I wanna give it a re-read, but the ending really salts me right on up. Brent Weeks writes some really good stuff, but is completely incapable of ending things in a satisfying way. I don't think anything will make me more upset than the ending of the Night Angel trilogy.
Believe it or not, but I actually think the ending of Lightbringer was really solid, especially once I realized Weeks was going all in on the religion being real in universe. I may be a little biased, my perspective on my own faith and how the struggles I’ve felt in it were largely reflected in the perspectives written in the later books of the series. Doesn’t help that my main frame of reference on fantasy of the same scale was reading snippets of the Magic the Gathering Brother’s War novelizations. I read the night angle trilogy in the middle of reading the Lightbringer, and I ended up hating that trilogy, so I don’t blame you on your distaste in how Weeks ends his works. We can only hope he writes another series and that it has a more fitting ending.
I started Foundation this year, but haven't really gotten into it. I think you guys are right about it showcasing his weaknesses. For Asimov, I enjoyed The End of Eternity and his multivac short stories. But generally I prefer Arthur C Clarke out of the old scifi writers. I'd like to read Asimov's books on physics and other subjects sometime though.
I just finished moby dick, and I really enjoyed it. It's probably a future re-read. I was surprised how action packed it was, and the prose was just superb.
Yea, I can see this perspective. I was really surprised when he made the religion real and Orlaham actually EXISTS
If you're trying to read the classics and liked the spergery in Moby Dick, I recommend Les Miserables.
Asimov hits just right in the novella/short story form. I'll give his other novels a shot. But I think Nightfall is just sweet.
I honestly don't get how someone would think that the reader would want to read about gay sex in a book that isn't specifically about that. It's disgusting.
because, out of all the SF writers of the New Wave, this motherfucker was the biggest degenerate.I honestly don't get how someone would think that the reader would want to read about gay sex in a book that isn't specifically about that. It's disgusting.
I was watching a movie called In A Glass Cage recently and there's a scene that made me drop it about 30 minutes in. It involves a gay guy masturbating as a form of... revenge on a gay Nazi scientist who tortured him during WWII. So in this case there's gayness and Nazi war crimes, both in one neat package
That's nothing. He wrote another book about some homosexual rapist who tortures a boy (I think) and makes him eat his shit. Now I have a strong stomach and I read basically anything, but even I cannot be tricked into reading such degenerate filth.
I've read all of Ryan's novels. Covenant of Steel is definitely his best work since his debut with Blood Song, which was not planned as a trilogy. Penguin picked him up after his success and gave him a book deal. Book 2 and 3 following Blood Song are noticeably worse, and The Draconis Memoria is absolute meme tier. Books about dragons and the dragons don't even do anything, and literally every single chapter ends on a cliffhanger. The Raven's Blade duology is slightly better than the original trilogy but that's not saying much. Covenant of Steel leaves some things to be desired but is overall fine.
One of my favorites, really flows from start to finish. Whenever a goal is accomplished it's incredibly satisfying.
the black company is fun, I found the crippled wizard nigga to be horrifying at first and then he got powercrept. The Lady is legitimately kinda terrifying. Hope you have fun, Croaker is a neat lead.
Once a thing becomes commonly accepted, it’s no longer cool. If neopronouns do end up becoming a lasting form of western cultural expression, the arms race to constantly produce new ones will be a fact.
