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The only reason I'd ever read fiction nowadays is to find ways to improve my own writing, by adopting some clever techniques that I like, or just getting inspired by an interesting plot or whatever. Nowadays, however, I find movies to be much more fulfilling in that regard. What goes through a screenwriter's head, to me, is a lot more interesting than what goes through a novelist's head. Novelists are bullshitters.

I'd like to find an author who writes like Hemingway--that is, very terse prose that doesn't really describe a whole lot, but you can glean a lot from. I hate having loads of useless shit fired at me--let me envision the world myself. I don't need to know the precise details of every little thing--that's so aggravating when authors think they're good writers for doing that shit.
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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I could probably get through every sharpe book in less than a month tbh, it's just such gripping reading e.e

Never heard of this series. It seems pretty long; is it worth getting into?

Bernard Cornwell's stuff is fucking great, especially if you're into history. If you don't feel like reading the Sharpe stories then maybe check out his Warlord Chronicles and The Saxon Stories, too.


Warlord Chronicles is only 3 books long and about a knight in King Arthur's army.

Saxon stories is on about 7 books now with more to come, about a badass viking who turned to fight for England, and it's got its own tv adaption that actually did well.

I don't wanna waffle on but they're sooooo goooooooooooooooood.
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Writing lots of detail is fun, I get that, but it's an absolute trudge to read through. Whether you think that "the whistling throngs of tall, dampened grass, dancing in the harsh gales like thin marionettes (bla bla bla for three more paragraphs)" are necessary for establishing an atmosphere in your story, the bottom line is that you don't need that shit. What's important is the story and what you get out of it.

Atmosphere should be established in a single paragraph or less--if you can't do that, you're probably not a great writer.

So that's why I don't really read nowadays, because all modern writers feel the need to write like that.
I don't find it impressive--I find it tedious.
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I could probably get through every sharpe book in less than a month tbh, it's just such gripping reading e.e

Never heard of this series. It seems pretty long; is it worth getting into?
I would say so

The sharpe series is set in the Napoleonic era, following the titular character across most of the big battles and events that happened during the peninsular war <.<

You've got chronological and print order, chrono is probably best because it starts off with sharpe in india as an infantryman and it explains how he rose up from the ranks to an NCO, then an ensign and so on.

If you like that time period, redcoats vs bluecoats vs greencoats and big old sieges etc then I'd highly recommend it. It's great military historical-fiction and the author puts a lot of effort into his research too, with a footnotes section to explain where he took liberties <.<

If that's not to your taste, he's got a few different series too Medieval (Grail quests) and Saxon era stuff iirc, but I haven't read a single one of his books that has disappointed me >.>

The books are all pretty cheap too so I'd say give Sharpe's Tiger or Sharpe's Rifles a shot <.<


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I could probably get through every sharpe book in less than a month tbh, it's just such gripping reading e.e

Never heard of this series. It seems pretty long; is it worth getting into?
I would say so

The sharpe series is set in the Napoleonic era, following the titular character across most of the big battles and events that happened during the peninsular war <.<

You've got chronological and print order, chrono is probably best because it starts off with sharpe in india as an infantryman and it explains how he rose up from the ranks to an NCO, then an ensign and so on.

If you like that time period, redcoats vs bluecoats vs greencoats and big old sieges etc then I'd highly recommend it. It's great military historical-fiction and the author puts a lot of effort into his research too, with a footnotes section to explain where he took liberties <.<

If that's not to your taste, he's got a few different series too Medieval (Grail quests) and Saxon era stuff iirc, but I haven't read a single one of his books that has disappointed me >.>

The books are all pretty cheap too so I'd say give Sharpe's Tiger or Sharpe's Rifles a shot <.<

Are you up to date with Uhtred?


