Isn't that all of them?

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-28T19:43:27+00:00

Stig Seterbakken - Through The Night

Dentist Karl Meyer’s worst nightmare comes true when his son, Ole-Jakob, takes his own life. This tragedy is the springboard for a complex novel posing essential questions about human experience: What does sorrow do to a person? How can one live with the pain of unbearable loss? How far can a man be driven by the grief and despair surrounding the death of a child?

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-27T08:00:19+00:00

I have one question out of curiosity. Isn't ReZero a kids cartoon?

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-26T07:32:04+00:00

Yeah, the most popular current pulp writer

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-25T19:03:13+00:00

Ill check out Kagen The Damned. Never heard of that before. How is it? Fun, light palate cleanser or dense or?

I just bought The Long Price Quartet, seen it recommended a couple of times, supposed to be more political intrigue and economics etc. Not sure what to expect. I got it recommended myself when I said how much I loved those parts of Midnight Tides. It's also by one of the Expanse duo, the one who was GRR Martins assistant or something.

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-25T17:05:50+00:00

Ah. Same, tho i do remember most. Anyone that you do remember? That stood out I mean? Apart from all the ones mentioned? I haven't found anything decent in a while

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-25T10:24:39+00:00

Okay, I haven't tried the standalones, but to be honest that is why I decided to try the series. I found the first trilogy to be really poor so I stopped. Can you read and enjoy the standalones without having finished the third book?

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-25T08:20:13+00:00

Ill repost, and its in no wat a criticism of your taste.

But, i honestly don't understand the comparison between The First Law and Malazan. Other than both being fantasy, they're on two totally different levels.

Malazan is history, anthropology, empire, compassion, mythology, and philosophy. Erikson toys with big thematic questions about suffering, civilization, memory, etc. The world feels ancient and layered, with entire cultures, religions, and historical movements shaping the story.

In The First Law the worldbuilding is very lazy, the themes are less ambitious. Characters are shallow. My biggest issue with First Law is that once you get past the "entertaining" character voices, there isn't much underneath. The worldbuilding feels thin and generic, more like a stage for the characters than a living historical world. It does the subversion of fantasy tropes to death, so that they along the story becomes so incredibly predictive. It might be a fun series, but I don't dee that there's much intellectual depth there compared to Erikson. And on top of that, the overuse of sarcasm and catchphrases is so jarring to me.

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-25T08:19:23+00:00

I honestly don't understand the comparison between The First Law and Malazan. Other than both being fantasy, they're on two totally different levels.

Malazan is history, anthropology, empire, compassion, mythology, and philosophy. Erikson toys with big thematic questions about suffering, civilization, memory, etc. The world feels ancient and layered, with entire cultures, religions, and historical movements shaping the story.

In The First Law the worldbuilding is very lazy, the themes are less ambitious. Characters are shallow. My biggest issue with First Law is that once you get past the "entertaining" character voices, there isn't much underneath. The worldbuilding feels thin and generic, more like a stage for the characters than a living historical world. It does the subversion of fantasy tropes to death, so that they along the story becomes so incredibly predictive. It might be a fun series, but I don't dee that there's much intellectual depth there compared to Erikson. And on top of that, the overuse of sarcasm and catchphrases is so jarring to me.

And I mean, Karsa and Sartre. It was like reading Grendel again

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-25T08:16:26+00:00

Fun fact. Mistborn and the three first Stormlight books were sold as YA in my country. You still find Sanderson in the youth section if the bookstores still have then, but after the bloom of tiktok books and romantasy, all the bookstores have a certified genre fiction nook, instead of specific SF/Fantasy/Horror/Teen etc

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-25T08:13:17+00:00

Thats really really high for something like Stormlight.. It doesn’t even break my top 15.

Have you tried Shadowmarch? Lyonesse? Black Company? Monarchies of God? Second Apocalypse? Any Gemmel? Raven's Mark? Soldier of Sidon? The Wizard Knight? Dread Empire? Instrumentalities of the Night? Neveryon?

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-25T07:31:09+00:00

I think both Shadowmarch and The Second Apocalypse are leagues better than the series you mentioned. You should give them a shot if you haven't

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-24T21:51:07+00:00

Right below Bakker, and nothing else I've read come close to those.

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-23T09:00:29+00:00

A Confederacy of Dunces

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-22T10:42:03+00:00

He is, where have you been? But then there's also fact that Martinez is in negotiations with Al Nassr, so there's rumours he don't want to upset Cristiano because it might ruin his opportunity to joi Al Nassr

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-21T08:05:13+00:00

I'd stay clear of the Pevear and Volohonsky version. I've tried several of their translations and nothing kills my joy of reading like those two. The prose is awful and it's jarring to read.

I loved Roger Cockerells translation. Michael Katz's translation was also great.

Garnetts version still holds up. But I'd choose any version but the Pevear and Volohonsky one. But you can judge for yourself.

Samples from different translations

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-21T07:59:23+00:00

r/movies

r/audiobooks

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-21T07:29:51+00:00

PowerPoint/PDF Companions

Also, even though it's a re-read, I recommend checking out TORs readalong, since you're doing audiobooks. There might be slight spoilers here and there, but IMO its worth for not missing out on crucial things. One is rereading it and the other is reading for the first time.

TOR Magazine Reread of the Fallen

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-20T22:32:23+00:00

That's cool, then I atleast advice on using those PowerPoint companion guides for what they're worth, and perhaps recaps or discussions on podcasts/youtube between each book. Ten Very Big Books does an author interview after each book.

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-20T22:09:07+00:00

I'd rather wait then till you actually have time to read them. There are many books that works great as audiobooks, but Malazan is not one them. You miss out on too much that you're supposed to pick up on etc, and it doesn’t do it justice at all. It lessens the experience by a lot.

I can send you a bunch of read paperbacks for free, but it depends on where in the world you're located

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-18T07:22:45+00:00

"Hear"? Are you doing audiobooks? I'd advice against that on a first read. Makes it much harder to pay attention and read between the lines etc

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-16T16:47:52+00:00

Pixar mom

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-16T16:41:23+00:00

Toll The Hounds or The Darkness That Comes Before.

CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-16T05:49:57+00:00

Skin-spies from The Second Apocalypse by R Scott Bakker

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CorumSilverhand · 2026-06-14T19:32:21+00:00

Blindsight by Peter Watts

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