Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke: Stunningly gorgeous, dense fantasy novel. The BBC miniseries was also well done.
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan: Immersive, beautiful, novel that feels like a strange dream you don’t necessarily want to wake up from.
Book series:
Ender’s Game (the movie for the first book sucked, don’t watch lol, or if you do, plz don’t judge the book by it at all)
Eragon
The Wheel of Time
Hey thanks for mentioning ender’s game! I rewatched the movie a while ago, and yeah still a bit doo doo, but left me curious about the books.
Mrs. Davis -show about a nun who fights an AI with lots of fun twists!
Stuff You Should You Know - podcast absolutely love those guys
Pushing up daisies - a great show that as especially unique flair to it that I’ve been trying to find since
Halt and Catch Fire -a great show about the rise of computers and hacking all sort of fictional but based in reality very fun first season kinda got serious later on but throughly enjoyed it
And now it’s bedtime as I can’t remember anything atm my adderall has run out 🫡
Sandman
The good place?
This is really the best answer. Similar vibes, a little less terf islander twee, a little more american twee, and other than that;
Good omens:the good place as the Simpsons:futurama
Yes! Go in cold - no spoilers
Sliders?
Did that ever finish? All I remember as kid was cliff hanger.
Can’t remember how the last couple seasons went but it got strange
Warhammer has more lore than a single person can absorb but somehow I don’t think that’s your style lol
Have you read any of Terry Pratchett’s other books? They’re fantastic.
The Emperor protects.
You should consider Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Terry Pratchet was a prodigious author. You could do a lot worse than then 41 Discworld novels. Whether you begin at the beginning, with The Colour of Magic or pick up from Mort or Equal Rites, or just dive in anywhere because its more a composite of characters dancing around a magical universe than a linear narrative of fiction, you won’t be disappointed.
If you want something to seriously chew on, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson are also notoriously prodigious. “The Eye of the World” can be read as a stand alone for a brilliant piece of high fantasy or as the intro to a 13,000 page epic. Meanwhile, Sanderson’s “Mistborn” series is a solid, but not exhausting, read with a great opening heist as a hook and a strong payoff at the end of the trilogy.
If you’re going for another classic, though, try “Redwall”. Brian Jacques is a fantastic writer and his first work is arguably his best (although I’ve got a special place in my heart for the prequel, Martin the Warrior). Asimov’s “I, Robot” is a fantastic anthology of mini-SciFi thrillers. Joe Abecrombie’s “Best Served Cold” is a fantastic medieval era revenge thriller. “Redshirts” is a clever little Star Trek inspired comedy that likely inspired the “Lower Decks” franchise. “John Dies At The End” is a comedy-horror that finds a delightful spot right in between J.D. Salinger’s Catcher In the Rye and H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow over Innsmouth.
Don’t feel sad your story has ended. Feel glad a new one is just around the corner.
For Terry Pratchett, I can recommend watching the Colour of Magic movies. They are free on Youtube. That should get you into the spirit of the Discworld.
And when going for the DEATH books, I’d recommend starting with Reaper Man instead of Mort. A much more fun book. Mort can be read afterwards.
Be cautious getting into the wheel of time series. Robert Jordan was great at build ups but terrible at climaxes and overly descriptive of things that didn’t really need that much description.
Also books 6 through 10 exist. Loving fans refer to these books as the slough.
overly descriptive of things that didn’t really need that much description
I mean, I never really liked this critique of his work. Jordan’s world building was beautiful. The description added depth and color to every scene.
Also books 6 through 10 exist. Loving fans refer to these books as the slough.
Again, agree to disagree. The political intrigues between the Aes Sedai and Asha’man and the Aiel all pay off in the end. Winter’s Heart was the only book that felt like it dragged, and mostly because it had been two years since I’d finished the prior entry.
If anything Book Three - Dragon Reborn - was the worst in the series, as it felt like a retread of the first two. By the time he was on The Shadow Rising, Jordan knew he was in it for the long haul and was ready to really flesh out all the nocks and cranies of this massive setting.
Tossing Malazan Book of the Fallen into the “chewy” pile!
Also seconding Redwall, Brandon Sanderson and Terry Pratchett. Robert Jordan likes to tug braids for chapters at a time but there’s still good nuggets throughout.
Malazan Book of the Fallen
Flipping through the synopsis and my interest is definitely piqued. Idk if I can do ten big volumes any time soon, but I’ll try to remember this if I ever have enormous free time on my hands.
Its definitely worth the time investment. World building is amazing, very wide variety of character perspectives and motivations. I’ll admit, I’ve never actually finished the series either. I made it to book 8 twice before falling off because you’re right, ten massive books is a lot. I do have book 8 on order now, going to start from there this time.
Also if you or anyone reading this comment likes black metal check out Caladan Brood. The project is named after a Malazan character and all the songs on their single album are rooted in various plots from the series.
Tress of the Emerald Sea is the most Good Omens like book Brandon Sanderson has written (he cited it as an inspiration), and is a good jumping on point for the Cosmere.
Just try Star Trek.
Did you just recommend Star Trek to someone named Stamets?
it was fairly on the nose and I thought everyone will have a laugh about it. I was wrong
I think we on Lemmy are just bad at sarcasm lol
We are.
meanwhile on reddit the very same premise leads to Epstein files or something.
Oh you poor sweet innocent summer child… Star Trek is 90% of my personality
But have you tried looking into the sci fi or fantasy genres?
I just found out recently about the real Paul Stamets. Cool work dude did. Had no idea he was a real person when I started watching Discovery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets?wprov=sfla1
Also since I’ve seen many of your posts around here, I’ve been hoping you are the real Paul Stamets since I learned of him/you
Alas no. Not that sexy at all
tough shit, me too. i guess we’re friends now.
Now you get to read the book and then get into Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series.
Start with Reaper Man
Lifehack : Pick a HUGE field like math or computer science.
Hyperfixate on number theory for one month then algebra for month then calculus for one month then trigonometry for one month and so on.
Also people will praise you for studying so much after 2 years.
Wait you can choose what you hyperfixate on?
You can influence yourself, or nudge yourself.
I know, I was trying to be funny… mostly. (it is actually extremely difficult to control what you fixate on though)
Lol I just gave Good Omens to a friend for their bday and they just told me they finished it and really loved it wait are you my friend??!!??!!??!
The Murderbot Diaries.
