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Michael Mayer III

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Passionate Blackhawks fan. Lemonade Lover. Husband. Father.

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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
I will finish @RCahillAuthor The Bound and the Broken series by the end of the year. What should my next indie series to binge be? I’ll read both next year but what say you? @The_Elmerian Elmerïan Chronicles (All 3 books+novellas) Or @PhilipChase90 Edan trilogy +standalone
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@AnomanderRake1 Sounds nice. I think I’m just hung up on how it’s a travelogue in the beginning, which I hate, bouncing from town to inn with nothing interesting happening. Hoping it ends soon
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Anomander Rake
Anomander Rake@AnomanderRake1·
@2Goals17Sec I've been reading wolas too, Both these series share some themes and ideas but Triempery is 'struggle free'. 😂 It's really readable that's what i mean. The prose are poetic but has a simplicity to it. The story and character are very engaging.
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@MichaelArold Oh I loved a lot of the books in the so called slog for WoT too (except CoT). The thing about those books is the slow burn always paid off with a big finale. EoS sputtered in the end and the one set piece that should have been interesting was wrapped up in a chapter (the crash).
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Michael Arold
Michael Arold@MichaelArold·
@2Goals17Sec I thought it was a great origin story, with a good pay off. It sets Hadrian on the path of his life (no spoilers). I'll admit it is a slow burn. Im the type of guy that enjoyed what everyone calls the slog in Wheel of Time so im probably biased on that front. 😅
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Michael Arold
Michael Arold@MichaelArold·
Everyone is talking about Dune. Read this, it's better. Especially if you're a Christian.
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@MichaelArold I’ll admit Ruocchio can write well and the prose is pretty good. The pacing in EoS is all over the place, the plot meanders and reads like a bad origin story, and there’s no payoff at the end. I love slow burns, until they fizzle and make it all feel a waste of time
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Michael Arold
Michael Arold@MichaelArold·
@2Goals17Sec It's okay to be completely wrong my friend. Ruocchio had me hooked from the first paragraph of the first book to the last word of the last book. Dune is great but it is a candle trying to shine its light next to a....sun.
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@jondelarroz Love the series but TEotW is one of my least favorite. The middle travelogue is a chore and I put the book down for 2 months. It wasn’t until The Great Hunt that I was locked in on finishing the series. Glad I did because it paid off big in the end
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@Telos_of_War @zbogus77 Dark would be the content and tone of the book. Malazan is dark fantasy, in that it has a very dark, bleak tone with abhorrent things happening to the characters in the world. The difference is it has a theme of hope and compassion as Erikson shows the best and worst of humanity
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Artamesh
Artamesh@Telos_of_War·
@zbogus77 @2Goals17Sec I admit to being puzzled by the concept of "dark" in fantasy. Does just mean war and conflict as I assumed that would be normative as it was in Conan and Tolkien?
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
About 40% done. Loving this book so far. More tightly written than the first book. This series is vastly underrated. Cook should be a fantasy household name like Jordan, Martin and Sanderson. Of course, Steven Erikson should be as well. Alright, I’ll get off my soapbox.
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@Telos_of_War @zbogus77 I know enough about him to know he is not for me. Same with Abercrombie. I can’t do the modern day nihilistic grimdark at all. Cook’s Black Company feels more like modern day dark fantasy than grimdark so I can handle it.
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@Rennallaa And it does get better and better. Have it #9 on my rankings. The next book, which he wrote 10 years after GotM, shows how much he leveled up his skills and is #4 in my rankings for the series. It has the best prologue I’ve ever read and a killer ending. Enjoy!
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ameera 🐾
ameera 🐾@Rennallaa·
Part one was very strong, it hooked me in and got me immersed in the world straight away. It was concise and tightly plotted then it kind of lost its momentum after that. The plot started to feel random and chaotic and it failed to hold to my attention for long periods of time.
ameera 🐾@Rennallaa

14. Gardens of the Moon - 4⭐ — "She'd seen them all before, those faces. She knew them all, knew the sound of their voices, sounds mired in human emotions, sounds clear and pure with thought, and sounds wavering in that chasm between the two. I this, she wondered, my legacy?"

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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@zbogus77 Haha my thoughts exactly. I love the Malazan chapter lengths above all else. Complete themes and plot arcs in 50+ page chapters. No fake cliffhangers at the end of chapters
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Andrey 📚 - Fantasy Classic Book Club
Andrey 📚 - Fantasy Classic Book Club@zbogus77·
Is it really that hard for you guys to pause your reading at the end of a scene in the middle of a chapter? Genuinely asking because I’m concerned.
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@ROMASJULIETTEE I much prefer longer chapters with a complete theme or plot point than a hundred 10 page chapters breaking up the flow with constant PoV changes and fake cliffhangers at chapter’s end that lead the plot to stalling out or going at a snail’s pace
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@Michael_Vadney So I think I may be more like Erikson who writes, edits what he wrote the next day before writing more and only edits once. Takes him longer to finish a draft but less editing. Always love hearing authors methods because there’s no one size fits all. Thanks for sharing!
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@Michael_Vadney As for drafts, I wrote a short story and never got around to editing it. Gave it to some friends and family but not sure I could trust them to be constructive. They all thought it was more of a finished product than I let on so I think I write more complete the first time around
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Michael Vadney
Michael Vadney@Michael_Vadney·
If you love the nobledark heart of Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson—where hope survives in a brutal world—you’ll feel it in Crownfall. Because even in the dark, someone has to stand. Out April 28 Preorder 🔗 👇
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@Michael_Vadney If you don’t mind, have a couple other questions (feel like a reporter) How do you deal with writers block? And do you write the first draft as close as you can to a finished product to limit editing?
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Michael Vadney
Michael Vadney@Michael_Vadney·
@2Goals17Sec Its not for everyone. I imagine carving out the time is difficult with two young ones.
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@Michael_Vadney Oof, I did see you doing that and thought more power to you haha. Thanks to the kiddos for the past few years I’ve been going to bed between 2-4 am, I can’t think straight in the morning 😂 night time is best but then I’m exhausted. Gotta do it tho somehow
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Michael Vadney
Michael Vadney@Michael_Vadney·
@2Goals17Sec Truly appreciate that. Writing can be hard when you have other responsibilities. Keep at it and you will join us, promise. What works for me is writing first thing in the day before dawn. Experiment and see if you can find a time that works for you
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Michael Mayer III
Michael Mayer III@2Goals17Sec·
@WellKnownDick @DavidJohnButler @BradRTorgersen It gets better about halfway through the next book and Demon in White is good. EoS was so disappointing with its meandering plot and lack of payoff. The writing style doesn’t change at all but the plot does get more focused. EoS reads like a bad origin story
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D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor
D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor@DavidJohnButler·
If you're an SFF reader and you haven't read Christopher Ruocchio's THE SUN EATER, I urge you to go read it. If you've read THE SUN EATER and are wondering where to go from there, the answer is Gene Wolfe's THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN.
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