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@minncoma
📚 fiction - epic/high fantasy. cr: The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams, Sordaneon by L.L. Stephens + 2 other books ✨ music/kpop: itzy & taylor swift
Se unió Haziran 2014
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minn retuiteado
If for nothing else, I'll always be grateful to L. L. Stephens for creating Marc Frederick. I've never seen a character both haunt and serve as the custodian to a narrative half as much as he's done. Can't be happier that she's writing a prequel novel about him.
Sayuti 📖@MalazofWesteros
Restarting The Rill Lord now that I have the physical copy 🤗
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minn retuiteado
I agree with this, but I also think a lot of writers lack the skill to fully immerse their readers in the worlds they create. Sometimes their world building feels more mechanical than mystical.
felicity 📖@belladonnafeli
I feel like many modern fantasy novels don’t feel fantastical because a lot of these writers are writing a story they want to be adapted onto the big screen. Therefore we lose the charm and sort of wonder of fantasy. Obviously this doesn’t apply to every modern author,
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@smallworld101k Woah thats so exciting to hear! I’m still on MST but already looking forward to read The Last King of Osten Ard 🥹
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@minncoma I'm almost done w/ Witchwood Crown n already have the next book in the series. Believe it or not this is my first Tad Williams! I didn't read MST! I saw he is releasing another Osten Ard series this fall! And yes I agree with you, I love solid prose. Not a fan of the tiktok bks
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@AlexChaircheck @p4silver Haven’t read Otherland yet 😭 I’m currently reading MST and I LOVE it so far, really excited for Last King of Osten Ard
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@thebrainlete Wait I should’ve given actual books 😭 for incredible prose and overall insane storytelling (to me 😭): The Realm of the Elderlings (Robin Hobb), Memory, Sorrow and Thorn (Tad Williams), The Triempery Revelations (L.L. Stephens), and Wars of Light and Shadow (Janny Wurts)
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See I was starting to believe I was just getting too picky about prose as long as the characters grew on me and the story was entertaining, but I’m glad other folks be noticing too 😭
minn@minncoma
After reading a few fantasy books (some of which I’m still currently reading) with genuinely masterful prose, going back to some modern fantasy feels… a bit too simple 😭
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@thebrainlete Ooo what genre are you into? 👀 I mainly read epic fantasy, so my recs lean that way 😭 But for prose I’d say Robin Hobb (immersive/emotional), Janny Wurts (dense and layered), Tad Williams (rich and atmospheric), and L.L. Stephens (really solid, polished storytelling overall)
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@LoneDroog Yeah that’s fair 😭 I can see why a more direct style would feel less cringey. I haven’t read him yet, but I’m actually looking forward to it now 👀👀
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@minncoma Yeah he is very character voice heavy and not that good at world building . But compared to other modern writers, I kinda feel way less cringed by his prose cause he's so direct at times. I know it seems contradictory but with the audiobook combined it seems so heavy.
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@am_anatiala Wait I’ve never heard of this 😭 Definitely checking it out, sounds really interesting. Thank you so much for the recommendation!
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@minncoma the winged histories or anything by sofia samatar; she's also a poet so the prose is really gorgeous
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@shrikefeathers Exactly 😭 it’s just a totally different experience in terms of richness and texture
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@laramie_graber The Raven Scholar is already on my shelf 😭 heard good things about it so I’m hopeful. I’ll check out the other recommendations as well, thank you!
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@minncoma There are still modern fantasy books with good prose. The House of Vermin, The Spear cuts through Water, The Wings Upon her back, The Raven Scholar... Though admittedly they're often not the most popular.
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@Undrscore_Vinyl I get what you mean 😭 simpler prose is more common now. I guess simpler works for some people… (?) just not for me def
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@minncoma I keep trying to tell ppl that books have been dumbed down.
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