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#1 User is offline   dktorode 

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Posted 14 August 2025 - 12:09 PM

Hey hey guys and gals long time no see... so its been what.... 4-5 years?

Life kinda took me away from reading for a good while there, it all started with a dead kindle culminating into an unhealthy PS4 obsession (hey, don't judge me)

Anyways, im back to data-mine from you lot once more. Posted Image

Soooo....anything good to read come out in that time?
What "must reads" did i miss?


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Posted 14 August 2025 - 12:28 PM

Hey DK, welcome back. Good to see you and that you're well.

Wow, do you have a fun couple of days ahead of you catching up with the "Reading at t'moment" and "Book I bought today" threads ... ;)

But atm, I've been reading some LitRPG. Finished book 5 of Azarinth Healer and have started Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Simple, direct, no-faffing-about fun, straight out of a TTRPG or even a CRPG.

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Posted 14 August 2025 - 02:44 PM

View PostTsundoku, on 14 August 2025 - 12:28 PM, said:

Hey DK, welcome back. Good to see you and that you're well.

Wow, do you have a fun couple of days ahead of you catching up with the "Reading at t'moment" and "Book I bought today" threads ... ;)

But atm, I've been reading some LitRPG. Finished book 5 of Azarinth Healer and have started Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Simple, direct, no-faffing-about fun, straight out of a TTRPG or even a CRPG.



Thanks! will have a gander at those.

wait... did you change your name on here? Im struggling to remember your handle... but then again my memory is not what it once was.
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Posted 14 August 2025 - 02:56 PM

It was Sombra.

If you haven't read The God is Not Willing that's #1 recommendation. Then the Esselmont stuff that has come out (Path to Ascendancy). I've also done Cradle and Dungeon Crawler Carl in the LitRPG (both good, both build enjoyability quickly, but DCC starts out faster). Both really fun, lightish reads that can get you back in the groove.

For Sci-Fi Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir was really entertaining and a page-turner.
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Posted 15 August 2025 - 02:56 AM

Nice to see you again, dkt!

For me, the most memorable novel from the last couple years was The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, a swashbuckling historical fiction (with a twinge of fantasy) pirate adventure set in the western Indian Ocean.

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Posted 15 August 2025 - 08:50 AM

Hey dkt nice to see you again!

As for up to date reads I'm not sure aside from the ones already mentioned here - a fair few Malazan books have come out over the past few years and they're all worth checking out.

The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik is one of my favourites of the past few years, and the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch is great (new one came out last month).

I'm also a big fan of the Cradle series by Will Wight.
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Posted 15 August 2025 - 12:48 PM

Thirding Cradle as a recco, Will Wight knows how to keep you reading.
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Posted 15 August 2025 - 03:26 PM

The Spear Cuts Through Water -- a one-off non-medieval fantasy that does the meta-fiction thing really well (in this case, a kind of storytelling nesting doll) without ever compromising an excellent central narrative.
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Posted 17 August 2025 - 08:43 AM

Mark Lawrence, if you haven't, start at the start with the Thorns trilogy and read everything hes done
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Posted 17 August 2025 - 09:52 AM

View Postworry, on 15 August 2025 - 03:26 PM, said:

The Spear Cuts Through Water -- a one-off non-medieval fantasy that does the meta-fiction thing really well (in this case, a kind of storytelling nesting doll) without ever compromising an excellent central narrative.

I definitely need to check this one out.
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Posted 17 August 2025 - 09:27 PM

View PostTsundoku, on 14 August 2025 - 12:28 PM, said:

Hey DK, welcome back. Good to see you and that you're well.

Wow, do you have a fun couple of days ahead of you catching up with the "Reading at t'moment" and "Book I bought today" threads ... ;)

But atm, I've been reading some LitRPG. Finished book 5 of Azarinth Healer and have started Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Simple, direct, no-faffing-about fun, straight out of a TTRPG or even a CRPG.


Sombra!

you had me wilding there for a hot second.
thought my debaucherous youth had done a number on my brain there.
Thank you for all the (missed) bday messages i was not purposely ignoring you....lol I promise.


View PostHoosierDaddy, on 14 August 2025 - 02:56 PM, said:

It was Sombra.

If you haven't read The God is Not Willing that's #1 recommendation. Then the Esselmont stuff that has come out (Path to Ascendancy). I've also done Cradle and Dungeon Crawler Carl in the LitRPG (both good, both build enjoyability quickly, but DCC starts out faster). Both really fun, lightish reads that can get you back in the groove.

