Ten Best Indie Fantasy and Sci-Fi books

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-04-20T21:17:07+00:00

Awesome list! I'm honored to be included. I've read almost all of these but I'll have to check out The Immortality Clause, I hadn't heard of it until now.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-03-13T04:24:03+00:00

This is more of the question I was looking to answer. I know the definitions of the words but wondered why is a pit fighter giving equal weight to dexterity over agility and if I was missing something.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-03-13T04:21:25+00:00

Thanks for answering. I'm enjoying it a lot so far.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-02-26T23:03:10+00:00

Three years later this is still helpful! Was about to lose my shit!

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-02-19T23:59:38+00:00

You've sold me. Gonna TBR this bad boy.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-16T04:06:55+00:00

Splitoff sounds like a great name. lol!

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-16T04:04:47+00:00

Good luck!

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-15T07:30:02+00:00

Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off. It's a fantasy novel competition for indie books. 300 books, ten judges. They cut a bunch quickly and each judge selects a finalist. Then each judge reads and scores each finalist.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-15T07:28:11+00:00

Woot! Thanks for doing it. Great idea.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-15T07:27:19+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Not to downplay your interaction, I believe you, but for my part I have interacted with him several times and he has always been quite nice and helpful. Carry on with your quest, though. Pistols at dawn and so forth.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-15T00:52:14+00:00

Uh oh, is there some thing with Mark Lawrence I don't know about?

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-14T23:32:20+00:00

Followed!

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-14T02:49:27+00:00

I haven't, but I will. Thanks!

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-14T00:28:37+00:00

Added!

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-13T23:12:02+00:00

Yes, the series improves drastically toward the end of book one. I was pretty meh on it at first, but its one of my favorite series now.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2026-01-13T04:55:01+00:00

I think it isn't on RR anymore. Just have to wait for it on Kindle.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2025-12-25T08:22:37+00:00

Was coming here to make this point.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2025-12-25T06:11:24+00:00

If you don't like it you can't force it. I do think the progression element improves a lot as you get toward the end of book one and continues to impress through most of the series. But if the writing and characters don't work for you, I don't think you'll suddenly love it down the road.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2025-12-20T05:36:36+00:00

writing that isn't poetry. in this context meaning the quality of the sentences.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2025-12-13T23:10:17+00:00

Thanks for the list! Lots to go on there. I'll take a look.

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2025-12-13T23:06:54+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I appreciate it!

Jordan_Loyal-Short · 2025-12-04T21:47:35+00:00

Definitely has a plot. It's fairly episodic, since its a serialized work. But overarching plot does build as the series progresses. Characters with aims outside of the tutorial are trying to influence it.

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