Best historical fantasy books according to redditors
We found 547 Reddit comments discussing the best historical fantasy books. We ranked the 157 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 547 Reddit comments discussing the best historical fantasy books. We ranked the 157 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Okay, I'm at work and mobile typing is not conducive for rant-level word dumps, so I'll be brief for now.
I implore anyone who hasn't seen this show to give it a shot. I further implore anyone who has seen the show to read the source material. Spice and Wolf is hands down my favorite story in fiction that I've read in years, and is the closest thing to a modern fairy tale you can get this side of Shiriyukihime.
The show on its own can be clever with staging, selective edits and omissions, but the Second Season from OVA to ending is one of the most thematically coherent and motivated pieces of media I've seen.
Which makes me all the more insistent that people read the source material to understand why demand for a third season is so prevalent. Whether it be the Side Colors stories fleshing out Eve's rise to prominence, the Town of Strife arc and summary badassness with which Lawrence navigates it, to just having more time to spend with these two, whiling away the hours with some of the sharpest wit and writing I've ever seen.
Spice and Wolf is a story that matters, and even if I can't convince someone to love it as much as I do, I will never stop recommending it. Please please please give this show a shot; I can almost guarantee it will be worth your time.
EDIT: Lowkey hijacking my own comment to remind people that the eighteenth light novel just went up on preorder as well in various locations, and will be releasing towards the end of this month. Spring Log is a partial setup to the new spinoff series Wolf and Parchment which should be arriving towards the end of this year for English audiences.
Look no further than Out of the Ruins, AKA The Furred Reich, by Len Gilbert. Just... Impeccable.
Some of our local fantasy authors from /r/fantasy include, but are not limited to:
Steven Kelliher
Darrell Drake
Ashe Armstrong
Steve Thomas
Will Wight
Then I Guess There's Me
Some of my favorite books available on Kindle Unlimited:
They Mostly Come Out At Night and Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict Patrick
Paternus by Dyrk Ashton
Danse Macabre by Laura M. Hughes
The Half Killed by Quenby Olson
A Star Reckoners Lot by Darrell Drake
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
Jaeth's Eye by K. S. Villoso
Here are some that I haven't read, but have heard mostly positive things about:
The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes
Revenant Winds by Mitchell Hogan
Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R Fletcher
A Warrior's Path by Davis Ashura
Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher
Faithless by Graham Austin-King. He also has another series, The Riven Wyrde Saga, beginning with Fae - The Wild Hunt
Ours is the Storm by D. Thourson Palmer
Path of Man by Matt Moss
Threat of Madness by D.K. Holmberg
To Whatever End by Claire Frank
House of Blades by Will Wight
Path of Flames by Phil Tucker
The Woven Ring by M. D. Presley
Awaken Online: Catharsis by Travis Bagwell
Wolf of the North by Duncan M. Hamilton
Free the Darkness by Kel Kade
The Cycle of Arawn Trilogy by Edward W. Robinson
Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw
Benjamim Ashwood by AC Cobble
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
The Queens Poinsoner by Jeff Wheeler
Stiger's Tigers by Marc Alan Edelheit
Rise of the Ranger by Philip C. Quaintrell
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Devil's Night Dawning by Damien Black
Here are some older fantasy and sci-fi books that I enjoyed:
Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany - African inspired S&S by an extremely talented writer.
Witch World as well as other good books by Andre Norton
Swords and Deviltry The first volume of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber - Many of the tropes of the rogue/thief came from this legendary duo created by Leiber. And it's worth noting that Leiber actually coined the term Sword & Sorcery. This collection contains 3 stories, two average origin stories for each character and the final story is the Hugo and Nebula winning novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar" detailing the first meeting of Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser.
Swords Against Darkness - A '70s S&S anthology. It has few stinkers, a few mediocre stories, and a some really good ones. Poul Anderson and Ramsey Campbell both have awesome stories in this anthology that are well worth checking out. For some reason, there were quite a few typos in this book, it was slightly distracting, but may have been fixed since I read it.
