Best boys & men books for children according to redditors
We found 128 Reddit comments discussing the best boys & men books for children. We ranked the 73 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 128 Reddit comments discussing the best boys & men books for children. We ranked the 73 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I've been tracking on this one for a while now whenever it shows up on /r/SCP to deliver some things you may not know about SCP-993.
Personally Written Plot Summary: "The initial Tripod attack consists of two Tripods being sent down to earth, both of which are almost laughably easily defeated as they are taken down by simple tanks and artillery. If I recall, a year later after most of the extraterrestrial attack has been forgotten about, a mysterious TV signal appears with a new strange animated program called "The Trippy Show." This show the main character and his family soon discovers albeit not soon enough that the show is a subtle brainwashing broadcast sent out by the tripods to brainwash the residents or in this case children of earth into worshiping them. Blocking of the signal is attempted but merely stalls the approaching uprising, at one time a child stabbing his parents to death overseas (America this time, the main characters being in England if I remember correctly.) after they try to take her away from the show, something mirrored by the main character's little sister becoming extremely upset when he forgets to tape an episode. The family flies to Switzerland which in and of itself is starting to become overrun with both "Trippies" and people fleeing their countries alike. But obviously, this doesn't last for long and the family is forced into the wilderness, surviving off what they can find. Here the book ends as the fate of humanity seems extremely bleak.
As a young adult: The Tripod Trilogy/Quadrilogy
As an adult: The Giver and The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
When the Tripods Came
Ah dammit, sorry that I can't scratch that pre-colonial itch, but there is an amazing book out there called Code Talker about Navajo radio operators in WWII using their language to send coded messages. Entirely real, and a great read.
https://www.amazon.com/Code-Talker-Novel-Navajo-Marines/dp/0142405965/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0/147-2125742-3924638?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0142405965&pd_rd_r=b1d31905-355a-4dc8-9151-921660be9d93&pd_rd_w=wcppd&pd_rd_wg=kO5te&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=BAV2J7J88TB4FR6BJKT2&psc=1&refRID=BAV2J7J88TB4FR6BJKT2
Check out Cajas de Carton . It's Young Adult fiction (10-13 years old) and has been a great stepping stone for me thus far. I am about 1/3 through it. It may be closer to intermediate than to beginner.
Sounds like The Cay, at least the island and the blind man. (I think the man was blind. The kid may have been instead?)
They may have been building a raft, but if I remember correctly, in The Cay, there's a hurricane/tornado/tsunami/tidal wave and the old man dies trying to keep the kid alive.
I can also recommend you either watch the show Once Upon a Time or read The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly for inspiration
The White Mountains is exactly what you're looking for. I read it at around 9-10 years old, and for me, it was a good intro to sci-fi. The world building is plain and simple enough for younger readers to put together without too many questions, and the story itself is quite straightforward- there aren't any major "whoa, here's a surprise that's going to fuck with your head!" types of plot twists. It's definitely grounded in the adventure genre, with just enough mystery solving done by the main protagonists to make it accessible to younger readers.
around 3rd grade, my teacher gave me a book. http://www.amazon.com/Am-Regina-Sally-M-Keehn/dp/0698119207
"I am Regina". Because my name is Regina.
I don't think she read the book first. Because at one point, after being abducted by Indians and living with them for a while, the guy she lived with tried to rape her. It was graphic. But it was kind of confusing for 3rd grade me.
In middle school I read some book that was a collection of weird stories. One was about a boy that could turn invisible and he watched his friends (brother and sister) have sex with eachother. Another was about a kid that was the daughter of 2 women, and wanted to find out who her dad was. Plot twist, her dad was one of her moms who was transgendered. They had sex before her sex change so they could have a baby.
Also a weird manga about sexual assault. One story involved a girl being gang raped on her way home from school and her boyfriend breaking up with her because of it. The other involved two friends being sexually assaulted by bullies constantly (including forcing the main character by threat of spraying poison in her face to take pictures of herself touching herself in a photobooth so they'd have blackmail material). The friends want to have a suicide pact and buy suicide pills online. They want to test the pills first and try and poison a random kid by leaving a poisoned soda in a soda machine, but chicken out at the last minute.
