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Herbert's prose hasn't aged well for me but the story, especially in the first book, is quite strong. I reread it just before Villeneuve's first film and enjoyed it thoroughly. However I did not go any further. I remember as a young man noping out in the later books when Paul went full worm.

Good news on that front https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3803050/clive-barker-making-final-convention-appearances-to-focus-entirely-on-writing-heres-whats-coming-exclusive/

Reactor, TOR's new blog site, post this last week and it dredges up a few things I had forgotten. It generated quite a bit of talk and further recommendations on another forum I hang out on. I suspect it will generate OPINIONS here. A couple of these haven't aged well for me, but what do I know. YMMV. Have fun. https://reactormag.com/10-iconic-fantasy-novels-ripe-for-rediscovery/

See the ongoing thread for Patrick Rothfuss for behavior b). Come for the misguiding, stay for the misdirection and outright lying.

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (why did it take me so long to pick this up?) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Starter Villain by John Scalzi I am currently reading the Blacktongue Thief and damn, I'm loving it.

A man is pleased with the final scene

I think Daniel Abraham's Dagger and Coin series is pretty deep. Plenty of history in the background, multiple races, and several nations involved. I stuck out Malazan for all ten books and a few tangent projects but something always felt broad about it.

My copy is late, Bezos has issues with shipping out to West Bumhole. I do have a few (hundred) in the TBR list. But I look forward to reading it slowly, enjoying all the morsels.

The old thread had reached its limit so given that the new season is out on Netflix, I hope that generates new talk about the books. I tried reading the Last Wish but the writing seemed clunky. I think the translation may be partially to blame as the second book seemed a little better. The dialog is a bit rough but the worldbuilding is very impressive. My question is will the writing change/improve/deteriorate as I go forward? Do I want to purchase and plow through all the books when there are so many great books out there. Is there a payoff if I continue or should I just pick up the next Daniel Abraham?

I almost bought this book as I read some hype that made it seem original. I read an exerpt and noped out of it HARD. I suspect they will get away with it. Hell, no one sued Christopher Paolini for his transgressions.

Sometimes it takes a few months for the spell to work. Or one could just ask him of Twitter (which likely has the same likelihood of success).

Damn, damn, damn. This show had so much potential, especially when we learned of the time travel aspect. Shed a few Whedon tropes and we'd have a real compelling genre show. I guess I'll have to check out Tubi at some point on my FireStick.

For the first time in three years, Scott made a Tumblr post. For him, that's a tremendous surge in activity. With Twitter in a freefall, he's apparently renewing his other "online contact points". Can't say I blame him. https://www.tumblr.com/scottlynch78

Some titles from TOR on sale for Black Friday: https://www.torforgeblog.com/2022/11/25/black-friday-ebook-sale/?fbclid=IwAR1G-LQG6R_Vn7Z1VlPysQLGIZ7RRrDNbEw88iq02a7H836cOY0N7yb7JY8

I just got my copy of the new one but it's going to have to go in the pile until I've finished a few others. Even then, I'll have to read a synopsis of the last book to get my head around where we are at.