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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The good place?
Yes! Go in cold - no spoilers
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
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)
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.
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 🫡
You should consider Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
One Piece looming over the wall
That feeling when you’ve watched 1125 episodes of One Piece and you’re still waiting for the next one
Theres 1145 episodes tho? You missing out on Kumas backstory and it hits hard
Heh no worries, I’m caught up, just pulled the highest number I was sure we passed out of my ass. And I agree, Kuma and Bonney’s arc was very moving
Sandman
The Murderbot Diaries.
Rewatch Star Trek, obviously!
Never seen ds9 outside a couple reruns when I was a kid. Pretty decent actually. Not nearly as much interspecies terrorism as I assumed there’d be.
American Gods, The Magicians, West World, Sandman, The Good Place.
Reread Good Omens. Keep reading it until you can open the book to any random page and continue reading without missing a beat. Let the text flow through you like water until it becomes a part of who you are. Then pick up Discworld.
I can’t. All my SSD space has been taken up by both memes and Star Trek (not even a fucking joke) and I has no space for anymore.
I mean that both literally (my PC is dying, I am having to cannibalize old stuff and I hate this) and figuratively (breain)
Physical books?
Doesn’t change the fact that brain doesn’t have the space for it
I thought the good omens show was really good. I haven’t read the book.
The show did really well to adapt the book, but like is often the case, there’s a few changes and cuts for a better narrative flow for the medium.
I’d give the show a solid 8/10, with the book being a full 10/10, perfect balance of comedy with drama, and you can really feel Gaiman and Pratchett coming together to tell a story with both unique voices carrying through.
What is good omens? I read the sci-fi shelves in their entirety growing up, so I’ve likely read it… But if I haven’t, I could really use a new hyperfixation
It’s high quality comedy from Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The base idea being that the biblical antichrist and final battle is real and approaching but the angel and demon who are meant to be leading the battle between good and evil have decided that after thousands of years on earth they’re actually ok with the status quo.
It’s also a TV series which was a reasonable adaptation (at least the first series, haven’t watched past that) but the book is as usual superior.