The Best of C. L. Moore by C. L. Moore. I read this earlier this year and I absolutely loved it. The collection is all sci-fi and one Jirel of Joiry story, which is her famous female Sword & Sorcery character. I was suprised by how well her sci-fi stories held up, often times pulp sci-fi doesn't age well, but this collection was great. Moore was married to the writer Henry Kuttner, and up until his death they wrote a bunch of great stories together. Both of their collections are basically collaborations, although I'm sure a few stories were done solo. His collection The Best of Henry Kuttner features the short story that the movie The Last Mimzy was based on. And, if you are into the original Twilight Zone TV series there is a story that was adapted into a memorable season 1 episode entitled "What You Need". Kuttner and Moore are two of my favorite pulp authors and I'm not even that into science fiction, but I really enjoy their work.
English version Amazon links(keep in mind that the anime covers books 1,2,3 and 5):
it's worse than you think
Originally named "The Furred Reich"
Surely, I need no introduction.
You've all heard of Andrew Rowe by now; my War of Broken Mirrors and Arcane Ascension series are hella dope.Dammit.Please call me Darrell Drake, author of A Star-Reckoner's Lot (recently described as "a hard-edged version of One Thousand and One Nights"). Just the name.
Trying to make myself sound interesting is like Steve Buscemi attempting to say hello to fellow high schoolers. I'm fueled by birds, stargazing, Sassanian/Sasanian/Sassanid (pick one, geez!) history, and games. This is my la griglia (only follow if you like non-political trash [and history]). (Parenthetical [Parenthetical])
Maybe.
So someone asked me what Gene Wolfe book I would recommend, and I replied, but my post isn't showing up which leads me to worry that it might've been lost to the depths of the internet.
Without a doubt, get this one.
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This omnibus of two acclaimed novels is the story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who while fighting in Greece received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory but gave him in return the ability to see and converse with the supernatural creatures and the gods and goddesses, who invisibly inhabit the ancient landscape. Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives him a poignantly tenuous hold on himself, but his story's hold on readers is powerful indeed, and many consider these Wolfe's best books.
Best use of the unreliable narrator I have ever seen, in my life. And I have a literature degree.
https://www.amazon.com/Out-Ruins-Len-Gilbert-ebook/dp/B0786NVLS5
And its on sale
It isn't a short story, but Firehurler by J.S. Morin is brilliant.
If you want some Snark & Sorcery then Sorcerer's Code by Christopher Kellen is right up your alleyway.
If you haven't read any Michael J. Sullivan then The Viscount and the Witch is a perfect start.
You've no doubt read this, but Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard is classic Conan.
I finally finished my book! (Link). I like to call it post-Arthurian fiction because it breaks from Arthurian legend a bit. Instead of King Arthur's realm falling into chaos after he dies, this time it lives on. Basically I've tweaked Arthurian lore a lot and set it in a fictionalized version of 11th Century Europe. If you like Arthurian lore, history, fantasy or all of those things I recommend checking it out.
Okay, that's the end of my shameless plug.
[A Thousand Li]
If money is no object I'd say: Go for it, of course. ;)
You will have a hard time finding the Anniversary Collector's Edition at a reasonable price I'm afraid.
It was a limited edition, sold out at all official retailers by now, all you will find are copies sold by resellers at insane prices.
Amazon - New
Amazon - Used
You could try your luck on Ebay but chances aren't high.
Personally,..... if at any time, after collecting all books for Spice & Wolf, Wolf & Parchment and the manga I will probably direct my attention to figures.
Hi! In Italy, the indie publisher Acheron Books publishes fantasy novels in English language. Take a look:
https://www.amazon.com/Eternal-War-Armies-Livio-Gambarini-ebook/dp/B012K84C9O
https://www.amazon.com/%C5%A0RDN-Bronze-Darkness-Andrea-Atzori-ebook/dp/B01N3BGFO4
https://www.amazon.com/Lieutenant-Arkham-Bullets-Alessio-Lanterna-ebook/dp/B00R2J642K
https://www.amazon.com/Poison-Fairies-Landfill-Luca-Tarenzi-ebook/dp/B00R0C33KK
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"Where's your lantern?"
It's less than a week away from the darkest night of the year. Enjoy a new twist on an old holiday when Irish Folklore gets a steampunk upgrade.
Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate
Halloween Jack and the Curse of Frost
I originally wrote these for my kids. I would write a chapter, read it to them, and they would help me pick the lame parts. These are historical fantasy steampunk adventure based in Irish folklore.
>but they aren't done
You sure?
