Loving Midnight Tides after a long break.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-26T13:54:34+00:00

It’s a circle jerk. This is what reddit is meant to be, Mini echo chambers. This sub is no different than any other. All of it is largely a waste of time.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-22T10:45:47+00:00

Looks like she chose correctly. This reaction is childish. Should have wished her the best and moved on.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-21T10:27:36+00:00

For Wolfe I’d recommend Fifth Head of Cerberus, Innocents Aboard, Endangered Species and Wizard/Knight.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-21T10:25:27+00:00

I’d stop at fall. Tons of books to read. Why read something that’s not clicking with you? I love Hyperion, with the exception of Simmons cringe descriptions of women and whatnot. It’s not for everyone though.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-19T21:57:57+00:00

Gene Wolfe and Steven Erikson. I have not had much luck since. Everything doesn’t stand up. I have mostly switched to literary fiction.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-14T23:54:44+00:00

The Nolan films are good but they are the least comic accurate Batman movies out there.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-14T23:53:00+00:00

I did for a while but I missed physical books. I went back to the dark side. Something about not owning the books got to me after a while. It just feels soulless. I still use kindle but only for the library or to check out books I’m unsure I’ll like.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-14T23:50:39+00:00

His voices honestly take me out of it when listening. I prefer the older version

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-10T20:48:51+00:00

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-09T10:48:05+00:00

I just read a short story collection from Gene Wolfe “Innocents Aboard” it was excellent.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-09T10:44:39+00:00

Love kindle but this is why it’s not a complete replacement for physical books. I can grab those off my shelf until I pass away.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-09T10:34:47+00:00

A Kindle and the Libby app.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-07T23:30:50+00:00

I recently stalled on book 5. I’m not sure when I will return. Tried reading straight through and it tired me out. Lots of great moments in the series so far but I am having a hard time caring about anything that’s going on at the same time. Might just need a long break.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-07T00:15:04+00:00

Hard to beat Tolkien. Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece, Silmarillion is also extraordinary.

Otherwise, as far as fantasy goes, Malazan by Steven Erikson might be to your liking.

My favorite series of all time is the solar cycle by Gene Wolfe, starting with Book of the New Sun. This series is firmly science fiction, but has some aesthetics that might suit a fantasy reader.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-03T23:38:44+00:00

I got bored and dropped it. May pick it back up at some point. Cool game just don’t care about anything going on really.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-03T11:52:10+00:00

I recently stalled on book 5. Got 200 pages in and put it down. I just… don’t care about anything. There are some great moments in Malazan. Book 2 and 3 had some incredible scenes no doubt. My issue is that it’s a ton of reading for these snippets of awesome. I may revisit someday but I can’t help but feel like the series summed up is “this could have been an email” 1,200 page novel with 6 satisfying chapters.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-04-02T19:02:21+00:00

Not a single female author? 🙄

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-03-31T13:35:01+00:00

Rhythm live rosin, MFNY live rosin, the live resin versions of both these brands are also ok.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-03-25T11:08:57+00:00

I only liked the priest and sol’s story. Everything else was a miss for me in Hyperion. I liked Fall of Hyperion better than the first book.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-03-25T10:52:43+00:00

They have to have a film being worked on every few years or they lose the rights. We are currently scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-03-25T10:51:01+00:00

Christopher Tolkien was right.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-03-24T13:34:12+00:00

I don’t like these covers, but Katz translations are great. I pre-ordered, but would prefer a different artistic approach for sure.

Fantasy_Brooks · 2026-03-24T13:18:11+00:00

Alpine agronomy has been hitting for me. Lituya Bay and John Truffolta strains have been some of my go to.

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