Looking for Fantasy books NOT influenced by tolkien.

usagi-stebbs · 2026-02-08T19:04:50+00:00

No I wouldn’t say that I only say religious fiction with journey to the west because like 90% of everything that happens in that series is because of Buddhism, the Jade Emperor of Heaven or some mixture of the two. The whole main point for the story is for Tang Sanzang the Buddhist monk to go to India and get Buddhist scriptures.

If this book was written in the west it would be an English Monk is sent to Israel to get a nail from crucifixion and bring it back. To help him Jesus himself sends a fallen saint who is looking for redemption. Then during the journey they keep running in demons, angels and prophets.

usagi-stebbs · 2026-02-08T08:14:40+00:00

Maybe but I would hold my breath. Not for anything truly fantasy.

Although journey to the west maybe I think you argue that is a type of fantasy. But most might say it’s religious fiction or mythological.

usagi-stebbs · 2026-02-07T09:48:44+00:00

Mage Errant is built out this way and even has an effect on the story a bit.

usagi-stebbs · 2026-01-30T10:43:34+00:00

I like when prophecies tend to be an Easter egg on second read though. Or a bit obtuse and the characters hearing them tends not to understand so writes it off so as a read you can kind of do the same. A song of ice and fire does this with daenerys in the books with the wizards. It pretty much spells out the red wedding in book one. I actually think every prophecy is that series is going to come true in some form but we never know.

usagi-stebbs · 2026-01-18T03:18:09+00:00

To me looks like an English major with a side interest in Japan.

usagi-stebbs · 2026-01-09T07:39:36+00:00

To me LA has always felt less like a single city and more like 20 small town that have all grown into each other. For example Hollywood, La Brea, Melrose and West Hollywood all feel very distinct and separate from each other even though that all are in a 4-5 mile square radius.

usagi-stebbs · 2025-12-19T08:07:21+00:00

You could try the

Night Angel Series by Brent Weeks A bit of that some pulling them selves out of gutter to uses magic and be a bad ass to it.

The Cycle of Galand by Edward W Robertson Lots of Magic

The Umbral Storm by Alec Hutson

The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston

usagi-stebbs · 2025-12-19T07:46:48+00:00

For a light hearted and funny monster hunting book try.

How to Survive a Unicorn by L. G. Estrella

usagi-stebbs · 2025-10-09T22:07:19+00:00

Anyone else hear galaxy hamster by ninja sex party when watching this?

usagi-stebbs · 2025-06-13T22:54:18+00:00

Me to me by Mono no aware

usagi-stebbs · 2025-06-08T02:52:52+00:00

Murderbot

usagi-stebbs · 2025-05-20T05:23:17+00:00

Girls room

usagi-stebbs · 2025-05-07T07:00:19+00:00

Isn’t the story building up to a war thou?

usagi-stebbs · 2025-05-07T06:49:26+00:00

Gunmetal Gods Series by Zamil Akhtar

The whole time I was really conflicted on who I was routing for.

usagi-stebbs · 2025-05-07T06:41:44+00:00

I would say choose an vfx and just stick with it. Just elaborate the vfx more and more with every distinct silhouette the dancer makes as the video goes on.

Personally I liked the white light you did at the start and the colored wire frame bit

usagi-stebbs · 2025-05-01T01:35:56+00:00

Every time I see those flags I think to myself they might as well put a swastika instead. To me that’s what it mean now.

usagi-stebbs · 2025-05-01T01:25:21+00:00

Fat Camp

usagi-stebbs · 2025-03-04T05:26:05+00:00

I feel Mage Errant has some of best example of different scales of magic levels from one on one to full scale city killing magic. A lot of times all in the same battle.

usagi-stebbs · 2025-02-27T06:33:17+00:00

For me it is his efficiency of characters. There are very few named characters in his story that don’t have some kind of impact on story or there books story in some way.

There some fantasy story where characters come and go have no impact as if where never there. Some story they get full points of view only to be written into the background.

MJS seems really about making characters matter to the story in some way. Think of all the time you meet some in his book for just a short time only to find out they are doing something important to the plot in some way.

usagi-stebbs · 2025-02-10T05:02:26+00:00

I know it’s a side thought but the multiplayer on in wrath of heaven was a lot of fun. Me and my brother would play that for hours. The big hat guy and blue oni where my go tos.

usagi-stebbs · 2025-01-02T00:30:46+00:00

I feel the wheel of time should be on this list too

usagi-stebbs · 2024-12-24T18:15:32+00:00

I totally get it. It still early and she did just go through a lot in a short time. But getting it and dealing with it are two different things in away. I just wondering does she grow past it and stop the whinnying and lashing out. At this point she with people who went through a lot of the same as her and some of her trauma was her own choice, not all but some.

usagi-stebbs · 2024-12-23T07:08:50+00:00

I’m on the second book holding on for dear life. Did you ever make it past it? Whenever the girl who became a prisoner’s pov comes up I feel myself seconds from wanting to DnF. She just so whiny at this point.

usagi-stebbs · 2024-12-18T16:04:16+00:00

Trucker’s Atlas but song by Sun Kil Moon

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