Still in stock at Amazon.de.
Release date of November 8th.
And For Reference here is the 1st Ed Print.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316504017/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
May 23, 2017
Hey, you're in luck - I'm currently reading A Star Reckoner's Lot by Darrell Drake and it would fall into this category, and it's currently on sale! Plus it's based in Iranian myth which is super interesting and a refreshing change from the pseudo-medieval Europe setting.
I'm only about 20% in but I'm loving it so far. :)
Try these:
Do you mean hardback copies? As far as I know, the individual novels only come in paperback. There is the Collector's Edition, which combined first 17 volumes in one hardback monster of a book, but it isn't really recommended for casual reading. If you just mean physical copies, those should be pretty widely available.
And good luck avoiding the spoilers, since they are pretty much on all the promotional material and even on cover of some of the later volumes (vol. 17 especially). I wouldn't worry too much about them though, as the story doesn't rely on spoilers too much.
Graham Hancock's;
America Before - https://www.amazon.com/America-Before-Earths-Lost-Civilization/dp/1250153735
& War God - https://www.amazon.com/War-God-Nights-Graham-Hancock/dp/1780361904
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Awesome reads!
I just received confirmation that the copy I ordered on September 1st is guaranteed to be a numbered edition. If you have questions about yours, you should also include references to the numbered (first print) and unnumbered (second print) on amazon.com, it will make the process much easier.
https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Wolf-Vol-light-novel/dp/0316471674
The Spice and Wolf Anniversary Collector's Edition that I got weigh 6.7 pounds/4 Kg.
I just read a book about this exact same thing called Hollow World. In the book, no industries exist really. Everyone is the exact same as everyone else.
So I'll go with that as my answer.
Also, before anyone says I'm the author or anything stupid. No, I'm not. Was just a big fan of the book. However, the author is an active redditor and may or may not see this thread and comment.
For light-hearted fantasy, you can't go far wrong with Bridge of Birds. It's an adventure across a China that never was, in search of a cure that will save a village, and possibly also righting a crime against Heaven a thousand years old. The first book is good, great, definitely read it, the other two in the series are not so great, but I never regretted reading them.
Update: New Amazon.com listing is up for the second run, but it's still saying not available, and is furthermore not being sold on the international sites at all (page 404s). Very odd developments…
If anyone wants a backup, Amazon.fr has gotten very little attention compared to de or ca.
It's also available at the other European Amazon sites:
https://www.amazon.de/Spice-Wolf-Anniversary-Collectors-Numbered/dp/0316504017
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spice-Wolf-Anniversary-Collectors-Numbered/dp/0316504017
https://www.amazon.es/Spice-Wolf-Anniversary-Collectors-Numbered/dp/0316504017
https://www.amazon.it/Spice-Wolf-Anniversary-Collectors-Numbered/dp/0316504017
Here are all the local Amazon links I could find.
amazon.co.uk
amazon.ca
amazon.com.au
amazon.in
amazon.com.mx
amazon.de
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I'm seriously considering it to get the translation done (I'd be willing to pay for the book since I'd ultimately keep it). I'll have to do some more looking into what that would cost and the logistics of it.
Edit: Unfortunately the more I look into what a translation would take, the less I think it's something I'll be able to get done. Since getting it translated would be my ultimate goal, I'm a lot less inclined to try to purchase the book myself.
Regarding organizing a fan translation: Logistically, getting a fan translation of a book is incredibly difficult to do; it takes a very, very long amount of time and oversight to get done right (having been a close follower of many fan translations or attempted ones from Japanese novels). There also has to be a significant following of the books to have the human resources to get it done which, unfortunately I don't think the portion of our sub interested in it can offer compared to other fan-translated books of say, Japanese Light Novels. I considered reaching out to some anime fansub groups that I've followed for a while about interest (or independent Japanese LN translators I've spoke with in the past), but they're so strapped with what they already do on top of their IRL jobs that it would just be insensitive to ask and would take an indeterminable amount of time for one person to do even if they wanted to (we're talking not within a year for an estimated ~200 pages). Even if I tried to organize such a thing the timing is really bad for me now (which is why I wanted to look at hiring out a translation) since I'm in the middle of finishing law school finals, then prepping full-time for my Bar exam, then transitioning into a full-time career.
