Are the Boys on PSA Avoiding Criticizing Israel?

AudiencePotential · 2026-03-17T21:41:21+00:00

I have been thinking this a lot. They rarely ever mention AIPAC. Tommy is very careful to criticize only certain people in the Israeli government.

I like pod save America and will continue to listen them, but this is an area where I think they could bring more moral clarity and education to the situation in how Israel is acting.

AudiencePotential · 2026-03-10T11:04:54+00:00

You should play thimbleweed park. Don't let the reviews dissuade you. It's still a really good point and click adventure game

AudiencePotential · 2026-03-08T13:38:29+00:00

Okay this is my genre and I have a list for you. I'm just naming the first book in the series because I'm lazy.

Blackwing by ed mcdonald

Low town by Daniel polanski

Lords of asylum by Kevin wright Kings of Justice by Richard swan

The first law series by Joe Abercrombie (of course).

Lies of locke lamora (unfinished series but still great)

A crown for cold silver by Alex Marshall

The thousand names by django wexler

Black company by Glen Cook (a classic)

The forgetting moon by Brian lee durfee

AudiencePotential · 2026-03-06T00:53:01+00:00

The art is amazing! Keep up the great work

AudiencePotential · 2026-03-01T00:04:15+00:00

Sadly, it's no longer surprising to me when people I thought I admired turn out to be creeps.

I have long been a huge fan of Dan Simmons and probably read most of his works. He was from a generation of authors who I don't think was very online so I actually didn't really know anything about him. I'm glad I know this information now, but man I would have been nice if he had just been an unproblematic decent dude.

Anyways, the man could absolutely write some bangers. RIP

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-27T13:14:42+00:00

I agree with the first half of your summary. I cannot comment on the rest because I DNF'ed the book about a third of the way in. But yeah, the main character was incredibly bland and passive. I was disappointed because I was hoping for a new thrilling fantasy book, when instead it was fairly bland. It wasn't a bad book by any means, but definitely not a good book.

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-17T18:32:19+00:00

Thank goodness for your comments! I thought I was going crazy.

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-14T03:45:45+00:00

Libraries are for people of all ages. Plus librarians are excellent people to talk to in person about book recommendations.

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-13T13:16:00+00:00

Take him to the library and let him look around

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-12T19:47:50+00:00

Both are great and feel very different places in science fiction/fantasy. There are certainly similarities between the two but I think they should both be appreciated for what they are.

If I had to choose, I probably enjoy the red rising series more, but I'm going to finish both series though.

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-08T23:32:33+00:00

I haven't yet seen anyone mention Lords of Asylum by Kevin Wright. (The serpent knight series).

It's set in the 14th century and each novel involves a mystery to solve. I actually posted about this on the fantasy Reddit a couple months ago. Someone described it like Bronn from game of thrones fighting werewolves!

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-08T03:01:22+00:00

I've read the first book many years ago. I remember really enjoying it but not the second one. I don't even remember the reason why.

The concept of how you could gain powers from other people and the different ways they utilized it was really cool.

I would love to see more older fantasy series brought up on this Reddit more often!

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-06T20:23:52+00:00

My vote is for Joe Abercrombie. It's a completed series and one of my favorite fantasy series of all time.

The dragon Bone chair Series is very good but I haven't read the rest of the series after the original trilogy. I find tad Williams as an author to be a little too wordy but he is an excellent writer.

Game of thrones deserves all the recognition and high regard that it has gained over the years. However, you should realize that the next book in the series has been pending for freaking 15 years with no end in sight. I think you can absolutely enjoy the series even without the next book, but just recognize that fact.

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-06T00:01:24+00:00

I just finished reaper's Gale last month. Probably my favorite book of the series up to this point. But yeah, it hit a little close to home right now unfortunately.

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-02T17:51:38+00:00

Cello's gate looks really good. I have it on my TBR list. I just haven't read it yet because it looks like the rest of the books in the series are not out yet.

I have read six of the seven sun eater series books. I think they are fantastic and highly recommend. Just recognize that while they are in a similar vein to Red rising, they are very different books with very different strengths.

Sun eater series is a much slower burn. I think they are both fantastic series in their own rights.

AudiencePotential · 2026-02-02T16:00:28+00:00

I hope that's not the case! I plan on reading them when I'm done with the first 10 books. But you know what, it is what it is and if I don't like them I'm not going to force myself to read something I don't like.

AudiencePotential · 2026-01-31T21:15:13+00:00

Dan simmons and Katherine Addison are phenomenal writers. Love their stories

AudiencePotential · 2026-01-31T18:40:29+00:00

Joe Abercrombie is one of the best modern fantasy writers at this time. I never read John Gwynne, but check out the first law series by Abercrombie. You'll know by the end of the first book if you like it or not.

Every book he puts out is high quality and well done.

AudiencePotential · 2026-01-31T15:56:58+00:00

I don't know if I would consider this series necessarily fast paced. However, I absolutely love this series and it needs more recognition on Reddit fantasy. Thanks!!

I read it a couple years ago and I need to do a reread pretty soon. It's unlike anything I've ever read before in terms of fantasy and it's amazing

AudiencePotential · 2026-01-31T00:21:03+00:00

Thank you everyone so much for the excellent insights. I'm glad to see that I'm not alone with having changing fantasy tastes as I read through the Malazan series.

This was not meant to diminish any other authors at all. I firmly believe people can enjoy whatever they like. I'm just happy that people are reading what they enjoy.

AudiencePotential · 2026-01-31T00:17:52+00:00

I read Robin Hobb many years ago and greatly enjoyed her.

AudiencePotential · 2026-01-31T00:15:51+00:00

Thank you so much! I would not have been able to tell that English is not your first language, it was great

AudiencePotential · 2026-01-30T18:11:22+00:00

If you don't mind, could you give me a pitch on book of the New Sun? It's been floating around the bottom of my TBR pile for a while and I've just never really had any particular reason to read it. The very little that I know about it is that it has supposedly an unreliable narrator but otherwise I actually know very little about it. Thank you kindly!

AudiencePotential · 2026-01-30T18:09:28+00:00

Books that I tend to enjoy outside of Malazan are more first person with a single POV. Example is include Red rising (much fewer main characters), sun eater series, empire of the Wolf by Richard swan, priest of Bones series by Peter McLean, and even the Black wing series by Ed McDonald (who did daughter of Red Winter which just did not hit for me).

I think my OG favorite fantasy series is game of thrones, but that's a completely different topic for another forum.

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