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Reddit mentions of The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1)
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| Release date | August 2010 |
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I consider SAM to be somewhat of a mix between a "hard magic" epic fantasy novel and something in the LitRPG genre. As such, I'd recommend taking a look at options within both genres.
There are some good suggestions here already. I'll second Threadbare, Mother of Learning, and Will Wight's Cradle series. Those are all excellent choices.
If you're looking for more hard magic fantasy books, I recommend the following:
If you want to try some other LitRPG books, I'd recommend the following:
In terms of published Western LitRPGs, I'd say Ascend Online is my favorite. The central protagonist isn't a complete psychopath like a lot of LitRPG protagonists, and he immediately starts treating the highly intelligent AI NPCs as people. That's a huge selling point for me, since it's so rare to see LitRPG protagonists that are friendly to NPCs.
Also, rather than immediately jumping into save the world stuff, it's reasonably paced. The main character doesn't start out with any crazy game breaking abilities, and the setting itself feels largely realistic - it feels very similar to a futuristic version of Everquest.
In terms of non-Western LitRPGs, Log Horizon is my favorite. The author has clearly played MMORPGs, and the tactics used in there - both by the main character and other characters - feel like the types of things real people would do in a MMO setting. Once again, the main character also takes NPCs seriously and treats them well, which is a big plus for me. Shiroe for Log Horizon is probably the closest character I've seen to someone with my own background in a book.
I also love I'm a Spider, So What?, which is a hilarious story about a girl who gets reincarnated into an RPG setting as a tiny spider monster. Fortunately, she can grind to get stronger! It's a bit of a strange one, but tons of fun. Note that this one is not strictly going into a VR game - they're just reincarnated in a world with RPG stats. It's a little different, but similar.
If you want a character that's actively looking for bugs and exploits, I'd recommend Kono Sekai ga Game da to Ore dake ga Shitteiru. I enjoyed the first book a ton. The second book started getting into tropes I didn’t enjoy quite as much.
One of my other recent favorites is The Tutorial is Too Hard, which focuses on a main character transported into a dungeon on “Hell” difficulty that needs to make his way through to the top floor. We see a lot of his analytical process, which gives it a somewhat similar feel to Sufficiently Advanced Magic.
Amazon will gladly sell it to you. The paperback version is $7.88, and the Kindle version (which you can read on any computer or mobile phone, not just a dedicated hardware reader) is $7.49.
Not in any particular order.
Or you can get each book individually so you don't get one large file
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Oathbringer
In Brandon Sanderson's new series The Stormlight Archives there is a region of the world that is almost constantly being bombarded by rain, and storms, and hurricanes. It is rocky and sandy, there's not even a concept of soil. Plant life is more like weird tendrils that hide in hollow rocks and peek out to soak up the sun when it's safe. The animals are essentially gigantic crabs, millipedes, and monstrous crosses between the two.
The Way of Kings might be it because it has a group of knights who had special armor and swords that are priceless.
I'm not sure if I had like a special deal or anything, but it appears The Way of Kings(Stormlight Archive 1) is actually free right now on Amazon. I think I'll pick that up and begin reading through that tonight.
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Kings-Stormlight-Archive-Book-ebook/dp/B003P2WO5E/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1412576096&sr=1-1&keywords=stormlight+archive
Apologies if I'm interpreting your question incorrectly, but if a free book is what you're looking for I would highly recommend installing the kindle android app and downloading this book - http://www.amazon.com/Way-Kings-STORMLIGHT-ARCHIVE-ebook/dp/B003P2WO5E/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=
One of my favorites ever, and it's completely free right now.
If you aren't Familiar with Brandon Sanderson... I'd check him out immediately!
His Mistborn series is amazing and finished (At least the first Trilogy), his other series are just as amazing, but no where close to finished so could be a long wait if you get as engrossed in them as I have.
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He also finished Robert Jordan's epic tale Wheel of Time when Mr Jordan passed away before completing the last 2 or 3 books.
Hah, that's pretty cool. I am reading his The Stormlight Archive Series. My middle daughter suggested it as a series that she, my oldest, and I could read together and discuss because The Wheel of Time was something she'd never gotten into but was shared between my oldest and myself. I realllllly love this seris.
I'll look up the Alcatraz vs. series. I tried his Mistborn series and, while I loved the first book, I couldn't even finish the second, so it turned me off of him for a while.
I have Flowertown and Confessions of a D-List Super Villain that can be lent. Both were very good. I'm sure there are many others, but it is so hard to search for the lendable titles on Amazon!
EDIT: Adding more lendable SF titles - only adding books that I liked a lot.
The Forever War
The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011
Bob Moore, No Hero - this is currently free in kindle store
The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
Warbreaker
The God Engines
13 Bullets
Agent to the Stars
Old Man's War
I'm not sure if I can pick just one, but if you like sci-fi, you might enjoy Halo: First Strike. It's a fun read if you have some knowledge of the Halo universe. Dunno if I could call it my favorite book, but it's up there.
If you're into fantasy, I'd suggest trying The Way of Kings. I just finished it the other day and ended up quite enchanted with some of the characters.
I might suggest The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. It's been a while since I've read it, but I feel like the chapters might be a bit long if you wanted to read one or two over a lunch break (depending on how long you have to read on a break). It's not quite as fun of a read as Kingkiller, I would put it between Kingkiller and A Song of Ice and Fire, but I do highly recommend it regardless. Also by Brandon Sanderson I highly recommend the Mistborn Series. Warning about the way of kings, it is part one of a planned 10 part series, with the second part only coming out hopefully next year, so that might be a turn off for you.