This is in a similar vein. I bought it for my girlfriend last year to appease her OTGW longing and she loved it.
https://www.amazon.com/Horace-Splattly-Cupcaked-Lawrence-David/dp/0142300217
Well, it's not fantasy... but Brandon Sanderson's "The Reckoners" is top notch stuff. Book 2 comes out in January 2015.
From the wiki:
> "Steelheart is the story of a world full of superheroes who are called Epics. Or actually, supervillains. They took over the world with their powers and rule cities like Newcago, where ordinary people try to survive. One such supervillain is Steelheart, an Epic with invincible powers, who killed the father of an average teenager named David. But every Epic has his own weakness, and it's David's goal to find Steelheart's weakness and take revenge for the murder of his father. But in order to succeed he must join the Reckoners, a group of citizens that banded together to assassinate Epics. David has something valuable to offer; not a weapon but an experience. He has seen Steelheart bleed."
This is what I send to friends - - -
TLDR version;
(1) worm is one of the best things i've read in any genre
(2) don't tell my parent's i'm a supervillain is fun, age appropriate for kids but good enough for adult
(3) Dire, Super Powereds (and corpies spinoff) are excellent - don't miss these
(4) the rest listed are the best of what i've found in the genre
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Each book or series has the following information
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Each of the above catagories is rated, ranked, or noted using the following (obviously opinion based)
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"I"nteresting powers, power sets - not just cookie cutter powers (Worm is the best at this)
"W"orld building - how well the world around the story is built (Worm is the best at this)
"F"un - just plain fun to read (don't tell my parents im a supervillain is the best at this)
"D"rama and storlyline - character interaction and depth of plot (Worm is the best at this)
"T"heme - depth behind the story (Worm is the best at this)
"E"xcellent protagonist / strong main characters - how engaging are the main characters (Worm is the best at this)
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Fantasy (powers based on magic)
Sci-fi (powers based on altered person)
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worm
note to readers - One friend of mine who read this didn't enjoy it because it is so violent/grey morals, others have unanimously loved it. I was floored at how excellent the story was, had to read it again to pick up what I missed first read through.
ranking: 10/10
Strengths: I/W/D/T/E
Genre Detail: sci-fi
Comments: putting here as a baseline - linked to goodreads seperate writeup. this is a must read as long as the negatives noted there are not a problem
wearing the cape (5 books in series, not complete)
note to readers - this is the most comic-book like of the novels/series, if you are patient with it it gets better as you go along.
ranking: 8/10 + (6.5-9)
Strengths: F/E
Genre Detail: Sci-fi
Comments: worth reading, first book isnt great, each one gets better.
Cons: first book isnt very good. story lines take a while to get decent. characters are fairly cookie cutter power wise.
https://www.amazon.com/Wearing-Cape-Book-ebook/dp/B004XRCC1G/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504392&sr=1-2&keywords=wearing+the+cape#navbar
super powereds (3/4 books done)
note to readers - I really enjoyed this series, Drew Hayes (author) is an excellent indy author who writes what he loves. One of my favorite characters in any book (Nick) in the series.
ranking: 9/10 + (7.5-9.5)
Strengths: I/W/D/E
Genre Detail: Sci-fi
Comments: unique, first chapter of book 1 is first chapter written by the author (first 10 chapters or so are rough reading). has good story, good depth, good powers and treatment of powers, gets better with each book. annoyances (some bad writing early on, and cadence in sections of the overall story) are outweighed by some really long term cool scenes.
Cons: Truly rough reading first few chapters, pacing can be tough, non essential characters motivations are 2 dimentional
https://www.amazon.com/Super-Powereds-3-Book-Series/dp/B010HIUG1C/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504369&sr=1-1&keywords=super+powereds
after reading the above books, this spinoff is a virtual must read, best of the bunch: https://www.amazon.com/Corpies-Super-Powereds-Spinoff-Book-ebook/dp/B01D9C21DE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1473257391&sr=1-1&keywords=corpies
action figures (5 books done, 3 in works for next year)
note to readers - this is more YA targetted, but on occasion goes way beyond what I would expect in YA - still fun and well done
ranking: 8/10 (7.5-8)
Strengths: F/D
Genre Detail: Sci-fi
Comments: steady, easy, enjoyable
Cons: not much depth, angsty, simple, seems to target YA but occasionally breaks boundry to be potentially inappropriate for younger audience
https://www.amazon.com/Action-Figures-Issue-Secret-Origins-ebook/dp/B00GC74K4M/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504262&sr=1-1&keywords=action+figures+michael+bailey#navbar
dire (3 books, not complete)
note to readers - Outstanding lead character and really nicely written. I loved DIRE.