Doing it any other way, such as paying someone to translate it, just isn't practical and is much more costly than I would have ever anticipated. Standard rates appear to be ~$0.10 minimum per word to do which, assuming the book is somewhere around 200 pages would bring the cost to over $5k USD. That seems to be more than I'd be able to raise if I tried, and frankly it's more money than I'd want to manage via crowdfunding even if I could.
If i can grab one of these on auction for around $150 USD on auction I'll probably go for it and see if I can get some kind of translation organized in my free time, but we'll just have to see. I'm not too keen on spending more for a book I may never be able to read than I did for a hard-bound, professionally translated anthology of books a couple weeks ago. Sorry all. Also, apologies for the wall of text, I didn't want people thinking I was just talking out my ass when I mentioned trying to make a translation happen - I really did look into it and it's just not practical as someone who can speak/read only enough Japanese to get around as a tourist.
> What are some great fantasy books to read specifically for the Halloween season?
It's almost like you're hoping someone will mention the Halloween Jack books.
Description:
> In a doomed galaxy, a supermassive black hole ejects an asteroid at tremendous speed into empty space.
> On a distant planet, many eons later, intelligent life is just beginning to bloom when the asteroid passes only a hair's width away, triggering ecological catastrophe: earthquakes, tsunamis, releases of gas and climate change. Life stubbornly clings to existence, but must find a new way to persist.
> Across the ages on this planet, men and women of all stripes - farmers and merchants, scientists and soldiers, slaves and explorers, must all find a way to survive as the asteroid of Tyo scrambles lives, empires, faiths and even history itself. They strive to build a future and grapple with the meaning of their planet's curse.
Link to Amazon
FYI: It's now free for the next few days.
That thing weigh like 5 pounds and the text is both tiny and has 2 normal pages as one page, separated by a blank column and is like $400
But seriously. All 20 books plus Wolf and Parchment are on Amazon so with Prime shipping it doesnt really matter if you buy them all separately or not.
I've read Bridge of Birds, Enchantress from the Stars, and the Stainless Steel Rat. All are excellent fun. I've never heard of the other two, looking them up on Amazon I see that both were published in the past few years and like "Enchantress" are meant for young adults. Anyone who has read all five is likely either in high school with access to a good science fiction library selection that includes older books or is a teacher or librarian.
Did you know Bridge of Birds is the first book in a trilogy? Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen. You can buy an omnibus version from Amazon under the title "The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox": http://www.amazon.com/The-Chronicles-Master-Number-Ten/dp/0966543602
If you enjoy the Stainless Steel Rat, you may enjoy The Deathworld Trilogy, also by Harry Harrison.
When I made the plunge from anime to mangas and LNs. It snowballed hardcore after I got one touch of the stuff. I started out buying the Spice and Wolf Anniversary Collector's Edition of the light novels and it quickly devolved from there.
Since that purchase about 3 weeks ago I have bought many intro manga volumes and LNs.
I'd say I'm pretty deep at this point.
I have all the LN + the special summary.
Just wanted the summary, cause it's a nice collectable.
This one: https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Anniversary-Collectors-Isuna-Hasekura/dp/0316469920
And got it for free, cause Amazon was incompetent with shipping the thing from UK to GER
He's a phenomenal writer. Not scifi but, if we're talking Gene Wolfe recos, it'd be a shame if his Latro in the Mist duology wasn't mentioned.
It's like Memento but set in ancient Rome, with a Roman mercenary who can communicate with ancient gods.
Might be worth checking out A Star Reckoner's Lot by Darrell Drake. I just started reading it and while the main character can't 100% take care of herself (she has some physical issues that make her become incredibly tired, really fast), but she's an incredibly strong person who tries to give everyone a fair chance. https://www.amazon.com/Star-Reckoners-Lot-Darrell-Drake-ebook/dp/B01I5WBOUO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1492274509&sr=1-1&keywords=a+star+reckoners+lot
can confirm this also works for amazon.co.uk and have just purchased it for myself so thank you Ben and Merry christmas to you as well :)
links are here for anyone interested.
Yup! All 18 Volumes tightly packed into a Collector's Edition!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spice-Wolf-Anniversary-Collectors-Ayakura/dp/0316469920/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AGW8BEN4P90Y9BY1409C
Yesterday according to this. I have literally no idea anymore.
