I have taken almost a year long break from reading fiction to focus on non-fiction. I am ready to start reading fiction again, but after such a long break I have no idea where to start.

Here are some books I have enjoyed in the past:

  • Dragon’s Egg (Robert L. Forward)
  • The Damned Trilogy (Alan Dean Foster)
  • Mage Errant series (John Bierce)
  • Cradle series (Will Wight)
  • Gods of Blood and Powder (Brian Mckellan)
  • The Spiral Wars (Joel Shepard)
  • Basically everything Brandon Sanderson has written
  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 month ago

    Finished the Assassin’s trilogy, now I am on the first book of the ship series.

    Not as much of a fan of a lot of the characters in the ship series. I kind of hate them all, with maybe the exception of Althea and the serpents. I am rooting for the serpents in this trilogy.

    • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Awesome :D

      I can’t really say much without spoilers but yeah, I feel you. Some of them will grow on you probably and the world building is an absolute necessity for the rest of the books (kinda like ARR in FF14 if you’ve played that).

          • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
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            1 month ago

            I am hoping I missed something and this isn’t just a glaring plot hole… But do you know how the Rain Wild Traders originally got to the rain wild lands? Supposedly the only way is up the river with a live ship, but live ships only existed because of the logs from the Rain Wilds. Seems like a chicken and the egg situation.

            • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zipEnglish
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              1 month ago

              I have no idea if this is a spoiler or not…

              spoiler

              but I’m pretty sure people were living in The Rain Wilds before the river turned acidic.

              It has been a while since I read them though. I will say I don’t remember feeling perturbed about any plot holes when I finished so I assume it is explained at some point.

              • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
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                1 month ago

                My other guess was maybe the first voyage they took they got lucky and the river never ran white during the voyage. They would have gotten to the rain wilds with damaged ships, but probably could have made it up there before sinking.

              • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
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                17 days ago

                So now I am on the City of Dragons, so quite a ways into this elderling world… Does it ever come together? It seems so disjointed when you jump to the Six Duchies back to Bingtown between each trilogy. One place dragons, one place magic. Does the magic ever come to the traders? The Wit isn’t even mentioned south of Chalced.

                • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zipEnglish
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                  17 days ago

                  Hey! Glad to hear you’re still at it :D

                  I can’t say because spoilers, but trust me, it all comes together in the end with nary a loose end in site.

                  I wish I could read it all for the first time again!

                  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
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                    3 days ago

                    Finished! It was good, but I still feel like “The Wit” is a loose end. It makes the world feel disjointed that no one south of Chalced is mentioned using that magic. It’s never explained where it comes from, I feel like that aspect of the books could be more polished. Maybe she is planning on more Bee books?