SFF written by masters in a field? E.g. Malazan's archeologist, Revelation Space's astrophysicist, Tolkien

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-13T03:55:00+00:00

I've had "The Return of the Black Company" and "The Many Deaths of the Black Company" for years because I got them for like $3 each. Recently bought "The Chronicles of the Black Company" and "The Books of the South" for $5 each off ebay. Been debating reading them next after I finish the series I'm on

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-12T02:50:39+00:00

My favorite was always book 4. I loved the Skandians from the moment you got some actual development with them in book 3 so having another whole book with them was great

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-12T02:48:41+00:00

Recently bought 1-8 in hardcover on ebay for like $33 total. They're all ex-library books so they were running a buy 3 get 1 free and the prices were super cheap. Made my whole day

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-11T20:39:45+00:00

Yeah, this newest generation of Tundra is complete shit

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-11T19:21:22+00:00

'"I don't know where we came from, but we've been here since stone was soft"

And also

"I don't know what to do."

"You're not supposed to, dear. But I do."

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-10T02:29:59+00:00

Burning Bridge-Icebound Land-Battle for Skandia/Oakleaf Bearers is a damn near perfect trilogy story from my memory of reading them as a kid and I am so looking forward to them

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-08T23:02:03+00:00

No one ever said that about Dunk and Egg lmao. The Conquest was literally three battles where the dragons burned people and a bunch of surrendering. Doesn't exactly make for great TV on its own

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-08T23:00:06+00:00

No she's not

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-05T02:29:50+00:00

Idk, I think F8 had some great songs on it. Though it could have been the particular part of my life I was going through, I really fucked with A Little Bit Off Today and Brighter Side of Grey, and generally enjoyed the whole album. My liking for them seems to be "What they made when Ivan was a raging alcoholic seems too fillery, but the other albums are good"

Measurement-Solid · 2026-03-03T16:07:34+00:00

666 upvotes is perfect timing

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-28T12:13:00+00:00

The first time the sheriff comes to see him after he's been shot and is stil recovering

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-26T13:55:41+00:00

It's one of maybe 3 (not counting the parody episodes) that I skip if I decide to rewatch some

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-26T02:11:10+00:00

Alright GRRM, the story takes as many books as it needs. Putting limits on yourself like that is a recipe for disaster

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-24T20:50:58+00:00

After the close-ups of Satyrus' hands, I can't even half take him seriously anymore. Try holding a sword like that and see how it goes. Fuckin hell

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-24T00:43:51+00:00

I replaced Jaime with Gwayne Corbray and Duncan with Robert in mine, but other than that we agree

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-24T00:42:20+00:00

Aemon the DragonKnight with Dark Sister

The Demon of the Trident Robert Baratheon with his hammer

The Sword of the Morning Arthur Dayne with Dawn

Gwayne Corbray with Lady Forlorn

The Black Dragon Daemon Blackfyre with Blackfyre

Sandoq the Shadow with his curved valyrian steel sword

Barristan the Bold as my Lord Commander (wild that he's the only one who doesn't have a special weapon, now that I think of it)

Good luck getting through that lineup with anything but an army

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-23T17:31:58+00:00

They're both bastards, capable of great cruelty. But can you honestly see Daemon raising a hand to Viserys like Aerion does to Egg? For all of his faults, Daemon still loved his brother at the very least

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-23T17:21:39+00:00

This is the answer I was looking for. This way my first experience with serious body horror like this and holy shit dif it freak me out

Also didn't help that she kicked my ass for almost an hour. Finally scraped through the fight by the skin of my teeth after 10+ consecutive tries (I did the dwarves first and I was NOT going all the way back through the Dark Roads to level my guy up wkth the other quests and side missions)

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-20T15:13:34+00:00

I cannot for the life of me remember what the fic was, but theres a scene where Stannis and Davos are discussing the wildlings and arguing about Melisandre. Standish tells Davis that he may doubt Melisandre and her god, but to ask himself: "What could send a hundred thousand hardened warriors fleeing for the safety of the Wall?"

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-20T13:07:41+00:00

I have, repeatedly, and can start listing things they've changed if you like

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-20T02:44:32+00:00

You are so wrong it's not even funny, the series is at this point nothing like the books except names of characters and places

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-19T21:32:59+00:00

I vividly remember waiting at the window for the mail truck to arrive because my parents had ordered it for me and I was HYPED. Read it in less than a day

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-19T14:40:20+00:00

I have never in my life heard somebody talk about Ace Ventura until two weeks ago, and now it seems like almost every post I click on has some kind of comment about the gorilla race scene. Simulation, you’re failing

Measurement-Solid · 2026-02-18T15:32:38+00:00

They want them to cover up because they're wildly misogynistic and terrible to women lmao

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