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I've not really been reading anything since I finished A Dance With Dragons pt.2 back in december. I'm thinking about buying either Metro 2033 and 2034, or buying Mogworld and Jam (Two books by Yahtzee, the guy who does Zero Punctuation)


 
 
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I could probably get through every sharpe book in less than a month tbh, it's just such gripping reading e.e

Never heard of this series. It seems pretty long; is it worth getting into?
I would say so

The sharpe series is set in the Napoleonic era, following the titular character across most of the big battles and events that happened during the peninsular war <.<

You've got chronological and print order, chrono is probably best because it starts off with sharpe in india as an infantryman and it explains how he rose up from the ranks to an NCO, then an ensign and so on.

If you like that time period, redcoats vs bluecoats vs greencoats and big old sieges etc then I'd highly recommend it. It's great military historical-fiction and the author puts a lot of effort into his research too, with a footnotes section to explain where he took liberties <.<

If that's not to your taste, he's got a few different series too Medieval (Grail quests) and Saxon era stuff iirc, but I haven't read a single one of his books that has disappointed me >.>

The books are all pretty cheap too so I'd say give Sharpe's Tiger or Sharpe's Rifles a shot <.<

Are you up to date with Uhtred?
I'm afraid not <.<

I don't order them on amazon because i'd end up buying the lot and bankrupting myself

case in point after i got a few yotsuba mangoes from a certain friend, i went and bought the other 10 a week later <_<

so i get cornwell books when i see them in book shops and my average spend per visit is ~£100 ;-;
once a year is all i can do

but yeah, only found grail quest and sharpe books so far
>_>


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I could probably get through every sharpe book in less than a month tbh, it's just such gripping reading e.e

Never heard of this series. It seems pretty long; is it worth getting into?
I would say so

The sharpe series is set in the Napoleonic era, following the titular character across most of the big battles and events that happened during the peninsular war <.<

You've got chronological and print order, chrono is probably best because it starts off with sharpe in india as an infantryman and it explains how he rose up from the ranks to an NCO, then an ensign and so on.

If you like that time period, redcoats vs bluecoats vs greencoats and big old sieges etc then I'd highly recommend it. It's great military historical-fiction and the author puts a lot of effort into his research too, with a footnotes section to explain where he took liberties <.<

If that's not to your taste, he's got a few different series too Medieval (Grail quests) and Saxon era stuff iirc, but I haven't read a single one of his books that has disappointed me >.>

The books are all pretty cheap too so I'd say give Sharpe's Tiger or Sharpe's Rifles a shot <.<

Are you up to date with Uhtred?
I'm afraid not <.<

I don't order them on amazon because i'd end up buying the lot and bankrupting myself

case in point after i got a few yotsuba mangoes from a certain friend, i went and bought the other 10 a week later <_<

so i get cornwell books when i see them in book shops and my average spend per visit is ~£100 ;-;
once a year is all i can do

but yeah, only found grail quest and sharpe books so far
>_>

m8 Uhtred is so cool tho


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I've not really been reading anything since I finished A Dance With Dragons pt.2
part two...?


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I've not really been reading anything since I finished A Dance With Dragons pt.2
part two...?

Storm of Swords and Dance with Dragons are both in 2 parts.


I'm guessing this is your first time reading ASOIF? Pay attention to ERRYTHING


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Writing lots of detail is fun, I get that, but it's an absolute trudge to read through. Whether you think that "the whistling throngs of tall, dampened grass, dancing in the harsh gales like thin marionettes (bla bla bla for three more paragraphs)" are necessary for establishing an atmosphere in your story, the bottom line is that you don't need that shit. What's important is the story and what you get out of it.

Atmosphere should be established in a single paragraph or less--if you can't do that, you're probably not a great writer.

So that's why I don't really read nowadays, because all modern writers feel the need to write like that.
I don't find it impressive--I find it tedious.

I like how you desperately need to justify yourself after a few people make fun of you


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I've not really been reading anything since I finished A Dance With Dragons pt.2
part two...?

Storm of Swords and Dance with Dragons are both in 2 parts.


I'm guessing this is your first time reading ASOIF? Pay attention to ERRYTHING
In some parts of Europe SoS and DoD are sold in two parts each. For whatever reason.


 
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I like how you desperately need to justify yourself after a few people make fun of you
But no one made fun of me?