For Sci-Fi Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir was really entertaining and a page-turner.


Cheers for clearing that up man... haha.

And cheers to everyone for their input... Keepem coming... my new kindle arrives tomorrow. Posted Image

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Posted 18 August 2025 - 04:28 AM

View Postdktorode, on 14 August 2025 - 12:09 PM, said:

Hey hey guys and gals long time no see... so its been what.... 4-5 years?

Life kinda took me away from reading for a good while there, it all started with a dead kindle culminating into an unhealthy PS4 obsession (hey, don't judge me)


Judging you SO MUCH JUDGING
YOU ARE BEING JUDGED
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GREAAAAAAAT JUDGMENT

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Anyways, im back to data-mine from you lot once more. Posted Image

Soooo....anything good to read come out in that time?
What "must reads" did i miss?


Do a guy a solid. Posted Image

-DKT


You want this thread: https://forum.malaza...-2024-yes-2024/


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Posted 18 August 2025 - 11:29 AM

View PostAbyss, on 18 August 2025 - 04:28 AM, said:

View Postdktorode, on 14 August 2025 - 12:09 PM, said:

Hey hey guys and gals long time no see... so its been what.... 4-5 years?

Life kinda took me away from reading for a good while there, it all started with a dead kindle culminating into an unhealthy PS4 obsession (hey, don't judge me)


Judging you SO MUCH JUDGING
YOU ARE BEING JUDGED
BOTH HARSHLY AND WITH
GREAAAAAAAT JUDGMENT




Worth it tho.
Think of all the good catching up i have now. Posted Image

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Posted 18 August 2025 - 11:34 AM

View PostAbyss, on 18 August 2025 - 04:28 AM, said:


You want this thread: https://forum.malaza...-2024-yes-2024/




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Posted 19 August 2025 - 04:24 AM

View Postdktorode, on 18 August 2025 - 11:29 AM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 18 August 2025 - 04:28 AM, said:

View Postdktorode, on 14 August 2025 - 12:09 PM, said:

Hey hey guys and gals long time no see... so its been what.... 4-5 years?

Life kinda took me away from reading for a good while there, it all started with a dead kindle culminating into an unhealthy PS4 obsession (hey, don't judge me)


Judging you SO MUCH JUDGING
YOU ARE BEING JUDGED
BOTH HARSHLY AND WITH
GREAAAAAAAT JUDGMENT




Worth it tho.
Think of all the good catching up i have now. Posted Image


SO MUCH JUDGMENTING SO SOOOOOO MUCH

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View PostAbyss, on 18 August 2025 - 04:28 AM, said:

You want this thread: https://forum.malaza...-2024-yes-2024/




Cheers for this


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Posted 19 August 2025 - 11:30 AM

View Postworry, on 15 August 2025 - 03:26 PM, said:

The Spear Cuts Through Water -- a one-off non-medieval fantasy that does the meta-fiction thing really well (in this case, a kind of storytelling nesting doll) without ever compromising an excellent central narrative.


....like Cloud Atlas? Ooooooo, that seems cool.
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Posted 19 August 2025 - 07:05 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 19 August 2025 - 11:30 AM, said:

View Postworry, on 15 August 2025 - 03:26 PM, said:

The Spear Cuts Through Water -- a one-off non-medieval fantasy that does the meta-fiction thing really well (in this case, a kind of storytelling nesting doll) without ever compromising an excellent central narrative.


....like Cloud Atlas? Ooooooo, that seems cool.



Not really like Cloud Atlas, from what I remember of that. More that the main story has a framing narrative which has its own framing narrative, and then within the main story there's little asides and vignettes and mini-stories.


It is cool though. My description of the book is imagine Gene Wolfe meets Matthew Stover and you're somewhere in the ballpark, or at least as close as I can make it.
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Posted 19 August 2025 - 07:25 PM

I've never read Cloud Atlas (or any David Mitchell). Posted Image
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Posted 19 August 2025 - 08:33 PM

View Postworry, on 19 August 2025 - 07:25 PM, said:

I've never read Cloud Atlas (or any David Mitchell). Posted Image

Ooh you should! Cloud Atlas & The Bone Clocks are both fantastic!
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Posted 20 August 2025 - 01:11 AM

It's always been one of those things that's on the list but never at the top of the list. I should consider not doing that anymore though, I suppose.
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