I myself have just started reading The First Law series, and while I can't quite recommend it yet, it seems to read and feel very similar to The Way of Kings, but with shorter chapters. I am expecting good things from it, and the lengths of the chapters seem very suitable to a lunch break.
Links to kindle editions to take advantage of the reading samples:
Way of Kings
Mistborn
First Law
Oh yeah that's right. It's also free for Kindle on Amazon.
This is a direct link to the product
An amazon referral link has a tag in the URL appearing as "tag=XXXXX-20."
So, yes, what was removed was an Amazon affiliate/referral link.
It's also free on Amazon.
The Way of Kings (kindle edition), the 1st book in Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive series is currently FREE on Amazon. It's a bit early for my full review, but I read the prologue while taking a dump at the office today, and the whole time I kept thinking "Man, I really have to hurry up and get back to my desk for that 1:30 conference call".
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they'll probably just tap in Sanderson like they did with Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.
At first I was like.. so who is this random Sanderson and why should I care about his books. Eventually I did read a Sanderson book and I was.. unimpressed. It was good but not "We want you to finish WOT" good. Turns out it was his Young Adult book which was better than Patterson's garbage. Anyway one day Amazon had a Sanderson book for free. Good lord it was good. It was so epic, so good. It changed my world. If I was in high school when this series was coming out my primary user handle would come from it instead of Wheel of Time. On TOP of that. Sanderson is a bloody machine. He cranks out these epic well written books and he cranks them out regularly which in the literary world is lightning fast.
I understood after reading that book why they choose him. Because he writes good, he writes big and he's a closer.
I found out about Brandon Sanderson from this sub and really enjoyed these two series:
Mistborn
The Stormlight Archive
I also can't recommend Jon Krakauer enough.
Probably Brandon Sanderson's newest series. It stands out because of how well written it is. I never had to take a pause and go "woah... that's... weird" while reading this book. And I think he makes all his characters very much 3 dimensional.
If you're into the fantasy genera, this is a must have, granted if you're well read you've probably already heard of this book and author.
Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn or Stormlight series. Both are meticulously plotted high fantasy, and like the Kingkiller Chronicles the magic system has clear and constant rules.
For some crazy reason the first book in Stormlight is free on Amazon right now (kindle) http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003P2WO5E?cache=88d1bad7bfcdbb326b0b476fd62c6bd1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&qid=1411665231&sr=8-2#ref=mp_s_a_1_2
Another recent one was Brandon Sanderson's Way of Kings. There was an even cheaper promo price but the Kindle edition is still under $5:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Kings-Stormlight-Archive-ebook/dp/B003P2WO5E/
And the upgrade to audio from there still saves quite a lot.
I'm struggling through the new David Brin novel. Meanwhile, i'm reading Gotham, a history of New York City before 1898. And I just reread The Way of Kings.
In no particular order:
Honorable mention to The Legend of Eli Monpress.
I personally liked Mistborn, but I think Sandson's other series, The Stormlight Archive, is better, and a bit more like Name of the Wind.
I seem to remember it being planned as a 10 book series, but 5 have been announced. The first book, "The Way of Kings," is a couple years old, and the 2nd "Words of Radiance," is supposed to be out this fall.
I am on the lookout for things to read myself
I am on mobile so horrible formatting incoming
From litrpg top picks are:
From fantasy in general
Sci-fi
Too lazy to remember more at this point
Pretty much anything by Brandon Sanderson, but The Way of Kings (part one of his mega epic series) is free on Kindle right now still.
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The Way of Kings (e-book is currently FREE -- http://www.amazon.com/Way-Kings-Stormlight-Archive-Book-ebook/dp/B003P2WO5E/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid= )
Well, you're in luck, because 'Orphaned farm boy who grows up to be a badass and saves the world' is one of the most common tropes in fantasy, especially in books written in the 80s and 90s.
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan is an obvious recommendation. To be blunt, Goodkind 'borrowed' a lot of ideas from this series, and in general Wheel of Time is considered to be superior by most fans. One caveat is that the series is huge, 13 large books, and like many long running series it suffers from pacing issues in the middle. The Eye of the World is the first book in the series.
The Belgariad by David Eddings is another that follows this formula closely. Another classic series like wheel of time, this one moves along a bit quicker, it's a five book series that starts with Pawn of Prophecy
For some more recent examples, you might try one of the following.
The Codex Alera is a six book series by Jim Butcher, who's well known for writing the popular Dresden Files series. Codex Alera is a little different in that in this world everyone has powers to some degree, except for the protagonist, who has to be clever and capable to overcome his 'deficiency.' This is a fun series, with a unique magic system, a solid cast of characters with different motivations, several surprises and a satisfying end. My only beef is that the first book is a little slow, and doesn't do much to 'grab you,' but it picks up quickly in the second. First book is The Furies of Calderon,
The Kingkiller Chronicles Patrick Rothfuss is an ongoing trilogy with two books out that's often recommended on /r/Fantasy. It doesn't follow the 'farmboy' trope as closely as the other books I'm recommending, but it's another coming of age story about an aspiring magic user, with some really great prose. Essentially it's about a hero who's exploits have reached legendary status telling his life story in a bar. First book is The Name of the Wind
Finally, I'll recommend The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. This series has 2 books out of what will eventually be two 5-book arcs. The first two books are simply fantastic. It has a large cast of characters, but the character that's the focus of the first book has the standard Heroes Journey. First book is The Way of Kings, and the kindle edition is currently free on Amazon.