0316469920

http://amzn.com/B005QOIHR8

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0316469920/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0316504017&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=SBHY83FQ0PE8Q06EGVVA

The price just dropped by £40. Ordered that and I'll probably end up cancelling the first edition one.

so side colors and spring log is in the main series? (the one with 1-17 books), also took a look at Amazon but they dont seem to have Parchment and Wolf, (i asusme its the one with daughters) nor can i find info where to buy via online unless its actually called Spice and Wolf: New Theory, either way they are both missing on amazon it seems.also i found this https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Anniversary-Collectors-Isuna-Hasekura/dp/0316469920/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491817640&sr=1-2&keywords=spice+and+wolf does this give me all 17 books?

I just finished reading Darrell Drake's excellent A Star-Reckoner's Lot, a tragic historical fantasy of secrets, betrayal, love, loss, exclusion, and retribution.

I just read a book about this exact same thing called Hollow World. In the book, no industries exist really. Everyone is the exact same as everyone else.

So I'll go with that as my answer.

Also, before anyone says I'm the author or anything stupid. No, I'm not. Was just a big fan of the book. However, the author is an active redditor and may or may not see this thread and comment.

Update: New Amazon.com listing is up for the second run, but it's still saying not available, and is furthermore not being sold on the international sites at all (page 404s). Very odd developments…

Halloween Jack and The Devil. I mean, c'mon. It's just so beautiful.

He's a phenomenal writer. Not scifi but, if we're talking Gene Wolfe recos, it'd be a shame if his Latro in the Mist duology wasn't mentioned.

It's like Memento but set in ancient Rome, with a Roman mercenary who can communicate with ancient gods.

I'm seriously considering it to get the translation done (I'd be willing to pay for the book since I'd ultimately keep it). I'll have to do some more looking into what that would cost and the logistics of it.

Edit: Unfortunately the more I look into what a translation would take, the less I think it's something I'll be able to get done. Since getting it translated would be my ultimate goal, I'm a lot less inclined to try to purchase the book myself.

Regarding organizing a fan translation: Logistically, getting a fan translation of a book is incredibly difficult to do; it takes a very, very long amount of time and oversight to get done right (having been a close follower of many fan translations or attempted ones from Japanese novels). There also has to be a significant following of the books to have the human resources to get it done which, unfortunately I don't think the portion of our sub interested in it can offer compared to other fan-translated books of say, Japanese Light Novels. I considered reaching out to some anime fansub groups that I've followed for a while about interest (or independent Japanese LN translators I've spoke with in the past), but they're so strapped with what they already do on top of their IRL jobs that it would just be insensitive to ask and would take an indeterminable amount of time for one person to do even if they wanted to (we're talking not within a year for an estimated ~200 pages). Even if I tried to organize such a thing the timing is really bad for me now (which is why I wanted to look at hiring out a translation) since I'm in the middle of finishing law school finals, then prepping full-time for my Bar exam, then transitioning into a full-time career.

Doing it any other way, such as paying someone to translate it, just isn't practical and is much more costly than I would have ever anticipated. Standard rates appear to be ~$0.10 minimum per word to do which, assuming the book is somewhere around 200 pages would bring the cost to over $5k USD. That seems to be more than I'd be able to raise if I tried, and frankly it's more money than I'd want to manage via crowdfunding even if I could.

If i can grab one of these on auction for around $150 USD on auction I'll probably go for it and see if I can get some kind of translation organized in my free time, but we'll just have to see. I'm not too keen on spending more for a book I may never be able to read than I did for a hard-bound, professionally translated anthology of books a couple weeks ago. Sorry all. Also, apologies for the wall of text, I didn't want people thinking I was just talking out my ass when I mentioned trying to make a translation happen - I really did look into it and it's just not practical as someone who can speak/read only enough Japanese to get around as a tourist.