ranking: 9/10 (9-9)
Strengths: W/D/E
Genre Detail: sci-fi
Comments: dire is a great character, its a good story, inspired by worm (was originally fan-fiction on parahumas site, the intro to dire)
Cons: taking a while for next book to come out, only sample size of 2 books in series. third book was just released, didnt like as much as first two.
https://www.amazon.com/DIRE-BORN-Dire-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B018L5DJN0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504229&sr=1-1&keywords=dire+born#navbar
Gailsone (2 books, then shifted to periodical short novella releases)
note to readers - Least good of the good ones, If you leave any off this is the most leave-off able.
ranking: 8/10 (7.5-8)
Strengths: F/E
Genre Detail: sci-fi
Comments: fairly unique story, strong main character, quite murdery at times.
Cons: after second book author started releasing .99$ 100 page short excerpts, books are fun but no depth, some annoying interplay between characters
https://www.amazon.com/Gailsone-Big-Japan-Casey-Glanders-ebook/dp/B00GXTADYA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504156&sr=1-1&keywords=gailsone#navbar
Dynamistress (2 books, series done)
note to readers - fan fiction at its finest, a talented author who played City of Heroes wrote a 2 book biography for his character, lots of "labor of love" and nicely written story.
ranking: 8/10 (8-8)
Strengths: F
Genre Detail: Sci-fi
Comments: unique autobiography format, this is more a story of a person who happens to engage in the super human community than a hero story, very well done. oddly enough - inspired by the MMO City of Heroes, written by an author who played the game.
Cons: if you are looking for a heroic story, this is more a person story that unions the genre.
https://www.amazon.com/Reckoning-Many-Deaths-Dynamistress-Book-ebook/dp/B00F6F8NOY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470503535&sr=8-1&keywords=dynamistress#navbar
confessions of a d-list supervillain (3 books, not really a series though there is a timeline)
note to readers - These were fun, first ones in the genre I read. Not as good as others in the list, but worth reading if you get into this format (novelization of super/parahuman stories)
ranking: 7.5/10 (7-7.5)
Strengths: F
Genre Detail: sci-fi
Comments: One of the first "super hero" genre books published, fun read but not much beyond that. it has not held up to other books/series since it came out, but still decent enough read
Cons: others are better, not terribly unique or deep. just fun and one of the first forays into this genre.
https://www.amazon.com/D-List-Supervillain-3-Book-Series/dp/B00XM5XKWA/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504127&sr=1-1&keywords=confessions+of+a+d+list+supervillain
don't tell my parents i'm a supervillain (3 books, not complete)
note to readers - book 1 was a blast, and is also very appropriate for young readers (5th -8th grade reading level advised). cant suggest it more highly for a fun read, and you might find it appropriate/fun for your kids too after reading it
ranking: 8/10- (9.5-6.5)
Strengths: I/F/E
Genre Detail: Sci-fi
Comments: first book has Worm inspiration, excellent introduction and very creative. second and third books are not as good. worth reading first book.
Cons: very ya, first book captures a story in a "harry potterish" enjoyable story with a ton of discovery and creativity. second and third books fell off that mark.
https://www.amazon.com/Please-Dont-Tell-Parents-Book/dp/B01A951V2G/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504101&sr=1-1&keywords=don%27t+tell+my+parents+i%27m+a+supervillain
wild cards (many books, all anthologies of short stories by various authors)
note to readers - anthologies by dozens of authors, with an overall theme and world canon maintained by the editor (George RR Martin). you have to take the good with the bad to get through this series, there are alot of both
ranking: 7- (8.5-5)
Strengths: I/W/D
Genre Detail: sci-fi
Comments: anthology format, very unique. some amazing, some awful stories. multi author short stories covering a variety of characters over the course of 30-50 years or so. first of its sort. George RR Martin editor. the first 5 books are mostly good, there are a bunch of bad mixed with some good after that.
