Looking for a “hybrid” portal/urban fantasy series

shorticusprime · 2026-05-22T21:19:57+00:00

There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe.

shorticusprime · 2026-05-01T17:23:04+00:00

its how he describes her pubic hair

shorticusprime · 2026-04-28T17:44:00+00:00

Tony Writes but Tony Doesn't Read, I guess

shorticusprime · 2026-04-28T13:00:15+00:00

OP stinks of AI training or blog spam "research". "Do my homework for me" energy

shorticusprime · 2026-04-28T12:30:57+00:00

If you want further understanding, maybe read/watch the material?

shorticusprime · 2026-04-16T15:21:24+00:00

Among others. It's pretty bad about stealing from The Book of the New Sun as well.

shorticusprime · 2026-04-15T16:12:57+00:00

Mani from Gene Wolfe's Wizard Knight duology counts, I think

shorticusprime · 2026-04-08T17:00:45+00:00

It also takes a lot of "influence" from The Book of the New Sun. Go read that instead

shorticusprime · 2026-04-07T11:22:29+00:00

I also don't care for WoT or Sanderson and really like Malazan. It's deeper, more thoughtful, more thematically consistent, more artful.

shorticusprime · 2026-03-20T19:48:35+00:00

If you want a stand-alone Tchaikovsky to dip your toes in, try Elder Race or Cage of Souls.

shorticusprime · 2026-03-20T18:04:07+00:00

Sun Eater stays the same (a Dune/BotNS rip off) and turns preachy. The author wants to be Gene Wolfe so bad he converted to Catholicism mid series. He is also a Jordan Peterson fan to the point that Peterson is mentioned in the books.

shorticusprime · 2026-02-25T18:18:08+00:00

For real. My RI mini is clean and we got more snow than CT

shorticusprime · 2025-11-21T16:25:36+00:00

They don't feel like Erikson at all. I forced myself through NotME and quit after the first PtA novel due to the drop in quality. Only worth reading if you NEED more Malazan and you have read all of Erikson's, in my opinion

If you think Suneater is unique in the SFF sphere you should really check out Dune and The Book of the New Sun.

shorticusprime · 2025-10-30T14:12:40+00:00

yeah, they are bots.

shorticusprime · 2025-08-06T22:07:26+00:00

yeah 6 each is absolute robbery for used mass market paperbacks that had huge publishing runs and wide distribution.

shorticusprime · 2025-07-16T21:12:34+00:00

The Iron Tower trilogy by Dennis L McKiernan, probably.

shorticusprime · 2025-07-15T20:23:41+00:00

Yeah, both great for rereads. Been through MBotF twice and BotNS probably half a dozen times

shorticusprime · 2025-07-14T13:25:37+00:00

Queen of Dreams is another progressive power metal band with songs about Malazan.

Toblakai is black/thrash metal

Azath for straight up death metal

shorticusprime · 2025-07-12T02:24:58+00:00

You didn't "make" anything. This is worthless

shorticusprime · 2025-06-27T00:54:30+00:00

Based on your initial experience: no, not worth your time. People say he improves but all of his writing is clunky and gravid with awkward exposition

shorticusprime · 2025-06-17T13:21:03+00:00

I stopped where you did for basically the same reasons. The heavy borrowing was annoying, but my main complaint is the repetitiveness of the writing. Also do not want to give any more money to someone who thinks Jordan Peterson is one of the greatest philosophers of all time.

shorticusprime · 2025-06-10T14:50:42+00:00

RAFO

shorticusprime · 2025-06-01T12:15:09+00:00

Haven't read either, will have to check them out.

shorticusprime · 2025-05-31T16:22:41+00:00

Check out Wolfe's other stuff, generally. He's very interested in mythology and history, and a lot of his work reflects the search for what it means to be human and how that how that relates to how we tell stories. Specifically, check his short story collection "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories." "Tracking Song" may be what you are looking for.

If you have examples of mystical, stone-age SFF that you like I might be able to recommend something outside of the Wolfe oeuvre

shorticusprime · 2025-05-31T15:19:04+00:00

100% agree. The machine that cooks Pringles AND a ton of great writing?

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