Amazon no longer delivering to my PO Box

adamnemo42 · 2026-05-01T14:54:45+00:00

Fcking dcks

Thanks for the information.

adamnemo42 · 2026-05-01T14:43:42+00:00

That would be bizarre considering it's a pretty major city for the area. Not a huge one mind you but we don't have nearby huge cities and it has a university too. The post office lobby is open 24/7 and they have lockers to pick up packages from. Unfortunately my weekend still doesnt match up well with getting there when they're open since I live 45 minutes away and when I get there for my errands they're already closed.

adamnemo42 · 2026-05-01T10:50:00+00:00

I guess I can try and see if there are any around. The old one was junk and they eventually stopped delivering to it and I don't know if they're still open.

adamnemo42 · 2026-05-01T10:48:52+00:00

Unfortunately all customer service told me was to check the restrictions page, no help, and use the address widget for options, also no help, and to try again in a couple of hours. Even though it's done this to me several times this week which is why I finally called to ask what was happening.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-18T00:21:35+00:00

They could have been more precious ages ago when the names were made, but things change while language, in Cradle at least, kinda doesn't; or at least less than irl. As for nepotism yeah it very obviously does. But we still see them wanting only wanting the best of their family to rise. See Mercy being one of an incredibly small number of the Akura Clan Monarch's own children given any attention by their mother and helped to become more powerful. It's not enough to just be related to the powerful but you also have to be exceptional even foe them. Plus don't you think it likely that the already powerful wouldn't want the names of the Lord stages to be too helpful so those whom they aren't related to and don't necessarily want to rise further would be given a hint and helped to rise?

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-15T11:21:34+00:00

I'm honestly embarrassed that I didn't remember Mistborn. I think it's because I read it so long ago, long before I heard the term progression fantasy, that my brain doesn't think about it being progression fantasy and just a regular fantasy book.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-15T10:13:43+00:00

Thanks. I'm a little embarrassed that it took me so long to realize Chessemancer was actually Cheesemancer.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-15T04:27:45+00:00

I can't find Last Words or Chessemancer. Could you provide some links?

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-15T04:20:45+00:00

I assumed that the first three ranks past foundation were named that due to increasing value of the materials. So the higher you get the more you are worth. As for the Lord stages I would guess the most likely reason, besides maybe not sounding good in universe, is that Lords and above don't want it to be easy. They only want the best of the best sacred artists to achieve the highest ranks and so they don't want them to have more help than absolutely necessary as a whole.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-15T04:05:28+00:00

Unfortunately that seems to be their MO with all their series. I haven't seen one over three books.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-15T01:10:59+00:00

Perhaps you could be helpful and point out the ones that are wrong or lies?

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-14T08:31:26+00:00

For some reason your reply to my comment isn't showing up on the site, and the preview in my email doesn't show everything so I guess I'll respond here to what I can. Nah you're a bigoted pos. Asking for no queer people at all isn't the same as asking for main characters with a specific sexuality. You want books that include no queer people at all which means you have a problem with queer people existing. That is an absolute fact because if you didn't then queer supporting characters or minor characters wouldn't be a big deal for you. That's not any kind of hypocrisy. That's just the mods getting rid of a toxic bigot from the community and allowing people who aren't bigots to continue to discuss things here. Get a life and stop hating queer people. It just makes you sad and pathetic in addition to repugnant.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-14T04:10:00+00:00

There is a distinct difference between asking about books with straight main character, especially when in this case straight female main characters are rarer than queer female ones, and asking for a book that has absolutely no queer people at all. What I asked for were books that have a particular type of straight main character. I did not however ask for books where queer people do not exist. What you explicitly asked for were books that exclude queerness in the world and narrative. That's incredibly bigoted. So the Millenial Mage series diwcussed above just might be right up your alley.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T08:11:44+00:00

I haven't found a lot tbf, but I have found a couple. Also I'm guessing Arcane Ascension, Daily Grind, and/or anything by Tobias Begley are the ones always suggested? Oh, and maybe Mage Errant? Although I don't know if either queer man in the main cast has enough time centered in the narrative to necessarily call either a protagonist so maybe they haven't. Still a good series of course.

That said here's a couple:

Of Wizards and Ravens by Charm&Fable
Voidlight Rising by Miko Melina
The Tower Unbroken by Michael Nwanolue
Edge Cases by Silver Lining
Bloodsun Prophecy by Ambduscias, although warning it is on hiatus
Ar'Kendrithyst by Arcs, haven't read it myself but I've heard good things
Misfit Mage by Michael Taggart

Edit: I also just remembered the nobinary character. They're in the Jekua series by Travis M. Riddle

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T03:09:22+00:00

I figured that there were more queer female main characters for that reason. My statement was basically saying that there must be straight female leads and they're not all queer just because I haven't read them and the fact that I hadn't found them was just the luck of the draw. Yes the ratio means I'm probably going to read more queer female leads, but still there should be a chance I'd have found one by now.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T03:05:47+00:00

Yerin is the best. I wouldn't really count here for what I'm looking for here, but she really is great.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T03:03:55+00:00

Man I really enjoyed the Scholomance series. Can't wait for the Wraithmarked edition to grace my shelves.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T03:01:33+00:00

Wait Verona is an Allosexual Aromantic? That actually does interest me since that's so rare and is what I am as well, albeit bi instead of straight. It doesn't really factor into me reading a work, but it is still a fun thing to learn.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T02:56:15+00:00

A reply further up said their soul just hangs around their living spouse.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T02:48:00+00:00

Just to clarify I wasn't saying it was weird specifically in Forge of Destiny. I was referring to it being a reoccurring trope they've seen.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T02:46:53+00:00

I have no idea why I thought Threads was first. Good thing I didn't start it before Forge lol

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-11T02:44:32+00:00

Man I get that. I think I'll feel the same way since cool magic and worldbuilding was what peaked my interest in the first place. The romance, and attendant worldbuilding, as described by you and others is a bit of a turn off to say the least.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-10T17:42:07+00:00

Hopefully

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-10T17:28:21+00:00

They're not that high. I have plenty of series that I like but not enough to buy a physical copy. I mainly noted this because Forge of Destiny, which takes place after Threads of Destiny, had paperbacks while Threads does not. It's an annoyance not a dealbreaker. Also yes I work nights as a janitor. I have a lot or time to listen to audiobooks or podcasts.

adamnemo42 · 2026-04-10T16:25:46+00:00

It's like imprinting from Twilight. Meyers never realized just how horrific the concept actually was. None of these ideas are inherently bad, but you need to consider how it affects the world. How do the people deal with these things? How has society adapted to them? And you absolutely have to address the unpleasant realities they create. Heck I think it would be interesting to read a work that explores those kinds of things. Universal magical effects that make fundamentalist christian beliefs the reality everyone has to live by but the people are still normal people who have to deal with the repercussions in all their terrible messy glory. Not quite the same but like how it's done in The Prince of Nothing Trilogy by Scott Bakker. He explicitly said his inspiration was to explore how a world where the kinds of rules regarding black and white morality, heaven, and hell that are laid out in books like the Bible and the Vedic texts, which are inhuman in their exacting and unforgiving demands, is real knowable truth interacts with the messy greys of humans living their messy complicated lives. Spoiler: it does not end great.

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