Cons: expensive, and quality of stories varies wildly.
https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Cards-I-Trust-ebook/dp/B003P8OZ0U/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504054&sr=1-3&keywords=wild+cards+george+rr+martin#navbar
steelheart (3 books, complete)
note to readers - I just didn't like the story, seems like almost everyone disagrees with me based on online reviews. really well written, but it never hooked me.
ranking: 7.5
Strengths: I/D
Genre Detail: sci-fi.
Comments:I didnt enjoy these as much as I thought I would, many others enjoyed more than me based on reviews. well written (the author is a top notch writer) but there was just something off about them that I couldnt place.
Cons: premium cost, other stories (indy pub/other) are just more enjoyable.
https://www.amazon.com/The-Reckoners-3-Book-Series/dp/B0141KGAIK/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470504007&sr=1-1&keywords=steelheart
now reading Calamity by Brandon Sanderson. He sure is one prolific son of a bitch, so many books by him coming out.
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days?
I loved this book as a kid. The story also involved a broccoli necklace and drinking weak tea in a quiet room.
Moral of the story is that being perfect is boring :)
Sounds like My Robot Buddy. You can read the first few pages on Amazon.
Ok, I had also been looking for this forever... I did a little more digging today and I think I found it! It’s called “Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!” here’s a listing for it
Have the stuffed animal Velveteen-type cape (Parian; I looked it up) solve a film noir style mystery.
Oh, you wanted me to reccommend one for you to read, not to write. Never mind.
Have you already read the (actual books, not fanfic) Reckoner series? It starts with Steelheart
Fanfics are nice too, but I haven't really been engaged by any for Worm yet.
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Are you feeling 22?
I did a contest just like this one in the past! Happy birthday :) and thanks for the contest.
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This book is super cute and has fun pictures! It is about not putting yourself into one box but being everything you want to be!
I would love this book for my kiddos (girl will be 3 and lil boy 1 in May)! They both l love iron man and they both LOVE books! I enjoy reading to them and I love it when they encouraging that my hubby and I also enjoy such as super heroes!
Green eggs and ham.
Thanks for the contest!
Here you go
Lol sorry, I don't. Maybe pick up an older version of essentials of firefighting (on the 6th edition, so 5 will be cheap) or the firefighters handbook, and go through the table of contents, highlighting/reading anything that sounds like it has to do with department organization, water supply, fire attack/suppression, and rescue.
Brandon Sanderson's Reckoners series deals with normal humans trying to regain control from superheroes who recently appeared and have taken control of the world. It nicely explores the supposition that merely using your super powers, even in an effort to do good, is bound to cause harm.
My Trip to Alpha 1? Probably not, though, as this book is for children, and yours sounds much darker.
If you are torn between the two and the desire is about even, learn Spanish. You will (likely) make progress more quickly and develop motivation more easily. If you are leaning more toward Russian and are resolute that that is where you heart is, of course go that way.
If you do end up going with Spanish, first assess your current ability. If you need a refresher, run through the language transfer Spanish course. It will touch on the basics and hopefully prime your brain for Spanish again.
Then, if you seriously want to start developing your skills and establish a foundation for fluency, find a way to get a hold of the Assimil course. It's got it's quirks, but there is not doubt that it will teach you a metric ton of Spanish. More importantly, it will teach your brain how to aquire Spanish rather than simply study it. Deka Glossai's How to Learn German video details what I believe to be the most effective way to learn with the Assimil method.
After Assimil, start reading and listen to as much Spanish as you can. For listening, try to listen to as many different dialects as possible. Puerto Rican Spanish sounds extrodinarial different from European Spanish which sounds very different from Argentinian Spanish and so on. Getting an ear for the different accents will boost your listening comprehension tremendously. Check out Luisito Comunica. He travels all over the world, discusses interesting things and places, speaks clearly, and doesn't have that grating "youtube personality", if you get my meaning. Study his videos the same way you would an Assimil lesson.
Starting with a graded reader can be a good idea to start for reading. Then you have a few options. A book you already know in English or just trying to find something easy to read in Spanish are common choises. After searching for the longest time, I found a book called Cajas de carton. The language is very simple without being childish and tells a engaging story. Then read El Tunel, a genuine class of Spanish language litterature that would make for a great followup. Both books don't use very complicated language and are under 200 pages. Put new words into Anki, read a page twice, and move on. You will see unfamiliar words again and I promise you will learn best by exposure. Anki works best to solidify things you've already seen rather than trying to do mass vocab building.
