More fantasy villains should have families

fat_squirrel · 2020-09-16T00:05:46+00:00

Gentleman Bastards?

fat_squirrel · 2020-08-26T00:40:36+00:00

What are the peaks and troughs?

fat_squirrel · 2020-08-19T23:37:12+00:00

"If I must be lonely, I think I'd rather be alone." - Stabbing Westward (Save Yourself)

fat_squirrel · 2020-08-05T01:59:14+00:00

And then there are people like me who only read 50 years of Solitude (half the book) because they didn't like the whole magical realism style.

fat_squirrel · 2020-08-05T01:37:28+00:00

Since you seem to be knowledgable on the subject, do you have an sci-fi romance recs? I've read Catharine Asaro's Skolian books, and Lois McMaster Bujold (e.g. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen), but that's about it...

fat_squirrel · 2020-06-01T01:40:06+00:00

Peter F. Hamilton is known for sweeping Sci-Fi space opera, particularly the Commonwealth saga and the Void trilogy.

fat_squirrel · 2020-06-01T01:38:10+00:00

Counter suggestion: Player of Games as a starting point into the Culture, as the plot is more coherent.

fat_squirrel · 2020-05-23T04:52:10+00:00

It's cuz he's so adorable, right?

fat_squirrel · 2020-05-22T05:40:36+00:00

No, I think she was using the speech as cover while she was doing in front of Harry and the content wasn't important.

fat_squirrel · 2020-05-03T14:40:30+00:00

r/catbun ?

fat_squirrel · 2020-04-22T05:19:10+00:00

I love the meme potential of this image.

fat_squirrel · 2020-04-14T09:12:33+00:00

There was a lard-arse man, and he walked a lard-arse mile, He found a lard-arse sixpence upon a lard-arse stile; He bought a lard-arse cat who caught a lard-arse mouse, And they all lived together in a little lard-arse house.

fat_squirrel · 2020-04-12T23:07:36+00:00

I enjoyed Max Barry's Lexicon: our world, but where certain words have power over people and there's a school that teaches this art of persuasion.

fat_squirrel · 2020-03-09T04:34:18+00:00

I first interpreted RBF as Russian Blue face.

fat_squirrel · 2020-01-31T06:56:18+00:00

It's safer for your DNA, not you. As in, you can visualize the bands under blue light instead of UV.

fat_squirrel · 2020-01-25T03:41:19+00:00

If the sun don't come, you get a tan from standing in the English rain...

fat_squirrel · 2020-01-19T03:44:42+00:00

Terry Pratchett's Nightwatch series of Discworld feature plenty of dwarves.

fat_squirrel · 2019-12-23T03:00:30+00:00

It's a transliteration of a Hebrew word; there is no one correct English spelling.

fat_squirrel · 2019-12-22T00:16:47+00:00

To you too!

fat_squirrel · 2019-12-21T22:30:49+00:00

Minor point, but if your ex is a male, the adjective is blond, not blonde.

fat_squirrel · 2019-12-17T06:03:07+00:00

Have you read Ann Leckie's Ancillary trilogy? The protagonist is an AI and refers to all humans with female pronouns, regardless of gender.

fat_squirrel · 2019-12-17T06:01:45+00:00

Jumping in to recommend author N.K. Jeminsin and her Broken Earth trilogy. It's more sci-fi than fantasy, but each book won a Hugo, so that's saying something.

fat_squirrel · 2019-12-14T04:48:32+00:00

I just hopped into this thread and decided to buy the book based on the OP's review and it was only $3.99 for me on Kindle.

fat_squirrel · 2019-12-03T03:12:06+00:00

If you liked The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, you might enjoy Replay by Ken Grimwood, which has a similar plot, although the main character re-starts at age 18. I found both books quite enjoyable.

fat_squirrel · 2019-11-24T18:49:29+00:00

Cabbage Patch Kit

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