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alphabethunter@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.ml•Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet13·2 months agoAnd better work at that
I love the Chinese book “Unsheathed” (or Sword of Coming), it’s a high fantasy (xianxia) novel with great writing. However, the English translation is not yet finished, currently around book 6 of 11 (which is about more than 4000 pages of writing). It’s a story about a contryside orphan boy living in a small village starting to realize that the stories of gods, dragons, and immortals he heard about in folk tales and legends are actually all true, and that the world beyong the village is magical and fantastical in many ways.
alphabethunter@lemmy.worldto Books@lemmy.ml•The worst part about finishing a book is trying to decide what to read next. It sometimes takes me DAYS to decide on something to read. Anyone else?7·4 months agoI don’t have the dread of choosing what comes next, but I’ll wait a few days after finishing a really good book before I start to read something else. I think some books need those few days to be properly digested, and cycled out of your system. After a few days, I just pick something that looks at least okay. If it’s fun, I’ll read it whole, if not, I’ll drop and move on to something else. In the meanwhile, before picking the next thing, I’ll just enjoy some of my other hobbies. Play games, go deep into a rabbit hole of knowledge I had no clue it would be interesting, touch some grass… Also, it helps to take a look at discussions surrounding the book, it helps me connect through the book.
A bit of a different suggestion, but I highly recommend Unsheathed (Sword of Coming), a chinese fantasy novel of the xianxia genre (same as Journey to the West). It’s simply incredible and beautifully written. You can read the first 50 chapters for free at Wuxia World (website/app). You can also find some epub compilations of the first few volumes around the internet if you know where to look for.
Also the combat. DA:O was already quite streamlined when compared to other CRPGs of the time, and they only dumbed it down further and further with each new iteration.