Speak, speak, speak. If you don't have people to practice with, do the FSI Basic Spanish course to get you ready for when you do. Then try to do language exchanges on italki.com or anywhere else you can find one. If you do everything I just wrote and you did these things every single day, you'll be at a B2 in two years time, maybe one year depending how much you put into it. I wish I could better direct you for Russian, but I don't doubt Assimil would be a fantastic place to start after learning the basics.
Best of luck.
/u/tandem7....you are so awesome!!
Go mom go!
Wow, I'd totally forgotten about these books, but I remember liking them a lot too.
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!
Make Four Million Dollars by Next Thursday!
Oh, I <3 looking for books for my kids!! They are 14, 13, 12, 11, and 5. Our son is the youngest, and he loves all the books that his older sisters loved when they were younger. :D
Oh my gosh...Get those kids some books!
I would love this book for our oldest daughter if I win, please.
/u/DrUsual...can you think of any?
Thank you for the contest!
Hello and welcome to r/Random_Acts_of_Amazon!! I'm new 'round here too and still lurking everyone's wishlists (which is really quite addicting).
A lot of my Amazon-buying goes to other people so there with probably be repeats, but...
Most of them are movies (both for me and others).. and a couple of books. :D
(Jeeze, I feel really Supernatural obsessed.. 6/10 relate to that TV Show in some way. Yikes!!)
Sand by Hugh Howey.
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie.
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson.
Not exactly what you described, but you might check out Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385743572/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_p2rQAbNPEYVPN
Sounds a little like Alfred Slote's "Robot Buddy" series
https://www.amazon.com/My-Robot-Buddy-Alfred-Slote/dp/0064401650
https://www.amazon.com/My-Trip-Alpha-Alfred-Slote/dp/039732510X
etc.
Hey there, redditors. So, I've written a short children's book. Sure, it's no Green Eggs and Ham, but I'm kind of proud of how well it turned out. It's titled, "My Daddy, the Amazing Nurse!", and it's available for FREE on Amazon Kindle from 12/22-12/26. I would love any honest reviews via Amazon (good or bad) so that I can improve the reader experience for future editions and/or similar books that I have in the works, but a review is not required for the download. Again, it's 100% free.
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N7JT6JP
Amazon's product pages are a little misleading for free books. To get the book for free, as long as the price shows $0.00, click "Buy now with 1-click". If you click the "Read for Free" link, it will ask if you want to subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, which you DON'T need to do to read this book!
Let me know what you all think (preferably as a review on Amazon, but I'll take feedback here too!). Thanks!
Nobody likes Superheroes. so we're fixing them. Fixing them good. With our words.
Including: Pedantic Definition of Terms! Amateurish audio quality! That Spawn Album! Not the Spawn Album you're thinking of, the worse one!
OK, so Metropolis isn't Wilmington, DE. It's more like Dover, DE
Recommendations this episode (we might get a commission if you buy them):
Batman Year 100
Worm
Steelheart (Reckoners Book 1)
Music courtesy PANDAS
The Tripods Trilogy is set in a future agrarian society where the human race has been conquered by aliens. We've been made docile and ignorant through the use of alien technology and the banning of knowledge. It's Young Adult fiction, but that's precisely what you've been reading so far.
In order: The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead, and The Pool of Fire. A fourth book, When the Tripods Came, was written later and is the story of when the aliens arrived (read it last).
The first two books were made into a BBC TV show in the 1980s. A movie is supposed to be coming out this year, The Tripods. All I know is that they changed the design of the alien ships because the book version looks just like Spielberg's ships in his War of the Worlds remake.
Summary from Amazon:
>Long ago, the Tripods--huge, three-legged machines--descended upon Earth and took control. Now people unquestioningly accept the Tripods' power. They have no control over their thoughts or their lives. But for a brief time in each person's life--in childhood--he is not a slave. For Will, his time of freedom is about to end--unless he can escape to the White Mountains, where the possibility of freedom still exists. The Tripods trilogy follows the adventures of Will and his cohorts, as they try to evade the Tripods and mainainn their freedom and ultimately do battle against them.
Code Talker? http://www.amazon.com/Code-Talker-Novel-Navajo-Marines/dp/0142405965 it's about WWII not Vietnam, but the other aspects match what you are looking for...
