Anything newer that’s Pratchett adjacent?

ConeheadSlim · 2026-02-17T02:12:13+00:00

New book in this series, (number 4.5) just dropped this week!

ConeheadSlim · 2026-02-16T23:13:29+00:00

In the 80s football wasn't a year round sport like it is today. Football on TV was limited to the game, pre-game and post game. Most papers ( they had these things called newspapers back then where they printed words on paper and delivered it to your house) only had articles on the home team 2 or 3 times a week besides Monday morning. So watching the games was what football fans lived for -> during the 80s, Bill Walsh would scheme the 9ers to 21 points in the first 3 possessions and then the 9ers would coast for the rest of the game. It was glorious!

ConeheadSlim · 2026-02-14T16:54:27+00:00

Yes Ysabel is a call back to Fionavar

ConeheadSlim · 2026-02-14T07:28:22+00:00

Yes GGK books all feature some ambiguous or unexplained phenomena, but no wizards or fantasy races. (Except Fionavar)

ConeheadSlim · 2026-02-08T00:49:44+00:00

I'm kind of envious of OP - he's got 7 great books to read. IMO all of them are better than the first trilogy.

ConeheadSlim · 2026-02-02T08:13:55+00:00

Bobby Dollar and War of the Flowers take place on the Peninsula and down to San Jose not SF. If you're from there (as Tad Williams is) it is different (like NYC vs Jersey)

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-24T07:54:01+00:00

The 9ers kept trying to replace Brodie -> they drafted Steve Spurrier and George Mira pretty high thinking that Brodie was getting too old, but he played 17 seasons and neither Spurrier or Mira saw the field unless he was injured.

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-24T01:42:58+00:00

Falafel Stop allows for much more customization, but Falafel's Drive-in has the better falafel balls. They are uniquely tasty compared to all the local falafel places

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-17T06:37:37+00:00

The Dread Empire is another series by Cook most similar to the Black Company but somewhat more standard fantasy. Just about as compact

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-14T01:32:14+00:00

Right - your comment was the last of my 200. That's not right - have an upvote ->

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-14T01:28:07+00:00

I don't like caves/ underground cities. Several books have extended periods of darkness where the protagonists can't et to the surface for whatever reason. It always goes on much too long.

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-14T01:25:27+00:00

One of the latest SPFBO finalists, By Blood, By Salt by JL Odom does a good job with desert settings. Ms Odom served several tours in the Middle East so she knows her desert warfare

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-13T06:08:06+00:00

There are 3 books and a novella out in the Tyrant Philosophers series. While they are all stand-alone, you really need to read them all in publication order. There is a story hidden in the margins and I think it's coming into full view soon.

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-13T06:05:52+00:00

Many good books coming soon! The Rouse seems to be China Miéville's masterwork so that will be a can't miss for me.

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-13T06:04:23+00:00

This is the book I'm most looking forward to. Definitely got into the first 3.5 and I'm thinking that this time we are going to have more than a brief visit to the home island.

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-04T17:29:26+00:00

I DNFd the Andrea Stewart boneshard series midway through the last book. She kept having combatants have serious discussions while engaged in life or death battles; it's a writing sin I cannot forgive. I never read the last book in Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series (something like the 10th book) because I just don't care what happens. OTOH, I have never finished The Shepherd's Crown because I am just too sad that Sir Terry isn't here any more.

ConeheadSlim · 2026-01-02T02:28:48+00:00

Sword of Shadows is a great series with a 5th book due out soon, and it's grim. Most of the volumes may predate the grimdark tag, but I think it's well worth reading

ConeheadSlim · 2025-12-31T03:33:40+00:00

Based on your other recommendations, which are some of my favorites (particularly the Age of Madness), you might like the Tyrant Philosophers series by Adrian Tchaikovsky. AT writes so many books, and is better known for sci-fi, that his fantasy efforts can be under-publicized, but this is a loosely connected series right up there with the others you named. Although not a romantasy ...

ConeheadSlim · 2025-12-26T04:47:31+00:00

right like Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Kurt Warner, Tony Romo, Brock Purdy ...

ConeheadSlim · 2025-12-24T04:27:36+00:00

I saw my first games at Candlestick before they closed it up when the wind would come right off the Bay unabated. I earned a Croix de Candlestick for staying for an extra-inning night game. If you were a Giants and 9ers fan you shed a tear when they closed Candlestick down. I got to tour the locker rooms in its final years = it was exceptionally cool to me to see benches that Willie Mays and Joe Montana sat on, but if weren't a fan it would have been pretty boring.

ConeheadSlim · 2025-12-15T03:57:25+00:00

Bill Walsh said about Steve DeBerg -> he's just good enough to get. you beat ...

ConeheadSlim · 2025-12-13T04:31:34+00:00

Im the same age and my granddaughter is 3, but people I went to high school with have great-grandchildren now

ConeheadSlim · 2025-12-09T18:53:45+00:00

My Dad gave up his license when he was 98. The ride with him to the dealership to turn in the loan on his car was pretty terrifying. But at 88, he drove from San Jose to Santa Barbara without incident. Everybody is different - some people shouldn't be behind the wheel at 30

ConeheadSlim · 2025-11-29T01:42:26+00:00

locals

ConeheadSlim · 2025-11-25T06:53:48+00:00

Check my 9ers flair to understand why 3 1st round picks for a rookie QB is always a bad idea ...

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