YmaOHyd
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Well of Souls is weird. I feel like if asked I'd say I liked it but if pressed I might only actually like one of the novels.
Fantasy, SF, and Horror books you'd recommend
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I know both authors have been mentioned, but has there been a call out for Good Omens by Prachett and Gaiman?
Another one I enjoyed, but by no means a classic, was Waiting for the Galactic Bus. Yes, humanity is the result of alien meddling. It was a couple of college sophomores on spring break either drunk or hungover that did it.
Another one I enjoyed, but by no means a classic, was Waiting for the Galactic Bus. Yes, humanity is the result of alien meddling. It was a couple of college sophomores on spring break either drunk or hungover that did it.
KittyOfSteele
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Not at all. You're not the first one I encounter who quotes like this on forums, and I didn't make fun of them when I started to reply to them like this either.
MillieDynamite
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Jus' fucking with you, @KittyOfSteele.
Kelliezgirl
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Both good choices, I'd forgotten about Galactic Bus, read it several years ago.
SimonDoom
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The Thing from Another World seems dated now, and the alien/monster is nothing like the creature in the story, or in the 1982 film, but it's a surprisingly good, and scary, sci fi-horror film for its time. The budget and special effects capabilities didn't allow for a shape shifting alien, but James Arness (of Gunsmoke fame) was pretty good dressed up as a killer space vegetable.
MillieDynamite
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He was Frankenstein's Monster, dolled up as a plant. "I thought they called you guys furit."
anthrodisiac
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The entire body of work of Sir Terry Pratchett.
I mean all of it.
Yes, even Strata.
I mean all of it.
Yes, even Strata.
KittyOfSteele
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Breaking the rules again because these are not books, but adventure games. Both are made with Adventure Game Studio, and have been around for a while, so even a Windows XP build can run them because they are from that late XP era. Also, both are sci-fi.
Primordia. Humanity has finally extinguished. The Earth is nothing but a barren wasteland, with ruined cities and rusted out metal, almost perpetually in a state of acid rain. All that remains are the human creations: robots who still live their own lives. Introducing Horatio Nullbuilt, a robot who is focused on repairing a ship called the UNIIC, follower of humanism (that is, uh, robot's version of Christianity, where Man is the perfect machine who created all machines), has been working with the UNIIC who knows for how long, with his buddy Crispin. Then, one day, his ship is assaulted, and the power core that kept the ship powered up is stolen. His quest begins, looking for a replacement for his power core that leads him into a journey towards Metropol, a city ran under a dictatorship, where he learns what happened to humanity, and his forgotten past. A lot of its backgrounds are handpainted and then digitally pixelated, the soundtrack is amazing, and the lore really emphasizes on what it means to be human, even though we don't exist in that world anymore... or do we? There's a sequel to it; a novella called "Fallen" that expands on the fate of humanity.
Gemini Rue. If you loved Blade Runner, you're going to love this one. It doesn't take place on Earth, but rather in the space colonies. Not exactly focused on Replicants, but stay with me. Gemini Rue follows two storylines: Azriel Odin, a hitman for the Yakuza now turned hardboiled detective, who is in the search for his brother Daniel who's gone missing. In the meantime, there's also Delta-Six, a prisoner in a facility somewhere in outer space, with no memory of who he is, or why is he a prisoner in the first place. At first the two stories don't seem to have anything to do with each other, but very slowly, the two intertwine until you get the whole picture about these characters. There's a lot of untold truths here, and it works as a masterclass into plot twists and narration, moreso when you have two storylines going simultaneously. Like Primordia, it doesn't rely much into hard sci-fi elements, but focuses more into humanity.
Primordia. Humanity has finally extinguished. The Earth is nothing but a barren wasteland, with ruined cities and rusted out metal, almost perpetually in a state of acid rain. All that remains are the human creations: robots who still live their own lives. Introducing Horatio Nullbuilt, a robot who is focused on repairing a ship called the UNIIC, follower of humanism (that is, uh, robot's version of Christianity, where Man is the perfect machine who created all machines), has been working with the UNIIC who knows for how long, with his buddy Crispin. Then, one day, his ship is assaulted, and the power core that kept the ship powered up is stolen. His quest begins, looking for a replacement for his power core that leads him into a journey towards Metropol, a city ran under a dictatorship, where he learns what happened to humanity, and his forgotten past. A lot of its backgrounds are handpainted and then digitally pixelated, the soundtrack is amazing, and the lore really emphasizes on what it means to be human, even though we don't exist in that world anymore... or do we? There's a sequel to it; a novella called "Fallen" that expands on the fate of humanity.
Gemini Rue. If you loved Blade Runner, you're going to love this one. It doesn't take place on Earth, but rather in the space colonies. Not exactly focused on Replicants, but stay with me. Gemini Rue follows two storylines: Azriel Odin, a hitman for the Yakuza now turned hardboiled detective, who is in the search for his brother Daniel who's gone missing. In the meantime, there's also Delta-Six, a prisoner in a facility somewhere in outer space, with no memory of who he is, or why is he a prisoner in the first place. At first the two stories don't seem to have anything to do with each other, but very slowly, the two intertwine until you get the whole picture about these characters. There's a lot of untold truths here, and it works as a masterclass into plot twists and narration, moreso when you have two storylines going simultaneously. Like Primordia, it doesn't rely much into hard sci-fi elements, but focuses more into humanity.
AwkwardlySet
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Gentlemen Bastards
This is a fantasy book series by Scott Lynch, still unfinished. It's about a group of elite thieves who get pulled into a complex intrigue and struggle for power. It's cleverly written. The strongpoints of the series are the characters, the humor, and the interesting plot, while worldbuilding is quite lazy and is subpar, in my view.
The series is an interesting and fun read, and I recommend it to all who are maybe tired of big fantasy epics full of elves and dragons, and who appreciate low fantasy with a touch of humor.
This is a fantasy book series by Scott Lynch, still unfinished. It's about a group of elite thieves who get pulled into a complex intrigue and struggle for power. It's cleverly written. The strongpoints of the series are the characters, the humor, and the interesting plot, while worldbuilding is quite lazy and is subpar, in my view.
The series is an interesting and fun read, and I recommend it to all who are maybe tired of big fantasy epics full of elves and dragons, and who appreciate low fantasy with a touch of humor.
MillieDynamite
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I'll do 1960 to 1990 tomorrow if I get time. Enjoying this thread a great deal. Keep up the postings.
