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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 🥹

@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

@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

@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)

@minncoma While we are on this topic, do you have any recommendations for incredible prose you could share? 🥹

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 😭

@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)

@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 👀👀

@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.

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 😭

@am_anatiala Wait I’ve never heard of this 😭 Definitely checking it out, sounds really interesting. Thank you so much for the recommendation!

@minncoma the winged histories or anything by sofia samatar; she's also a poet so the prose is really gorgeous

@shrikefeathers Exactly 😭 it’s just a totally different experience in terms of richness and texture

@minncoma sometimes it feels like wandering through a beautiful meticulously decorated Victorian house then walking into a new build black and white box made of papier-mâché and construction paper. like yeah they are both houses. but

@belladonnafeli He’s just on another levelll

@minncoma Tad Williams

Praying my The Kheld King order actually goes through like the rest 😭 still stuck at “order received” while everything else moved

@AuthorAKHauser Hi it’d be my pleasure!

@minncoma @p4silver Weird request, but would you be open to reading my work and telling me what you think of the prose? 🥺🙏 It's already published but I'll email you the EPUB if interested!

@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!

@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.

@rakjoesi Relatable 😭 it makes some reads feel a bit too plain after

@minncoma I simply cannot read it

@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

@minncoma I keep trying to tell ppl that books have been dumbed down.

@kikibats Haven’t tried her books yet 😭 but I’ve heard good things about Daevabad! Thank you!

@minncoma Try writing by SA Chakraborty! Both Daevabad Trilogy and The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi are fantastic plots, mythologies and well researched

@LoneDroog Haven’t read him yet 😭 but from what I’ve heard he’s more character-focused than prose-heavy (?) not too sure, he’s on my TBR though

@minncoma How do you like Joe Abercrombie? I only read the first law trilogy, thought he was fine enough .

@p4silver Right 😭 after authors like Robin Hobb, Janny Wurts, Tad Williams, L.L. Stephens (recent fav)… my standards are permanently altered

@minncoma too real

@falyrionient Right 😭 I’m a bit worried… really hoping it’s just a delay and not heading toward a cancellation

@minncoma oh damn that's a bummer ☹️

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