Explaining your opinions is kind of what you're supposed to do on a forum, little kid. Little baby.

I like how you desperately need to stalk me on this forum and respond to every little thing I say.

Having a creepy little kid, who likes to post dick pics on a backwater forum, obsess over you is pretty fucking disturbing.
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I could probably get through every sharpe book in less than a month tbh, it's just such gripping reading e.e

Never heard of this series. It seems pretty long; is it worth getting into?
I would say so

The sharpe series is set in the Napoleonic era, following the titular character across most of the big battles and events that happened during the peninsular war <.<

You've got chronological and print order, chrono is probably best because it starts off with sharpe in india as an infantryman and it explains how he rose up from the ranks to an NCO, then an ensign and so on.

If you like that time period, redcoats vs bluecoats vs greencoats and big old sieges etc then I'd highly recommend it. It's great military historical-fiction and the author puts a lot of effort into his research too, with a footnotes section to explain where he took liberties <.<

If that's not to your taste, he's got a few different series too Medieval (Grail quests) and Saxon era stuff iirc, but I haven't read a single one of his books that has disappointed me >.>

The books are all pretty cheap too so I'd say give Sharpe's Tiger or Sharpe's Rifles a shot <.<

Are you up to date with Uhtred?
I'm afraid not <.<

I don't order them on amazon because i'd end up buying the lot and bankrupting myself

case in point after i got a few yotsuba mangoes from a certain friend, i went and bought the other 10 a week later <_<

so i get cornwell books when i see them in book shops and my average spend per visit is ~£100 ;-;
once a year is all i can do

but yeah, only found grail quest and sharpe books so far
>_>

m8 Uhtred is so cool tho
I shall keep an eye out <.<

What are the titles of the series?


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I could probably get through every sharpe book in less than a month tbh, it's just such gripping reading e.e

Never heard of this series. It seems pretty long; is it worth getting into?
I would say so

The sharpe series is set in the Napoleonic era, following the titular character across most of the big battles and events that happened during the peninsular war <.<

You've got chronological and print order, chrono is probably best because it starts off with sharpe in india as an infantryman and it explains how he rose up from the ranks to an NCO, then an ensign and so on.

If you like that time period, redcoats vs bluecoats vs greencoats and big old sieges etc then I'd highly recommend it. It's great military historical-fiction and the author puts a lot of effort into his research too, with a footnotes section to explain where he took liberties <.<

If that's not to your taste, he's got a few different series too Medieval (Grail quests) and Saxon era stuff iirc, but I haven't read a single one of his books that has disappointed me >.>

The books are all pretty cheap too so I'd say give Sharpe's Tiger or Sharpe's Rifles a shot <.<

Are you up to date with Uhtred?
I'm afraid not <.<

I don't order them on amazon because i'd end up buying the lot and bankrupting myself

case in point after i got a few yotsuba mangoes from a certain friend, i went and bought the other 10 a week later <_<

so i get cornwell books when i see them in book shops and my average spend per visit is ~£100 ;-;
once a year is all i can do

but yeah, only found grail quest and sharpe books so far
>_>

m8 Uhtred is so cool tho
I shall keep an eye out <.<

What are the titles of the series?

I'm a lazy fuck so I shall attempt to name them all in order by memory. You can Google afterwards to see how correct I am.

-The Last Kingdom
-Lords of the North
-Burning Land
-Sword Song
-Pale Swordsman
-Death of Kings
-Warriors of the Storm


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I hate having loads of useless shit fired at me--let me envision the world myself. I don't need to know the precise details of every little thing--that's so aggravating when authors think they're good writers for doing that shit.
What do you think of DS's method of storytelling?
I'm curious because it seems to do both the latter and former. You can piece together the world and deduce what's happening, building your own idea of what's happening. But it can often be from things like item descriptions and little details in the environment. To understand the full story of the world and everything in it, you have to do digging.
Is this still good storytelling to you?