Dune and Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert tell the story of the rise and fall of the most powerful man in the universe. "The flesh surrenders itself... Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not, yet... I occurred"
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is an eccentric narrative of two men battling a great evil. "It is hungry. It is immortal. Worse, it knows nothing of whim."
In Latro in the Mist by Gene Wolfe, the hero remembers only the last day's worth of memories. Consequently, he is manipulated by all manner of men and gods. "Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets, perhaps, whose singing we hear with pleasure, though some of us smash them with our heels when they venture into sight."
>I'm not even loocking for german translations since they usually suck.
Stop buying Tokyopop shit. Egmont Manga and Planet Manga translations are usually excellent in my opinion. Also, you said "our" amazon only has two volumes of Spice and Wolf. That's not true. Number 1, Number 2, Number 3 I also ordered Index via Amazon. I never needed to use Book Depository.
Or get all 17 volumes at once. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316504017/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
For reference for anyone, first print seems to still be on sale at Amazon.ca. Worked out to be 99 for 1-3 day international shipping to the US. Cheaper if you want to go that route.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0316504017/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Volume 16 is already out (I have it). Volume 17 comes out April 17th.
Also, it's normally cheaper to pre-order from Amazon rather than buying after the release. Currently you can pre-order for $8.33, but after release it goes up to somewhere between $10–$13.
Tao Wong just came out with one today!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PKGSDDQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
His 'System Apocalypse' and 'Adventures on Brad' are pretty great, so I imagine this is going to be good too.
It's not on Amazon, yet. Vol. 18 is up, but they won't put up New Theory until Vol. 18 is basically released. The reason I am confident that it'll be November/December is because that's Yen Press' average delay for an active light novel series. Fastest it could be is 4 months, but I doubt that'll happen.
If you like his writing and read SF as well as fantasy, you might check out Hollow World, which is his latest release.
amazon.com.br, that's the brazilian amazon.
Hell /r/Fantasy, You may know me as Ben, the guy who writes fun and entertaining stories about Werewolf Gunslingers, Half-Dragon Wizard secret agents, and omnipotent Girls who Stand at The Centre of Time.
This week, I'm mainly working on the book voted for by you folks over on my Blog, The Delta Children. You can find more information on site, and there may be a sneaky preview of the opening chapter coming soon!
In other news, to celebrate my first year as an indie publisher, each of the Omnibus editions of my book series is knocked down to $1.99 until the 30th!
High Moon Rising: Volume One
High Moon Rising: Volume Two
Order of Britain: Volume One
And all of those books are also available in Paperback, with High Moon Rising: Volume One also available on Audiobook.
Then of all of those you must read at least the first of the Barry Hughart series, https://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Master-Li-Number-Ten/dp/0966543602, Bridge of birds. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15177.Bridge_of_Birds It is one of my favorite books of all time. A wonderful romp through "the Tang dynasty as it should have been". Exciting, funny, touching, and very very well researched. NOT a martial arts novel, but sort of a sage(with a slight flaw in his character) and earthy sidekick story as they stumble into one of the great mythic love stories of China.
I'm not sure if I can loan my kindle copy, but if you are interested let me know in a PM and I'll check.
Your wife has read everything! Damn. Ok, some more suggestions:
I am reading [War God] (http://www.amazon.com/War-God-Nights-Graham-Hancock/dp/1780361904). It takes place during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, it has fantasy in it but it is written by a [very interesting guy] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hancock)
I know when I pre-ordered I chose Kindle edition...if you look on this page does it show Kindle as an option?
Halloween Jack and The Devil. I mean, c'mon. It's just so beautiful.
I just finished reading Darrell Drake's excellent A Star-Reckoner's Lot, a tragic historical fantasy of secrets, betrayal, love, loss, exclusion, and retribution.
It's still literally just a fucking ad.
Which is good and cool, because it's a cheap copy of a book this sub seems to adore and I really can't wait to read it. Thanks for posting literally just a fucking ad, man!
I was going to buy your book but Amazon told me I already had, so, uh. I'm used to that from Steam, not from Amazon.
so side colors and spring log is in the main series? (the one with 1-17 books), also took a look at Amazon but they dont seem to have Parchment and Wolf, (i asusme its the one with daughters) nor can i find info where to buy via online unless its actually called Spice and Wolf: New Theory, either way they are both missing on amazon it seems.also i found this https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Anniversary-Collectors-Isuna-Hasekura/dp/0316469920/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491817640&sr=1-2&keywords=spice+and+wolf does this give me all 17 books?
