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08-24-2015, 01:16 PM | #1 |
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I ask not only because I do, and always have...but because I'm a fantasy novelist whose first book is coming out next June, and my official author website is now live. I won't spam the Tank with any kind of self promotion, but I thought I'd just slip it out there here on the General Discussion forums. On the site there're photos of the cover, hand-drawn maps of the region the book's story takes place in, and a blog where I'll probably do some Joe reviews here and there.
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08-24-2015, 05:01 PM | #2 |
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Thanks for wasting my time.
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08-24-2015, 05:29 PM | #3 |
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Yes, surely I forced you to view this forum thread.
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08-24-2015, 05:49 PM | #4 |
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Also if you folks do read fantasy, I'm happy to talk about what kinds of fantasy we all like. Right now I'm reading Django Wexler's Shadow Throne, which is a little out of my usual range as it's not medieval fantasy so much as Napoleonic. Sometimes I guess this sub-genre is called "powder punk" for mixing firearms and magic. I just read Joe Abercrombie's "Half a War," which is fantastic, as is all of his stuff. Best fantasy I've read this year was probably "The Mechanical" by Ian Tregillis, though "The Grace of Kings" by Ken Liu is a pretty close second.
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08-24-2015, 08:10 PM | #5 |
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Like Fanfic? Or?
Personall, I'd like to help tankers. Even Justin Bell has his book out to. Also don't worry about that Posh Snake Eyes.
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08-24-2015, 08:32 PM | #6 |
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Nope, not fanfic. An original fantasy trilogy, starting next year on June 1, with the following two books published in 2017 and 2018. Not self published, either, but I don't think anything is wrong with self publishing: plenty of people have had enviable success going that route.
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08-24-2015, 08:54 PM | #7 |
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I clicked on the link, the artwork does well to flesh a bit out of fantasy. Will it be on amazon and the like?
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08-24-2015, 08:55 PM | #8 |
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Yupp. Available worldwide in paperback and ebook.
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08-24-2015, 11:14 PM | #9 |
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I seem to both dig fantasy (GOOD fantasy, that is) and despise it as a genre. What I mean is, I tend to take fantasy on a book by book basis. As a kid/pre-teen I mostly loved The Hobbit/LOTR, devoured the Prydain Chronicles and I've been enthralled by King's Dark Tower books for the better part of 30 years. I can't quit reading every new translation or interpretation of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, The Mabinogion, Homer, The Icelandic Sagas (and on and on) I come across. Meanwhile, I just can't get into Anne McCaffrey, Piers Anthony and etc. Just too cliched. Too much of the standard generic hokum. Too...geeky. *IMO*
What I've come to realize is, I dig the universal, collective themes and truths found in the great myths, because they resonate somewhere deep in our core, and I dig fantasy (and other genres, natch) that tap into those themes and don't forget that the whole point is to keep telling the tale of the human condition, but to tell it in your own voice. To paraphrase Joseph Campbell, it's not about finding "the meaning of life," but to discover "the experience of being alive." Anyway...I'm actually intrigued by your trilogy. Send me an advanced reader's and I'll let you know. ;) Seriously though, best wishes on it, man. I'll definitely check it out. |
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08-24-2015, 11:30 PM | #10 |
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Hey Smoke, thanks for checking it out.
I agree with you that there's a lot of cliche and hokum in the genre, but I also think a lot of the best stuff in it is being written today. If you want non-standard, maybe sometime check out Glen Cook (military fantasy and noir fantasy) or Joe Abercrombie (really bloody fantasy, like fantasy if it were directed by Tarantino). Based on what you said about mythology, you might like Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time - but 14 huge books is a gigantic commitment to try and make! As for Paladin - I have to reserve most ARCs for reviewers and bloggers and so on. However, there will be a Goodreads contest to give a couple away and I'll be sure to make noise about it over on my site. Sincerely, thanks for checking it out and your well wishes. And reminding me that I really need to finish reading The Dark Tower (read the first 3 books a summer or two ago, got caught up in other stuff).
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