Since this is at it's core a site for people that create fiction, I thought we should have a thread for discussing it. Please bring up your favorite stories, regardless of medium.Â
If you have a cool quote from whatever you're talking about, feel free to post!
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I'll start off with a series I've been reading recently.Â
https://www.goodreads.com/series/96465-t...evelations
The author self published the first edition (which makes it extra neat in my book) but now it's a lot easier to get a hold of. I don't really want to spoil too much about the plot but...
Things I like about it:
- Magic as an "Art" rather than a science
- A gritty version of a 'post-tolkien' world. Humans are very racist.
- Love, Danger, and Death all taken seriously
The last part that I like is the way women are treated in the work. The setting is very traditional, and the start women have very little power, all the women are side characters (Farmer's Daughters, Princesses, Prostitutes), who are constantly controlled and belittled by men in positions of power. The titular pair of male characters (Royce and Hadrian) seem like the main heroes of the story (and the first books are almost entirely from their viewpoints). However as things become chaotic and social orders of the period get blurred, and the female characters find themselves in positions to actually affect events. It's really well done in my opinion.Â
“So,†Royce said, “you want us to escape from this prison, kidnap the king, cross the countryside with him in tow while dodging soldiers who I assume might not accept our side of the story, and go to another secret prison so that he can visit an inmate?â€
Arista did not appear amused. “Either that, or you can be tortured to death in four hours.â€
“Sounds like a really good plan to me,†Hadrian declared.“Royce?â€
“I like any plan where I don’t die a horrible death.â€Â
If you have a cool quote from whatever you're talking about, feel free to post!
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I'll start off with a series I've been reading recently.Â
https://www.goodreads.com/series/96465-t...evelations
The author self published the first edition (which makes it extra neat in my book) but now it's a lot easier to get a hold of. I don't really want to spoil too much about the plot but...
Things I like about it:
- Magic as an "Art" rather than a science
- A gritty version of a 'post-tolkien' world. Humans are very racist.
- Love, Danger, and Death all taken seriously
The last part that I like is the way women are treated in the work. The setting is very traditional, and the start women have very little power, all the women are side characters (Farmer's Daughters, Princesses, Prostitutes), who are constantly controlled and belittled by men in positions of power. The titular pair of male characters (Royce and Hadrian) seem like the main heroes of the story (and the first books are almost entirely from their viewpoints). However as things become chaotic and social orders of the period get blurred, and the female characters find themselves in positions to actually affect events. It's really well done in my opinion.Â
“So,†Royce said, “you want us to escape from this prison, kidnap the king, cross the countryside with him in tow while dodging soldiers who I assume might not accept our side of the story, and go to another secret prison so that he can visit an inmate?â€
Arista did not appear amused. “Either that, or you can be tortured to death in four hours.â€
“Sounds like a really good plan to me,†Hadrian declared.“Royce?â€
“I like any plan where I don’t die a horrible death.â€Â
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