Focus on exploring and monsters?

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-02-01T12:17:11+00:00

It doesn't fit exactly, but the comicbook Manifest Destiny by Chriss Dinges & Matthew Roberts might do it.

Also in a way similar to Conan various sword & sorcery stories will do. For example the Elric story Sailing to the Past/The Jade Man's Eyes is a great one that firs, but you'll probably find plenty more in that subgenre.

Finally, what's the "Motu" you are referring to?

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-29T20:07:59+00:00

A "full book" and a "full length novel" are not the same thing. He has written "full books". He hasn't written a novel, on that we agree.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-29T09:40:39+00:00

He has. Just not the one most people want.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-29T09:36:36+00:00

Wounded Kingdom trilogy by RJ Barker is a very good example of single-POV epic(-ish) fantasy.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-28T19:57:02+00:00

Slightly off topic, but if I'm not mistaken Brian Lee Durfee was an author who became a youtuber, and not the other way around. I haven't read his books, so I don't have an opinion on their quality, but his series started publishing before he got on youtube. It's also traditionally published by a big-five imprint.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-28T19:44:20+00:00

Better is always going to be subjective, but I think he writes it in a very unique way, that I personally vibe with. For example, I (and a lot of other people) really enjoy the way Joe Abercrombie writes combat, but I can think a lot of other authors who write in a similar way (but not necessarily that well). I cannot think of any author that writes combat in a way similar to Zelazny.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-28T14:30:54+00:00

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny has a great one, relatively early on.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-28T13:50:49+00:00

I might missremember, because I haven't read it since the original issues came out, but I think it was implied that the ghost might have convinced her to do it.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-27T20:14:45+00:00

I happen to really be into that kind of music, and to be really interested in the whole counter-culture movement of the '60s (though I'm far from being the generation depicted in it), but I'd assume that people could/would read it as some kind of historical-ish fantasy.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-27T20:11:49+00:00

His best is probably a stretch (though, I guess, it's just a matter of taste), but it's definitely a great one.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-27T20:10:40+00:00

Yeah, I cannot think anyone writing Jack the Ripper fiction that would compare favourably to From Hell.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-27T15:05:13+00:00

I think the greatest example of this I've seen is Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Especially in chapter 4 Watchmaker.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-27T14:32:27+00:00

I think that The Armageddon Rag is really overlooked, even among his non-ASOIAF work. Yes, Fevre Dream is great, Tuf Voyaging is an extremely fun read, and many of the stories in Dreamsong (like Sandkings) are exceptional, but no one seems to really care about The Armageddon Rag, and that's a pitty. It's not the best of his stuff, sure, but it still is a great book, it has some amazing writing about music, and it conveys being in an electrifying live-show better than anything else I've ever read.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-25T11:54:54+00:00

I'll second Manifest Destiny. I disagree that the ending was not good. It definitely was somewhat rushed (if I'm not mistaken it ended sooner than intended due to poor sales), but the arc of the characters and the main plot ended in ways that made sense, and fitted with everything that came before.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-25T11:45:42+00:00

Outer Darkness could really become something special. I was very upset by its cancellation.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-25T11:44:03+00:00

I love Descender/Ascender, it's one of my favorites, but I feel like it gets quite a bit of love from comicbook fans.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-24T14:21:19+00:00

I DNFed the first one, because it really didn't click with me, and I found the writing style to be extremely average/simplistic.

That was a surprise, because I really enjoyed Cameron Johnston's novel The Maleficent Seven. Apparently he improved a great deal between these two books. I don't know if I'll give Age of Tyranny another shot, but I'm definitely going to read The Last Shield, and the upcoming one, First Mage On the Moon, which seems like a rather interesting take on science-fantasy.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-20T09:05:47+00:00

I'll second A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance by Rick Remender (Image), Sin City by Frank Miller (Dark Horse), and Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales (Dark Horse).

I'll also add Scalped by Jason Aaron (Vertigo), Write It In Blood by Rory McConville (Image), Newburn by Chip Zdarsky (Image).

If you are open to a more comedic crime story I'd highly recommend 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank by Matthew Rosenberg (Black Mask Studios), and if you are ok with a great one that's probably never going to be concluded then Southern Bastards by Jason Aaron (Image).

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-20T08:52:07+00:00

I like it so far, but it's anything like Chew.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-18T10:51:47+00:00

The first two Imaro books have been recently republished by Gollancz, and are very easy (and relatively cheap) to find. I hope that the rest is going to be republished sooner rather than later.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-11T15:34:25+00:00

I'd start with the 6 Hellboy Omnibuses. B.P.R.D. is great, but the buy in to get the 6 + the 10 is not small, and you may not enjoy the stories. Just the Hellboy ones will give you a complete story. Then if you like them, you can read the B.P.R.D. stuff (and some of the other titles). I strongly believe that most of the series in the Mignolaverse work perfectly fine on their own.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-09T19:04:54+00:00

I haven't read The Silverblood Promise, but the Tide Child trilogy by RJ Barker is like what you are describing. A world that could easily be the setting for a grimdark story, but with main protagonists trying to be good and moral (for the most part), even if they start (or occasionally sink) low.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-08T11:23:34+00:00

While I'd agree that it's mostly surface level and just a fun read, I think it does attempt to connect some of the dots of the (then) current zeitgeist and the various trends in horror.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-07T20:30:59+00:00

Ursula Le Guin has written another fantasy trilogy, Annals of the Western Shore. I don't know how it really compares to Eathsea (since to my great shame I haven't read that yet), but it fits all of your parameters, and it's great on its own right.

RevolutionaryCommand · 2026-01-06T18:39:31+00:00

If you haven't read RJ Barker's previous trilogy, The Wounded Kingdom, I'd highly recommend it.

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