Thanks for the info, what a great comment. I am a big fan of mesoamerican cultures. Recently been reading Graham Hancock's War God, a very fascinating historical fiction of the spanish conquest of Mexico. Check it out! http://www.amazon.com/War-God-Nights-Graham-Hancock/dp/1780361904
From this very subreddit, I found A Thousand Li, by Tao Wong. There are only two books out so far, and the second one is a lot more expository than the first, but I enjoyed it.
I've also started Way of the Immortals, by Harmon Cooper but I literally just started it today and don't have an opinion yet.
Gli Eserciti dei Santi è già tradotto in inglese \^_\^
https://www.amazon.it/Eternal-War-Armies-Saints-English-ebook/dp/B012K84C9O/
La tentazione di microgestire, ammetto, è stata molto forte. Il nostro cervello è bravissimo nel trovare appigli per conto della nostra ansia (i miei erano: "è un'ambientazione italiana medievale, il traduttore non conosce il contesto!" "ci sono un sacco di termini poetici, non puoi lasciarli al caso!" "ommioddio, e se è un flop e perdo la mia occasione?"...)
Tra un lavoro perfetto e un lavoro più che buono, nove volte su dieci, l'unica differenza è che il secondo viene pubblicato davvero.
All'epoca della traduzione di EW1 avevo molto più tempo di ora, perciò banalmente non credo che ricapiterà con la traduzione dei volumi successivi. La mancanza di tempo è sempre stata una potente alleata, per chi ha problemi di perfezionismo!
You should read The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spice-Wolf-Anniversary-Collectors-Ayakura/dp/0316469920/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480771351&sr=8-1&keywords=spice+and+wolf+collectors+edition
Is this the second edition? I thought only the international edition was being sold outside North America?
Sullivan is a redditor too, and he posts regularly.
If you're interested in his work, he offers The Viscount and the Witch for free on Amazon. This is a short story set in the same world as his first major series The Riyria Chronicles.
Latro in the Mist by Gene Wolfe is probably one of the most uniquely interesting books I've ever read. It's written as the journal of a Roman solider wandering around ancient Greece. The catch is he has anterograde amnesia and can't remember anything he did the day before, and he also sees gods and monsters.
>You are a contradiction, my friend.
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>You choose. You decide. You hold responsible and are held responsible. But at the same time, you’re a machine, something that can be conditioned, repaired, turned on or off, piloted with greater ease than a drone—so long as you remain convinced that you choose and decide.
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>I’ve devoted the bulk of my adult life to exploring this insane predicament with as much honesty as I could muster. The theory I leave to journals and my blog. My fantasy opus, The Second Apocalypse, tells the story in the language of heroes and gods, the idiom of our lost innocence. With The Unholy Consult, the conclusion to The Aspect-Emperor, on the shelves, I’m at last free to discuss everything in the books so far.
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>We have come to the very crash site of meaning. Let us rage and cower beneath the Horns of Golgotterath together.
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>You are a contradiction, my friend.
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>You choose. You decide. You hold responsible and are held responsible. But at the same time, you’re a machine, something that can be conditioned, repaired, turned on or off, piloted with greater ease than a drone—so long as you remain convinced that you choose and decide.
>
>I’ve devoted the bulk of my adult life to exploring this insane predicament with as much honesty as I could muster. The theory I leave to journals and my blog. My fantasy opus, The Second Apocalypse, tells the story in the language of heroes and gods, the idiom of our lost innocence. With The Unholy Consult, the conclusion to The Aspect-Emperor, on the shelves, I’m at last free to discuss everything in the books so far.
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>We have come to the very crash site of meaning. Let us rage and cower beneath the Horns of Golgotterath together.
>
The Latro books by Gene Wolfe:
The first two books can be found as a single volume Latro in the Mist
Biggest height? 11”...
https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Anniversary-Collectors-Isuna-Hasekura/dp/0316469920
I just finished Michael J. Sullivan's Hollow World last night and really enjoyed it. It's one of the best time travel stories I have read and I don't normally enjoy time travel.
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