 
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I hate having loads of useless shit fired at me--let me envision the world myself. I don't need to know the precise details of every little thing--that's so aggravating when authors think they're good writers for doing that shit.
What do you think of DS's method of storytelling?
I'm curious because it seems to do both the latter and former. You can piece together the world and deduce what's happening, building your own idea of what's happening. But it can often be from things like item descriptions and little details in the environment. To understand the full story of the world and everything in it, you have to do digging.
Is this still good storytelling to you?
For a game, yeah, that's about as good as it gets. However, the game has thus far failed to give me a great reason to care too much about the world or its lore. I'm more concerned about the gameplay than anything else.

That the game doesn't force-feed you information that you don't necessarily care about, though, I appreciate that.
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I hate having loads of useless shit fired at me--let me envision the world myself. I don't need to know the precise details of every little thing--that's so aggravating when authors think they're good writers for doing that shit.
What do you think of DS's method of storytelling?
I'm curious because it seems to do both the latter and former. You can piece together the world and deduce what's happening, building your own idea of what's happening. But it can often be from things like item descriptions and little details in the environment. To understand the full story of the world and everything in it, you have to do digging.
Is this still good storytelling to you?
For a game, yeah, that's about as good as it gets. However, the game has thus far failed to give me a great reason to care too much about the world or its lore. I'm more concerned about the gameplay than anything else.

That the game doesn't force-feed you information that you don't necessarily care about, though, I appreciate that.
I had the same experience for a while, I was playing for the gameplay more than anything else (and in stilted episodes). There was a turning point in my experience where I became interested in the world, and once you get there I can share why (if it interests you).


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started rereading the dragon never sleeps by glen cook recently

as for lengthy versus terse, i've found both forms of writing enjoyable. hemingway was awesome of course, but i've also liked novel-length fiction that doesn't go out of its way to describe exactly what it's talking about or give background information even if it's relevant to terms that are being used (like in the dragon never sleeps!). on the other hand, there's something meditative about stories that describe a scene in great detail, regardless of whether or not doing so conveys "useful" information
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Just finished Metro 2034, started Harlequin a couple of days ago but as usual with bernard cornwell books I'm already halfway through it.

I could probably get through every sharpe book in less than a month tbh, it's just such gripping reading e.e

Warlord chronicles, I read them in high school and couldn't remember the names of the books. Thank you so much for mentioning Bernard.


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Writing lots of detail is fun, I get that, but it's an absolute trudge to read through. Whether you think that "the whistling throngs of tall, dampened grass, dancing in the harsh gales like thin marionettes (bla bla bla for three more paragraphs)" are necessary for establishing an atmosphere in your story, the bottom line is that you don't need that shit. What's important is the story and what you get out of it.

Atmosphere should be established in a single paragraph or less--if you can't do that, you're probably not a great writer.

So that's why I don't really read nowadays, because all modern writers feel the need to write like that.
I don't find it impressive--I find it tedious.

I think you'd like Chuck Palahniuk and Kurt Vonnegut. They don't bother with wordy description for the most part.


 
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Writing lots of detail is fun, I get that, but it's an absolute trudge to read through. Whether you think that "the whistling throngs of tall, dampened grass, dancing in the harsh gales like thin marionettes (bla bla bla for three more paragraphs)" are necessary for establishing an atmosphere in your story, the bottom line is that you don't need that shit. What's important is the story and what you get out of it.

Atmosphere should be established in a single paragraph or less--if you can't do that, you're probably not a great writer.

So that's why I don't really read nowadays, because all modern writers feel the need to write like that.
I don't find it impressive--I find it tedious.
I think you'd like Chuck Palahniuk and Kurt Vonnegut. They don't bother with wordy description for the most part.
Nice shot--I love both of those authors. I've only read one of Palahniuk's books, though (Fight Club, of course).
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I've not really been reading anything since I finished A Dance With Dragons pt.2
part two...?

Storm of Swords and Dance with Dragons are both in 2 parts.


I'm guessing this is your first time reading ASOIF? Pay attention to ERRYTHING
Uh, I haven't heard about this. Never saw a part two for it at the bookstore.


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