Desks are there for you
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Ikea is boss
I'd like this
I most recently read "The Book of Things" by John Connelly. Fabulous book. Definitely off-pudding, and obscure, but it's really good. If you want to look it up.... The Book of Lost Things (:
If you and your readers are certain you have a MG novel, it will definitely be easier to change your query rather than the novel itself. Take a look at MG books like A Series of Unfortunate Events and Artemis Fowl or borderline MG/YA books like Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Steelheart, (superhero bonus) and Incarceron to see how dead parents, dismemberment, and evil villains can be handled for a younger audience.
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson is the only superhero novel I've read.
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I can't say no one else has read it, but I don't know anyone else that has, but I really love The Book Of Lost Things by John Connolly.
A long shot, but maybe Steelheart?
http://smile.amazon.com/Steelheart-Reckoners-Book-Brandon-Sanderson-ebook/dp/B00ARHAAZ6/ref=lp_7783744011_1_7?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410323739&amp;sr=1-7
I wonder if the player in question is referencing these house rules:
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Lost-Things-John-Connolly/dp/1442429348
The author has a comment about exotic weapons in there that reads as follows:
> If you wanted a quick fix, you could meld some of the exotic weapons into existing weapon groups (axes, bows, close, cudgels, firearms, flails, hammers, heavy blades, light blades, spears, thrown). Katanas could fall into heavy blades while daisho would be light blades.
> Using your GM’s discretion, you could also create entirely new weapon groups. In this case, it may make sense to group traditional samurai melee weapons together (katana, wazikashi, daisho). That way your samurai could still specialize in a distinct flavour of weaponry.
Those rules are designed to make martial characters a little more interesting a little more quickly, allowing them to skip prereq feats and get to the fun bits of a given build at lower level. Tinkering is all well and good, and playing with those linked rules seems like an acceptable change to me. As others have said however, demanding to play with your preferred house rules or picking up your ball and going home is not cool.
I don't know how I'd advise OP. Capitulating to a whiner undermines GM authority, but giving up a game is tough too. Perhaps a compromise? Maybe everyone gets a free feat at character creation, and this counts as the free feat for the player in question. In my most recent game, I've allowed players to take 3 traits or 1 trait and a story feat, for example. Hasn't broken anything yet.
Link to amazon
^(because I know I hate it when people don't post a link to the deals they post)
I went to go buy it-but I already bought it back it 2016 it was on sale for $1.99 then
Feeling "sick or afraid or just dreaming" or even behaving like kid on occasion doesn't diminish your adultivity (A word coined by renouned philosifizer, Robert Norwood).
>You always feel like a perfectly mature, totally adjusted, grown up? Always?
No, and I really wouldn't want it that way. And I don't think that makes me any less of an adult, just imperfect. For further reading on the subject I recommend the following book:
http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Person-Just-Three-Days/dp/0440413494
I'll just throw in there are actually quite a few book series that focus on superheros, but aren't adaptions.
George R.R. Martin edits a series called Wild Cards which he refers to as mosaic novels. He and his friends will right a series of short stories which fit into a novel, each novel is part of a trilogy, and each trilogy is part of the larger world. The series has been going on since the 80's. The first one Wildcards was recently republished with added material. If you want to skip forward though Inside Straight was written to be a good jumping on point.
Brandon Sanderson recently wrote a series called The Reckoners , where people with Superpowers have taken over the world and
I haven't read these, but Vicious is supposed to be really good as well. Ex-Heroes is massup of the Superhero and zombie genres, I can't speak to it's quality, but it's fairly successful.
I know it isn't exactly what you're looking for, but I thought these might interest you.
Edit: Oh, and if you are interested in the Wildcards series, I would highly suggest reading the first novel even if you skip forward afterwards. The first book is essentially a series of short stories that tell the history of the Wildcards from their appearance in the 40's to the 80's when the rest start taking place.
Reading Rainbow! Man, I loved that show as a kid.
Brandon Sanderson's Calamity is definitely one I want to read very soon. :3
I loved those books as a kid! You might also like The Cay by Theodore Taylor.
New books are always welcome!
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I've actually just started reading Worm for the first time. I tried reading it a while back and couldn't get into it. Doing better this time. Some basic thoughts: